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Fast Forward Worst Snowstorm in 20 Years Slams Israel
(Photos: Getty Images) The worst snowstorm in 20 years shut government offices, public transport and schools in Jerusalem and along the northern Israeli region bordering on Lebanon on Thursday. Many Palestinians in the hilly occupied West Bank were also snowed in and dozens were forced to flee flooded homes. Elisha Peleg, an official in charge…
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Fast Forward Giffords Anti-Gun Groups Hopes To Raise $20M
A new gun control group led by Gabrielle Giffords, the former U.S. congresswoman wounded in a Tucson shooting rampage, wants to raise $20 million for the 2014 congressional elections, matching the National Rifle Association’s spending in last November’s elections, the group’s treasurer said on Wednesday. Giffords and her husband, former U.S. astronaut Mark Kelly, have…
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Fast Forward Jack Lew Would Be First Orthodox Jew at Treasury
President Barack Obama plans to announce his nomination of White House chief of staff and budget expert Jack Lew as his next Treasury secretary on Thursday at an event at 1:30 p.m. ET (1330 GMT), a White House official said. Lew, 57, will take the lead on difficult negotiations with Congress on how to cut…
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Fast Forward White House Cool to $1T Platinum Coin Plan
The White House on Wednesday sees little profit in the notion of minting $1 trillion platinum coin as an escape hatch to avoid a debt default if Congress balks at raising the U.S. debt limit. With another standoff with Congress over raising the debt ceiling looming as early as mid-February, a petition on the White…
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The Schmooze ‘Homeland’ and ‘Girls’ Get Directors Guild Nods
The directors of hit television dramas “Homeland” and “Mad Men” were among those nominated for Directors Guild of America (DGA) awards on Wednesday. They were joined by Lena Dunham for her coming-of-age HBO series “Girls” and actor Bryan Cranston for ABC’s “Modern Family” in the comedy category. AMC’s “Breaking Bad” director Rian Johnson and Greg…
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News Jack Lew Will Be Named Treasury Secretary
President Barack Obama will nominate White House chief of staff Jack Lew to be his next Treasury secretary, choosing a budget expert and close confidant to spearhead tough fiscal fights with Congress over the U.S. deficit. If confirmed by the Senate, Lew will replace Timothy Geithner, the longest serving member of Obama’s original economic team,…
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Fast Forward Right-Wing Millionaire Is Surprise of Israel Vote
A right-wing millionaire who says a Palestinian state would be suicide for Israel has emerged as the surprise success story of the country’s election campaign. So much so that Naftali Bennett, a former aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who is said to have fallen out with his old boss, is now expected to face…
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Fast Forward Egypt Pushes Palestinian Factions for Unity
Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi plans to meet the leaders of Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah on Wednesday in a renewed effort to help them heal their five-year-old feud, Palestinian and Egyptian officials said. But there was no confirmation President Mahmoud Abbas of the secular Fatah group and Khaled Meshaal of the Islamist Hamas movement would…
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