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White House Economic Advisor Claims Stimulus On Track To Create Or Save Over 3 Million Jobs

CNSNews.com Headlines — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:21:03 +0000

Departing Chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisors, Christina Romer says there is widespread consensus that the Recovery Act has saved or created somewhere between 2 and 3 million jobs.

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Laid-Off Temporary Census Workers Account for 43.6 Percent of Increase in Unemployed Americans

CNSNews.com Headlines — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:16:53 +0000

Laid-off temporary federal workers, who were brought on to the government payroll by the U.S. Census Bureau to help conduct the 2010 Census, accounted for 43.6 percent of the increase in unemployed people in the United States last month.

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Obama: New Jobs Numbers ‘Positive’ but Not Good Enough

CNSNews.com Headlines — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:53:35 +0000

With the unemployment rate ticking upward, President Obama said on Friday he’d roll out new plans next week to spur the economy.

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HUD Offers Millions in Grants to Remove Lead-Based Paint in Lower-Income Homes

CNSNews.com Headlines — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:36:02 +0000

‘While we have made remarkable progress toward eliminating lead poisoning in children nationwide, now is the time to focus on reaching the finish line,’ a HUD official said.

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Newspaper Roundup for Friday, September 3, 2010

CNSNews.com Headlines — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:49:21 +0000

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‘Youth Promise Act’ Would Funnel $1.6 Billion in Taxpayer Money to Anti-Gang Groups

CNSNews.com Headlines — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:27:59 +0000

A $1.6 billion congressional bailout of sorts could help financially flailing groups that fight to keep young people out of trouble, yet lawmakers are reluctant to take up the expensive proposal amid a sour economy and other, more pressing issues.

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Defense Secretary Gates Says He’s ‘Encouraged’ by Progress in Afghanistan War

CNSNews.com Headlines — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:00:18 +0000

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday he saw and heard evidence that the U.S. counterinsurgency strategy is taking hold in critical Kandahar province.

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Roman Polanski Still on the Run – U.S. Justice Department Not Releasing Documents in Ongoing Case

CNSNews.com Headlines — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:44:00 +0000

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Delaware Republicans Attack Tea Party Senate Candidate As Unelectable ‘Liar’

CNSNews.com Headlines — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:35:16 +0000

Delaware Republicans call Senate hopeful Christine O’Donnell, the tea party candidate, a liar who ‘could not be elected dog catcher.’

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Pro-Life Group Targets Democrats in Radio Ads

CNSNews.com Headlines — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:21:26 +0000

A pro-life group plans to air radio ads in three congressional races calling for the defeat of Democratic incumbents. These are among the first ads to capitalize on a Supreme Court ruling this year that freed corporations to directly influence elections.

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China Orders Action to Cool Rising Food Prices

CNSNews.com Headlines — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:12:00 +0000

No unrest has been reported in China but food prices are politically sensitive in an economy where the poor majority spend up to half their incomes to eat.

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Police Question Elderly Scientist in Miami Airport Scare

CNSNews.com Headlines — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:00:47 +0000

A passenger was detained and four of Miami International Airport’s six concourses were evacuated after a screener spotted something suspicious in a checked bag, authorities said.

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Palestinian Leader Rebuffs Netanyahu’s Call for A ‘Jewish State’

CNSNews.com Headlines — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:47:20 +0000

Behind the polite talk at Thursday’s re-launch of direct Israeli-Palestinian negotiations at the State Department was a deep gulf on what Israel calls a make-or-break issue – Palestinian recognition of Israel as a Jewish state.

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American Academy of Pediatrics Says Media Portrayal of Sex ‘Unhealthy’

CNSNews.com Headlines — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:01:01 +0000

Calling media portrayals of sex ‘unhealthy,’ the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has issued new guidelines calling on all media outlets to present human sexuality in a healthy, scientifically accurate manner.

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CNSNews.com Is Accepting Applications for Journalistic Interns

CNSNews.com Headlines — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:27:03 +0000

CNSNews.com is now accepting applications for journalistic interns.

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Quotes of the day

Allahpundit — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:30:46 +0000

The beginning and the end.

The Grand Design, an extract of which appears in the Times today, sets out to contest Sir Isaac Newton’s belief that the universe must have been designed by God as it could not have been created out of chaos. “Because there is a law such as gravity, the universe can and will create itself from [...]

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Bulbs of Doom

Little Green Footballs — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:48:26 +0000

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(Camera: iPhone 4.)

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Video: GOP launches new, er, “Young Guns” ad

Allahpundit — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:32:45 +0000

Branding.

A few days old but worth watching. Here’s the thing: I like the overarching “rebranding” concept, and I really like the idea of showcasing the GOP’s younger stars (Paul Ryan especially). But there’s a certain wisdom in the second clip below (via Mediaite) about not giving yourself your own nickname. My appreciation for Ryan’s seriousness [...]

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