Mississippi Governor and 2012 presidential hopeful Haley Barbour accepted the resignation of his press secretary, Dan Turner, Monday after reporters discovered he included a joke about Japan in his daily press clippings. The joke, which said Otis…

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Barbour Cuts Press Aide after Japan Joke

Minutes after speaking about President Hosni Mubarak’s resignation in Egypt, Obama bid farewell to his press secretary, Robert Gibbs, who announced last month he was leaving the White House . From the press briefing room, Obama called Gibbs an…

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Obama Bids Farewell to Gibbs

In his press conference today President Obama said the economic focus is no longer saving the economy from crisis, but “jumpstarting” it to make a dent in unemployment. He listed education as one of the pillars of that effort. Later in the press conference he talked about making colleges and universities being open not just to people who are well-to-do, but to all of us. Progressives For A We, The People Economy read more

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Education for We, the People or For Private Profit?

Britain’s Prince William attended a remembrance service Sunday in Afghanistan’s Helmand Province to honor British and Commonwealth war dead, his press office said in a statement.

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Prince William honors Afghan war dead