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Senate health bill protested at labor convention

September 13, 2009 By John Wojcik

PITTSBURGH- Delegates, alternates and others at the 26th AFL-CIO convention who are from states with Senators who serve on the Senate’s Finance Committee began calling those lawmakers Tuesday afternoon from the convention floor telling them that...

Will Ellen DeGeneres make it on American Idol

September 13, 2009

Before every American Idol fan and entertainment writer goes nuts buzzing online about how it’s a bad idea that Ellen DeGeneres has joined the show’s judging table, let’s all just take a deep breath and give...

President Obama addresses Congress on health care

September 13, 2009 By Tim Wheeler

President Obama lays out health care reform specifics in a speech before Congress on Wednesday. Here is a transcript of the speech.

Attempt to alter textbooks at center of Republican frenzy over Obama speech on education

September 13, 2009 By Mike Towson

While President Obama’s address to students was a consoling speech on education, staying in school and students’ taking personal responsibility for their learning, David Bradley, a Republican member of the Texas State Board of Education and...

Illinois governor to strikers: ‘You speak for all on health care’

September 13, 2009 By John Bachtell

“This picket line is really speaking for all the people of Illinois who need decent health care,” Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn told striking workers at SK Hand Tools Corporation. “Health care is not a privilege. It’s...