TOP 100 GOVERNMENT SITES
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| Obama Seeks to Rally Backers After Clinton Victories Senator Barack Obama’s advisers were planning to unveil a new strategy to persuade Democrats to coalesce around him for the good of the party. nytimes.com |
Inflation Pressures Persist Wholesale prices rose a 0.3% in February, as core prices increased a steeper-than-expected 0.5%. However, the data likely won't affect today's Fed rate move. Housing starts fell, but the pace of construction was higher than expected. online.wsj.com |
Guantánamo Detainee, Indicted in ’98, Now Faces War Crimes Charges The military charges seek the death penalty for the role they say the detainee, Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, played in the truck-bomb attack on the U.S. embassy in Tanzania. nytimes.com |
National Briefing | Washington: Specter Announces Cancer Recurrence Senator Arlen Specter’s cancer has returned. A statement released by his office said that a medical scan, followed by a biopsy, had detected an early recurrence of Hodgkin’s disease, which is a cancer of the lymph system. Mr. Specter, 78, a Republican from Pennsylvania, was treated for the same type of cancer in 2005 and was later given a clean bill of health. “I was surprised by the PET scan findings because I have been feeling so good,” Mr. Specter said in the statement. “I consider this just another bump on the road to a successful recovery from Hodgkin’s, from which I’ve been symptom-free for three years.”. nytimes.com |
House Panel Approves Bill to Assist Borrowers The House Financial Services Committee approved legislation that would make up to $300 billion in insured loans available to refinance the mortgages of borrowers in danger of foreclosure. nytimes.com |