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Odds And Ends: Blame Games

February 17, 2009 | 6:18 PM

Political Odds and Ends for this Tuesday after President's Day:

Whoops, There It Is

Roland Burris tried to raise money for Gov. Rod Blagojevich in the months before the governor appointed him to the Senate.

Promises Kept

Pres. Obama agrees to send an additional 17K troops to Afghanistan to fight the Taliban.

Dipped

The Dow closed down 297.81 points today, after Obama signed the $787B stimulus package.

Recovery.gov

The Obama administration has launched a Web site to document where and how stimulus dollars are being spent.

Depends On The View -- "Immature" and "Stupid" or "Young" and "Curious"

In non politics news, fans of the nations' pasttime probably watched today as Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez explained during a press conference how he and his cousin scored illegal drugs in the Dominican Republican.

Boys Club

The BBC's Katty Kay is tired of the sports metaphors coming out of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

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