Boyda sworn in as Kansas's newest U.S. representative
Democrat Nancy Boyda was officially sworn in as Kansas' new member of the U.S. House, part of a 55 new lawmakers. She pledged to work for the people, join the Blue Dog Coalition, and push ethics reform and stem cell funding while seeking to protect jobs at the Parsons Army Ammunition Plant.
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Topeka
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Hays
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Wichita
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Lenexa
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Oklahoma
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Iraq
Government fines marketers of weight loss drugs
The Federal Trade Commission fined four weight-loss drug marketers a total of 25 million dollars for false advertising. Xenadrine EFX CortiSlim One-A-Day WeightSmart and TrimSpa remain on shelves. Endorsers like Anna Nicole Smith featured, but claims cited rapid weight loss and disease risk reduction as unproven.
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PAYGO and earmark rules loom as Democrats seize House
Democrats press a pay as you go rule to curb spending increases and require earmark disclosures as they take control of Congress for the first time in 12 years. Nancy Pelosi, the new speaker, vows to steer the agenda while Republicans oppose the measures. The PAYGO plan could hinder Medicare expansions and tax cut extensions ending in 2010.
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Veteran spy McConnell to lead national intelligence agency
President Bush nominated former NSA Director Mike McConnell to be the country’s second national intelligence director as part of a broader reshuffle of the national security team. He will work with Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte, who called his new post a life time opportunity, as the administration reshapes Iraq policy and intelligence leadership.
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