Photos: White House State Dinners Through the Years

Wining and dining is on the menu at the White House tonight, as the President and First Lady hold their first state dinner -- honoring India's Prime Minister. State dinners are always grand affairs steeped deep in tradition, and tonight's...

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November 24, 2009 | Permalink | User Comments (0)

Are We Becoming A Nation of Know-Nothings?

ABC's Stu Schutzman reports from New York: A headline in today’s Huffington Post reads “Palin Supporters Struggle To Explain Why They Support Palin”. Two interviewers from “New Left Media” recently camped out at a Borders in Ohio as people arrived...

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November 24, 2009 | Permalink | User Comments (11)

Quotes of the Day: 'President Obama has the information he wants... to make his decision'

"After completing a rigorous final meeting, President Obama has the information he wants and needs to make his decision and he will announce that decision within days." -- White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, following the ninth and presumably final...

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November 24, 2009 | Permalink | User Comments (5)

Clem's Chronicles: Jobs/Afghanistan/Health Care Reform/Deficit

Happy Thanksgving week folks. Here's tonight's news...... THE ECONOMY/JOBS-Green shoots. We’ve been hearing about “green shoots” for awhile now, those tantalizing examples of an economy on the rebound. While good/less bad economic news has recently outpaced bad news, there’s the...

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November 23, 2009 | Permalink | User Comments (3)

Child Safety: Crib Recall and Other Recently Recalled Kids Products

Late today, government safety officials announced the biggest crib recall in U.S. history -- more than two million cribs made by the Stork Craft company. The Consumer Product Safety Commission says it involves some popular cribs with a feature that's...

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November 23, 2009 | Permalink | User Comments (14)

You Buying Less This Holiday?

America has gone from a nation of credit card charging spenders to savers. And the Grinch appears to be poised to steel this Christmas too. The savings rate has jumped way up in the past year. Americans are nervous about...

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November 23, 2009 | Permalink | User Comments (5)

President Lou Dobbs?

There’s been rumblings of late about 2012. Not the movie but the upcoming presidential election. Much of the talk, the speculation really, has centered around Sarah Palin. She did not rule anything in or out as she made the interview...

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November 23, 2009 | Permalink | User Comments (66)

The Democrats Need LBJ

ABC's Stu Schutzman reports from New York: Not so much President Lyndon Baines Johnson as Senator Lyndon Johnson. Senate Democrats need a leader like LBJ now more than ever. Johnson wouldn’t have stood for the current Democratic “debate” on health...

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November 23, 2009 | Permalink | User Comments (17)

Another Vampire Blockbuster? Why?

The Twilight Saga: New Moon is doing gangbusters at the box office. A huge opening weekend -- in fact one of the biggest -- for a movie and THE biggest for a movie premiering outside the big summer season. Which...

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November 23, 2009 | Permalink | User Comments (14)

Documenting the Planet's Demise -- One Striking Photograph at a Time

In just about two weeks, world leaders will gather in Copenhagen for a summit to tackle the consequences of climate change. And some of the most compelling evidence they'll consider comes from one man -- and his camera. Daniel Beltra...

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November 20, 2009 | Permalink | User Comments (24)