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The industry agrees to a $1.7-billion tax on itself to help provide health insurance for all state residents. The levy requires voter approval.



SACRAMENTO -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger won an important ally Thursday in his effort to overhaul the state's healthcare system, as California's private hospital industry agreed to a $1.7 billion tax on itself.

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Data: Sep 7, 2007 Accesari: 1 Voturi: 0
WASHINGTON — Candidates sometimes speak in code, using language that might sound ordinary but has particular meaning to a chosen few.

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Aldermen vote 43-6 for hiring monitor despite objections



The City Council approved Mayor Richard Daley's plan to create an Office of Compliance on Wednesday over the objections of critics who contend the move represents an end run around city Inspector General David Hoffman.

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Data: Sep 7, 2007 Accesari: 1 Voturi: 0
Waukegan city officials are furious over what they call "Bozo" trimmings being given to majestic, old oaks lining North Sheridan Road.

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Mayor Richard Daley on Wednesday called on Gov. Rod Blagojevich to sign a bill to limit property-tax increases for Chicago homeowners and implored Springfield to provide more funding for public transit before fare increases and service cuts go into effect.

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Republican U.S. Senator Chuck Hagel of Nebraska will announce his retirement from the Senate and that he will not run for president in 2008 on Monday, according to media reports.

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Democrat Mark Warner is still up in the air on whether to go for the seat being given up by John Warner, but a yes decision could mean a race against a GOP predecessor.

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President Bush headed home for Washington on Friday after finishing talks with Pacific Rim leaders in Australia.

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Republican Fred Thompson said Friday that terrorist mastermind Usama bin Laden is "more symbolism than anything else" as the presidential hopeful warned of possible greater Al Qaeda threats within the United States.

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Laura Bush will undergo surgery Saturday to relieve pressure on pinched nerves in her neck.

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The presidential contender may be sold as something new, but in Illinois' hardball politics, he fit right in.



He managed to burnish a reformer's reputation while swimming in the muddy waters of special-interest- infested state politics.

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They say the general will be offering Bush's view, not straight analysis. And they question data purporting progress in the 'surge.'



-- Launching a new assault on the president's war strategy, congressional Democrats have begun to dismiss the Bush administration claims of military progress as unreliable spin ahead of Monday's testimony from the top U.S. commander in Iraq.

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Schwarzenegger warns against weakening the party with a bunker mentality so that its only remaining power is to say 'no.'



INDIAN WELLS, Calif. -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger issued a warning to his fellow California Republicans on Friday: Their party is doomed if it does not move to the political center.

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The candidate's views: Punish doctors, not patients, for early abortions; rein in judges on gay marriage; deport illegal immigrants.



-- A day after touting his "100% record against abortion," Republican presidential hopeful Fred Thompson said Friday that women should face no criminal penalties for having one during the first three months of pregnancy.

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In an increasingly competitive race, the Democratic presidential candidate uses a speech to the AARP to make her differences clear.



-- Drawing a distinction with her main rival in the Democratic presidential race, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said Friday that the nation should not raise the eligibility age for collecting Social Security retirement benefits.

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A thousand people greet former president at Michigan Avenue store



Clutching copies of Bill Clinton's new book, hundreds of devotees waited for as long as twelve hours outside a bookstore along the Magnificent Mile Friday for the opportunity to meet the former president, and get his signature on his newest title: "Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World."

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U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said he has given up hope of persuading French officials to extradite the suspect in the murder of a Loop dermatologist after meeting Thursday with the French ambassador to the U.S. in Washington.

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7 make cases for Democratic slating



A parade of candidates for Cook County state's attorney appeared before Democratic Party leaders Thursday, touting their legal experience and bearing their political stripes as they sought the organization's coveted endorsement.

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DuPage County Associate Judge John Kinsella is the first candidate to publicly announce that he will enter the Feb. 5 Republican primary for one of two vacant full Circuit Court judgeships.

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Dennis Hastert's walk off the political stage may be a footnote in history but it also marks the end of a career that is notable for its leadership as the longest-Republican House speakership ever during a tumultuous era in Washington horse-trading.

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GOP Sen. Larry Craig will file court documents on Monday to rescind his guilty plea in an airport sex sting, his attorney said on Sunday.

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Sen. Hillary Clinton said that it's time to start pulling U.S. troops out of Iraq at a Spanish-language Democratic presidential debate on Sunday.

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Fugitive Democratic donor Norman Hsu's behavior on a train he hopped last week resembled a drug smuggler or someone having a heart attack, fellow passengers on the train reported.

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Frances Townsend says best Usama bin Laden can do from his cave is call for U.S. conversion to Islam, calls latest tape from Al Qaeda leader an exercise in propaganda.

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About 150 governments spent nearly $40 million -- more than labor, oil or business -- on lobbyists to represent them in Sacramento.



SACRAMENTO -- When the California Legislature diverted $1.3 billion from local transportation projects recently to pay for state programs, it was despite a frantic counteroffensive by one of the costliest lobbying corps in the capital.

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Investigators study the legitimacy of an investment pool operated by Hsu, a Democratic fundraiser, who was arrested last week.



-- The FBI has begun examining a murky business venture run by disgraced Democratic fundraiser Norman Hsu that paid out hefty profits over the last several years to investors, some of whom were pressed to make contributions to Hillary Rodham Clinton and other political candidates.

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Supporters laden with signs, T-shirts and buttons are gathering to hear Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama speak this morning in Santa Barbara.

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Even in humdrum nonpolitical decisions, liberals and conservatives literally think differently, researchers show.



Exploring the neurobiology of politics, scientists have found that liberals tolerate ambiguity and conflict better than conservatives because of how their brains work.

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Domestic security advisor Frances Townsend's remarks echo those of the latest GOP presidential hopeful, Fred Thompson. But Sens. Kerry and McCain say the terrorist leader still poses a threat.



-- Two days before the sixth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, President Bush's domestic security advisor dismissed Al Qaeda mastermind Osama bin Laden as "virtually impotent."

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Helicopters carrying camera crews buzzed overhead, and tinted glass covered the windows of almost every vehicle entering as Oprah Winfrey welcomed 1,500 guests Saturday evening to her sprawling estate in what was the biggest fundraiser of Sen. Barack Obama's political career.

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Al Qaeda in Iraq is 'off balance but still dangerous,' but the decision of sectarian factions to drop their association to the terror network has greatly led to the decrease in violence there, the top commander in Iraq told FOX News.

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Former New Orleans prostitute claiming affair with Sen. David Vitter passes lie-detector test, will provide details of relationship at press conference Tuesday.

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Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign says it will return $850,000 in donations raised by Democratic fundraiser Norman Hsu, who is under federal investigation for violating election laws.

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi supports legislation that would reopen the government fund for Sept. 11 victims.

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