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The Democratic presidential candidate will unveil his energy plan today, calling for businesses to pay for releasing carbon dioxide instead of trading in emission rights.



WASHINGTON — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama today plans to propose spending $150 billion over 10 years on new clean-energy programs, including proposals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to develop new energy sources, according to senior campaign advisors.

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Amid accusations of faked military service, the city's top elected leader has vanished. His whereabouts are a closely held secret.



The mayor of this seaside gambling town hasn't shown up for his usual cheese steak sandwich and root beer at a local submarine shop in more than a week.

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Hillary Clinton files candidacy papers in early-voting New Hampshire, while Rudy Giuliani heads to Granite State to campaign after picking up new endorsements.

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The following is a transcript of President Bush's radio address.

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In weekly Democratic radio response, Sen. Patty Murray says Bush administration has not done enough to give veterans the care they need.

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Bush vetoes bill authorizing hundreds of popular water projects, but lawmakers already have enough votes to override.

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Former President Bill Clinton said he wrote a letter to the National Archives to expedite the release of his papers in response to criticism from rivals.

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Rep. Jerry McNerney packs his hours to win supporters and votes in his GOP-leaning district in the Central Valley.



The sun was hardly up when Jerry McNerney shut his front door behind him, a bowl of Great Grains Maple Pecan Crunch in his stomach, a brown suit and his good black shoes in a garment bag for later.

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A grand jury has issued subpoenas and agents have collected records in the federal investigation into possible corruption by the state Senate leader.



OAKLAND -- Now several years old, the sprawling federal corruption probe of state Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata has spurred him to spend more than $1 million on legal defense, clouded his two decades in public life and swept up close associates and his adult children.

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On the paralyzing, polarizing effect of extreme partisanship in American politics.



Take the concept of an hourglass economy, in which the middle is squeezed to near nonexistence, and apply it to politics -- the major parties and the gravitations of the electorate -- and you have approximated our plight as Ronald Brownstein lays it out in "The Second Civil War." Wielding a catchphrase lifted from Ken Mehlman, campaign manager for George W. Bush in 2004 and chairman of the Republican National Committee for part of Bush's second term, Brownstein calls this "the age of hyperpartisanship," in which almost every force related to our political life "operates as an integrated machine to push the parties apart and to sharpen the disagreements in American life."

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Also, Bush-speak by the former president, Biden zaps a zinger and what to call each campaign's zealots?



Since sex sells, it's no surprise that much of the initial buzz over Tom DeFrank's new book, "Write It When I'm Gone: Remarkable Off-the-Record Conversations with Gerald R. Ford," has focused on the 38th president's diagnosis of the 42nd president as the Monica Lewinsky scandal exploded.

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Kate Michelman, advisor to the Edwards campaign, says the sole woman Democrat hopeful raises 'white flag' when pressed.



A prominent feminist, allied with the presidential campaign of former Sen. John Edwards, accused Democratic front-runner Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton on Saturday of "disingenuously playing the victim card" by infusing her campaign with messages about gender.

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U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens has asked federal prosecutors to file a response by Monday to former Gov. George Ryan's long-shot bid to remain free while he appeals his corruption conviction, a court spokeswoman said Thursday.

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2nd bailout pulls transit system back from brink—for now



Bus and train riders throughout the Chicago area dodged drastic service cuts and fare hikes—at least until January—as Gov. Rod Blagojevich secured last-minute federal approval Friday for a $27 million stopgap solution.

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Governor quiet on plan's specifics



Skeptical Chicago transit officials forged ahead with plans to cut service and increase fares Sunday despite Gov. Rod Blagojevich's offer of a last-minute, short-term cash infusion that he refused to detail Thursday.

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Dismissing the notion of a campaign to recall him from office, Gov. Rod Blagojevich said Thursday he's "in good company" along with Franklin D. Roosevelt as a target of the Chicago Tribune editorial board.

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For the second time in as many days, Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign has had to deal with accusations of planting questions during public appearances.

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Bill is caught in larger battle between White House, Congress over Democratic efforts to add about $23 billion for domestic programs to Bush's $933 billion proposal for all agency budgets passed by Congress each year.

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Retired federal judge Michael Mukasey was sworn in Friday as the nation's 81st attorney general, filling a vacancy left when Alberto Gonzales resigned amid questions about his credibility.

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House and Senate lawmakers trying to craft a veto-proof version of a bill to raise cigarette prices to finance $35 billion increase in State Children's Health Program.

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The indictment of former New York police commissioner Bernard Kerik could cast a shadow over presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani, raising questions about his judgment in whom he keeps close and providing fodder for his rivals.

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Also: Political ad season starts; Obama runs late; Ron Paul, Guy Fawkes, and some Miami guy; Huckabee feels left out; and a sweaty encounter.



Hillary Clinton stopped at a biodiesel plant in Newton, Iowa, last week to see alternative fuels in the making and to drive home the week's campaign theme of her energy plan. After a tour, the candidate took questions from the crowd.

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Some think the party can toughen its image on illegal immigration without straying from traditional positions.



Top Democratic elected officials and strategists are engaged in an internal debate over toughening the party's image on illegal immigration, with some worried that Democrats' relatively welcoming stance makes them vulnerable to GOP attacks in the 2008 election.

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Presidential candidates tend to learn quickly -- one way or another -- that civility is the order of the day.



Before Gordon and Monica Fischer publicly announced their endorsement of Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, the couple went through a peculiar Iowa ritual: the apology call.

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With lawmaker parents, Tom Soto had politics in his blood. His job joins that with a love of the environment.



The political business was in his blood, but Tom Soto's heart was drawn to protecting California's natural beauty. So he has made his living melding the two.

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Naming federal buildings for dead Americans -- including war dead -- is now the most common kind of bill.



When Larry Bryant goes to buy stamps at the post office two miles from his home in Riverside, it's a bittersweet experience: If he glances to the right as he goes through the door, he sees a small black plaque identifying the building as the "Lieutenant Todd Jason Bryant" post office.

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Assigning inmates a contentious issue



Cook County's sheriff and top Circuit Court judge traded barbs Thursday over jail-crowding issues, including who should decide which defendants await trial at home on electronic monitoring rather than in jail.

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Mayor Richard Daley said Thursday that he knew nothing about allegations his administration pressured business owners to sell property in Bridgeport to clout-heavy residential developers.

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Property owners say officials leaned on them to sell



UPDATE: Mayor Richard Daley said today that he knew nothing about allegations his administration pressured business owners to sell property in Bridgeport to clout-heavy residential developers. Daley also said he was not aware the FBI is now investigating the matter.

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The city of San Francisco has tentatively approved a program to provide identification cards to illegal immigrants, transgender people and other residents who may be unable or unwilling to get a state-issued driver's license.

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House Dems pushed through a $50 billion dollar bill to fund the Iraq war on Wednesday that requires President Bush to start bringing troops home with the goal of ending combat by December, 2008.

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Fred Thompson's campaign, as well as the National Right to Life Committee, are decrying as false a claim made by Mitt Romney supporter Paul Weyrich, suggesting Thompson paid off the committee for it endorsement.

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Dark horse GOP candidate Mike Huckabee is climbing in the polls in Iowa, as he concentrates new attention on unseating frontrunner Mitt Romney.

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Sixty-six percent of NYU students would sell their right to vote in the next presidential election in exchange for a year's tuition at the pricey private university, Politico.com reported Tuesday.

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