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Obama to hold Twitter town hall meeting
US President Barack Obama will hold a "Twitter town hall" meeting next week at the White House on jobs and the economy as he hones his message on the key 2012 election issue.
Jun 30, 2011 |
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Texas wetland restoration could be model for Gulf
(AP) -- Brown pelicans, long-necked egrets, flamingo-like roseate spoonbills and squawking seagulls fly lazily around a Texas Gulf Coast island. Nearby, a toddler-aged wetland seeded with marsh grass completes ...
Jun 30, 2011 |
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Fuzzy math in health law formula
(AP) -- Older adults of the same age and income with similar medical histories would pay sharply different amounts for private health insurance due to what appears to be an unintended consequence of the new health care law.
Jun 30, 2011 |
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US appeals court upholds Obama's health care law
A US federal appeals court in Ohio upheld the constitutionality of President Barack Obama's controversial health care law Wednesday in the first rejection of several challenges at the appeals court level.
Jun 29, 2011 |
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Obama 2012 campaign to go beyond email, text
(AP) -- Call him the Digital Candidate: President Barack Obama is asking supporters to use Facebook to declare "I'm In!" for his re-election campaign and is using Twitter to personally blast out messages ...
Jun 28, 2011 |
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Pa. robot institute attracts presidential visit
(AP) -- Need help defusing a bomb, mowing a lawn, or scraping old paint?
Jun 24, 2011 |
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Obama to personally tweet from Twitter account
(AP) -- President Barack Obama is taking a more active role on Twitter, 140 characters at a time.
Jun 19, 2011 |
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US Senate votes down ethanol subsidies
The US Senate voted Thursday to end a $6 billion subsidy for ethanol in a move that appeared largely symbolic but sends a message about the growing unease on support for the biofuel made mostly from corn.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jun 17, 2011 |
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Facebook hires former Clinton spokesman
Facebook announced on Tuesday that it had hired former US president Bill Clinton's spokesman Joe Lockhart to serve as vice president of global communications at the social network.
Jun 15, 2011 |
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US reaches plea deal with NSA spy whistle-blower
An ex-senior official in the top secret US National Security Agency will plead guilty to exceeding authorized use of a computer in a classified information leak case, court papers showed Thursday.
Jun 09, 2011 |
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Interview: US says cybersecurity covered by law
(AP) -- America's new cyber czar said Wednesday that international law and cooperation - not another treaty - was enough to tackle cybersecurity issues for now.
Jun 01, 2011 |
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Pentagon: All options on table in cyber-attack (Update)
The Pentagon said Tuesday that it would consider all options if the United States were hit by a cyber-attack as it develops the first military guidelines for the age of Internet warfare.
May 31, 2011 |
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Twitter chief picked as Obama telecom advisor
US President Barack Obama named Twitter's chief and a high-ranking Microsoft executive among a handful of technology veterans to be appointed as telecommunications security advisors.
May 28, 2011 |
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Obama's election reduced perceptions of racism, but boosted opposition to race-related policies
(PhysOrg.com) -- Many Americans changed their perceptions of discrimination and racism after Barack Obama became the nation's first black president.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 27, 2011 |
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US presses green growth in Asia
Warning that the era of cheap fuel was over, the United States on Wednesday called for Pacific Rim economies to knock down trade barriers to spur growth in clean energy.
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May 18, 2011 |
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