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Dingell Set to Tackle Global Warming

House leaders say that Rep. John Dingell, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, will likely push through a new global warming bill this spring, presenting the administration with a new battle over the environment and energy policy.

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Morning Buzz: Jan. 30, 2008

The Florida results are in and the presidential field is narrowing. John McCain boasted last night that he had won his first all-Republican primary, defeating Mitt Romney. Rudy Giuliani, who had put all of his eggs in the "win Florida" basket, came in a distant third. In a surprising flip, former frontrunner Giuliani will drop out of the race today, before tonight's GOP debate in California, and endorse McCain, whose campaign at one time looked dead in the water.

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Democrats Rap Bush on Earmarks

House and Senate Democratic leaders came out guns blazing today when asked to review President Bush's State of the Union address, which included a vow to veto earmarks.

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Survey Finds Widespread Government Misconduct

A survey by a private ethics research organization finds a "high incidence of ethical misconduct" among government workers at all levels and warns of major scandals to unfold.The Ethics Resource Center found that 30 percent of federal employees believe their employers have sound ethics and compliance programs. Only 1 in 10, the ERC found, say there is "a strong ethical culture in their federal workplace."

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Chinese Olympics: Death and Greed

Chinese officials are acknowledging that six workers have died building venues for the 2008 Beijing Olympics over the past five years. Ding Zhenkuan, deputy chief of Beijing's Municipal Bureau of Work Safety, initially told reporters no deaths had taken place at the 91,000-seat National Stadium, known as the "Bird's Nest" and the site for the opening and closing ceremonies. He later acknowledged two died there and then added there were six worker deaths in total at all sites, without elaborating on the other four deaths.

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Bush Gives Earmarks an Earful

In his State of the Union address, President Bush blasted earmarking, the process by which special appropriations benefiting a limited cause or region are inserted into comprehensive spending bills.

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Morning Buzz: Jan. 29, 2008

As Florida voters head to the polls today, Republicans John McCain and Mitt Romney are in a dead heat. The two have been thrashing each other on the economy and national security for a week, both hoping to clinch the Florida primary. In addition, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who didn't campaign in the earliest primary states, needs a strong finish tonight to remain a viable presidential candidate.

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State of the Union Preview

Tonight's State of the Union address will be a realistic, relatively low-key speech that recognizes the limits of President Bush's power in his final year in office, White House insiders tell US News. To that end, the president will advocate transferring more power from Washington to the individual citizen but won't have big new initiatives to announce.

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A Suharto Profile

Tens of thousands of Indonesians mourned former dictator Suharto during his state funeral today. Suharto, who was 86 when he died over the weekend, had been in ill health for years. US News's diplomatic correspondent Thomas Omestad spent time with and profiled Suharto in 2000, when, though out of power and under house arrest, the former dictator was still revered and addressed as "Father President" by his closest aides even as an angry country was coming to grips with his legacy of corruption.

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Morning Buzz: Jan. 28, 2008

Tonight, President Bush will give his final State of the Union address, one of the last chances in his eight-year tenure to capture the nation's attention and address the economy, the war in Iraq, and other unresolved issues. He is expected to lay the blame on Congress for a lack of progress on several issues.

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