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The Role of Imaging Equipment Vendors and Physician Self Referral

Helene Pavlov | Posted 09.26.2009 | Living

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Helene Pavlov

Specifically with ultrasound equipment, because it is less expensive, vendors emphasize to potential buyers that, "You're not going to do any damage to the patient; you're not going to be using... radiation."

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Micheal Young History Reinvents Gangsta Rap

Timothy Cooper | Posted 01.08.2009 | Entertainment

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The creation of Michael Young History goes back to Lupe's first album, Food and Liquor.

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Voting Expert William Jacoby Knows How You're Going To Vote

Diane Tucker | Posted 12.01.2008 | Home

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Diane Tucker

As the polls grow tighter, more people wonder what the electorate will be thinking on Nov 4. OffTheBus posed that question to political scientist Will...

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McCain Must Answer Basic Questions

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 10.12.2008 | Home

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Stephen C. Rose

McCain has mastered the strategy of distraction and disengagement. His campaign has declared that personality is more important than the issues. But I'm not fooled. Here are some basic policy questions I want answered.

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Selling Sarah (We Just Gotta Have More Controversy!)

Diane Tucker | Posted 02.21.2009 | Home

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Diane Tucker

It's suddenly 1999 again, when we all thought that accurately calling a candidate "unqualified" would make him a laughing stock. But the joke was on us: the cheap shots generated controversy, which helped land him in the White House.

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RNC Green Screen Challenge: Make McCain's Speech Exciting

Diane Tucker | Posted 10.06.2008 | Home

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Diane Tucker

Was the convention director asleep? For the first few minutes of the big McCain speech, the candidate looked like an entry in Stephen Colbert's "Make John McCain Exciting Green Screen Challenge!"

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Obama's Achilles Heel: The Pomposity Perception

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 09.23.2008 | Home

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"Clinton did well in late spring primaries by talking about health care and jobs. Obama needs to offer as many specifics as possible. Talk about home foreclosures, for instance, or health care."

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The Best Rebuttal To The Right's Ayers Rap on Obama

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 09.22.2008 | Home

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Chicago Mayor Richard Daley unabashedly acknowledges his ties to Ayers and the benefits he and the city have reaped as a result of the relationship.

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TIME Interview Uncovers More Than Obama's Veep Criteria

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 09.21.2008 | Home

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Yesterday's TIME interview by Karen Tumulty with Barack Obama has some gems for those of us who have been wondering about the campaign and its future as polls tighten and attacks mount.

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A Small Town Response To Obama's Talking "Off The Bus"

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 04.19.2008 | Home

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Karen Dalton-Beninato

The media is having a field day over Obama's words. But he lives in Chicago and was talking about sentiments he has heard across the Midwest. I've heard them too. All you have to do is ask.

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John McCain Drills For Cash At Denver's Petroleum Club

Colorado Confidential | Wendy Norris | Posted 04.03.2008 | Home

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Sen. John McCain will visit Denver on Thursday to do what many politicians have done before him -- ask for money. But the fundraising trip to the posh...

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Ohio Superdelegate Chris Redfern: Primary Results Not Evidence Of November Viability

The Other Paper | Dan Williamson | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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A pop quiz from [Ohio Superdelegate] Chris Redfern: "Who won Mississippi in 1976?" Uh, Jimmy Carter? "You'd be one of the few who know that," Redfer...

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Watch: NYC Hip Hop Community Discusses Obama's Candidacy

URBNews.tv | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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Watch members of the New York hip hop scene discuss Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama's candidacies: ...

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Mississippi: 'Limbaugh Effect' Softens Blow For Hillary Clinton

John K. Wilson | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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John K. Wilson

Approximately 25% of Clinton's voters in Mississippi were Republicans voting for a candidate they hate in order to try to undermine Barack Obama.

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Democrats Haggle In Search Of Florida, Michigan Primary Answers

Michigan Messenger | Alexa Stanard | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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How much will it cost? Who should pay? And should we even do it? Those are among the questions being asked all over the country about how to resolve t...

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Resignation Would Cost Spitzer Superdelegate Status

2008 Democratic Convention Watch | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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Should Spitzer resign he would lose his superdelegate status. Spitzer is in Clinton's corner on our endorsement list. He would be replaced by Lt. Gove...

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Grassroot Democrats Worry About Split In Party

Colorado Confidential | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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By Leslie Robinson It was about as grassroots as one can get in Democratic politics at the Garfield County Democratic convention and assembly in Rifl...

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Florida Republicans Weigh In On Democratic Primary Do-over

Ron Levitt | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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Ron Levitt

A new proposal for seating Florida's Democratic delegates at the party's convention in Denver has emerged, this time from a Republican. The state's Re...

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Fatigue Hinders Obama Camp's Ground Game

Mayhill Fowler | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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Mayhill Fowler

The difference between the Clinton and Obama Texas ground games going into the Tuesday Two-Step is this: the Clinton field organizers don't know what...

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Barack Obama Narrows The Gap In Ohio

The Other Paper | Dan Williamson | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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If Barack Obama isn't elected president this year, he will leave behind not only disappointed Democrats but also unworn homemade T-shirts. There's som...

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Meet An American Samoa Superdelegate: A Beauty Contest Judge

Elaine Meyer | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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Elaine Meyer

Super-delegates are often portrayed as the ultimate Democratic party insiders, people who hold elected office or have been high-ranking staff on a pol...

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Obama Finance Chair Linked To Subprime Industry

Consortium News | Dennis Bernstein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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Barack Obama has slammed the banking industry for its predatory use of sub-prime mortgages, which are pushing millions of American homeowners toward f...

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IRS Probe Of Obama's Church Underscores Anxieties For Nonprofits

John K. Wilson | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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John K. Wilson

The national United Church of Christ is under attack from the IRS, the AP reports, because the church invited one of its members, Barack Obama, to spe...

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Clinton Puts Obama On The Defensive In Weakly Moderated Debate

Daniel Nichanian | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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Daniel Nichanian

In a fiery confrontation that had plenty of tense moments, Hillary Clinton appeared much more determined than she had in last Thursday's debate and at...

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Ellen Plays "Wizard of Oz" at Hillary's GWU Rally

Scott Shrake | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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Scott Shrake

It was doubly fitting that Hillary Clinton should grab a much-needed ball of flame from Ellen "Yep, I'm Gay" DeGeneres, who made a surprise appearance onstage yesterday during Hillary's fundraiser rally at GWU.

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