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Obama visits spy museum (AP)
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:45:40 GMT

President Barack Obama is dressed in casual clothes as he departs the 'Spy Museum' in Washington, Friday evening, July 30, 2010. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - It's hard to travel incognito when you're the president — even on a mission to a spy museum.


Ethics panel to charge California Rep. Waters (AP)
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 05:32:22 GMT

FILE - In this Oct. 28, 2009 file photo, Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington. A House investigative panel has decided to charge Rep. Maxine Waters of California with ethics violations, raising the possibility of a second trial this fall. People familiar with the investigation, who were not authorized to be quoted, said Friday July 30, 2010 the charges could be filed next week. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)AP - A House investigative panel has decided to charge Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters of California with ethics violations, raising the possibility of a second high-profile trial with political implications for Democrats this fall.


Obama calls charges against Rangel 'troubling' (AP)
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 04:55:25 GMT

Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., leaves his office for a vote on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, July 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - President Barack Obama on Friday called ethics charges against Democratic Rep. Charlie Rangel "very troubling" and said he hopes the longtime lawmaker can end his career with dignity. Several House Democrats went further, flat-out urging the New York congressman to resign.


House approves bill on drilling, oil spills (AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:38:57 GMT
AP - The House approved a bill Friday to boost safety standards for offshore drilling, remove a federal cap on economic liability for oil spills and impose new fees on oil and gas production.
Inside the FLOTUS office (Politico)
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:15:00 GMT

U.S. President Barack Obama holds his wife first lady Michelle Obama after returning to the White House from a visit to the International Spy Museum with their daughter Sasha in Washington July 30, 2010.   REUTERS/Jim Young   (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)Politico - The Oval Office is nearly as familiar an image as the president himself.


White House urges halt to spilling of war secrets (AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:45:34 GMT

Defense Secretary Robert Gates, left, accompanied by Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen hold a press briefing, Thursday, July 29, 2010 at the Pentagon.  (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)AP - The Obama administration on Friday implored the website WikiLeaks to stop posting secret Afghanistan war documents, as the Pentagon pressed its investigation of the massive security breach by bringing a soldier under scrutiny back to the U.S. for trial.


Obama hails auto bailout as good news in Michigan (AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:01:26 GMT

President Barack Obama delivers remarks during his visit to the Jefferson North Chrysler Plant in Detroit, Friday, July 30, 2010, where the Jeep Grand Cherokee is assembled. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - A year after the government's big auto-industry bailouts, President Barack Obama on Friday trumpeted increased car sales and progress on battery-powered vehicles as a beacon of success in his administration's battle to revive a hurting U.S. economy. But his upbeat assessment can't mask daunting challenges for U.S. automakers and painfully high unemployment.


Agency weighs skirting Congress on immigration (AP)
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:30:34 GMT

Felipa Solario pauses as she cries while telling her story of having her husband, an illegal immigrant, taken away by authorities some months ago, while she joined hundreds at a solidarity rally at St. Matthews Church  to protest the provisions of the new Arizona immigration law that went into effect Thursday, July 29, 2010 in Phoenix, the day after portions of Arizona's SB1070 went into effect, but after a federal judge struck down some of the law's provisions. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)AP - The Obama administration, unable to push an immigration overhaul through Congress, is considering ways it could go around lawmakers to let undocumented immigrants stay in the United States, according to an agency memo.


Paperwork nightmare: A struggle to fix new law (AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:26:08 GMT
AP - Talk about a paperwork nightmare: Tucked into the massive new health care law is a demand that nearly 40 million U.S. businesses file tax forms for every vendor that sells them more than $600 in goods.
Dems hope for first lady's stardust in campaign (AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:18:08 GMT

FILE - In this May 7, 2010 file photo, first lady Michelle Obama delivers the keynote speech to the Democratic National Committee's Women's Leadership Forum 16th Annual National Issues Conference in Washington. She's not a political animal, Michelle Obama is the first to admit. Yet with an email here and a kind word there, the first lady has dipped her toes into the political waters of the midterm elections. And Democratic candidates are hoping there's lots more to come this fall. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)AP - She's not a political animal, Michelle Obama is quick to say.


Kan. Senate race turns nasty as GOP seeks fighter (AP)
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:31:37 GMT

In this photo from July 27, 2010,  Republican U.S. Senate candidate and Kansas Rep. Jerry Moran answers questions during a town hall meeting at the Veterans of Foreign Wars hall in Lenexa, Kan. (AP Photo/John Hanna)AP - The big issue in Kansas' U.S. Senate race is which of two veteran Republican congressmen will fight hardest — and loudest — against President Barack Obama's agenda.


Key Florida campaign-finance provision blocked by federal court (The Christian Science Monitor)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:25:21 GMT
The Christian Science Monitor - A federal appeals court in Atlanta has blocked Florida election officials from providing potentially millions of dollars from the state’s campaign finance system to Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill McCollum in his race against multimillionaire challenger Rick Scott.
House approves oil spill reform bill (Reuters)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:16:05 GMT
Reuters - The House of Representatives on Friday approved the toughest reforms ever to offshore energy drilling practices, as Democrats narrowly pushed through an election-year response to BP's massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Obama calls Rangel charges `very troubling' (AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:05:00 GMT
AP - President Barack Obama calls the ethics charges against longtime Rep. Charlie Rangel "very troubling" and says he hopes Rangel can end his career with dignity.
FAA downgrades Mexico's air safety rating (AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:45:28 GMT
AP - Mexico's aviation safety rating was downgraded Friday due to concerns about the country's safety oversight, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
Obama urges Iran to release three U.S. hikers (Reuters)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:44:02 GMT

Iran's Nuclear Chief Ali Akbar Salehi speaks during a press conference in Tehran, 2009. Iran said it was ready for immediate talks with the United States, Russia and France over an exchange of nuclear fuel and added that it was also against stockpiling higher enriched uranium.(AFP/File/Atta Kenare)Reuters - President Barack Obama on Friday called on Iran to immediately release three Americans who were detained a year ago after straying across the border while hiking in the mountains of northern Iraq.


Judge lets paper publish info on juicemaker probe (AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:14:02 GMT
AP - A judge has lifted an order that prevented a legal newspaper from publishing information found in court records that were supposed to have been shielded from public view.
Obama slips behind wheel of a Volt in Motor City (McClatchy Newspapers)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:47:00 GMT
McClatchy Newspapers - DETROIT — Out to convince voters that the bailout of the U.S. auto industry has been a success — and to build buzz for its controversial poster child, Chevy's Volt electric car — President Barack Obama on Friday drove a car publicly for the first time in more than three years and implored consumers, "Don't bet against the American people."
Obama defends economy, takes wheel of electric car (AFP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:56:43 GMT

US President Barack Obama (C) makes remarks after touring a General Motors Auto plant in Hamtramck, Michigan. Obama, speaking to workers at a Chrysler plant, said that four consecutive quarters of US economic growth was a AFP - President Barack Obama took to the wheel of a new electric car Friday on a Detroit-area tour of the revitalized auto industry, touting his economic policies but urging the need to do more.


Obama hails news economy growing, wants more (Reuters)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:50:35 GMT

U.S. President Barack Obama prepares to depart Andrews Air Force Base outside Washington, for a day trip to Detroit, July 30, 2010. REUTERS/Larry DowningReuters - President Barack Obama said on Friday he welcomed news that the U.S. economy grew by 2.4 percent in the second quarter, but said more work was needed to increase that growth rate and generate jobs.


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 Word of the day 

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for July 31, 2010 is:

sirenian • \sye-REE-nee-un\  • noun
: any of an order (Sirenia) of aquatic herbivorous mammals (as a manatee, dugong, or Steller's sea cow) that have large forelimbs resembling paddles, no hind limbs, and a flattened tail resembling a fin

Example sentence:
"Looking humanlike in certain aspects, sirenians are thought to be the basis of the myth of mermaids." (Michael McCarthy, The Independent [London], February 28, 2009)

Did you know?
"Sirenian" traces back via Latin to Greek "seirēn," which is equivalent to our word for the sirens of Greek mythology. And what is the connection between sirens and sirenians? Modern sirenians do not resemble the half bird, half woman creatures who lured sailors to their doom with their sweet singing. But as our example sentence states, sirenians are considered by some to underlie the ancient legends about mermaids. In European folklore mermaids were sometimes called "sirens," and apparently this confusion resulted in the granting of sirenians the name they bear today.

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