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Electric Cars Make More Sense When Gas Hits $4.50 a Gallon
KickingTiresThe recent explosion in electric-vehicle models, like the Nissan Leaf, marks the third revival of mass interest for EVs. What will keep the public???s attention from dwindling this time around? It???s all about gas prices, according to a recent Harvard......Tags: Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Petroleum Industry, USA Today, Tesla, Passenger Cars
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Time 100: World's most influential
The Swampby Mark Silva Sure, President Barack Obama made the list. But so did Michelle Obama. And Bernie Madoff, the billionaire king of Ponzi. Rush Limbaugh, too, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and... "the founders of Twitter.'' Sarah Palin's on the list.......Tags: Tom Hanks, CNN (tv network), Bono, Brad Pitt, Infosys Technologies Limited
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Obama: Racial profiling 'still haunts us'
The Swampby Mark Silva President Barack Obama knows something about the Cambridge, Mass., police. He was a student at Harvard Law School some time ago. The president also knows Henry Louis Gates Jr., Harvard's prominent professor of African-American studies -...Tags: Los Angeles Times, Racism, Police Arrests, National or Ethnic Minorities, Minority Groups
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Obama's 'beer summit:' Thursday
The Swampby Peter Nicholas It started out as a casual suggestion: three guys working out their differences over a beer. But President Obama's offer to play host to the cop and the professor entangled in a debate over racial profiling now......Tags: Television Industry, Dining and Drinking, Racism, Alcoholic Beverages, James Crowley
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Obama, racial politics and taking sides
The Swampby Peter Wallsten By inserting himself Wednesday night into the case of an arrested Harvard University professor, President Obama made the most overt step of his tenure into the nation's racial politics. The measured and cautious Obama that Americans...Tags: Democratic National Conventions, Racism, American International Group, Assault, Minority Groups
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Obama's police report: Reassessment
The Swampby Peter Wallsten, Peter Nicholas and Richard Simon A day after saying that police "acted stupidly" in arresting a black Harvard University professor in his own home, President Obama appeared to soften his stance Thursday, spreading the blame more...Tags: Racism, James Crowley, Assault, Minority Groups, Government
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Professor vs. policeman: Viewpoints
The Swampby Mark Silva If Harvard University's Henry Louis Gates Jr. and the Cambridge Police Departtment's Sgt. James Crowley ever get around to having that beer at the White House which President Barack Obama says the two are welcome to join......Tags: O.J. Simpson, Racism, The New York Times, Vehicles, James Crowley
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Colin Powell: Racial profiling, anger, cool
The Swampby Mark Silva Retired Army Gen. Colin Powell, who also once served as the chief diplomat for the United States, says Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. could have averted the famed confrontation with the Cambridge, Mass., Police Department at......Tags: Regional Authority, CNN (tv network), U.S. Presidential Election Exit Polls (2008), Racism, Minority Groups
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White House's brew: Bud Light -- report
The Swampby Mark Silva When the president, the professor and the police officer meet for a beer in the White House tomorrow to talk about racial problems, the president will be serving Bud Light. So say Hans Nichols and Nicholas Johnston......Tags: Alcoholic Beverages, James Crowley, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Government, Prosecution
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First Ladies of health: Obama, Clinton
The Swampby Mark Silva Former First lady Hillary Clinton wasn't the only spouse in the White House with a hand in health-care reform: First Lady Michelle Obama organized and ran a health-care initiative in Chicago credited for cutting emergency room costs,......Tags: Valerie Jarrett, Justice System, Lawyers, Michelle Obama, Family
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Michelle Obama's guests: State of Union
The Swampby Michael Muskal Part of the ceremony surrounding any presidential speech to Congress is who gets to be singled out and who gets invited to sit with the first family. First Lady Michelle Obama is bringing quite a crowd. This......Tags: Regional Authority, Charity, Vehicles, Belle Isle, Teaching and Learning
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Obama's deficit-cutters: Lineup named
The Swampby Mark Silva The lineup for the deficit-cutting commission that President Barack Obama has created is starting to take shape. The president's front line includes David Cote, CEO of Honeywell International, and Alice Rivlin, a fomer White House Office of....Tags: Heads of State, Charity, Kent Conrad, Congressional Budget Office, Government
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