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| California is broke, trying to avoid firing how many workers? | 10,000 workers ($42 billion in debt; $3 billion in debt in Virginia) |
| Which company cut 5,000 jobs? | Goodyear |
| Washington (state) lawmakers introduced act to de-criminalize ________ following Massachusetts | marijuana |
| Obama says stimulus bill will help create how many green jobs in field of alternate energy? | 500,000 |
| In Chicago, editorial calls for ________ to resign - corruption did give $ to Blagojevich. | Burris |
| French daredevil climbed a building _________ in Hong Kong to bring attention to global warming | bare-handed |
| 70,000 civilians trapped in Sri Lanka war zone. ________ called for their release | Indian officials |
| Virginia lawmakers negotiating about __________ for restaurants | anti-smoking laws |
| Obama approved troop increase in _________. Relocated in Iraq. | Afghanistan |
| What state has the largest home foreclosures? | Arizona |
| Why is Obama in Arizona? | To help housing crisis turn around |
| Govt is spending _________ to help absorb outstanding loan payments | 50-100 billion |
| The cause of death for 19 people in India is _______ | Hepatitis B |
| Newspaper apologized for _____ | a cartoon that defended the chimp |
| In Stanford, Ct. a _____ attacked a 55 year old woman. | chimpanzee |
| The chimp destroyed the woman's _____ | eyes, nose, and jaw |
| The chimp was on a medication called _____ | Xanax. |
| Virginia bans smoking _____ | in all bars & restaurants that don't have a separate room with separate ventilation for smokers |
| Obama to increase troops in _____ by 17000. | Afghanistan |
| The troops going to Afghanistan will be coming from _____ | Iraq |
| _____ is slowing down its nuclear program. | Iran |
| Iran's nuclear program consists of _____ | uranium enrichment program, which they are slowing down |
| Robert Stanford is _____ | a missing billionaire who has perpetrated fraid ($9.2 billion) |
| Kyrgyzstan's President signed a bill to _____ | close their air bases to any U.S. military related traffic |
| Obama's first trip abroad was to _____ | Canada |
| On Obama's first trip abroad there was no _____ | big, fancy state dinner, which there normally would be |
| The stimulus bill offers no aid to _____ | Katrina-related victims |
| The Housing Crisis plan will be _____ | $75 billion |
| The housing plan was announced in _____ | Arizona |
| The economic forecast is _____ | bad |
| The jobless rate will rise to _____ | 8.8% |
| The economy is _____ | shrinking |
| A helicopter belonging to the _____ made a forced landing. | US Customs and BorderProtection |
| The Customs helicopter had to land near _____ and the 3 crew members were injured. | a nuclear power plant |
| _____ demands release of soldier taken in Gaza by Hamas. | Israel |
| A picture of the singer Rhianna was released, showing her _____ | bruised and battered |
| Her boyfriend, _____ is suspected of having physically abused her. | Chris Brown |
| No one knows how the picture of Rhianna came to be released, but _____ | the FBI is investigating this. |
| The biggest international security threat is _____ | the global economic meltdown |
| Why is the global meltdown a security threat? | it causes instability in smaller nations |
| There's some possibility of lawsuits against _____ for war crimes in Iraq. | Bush officials |
