What Michelle Obama's guests tell us about the State of the Union
Washington Post (blog)
The White House is sending around the list of guests who will sit with Michelle Obama at tonight's State of the Union address. It's a useful preview of some of the policy themes Obama's likely to touch on. There's Warren Buffett's secretary, ...

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HUD says evicted 101-year-old Detroit woman can't return home because it's ...
Washington Post
“Here I am, 100 years old, and don't have a home,” Hollis said, rounding off her age. “Oh Lord, help me.” Department spokesman Brian Sullivan told The Detroit News (http://bit.ly/yoTW9X ) that an inspection determined the house “was completely ...

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Occupy DC has a plan: To stay in the public's face
Washington Post
It was an impressive piece of work, too, sturdy enough to pass a safety inspection in some places. Although the Park Service took it down, the point had been made. “If we can build a house that fast, why are homeless people living in tents in the woods ...

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Archer Daniels Midland CEO: Company to cut 1000 jobs, eliminating mostly ...
Washington Post
The company helps steady, among other things, the local real estate market even in tough times, said Jeff Hunt, the owner of 12 Stones home inspection service in Decatur. “When one of the corporates does make a change like that, everybody just kind of ...

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