Holder confirmed as first African American attorney general
The Senate voted 75 to 21 to confirm Eric Holder as attorney general the first African American to hold the post. He also serves in President Obama’s Cabinet amid bipartisan support. Other global items note Israeli pledges to strike Hamas, and a UN worker’s abduction in Quetta Pakistan with uncertain responsibility.
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Senate opens debate on stimulus package
Senate Republicans press for mortgage relief and broad tax cuts as debate starts on the 884 billion dollar emergency measure. Obama urges swift action amid layoffs and a large drop in personal spending.
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Adoption Town Struggles After Mass Pastoral Adoption
In Possum Trot Texas a pastor led his Baptist congregation to adopt 72 abused children from foster care over a decade but surrounding white communities offered little support. By 2003 no new adoptions occurred though the kids mostly behaved, some stealing and skipping school.
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