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With a crush of visitors expected this Inauguration Day, hundreds of area residents are advertising their homes as temporary -- and top-dollar -- rentals over the four days leading up to Jan. 20. It's a brilliant solution to the lodging shortage, but let's pause a moment to examine the potential ...
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You do not have to have stock to make soup as long as the other ingredients provide flavor. You can also make a quick stock to use in a specific recipe. Chop a selection of vegetables such as carrots, celery,
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Nationwide, sheep grazing is gaining popularity as a low-cost, nontoxic tool in the battle to control invasive weed species.
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FOOTBALL moves in strange ways, or Strangeways in Joey Barton's case, and the controversial midfielder celebrated his first start since leaving jail in Manchester by converting the penalty that set Newcastle United on their way to a hugely important victory.
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Democrats retained control of the House and pushed for historic gains in their majority Tuesday by solidifying their dominance in the Northeast and making inroads in the South and West.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday urged passage of at least $61 billion in new economic stimulus funding this month, but said the future of the legislation requires cooperation from Republicans in the Senate and President George W. Bush.
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On the same night their leader was elected president, the Democrats made gains to their majority in the U.S. Senate, but failed to garner a filibuster-proof 60 seats.
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President-elect Barack Obama and his wife flew to Washington on Monday to be welcomed at the White House by its current occupants.
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Barack Obama visited the White House yesterday for a long and cordial meeting with the man he will succeed, setting aside two years of withering criticism of President Bush's record to discuss the economy and tour the presidential living quarters. pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/XIYWdippg0jlSwm3THap8-ZKyo4/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/XIYWdippg0jlSwm3THap8-ZKyo4/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/politics/administration/index_xml/~4/uDOngBq4MVk" height="1" width="1"/
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A Montgomery County school board member is offering a resolution to declare Inauguration Day a holiday in Maryland's largest school system, against the recommendation of Superintendent Jerry D. Weast.
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What a chance. What an experience. Gabby Agbonlahor won't forget the Germany game in a hurry.
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Fine Gael's king of the one-liner Phil Hogan quipped that Leo Varadkar was hard to forget despite having a "quare name". But what must he make of the party's new recruit for the local elections in Mulhuddart in West Dublin, Adeola Ogunsina?
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Democrats are aiming to have economic, health and spending legislation waiting on Barack Obama’s desk almost the minute the new president is sworn in.
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A handful of CEOs earn $1 in salary but make millions elsewhere.
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The chief executives of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler encountered more skepticism from Congress today in their quest for $34 billion in emergency government loans, but the form of a possible stop-gap plan began to come into sharper focus and the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee warned that allowing the industry to collapse would be disastrous for an already staggered economy.
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Stevie McGuire, the Glenrothes super-middleweight, could be given another shot at the British title much sooner than anticipated following his recent defeat by Northern Ireland's Brian Magee.
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Falling house prices are making properties more affordable for firsttime buyers than at any time in the last five years.
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NEW YORK -- BET and TV One, two television networks aimed primarily at black audiences, haven't paid much attention to presidential inaugurations before. This time will be different.
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An unprecedented 60,000 people have sent applications to the Presidential Inaugural Committee to volunteer for activities surrounding the swearing-in of Barack Obama -- even if it means simply giving directions or friendly hellos to out-of-towners at airports and Metro stops.
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Many Washington D.C. residents are hoping to rent out their homes to the visitors who will attend Barack Obama s presidential inauguration. Kimberly Dozier reports.
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The aptly named "Ouch" lenses give you that striking blood-filled eye look.(Credit: CoastalContacts.com) CoastalContacts.com has quite the extensive collection of special-effects contact lenses for All Hallow's Eve this year--more than 130 styles to make you look like a zombie, wild animal, or overall freaky ...
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Charlton Athletic are set to be taken over by a Dubai-based investment group which is believed to be owned by the ruling Maktoum family. The deal is worth around £50m with Zabeel Investments, whose interests range from luxury hotels to construction and the media, promising to provide the funding to return the Championship club to the top-flight.
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Well. Last week's column clearly struck a chord – the emails positively flooded in (OK, "flooded" may be an exaggeration, although there was a definite bump in in-box). It seems that many of you have had the exact same problem with John Lewis, being forced to endure faulty fridges, warm freezers and exploding washing-machines sitting unrepaired for months on end.
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SEATTLE (AP) -- When Yahoo Inc. co-founder and CEO Jerry Yang spurned Microsoft Corp.'s rich buyout offer this spring, he promised brighter days in Sunnyvale were just over the horizon....
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Kenny Miller could be fit for Rangers’ next game, Walter Smith has revealed. The striker pulled out of the Scotland squad for today’s qualifier with a hamstring injury but has had an injection which he hopes will clear up the problem.
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ABC's Jon Karl highlights the seats up for grabs in Congress.
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East Texas man is constructing a dwelling out of straw bales and mud plaster.
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Display consists of 5,000 squashes, with 70 varieties of pumpkins.
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Q Is it a good idea to deed our house to one of our children, or would it be better to just put these instructions in our wills? What is the downside to doing this?
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The Fairfax County apartment building where Genevieve "Gini" Orange was killed last month has also quietly housed recovering alcoholics and drug addicts for years, including the man accused in her death, Mark E. Lawlor.