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Economic crisis, Obama response face new Congress
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AP - The new Congress opened for business at the stroke of noon on Tuesday, eager to join President-elect Barack Obama in tackling the worst economic crisis in generations. Democrats celebrated last fall's election gains in the House and Senate.
Obama bans earmarks from big economic package
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AP - President-elect Barack Obama says he will bar pork-barrel projects from the massive economic stimulus bill he wants Congress to pass.
Burris denied seat in US Senate to succeed Obama
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AP - Roland Burris failed in his bid to take President-elect Barack Obama's Illinois Senate seat on Tuesday in a scripted piece of political theater staged just before the opening of the 111th Congress.
Bush thanks military for undertaking 'just' work
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AP - President George W. Bush said Tuesday that every U.S. military mission under his watch has been part of a just cause.
Matthews passing on Senate race?
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Obama adds 'Youth Ball' to festivities
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AP - President-elect Barack Obama is adding a "Youth Ball" to the parties planned to celebrate his Jan. 20 inauguration.
Rice traveling to UN to push Gaza cease-fire
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AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will travel to New York and the United Nations on Tuesday in a bid to broker a sustainable cease-fire as soon as possible to end the crisis in Gaza.
VP-elect Biden sworn in for 7th Senate term
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AP - The Senate put Washington's massive shift of power on public display Tuesday when senators convened for the opening of the 111th session of Congress.
Blackwater guards to appear in court Tuesday
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AP - Five Blackwater Worldwide security guards are expected to appear in federal court to answer to manslaughter charges in the 2007 shooting deaths of 17 Iraqi civilians in Baghdad.
Obama names Harvard Law dean solicitor general
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AP - President-elect Barack Obama on Monday chose the dean at his alma mater, Harvard Law School, to represent the United States before the Supreme Court.
Alan Walters, economic aide to UK's Thatcher, dies
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AP - Sir Alan Walters, a top economic adviser to former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, has died at age 82.