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Governor sounds like the GOP candidate he is, observers say (Las Vegas Sun)

The lesson of the night was that no matter who’s talking, the message is motivated by politics. In a State of the State address that sounded more like a rallying sob for conservatives to re-elect him, Gov. Jim Gibbons on Monday burnished his credentials as a slasher of government, holding the line on taxes against the forces of bureaucrats, politicians and unions.
9 Feb 2010, 2:04 am | click here to view more

Afternoon headlines: Lighthouse damage report, misspelled street signs, university in top 10, deadline for shots (The Oregonian)

Damage report on Cape Meares Lighthouse's historic lens is expected soon. ODOT removes misspelled road signs along Southeast Powell Boulevard. Western Oregon University in top 10, not guide, in minority student graduation gains. Oregon deadline looms for school shots. Longtime lawmaker John Murtha dead at 77.
8 Feb 2010, 4:32 pm | click here to view more

AP: Kan. death penalty repeal tests senators (The Garden City Telegram)

TOPEKA (AP) -- Sixteen years ago, Gov. Joan Finney allowed a death penalty bill to become law without her signature. The feisty Democrat said she was doing so because it was the will of Kansas' people.
8 Feb 2010, 1:44 pm | click here to view more

MPs' fury after mistakes help benefits overpayments to double to £800million (Daily Telegraph)

Benefits overpayments resulting from mistakes by civil servants have doubled in the past decade, according to a report by MPs.
8 Feb 2010, 11:44 pm | click here to view more

UNDER THE DOME (The Olympian)

Good morning. Today is Tuesday, Feb. 9, the 30th day of the 60-day legislative session.
8 Feb 2010, 11:44 pm | click here to view more

House GOP may skip summit (Washington Post)

44 | Leading home Republicans lift prospect unless existing reform bills are scrapped.
8 Feb 2010, 11:35 pm | click here to view more

Cohen quits lieutenant governor race (Chicago Tribune)

Democratic lieutenant governor candidate Scott Lee Cohen, a Chicago pawnbroker whose surprise primary win last week was followed by scandalous revelations about his troubled past with a prostitute ex-girlfriend, said Sunday night he would quit as nominee. "For the good of the people ... I will resign," a tearful Cohen told reporters at a news conference he chose to hold at a Far North Side bar ...
7 Feb 2010, 4:14 pm | click here to view more

Foreign student visas to be slashed, Alan Johnson announces (Daily Telegraph)

The number of foreign students given visas is to be slashed as part of new efforts to tackle abuses of the system.
7 Feb 2010, 11:45 pm | click here to view more

Reed Says He’s ‘Optimistic’ U.S. Financial Overhaul Will Pass (Bloomberg via Yahoo! News)

Feb. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Senator Jack Reed, a senior Democrat on the Banking Committee, said he is “optimistic” Congress will overhaul U.S. financial regulations even as the head of the panel, Senator Christopher Dodd, said negotiations with Republicans on a bill were blocked.
5 Feb 2010, 9:00 pm | click here to view more

Libertarian Democrat Tracy Potter throws hat in US Senate ring (The Fargo Forum)

Tracy Potter led a political crusade 30 years ago to return progressivism to North Dakota Democrats. Now, the self-proclaimed libertarian Democrat and Bismarck state senator is seeking elected office in Washington, D.C.
5 Feb 2010, 10:47 pm | click here to view more