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Mississippi Delta Town Elects First Black Mayor
In a shock result in Alligator (population 220), Tommie “Tomaso” Brown, 38, defeated Robert Fava, the mayor since 1979, owner of…
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President Obama selects AL MD Regina Benjamin as Surgeon General
President Obama has chosen Regina Benjamin, a family physician from Alabama, to be the next Surgeon General, filling a key public…
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Senate Spars over Sonia Sotomayor Appointment to Supreme Court
Today the Senate Judiciary Committee meets to determine whether Judge Sonia Sotomayor will become the first Hispanic to serve on the…
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Recovery Act Delivered $43m in Tax Relief to Working Families
In his Weekly Address yesterday, President Barack Obama discussed the gains the Recovery Act has made during his short term in…
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AG Eric Holder: “Move Past Politics and Ideology to get Smart on Crime”
Attorney General Eric Holder spoke yesterday at the Vera Institute of Justice’s Third Annual Justice Address, an annual meeting featuring a…
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Remarks by President Obama and President Napolitano of Italy after Bilateral Meeting – Transcript
Today President Obama met with Italian President Napolitano on the eve of the G-8 meeting in L’Aquila, Italy. In a statement…