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  • Obama unveils four-step housing fix

    Obama unveils four-step housing fix

    February 19, 2009

    Up to 9 million families facing home foreclosure could see relief under President Barack Obama's newly unveiled housing plan announced Feb. 18 in Mesa, Arizona. The plan 'will give millions of families resigned to financial ruin...

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  • Obama economic plan signed into law

    Obama economic plan signed into law

    February 19, 2009 By Morning Star

    US President Barack Obama signed his hard-fought stimulus plan into law on Tuesday in the hope that the huge injection of public funds will cushion the collapsing US economy.

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  • Grand Rapids, Mich. eager for jobs, relief

    Grand Rapids, Mich. eager for jobs, relief

    February 18, 2009

    GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – When Rep. Vernon Ehlers (R-Mich.) voted twice against President Obama's economic stimulus package, he voted twice to kill approximately 7,500 jobs in his congressional district in and around Grand Rapids. The estimate...

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  • Robinson crowned All-Star Slam Dunk champion

    Robinson crowned All-Star Slam Dunk champion

    February 17, 2009

    February 16 (Xinhua) Nate Robinson of the New York Knicks upset defending champion Dwight Howard to win the slam dunk competition Saturday at the NBA All-Star weekend.

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  • DC vote launches postcard campaign for D.C. voting rights

    DC vote launches postcard campaign for D.C. voting rights

    February 16, 2009 By Katie Kohn

    DC Vote recently launched a postcard campaign in support of the District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009 (DC VRA), a bill that will give residents of Washington, D.C., a voting member in Congress.

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