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CHICAGO (Reuters) - Congress is eyeing ways to make sure speculative trading helps commodity markets rather than distorting pricing signals, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said in a Reuters Television interview Monday.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York’s annual Gay Pride parade was a colorful celebration of 40 years of progress toward civil rights for gays, but once the dust settled, gay couples who wish to marry in New York state remain thwarted.
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President Barack Obama was handed a major boost to his efforts to push an ambitious array of legislation through Congress when Democrat Al Franken was declared the winner of an eightmonth battle over a Minnesota Senate seat.
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The Honduran President Manuel Zelaya has vowed to return to the country this week to reclaim office.
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Minnesota’s Supreme Court has declared Al Franken the winner of last November’s Senate race a move which could hand Democrats unchecked control of both houses of Congress.
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The president comments about the situation in Honduras….
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In the wake of admissions of marital infidelity by Nevada Sen. John Ensign and South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, the political left has seemed downright gleeful in its accusations of conservative hypocrisy. My phone has been ringing off the hook…
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The Honduran President Manuel Zelaya has vowed to return to the country this week to reclaim office.
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After years of feeling marginalised expatriates in Minneapolis view Obama as the man to bring about an historic rapprochement with Iran.
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The new rules will cut the amount of electricity used by affected lamps by 15 to 25 percent and save up to $4 billion a year for consumers, the White House said.
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The new rules will cut the amount of electricity used by affected lamps by 15 to 25 percent and save up to $4 billion a year for consumers, the White House said.
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The president told an audience of gay men and lesbians that he remained committed to overturning the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” rule.
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Before its troops leave for good in 2011, the U.S. has a responsibility and a strong strategic interest to help Iraq emerge as a functioning, sovereign and reasonably democratic state.
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Leading Democrats seem open to nearly any idea so long as it will lead to passing legislation, perhaps at the expense of passing sensible legislation.
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The White House is trying to shift the health care debate away from Washington and to the states.
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Agents trying to persuade mortgage companies to lower payments for homeowners are becoming frustrated.
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A photographer creates “The Obama Time Capsule,” allowing buyers to include their own messages and art in a book about the presidential campaign.
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While such an offer would fall short of the American demand that all building be halted, it shows that pressure from Washington may be having an effect.
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Terrorist detainees have some constitutional rights even if they are tried by military commissions in the United States, according to new advice from the Justice Department.
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President Obama spoke out against a provision in the energy bill that would impose trade penalties on countries that do not accept global-warming pollution limits.
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