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Gov. Rick Perry: Texas Could Secede, Leave Union

Apr. 15, 2009
HuffPost has comprehensive coverage of the Tax Day Tea Party protests. Click here for the latest photos and video. AUSTIN, Texas -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry fired up an anti-tax "tea party" Wednesday with his stance against the federal government and for states' rights as some in his U.S....
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- U.S. cities are asking President-elect Barack Obama's transition team to give them most of the infrastructure money from a planned economic stimulus package.
Sarkozy unveils $33 billion stimulus

Sarkozy unveils $33 billion stimulus

PARIS, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy Thursday unveiled a $33 billion economic stimulus plan aimed at jump starting France's economy.

Obama, governors to meet

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- Governors will have a chance to bend U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's ear on how the national economic crisis is ravaging state budgets, officials said.
Bernanke backs a new stimulus bill

Bernanke backs a new stimulus bill

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 (UPI) -- U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Monday he supports a new economic stimulus package to improve the availability of credit.

Many in La. have not applied for stimulus

BATON ROUGE, La., Oct. 3 (UPI) -- The federal government said more than 77,000 recipients of Social Security and veterans' benefits in Louisiana have not yet applied for federal stimulus checks.

White House: No stimulus plan in works

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 (UPI) -- The White House, contrary to talk around Washington, is not considering a second U.S. economic stimulus package, an administration spokeswoman said Tuesday.

Taxpayers get wrong stimulus checks

MELVILLE, N.Y., May 15 (UPI) -- Thousands of U.S. taxpayers' economic stimulus checks have been directly deposited into the wrong accounts by mistake, federal officials said.

Bush stimulus called no help for states

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 14 (UPI) -- House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi Tuesday said the Bush administration's economic stimulus package offers no help for cash-strapped states. Pelosi and California Gov. Gray Davis said rebuilding consumer confidence at the state level would help the stoc

Economic stimulus bill 'dead'

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 (UPI) --

Economic stimulus off Senate agenda

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 (UPI) --
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler