Obama frames income inequality as defining challenge in last years
President Obama warned that rising income inequality is a defining challenge of our time and that the basic economic bargain has frayed. Speaking near the White House, he urged action to improve mobility while noting past policy missteps and GOP shutdown criticism. He did not unveil new programs, but backed raising the minimum wage and other measures to assist lower income Americans.
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Newtown 911 calls depict dispatchers urging cover and aid
Recordings released from the Sandy Hook shooting show Newtown dispatchers urging callers to take cover and keep calm as gunfire rings out. The tapes reveal pleas for help from staff and a custodian, details on wounded victims, and the police response timeline amid ongoing uncertainty about a second shooter.
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Palin frames war on Christmas at Liberty convocation
In Lynchburg Virginia Sarah Palin promoted her new book and attacked a so called war on Christmas during a Liberty University convocation. She said revisionists want to turn Christmas into a winter solstice season and widen church state divides. The News & Advance notes loud student applause and long lines for signed copies of her books and mood tidings.
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