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February 27, 2010

Chatroulette: online sensation

Posted: 04:38 PM ET
- Staff
Filed under: Culture

Chatroulette is an online sensation that is taking social networking to extremes.


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February 26, 2010

Friday's live blog

Posted: 07:36 PM ET
- Staff
Filed under: Live Blog

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Friday's political headlines

Posted: 05:17 PM ET
Paterson Won't Seek Full Term.
Paterson Won't Seek Full Term.

New York governor David Paterson today changed his mind about seeking reelection this year, but he isn't resigning. Recent news reports suggest New York’s state police and the governor, himself, may have pressured a woman to keep quiet about a domestic violence incident involving one of Paterson’s top aides. At a press conference today, Paterson stated, “I give you this personal oath: I have never abused my office, not now, not ever.”

White House Social Secretary Desiree Rogers is stepping down next month. She was the target of criticism after a security lapse allowed a pair of reality TV hopefuls to crash a White House state dinner.

The House Ethics Committee is formally admonishing New York Democratic Congressman Charles Rangel for violating rules about accepting gifts.

A family judge has granted Jenny Sanford’s request for a divorce from her husband, South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford effective in March.


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Axelrod discusses the White House health care summit

Posted: 01:22 PM ET

President Obama’s marathon meeting on health care, his last-ditch effort to find common ground, was marked mostly by civil conversation, but for all of Obama’s talk about compromise at the White House health care summit, he ended the day promising to move ahead with or without Republican support. Campbell spoke to David Axelrod, White House Senior Adviser, about Thursday’s bi-partisan meeting.


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February 25, 2010

All of the teachers fired at a Rhode Island school

Posted: 11:21 PM ET
- Staff
Filed under: Domestic •Education

Central Falls High School is one of the lowest-performing schools in Rhode Island. On Tuesday night, the school board voted to fire all of the teachers at this struggling high school. Campbell spoke to George McLaughlin, a guidance counselor at the school, Alice Webb, a parent with four children who attended or currently attend Central Falls, and Steve Perry, CNN's education contributor Steve Perry about the situation in Rhode Island.


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Thursday's live blog

Posted: 07:52 PM ET
- Staff
Filed under: Live Blog

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Thursday's political headlines

Posted: 07:16 PM ET

President Obama's health care summit produced lots of talk, but not much compromise. Democratic sources privately tell CNN the Obama administration's new goal is to pass health care reform by the end of March.

McCain agrees to debate Hayworth.
McCain agrees to debate Hayworth.

Senator McCain accepted a challenge from his Republican primary opponent in Arizona, former congressman J.D. Hayworth, to take part in 10 debates.

in Florida’s U.S. Senate race, conservative Republican Marco Rubio is claiming dirty politics after a leak showed he made personal purchases with the state party's credit card. Rubio blames the leak on his opponent, moderate Republican governor Charlie Crist.

Former president Bush visited Dick Cheney today. Cheney is home recovering from a mild heart attack.


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Fact Check: White House, GOP in premium dispute

Posted: 02:43 PM ET
- Staff
Filed under: Fact Check

By Matt Smith
CNN

(CNN) - Disagreements between President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans surfaced quickly at Thursday's health care summit, with Obama challenging Sen. Lamar Alexander's assertion that health insurance premiums would go up under Democratic proposals.

Obama said the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has estimated that
the plan the Democrats passed in the Senate "would lower the costs in the individual market for the average person who's just trying to buy health insurance" - possibly by 14 to 20 percent.

"So Lamar, when you mentioned earlier that ... premiums go up, that's
just not the case, according to the Congressional Budget Office," Obama said. Alexander responded that the CBO's cost estimate for the Senate bill found premiums for individual insurance policies would go up, but Obama responded, "No, no, no, no."

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Jack Hanna on the SeaWorld whale trainer death

Posted: 02:30 PM ET
- Staff
Filed under: Domestic

A veteran trainer, forty-year-old, Dawn Brancheau, was killed by an orca whale on Wednesday afternoon at SeaWorld in Orlando. There are new reports that two other deaths are being tied to the same killer whale. Jack Hanna, director emeritus of the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium and host of "Into the Wild” knew Dawn Brancheau and spoke to Campbell about Brancheau and the incident that lead to the trainer’s death.


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