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  • Burning Ohio trees at Burger sets fire to debate
    Aug 1, 2010 — Akron Beacon Journal
    Biomass accounts for 1.2 percent of America's electricity. More than 120 wood-burning biomass power plants have been proposed in the past three years.
  • Charter school expects to open at end of month Charter school preparing for Aug. 31 start
    Aug 1, 2010 — The Boston Globe
    By including the school in its district, Kirk said the city could save about $2.4 million annually. Earlier this year, an inspector general's report stated that Paul Reville, the state's education secretary, had intervened in 2009 to have the Gloucester charter school approved. He also said the school's renovation of a former medical center in Blackburn Industrial Park is expected to be completed by November.
  • Democrat Kendrick Meek facing uphill battle in Florida Senate race
    Aug 1, 2010 — Washington Post
    Charlie Crist, Meek faces a formidable last-minute challenge for the Democratic nomination from investor Jeff Greene. Meek will get his chance to prove his doubters wrong in the primary. He effectively inherited his House seat from his mother, Carrie Meek, a beloved civil rights pioneer, but Meek says his own work in the Senate race will pay off.
  • EDITORIAL
    Aug 1, 2010 — The Hartford Courant
    Of the three Republicans running for governor, The Courant recommends Tom Foley, 58, from Greenwich. Foley has been battle-tested in such work. Mr. Griebel is the more innovative and dynamic of Mr.
  • Five myths about the Bush tax cuts
    Aug 1, 2010 — Washington Post
    Should the tax cuts expire, as some Democrats have said? As the CBO notes, most Bush tax cut dollars go to higher-income households, and these top earners don't spend as much of their income as lower earners. In 2007, well after the tax cuts took effect, the budget deficit stood at 1.2 percent of GDP.
  • French workers agree to trade benefits to keep GM plant from moving to Mexico
    Aug 1, 2010 — Washington Post
    General Motors to keep the factory humming in the years ahead.Ruhland's union, the French Labor Federation, which has traditional links to the Socialist Party, also backed signing up for the GM deal, seeing it as the lesser of two evils. As the strongest union at the plant, its support was key in generating the 70 percent favorable vote July 19.The second-strongest union, the General Labor Federation, which has traditional ties to the Communist Party, denounced the GM offer as a...
  • Here comes the sun
    Aug 1, 2010 — The Kansas City Star
    Although these aren't fully solar-powered homes, they have several solar features. In their case, it's a framed black panel, a solar air heater, attached to the back of the house. In winter, hot air comes out two circular vents, similar to dryer vents.
  • Massachusetts for Palin?
    Aug 1, 2010 — The Boston Globe
    For in 2010, Massachusetts joined the National Popular Vote compact, making a commitment to cast all of its electoral votes for the presidential candidate receiving the most votes nationally, regardless of the results in Massachusetts. American presidents are not elected in a single national plebiscite. Today Massachusetts politicians may like the idea of awarding their state's electors to the most popular presidential candidate.
  • McCain gains grudging approval
    Aug 1, 2010 — The Arizona Daily Star
    And if you listen to McCain, there's a lot not to like about what's going on. In the runup to the race, the 12-year congressman taunted McCain on his Phoenix talk radio show. Even so, he expected Hayworth to have more traction than he's shown so far. "Hayworth is a fine candidate," Solop said.
  • Meek seeks place in history
    Aug 1, 2010 — Tampa Tribune
    Early on, it appeared Meek had a clear path to the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate. Gov. Carrie Meek -- granddaughter of a slave and Florida's first black Congress member since Reconstruction. It employed his mother as a lobbyist after she left Congress. Meek won a state House seat in 1994, then a state Senate seat in 1998.
  • Oklahoma elections
    Aug 1, 2010 — The Daily Oklahoman
    Edmondson coming out immediately to pledge to back Askins could also help. Fallin won without a runoff in a four-way race, winning 54.8 percent of the vote. Brogdon has not yet publicly endorsed Fallin. Odom said Fallin was expected to win a higher percentage and her underperformance may cause some support to drift. Askins, from Duncan, served as a member of Gov.
  • Police side missing in rehash of Gates' 2009 arrest
    Aug 1, 2010 — Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Gates, his friend from his days at Harvard, instead of the white working-class cop, Mr. The "beer summit" at the White House cooled passions considerably, but a year later, the hysteria of the Gates affair continues to haunt the Obama administration. Charles Ogletree, Mr. Crowley's supporters that the Gates bust was anything but kosher, Mr.
  • Republicans compete to take on Debbie Wasserman Schultz
    Aug 1, 2010 — Sun Sentinel
    Anthony Man Aug. 1, 2010 (McClatchy-Tribune Regional News delivered by Newstex) -- Door to door campaigning in blistering summer heat. Harrington, 46, of Davie, is a restaurant owner.
  • Texas Democratic candidates distance selves from Obama
    Aug 1, 2010 — Fort Worth Star-Telegram
    Rick Perry on down have made Obama-bashing a political sport. The midday stop in Austin is also expected to include a public event that Obama may use to tout his administration's performance on the economy. As of late July, major polls gave the former Illinois senator an average approval rating of 45.7 percent, compared with a 49.3 percent disapproval rating, according to Real Clear Politics.
  • The Kansas City Star, Mo., Steve Kraske column
    Aug 1, 2010 — The Kansas City Star
    Not when the party in control of the White House almost always loses seats in the midterms. Not with 102 Democrats opposing Obama in funding the Afghanistan war.
  • The Sacramento Bee, Calif., Dan Morain column
    Aug 1, 2010 — The Sacramento Bee
    He has given $25,900 to Brown, dribbled out over the past year, and $25,900 to Whitman. No California Democrat has spent more time on the public stage. There are 2.3 million more Democratic voters in California than Republicans.
  • Thumbs up for St. Louis in 2012?
    Aug 1, 2010 — St. Louis Post-Dispatch
    Louis and three other cities are in the running for the 2012 national Democratic convention, and elbows already are being thrown. Editorial writers in Charlotte called St. Louis the "city companies love to leave." Cleveland has been warned to prepare for another LeBron James-like heartbreak. Last week, a Democratic site team finished its four-city scouting trip with a stop in St.
  • Ulman's use of police driver at political events raises eyebrows
    Aug 1, 2010 — The Baltimore Sun
    If elected, Kittleman said, she would not use that kind of security "unless someone's out there with a distinct threat on my life. The county spent $21,774 in 2007 and $14,328 in 2008, county police said. Kane, who started her political career on Capitol Hill working for former U.S. Sen.
  • Voting records tell how Tiahrt, Moran differ
    Aug 1, 2010 — The Kansas City Star
    It passed 267-158. Tiahrt: No Moran: Yes April 20, 2007: HR 1257, a bill requiring most public companies to hold a nonbinding shareholder vote on executive pay. Opponents said it would add to the deficit. It passed 354-58. Tiahrt: Yes Moran: No June 11, 2008: HR 6003, a bill reauthorizing federal spending for Amtrak.
  • Will Schwarzenegger's high-stakes gamble on furloughs work?
    Aug 1, 2010 — The Sacramento Bee
    The governor's signature carbon emissions bill, AB 32, could be suspended by a voter initiative this fall. The state attorneys union has filed a formal complaint against Schwarzenegger for unfair bargaining. In total, 156,000 employees are represented by unions that haven't yet reached agreements. He also noted the governor's furlough authority is still being tested in the courts.
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