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When the final whistle sounded, Kessler’s teammates were quick to acknowledge their netminder, offering her a series of fist bumps. When the team trickled into the locker room, Kessler was presented a puck with “64” written across it to commemorate her achievement...
...good things came in pairs for Harvard, and in the second half of the period, another set of quick goals brought the score...
Stern, the U.S. climate envoy, was quick to reassure the audience at the U.N. that the Obama Administration remained behind a climate bill. "There will be a significant effort on the part of all in the Administration to press forward," he said. "The President is focused on it, and the White House is focused on it." Obama will have to be. As the exhausting experience at Copenhagen showed, climate policy is not for the faint of heart...
...catastrophe in November? One clue can be found coded in the attack ads now chewing up the airwaves in New England. "Who is Scott Brown really?" an ominous voiceover asks about the Republican candidate vying for Ted Kennedy's former Senate seat. The ad's answer comes in a quick montage of conservative Republicans, past and present - George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Rush Limbaugh, Mitch McConnell - followed by a populist pitch. "He'll block tougher oversight of Wall Street, give more tax breaks to the wealthiest," the breathy announcer continues...
...protested the legislation on the basis of the Medicaid expansion, saying it amounts to an unfunded mandate. In addition, at least 13 state attorneys general have said Nelson's special deal is unconstitutional. But extending the Cornhusker Kickback to all 50 states would be a lot more than a quick, short-term fix to a political problem. By further nationalizing Medicaid, a public insurance program that's now jointly funded by states and the Federal Government, Democratic reform could move the health insurance system even further under the umbrella of the Federal Government, which was the main criticism...