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Obama Calls for Improving Small Business Climate President Obama cited small businesses as "the primary drivers of job creation" and called on Congress, especially the GOP, to tackle a bill aimed at improving the climate for such enterprises, CNN reports. In his Friday speech from the White House, which came on the heels of news that priva ...

African American Woman Tapped For Florida Governor's Ticket  GOP gubernatorial candidate Rick Scott on Thursday morning announced that state Rep. Jennifer Carroll of Jacksonville will be his running mate as lieutenant governor, according to the candidate's website. ...

Rangel Primary Challenger Surprised By Ex-Con Donor Adam Clayton Powell IV, who is challenging Rep. Charlie Rangel in the September 14 Democratic primary in NY-15, was told at a press conference yesterday that one of his major donors pleaded guilty to insider trading in 2002, and has been slapped with multiple racial and sexual harassment suits by dancers at his Bronx strip club, "Sin City," ...

DC Mayor, Fenty, Facing Tough Re-election Bid  MSNBC reports that the man who runs Washington is in danger of losing his job in a hotly contested election, but the post that's up for grabs isn't president. It's mayor. ...