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House Leaders Bar Earmarks to For-Profit Companies

The ban, announced by House Democratic leaders, wipes out one of the most lucrative and controversial means of awarding no-bid contracts to private firms.

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House Leaders Bar Earmarks to For-Profit Companies

The ban, announced by House Democratic leaders, wipes out one of the most lucrative and controversial means of awarding no-bid contracts to private firms.

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House Leaders Bar Earmarks to For-Profit Companies

The ban, announced by House Democratic leaders, wipes out one of the most lucrative and controversial means of awarding no-bid contracts to private firms.

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Decoded Genome Gives New Hope in Confronting Diseases

Geneticists said the new research shows it is now possible to sequence the genome of a patient at reasonable cost and with sufficient accuracy to be of practical use to researchers.

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Different Poll, Different Result: Hickenlooper Leads for Governor in Colorado

Filed under: Polls, Governors, Poll Watch, 2010 Elections

A new poll of the Colorado governor’s race between Democrat John Hickenlooper, Denver’s mayor, and former Republican Rep. Scott McInnis has an entirely different result than one released Monday by Rasmussen Reports. While Rasmussen had McInnis edging ahead by a 48 percent to 42 percent margin, Public Policy Polling says its survey has Hickenlooper ahead by 50 percent to 39 percent, with 11 percent undecided.

Hickenlooper is better known than McInnis, according to the PPP poll conducted March 5-8. Forty-four percent did not know enough about McInnis to express a favorable or unfavorable opinion, and the rest were split between regarding him positively or negatively. Fifty-one percent have a favorable opinion of Hickenlooper compared to 27 percent who do not, with 22 percent not sure of how they view him.

 

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Harry Reid Promises Filibuster Reform

Filed under: Senate, Democrats, Congress, Harry Reid

Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said Wednesday he supports changing filibuster rules, pledging that the Senate would consider revisions next year.

The filibuster — a procedure used in the Senate to delay or block action on a measure — has been “abused,” and the current level of obstruction is unacceptable, Reid told a group of liberal bloggers, according to The Huffington Post.

“But we’re going to take a look at the filibuster. Next Congress, we’re going to take a look at it,” Reid said. “We are likely to have to make some changes in it because the Republicans have abused that just like the spitball was abused in baseball and the four-corner offense was abused in basketball.”

Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) have previously pushed for reforms to the filibuster. Schumer is planning to hold hearings on the issue in the Rules and Administration Committee later this month, Roll Call reported.

 

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Obama: Challenge To Prevent Second Disaster In Haiti

Masses of people are without shelter as the rainy season begins in the earthquake-devastated country. After a meeting at the White House with Haitian President Rene Preval, Obama said the situation remains dire and renewed America’s commitment to the country’s recovery and reconstruction.

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Assault on Free Speech?

E-mail sent to Senate staffers warning them not to visit Drudge over virus has some crying foul on free speech

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Video Games Hit Former NCAA Stars’ Sore Spot

Ed O’Bannon and Sam Keller are involved in two class-action lawsuits against the NCAA and Electronic Arts Sports, so they’re trying to make their pain palpable — to the point that it’s measurable in dollars. And the cases prompt a question: does an avatar have rights?

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‘Lost Boys’ star Corey Haim dies at 38

Former 1980s teen movie actor and heartthrob Corey Haim died early Wednesday, authorities said.

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