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09/17/2011Will Obama Jobs Plan Deliver as Promised?
New York Rep. Nydia Velasquez played surrogate for President Obama Friday when she told a crowd in downtown Manhattan that passage of the $447 billion American Jobs Act would create 70,000 new jobs in the Big Apple.
- 09/17/2011
Poll Suggests Americans Remain Divided on Abortion
A new CNN/ORC International Poll is out and it’s providing ammunition for those on opposite sides of the abortion debate. Abortion rights advocates say the poll results confirm that Americans overwhelmingly favor abortion. Pro-life advocates say the same poll shows that Americans oppose abortion.
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09/16/2011Senate, House Differ on Disaster Relief Funding
Yet another showdown is looming in Congress as the Democratic-controlled Senate Thursday sent the Republican-controlled House a disaster relief bill carrying a price tag twice as much as the House is prepared to spend.
- 09/16/2011
Joni Eareckson Tada Dismayed by Robertson's Alzheimer's Remarks
A widely recognized disability advocate is criticizing Pat Robertson for his remarks.
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09/15/2011Ariz. Governor Seeks Dismissal of Suit Challenging State's Annual 'Day of Prayer'
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer asked a federal judge on Wednesday to throw out a lawsuit by an activist atheist organization seeking to block her from continuing her yearly call for a “Day of Prayer.”
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09/14/2011Rick Perry Talks Faith at Liberty University
Texas Gov. Rick Perry made an appearance Wednesday at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va., where the leading contender for the Republican presidential nomination offered testimony about his “faith journey,” while urging students to get involved in the political process.
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09/14/2011Calif. Governor Asked to Veto Anti-Family Bills
A California pro-family organization, SaveCalifornia, is asking Jerry Brown, the state’s Democratic governor, to veto what it describes as the “five worst” bills passed by the state’s Democratic-controlled Legislature.
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09/13/2011Double Whammy: US Poverty Up, Incomes Down
Providing fresh fodder for the increasing number of Americans that believe the country is headed in the wrong direction, the Census Bureau reported Tuesday that the nation’s poverty rate rose in 2010 to its highest level in 27 years, while the median incomes of U.S. households fell to the lowest level in 15 years.
Tags Poverty Economic Crisis - 09/13/2011
Appeals Court Hears Challenge to Oklahoma's Sharia Law Ban
Oklahoma Solicitor General Patrick Wyrick fielded pointed questions Monday from judges on the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals who asked why a state constitutional amendment banning Sharia law applies only to one religion.
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09/13/2011Frontrunner Perry Faces Fire at Tea Party Debate
On a day in which a CNN poll reaffirmed his status as the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination, Texas Gov. Rick Perry spent much of Monday evening fending off attacks by his seven GOP rivals at a Tampa, Fla., debate cosponsored by Tea Party Express and the cable network.
Tags 2012 Race - 09/10/2011
Bloomberg Remains Unmoved by Pleas for Inclusion of Religious Leaders
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg refuses to budge. With more than 100,000 petitions delivered to his City Hall offices this past week urging him to allow religious leader to offer a few words of prayer at the 9/11 Memorial Service on Sunday, Bloomberg renewed his vow that the 10th anniversary event would remain strictly secular.
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09/10/2011Sharia Law at Center of Oklahoma Case to be Heard by Federal Appeals Court
Does Oklahoma have the power to ban its state courts from citing, or using, Sharia law as a basis of legal decisions? On Monday, the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, in Denver, will hear opposing arguments on that thorny constitutional question.
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09/09/2011Blackout Leaves Southern Calif., Ariz., Mexico in the Dark
More than five million people in Southern California, western Arizona and the Baja California Peninsula were left without electricity Thursday after a utility worker in Yuma, Ariz., unwittingly triggered a major blackout.
- 09/09/2011
Mississippi High Court Dismisses Challenge to ‘Personhood’ Initiative
The Mississippi Supreme Court Thursday cleared the way for residents of the Magnolia State to vote on a “personhood” ballot initiative, which would protect the unborn in the earliest stage of life.
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09/08/2011A Record Year for Billion-Dollar Weather Disasters
With 2011 not even three-quarters complete, the year is shaping up as one of the costliest ever in terms of weather disasters. So far, there have been 10 separate natural disasters with economic losses of $1 billion or more.
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