Posts Tagged ‘break’
Kagan set to break silence as hearings commence (AP)
AP – Elena Kagan, a trailblazer for women and the law, is hitting a new path that could be strewn with a few rough patches: the Senate Judiciary Committee’s confirmation hearings.
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Kagan to break silence as marathon vetting begins (AP)
AP – Elena Kagan will be making the argument of her life on Monday when she faces a Senate panel on her confirmation to the Supreme Court.
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Andy, Yankees break out brooms in Bronx
Ramiro Pena provided the big hit with Derek Jeter taking the day off with a cold, and Andy Pettitte did all the rest in a 5-2 victory that completed a three-game sweep of the Rangers and sent the Yankees off to the West Coast with four straight wins.
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Senate returns to business tax break measure (AP)
AP – After buying time by resolving an impasse over jobless benefits and other programs that had briefly lapsed, the Senate is returning to a $100 billion-plus bill reviving popular tax breaks and extending longer and more generous jobless benefits through the end of the year.
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Dems, GOP: Summit will not break logjam on health (AP)
AP – Here’s one point on which Democrats and Republicans agree on health care: President Barack Obama’s much-touted televised summit has virtually no chance of breaking the political logjam.
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Russian police break up protests, scores detained (AP)
AP – Russian police broke up anti-Kremlin protests in Moscow and St. Petersburg on Sunday, and detained scores of demonstrators, including several opposition leaders.
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Obama speech fails to break gridlock on health care (AP)
AP – President Barack Obama’s health care appeal failed to break the congressional gridlock Thursday, dimming hopes for millions of uninsured Americans. Democrats stared down a political nightmare — getting clobbered for voting last year for ambitious, politically risky bills, yet having nothing to show for it in November.
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