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• Reduced 9/11 First Responders Bill Passes, No Thanks to Republicans (ContributorNetwork)
• Obama to regulate carbon from power plants (AFP)
• Emanuel gets green light to run for Chicago mayor (Reuters)
• Election board: Emanuel can run for Chicago mayor (AP)
• Ivory Coast state TV signal cut off in some areas (AP)
• UN recognizes Ouattara as Ivory Coast president (AP)
• Obama eases into Hawaiian holiday (AP)
• The Immigration Buck Stops with You and Your Party, Mr. President (ContributorNetwork)
• Emanuel scores early win in Chicago mayor bid (AFP)
• Obama, Medvedev hail nuclear treaty ratification (AP)
• Ivory Coast violence has killed at least 173: U.N. (Reuters)
• Polar Bears, Politics Shape Alaska vs. Obama Lawsuit (ContributorNetwork)
• Rome Mail Bombs Recall Government's 'Duh' Moment (ContributorNetwork)
• Obama's Lame-Duck Christmas Miracle May Not Last (ContributorNetwork)
• Obama to renominate Nobel winning economist to Fed (AFP)
• Obama to tackle deficit in State of the Union (AP)
• UN demands halt to Ivory Coast killings (AFP)
• Revived Obama celebrates year-end wins (AFP)
• Murkowski goes rogue (Politico)

Reduced 9/11 First Responders Bill Passes, No Thanks to Republicans (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 23 Dec 2010 05:18 PM PST ContributorNetwork - The 9/11 First Responders Bill passed the House of Representatives Wednesday by a 206-61 vote, OpenCongress.org reported Thursday. After nearly two years, nearly two dozen hearings, and last-minute revision and an unconscionable reduction in the amount allocated for the measure, the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010, the so-called 9/11 First Responders Bill that was introduced in February 2008 to set up a program to provide health care benefits and financial compensation for first responders that were at Ground Zero on September 11, 2001, and who were exposed to toxins and subsequently have become sick, was passed and sent to President Obama for his signature.

Obama to regulate carbon from power plants (AFP) Posted: 23 Dec 2010 05:18 PM PST AFP - US President Barack Obama's administration said it will regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, setting up a climate change battle with a skeptical new Congress.

Emanuel gets green light to run for Chicago mayor (Reuters) Posted: 23 Dec 2010 05:05 PM PST Reuters - Former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel got a victory in his run for Chicago mayor on Thursday, with a decision by an election board that he meets the residency requirement to be on the February ballot.

Election board: Emanuel can run for Chicago mayor (AP) Posted: 23 Dec 2010 05:05 PM PST AP - Rahm Emanuel forged ahead with his campaign for Chicago mayor Thursday after an elections panel ruled his name can appear on the Feb. 22 ballot, rejecting arguments the former White House chief of staff forfeited his city residency when he went to work for President Barack Obama in Washington.

Ivory Coast state TV signal cut off in some areas (AP) Posted: 23 Dec 2010 03:27 PM PST AP - Ivory Coast state television disappeared from the airwaves outside the nation's largest city late Thursday, a blow to the incumbent president's attempts to cling to power in the bloody aftermath of an election most of the world says he lost.

UN recognizes Ouattara as Ivory Coast president (AP) Posted: 23 Dec 2010 03:14 PM PST AP - The U.N. General Assembly has recognized Alassane Ouattara as the winner of the Ivory Coast's presidential election, giving a boost to his bid to unseat Laurent Gbagbo, who has refused to step down.

Obama eases into Hawaiian holiday (AP) Posted: 23 Dec 2010 02:06 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama eased into the first day of his Hawaiian vacation Thursday, opting for privacy over publicity after wrapping up a frenzied lame-duck legislative session.

The Immigration Buck Stops with You and Your Party, Mr. President (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 23 Dec 2010 02:01 PM PST ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | "Maybe my biggest disappointment was this DREAM Act vote." -- President Obama in December

Emanuel scores early win in Chicago mayor bid (AFP) Posted: 23 Dec 2010 01:58 PM PST AFP - Former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel scored an early win in the race to be mayor of Chicago Thursday after the city's elections board rejected attempts to block him from the ballot.

Obama, Medvedev hail nuclear treaty ratification (AP) Posted: 23 Dec 2010 01:43 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (dih-MEE'-tree med-VYEH'-dyev) are hailing the Senate's ratification of a nuclear arms pact between their nations as a historic event.

Ivory Coast violence has killed at least 173: U.N. (Reuters) Posted: 23 Dec 2010 01:42 PM PST Reuters - At least 173 people have been killed in Ivory Coast in recent days following last month's disputed election, the U.N. said on Thursday, as international pressure grows on defiant leader Laurent Gbagbo to step down.

Polar Bears, Politics Shape Alaska vs. Obama Lawsuit (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 23 Dec 2010 11:42 AM PST ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | The Obama administration can't seem to find a handle on polar bears. However, the state of Alaska thinks it knows better.

Rome Mail Bombs Recall Government's 'Duh' Moment (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 23 Dec 2010 11:42 AM PST ContributorNetwork - The "duh!" moment of America's top intelligence officer and Director of National Intelligence, James Clapper, faded quickly into the shopping mania of the holiday season, but the terror gaffe still lingers. The Obama administration would rather the media focus on its lame-duck Congressional successes. Administration spokespersons first issued circuitous statements regarding Clapper's mute response on the arrest of 12 terror suspects in London a few days ago. The White House later backtracked.

Obama's Lame-Duck Christmas Miracle May Not Last (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 23 Dec 2010 11:42 AM PST ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | So much for "lame duck." On Wednesday President Obama received another Christmas miracle in a string of political victories over the past two weeks.

Obama to renominate Nobel winning economist to Fed (AFP) Posted: 23 Dec 2010 10:10 AM PST AFP - President Barack Obama plans to renominate Peter Diamond, a Nobel laureate for economics, to the US Federal Reserve Board, after he failed to secure confirmation in the just-ended Congress.

Obama to tackle deficit in State of the Union (AP) Posted: 23 Dec 2010 08:53 AM PST AP - The White House says President Barack Obama will use his upcoming State of the Union address to focus on the nation's deficit.

UN demands halt to Ivory Coast killings (AFP) Posted: 23 Dec 2010 03:21 PM PST AFP - The United Nations demanded a halt Thursday to the "atrocities" triggered by Ivory Coast's political crisis that have left 173 dead, and accused Laurent Gbagbo's troops of harassing its peacekeepers.

Revived Obama celebrates year-end wins (AFP) Posted: 23 Dec 2010 04:49 AM PST AFP - US President Barack Obama has capped a crisis-strewn first two White House years by flexing restored power at home and abroad as he secured big wins in Congress on nuclear arms and gay rights.

Murkowski goes rogue (Politico) Posted: 23 Dec 2010 01:33 AM PST Politico - Lisa Murkowski isn't gunning down caribou on national TV like that other famous Alaskan, but the Republican lawmaker is going rogue in the Senate just weeks after staging the most stunning back-from-the-dead political win of the 2010 cycle.

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