Jun 23rd, 2009 - bizjournals
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President Barack Obama signed into law Monday legislation that grants the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authority to regulate tobacco products. The law, which comes 45 years after the FDA linked tobacco use to heart and respiratory disease, will restrict tobacco advertising, ban candy and fruit-flavored cigarettes, and require large, graphic health warnings to cover the top half of all cigarette packages.
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Jun 24th, 2009 - Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said in an interview aired on Wednesday that he "absolutely" will get healthcare reform completed in 2009 but declined to say what the final package would eventually look like. "Yes...
Barack Obama condemns 'unjust' crackdown on Iran protests
Jun 23rd, 2009 - guardian.co.uk
Barack Obama condemned for the first time the violence in Iran, saying today that he was appalled and outraged by Tehran's crackdown on protesters. After a week of reticence...
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Sanford's Hiking Trail Got Stimulus Money He Opposed
Jun 23rd, 2009 - The Huffington Post
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