| A | B |
| Obama met with Bush where? | the White House |
| Obama wants Bush to _____ | help the US auto companies (automakers) |
| Bombings continue in _____ | Iraq and Afghanistan |
| Circuit City is _____ | failing |
| _____ is laying off many local (Richmond-area), and national employees. | Circuit City |
| Circuit City's problems are an example of _____ | the financial crisis hitting home |
| Gun sales surge after _____ | Obama's election |
| Why would gun sales surge after Obama's election? | People fear there will be more gun control after Obama takes office and it becomes harder to buy guns |
| Civil rights groups in Kentucky are suing _____ for a hate-crime beating in 2006. | the KKK (Klu Klux Klan) |
| Fox vs. FCC in _____ | the Supreme Court over profanity |
| A school in _____ collapsed. | Haiti |
| _____ children were hurt or killed in the school collapse. | 250 (200 trapped; 50 killed) |
| _____ is isolated and probably spending most of the time trying to survive. | Bin Laden |
| Wildfire in _____ destroyed 80 homes. | Santa Barbara |
| Obam and his economic advisors want to _____. | regulate (limit) compensation of CEOs (chief executive officers of companies) |
| A new born baby was found _____ | in a McDonald's in North Carolina |
| _____ was beaten in a game of one-on-one basketball by CEO John Rodgers. | Michael Jordan |
| Oil drops to _____ | $58 per barrel |
| Our current economic crisis is like _____ | the Great Depression of 1930s |
| Economic advisors are busy trying to _____ | dig us out of the economic crisis |
| Genworth Financial, a Richmond-based company is _____ | is failing |
| _____ is now more popular with Republicans. | Mitt Romney |
| Republican governors met to discuss _____ | the future of the Republican Party - redefining itself |
| Among the Republicans governors are _____ | a woman from California, an Indian(India)-American from Louisiana, and an older white man from Mississippi |
| In the Republication Governor's Conference there was the _____ factor. | Sarah Palin |
| A man was stabbed in a courthouse in Portsmouth by _____ | his son as he tried to obtain a restraining order against his son |
| Obama is considering _____ for Secretary of State. | Hillary Clinton |
| Envelopes with white powder were sent to _____ | Mormon Temples |
| The problem with sending white powder to anyone is _____ | the white powder could be a poison and is done to scare the receiver |
| Gay Rights protests and rallies were held _____ | in front of Mormon Temples because the Mormons supported the proposition to ban gay marriage |
| A Catholic priest in South Carolina told his congregation _____ | "if you voted for Obama you are not a true Christian." |
| _____ is developing technology to purify wine. | NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) |
| Obama's election _____ the Taliban's attitude towards the US. | won't change |
| Biden and Cheney _____ | spent some time together at Cheney's VP home, which will become Biden's home |
| Cheney previously warned of _____ | Biden's dangerousness |
| Kay Hagan sued Elizabeth Dole because _____ | Dole ran ads saying Hagan associates with atheists |
| Who won in the Dole-Hagan election? | Hagan |
| Hagan _____ the lawsuit against Dole. | dropped |
| Maybe Hagan dropped the lawsuit against Dole because _____ | Hagan won the election |