Warner exits Senate after 30 years of service
John Warner, 82, completes five terms after a Navy and Marine career and two wars. He reflects on moderates leaving the GOP, contemplates advisory roles on terrorism, and plans a life near Washington with Jeanne Vander Myde, tending gardens, painting, and awaiting possible future service.
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Senate
John W. Warner
Elizabeth Taylor
Virginia
Warner
Associated Press
Republican Party
Jeanne Vander Myde
Andrew Miller
Workman returns to West Virginia Supreme Court
Margaret Workman, the first woman elected to statewide office in West Virginia, was sworn in at the state Capitol to begin a new 12-year term on the Supreme Court. She joins Justice Menis Ketchum as the five member court faces ongoing ethics scrutiny from 2008.
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Warner
Holton
Virginia
Robert Bork
Supreme Court
Oliver L. North
Chuck Robb
Oliver North
Charleston
West Virginia
State Supreme Court
Margaret Workman
State Capitol
Workman
Circuit
Menis Ketchum
Appalachian Children’s Chorus
Kanawha
Ketchum
Elliott
Spike
Maynard
Monaco
Don Blankenship
Massey Energy Co
U.S. Supreme Court
Brent Benjamin
Massey Blankenship
Benjamin
Massey
Thomas McHugh
Larry Starcher
Starcher
McHugh
Joseph Albright
Thomas Miller
Berger
Congress
State Senate
High Court
Republicans demand GOP input on trillion dollar stimulus plan
Senate leader Mitch McConnell and House leader John Boehner urged that the upcoming stimulus bill include significant GOP input and tax relief elements. They criticized the rush to spend and called for a week of online public posting for scrutiny before votes, while acknowledging bipartisan work to shore up the economy.
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Washington
Senate
Mitch McConnell
Kentucky
Barack Obama
Congress
McConnell
House
John
Boehner
Ohio
Nancy Pelosi
D-Calif
Obama
Joe Biden
Wall Street's 2008 makeover tops AP business tally
The AP notes Wall Street's upheaval in 2008 with Bear Stearns' shotgun sale to JPMorgan Chase, Lehman Brothers' bankruptcy, and widespread market fear. It details bank rescues, real estate collapse, and the $700 billion bailout, plus shifts in oil, housing, and global economies. Entities include Bear Stearns, JPMorgan Chase, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, AIG, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Citigroup, WaMu, and Congress.
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Bear Stearns
Jpmorgan Chase & Co
Bear
New York
Lehman Brothers
Lehman
New York Fed
Financial News
U.S
Associated Press
Washington Mutual Inc
Merrill Lynch
Bank of America Corp
Wachovia Corp
Wells Fargo & Co
Goldman Sachs Group Inc
Morgan Stanley
Treasury
Paulson
Congress
Davis Scott
D-Ga
Mongolia
Argentina
Russia
Venezuela
Iran
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