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AP source: Obama interviews Thomas for high court
By News on Apr 29, 2010
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama on Thursday interviewed federal appeals court Judge Sidney Thomas of Montana for an opening on the Supreme Court, a person familiar with the conversation told The Associated Press....Fla. gov dumps GOP, runs for Senate as independent
By News on Apr 29, 2010
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) -- Former GOP darling Gov. Charlie Crist defected from the Republican Party on Thursday to run as an independent for U.S. Senate after months of being ripped by conservatives as too supportive of President Barack Obama....Congress approves referendum on Puerto Rico future
By News on Apr 29, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House on Thursday approved legislation that could set in motion changes in Puerto Rico's 112-year relationship with the United States, including a transition to statehood or independence. The House bill would give the 4 million residents of the island commonwealth a two-step path to expressing how they envision their political future. It passed 223-169 and now must be considered by the Senate....
Obama takes immigration reform off agenda
By News on Apr 29, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Immigration reform has become the first of President Barack Obama's major priorities dropped from the agenda of an election-year Congress facing voter disillusionment. Sounding the death knell was Obama himself....
La. gov declares emergency over Gulf oil spill
By News on Apr 29, 2010
VENICE, La. (AP) -- Gov. Bobby Jindal declared a state of emergency and the federal government sent in skimmers and booms Thursday as oil from a massive spill in the Gulf of Mexico oozed toward the fragile coastline....
