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Today's Blogs - Yahoo! News: House Republicans hit back on sequestration with Academy Award-themed video Governors coming to terms with sequester, but demand more flexibility from Washington Gibbs: I was told not to acknowledge existence of drone program Oscars: Kickstarter looks for first Academy Award

House Republicans hit back on sequestration with Academy Award-themed video  Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 04:59 PM PST In the final week before "the sequester" takes effectâ€"automatic, across-the-board spending reductions triggered if the White House and Congress fail to reach a budget deal by March 1 â€"Republicans and Democrats are doing what they can to ensure the other side takes the blame when the hammer falls. The National Republican Congressional Committee will release [...] Full Story	Top
Governors coming to terms with sequester, but demand more flexibility from Washington  Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 03:38 PM PST WASHINGTON -- Governors frustrated by the prospect of $85 billion in across-the-board federal spending cuts set to kick in next week have made the "F-word" their term of choice at the annual winter meeting of the National Governors Association. That word, of course, is "Flexibility." "We believe in what we call flexible federalism," said Delaware Gov. [...] Full Story	Top
Gibbs: I was told not to acknowledge existence of drone program  Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 09:40 AM PST Robert Gibbs, President Barack Obama's former press secretary, says that he was once instructed by the White House not to acknowledge the administration's use of drones. "When I went through the process of becoming press secretary, one of the first things they told me was, you're not even to acknowledge the drone program," Gibbs said [...] Full Story	Top
Oscars: Kickstarter looks for first Academy Award  Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 08:02 AM PST Among the nominees for Sunday's Academy Awards are three short films that were funded with the help of Kickstarter, the three-year-old crowd-funding platform for creative projects. "Buzkashi Boys," a coming of age story shot in Afghanistan, was nominated for best live-action short. According to its Kickstarter page, the film raised $27,410 with 153 pledging support [...] Full Story	Top

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