Bob Herbert, New York Times
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Stepping Up Exercise Could Help Beat The Cold Virus
It's the time of year when many people are sniffling and sneezing from a cold. But new research shows that people who exercise five days a week for 20 minutes or more had 40 percent fewer days of illness.
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Security Council Won't Make Room For India Yet
President Obama endorsed the idea of India joining the U.N. Security Council on Monday. Although valuable as a gesture by the president, it's not likely to happen anytime soon.
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Monday, November 8, 2010
Israel announces East Jerusalem building plans as Netanyahu visits U.S. (Powerlineblog.com)
Jim Webb: Why Reagan Democrats Still Matter
David Paul Kuhn, RCP
Jim Webb went to the White House last September. The Virginia senator was meeting with the president to discuss Guantanamo detainees. The conversation soon shifted to healthcare. "I told him this was going to be a disaster," Webb recalls. "The president believed it was all going to work out."Democratic leaders broadly believed it was all going to work out. The stimulus, healthcare, cap and trade. Americans were to come around to the left side. Receive news alertsWe're talking about why voters didn't come around. Webb is weighing my report the morning after the...
Jim Webb went to the White House last September. The Virginia senator was meeting with the president to discuss Guantanamo detainees. The conversation soon shifted to healthcare. "I told him this was going to be a disaster," Webb recalls. "The president believed it was all going to work out."Democratic leaders broadly believed it was all going to work out. The stimulus, healthcare, cap and trade. Americans were to come around to the left side. Receive news alertsWe're talking about why voters didn't come around. Webb is weighing my report the morning after the...
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German Exhibit Shows Mass Appeal Of Nazi Ideology
A new exhibit at Germany's national museum in Berlin looks at how deeply Nazi ideology penetrated the country's popular culture. Playing cards, board games, posters, quilts and other artifacts are on display through early February.
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Welcome to Obama's Worst Week Yet
Michael Goodwin, New York Post
Welcome to Barack Obama's worst week in the Oval Office. It started with Halloween and ended with Obama exposed as a diminished and damaged president. Merely listing his problems doesn't do justice to his predicament.
Welcome to Barack Obama's worst week in the Oval Office. It started with Halloween and ended with Obama exposed as a diminished and damaged president. Merely listing his problems doesn't do justice to his predicament.
Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2010/11/08/welcome_to_obama039s_worst_week_yet_245424.html
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Obama's Economic Plans Face Gridlock In Congress
Republicans are now on top in the House, but the economy's still in a rut. When the new Congress convenes, there will be two very different visions of how to get it unstuck. Guy Raz talks about what's ahead with Greg Mankiw, a former economic adviser for George W. Bush; and Laura Tyson, an adviser in the Clinton administration.
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The Sorrows Of Keith Olbermann
Commentator Brooke Gladstone -- host of NPR's On The Media -- finds fault with MSNBC's decision to suspend the host of its most popular show after he made political contributions to three Democrats. "We all know true objectivity is a myth," she says.
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Fledgling Government Awaits Greek Voters' Verdict
After six months of tough economic times, Greek voters cast ballots Sunday in local elections seen as a referendum on the socialist government's draconian austerity measures.
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Sunday, November 7, 2010
Skies Clear for Obama Arrival in Indonesia (ABC News)
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Foreign Policy May Be Obama's Best Hope
Doyle McManus, LA Times
Here's one thing last week's congressional election wasn't about: foreign policy. The campaign was long, loud and polarized, but somehow the fact that the United States is at war in Afghanistan and Iraq — and carrying out bombings in Pakistan and Yemen — went almost unmentioned.That's because voters were preoccupied by the economy, of course. But it's also because foreign policy has been a zone of relative bipartisanship in Washington, an oasis of civility compared with the battlegrounds of economic policy and healthcare.
Here's one thing last week's congressional election wasn't about: foreign policy. The campaign was long, loud and polarized, but somehow the fact that the United States is at war in Afghanistan and Iraq — and carrying out bombings in Pakistan and Yemen — went almost unmentioned.That's because voters were preoccupied by the economy, of course. But it's also because foreign policy has been a zone of relative bipartisanship in Washington, an oasis of civility compared with the battlegrounds of economic policy and healthcare.
Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2010/11/07/foreign_policy_may_be_obama039s_best_hope_245384.html
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'Client 9' Chronicles Spitzer's Rise And Dramatic Fall
Documentary maker Alex Gibney trains his camera on the former New York governor in Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer. The film profiles the one-time New York governor known as "The Sheriff of Wall Street" until a sex scandal brought him down. And Gibney thinks Spitzer has a shot at a political resurrection.
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Latinos May Have Saved Senate For Democrats
Amid of a wave of Republican victories on Tuesday, Democrats may have Hispanic voters to thank for their narrow majority in the Senate. Polls show Latinos' overwhelming support for Democrats made the difference in at least three Senate races in the West.
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Counting Crowds: Results May Vary
How many people attended Jon Stewart's rally last weekend, or Glenn Beck's rally last summer? It depends on who you ask. Two crowd-counting experts explain the "gold standard" for measuring crowd size, and discuss why some rally organizers might disagree with the counts.
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The Sorrows Of Keith Olbermann
Commentator Brooke Gladstone -- host of NPR's On The Media -- finds fault with MSNBC's decision to suspend the host of its most popular show after he made political contributions to three Democrats. "We all know true objectivity is a myth," she says.
Source: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=131108709&ft=1&f=1057
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Saturday, November 6, 2010
Stand By Pelosi (Balloon-juice.com)
GOP Hopes Increased Diversity Attracts New Voters
After 2008, the GOP made a concerted effort to recruit more diverse candidates. And it appears to have paid off, as a record number of Latino Republicans and the first black Republicans in years are headed to Capitol Hill.
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National Review: Off To A Lame START
The President and the Secretary of state have both publicly voiced their support for the New START treaty that could be ratified by a lame duck session of Congress. The editors of the National Review argue that would be a mistake for our national defense.
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Tomas Loses Hurricane Status After Striking Haiti
Hurricane Tomas was downgraded to a tropical storm early Saturday as it passed over the Turks and Caicos Islands, losing steam a day after battering seaside towns in Haiti. The hurricane spared most earthquake-refugee camps in the capital but battered a seaside town to the west that was nearly destroyed by January's earthquake.
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Koch to lead GOP Senate majority (Star Tribune)
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Debating The Impact Of Latino Voters
There weren't many bright spots for Democrats in Tuesday's midterm election, but in those races where they were successful some suggest Latino voters provided the key boost leading to a win. Host Michel Martin talks with Matthew Barreto, an assistant professor of political science at the University of Washington and a pollster at the polling firm Latino Decisions, about the impact of the Latino vote in the 2010 midterm elections.
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Friday, November 5, 2010
I Am A Colored Girl
Guest blogger S. Pearl Sharp reflects on the original For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf had on the black community when it debuted as a stage play over 30 years ago.
Source: http://www.npr.org/blogs/tellmemore/2010/11/04/131077872/i-am-a-colored-girl?ft=1&f=1057
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Festival Of Lights Underway In India
President Obama is scheduled to arrive in India to fireworks -- and not the political or diplomatic kind. Rather, the kind used to celebrate a global religious holiday Diwali. It's a five-day festival of lights, observed mostly by Hindus in south Asia and across the globe.
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Democrat Malloy Wins Connecticut Governor's Race
A complete count posted on the secretary of the state's website shows Dan Malloy winning by 5,644 votes. But Republican Tom Foley said he doubted the numbers and may seek a recount.
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Hold on House Didn't Last, But Legislation Will
Bob Shrum, The Week
Let us now praise Nancy Pelosi. Long after the midterm stories have faded, and the predictions of the president's political demise prove as facile and false as they were with Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton, history will accord Pelosi an unprecedented scale of achievement for a House speaker. The breakthroughs of the past two years bear her indelible stamp. She has been not only the master of the House, but a moving force in changing America for generations to come "” and despite their fulminations, the GOP that has demonized her will not succeed in undoing...
Let us now praise Nancy Pelosi. Long after the midterm stories have faded, and the predictions of the president's political demise prove as facile and false as they were with Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton, history will accord Pelosi an unprecedented scale of achievement for a House speaker. The breakthroughs of the past two years bear her indelible stamp. She has been not only the master of the House, but a moving force in changing America for generations to come "” and despite their fulminations, the GOP that has demonized her will not succeed in undoing...
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The Lucky Genetic Variants That Protect Some People From HIV
A handful of genetic variations that alter key proteins in the immune system help explain why some patients can be infected with HIV for decades, yet never progress to AIDS.
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Lessons From A ?Tell Me More? Road Trip
Tell Me More Senior Supervising Editor Portia Robertson Migas writes about the adventures of taking the show on the road.
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Foreign Policy: Meet The New Chair Of Foreign Affairs
Last night's Republican takeover means that the Foreign Affairs Committee is changing hands. Josh Rogin of Foreign Policy introduces Florida Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, a Republican with a disciplined staff and no history of deferring to the president on matters of international affairs.
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Thursday, November 4, 2010
Obama Urges Bipartisanship, Not Gridlock
The president said he invited both Democratic and Republican leaders to the White House. He also said he wanted to avoid gridlock, especially since the U.S.' economic competitors will continue making progress over the next two years.
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A Witch And 'Demon Sheep': Ads That Mattered
In key races across the nation, candidates won �-- and lost -- in part because of the TV and Web ads they ran. The Message Machine looks at nine ads that really made a difference.
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Another Bomb In Greece. Blamed On "Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei"
The bomb was addressed to the French embassy, but was returned to a delivery service and detonated safely. Little is known about the anarchist group police say is behind the attacks.
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Labor Dept. Asks Court To Close Massey Mine In Ky.
The Labor Department took an unprecedented step against a coal mine on Wednesday, claiming that persistently dangerous conditions at Freedom Energy Mine No. 1 require an immediate shutdown and a judge's intervention. Case documents say the Kentucky mine "has a high-risk level for a fatal accident."
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Repeal The Health Care Law? Not So Fast Law
Republicans regained control of the House on Tuesday in part with a pledge to "repeal and replace" the new health law. But as large as the new GOP majority will be come January, it's still not large enough to override a presidential veto. In addition, the Senate will still be controlled by the Democrats, who are unlikely to go along with the repeal effort.
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Once Hopeless, 'Detroit 1-8-7' Stands A Chance
Detroit native and television writer Makeisha Madden Toby holds her applause for ABC's "Detroit 1-8-7."
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Wednesday, November 3, 2010
After Big Gains, GOP Turns To What Comes Next
Tuesday's election results brought a measure of redemption for the Republican Party after back-to-back elections in which they suffered huge losses. But as the GOP looks ahead, it faces the same troubled economy and other issues that have bedeviled Democrats over the past two years.
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What Tuesday's Losers And Winners Had To Say
NPR's Robert Siegel and Michele Norris listen to moments from Tuesday night's acceptance and concession speeches.
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Britain and France Sign 50 Year Defense Pact
The agreement would create an intimate relationship between the two militaries. The deal would include sharing aircraft carriers, a new joint force and work on nuclear weapons.
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Alcohol More Dangerous Than Heroin, Study Finds
British experts evaluated substances including alcohol, cocaine, heroin, ecstasy and marijuana, ranking them based on how destructive they are to the individual who takes them and to society as a whole.
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Senate�Nail Biters�in Colorado, Washington, Alaska
There are undecided Senate races in three states this morning, Colorado, Alaska, and Washington. The Democrats will still control the Senate, but these races will determine how thin that majority will be.
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Rubio Leads Republican Resurgence in Florida (TIME)
Rebel Movement Takes Center Stage
Blackmon, Levitz, Berzon, Etter, WSJ
For America's political establishment, Scott Brown's victory in the U.S. Senate race in Massachusetts became a warning flare: The tea party was a force to be reckoned with.For Larry Lynch, it was a personal awakening.Mr. Lynch didn't even live in Massachusetts. He was 1,100 miles away in Brunswick, Ga. A retired immigration enforcement agent, he had joined the Golden Isles Tea Party, he says, because "the government has gone too far" in spending and bailouts to big companies.
For America's political establishment, Scott Brown's victory in the U.S. Senate race in Massachusetts became a warning flare: The tea party was a force to be reckoned with.For Larry Lynch, it was a personal awakening.Mr. Lynch didn't even live in Massachusetts. He was 1,100 miles away in Brunswick, Ga. A retired immigration enforcement agent, he had joined the Golden Isles Tea Party, he says, because "the government has gone too far" in spending and bailouts to big companies.
Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2010/11/02/rebel_movement_takes_center_stage_245066.html
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Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Slip Into The Secret Life of Eels
In his new book Eels, writer James Prosek describes the life history and cultural significance of this slimy, snake-like and often misunderstood fish, introducing the reader to an eel fisherman on the Delaware River and to the myths of the Maori of New Zealand along the way.
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If 99 Percent Of Voting Is Showing Up... Maybe You Should Check Your Data
Anyone using Google's Election Center tool -- which provides info on polling centers, registration and ballots -- may want to do it the old fashioned way and call their local board of elections.
Midterms' Themes, Personalities Relived In PBS Newshour Mashup
Relive the themes, personalities and analyses leading up to the 2010 midterms in a Newshour mashup.
The Chinese View Of The Tea Party's View Of China
One political ad this season show's a future Chinese professor lecturing student's about the fall of America. The video has hundreds of thousands of views and pages and pages of comments, in China.
Source: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2010/11/01/130974081/?ft=1&f=1004
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Ariz. Presses Immigration Law In Appeals Court
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer was in federal appeals court Monday, defending her state's controversial new immigration law against a challenge from the U.S. Justice Department.
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Baghdad Church Siege Ends With Dozens Dead
More than 50 people were dead after security forces stormed a church in which Islamic militants had held around 120 Iraqi Christians hostage for nearly four hours. It was not clear whether the hostages were killed by the attackers or during the rescue.
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Brazil Elects First Woman President
Dilma Roussef is the handpicked successor of outgoing president Lula da Silva. As a young woman she was a Marxist and was jailed and tortured by Brazil's military dictatorship. Now she takes the helm of one of the world's most vibrant economies.
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Monday, November 1, 2010
Democrats Will Face 'Hurricane Winds'
Mark Murray, NBC News
Republicans remain on course to make substantial midterm gains across the country and to win control of at least one chamber of Congress, according to the final NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll before Tuesday's elections.Nearly 50 percent of likely voters prefer a GOP-controlled Congress, which is virtually unchanged from the poll taken two weeks ago; a plurality of all registered voters say it would be a "good thing" if Republicans were in charge of both the U.S. House and U.S. Senate; and almost two-thirds -- including about half of Democrats -- want to see a significant...
Republicans remain on course to make substantial midterm gains across the country and to win control of at least one chamber of Congress, according to the final NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll before Tuesday's elections.Nearly 50 percent of likely voters prefer a GOP-controlled Congress, which is virtually unchanged from the poll taken two weeks ago; a plurality of all registered voters say it would be a "good thing" if Republicans were in charge of both the U.S. House and U.S. Senate; and almost two-thirds -- including about half of Democrats -- want to see a significant...
Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2010/11/01/democrats_will_face_039hurricane_winds039_244971.html
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Oil Companies Bankroll Ca. Climate-Change Measure
In California, voters will decide Tuesday whether to put the state's landmark climate-change law on hold until the jobless rate there goes down. Oil companies have contributed most of the money behind the campaign in support of the ballot measure known as Proposition 23.
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Barbara Ficarra: Engaging Consumers in Health IT (Huffingtonpost.com)
Christine Carter, PhD: 100,000 Happier Parents: Are You Willing to Be One? (Huffingtonpost.com)
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