AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Former Houston Mayor Bill White defeated six other candidates Tuesday to become the Democratic nominee for Texas governor, giving the party its best hope in years at winning the chief executive post…. (source: Associate Press) - RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

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Ex-Houston mayor wins Democratic gov. nomination (source: Associate Press)

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Rangel denies he’s giving up tax writing chair (source: Seattle Post Intelligencer)

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday that a Pentagon review of how the ban on openly gay military service could be lifted must involve troops and their families at all levels of the armed forces without ensnaring them in the political … (source: Seattle Post Intelligencer) - News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

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Gates says study on gays should include troops (source: Seattle Post Intelligencer)

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court suggested Tuesday it will strike down U.S. cities’ outright bans on handguns, a ruling that could establish a nationwide ownership right fervently sought by gun advocates

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Justices may extend gun owner rights nationwide (source: Seattle Post Intelligencer)

Like a scorekeeper for the world, a tiny unit within the Bureau of Labor Statistics tracks globalization’s winners and losers, and the results are not always pretty for the United States. Manufacturing jobs here, for example, have fallen faster since 1979 … (source: Washington Post) - RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

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Obama administration plans to close International Labor Comparisons office (source: Washington Post)