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...after Obama was elected to the Senate in 2004; three years later, when Obama launched his bid for the presidency, he tapped Holder to be co-chair of his campaign. Holder co-headed Obama's vice-presidential search in the summer of 2008, and the two have remained close and socialize often. "It's an asset to be close to the President," says Jamie Gorelick, an old friend of Holder's and a former Justice Department official, "and to have a sense of how your actions will align with his judgments." Holder and his wife were invited to the private...
...potential-breakout romance that won a sheaf of favorable reviews and has an actual movie star, Ben Stiller, in the title role; it took in $1.1 million on 181 screens. The Runaways, starring Dakota Fanning and Twilight's Kristen Stewart, is already DOA after two weeks. About as close as a non-Hollywood film can get to hit status is the $9.2 million cadged so far by Roman Polanski's The Ghost Writer, which has had great word of mouth from most of those who've seen it - but not nearly enough have seen it. (See the top 10 Pixar...
...While the new programs should assist the most troubled end of the real estate market, they will not come close to replacing the huge intervention by the Federal Reserve in the mortgage-securities market, which helped keep mortgage rates enticingly low. (See 10 perfect jobs for the recession - and after...
...factors, such as better technology and systemic improvement. Considering these additional components, Harvard economist David Cutler estimates that the law may save hundreds of billions of dollars more than the CBO predicted over the next decade. Contrary to Republican claims, the law is indeed fiscally prudent and could actually close America’s widening budget gap over time...
Coach Jenny Allard then decided to bring Ferri back in to try to close out the first...