According to the administration, California would get more than $13 billion to prevent layoffs of teachers and public safety workers, modernize schools and community colleges, and build highways and public transit.

Not all the missteps that President Obama has made have been entirely his fault. But he is going to have a lot of work to do in the next four months in order to win back disaffected supporters. When he first came to power the president promised to usher in a new era of cooperation with the Republicans.

Views of Obama ranged greatly. Confidence in the U.S. president was sky-high in some countries, like Germany (88 percent), but rock bottom in others, like Pakistan (8 percent).

The team presented Obama with a jersey with the number 10, the number usually worn by a soccer team’s leader.

Daley is the brother of the Chicago mayor.

Rep. Eric Cantor of Virginia, who will become the House majority leader in January, accused the president of engaging in “class warfare.” “This country is about making sure everyone has a fair shot,” he said in an interview.

Clinton said the United States believes access to HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment and care should be a universal and shared responsibility and said health was a human right.

Forget Euro horror stories and the Massachusetts election—restore the public option and give the people the help they need.

Washington’s move to increase scrutiny of travelers from Cuba in wake of Christmas Day bombing attempt by Nigerian national appears to have given both sides ample reason to revert to old ways.

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The confrontation with al-Qaida’s branch in Yemen gained new urgency after the failed attempt on Christmas Day to bomb a U.S. airliner headed to Detroit.

The number of travelers to Cuba has also been boosted by the Obama administration’s decision to let Cuban-Americans with family on the island visit as often as they like.

“In Hawaii, which ranks near bottom in national achievement, the school year has been reduced by 17 furlough Fridays in which schools will be closed. The Superintendent, Pat Hamamoto, although agreeing that students will suffer due to less learning time, also said that the schools will try to cram in as much teaching as they can.”

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