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Odawa tribe youth heads to Washington, D.C.
Staff WriterEighteen-year-old Petoskey resident Sarah Schilling may sometimes feel reluctant about stepping up as the voice for her community, but it is a role she is becoming known for -- even on the national stage. Schilling leaves Sunday, March 3, to be one of...Tags: Aspen Institute, Politics, Human Interest, Violence Against Women Act, U.S. Congress
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Energy Secretary Chu to step down
WASHINGTON -- Energy Secretary Steven Chu said he is leaving the Obama administration, ending a tenure marked by active development of alternative energy that won plaudits from environmentalists and drew attacks from conservatives, especially after the...
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Obama Cabinet shuffle taking shape
WASHINGTON (AP) — The composition of President Barack Obama's second term Cabinet became clearer Wednesday, with Labor Secretary Hilda Solis resigning and three other members of the president's team deciding to stay on amid concerns about...
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Reid urges cooperation as Democrats expand Senate control
CNNSenate Majority Leader Harry Reid called on Republicans to cooperate with an expanded Democratic majority Wednesday, a day after the Democrats picked up at least one more seat in the chamber. "It is better to dance than to fight," said Reid, D-Nevada....Tags: Albany County, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Robert P. Casey, Jr., Roger F. Wicker, Tammy Baldwin
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GOP Expands Majority in Governors' Mansions
CNNRepublicans flipped North Carolina, a state that hasn't elected a GOP governor since the 1980s, expanding their national lead over Democrats at the statehouse level, according to CNN projections. Eleven states held governors' races Tuesday. Democrats...Tags: Jay Nixon, Justice System, Jack Markell, Crime, Law and Justice, Joe Manchin III
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Democrats Hold onto Narrow Majority in U.S. Senate
Los Angeles TimesWASHINGTON -- Democrats retained a narrow majority in the Senate on Tuesday, but Republicans kept their grip on the House, delivering another divided, and highly polarized, Congress. The balance of power was likely to shift by no more than a seat or two,...Tags: Advertising, Joe Lieberman, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Kent Conrad, Robert P. Casey, Jr.
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Republicans score key gubernatorial win in North Carolina
CNNRepublicans picked up a key seat in North Carolina, flipping a state that hasn't elected a GOP governor since the 1980s, according to CNN projections. Eleven states are holding gubernatorial races Tuesday, in which Democrats are defending eights seats;...Tags: Jay Nixon, Justice System, Jack Markell, Crime, Law and Justice, Joe Manchin III
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Allan Powell: Four words we find odious - 'I told you so'
How many times have we become irritated at someone with a haughty grin who blurts out, “I told you so?” We wonder if they were just lucky or if they were bright and informed. One such case comes to mind while reflecting about the present...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Christopher Dodd, Politics, Occupy Wall Street, Finance
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Dorgan joins board of The Climate Corporation
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. Byron Dorgan has been appointed to a seat on the board of directors for The Climate Corporation. The North Dakota Democrat says he wants to be involved with the company’s efforts to help farmers...Tags: Companies and Corporations
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Democrat Byron Dorgan addresses the U.S. Senate on underwear
Top of the TicketLaugh if you want, but he's talking Fruit of the Loom. It's an issue about jobs going elsewhere.... -
New faces of the Class of 2010: Rubio, Coons, Noem, Hoeven, Johnson, Corbett, Haley, Martinez, Fallin
Top of the TicketMostly Republicans, the newcomers to the nation's capital bring considerable experience in government and politics at the state level....
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