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Outrage over AIG: President Barack Obama vows to fight bonuses

President Barack Obama, responding to growing taxpayer and political outrage, reversed course Monday and ordered his administration to "pursue every legal avenue" to challenge $165 million in bonuses recently paid to employees of bailed-out insurance giant American International Group Inc. More

Tags: budget and tax, economy

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Obama, GOP give little ground as they take to airwaves over stimulus

President Barack Obama, offering the first specifics on a key element in his $825 billion stimulus package, said Saturday that it would add 3,000 miles of new electric transmission lines and double the nation's use of wind and solar power within three years. More

Tags: budget and tax, economy, environment

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'I will be vindicated'

His political career in tatters and Illinois government in limbo, a defiant and unapologetic Gov. Rod Blagojevich said Friday he is innocent of the federal corruption charges leveled against him, will fight to clear his name and won't resign. "I am here to tell you right off the bat that I am not... More

Tags: corruption, law

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Will Obama claim a cultural war victory?

John Edwards did a large favor for Barack Obama, but the Illinois senator is not out of the woods yet. The former North Carolina senator's endorsement last week of Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination blunted Hillary Clinton's ability to celebrate her two-to-one West Virginia primary... More

Tags: election 2008, democrats, Hillary Clinton, John Edwards ... more

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Chicago Tribune Endorses Barack Obama

In 1996, this page endorsed a Chicago attorney, law school instructor and community activist named Barack Obama for a seat in the Illinois Senate. We've paid him uncommon scrutiny ever since, wryly glad that he lived up to our modest prediction: We said Obama "has potential as a political leader." More

Tags: election 2008, democrats, Barack Obama

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