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    20090211
    HEALTH News.
    FOOD News.FoodSAFETY News.SafetyMANUFACTURER News.ManufacturersFEDERAL News.Federal -INSPECTOR News.InpectorsCORPORATE News.CorporateLAW News.LawGA News: GEORGIA News.Ga
    "Salmonella found at Ga. plant as early as 2006: Owner Stewart Parnell refused to testify at hearing; 9 have now died." ... "See the jar, the congressman challenged Stewart Parnell, holding up a container of the peanut seller's products and asking if he'd dare eat them. Parnell pleaded the Fifth." ... "The owner of the peanut company at the heart of the massive salmonella recall refused to answer the lawmaker's questions — or any others — Wednesday about the bacteria-tainted products he defiantly told employees to ship to some 50 manufacturers of cookies, crackers and ice cream." ... ""Turn them loose," Parnell had told his plant manager in an internal e-mail disclosed at the House hearing." ... "Shortly after Parnell's appearance, a lab tester told the panel that the company discovered salmonella at its Blakely, Ga. [Georgia], plant as far back as 2006. Food and Drug Administration officials told lawmakers more federal inspections could have helped prevent the outbreak." -AP -MSNBC
    20090209
    POLITICS News. POLITICIAN News.
    PETE SESSIONS News. Texas Republican Pete Sessions News.Pete SessionsMICHAEL STEELE News. Maryland Republican Michael Stephen Steele News.Michael SteeleTERRORISM News.TerrorismRADIO News. On-Air News.RadioGOVERNMENT News. FEDERAL News.GovernmentECONOMIC News. MONEY News. COMPANY News. FINANCE News.EconomicLEGISLATION News. LAW News. PROSECUTION News.LegislationJOB News.JobTEX News: TEXAS News.TexGA News: GEORGIA News.GaMARYLAND NewsMaryland2006 ELECTION News. 2006 VOTE News.2006 Election
    Rush Limbaugh, Republican Leader."Republicans See Long-Term Victory in Defeat on Stimulus Plan." ... "GOP [GOP=Grand Old Party=Republican] Sees Positives In Negative Stand: Leaders Seize On Spending Issue." ... "After giving the package zero [Republican] votes in the House, and 0 with their [Republican] counterparts in the Senate likely to provide in a crucial procedural vote today only the handful of votes needed to avoid a filibuster, Republicans are relishing the opportunity to make a big statement. [Texas Republican Representative] Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Tex. [Representative-Texas]) suggested last week that the party is learning from the disruptive tactics of the Taliban, and the GOP these days does have the bravado of an insurgent band that has pulled together after a big defeat to carry off a quick, if not particularly damaging, raid on the powers that be." ... "And it means rallying to Rush Limbaugh, who has put himself forward as a de facto party leader, penning an op-ed article in the Wall Street Journal and accepting the on-air apologies of [Georgia Republican Representative] Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-Ga. [Republican-Georgia]), who criticized the radio host and paid for it in a deluge of angry calls." ... "[Republican National Committee chairman Michael S. Steele congratulated congressional Republicans in some of his first remarks as Republican chairman,] "The goose egg that you laid on the president's desk was just beautiful," he told them. "You and I know that in the history of mankind and womankind, government -- federal, state or local -- has never created one job. It's destroyed a lot of them."" ... "Steele is also facing a distraction -- a federal inquiry into allegations that his 2006 [election Maryland] Senate campaign paid a defunct company run by his sister for services that were never performed. The campaign's finance chairman made the allegations to federal prosecutors last year as he sought leniency during plea negotiations on unrelated fraud charges." -By Alec MacGillis and Perry Bacon Jr. -WashingtonPost
    20090207
    LAW News. Justice Department News.
    CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION News. INSPECTION News.CriminalFOOD News. Peanut News.FoodSAFETY News.SafetySCIENCE News.ScienceCONSUMERS NewsConsumersHEALTH News.HealthGa News: GEORGIA News.GaAGRICULTURAL News.AgriculturalCORP News: CORPORATION News.CorporationPLANTS News. FACTORY News.Plant
    "FDA: Plant knew peanuts laced with salmonella." ... "As far back as 2007, salmonella-laced products were shipped by a Georgia peanut company [owned by Stewart Parnell] that knew the peanuts probably were tainted and sometimes after tests confirmed that contamination, inspection records show." ... "Federal law forbids producing or shipping foods under conditions that could make it harmful to consumers' health." ... "Food and Drug Administration officials earlier had said Peanut Corp. [Corporation] of America waited for a second test to clear peanut butter and peanuts that initially were positive for salmonella. But the agency amended its report Friday, saying that the Blakely, Ga. [Georgia], plant actually shipped some products before receiving the second test and sold others after confirming salmonella." ... "The salmonella outbreak has been blamed for at least eight deaths and 575 illnesses in 43 states. The Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation. More than 1,550 products have been recalled." -By Brett J. Blackledge and Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar with contributions by Mary Clare Jalonick -AP via -Yahoo
    20090128
    HEALTH News.
    FOOD News. PEANUT BUTTER News.FoodSAFETY News.SafetyMANUFACTURING News.ManufacturingCOMPANY News.CompanyGOVERNMENT News.GovernmentLAW News.LawGEORGIA News.Georgia
    "FDA Alleges Company Knowingly Sold Peanut Products Containing Salmonella." ... "There is new information available about the recent salmonella outbreak linked to peanut butter from a plant in Georgia." ... "The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said at least 12 times over the past two years the Peanut Corporation of America has knowingly sold products that had tested positive for salmonella." ... "The FDA also claimed the company did nothing to improve its manufacturing and sanitation practices after salmonella was found in its plant, and that is a clear violation of the law." ... "More than 500 people have gotten sick and the outbreak may have contributed to at least eight deaths. " -ByLee Sausley -KRISTV.com via -MSNBC
    20081213
    OPINION News.
    BOB CORKER News.Bob CorkerRICHARD SHELBY News.Richard ShelbyJIM DeMINT News.Jim DeMintMITCH McCONNELL News.Mitch McConnellFOREIGN News.ForeignMONEY News. INDUSTRY News. ECONOMIC News.MoneyPOLITICIAN News. POLITICS News.PoliticiansAUTOMAKERS News. CAR News. VW News: VolksWagen News. Nissan News. Ford News. General Motors News. Chrysler News.AutoMAKERS News. FACTORIES News. MANUFACTURING PLANT News.MakersMICHIGAN News.MichiganUS AMERICAN News.USWORKERS News. UNION News. Non-Union News.WorkersEMERGENCY News.EmergencyLAW News. LAWMAKERS News.LawTENNESSEE News. Tenn News.TennesseeALABAMA News. Ala News.AlabamaKENTUCKY News. Ky News.KentuckySOUTH CAROLINA News. SC News.South CarolinaGEORGIA News.GeorgiaJAPANESE News. JAPAN News.JapaneseGERMAN News. GERMANY News.GermanKOREAN News. SOUTH KOREAN News.South Korean
    "Meet the GOP's [Republican's] wrecking crew: Why did a small group of Southern Republicans turn the auto bailout into a demolition derby? Introducing the senators who hate unions and love foreign cars." ... "On July 15, [Tennessee Republican Senator] Bob Corker was a happy man." ... ""I cannot think of a more exciting day, even more so than Election Night, for me," the Republican senator from Tennessee said in a conference call that day. The reason for his elation was the announcement that [German automaker] Volkswagen, lured by up to $500 million worth of incentives from the state government, had agreed to build a $1 billion plant near Chattanooga, Tenn. [Tennessee.] That is, not just in his home state, but in the suburbs of the city he once served as mayor." ... "Add VW [Volkwagen] to [Japan automaker] Nissan, which already has two plants and its North American headquarters in Tennessee, and you begin to see why Corker was so aggressive this month about trying to block -- or at least dramatically rewrite -- a proposal to float billions of dollars in emergency loans to domestic automakers. Most of the focus during this debate has been on lawmakers who represent Michigan, the home of the Big Three -- Ford, General Motors and Chrysler. But Corker represents the other side of the coin: Tennessee and other Southern states have recently come to depend on foreign automakers and their non-union factories. If you're from those parts, what's good for American car companies may no longer be what's good for the country -- because your economy now depends on their foreign competitors instead." ... "Expect to hear more not just from the very vocal Bob Corker, but from the rest of a core group of Southern senators whose bread is buttered by the Japanese, Germans and Koreans. Here's a guide to the major players."

    RICHARD SHELBY News."[Alabama Republican Senator] Richard Shelby, R-Ala. [Republican-Alabama]"
    "Foreign auto plants: [German automaker] Mercedes-Benz, [South Korean automaker] Hyundai, [Japanese automaker] Honda"

    JIM DeMINT News. South Carolina Republican James Warren ''Jim'' DeMint News."[South Carolina Republican Senator] Jim DeMint, R-S.C. [Republican-South Carolina]"
    "Foreign auto plants: [German automaker] BMW [Bayerische Motoren Werke]"

    MITCH McCONNELL News."[Kentucky Republican Senator] Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. [Republican-Kentucky]"
    "Foreign auto plants: [Japanese automaker] Toyota"

    BOB CORKER News."[Tennessee Republican Senator] Bob Corker, R-Tenn. [Republican-Tennessee]"
    "Foreign auto plants: Two [Japanese automaker] Nissan plants, as well as the company's U.S. [United States] headquarters; [German automaker] Volkswagen will open near Chattanooga [Tennessee] in 2011"

    "As mayor of Chattanooga, he [Corker] reportedly conceived the idea for the site that will soon become home to the [German automaker] Volkswagen plant, and was instrumental in its development. He organized efforts to lure [Japanese automaker] Toyota to the area, and when that failed, he had VW execs [executives] and other top state politicians over to his house for dinner." ... "Georgia's two Republican senators, Saxby Chambliss and Johnny Isaakson, both voted against the plan as well. Their state has a big [South Korean automaker] Kia factory coming in soon." (1, 2) -By Alex Koppelman and Mike Madden with contributions by Vincent Rossmeier and Gabriel Winant -Salon


    20081119
    NOTEWORTHY News.
    JEFF SESSIONS News. Alabama Republican Jefferson Beauregard 'Jeff' Sessions III News.Jeff SessionsAUTO News. AUTOMAKERS News.AutoMAKERS News. MANUFACTURING News.MakersWORKER News.WorkersHEALTH CARE News.Health CarePENSION News. SENIORS News.PensionPOLITICS News. POLITICIAN News.PoliticsFEDERAL GOVERNMENT News.FederalECONOMY News. MONEY News.Economy2010 ELECTION News2010 ElectionMICHIGAN News.MichiganOHIO News.OhioUS AMERICAN News.USFOREIGN News.ForeignALABAMA News.AlabamaGEORGIA News.GeorgiaKENTUCKY News.KentuckyJAPAN News.JapanSOUTH KOREA News.South Korea
    "It's North vs. South in Big Three bailout fight." ... "Should taxpayers in Alabama be required to bail out [American] automakers whose plants are concentrated in Northern states like Michigan and Ohio?" ... "Alabama is home to three Honda [Japan automaker] and Hyundai [South Korea automaker] plants. And just across the state line in Georgia, a new Kia [Hyundai] plant is set to open and will likely employ many Alabamans." ... "[Alabama Republican Senator] Sen. Jeff Sessions, R- Ala. [Republican-Alabama], told reporters Wednesday, “I can not imagine a real justification for a worker in Alabama who does not have any health insurance at his company to be taxed to maintain a Cadillac health care plan for somebody in Detroit [Michigan].”" ... "The struggle over whether Congress should make the loan is a classic regional battle: North vs. South, unionized states like Michigan vs. mostly non-union ones like Alabama." ... "“There are some states that might think there’s a competitive advantage for them if the Big Three don’t make it,” [Michigan Democratic Senator] Sen. Carl Levin, D- Mich. [Democratic-Michigan], a Big Three ally, told reporters Tuesday." ... "[Kentucky Republican Senator] Sen. Jim Bunning, R- Ky. [Republican-Kentucky], who is up for re-election in 2010, said Wednesday, “It’s not a balancing act. It’s whether the federal government should intervene in the private-sector economy. And I believe it should not. I am very concerned that people as hard-headed as the three people who spoke to us yesterday would not have a plan in place and not have any concession to make, but they would just want the money so they can burn through it. That’s unacceptable.”" ... "And if Chrysler and General Motors go into bankruptcy or liquidation?" ... "“I think that’s probably the best thing that can happen,” [Kentucky Republican Senator] Bunning replied. “Then there will be a reorganization and they’ll be able to jettison things they couldn’t ordinarily jettison, like health care benefits, like pension benefits and there will be someone to pick those up like the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. And then they will be able to restructure their salaries to get more in line with foreign producers and they may come out of bankruptcy a heck of a lot better off than they go into it.”" (1, 2) -By Tom Curry -MSNBC
    MONEY News.
    GEORGIA News.GeorgiaNEVADA News.Nevada2008 ELECTION News2008 ElectionPOLITICS News. POLITICIAN News.Politics
    "RNC gives NRSC $2 million for GA runoff." ... "[Nevada Republican Senator] Sen. John Ensign said Wednesday that the Republican National Committee (RNC) has transferred $2 million earmarked for the Senate runoff in Georgia to the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), which was $4 million in debt after [2008] Election Day." ... "The committee has already launched a $700,000 ad buy in the Georgia race, which pits [Georgia Republican Senator] Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga. [Republican-Georgia]) against former state [Georgia State Democratic Representative] Rep. Jim Martin (D [Democratic])." -By Aaron Blake -TheHill.com
    20081114
    OPINION News.
    POLITICAL News. POLITICIAN News.PoliticalCORPORATE News.CorporateTV News TV.TelevisionMEDIA News.MediaMICHIGAN News.MichiganMASSACHUSETTS News.MassachusettsNEW YORK News.New YorkARIZONA News.ArizonaGEORGIA News.GeorgiaLOUISIANA News.LouisianaALABAMA News.Alabama
    "More Muscle." ... "TPM Reader RS ..."
    "Here is something progressives really need to address. On Sunday morning political shows, three Democrats are confirmed as guests: [Michigan Democratic Senator] Carl Levin, [Massachusetts Democratic Representative] Barney Frank, and [New York Democratic Representative] Charlie Rangel. It's as if Democrats didn't just win huge electoral advances in the Presidential, House, and Senate elections. So we get the same thing we've had the past 8 years--republican hegemony on Sunday. [Arizona Republican Senator Jon] Kyl? Check. [former Georgia Republican Representative Newt] Gingrich? Check. [Republican Michael] Steele? Check. [Louisiana Republican Governor Bobby] Jindal and [Alabama Republican Senator Richard] Shelby? Check and check? Just look at The Page for the whole list. When is the "liberal media" going to give some of the oxygen to Democrats?"
    "This is unquestionably true. The bookers and producers of the Sunday shows are committed to the continuing dominance of conservative/Republican marquee guests. No question about it. And this is going to be one part of the rewiring of Washington that will take longer and face more resistance than possibly any other. The big interests and institutions that go to Washington to buy influence are quickly reacting to the changing political complexion of the city. The TV bookers and opinion act like nothing's happened." -By Josh Marshall .TalkingPointsMemo
    NOTEWORTHY News.
    DON E SIEGELMAN News. Alabama Democratic Governor Donald Eugene ''Don'' Siegelman News.Don E SiegelmanKARL ROVE News. Republican Politician Karl Rove News.Karl RoveMICHAEL MUKASEY News.Michael MukaseyLEURA G CANARY News. Alabama Republican Attorney Leura Garrett Canary News.Leura G CanaryBOB RILEY News. Alabama Republican Governor Robert Renfroe ''Bob'' Riley New.Bob RileyCRIMINAL News.CriminalUS ATTORNEY News.US AttorneyPOLITICS News. POLITICIAN News.PoliticsFEDERAL News.FederalLAW News. Justice Department News. Court News. Attorney General News. Judiciary Committee News.LawALABAMA News.AlabamaGEORGIA News.GeorgiaMICHIGAN News.Michigan
    "More Allegations of Misconduct in Alabama Governor Case." ... "Next month in Atlanta [Georgia's capital], a federal court will hear the high-profile appeal of former [Democratic] Alabama governor Don E. Siegelman, whose conviction on corruption charges in 2006 became one of the most publicly debated cases to emerge from eight years of controversy at the [Republican President] Bush Justice Department. Now new documents highlight alleged misconduct by the Bush-appointed [United States] U.S. Attorney and other prosecutors in the case, including what appears to be extensive and unusual contact between the prosecution and the jury." ... "The documents, obtained by TIME, include internal prosecution e-mails [PDF] given to the Justice Department and Congress by a whistle-blower during the past 18 months. [Michigan Democratic Representative] John Conyers, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, which investigated the Siegelman case as part of a broader inquiry into alleged political interference in the hiring and firing of U.S. Attorneys by the Bush Justice Department, last week sent an eight-page letter [PDF] to Attorney General Michael Mukasey citing the new material." ... "Conyers says the evidence raises "serious questions" about the U.S. Attorney in the Siegelman case, who, documents show, continued to involve herself in the politically charged prosecution long after she had publicly withdrawn to avoid an alleged conflict of interest relating to her husband, a top GOP operative and close associate of Bush adviser Karl Rove. Conyers' letter also cites evidence of numerous contacts between jurors and members of the Siegelman prosecution team that were never disclosed to the trial judge or defense counsel." ... "Critics, including a bipartisan group of 52 state attorneys general, have raised numerous questions, including the allegation that Siegelman was prosecuted at the insistence of Bush-appointed officials at the Justice Department and Leura G. Canary, a U.S. Attorney in Montgomery [Alabama] whose husband [William "Bill" Canary] was Alabama's top Republican operative and who had worked closely with Rove for years." ... "The documents — whose authenticity is not in dispute — include e-mails written by Canary, long after her recusal, offering legal advice to subordinates handling the case. At the time Canary wrote the e-mails, her husband — Alabama GOP [GOP=Grand Old Party=Republican operative William J. Canary — was a vocal booster of the state's Republican governor, Bob Riley, who had defeated Siegelman for the office and against whom Siegelman was preparing to run again. Canary also received tens of thousands of dollars in fees from other political opponents of Siegelman." ... "A key prosecution e-mail describes how jurors repeatedly contacted the government's legal team during the trial to express, among other things, one juror's romantic interest in a member of the prosecution team." ... "What's more, when prosecutors conducted their own investigation of suspected improper conduct by jurors after the trial, two of them were interviewed, despite instructions from the judge that no contact with jurors should occur without his permission. Those interviews were not publicly disclosed until nearly two years later, when the head of the [Department Of Justice] DOJ's criminal division belatedly wrote all parties, including the appeals court in Atlanta, to inform them." ... "Further undisclosed evidence of prosecution team members speaking with jurors following the verdict emerges in [Justice Department staffer Tamarah] Grimes' written statement to the DOJ." -By Adam Zagorin -TIME.com
    20080818
    MONEY News.
    JOHN MCCAIN News.John McCainRALPH REED News. Georgia Republican Evangelist Politician Ralph Reed News.Ralph ReedJACK ABRAMOFF News. CONVICTED CRIMINAL REPUBLICAN LOBBYIST JACK ABRAMOFF News.Jack AbramoffINVESTIGATION News.Criminal InvestigationRELIGION News.ReligionPOLITICS News. POLITICIAN News.PoliticsGEORGIA News.Georgia2008 ELECTION News2008 Election
    "McCain nets $1.75 million at Reed-linked event." .. "[2008 Election Republican Presidential Candidate] John McCain raised more than $1.75 million for Republicans Monday at a fundraiser [in Georgia's capital Atlanta] clouded by confusion over the role of a political operative connected to disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff." .. "The downtown event was promoted by Ralph Reed, a former head of the Christian Coalition. McCain's campaign said the event was organized by the Republican National Committee — not Reed, who was linked to the Abramoff scandal that McCain investigated in the Senate." .. "A House investigative committee in 2006 did not call Reed as a witness, but concluded that he interceded with the [Republican President] Bush White House to help some of Abramoff's clients. Reed's public relations firm also received $4.2 million from Abramoff to mobilize Christian voters to fight the opening of casinos that could compete with Abramoff's Indian tribe clients." .. "Abramoff went to prison for conspiracy, mail fraud and tax evasion." -By Philip Elliott -AP via -Yahoo
    POLITICS News. POLITICIAN News.
    JOHN MCCAIN News.John McCainRALPH REED News. Georgia Republican Evangelist Politician Ralph Reed News.Ralph ReedJACK ABRAMOFF News. CONVICTED CRIMINAL REPUBLICAN LOBBYIST JACK ABRAMOFF News.Jack AbramoffMONEY News.MoneyRELIGION News.ReligionGEORGIA News.Georgia2006 ELECTION News.2006 Election2008 ELECTION News2008 Election
    "Protesters mark McCain’s visit to Atlanta for fund-raiser." ... "More than 50 protesters marched in front of the Marriott Marquis [in Georgia's capital Atlanta] on Monday, shouting “Bush, McCain, same thing!”" ... "Across Peachtree Center Avenue, Georgia Democratic Party chairwoman Jane Kidd and state [Georgia Democratic state Senator] Sen. David Adelman (D-Atlanta) held a news conference to add a more official voice of protest." ... "Kidd blasted McCain for only coming to the state to raise money and not to meet with regular voters." ... "“Instead of listening to Georgians, John McCain chose to talk with people who have given him thousands of dollars,” she said." ... "That includes Ralph Reed, said Adelman." ... "Reed is the former head of the Christian Coalition who in 2006 [election] lost a bid for the Georgia GOP [GOP=Grand Old Party=Republican] nomination as lieutenant governor after he was implicated, but not charged, in the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal in Washington." ... "Reed e-mailed supporters and friends to urge them to give to the [2008 Election Republican Presidential Candidate John] McCain campaign. Reed also instructed potential donors to send contributions directly to him. Reed told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that he sent the e-mail at the request of the campaign and was given boilerplate language to use. He said he has no role in the campaign or in this event, something the McCain campaign confirmed." ... "But Reed’s involvement in raising money has been a source of ridicule and scorn from Democrats." ... "Reed, Adelman said, “has sold his influence with Christian conservative voters to the highest bidder.”" -By Aaron Gould Sheinin -AJC
    20080812
    MONEY News.
    JOHN MCCAIN News.John McCainRALPH REED News. Georgia Republican Evangelist Politician Ralph Reed News.Ralph ReedJACK ABRAMOFF News. CONVICTED CRIMINAL REPUBLICAN LOBBYIST JACK ABRAMOFF News.Jack AbramoffGROVER NORQUIST News. Republican Lobbyist Grover Glenn Norquist News. Abramoff Scandal News.Grover NorquistPOLITICIAN News. POLITICS News.PoliticsGEORGIA News.GeorgiaARIZONA News.Arizona2008 ELECTION News2008 Election
    "McCain ignoring calls to cancel controversial fundraiser." ... "[2008 Election] Republican presidential candidate John McCain so far is ignoring calls from several watchdog groups to cancel an Atlanta [Georgia] fundraiser promoted by [Georgia Republican] Ralph Reed, a longtime friend and business partner of imprisoned [Republican] lobbyist Jack Abramoff." ... "Public Citizen, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), and Campaign Money Watch are urging the Arizona senator to cancel plans for the [August] Aug. 18 fundraiser at the Marriott Marquis in downtown Atlanta and remove Reed from McCain’s Victory 2008 Team." ... "Reed lost his 2006 campaign for Georgia lieutenant governor in large part because of details about his relationship with Abramoff — much of the information uncovered by McCain’s Indian Affairs Committee investigation into the wide-ranging lobbying corruption scandal." ... "The Senate probe discovered $4 million in payments Reed accepted to run a bogus anti-casino campaign aimed at reducing gambling competition. An Indian tribe with a competing casino made payments to Reed, which according to the Senate investigation’s final report, were “passed through” Abramoff’s firm, Preston, Gates, Ellis & Rouvelas Meeds, and another organization, Grover Norquist’s Americans for Tax Reform." -By Susan Crabtree -TheHill.com
    20080729
    MONEY News.
    HOME News.HomesNEVADA News.NevadaFLORIDA News.FloridaPHOENIX News. PHOENIX ARIZONA News.PhoenixARIZONA News.ArizonaLOS ANGELES News. LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA News.Los AngelesSAN DIEGO News. SAN DIEGO CALIFORNIA News.San DiegoSAN FRANCISCO News. SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA News.San FranciscoCALIFORNIA News.CaliforniaFLORIDA News.FloridaMICHIGAN News.MichiganMINNESOTA News.MinnesotaILLINOIS NewsIllinoisOHIO News.OhioGEORGIA News.GeorgiaNEW YORK News.New YorkSEATTLE News. SEATTLE WASHINGTON News.SeattleWASHINGTON News: WASHINGTON State News.WashingtonMASSACHUSETTS News.MassachusettsPORTLAND News. PORTLAND OREGON News.PortlandOREGON News.OregonCOLORADO News.ColoradoTEXAS News.TexasNORTH CAROLINA News.North Carolina
    "Home prices down 15.8% in past year, S&P says: Seven of 20 cities tally monthly price gains in May, Case-Shiller data show." ... "Prices in 10 cities fell 16.9% in the past year." ... "Prices thus are at the same levels as they were in the summer of 2004, which means four years of appreciation have been effectively wiped out. Prices are down 18.4% from peak levels seen two years ago." ... "Here's a list of the 20 cities in the Case-Shiller index with the annual decline through May: Las Vegas [Nevada], down 28.4%; Miami [Florida], down 28.3%; Phoenix [Arizona], down 26.5%; Los Angeles [California], down 24.5%; San Diego [California], down 23.2%; San Francisco [California], down 22.9%; Tampa [Florida], down 20.2%; Detroit [Michigan], down 17.4%; Washington [DC], down 15.4%; Minneapolis [Minnesota], down 14.8%; Chicago [Illinois], down 9.4%; Cleveland [Ohio], down 8%; Atlanta [Georgia], and New York [City, New York], both down 7.9%; Seattle [Washington], down 6.3%; Boston [Massachusetts], down 6.2%; Portland [Oregon], down 5.2%; Denver [Colorado], down 4.8%; Dallas [Texas], down 3.1%; and Charlotte, N.C. [North Carolina], down 0.2%." -By Rex Nutting -MarketWatch
    20080312
    POLITICIAN News. POLITICS News.
  • BARACK OBAMA News. 2008 Election Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack Obama News.Barack ObamaHILLARY CLINTON News. 2008 Election Democratic Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton News.Hillary Clinton2008 ELECTION News2008 ElectionLAWMAKERS News. LAW News.LawmakersILLINOIS NewsIllinoisNEW YORK News.New YorkSOUTH CAROLINA News.South CarolinaMISSISSIPPI News.MississippiGEORGIA News.GeorgiaVIRGINIA News.VirginiaNORTH CAROLINA News.North CarolinaTENNESSEE News.TennesseeALABAMA News.AlabamaNORTH DAKOTA News.North DakotaSOUTH DAKOTA News.South DakotaKENTUCKY News.KentuckyWEST VIRGINIA News.West Virginia - "Eyeing Obama coattails." ... "Democratic lawmakers are becoming persuaded that [2008 Election Democratic Presidential Candidate and Illinois Senator] Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.[Democratic-Illinois]) would have a more positive impact on other Democrats on the November ballot than [2008 Election Democratic Presidential Candidate and New York Senator] Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.[Democratic-New York])." ... "Obama’s advantage over Clinton would be most pronounced in the Southern and Western states President Bush carried in 2000 and 2004, say lawmakers interviewed by The Hill. In total, 32 members of Congress from these “red states” have endorsed Obama. Twenty-two lawmakers from those states have backed Clinton." ... "Obama will “bring new people into the process in Southern states, there’s no question about it,” said Rep. James Clyburn, the House Democratic whip from South Carolina. “In these Southern states he’s bringing out more people, young people, African-Americans. They’re being energized by him.”" ... "Clyburn, who has stayed neutral in the primary, said Obama at the top of the ticket would “certainly” do more to help other Democratic candidates, citing South Carolina and Mississippi specifically." ... "Obama has picked up congressional endorsements from Georgia, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, North and South Dakota, Mississippi, Kentucky, and West Virginia. Clinton has not collected congressional endorsements from any of these states, according to a tally kept by The Hill." -By Alexander Bolton with contributions by Sam Youngman -TheHill.com
  • 20080307
    MONEY News.
    GORDON SMITH News. Oregon Republican Politician Gordon Harold Smith News.Gordon SmithJACK ABRAMOFF News.AbramoffJOHN ROBERTS News. Supreme Court Chief Justice John G Roberts Jr News.John RobertsOREGON News.OreARIZONA News.ArizNEVADA News.NevGEORGIA News.GeorgiaUS AMERICAN NewsUSUK NewsUK ScotlandSPORTS PAGES. SPORTS News.SportsHISTORY News.HistoryPOLITICS News. POLITICIAN News.Politics
    "Gordon Smith says he is missing the links." ... "He [Oregon Republican Senator Gordon Smith] once paid $1.25 million for four really vintage golf clubs - including a putter owned by King James IV in 1504 - and can speak at passionate length about golfing in Scotland [UK], having done so several times." ... "Golf Digest says it ran into a lot of this reticence in [Washington Top 200 golf list] its survey this year."
    "In the wake of the [Jack] Abramoff scandal, there's a greater-than-ever hesitancy among golfers to admit they play. [Republican lobbyist Jack] Abramoff is the former high-powered lobbyist who pleaded guilty in 2006 to charges involving fraud, tax evasion and conspiracy to bribe public officials. Luxury golf junkets to Scotland were among the things that got him in trouble." ... "For now, mum's the word among many D.C. golfers. Even Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, a longtime player whose 14.5 Index hasn't been updated since 2000, declined to approximate his handicap, saying he hasn't been playing enough to have one. Same for [Oregon Republican Senator] Sen. Gordon Smith (R-Ore. [Republican-Oregon]) and [Arizona Democratic Representative] Rep. Ed Pastor (D-Ariz. [Democratic-Arizona]). Freshman [Nevada Republican Representative] Rep. Dean Heller (R-Nev. [Republican-Nevada]), a member of the Republican "Ryder Cup" team, also declined to reveal a handicap. [former Georgia Republican Representative] Newt Gingrich, a proud 47-handicapper as a new golfer in 2005, doesn't admit to playing, either."
    " -By Jeff Mapes -Oregonian
    20080131
    MONEY News.
  • JACK ABRAMOFF News. Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff News.Jack AbramoffJOHN A BOEHNER News. Ohio Republican politician John Boehner News.John A BoehnerJOHN T DOOLITTLE News. California Republican Politician John Doolittle News.John T DoolittleLAWMAKERS News. LEGAL News.LegalPOLITICS News. POLITICIAN News.PoliticsOHIO News.OhioCALIFORNIA News.CaliforniaGEORGIA News.GeorgiaUTAH News.UtahCOLORADO News.ColoradoINDIANA News.IndianaCALIFORNIA News.CaliforniaTEXAS News.Texas - "Fellow Republicans Help Doolittle Pay Legal Bills Stemming From Abramoff Ties." ... "A House Republican under Justice Department investigation because of ties to convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff has garnered help with his legal bills from a handful of colleagues, including [Ohio Republican Representative] Minority Leader John A. Boehner." ... "[California Republican Representative] Rep. John T. Doolittle, R-Calif., reported in a filing made available Thursday that his legal expense fund had received $5,000 from Boehner’s leadership PAC. The money was part of $36,500 kicked in by GOP colleagues to Doolittle’s legal defense between June 27, when he opened the fund, and year’s end." ... "Other Republican lawmakers who contributed money from their campaign funds or leadership committees included [Republican Senator] Sens. Saxby Chambliss of Georgia, [Republican Senator] Orrin G. Hatch of Utah and [Republican Senator] Wayne Allard of Colorado, and Reps. [Republican Representative] Dan Burton of Indiana, [Republican Representative] Wally Herger of California, [Republican Representative] Jack Kingston of Georgia, [Republican Representative] Sam Johnson of Texas, and [California Republican Representative] Howard P. “Buck” McKeon and [Republican Representative] Dana Rohrabacher of California." -By Kathleen Hunter -CQPolitics.com 
  • 20080125
    NOTEWORTHY News.
  • JOHN MCCAIN News. 2008 Election Republican Presidential Candidate John Sidney McCain III News.John McCainRICK DAVIS News. Republican Lobbyist Richard H ''Rick'' Davis News. John McCain Campaign Manager Richard Davis News.Rick DavisRUSSIAN News. RUSSIA News.RussianCRIME News.CrimeMONEY News. COMPANIES News. FINANCING News.MoneyPOLITICAL News. POLITICIANS News.PoliticsSWITZERLAND NewsSwitzerlandUKRAINIAN News. UKRAINE News.UkraineCANADA News.CanadaBRITAIN NewsBritainLAWSUITS News. LAW News.LawsuitsGa News: GEORGIA News.GaNH News: NEW HAMPSHIRE News.NHVIRGINIA News.VirginiaARIZONA News.Arizona2008 ELECTION News2008 ElectionUS AMERICAN News.USINTERNATIONAL News.International - "Aide Helped Controversial Russian Meet McCain: Davis, Then a Lobbyist, Has Spurred Debate in Reform-Focused Campaign." ... "A top political adviser in [2008 Election Republican Presidential Candidate and Arizona Senator]  Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign helped arrange an introduction in 2006 between McCain and a Russian billionaire whose suspected links to anti-democratic and organized-crime figures are so controversial that the U.S. [United States] government revoked his visa." ... "Rick Davis, who is now McCain's campaign manager, helped set up the encounter between McCain and Russian aluminum magnate Oleg Deripaska in [World Economic Summit at Davos] Switzerland during an international economic conference. At the time, Davis was working for a lobbying firm and seeking to do business with the billionaire." ... "With a net worth of more than $13 billion, Deripaska is one of the richest men in Russia and a close ally of President Vladimir Putin." ... "When Deripaska met McCain, Davis was part of Davis Manafort, a lobbying firm that was being paid to provide political advice to pro-Russian and oligarch-funded candidates in Ukraine, according to interviews and news accounts." ... "Davis, who has been a political adviser to McCain on and off since 1999, was part of a lobbying firm that worked not only for Ukrainian politicians but also for telecommunications firms, a lottery services provider and freight companies." ... "Davis's firm provided political advice to a pro-Russian party in Ukraine during the parliamentary elections of 2006." ... "He [Oleg Deripaska] has been accused of shady business practices in lawsuits in the United States and Britain, and his multiple-entry U.S. visa was yanked by the State Department in the summer of 2006." ... "The first gathering that brought McCain and Deripaska together occurred in January 2006, when McCain was part of a congressional delegation trip. He and a small group of senators, including [Georgia Republican Senator] Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.[Republican-Georgia]) and [New Hampshire Republican Senator] John E. Sununu (R-N.H.[Republican-New Hampshire]), met for a drink near Davos, Switzerland, at an apartment where they were greeted by Davis and Deripaska. The group then went to a dinner at the ski chalet of Peter Munk, founder of Barrick Gold, the world's largest gold-mining company, based in Toronto [Canada]. Participants at the buffet dinner said Munk complimented his sometime business partner Deripaska during his brief remarks to the 40 or so guests." ... "Later that month, Deripaska wrote to Davis and his partner, GOP political consultant Paul J. Manafort, to thank them for arranging the meeting. "Thank you so much for setting up everything in Klosters so spectacularly," he wrote. "It was very interesting to meet Senators McCain, Chambliss and Sununu in such an intimate setting."" ... "The letter was sent to Davis at the Reform Institute, a Virginia-based nonprofit group that McCain helped start to promote many of his trademark reform efforts, including increasing the transparency of lobbying and campaign financing." ... "Davis was the institute's president from January 2003 until December 2005. During that time, he was also a registered lobbyist at Davis Manafort. The institute was located at the Davis Manafort offices until January 2006." ... "Seven months later, in August 2006, Davis was present again at a social gathering that was also attended by McCain and Deripaska, this time in Montenegro, another Eastern European country in which Davis's firm was working." (1, 2, 3) -By Jeffrey H. Birnbaum and John Solomon with contributions by Peter Baker -WashingtonPost
  • 20080124
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  • US IMMIGRATION News.US ImmigrationFEDERAL GOVERNMENT News.FederalLAW News. ATTORNEY News.LawLAW ENFORCEMENT News. CRIMINAL News.EnforcementPOLITICS News. POLITICIAN News.PoliticsARIZONA News.ArizonaMINNESOTA News.MinnesotaGEORGIA News.GeorgiaCOLORADO News.Colorado - "Immigration officials detaining, deporting American citizens." ... "Thomas Warziniack was born in Minnesota and grew up in Georgia, but immigration authorities pronounced him an illegal immigrant from Russia." ... "Immigration and Customs Enforcement has held Warziniack for weeks in an Arizona detention facility with the aim of deporting him to a country he's never seen. His jailers shrugged off Warziniack's claims that he was an American citizen, even though they could have retrieved his Minnesota birth certificate in minutes and even though a Colorado court had concluded that he was a U.S. [United States] citizen a year before it shipped him to Arizona." ... "On Thursday, Warziniack was told he would be released. Immigration authorities were finally able to verify his citizenship." ... ""The immigration agents told me they never make mistakes," Warziniack said in a phone interview from jail. "All I know is that somebody dropped the ball."" ... "The story of how immigration officials decided that a small-town drifter with a Southern accent was an illegal Russian immigrant illustrates how the federal government mistakenly detains and sometimes deports American citizens." ... "U.S. citizens who are mistakenly jailed by immigration authorities can get caught up in a nightmarish bureaucratic tangle in which they're simply not believed." ... "Unlike suspects charged in criminal courts, detainees accused of immigration violations don't have a right to an attorney, and three-quarters of them represent themselves. Less affluent or resourceful U.S. citizens who are detained must try to maneuver on their own through a complicated system." -By Marisa Taylor with contributions by Tish Wells -McClatchyDC.com 
  • 20080110
    MEDIA News. Television Media News: CNN, MSNBC.
  • JOHN MCCAIN News. 2008 Election Republican Presidential Candidate John McCain News.John McCainLAW News. JUSTICE News. Justice Department News.LawINVESTIGATION News. LAW ENFORCEMENT News.InvestigationRALPH REED News. Georgia Republican Evangelist Politician Ralph Reed News.Ralph ReedJACK ABRAMOFF News. Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff News.Jack AbramoffGROVER NORQUIST News. Republican Lobbyist Grover Glenn Norquist News. Abramoff Scandal News.Grover NorquistTOM DELAY News. Texas Republican Politician Tom DeLay News.Tom DeLaySECRET News.SecretCORPORATE News. MONEY News.CorporateRELIGION News. CHRISTIAN News.ReligionHISTORY News.HistoryGEORGIA News.GeorgiaNEW HAMPSHIRE News.New Hampshire2008 ELECTION News2008 ElectionTELEVISION News. CNN News. MSNBC News.TelevisionPOLITICS News. POLITICIAN News.PoliticsAnalyst News.OPINION News.Opinion - "Ralph Reed's New Role." ... "Eighteen months ago, the political career of Christian right golden boy [Republican] Ralph Reed came crashing down, a casualty of his role in the [Republican] Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal. This week, Reed has found a new calling. He appeared on CNN during its New Hampshire primary coverage and again last night, labeled as a "GOP [Grand Old Party=Republican] political analyst."" ... "Reed sounded none too bullish about [2008 Election Republican Presidential Candidate] John McCain's prospects going forward despite his big New Hampshire win. That's perhaps not surprising, given the long history between the two." ... "McCain, as chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, launched an investigation of Abramoff's tribal lobbying that turned up a mountain of e-mails, including some between Reed and Abramoff." ... "The e-mails revealed Abramoff's corrupt dealings with politicians, as well as conservative religious and advocacy groups. Reed often participated in Abramoff's business schemes, telling him in a 1998 e-mail after stepping down as head of the Christian Coalition: "I need to start humping in corporate accounts!"" ... "E-mails and testimony before McCain's panel showed that Reed, who once branded gambling a "cancer" on society, reaped millions of dollars in tribal casino proceeds that Abramoff secretly routed to him through various non-profit front groups. Abramoff, a lobbyist for the tribes, paid Reed to whip up "grassroots" Christian opposition to prevent rival tribes from opening casinos." ... "Abramoff sometimes routed his money to Reed through a group called Americans for Tax Reform, run by conservative anti-tax crusader Grover Norquist. Norquist lately has been attacking McCain's record on taxes, placing robo calls to voters in New Hampshire." ... "Reed's much-publicized role in the Abramoff scandal cost him the 2006 Republican primary for Georgia lieutenant governor--the first rung on what was widely expected to be a climb into national politics." ... "Former House majority leader [Republican] Tom DeLay, who left Congress and is still under investigation by the Justice Department in connection with the Abramoff probe, predicted to MSNBC's Chris Matthews that McCain won't fare well with conservatives in the South." -By Susan Schmidt -WashingtonPost
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