Ensign to resign from Senate amid ethics probe
Nevada Senator John Ensign announced he will resign amid an ethics investigation and will notify Vice President Biden to make the move official. He had faced a Senate Ethics Committee probe linked to an extramarital affair and lobbying ties, with Heller and Berkley as potential successors.
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Obama to form task force on oil market fraud
President Obama announced a team including Cabinet officials regulators and the National Association of Attorneys General to root out fraud or manipulation in oil markets amid gasoline prices around 4 per gallon. The effort targets practices hurting American consumers while the national average for regular gas rose to 3.84.
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Huckabee Criticizes Beck Over Obama Obesity Efforts
Mike Huckabee in Little Rock criticizes Fox News host Glenn Beck for calling him progressive. Beck said Huckabee avoids disrupting government and commends Michelle Obama’s anti obesity push. Huckabee defends the anti obesity drive and questions Beck’s self appointment as a prophet.
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Columbine similarities probed in mall fire
Authorities reviewed security video from a Colorado mall after a fire exposed a pipe bomb and two propane tanks. Investigators pursued a potential link to the Columbine High School attack on its 12th anniversary, as they sought a man seen entering the mall through an unusual door. The mall reopened later that day.
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Lawmakers Apologize to Recy Taylor for 1944 Assault
The Alabama Senate approved a resolution expressing deepest sympathy and regrets to Recy Taylor, an elderly Black woman who was raped by white men decades ago while walking home from church. The measure marks a formal apology after 67 years.
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Obama authorizes drone strikes in Libya
President Obama approved armed drone strikes in Libya marking the first use of U S airstrikes on ground forces since NATO took over. Defense Secretary Gates outlined up to two 24 hour combat air patrols daily by Predator drones to support NATO efforts.
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