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| Obama calls for cooperation in 2011 Posted: 01 Jan 2011 09:28 PM PST HAWAII HONOLULU — President Obama said Democrats and Republicans must work together in the new year and share responsibility for moving the country forward. In his weekly radio and Internet address yesterday, Obama said, "I'm willing to work with anyone of either party who's got a good idea and the commitment to see it through. And we should all expect ...            |
| Traveler outrage leads airports to take look at private security Posted: 01 Jan 2011 08:47 PM PST WASHINGTON — Every spring, private security officers at San Francisco International Airport compete in a workplace "March Madness''-style tournament for cash prizes, some as high as $1,500.  |
| Posted: 01 Jan 2011 08:46 PM PST State of the Union. Topics: Investigations and the new Congress; Obama's next two years; the Democrats' way forward. Guests: Representatives Darrell Issa of California, Steve Israel of New York, Elijah Cummings of Maryland, Jason Altmire of Pennsylvania; Tim Kaine, chairman of the Democratic National Committee. 9 a.m. and noon. (CNN)  |
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| Civil rights activists tap new media Posted: 01 Jan 2011 08:44 PM PST WASHINGTON — When black college students began the sit-in protests that led to the integration of the Jim Crow South, news spread quickly by word of mouth. Soon, students in several states were engaged in similar nonviolent sit-ins, spurring on the civil rights movement.  |
| Climate change debate treacherous for all sides Posted: 01 Jan 2011 08:43 PM PST WASHINGTON — With the federal government set to regulate climate-altering gases from factories and power plants for the first time, President Obama's administration and the new Congress are headed for a clash that carries substantial risks for both sides.  |
| Muslim women find empowerment in United States Posted: 01 Jan 2011 08:38 PM PST ATLANTA — Around Sept. 11, 2001, not long after she founded the Islamic Speakers Bureau of Atlanta, Soumaya Khalifa heard from a group whose name sounded like "Bakers Club.'' It wanted a presentation.  |
| Public employees face wrath of strapped taxpayers Posted: 01 Jan 2011 08:36 PM PST FLEMINGTON, N.J. — Ever since Marie Corfield's confrontation with Governor Chris Christie this fall over the state's education cuts became a YouTube classic, she has received a stream of vituperative e-mails and Facebook postings.  |
| GOP-led House to put emphasis on Constitution Posted: 01 Jan 2011 08:35 PM PST WASHINGTON — When Republicans take over this week, they will do something that apparently has never been done before in the 221-year history of the House of Representatives.  |
| War on bedbugs is a patchwork affair Posted: 01 Jan 2011 08:33 PM PST WASHINGTON — In keeping with the best of government traditions, the Federal Bed Bug Work Group is hosting its second national summit Feb. 1-2 in Washington to brainstorm about solutions to the resurgence of the tiny bloodsuckers that have made such an itch-inducing comeback in recent years.  |
| Posted: 01 Jan 2011 08:05 PM PST Correction: Because of a reporting error, a story in Friday's Metro section about the wake for slain Woburn police Officer John B. Maguire incorrectly identified John Golles's relationship to Esther Golles. He is her grandson.  |
| Hopes for gay-rights gains shift to courts Posted: 01 Jan 2011 08:04 PM PST Gay-rights activists, acknowledging they will lose momentum for their agenda in Congress when Republicans assume control of the House this week, are pinning their hopes for further gains in 2011 on a series of incremental measures and a host of federal court cases.  |
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