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Video: Bipartisan debt relief update
Wed, 16 May 2012 20:45:42 EDT
Last year, a group of Republican and Democratic U.S. senators, known as "The Gang of Six," united in an effort to put forth a bipartisan debt reduction proposal. Nancy Cordes checks in on their progress.
Video: Medal of Honor awarded to Leslie Sabo
Wed, 16 May 2012 18:12:23 EDT
President Obama presented the wife of late Army Specialist Leslie H. Sabo with the Medal of Honor on Wednesday for Sabo's "conspicuous gallantry and heroic action" in combat while serving in the Vietnam War.
RFK Jr.'s estranged wife found dead in New York
Wed, 16 May 2012 17:30:11 EDT
Mary Kennedy was found dead in her home in Mount Kisco, New York, WCBS has confirmed
Video: Obama awards posthumous Medal of Honor, praises Vietnam vets
Wed, 16 May 2012 16:37:36 EDT
President Obama awarded Army Specialist Leslie H. Sabo the Medal of Honor posthumously on Wednesday for "conspicuous gallantry and heroic action" in combat while serving in the Vietnam War.
Video: Congresswoman recounts sexual assault
Wed, 16 May 2012 16:28:05 EDT
Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI) shared her own experience as a victim of sexual assault on Wednesday, in an emotional speech in support of the Violence Against Women Act.
Video: Obama, Boehner meeting on debt crisis: How did it go?
Wed, 16 May 2012 16:10:30 EDT
CBS News chief White House correspondent Norah O'Donnell questioned press secretary Jay Carney Wednesday on how President Obama's meeting with House Speaker John Boehner and Republican and Democratic congressional leaders on the debt crisis really went.
Video: Boehner to Obama: Where's your debt plan?
Wed, 16 May 2012 15:29:29 EDT
Before a meeting at the White House on Wednesday, Speaker John Boehner asked again for President Obama's plan to tackle the debt, create jobs and to stop "devastating cuts" to the military.
Video: Oscar-winner: Obama saved lives with same-sex marriage stance
Wed, 16 May 2012 14:28:50 EDT
Dustin Lance Black, who won an Academy Award for his screenplay for the film "Milk," said that President Obama saved lives by announcing his support for same-sex marriage.
Video: DSCC Head: Democrats will "absolutely" hold Senate
Wed, 16 May 2012 13:25:06 EDT
DSCC Head Guy Cecil tells CBS News' Nancy Cordes that Democrats have a "great shot" at holding the Senate in 2012 in the latest edition of "Face to Face."
FBI Director Robert Mueller confirms bureau probing leak of foiled Qaeda underwear bomb plot
Wed, 16 May 2012 12:18:32 EDT
Robert Mueller tells senators agents looking into who leaked information of Qaeda's upgraded underwear bomb
Video: Obama asks Congress for tax breaks for small business
Wed, 16 May 2012 12:03:43 EDT
President Obama again pushed his "to-do" list for Congress, calling for tax breaks for small businesses during a photo-op following a meeting with small business leaders on Wednesday.
Video: Romney says disappointed in Obama for doubling debt
Wed, 16 May 2012 11:31:44 EDT
Mitt Romney expressed disappointment in President Obama in Florida on Wednesday. The Republican nominee said the president doubled the debt after campaigning on promise to cut debt in 2008.
John Edwards' defense team rests
Wed, 16 May 2012 11:11:26 EDT
Attorneys for John Edwards rest their case after just two days of testimony and evidence; Edwards, former trial lawyer, will not testify
Video: Gates' biggest concern about OBL raid: Was he there?
Wed, 16 May 2012 10:14:43 EDT
Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates speaks to the "CBS This Morning" co-hosts about his new memoir, the death of Osama bin Laden, and the dangers facing America today.
Video: Frank on partisan differences and banking reform
Wed, 16 May 2012 08:27:24 EDT
Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, talks to Charlie Rose about the partisan showdown over the nation's debt and banking reform in light of the recent JPMorgan Chase $2 billion loss.
Video: Boehner drawing line in sand for debt showdown 2.0
Wed, 16 May 2012 08:10:17 EDT
Republican leaders are laying down a new challenge to President Obama and Democrats over spending cuts, tax hikes and the national debt. CBS News Congressional correspondent Nancy Cordes reports.
Barney Frank: Chance now for stronger bank rules
Wed, 16 May 2012 08:01:45 EDT
Author of 2010 Dodd-Frank law says JP Morgan losses make for a stronger argument for tougher rules for Wall Street
New battle over debt limit inevitable?
Wed, 16 May 2012 07:12:22 EDT
Boehner warns GOP won't approve any further increases without corresponding budget cuts, and he closes door on tax hikes
Virginia GOP blocks openly gay judicial nominee
Tue, 15 May 2012 21:33:00 EDT
A Va. GOP delegate cites openly gay judicial nominee's "lifestyle" as the reason he was unqualified for the bench
Obama's 2011 assets valued between $2.6M and $8.3M
Tue, 15 May 2012 20:26:20 EDT
President Obama's financial disclosure shows he has a JPMorgan Chase checking account; VP Biden's assets max out at $860K
Video: What does Obama really think of JP Morgan?
Tue, 15 May 2012 16:30:20 EDT
White House press secretary Jay Carney clarified comments President Obama made earlier Tuesday on ABC's "The View" on JP Morgan and CEO Jamie Dimon.
Video: Romney slams Obama, federal govt. on economy
Tue, 15 May 2012 15:47:10 EDT
Mitt Romney accused President Obama of supporting increased federal debt, putting the economy on a disastrous course, in a speech in Iowa on Tuesday.
Records: Rielle Hunter got $9K monthly stipend
Tue, 15 May 2012 15:11:07 EDT
Evidence introduced at John Edwards trial shows campaign finance chairman made regular payment to candidate's mistress
Pentagon limits F-22 fighter flights
Tue, 15 May 2012 14:46:56 EDT
Defense Secretary said it will enable pilots with oxygen problems to land quickly; won't affect Afghanistan
Video: Obama jokes David Beckham aging better than he is
Tue, 15 May 2012 14:33:09 EDT
President Obama welcomed Major League Soccer champions the LA Galaxy to the White House on Tuesday and joked that star David Beckham is "holding up better than me."

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 Word of the day 

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for May 17, 2012 is:

maffick • \MAF-ik\  • verb
: to celebrate with boisterous rejoicing and hilarious behavior

Examples:
Fans mafficked for hours outside the stadium, celebrating the team's dramatic victory in the division championship.

"In half an hour, after the mildest of mafficking, the last visitors of the exhibition's last day had gone out of the gates and the staff began their final acts of closing up shop." — From an article in The Guardian (London), October 1, 2011

Did you know?
"Maffick" is an alteration of Mafeking Night, the British celebration of the lifting of the siege of a British military outpost during the South African War at the town of Mafikeng (also spelled Mafeking) on May 17, 1900. The South African War was fought between the British and the Afrikaners, who were Dutch and Huguenot settlers originally called Boers, over the right to govern frontier territories. Though the war did not end until 1902, the lifting of the siege of Mafikeng was a significant victory for the British because they held out against a larger Afrikaner force for 217 days until reinforcements could arrive. The rejoicing in British cities on news of the rescue produced "maffick," a word that was popular for a while, especially in journalistic writing, but is now relatively uncommon.

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