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Conservatives Call BP Fund an Obama 'Shakedown'
Jun 17th 2010 – 12:49PM
Haraz N. Ghanbari, AP
(June 17) -- Some conservatives who've complained that President Barack Obama isn't doing enough about the oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico now say he's gone too far. They're criticizing the $20 billion fund Obama just squeezed out of BP. After meeting with the oil company's leaders at the White House Wednesday, the...
No Domestic Violence Charges to Be Filed Against Marshawn Lynch
Jan 29th 2007 – 10:17PM
How did this story ever fly under the radar?The Contra Costa Times is reporting that NFL-bound Cal tailback Marshawn Lynch will not have domestic violence charges filed against him. He had been accused by an acquaintance of "grabbing and pushing" her but she later increased the allegation to greater physical harm.In the...
Background on shakedown
A shakedown is a period of testing or a trial journey undergone by a ship, aircraft or other craft and its crew before being declared operational.
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