Sep
16
2010
Sarah Palin’s busy primary endorsement season came to a mostly winning end Tuesday, most notably with victories by two of her “mama grizzlies”: Christine O’Donnell, who prevailed in Delaware’s GOP Senate primary, and Kelly Ayotte, who narrowly defeated Ovide Lamontagne in the New Hampshire GOP race for Senate.By Facebook, via Twitter, the former Alaska governor [...]
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Sep
2
2010
President Obama’s speech Tuesday night marking the end of combat operations in Iraq drew a largely — but not universally — negative response from Republicans. One particular sticking point for many Republicans was the president’s failure to tip his cap to the apparent success in Iraq of the counterinsurgency “surge” strategy — authored by Gen. [...]
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Aug
16
2010
Harrah’s Entertainment said in a Thursday regulatory filing that it plans to sell up to $710 million in common stock and to have the shares listed on a major stock exchange again. But, rather than primarily benefit the casino operator, it will instead mainly line the pockets of hedge fund firm Paulson & Co. “Was [...]
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