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Shareholders weigh on Target Best Buy’s political giving
Written on 21 Aug, 2010 at 7:40 in POLITICS | viewed 3 views times | No Comments
Target and its corporate retail cousin Best Buy are continuing to suffer fallout from donations to a Minnesota group that backed a gay-marriage opponent for governor. On top of organized consumer boycotts and public pressure campaigns, some of the retail... (Continue reading)
Who gets the car
Written on 19 Aug, 2010 at 8:17 in POLITICS | viewed 2 views times | No Comments
SEATTLE — It started out simple enough. There was a car (the economy). And a ditch (the recession). Republicans had been driving the car (were in power) for eight years. It went into the ditch. And now that Democrats have... (Continue reading)
News outlets split in describing mosque
Written on 17 Aug, 2010 at 7:03 in POLITICS | viewed 3 views times | No Comments
There is no mosque being built on the site of Ground Zero. It’s a simple fact, but one that news consumers can be forgiven for missing. In covering the growing controversy over the proposed Islamic community center in lower Manhattan,... (Continue reading)
Obama backs mosque near ground zero
Written on 14 Aug, 2010 at 7:42 in POLITICS | viewed 1 views times | No Comments
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama on Friday forcefully endorsed allowing a mosque near ground zero, saying the country’s founding principles demanded no less. “As a citizen, and as president, I believe that Muslims have the same right to practice their... (Continue reading)
First Family heads to Gulf Coast for 27-hour vacation
Written on 14 Aug, 2010 at 7:36 in POLITICS | viewed 1 views times | No Comments
President Obama is taking his family to Florida’s Gulf Coast this weekend in what the White House is billing as a show of support for the region’s struggling businesses after the BP oil spill. The president, First Lady Michelle Obama... (Continue reading)
Are ‘anchor babies’ a widespread problem
Written on 13 Aug, 2010 at 7:44 in POLITICS | viewed 4 views times | No Comments
A new U.S. study finding that 1 child in 15 has an illegal-immigrant parent as of 2008 has helped stoke the heated national controversy around illegal immigration. Meanwhile, about 1 U.S. birth in 12 was to an illegal-immigrant parent in... (Continue reading)
Quayle’s son: Obama is the ‘worst president in history
Written on 13 Aug, 2010 at 7:24 in POLITICS | viewed 1 views times | No Comments
Is President Obama the “worst president in history”? That’s what the son of former Vice President Dan Quayle claims in a new TV ad aimed at boosting his congressional bid in Arizona. Ben Quayle, running for the GOP nomination in... (Continue reading)
In new TV ads, Mormons pitch message Middle America
Written on 12 Aug, 2010 at 8:23 in POLITICS | viewed 14 views times | No Comments
The Mormon church recently launched a new ad campaign in nine U.S. cities that show regular people talking about their lives and hobbies before announcing near the end of the spots that they are Mormons. The ads are part of... (Continue reading)
Fingerprint sharing led deportation 47,000
Written on 11 Aug, 2010 at 6:42 in POLITICS | viewed 3 views times | No Comments
WASHINGTON – A rapidly expanding illegal immigration enforcement program has led to the deportation of 47,000 people over 18 months when the Homeland Security Department was sifting through millions of fingerprints taken at local jail bookings. About one-quarter of those... (Continue reading)
Primary votes show limits anti-incumbent wav
Written on 11 Aug, 2010 at 6:12 in POLITICS | viewed 1 views times | No Comments
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