Obama says economic ammunition running low
(AP)
AP - President-elect Barack Obama says the Federal Reserve is "running out of the traditional ammunition" to deal with a recession.
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Obama talks of moral obligation to schools
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AP - President-elect Barack Obama says failing to improve classroom instruction would be "morally unacceptable" for the nation's children.
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Illinois impeachment panel begins work
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AP - An Illinois legislative impeachment panel started work on an unprecedented impeachment process Tuesday, taking the first steps toward removing Gov. Rod Blagojevich from office.
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Obama chooses Duncan as schools chief
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AP - The man who's in charge of Chicago's public schools is President-elect Barack Obama's choice to be education secretary.
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Obama names Chicago school head as education secretary
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Reuters - President-elect Barack Obama chose the Harvard-educated chief executive of Chicago Public Schools as his secretary of education on Tuesday, selecting a reformer who has confronted teachers unions and held schools accountable for performance.
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Bush to host Palestinian leader in farewell visit
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AP - President George W. Bush will host Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the White House Friday, another farewell visit for the U.S. leader.
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Obama to meet with economic team amid gloomy news
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Reuters - President-elect Barack Obama will meet with members of his economic team on Tuesday amid more gloomy financial news and expectations the Federal Reserve was set to cut interest rates even further.
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Obama sets record for top Hispanics
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Politico - President-elect Obama has already broken White House records for the number of top Hispanic officials, and is expected to name two more in the next day or two, according to transition officials.
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FDA chief to leave post when Obama takes office
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Reuters - U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Andrew von Eschenbach has told staff he will leave the agency on January 20, the day Barack Obama becomes president.
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VP-elect Joe Biden hires press staff
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AP - Vice President-elect Joe Biden has hired a former White House correspondent and two former aides for his press staff.
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Lawyers ready to wrap up Safavian retrial
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AP - A former Bush administration official has decided not to testify during his second corruption trial in the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal.
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Illinois Democrats Let Blagojevich Keep Naming Power
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Bloomberg - Dec. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Democrats in the Illinois House of
Representatives postponed stripping Governor Rod Blagojevichâs
power to fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated by President-elect
Barack Obama that prosecutors say Blagojevich tried to sell.
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Bolivia to hold off on legal action vs U.S. over trade
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Reuters - Bolivia's President Evo Morales said on Tuesday he would hold off on legal action over the U.S. suspension of trade benefits for the Andean nation in hopes that President-elect Barack Obama will reverse the step.
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Minnesota board to review disputed Senate ballots
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AP - With the winner of Minnesota's U.S. Senate race still a mystery, a five-member board now steps in to see if a winner can be decided between rivals Norm Coleman and Al Franken.
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Coleman lawyers up
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Politico - Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.) and his wife, Laurie, have hired two of Minnesota’s top lawyers to represent them in a preliminary FBI probe into their connections with businessman and campaign contributor Nasser Kazeminy.
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