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Seattle Times, 29.11.08 11:31 UTC

Turning "I dos" into "you can'ts"

LOS ANGELES Dianne Feinstein is not sure she'll ever be able to watch the movie "Milk," even though she's in it. There is 1978 footage of a stricken Feinstein in the opening minutes of the new Gus ...
SAN FRANCISCO  Milk  California  junk food  Vietnam  Harvey Milk  +8 more

NPR, 26.11.08 11:33 UTC

What's Next For Sen. John McCain?

by David Welna Morning Edition, November 26, 2008 · Sen. John McCain avoided reporters during the lame-duck session of Congress last week. But Tuesday, shortly after President-elect Obama held his ...
Phoenix  Arizona  David Welna Morning  Sarah Palin  John McCain  Dianne Feinstein  +3 more

San Francisco Chronicle, 25.11.08 23:32 UTC

SF Dems boost local for Transportation Secretary

(11-25) 14:51 PST Washington, CA (AP) -- San Francisco Bay area Democrats want to send a local transportation leader to Washington as Transportation Secretary. Eight members of Congress from the ...
Washington  SAN FRANCISCO  The Associated Press  Bay Area  San Francisco Bay  transportation planning agency  +10 more

USA Today, 25.11.08 23:31 UTC

Lawmakers push government to enforce chemical ban in toys

Congressional supporters of a new law meant to protect children from dangerous chemicals are trying to make sure that the government enforces the legislation as they intended.
California  hormone-like chemicals  rubber bathtub ducks  countless consumer products  law takes  landmark consumer safety law  +10 more

Los Angeles Daily News, 25.11.08 02:31 UTC

Sen. Feinstein wants to remove legal blocks to Metrolink safety equipment installation

LOS ANGELES - In the wake of two Metrolink train crashes in just over two months, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., called Monday on the Federal Railroad Administration to remove legal obstacles ...
Los Angeles  California  safety equipment  collision-avoidance equipment  Dianne Feinstein  Federal Railroad Administration  +2 more

San Francisco Chronicle, 22.11.08 16:31 UTC

Hold the euphoria; it's gloomy now on Capitol Hill

(11-22) 06:52 PST WASHINGTON, (AP) -- Before the inaugural euphoria on Capitol Hill comes the gloom. A lame-duck Congress returned for a week of depressing tasks, displaying none of the soaring ...
Washington  Alaska  Nevada  Connecticut  Gary Ackerman  Harry Reid  +11 more

Houston Chronicle - Politics, 21.11.08 18:11 UTC

EBay pulls plug on offers of inauguration tickets

Congress may make such sales a misdemeanor
eBay  California  Barack Obama  Dianne Feinstein  Congress  Joint Congressional Committee on Inauguration Ceremonies  +1 more

Houston Chronicle - Politics, 21.11.08 18:07 UTC

Bill would ban sale, forgery of inauguration tickets

WASHINGTON  The senator overseeing President-elect Barack Obama's swearing-in ceremony introduced legislation Monday to criminalize scalping tickets to the historic event. House offices swamped with ...
California  Barack Obama  Dianne Feinstein  Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies  Senate  USD 

San Francisco Chronicle, 19.11.08 16:35 UTC

JONESTOWN AND THE CITY HALL ASSASSINATIONS / Ten days That Shook the City

Last of Three Parts I'm sitting at my desk in the city room on the third floor of The Chronicle at Fifth and Mission streets, reading the newspaper and waiting for a story to do. A moment later, ...
SAN FRANCISCO  Jonestown  The Chronicle  Feinstein  The Chronicle  San Francisco Examiner  +42 more

WashingtonPost Business, 19.11.08 05:40 UTC

Some Toys With Banned Plastics Will Stay on Market

A new federal ban on the use of the controversial chemical phthalate in teethers, pacifiers and other children's products won't apply to goods already in warehouses or on store shelves, federal ...
Washington  controversial chemical phthalate  rubber ducky  chemicals  landmark product safety law  Julie Vallese  +6 more
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