Obama in Iowa to Promote Health Care Law

msnbc.com: In victory lap, Obama returns to Iowa

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Legal-Marijuana Advocates Focus on a New Green

Solution to California's budget problems???

Legal-Marijuana Advocates Focus on a New Green - NYTimes.com

Judge Rules on Same-Sex Couple Ban at School Prom in Mississippi

A quick vid from CBS News:


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WA State Attorney General to Join Lawsuit Challenging Constitutionality of Heath Care Reform

Republican Attorney General Rob McKenna has joined a lawsuit with 11 other states which seeks to strike down the new Health Care Reform Law just passed by Congress. All of the Governors or Attorney Generals that are a party to the suit are Republicans, and most are running for office in the fall.

A short clip from KOMO news:

Lost Children of Haiti

A CBS 60 Minutes report on abuse of children as slaves in Haiti.


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New Strategy to Pass Health Care Reform

I wish members of Congress would have the courage to just vote "yes" for this thing already. We all know they aren't going to do any better in this political environment, and it is simply immoral and unethical to vote no on an opportunity to provide health care insurance to 30 million uninsured Americans.

Lesbian teen sues to force school to hold prom

There are plenty of conservatives that don't like the ACLU, but they really do a lot of great work. One example is stopping the idiocy of the Mississippi school district involved in this story.

Lesbian teen sues to force school to hold prom

Supreme Court hears appeal of anti-gay protests

msnbc.com: Supreme Court hears appeal of anti-gay protests

Does speech this offensive and obnoxious deserve protection under the First Amendment?

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Obama Gets Fired Up Over Health Care Reform

Can the President capture some of the old magic from the campaign to rally the American people and wavering members of Congress to support health care reform? I'm hoping so, and am encouraged by what I saw out of the President today.

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Iraq Election, a New Beginning - CBS News Video

Much of the war in Iraq has been leading up to a moment such as this one - when the Iraqi people try to hold their own free and fair election. Despite violence early in the day that claimed numerous lives, the Iraqi people turned out in large numbers to select the new members to their parliament.


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What Haiti Needs More Than Charity: Trade

From NPR's Planet Money Broadcast
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124280498

Stop! Wait a Minute Mr. Postman!

No more Saturday mail? Changing technology and hard economic times are causing serious proposals being made to scale down the USPS.

From NBC Nightly News:

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Supreme Court Still Divided on Guns

A very big case was argued before the U.S. Supreme Court regarding the extent to which states and cities may regulate and ban guns. In this case, a Chicago law, one of the most restrictive laws in the nation, is being challenged as a violation of the Second Amendment.

Supreme Court Still Divided on Guns - NYTimes.com

From the NBC Nightly News:

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Why the Effects of the Earthquake in Haiti were Much Worse than those in Chile

Economic and political development make a huge difference.

The Lost Children of Haiti

From the New York Times:

Even before the earthquake, one option for Port-au-Prince's homeless children was Restavek, an underground system that some call foster care, and others call child slavery. Now their numbers swell.

A very sad, but compelling video report on Haitian Orphans:

White House Is Rethinking Nuclear Policy - NYTimes.com

White House Is Rethinking Nuclear Policy - NYTimes.com

A Portrait of the Millenial Generation

Millennial Generation - that is the term some are using for the generation of Americans now aged 18 - 29. Here is a report on a new study of this generation.



http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/video/blog/2010/02/what_is_the_millennial_generat.html

Highlights from the Health Care Summit

From Obama's Opening Remarks:

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Republican Senator Lamar Alexander's Opening Remarks:

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Democrat from Nevada:

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Obama on areas of bipartisan agreement:

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NBC Evening News Report

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Does Obama's style of persuasion work on members of Congress?

An interesting piece in the NY Times this morning about the successes and failures Obama has had in convincing individual members of Congress to support his program. If he expects to win upcoming battles such as the one on health care, does he need to get tougher?

Gentle White House Nudges Test the Power of Persuasion - NYTimes.com

Obama's Health Care Pitch

From PBS