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Arizona sheriff launches immigration sweep
PHOENIX – The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office in Arizona has launched a two-day, countywide crime and immigration sweep that authorities say will focus on drop houses, drug violators and human smuggling vehicles.
Caterpillar: Health care bill would cost it $100M
Dow Jones Newswires | Caterpillar Inc. said the health-care overhaul legislation being considered by theU.S. House of Representatives would increase the company’s health-care costs by more than $100 million in the first year alone.
House leaders joust over use of parliamentary rule
WASHINGTON (AP) – House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer declined to say Wednesday if Democrats have enough votes to pass historic health care legislation, but hinted that they’re poised to use an arcane parliamentary process to get it done.
Obama’s happiness deficit
Here’s a theory about why President Obama is having a tough political time right now: He doesn’t seem all that happy being president.
Could this ad be Reid’s downfall?
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., will soon be facing a public-relations nightmare in his bid for re-election: a TV ad campaign produced by the same strategist whose “Willie Horton” commercial spoiled Michael Dukakis’ 1988 presidential hopes.
Government rebuked over global warming nursery rhyme adverts
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) ruled that the adverts – which were based on the children’s poems Jack and Jill and Rub-A-Dub-Dub – made exaggerated claims about the threat to Britain from global warming.
