Chicago Sun-TimesCLEVELAND ? Manny Ramirez is back in an American League playoff chase.As expected, the Chicago White Sox claimed the 12-time All-Star slugger on waivers from the Los Angeles Dodgers on Monday, hoping his bat can help them make a postseason push.Chicago began a 10-game road trip to Cleveland, Boston and Detroit on Monday night, [...]
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guardian.co.ukThe founder of the whistleblowing website Wikileaks today defended his decision to publish thousands of secret US military files about the war in Afghanistan, faced with criticism from the White House for placing troops in danger.Julian Assange said his organisation was currently working through a “backlog” of further secret material and was expecting a “substantial [...]
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FOXNewsHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the driving force behind the Obama agenda in Congress, sharply criticized White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs at a closed-door House Democratic caucus meeting late Tuesday, according to Democratic sources.Pelosi, irked since Sunday by what she and other top Democrats considered Gibbs’ careless and dismissive comments that Democrats could lose their [...]
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VOA NewsPresident Barack Obama’s chief spokesman says the president’s Democratic Party could lose its majority in the House of Representatives in upcoming November elections.In an interview with U.S. television network NBC Sunday, Robert Gibbs said there is “no doubt” that enough House races are competitive for Republicans to gain control.All 435 seats in the House [...]
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The Huffington PostWhen we asked readers in March 2009, “Who’s the White House’s Hottest?” we inadvertently left out then-OMB Director Peter Orszag–to the commenters’ chagrin! At the time, thegiantpaperpanda wrote: “I think they’re all pretty appealing in their own ways. But hey! Where’s ORZAG! [sic];-)” and Jaxy remarked: “Yup, that Peter Orszag is a definite [...]
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