What Vetting Looks Like

Seeded on Thu Nov 13, 2008 2:01 PM EST (The New York Times)

The questionnaire includes 63 requests for personal and professional records, some covering applicants' spouses and grown children as well, that are forcing job-seekers to rummage from basements to attics, in shoe boxes, diaries and computer archives to document both their achi …

politics, obama

City Council: Detroit needs $10-billion bailout

Seeded on Thu Nov 13, 2008 12:54 PM EST (The Detroit Free Press)

The Detroit City Council passed a resolution today calling for a $10-billion bailout for the city of Detroit. Council President Pro Tem JoAnn Watson sponsored the resolution to use the money for public service employment, to fund mass transit plans and to place a moratorium on h …

politics, economy, bailout

Ga. Republicans Want to Limit Early Voting

Seeded on Thu Nov 13, 2008 12:48 PM EST (Associated Press)

Republican lawmakers are considering proposals for next year's legislative session that would shorten Georgia's early voting season and make it more difficult for close elections to reach a runoff.

politics, georgia, voting

The Washington Independent » The Midnight De-Regulation Express

Seeded on Tue Nov 11, 2008 3:12 PM EST ()

The Washington Independent has highlighted five regulations notable for their potential effect and the way they slipped through the regulatory process. Four could to be finalized by Nov. 22. One was already — on Election Day.

BBC NEWS | Europe | Mystery of lost US nuclear bomb

Seeded on Tue Nov 11, 2008 2:57 PM EST (BBC News)

The United States abandoned a nuclear weapon beneath the ice in northern Greenland following a crash in 1968, a BBC investigation has found.

GOP Attacks Minnesota Secretary of State

Seeded on Tue Nov 11, 2008 12:56 PM EST (Politico)

Republicans are also questioning the credibility of Minnesota's Secretary of State Mark Ritchie, the man tasked with overseeing the recount.

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For South, a Waning Hold on National Politics - NYTimes.com

Seeded on Tue Nov 11, 2008 3:30 AM EST (The New York Times)

The region's absence from Mr. Obama's winning formula means it "is becoming distinctly less important," said Wayne Parent, a political scientist at Louisiana State University.

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