O'Connor takes last day in stride
Tuesday, January 24, 2006
AP's Gina Holland - - Detroit News
| In possibly her last day on the bench, Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor broke a 4-4 tie Monday as she had so many times before -- and left a host of thorny issues for her successor.
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Google case raises new questions about U.S. spying
Saturday, January 21, 2006
AP's TOM RAUM - - Detroit News
| Already on the defensive about its domestic spying program, the Bush administration has alarmed privacy and free-speech advocates by demanding search information from millions of users of Google and other Internet companies.
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Ford to cut 25,000 to 30,000 jobs, close 14 facilities by 2012
Tuesday, January 24, 2006
AP's DEE-ANN DURBIN - - Detroit News
| Ford Motor Co. says its new restructuring plan goes beyond job cuts and plant closings in its effort to restore North American profits. The nation's second-largest automaker also will try to reinvigorate its domestic brands as part of the turnaround.
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Bush returns to campaign playbook in defense of Iraq policies
Saturday, November 12, 2005
AP's RON FOURNIER - - Detroit News
| President Bush seems to be turning the clock back to Election Day 2004, parrying with ex-rival John Kerry and harshly questioning his critics' commitment to U.S. troops.
You can't blame him for being nostalgic for better political times, when most Americans felt he was a strong, honest leader and gave him the benefit of the doubt on Iraq.
That's certainly not the sentiment these days. With his approval ratings plunging, even some Republican leaders are showing signs of abandoning Bush's listing ship.
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Moderates block Alaska drilling
Friday, November 11, 2005
AP's H. JOSEF HEBERT - - Detroit News
| For a quarter-century, environmentalists have succeeded in blocking efforts to drill for oil in what they consider a pristine, cherished patch of tundra in an Alaska wildlife refuge.
But with sky-high fuel prices and a wider Republican majority in Congress, their long fight to keep oil companies out of the refuge looked to be in trouble. Then they got some help from an unexpected place: House Republicans angry over cuts to social programs.
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Senate gets bills against torture
Sunday, November 6, 2005 Gary Heinlein - - Detroit News
| First-term state Rep. John Espinoza, looking into a horrendous police case just outside his Thumb legislative district, was shocked to learn that there is no Michigan law making it illegal to torture someone.
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Some win, some lose under tax reform plan
Sunday, November 6, 2005 Mary Deibel - - Detroit News (Scripps Howard News Service)
| George W. Bush's handpicked advisory panel has offered options for overhauling the tax code that the White House hopes will help cement Bush's legacy as a president who delivered on his low-tax pledge.
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Bouchard revives Senate bid
Sunday, October 30, 2005 Mike Martindale - - Detroit News
| Ending days of speculation, Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard plans to announce Monday that he is back in the 2006 U.S. Senate race from which he withdrew earlier this year because of undisclosed health concerns.
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Dingell honored for 50 years in Congress
Wednesday, October 26, 2005
AP's Ken Thomas - - Detroit News
| Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., was feted by a bipartisan group of political luminaries on Wednesday, marking a half-century in Congress that has spanned 10 presidents and the passage of the Civil Rights Act and Medicare.
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Can new tax plan save Michigan?
Tuesday, October 25, 2005 Mark Hornbeck and Gary Heinlein - - Detroit News
| With bankruptcies threatening Michigan's economy, Senate Republicans offered a plan Monday to slash business taxes by at least $483 million over the next six years and slap limits on state spending growth.
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Detroit cherishes indomitable spirit of civil rights pioneer
Tuesday, October 25, 2005 Betty DeRamus - - Detroit News
| Rosa Parks wasn't shot down in her prime like other giants of the civil rights movement. She endured long enough to write books, reap honors and remind us again and again what can happen when someone with a made-up mind and a steely will rises up at the right hour.
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Parks was a source of Detroit pride
Tuesday, October 25, 2005 Oralandar Brand-Williams - - Detroit News
| Her name graces one of the main streets in Detroit.
As in many cities across the country, there is a Rosa Parks Boulevard and a Rosa Parks public school.
Parks was the city's most famous citizen. She lived in Detroit longer than she did in Montgomery, Ala., the city that made her an international figure.
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Cause demanded ultimate sacrifice
Tuesday, October 25, 2005 Michael H. Hodges - - Detroit News
| It was August 1955 in Money, Miss. Showing off for his cousins, Emmett Till -- a 14-year-old from Chicago -- wanted to demonstrate how unafraid he was of white people. So he bought candy at the little grocery store, and turned to the pretty shop owner before pushing through the screen door.
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Proposal lets IRS do tax math
Monday, June 6, 2005 Brian Tumulty - - Detroit News (Gannett News Service)
| Would it be easier if the Internal Revenue Service mailed you a statement each year explaining the federal government's calculation of your income tax bill?
Some experts think a significant percentage of Americans would gladly opt into a voluntary system that would allow the IRS to do the math for free, especially if taxpayers retained the right to dispute the figures and offer corrections.
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Tough anti-gang bill ready for House vote
Tuesday, May 10, 2005
AP's David Crary - - Detroit News
| The rapid spread of vicious street gangs such as MS-13 is causing alarm in cities and suburbs nationwide, igniting debate about how best to combat the threat and inspiring a comprehensive anti-gang bill in Congress.
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Illegal immigrants stir debate
Monday, May 2, 2005 Bill Straub - - Detroit News (Scripps Howard News Service)
| The controversy over immigration is raging, with Congress primed to pass a law that would make crossing into the United States illegally a bit less inviting. Here is a Q&A look at the debate.
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Division in rough-and-tumble Capitol is likely to outlast Bush
Sunday, May 1, 2005 Chuck Raasch - - Detroit News (Gannett News Service)
| It's been 43 months since members of Congress stood on the steps of the Capitol and, in the recoil of the September 11 terrorist attacks, sang "God Bless America."
For a few months, U.S. leaders seemed focused on the nation's survival over their own. But to paraphrase a famous movie, that was a long time ago, in a political world far, far away. Now, Congress and the White House have come to stalemates on everything from Social Security reform to judicial nominations, and the atmosphere is as sour as at any time before September 11.
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Conservatives see ally in pope
Sunday, April 24, 2005
AP's RICHARD N. OSTLING - - Detroit News
| Now that Americans have had a few days to absorb the election of Pope Benedict XVI, it's clear that conservative Christians -- whether Roman Catholic or not -- feel they've won another battle in the nation's culture wars. Liberals seem to ready to concede the point, but they aren't happy about it.
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Leader's health adds to high court issues
Sunday, February 20, 2005
AP's HOPE YEN - - Detroit News
| The Supreme Court returns this week for the second half of its term with some of the biggest issues yet to be decided: the juvenile death penalty, Ten Commandments displays and the future of its ailing leader.
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Bush spending plan may cost Michigan
Tuesday, February 8, 2005 Deb Price - - Detroit News
| Already staggering from billions of dollars in state funding cuts, Michigan faces even more stress under President Bush's 2006 budget plan that could force sharper cutbacks in key education, health care, housing and community funding programs.
But there was one unexpected bright spot for the state: Bush signaled that he is willing to accept a higher level of funding for roads in a separate six-year transportation funding bill, meaning the state is likely to receive more money for road construction and repairs than officials hoped.
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Bush's speech may rally nation
Tuesday, February 1, 2005
AP's Donna Cassata - - Detroit News
| In wartime, presidents have filled their State of the Union addresses with words to rally the nation.
It surely will be no different for President Bush on Wednesday night. Although the commander in chief never mentioned the word Iraq in his inaugural address Jan. 20, he is certain to focus on the conflict in his State of the Union speech just three days after Iraqis held elections.
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Party, Bush clash on immigration
Sunday, January 30, 2005 Bill Straub - - Detroit News (Scripps Howard News Service)
| President Bush intends to push for major changes in the nation's immigration policy despite misgivings voiced by congressional Republicans that in some instances approach hostility.
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Iraq battens down for elections
Saturday, January 29, 2005
AP's HAMZA HENDAWI - - Detroit News
| Just ahead of the first free balloting in Iraq in half a century, the nation battened down for the vote, imposing a 7 p.m.-6 a.m. curfew on Friday and closing Baghdad International Airport. Five U.S. soldiers were killed in the capital and insurgents blasted polling stations across the country.
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What would make Iraq election a success? Big turnout
Saturday, January 29, 2005
AP's Donna Cassata - - Detroit News
| In terms familiar to U.S. voters, it's all about turnout in the Iraqi elections.
Fourteen million Iraqis are eligible to vote, and their presence at the polls Sunday in a nation ridden by violence would be a welcome sight for a Bush administration determined to spread democracy in the Middle East and allay American fears about the war's rising toll.
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Michigan's fate tied to Bush
Wednesday, January 19, 2005 Deb Price - - Detroit News
| Ask businessman Chris Shea of Troy about how many workers he'll need to paint lines on Michigan highways once the road construction season gets under way and he'll give you a simple answer: Ask President Bush.
The president of PK Contracting is waiting for Bush and Congress to settle their big-dollar disagreements over a long-delayed highway funding bill - Congress wants to spend far more than Bush will allow. The outcome of that debate will determine whether Shea will hire up to 25 workers and buy additional pavement-marking trucks.
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$1 million from Mich. goes to inaugural
Wednesday, January 19, 2005 Deb Price and Alison Bethel - - Detroit News
| Michigan companies and individuals contributed more than $1 million to the Presidential Inaugural Committee, including the maximum donation of $250,000 each by General Motors Corp., Ford Motor Co., Dow Chemical Co. and Bloomfield Hills real estate developer Kojaian Ventures.
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Michigan lawmakers gain clout
Sunday, January 9, 2005 Deb Price - - Detroit News
| Michigan's congressional delegation gets a boost with eight-term U.S. Rep. Dave Camp of Midland being named as the chairman of a subcommittee on the powerful House Ways and Means Committee.
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Social Security reform a tough sell
Sunday, December 26, 2004
AP's Alan Fram - - Detroit News
| If there will ever be a year when the political stars are aligned for President Bush to revamp Social Security, it may be 2005. But he still must persuade wary Republicans in Congress to follow his lead.
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Bush's tax overhaul may prove to be more incremental than sweeping
Wednesday, December 22, 2004
AP's MARTIN CRUTSINGER - - Detroit News
| President Bush's campaign to make the tax code simpler, fairer and more pro-growth is likely to involve incremental changes to the current system rather than a sweeping effort to scrap the venerable income tax for a radically new approach, such as a national sales tax.
But the changes Bush will propose are still expected to generate huge opposition, especially if he suggests scrapping favored tax breaks such as the deduction for state income tax payments.
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High court hears dispute over Michigan interstate wine sales
Tuesday, December 7, 2004
AP's HOPE YEN - - Detroit News
| State laws barring people from buying wine directly from out-of-state suppliers should be struck down as unconstitutional, the Supreme Court was told Tuesday, as it heard arguments in a case that could lead to sweeping changes on how alcoholic beverages are regulated and sold.
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Bush needs quick win in work with Congress
Monday, December 6, 2004
AP's TOM RAUM - - Detroit News
| If President Bush gets a second-term honeymoon, it may not last long. Or it may already be over.
A failure in the coming days to win congressional passage of the intelligence reorganization bill he supports -- fretting House Republicans are standing in the way -- would not bode well for political bliss when the new Congress convenes next month.
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Kellogg CEO worked way up to Cabinet
Tuesday, November 30, 2004 Francis X. Donnelly - - Detroit News
| As federal commerce secretary, Carlos Gutierrez would be the chief advocate for American business.
But his resume goes far beyond dollars and cents, business acquaintances said. He's a living embodiment of the American Dream.
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Species act may see total revision
Sunday, November 28, 2004 Joan Lowy - - Detroit News (Scripps Howard News Service)
| A bruising battle over reforming the nation's premier law for protecting endangered species is shaping up for the next Congress.
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Inaugural speeches often don't inspire
Saturday, November 27, 2004
AP's CALVIN WOODWARD - - Detroit News
| Ask not why so few inaugural speeches resonate long after they are given.
History always will remember Abraham Lincoln's appeal to the "better angels of our nature." History probably has forgotten President Bush's flowery declaration four short years ago that an "angel still rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm."
When Bush delivers his second inauguration address on Jan. 20, he may be hard pressed to say something truly for the ages. Not many presidents have, especially the second time around.
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Moderate lawmakers still have role to play in Congress
Monday, November 22, 2004 Larry Bivins and Katherine Hutt Scott - - Detroit News (Gannett News Service)
| President Bush and Republican congressional leaders have been boasting since Nov. 2 that voters gave them a mandate to press forward with their conservative agenda.
But their aura of invincibility masks a reality of political life on Capitol Hill - GOP leaders will continue to need support from moderate lawmakers if they want to turn some of Bush's legislative priorities into law.
That is especially true in the Senate, where 41 votes can bring legislation to a standstill.
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Senators move to end voter drives
Friday, November 19, 2004 Ana Radelat - - Detroit News (Gannett News Service)
| The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is fighting a proposal by Sen. Richard Shelby that would discourage get-out-the-vote efforts in public housing projects.
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U.S. jury indicts 2 men in e-mail death threats
Wednesday, November 17, 2004 Norman Sinclair - - Detroit News
| Two New York men who allegedly used their home computers to e-mail death threats to Muslim members of the local Islamic Center of America were indicted on multiple civil rights violation charges by a federal grand jury.
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Cabinet shake-up fuels Bush agenda
Tuesday, November 16, 2004 Deb Price - - Detroit News
| The reshuffling in the Bush Cabinet -- including Monday's announced departure of Secretary of State Colin Powell and his potential replacement by national security adviser Condoleezza Rice -- signals how committed President Bush is to muscling a sweeping agenda through Congress early in his second term.
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Congress returns to Hill for post-election session
Monday, November 15, 2004 Mike Madden - - Detroit News (Gannett News Service)
| Winners and losers from this month's elections will head to Capitol Hill this week for a final session of Congress that likely will determine how much money the government spends on a broad range of domestic programs next year.
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Bush moves to privatize Social Security
Thursday, November 11, 2004
AP's Leigh Strope - - Detroit News
| Fresh from re-election, President Bush is dusting off an ambitious proposal to overhaul Social Security, a controversial idea that had been shelved because of politics and the administration's focus on tax cuts and terrorism.
Bush envisions a framework that would partially privatize Social Security with personal investment accounts, similar to 401(k) plans, that would be voluntary for younger workers.
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Clogged VA delays Iraq vets' care
Monday, November 8, 2004 Gregg Krupa - - Detroit News
| Soldiers from Michigan who risked their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan are returning home to a veterans' benefit system that is overwhelmed, causing delays in medical and mental health treatment.
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Christian bloc demands say on social policy
Monday, November 8, 2004 Alison Bethel and Joel Kurth - - Detroit News
| Religious groups, anti-abortion activists and social conservatives who were instrumental in winning re-election for President George W. Bush and strengthening the Republican control of Congress say they expect the president to continue fulfilling their far-reaching programs in his second term.
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Families shape voters' political identities
Monday, November 1, 2004 Larry Wheeler - - Detroit News (Gannett News Service)
| When Americans go to the polls Tuesday, they take with them their political identities, shaped by the immediate concerns of the 2004 presidential contest and years of personal experience.
No one, not even the youngest voter, arrives at the precinct polling place a blank slate, according to experts who study voter behavior.
Instead, they bring the baggage of their childhood, the conclusions of their adult reasoning or that gut feeling about a candidate.
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Now America decides
Tuesday, November 2, 2004 Lisa Zagaroli and Alison Bethel - - Detroit News
| The presidential election will all come down to the math, but a little familiarity with U.S. geography and American history might help poll watchers keep score tonight as the vote tallies are unveiled state by state.
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Bush, Kerry trade final punches as the end nears
Monday, November 1, 2004 Charlie Cain and Norman Sinclair - - Detroit News
| Michigan's 17 crucial electoral votes remained apparently in play Sunday as Vice President Dick Cheney and former Vice President Al Gore stumped the state amid furious last-minute get-out-the-vote efforts by Republicans and Democrats.
Across the nation, as in Michigan, the presidential race remained too close to call. President Bush and his opponent, Sen. John Kerry, focused the final days of a yearlong, hotly contested campaign on a handful of battleground states.
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What happens if there's another Florida 2000?
Monday, November 1, 2004
AP's DAVID ROYSE - - Detroit News
| The state that turned the 2000 presidential election into turmoil with confusing butterfly ballots and hanging chads is conducting elections differently this time around, embarrassed into overhauling everything from its machinery to its recount rules.
But one thing is still the same going into Election Day - it's far from clear who is going to win the state, and the prospect of another recount remains.
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Bush pumps up Pontiac crowd
Thursday, October 28, 2004 Gary Heinlein - - Detroit News
| President Bush, targeting Michigan votes in the final week of his re-election bid, told supporters at a massive Pontiac Silverdome rally that he’s better equipped than rival Sen. John Kerry to win the war on terror.
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Feds are concerned for poll workers
Friday, October 29, 2004 Charlie Cain and Mark Hornbeck - - Detroit News
| Despite concerns about a national shortage of poll workers, local and state elections officials say there should be plenty of folks to man the polling places Tuesday.
This week federal election officials warned that poorly trained poll workers could result in massive mistakes at polling booths across the nation.
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10 reasons that voting counts
Thursday, October 28, 2004 Greg Wright - - Detroit News (Gannett News Service)
| This year's presidential race is not just a popularity contest between President Bush and Sen. John Kerry.
Political experts and everyday people said the winner would make decisions that could shift America's cultural and political scene and influence voters' pocketbooks for years to come.
That's why it is important to vote, they said. Here are 10 reasons they said you should:
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Mich. crowd cheers Bush
Friday, October 29, 2004 Gary Heinlein - - Detroit News
| Republican George W. Bush told a cheering crowd in this traditionally Democrat city that he'll keep America safe and rebuild its economy if given four more years as president.
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Stars push youth vote in Detroit
Monday, October 25, 2004 Tom Greenwood - - Detroit News
| Talk about your opening acts. Celebrities — including Sean “P. Diddy” Combs, Leonardo DiCaprio and Mary J. Blige — will come to Detroit to urge more young voters to hit the polls on Election Day, Nov. 2.
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Kerry woos labor at Warren rally
Tuesday, October 26, 2004 Tony Manolatos - - Detroit News
| Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry sought to reconnect with Michigan voters Monday, telling a spirited crowd of about 9,000 people that he can make them safe and prosperous at home.
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Same-sex marriage ban likely to pass
Saturday, October 23, 2004 Charlie Cain and Mark Hornbeck - - Detroit News
| A state constitutional amendment that would ban same-sex marriage, civil unions and possibly domestic partner benefits appears headed for decisive approval, a Detroit News poll shows.
Proposal 2 is winning by more than 2-to-1, with 65 percent in favor, 27 percent opposed and 9 percent undecided, according to a statewide survey of 600 likely voters conducted Monday through Wednesday by Mitchell Research & Communications, Inc. of East Lansing.
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GOP: Dems urge voter fraud
Saturday, October 23, 2004 Doug Guthrie - - Detroit News
| Republican officials complained Thursday that Michigan Democrats are encouraging voter fraud and working to delay the count of statewide ballots Nov.2.
Michigan Democratic Party Chairman Mark Brewer called the allegations "nonsense."
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News poll: Bush leads in Michigan
Thursday, October 21, 2004 Charlie Cain and Mark Hornbeck - - Detroit News
| President Bush has moved ahead of Democratic challenger John Kerry in Michigan, according to a Detroit News poll, but hasn’t reached the critical 50 percent support plateau — suggesting the state remains in contention as the presidential race draws to a close.
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Edwards: Iraq war created terror haven
Tuesday, October 19, 2004
AP's KATHARINE WEBSTER - - Detroit News
| Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards on Tuesday accused President Bush of failing the United States and the world in Iraq, citing unsecured nuclear weapons abroad and unprotected ports at home as further evidence of the president's "incompetence."
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Dems lure moderate GOP on stem cell issue
Tuesday, October 19, 2004
AP's MARK SHERMAN - - Detroit News
| Following the deaths of Ronald Reagan and Christopher Reeve, embryonic stem cell research with its potential to find cures for debilitating illnesses is giving John Kerry and other Democrats an issue to pitch to moderate Republican voters.
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Shades of 2000: It's down to the wire
Sunday, October 17, 2004 Chuck Raasch - - Detroit News (Gannett News Service)
| After the duel in the desert, we are back to where many thought election 2004 would end up: a final blitz toward a tight and unpredictable finish. Three presidential debates and one vice presidential skirmish over two weeks tightened the polls and raised expectations for a repeat of 2000.
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Scary scenarios swirl around '04 election
Saturday, October 16, 2004
AP's NANCY BENAC - - Detroit News
| Despite all the vows of "never again" after the Florida fiasco of 2000, the scary scenarios for Election Day 2004 seem only to have increased: A tie vote in the Electoral College. A terrorist strike on Election Day. A disputed outcome in a critical state.
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Candidates clash over jobs, taxes
Thursday, October 14, 2004 Richard A. Ryan and Lisa Zagaroli - - Detroit News
| President Bush and Sen. John Kerry clashed sharply and frequently Wednesday night over jobs, health care, tax cuts and the ability to keep America safe as the two candidates squared off in their third and final debate.
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GOP won't concede Arab-American vote
Thursday, October 14, 2004 Gregg Krupa - - Detroit News
| It is a common presumption that Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., will garner most Arab-Americans’ votes on Nov. 2.
Not so fast, say President Bush’s Arab-American supporters.
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Congress breaks camp as highway bill, welfare reform linger in D.C.
Wednesday, October 13, 2004
AP's JIM ABRAMS - - Detroit News
| As Democrats and Republicans disagreed on the accomplishments of the 108th Congress, one thing is certain: Hundreds of programs - from highway building to welfare reform - are being kept on life support through temporary measures because lawmakers failed to meet deadline after deadline for renewing them.
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Swing voters at stake in debate
Friday, October 8, 2004 Deb Price and Charlie Cain - - Detroit News
| Norma Smith of Clawson is leaning toward voting for Democrat John Kerry but still could be persuaded to support President Bush because, “I don’t want the terrorists to think they made us change our president.”
Patricia Herrmann of Grosse Ile is tipping toward Bush but says, “I’d look seriously at Kerry” if he convinces her he has a plan to get U.S. troops out of Iraq.
Tonight’s second televised presidential debate may end the two Michigan women’s ambivalence. Swing voters like themselves will ask questions on foreign and domestic policy in a 90-minute “town hall” event whose importance skyrocketed after Kerry’s strong performance in the initial debate last week.
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Bush swings at Kerry in Oakland County visit
Thursday, October 7, 2004 Mark Hornbeck - - Detroit News
| President Bush escalated his attacks on his rival, Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry, at a rally here Wednesday, saying his opponent “has a mind-set that will paralyze America in a dangerous world.”
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Outcome pleases both sides in vice-presidential debate
Thursday, October 7, 2004 Bill Straub - - Detroit News (Scripps Howard News Service)
| Neither Vice President Dick Cheney nor the man angling to take his job, Sen. John Edwards, scored a knockout during their debate, but both were throwing punches at a furious pace and a few of them even managed to land.
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Cheney, Edwards ready to square off
Tuesday, October 5, 2004 Lisa Zagaroli - - Detroit News
| Vice President Richard Cheney and U.S. Sen. John Edwards are different in looks, demeanor and style, but tonight they’ll try to show America a clear contrast between their policies as they square off in the only debate between the pair.
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