Women In Politics

Chelsea hubby hits the slopes
Chelsea Clinton’s husband, Marc Mezvinsky, is taking a break from his banking job to concentrate on being a ski bum. The investment banker is…

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Nevada jobless rate hits new record in August
Nevada’s jobless rate in August reached a new record high, climbing to 14.4 percent to remain the highest in the nation, the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation reported Monday.

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Plymouth hits the books
PLYMOUTH — Everyone is excited to start school in Plymouth, according to Superintendent Anthony Distasio.

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Palin hits trail, defends Handel’s abortion stance
ATLANTA — Sarah Palin and Karen Handel have a lot in common, the former Alaska governor said Monday as she helped rally the faithful for the Georgia GOP gubernatorial candidate.

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Congress’s Serial Hits on Food Stamps
Congress has begun tapping into the food stamp program for the hungriest Americans to help pay for lawmakers’ election-year priorities.

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One-two punch hits food stamps
More than $14 billion gets cut from SNAP.

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Oil hits all Gulf states; Texas tar balls found
(AP:TEXAS CITY, Texas) A bucket’s worth of tar balls that hit a Texas beach means that crude oil has now washed up in every U.S. state on the Gulf of Mexico, more than two months after oil gushing from a blown-out well on the ocean floor first reached Louisiana.

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US financial regulations bill hits new snag
West Virginia Senator replacement may delay bill’s passage. 8 Jul 2010 3:18 AM

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Obama hits the road to sell the stimulus, again
From NBC’s Athena JonesPresident Obama headed to Ohio Friday as part of the White House’s efforts to highlight the progress they say the stimulus package has made in pulling the American economy out of the worst recession since the Great Depression.

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As personal data on Web hits flood levels, Congress wants to plug the dike
In the wake of a series of privacy missteps by Google, Facebook and other companies, a growing chorus on Capitol Hill is calling for major online privacy legislation and Silicon Valley companies are girding for the battle.

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