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Obama: Recovery’s been ‘painfully slow’

Obama Chronicles — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:36:41 +0000

In a news conference Friday, President Obama acknowledged that bouncing back from the recession has been "painfully slow," but insisted that the economy continues to grow.

Opinion: New life at World Trade Center site

Obama Chronicles — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:48:31 +0000

There is new life at the World Trade Center site.

Opinion: Free speech helped avert Quran burning

Obama Chronicles — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:08:04 +0000

The Rev. Terry Jones, the leader of a small congregation in Florida, recently announced he would burn copies of the Quran on September 11. A broad spectrum of figures in public life, including President Barack Obama and Gen. David Petraeus, urged him not to.

Watch Live: Press Conference with the President

Obama Chronicles — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:42:16 +0000

At 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time, President Obama is holding a press conference at the White House.

Watch live here or at WhiteHouse.gov/live:

Florida pastor gives New York imam two hours to answer on mosque

Obama Chronicles — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:37:01 +0000

GAINESVILLE — The Florida pastor who had canceled the Quran-burning event and then changed his mind just announced that he is challenging the New York imam who wants to erect an Islamic center near the site of the 9/11 attacks to let them know in...

WKMG to apologize for interrupting President Obama’s news conference

Obama Chronicles — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:23:37 +0000

Unusual moments in broadcasting: WKMG-Ch. 6 broke away from President Barack Obama's news conference today to air a commercial. And it was a political ad, attacking Democrat gubernatorial candidate Alex Sink for her ties to Obama. WKMG returned to Obama...

Laid-off Chicagoans react to Obama economy speech

Obama Chronicles — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:23:00 +0000

Some jobless Chicago residents say they don't blame President Barack Obama for the weak economy even though they're still struggling to find work. Twenty-six-year-old Shelita Liddell lost her job as a child welfare attendant for Chicago Public Schools...

Obama says econ recovery ‘painfully slow,’ he understands voters may blame him in elections

Obama Chronicles — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:20:00 +0000

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama insisted Friday that the U.S. economy is digging itself out of the deepest recession in decades but conceded that "progress has been painfully slow" and many voters in November's elections may blame him....

Chispazos electorales

Obama Chronicles — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:15:40 +0000

Marco Rubio recibe una triste noticia familiar Marco Rubio, candidato republicano al Senado federal, suspendió temporalmente su campaña el pasado domingo 5, tras el fallecimiento de su padre, Mario, en el Hospital Baptist en Miami. Mario Rubio padre...

García, sus logros y sus debilidades

Obama Chronicles — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:08:24 +0000

El presidente Alan García está acostumbrado a ser impopular. Durante su primer mandato hace unos 20 años, cuando Perú padecía ataques terroristas de la insurgencia maoísta, se le responsabilizó por la hiperinflación que paralizó a la economía del país....