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“Former governor of New York, Eliot Spitzer says he's going to run for governor again. Before he runs, he’s putting some feelers out. Isn't that what cost him his job?”

- David Letterman

Tennessee News Clips

Stimulus

Biden: Stimulus doing more 'than we had hoped'
September 3, 2009 Associated Press
Trumpeting economic progress to a skeptical nation, Vice President Joe Biden says the massive government program intended to stimulate and reshape the economy is reaching and exceeding goals.

Politics

Kennedy Memoir Doesn’t Ignore Lows
September 2, 2009 New York Times
In a memoir being published this month, Senator Edward M. Kennedy called his behavior after the 1969 car accident that killed Mary Jo Kopechne “inexcusable” and said the events might have shortened the life of his ailing father, Joseph P. Kennedy.

Education

University of Tennessee interim chief cites poor graduation rates
September 3, 2009 Memphis Commercial Appeal
State higher education institutions need to improve graduation rates, University of Tennessee interim president Jan Simek said while visiting UT Health Science Center in Memphis as part of an annual tour of campuses.

Students Borrow More Than Ever for College
September 2, 2009 Wall Street Journal
Students are borrowing dramatically more to pay for college, accelerating a trend that has wide-ranging implications for a generation of young people.

Healthcare

Obama Relaunches Health Bid
September 3, 2009 Wall Street Journal
President Barack Obama will address a joint session of Congress next Wednesday, pressing lawmakers to accept new formulas for a politically charged overhaul of the health-care system.

Alternative medicine wants say in health reform debate
September 3, 2009 Tennessean
When patients come to see Dr. Cathy Stallworth with back pain, they're as likely to get enrolled in a therapeutic yoga class, receive hypnosis or be sent for acupuncture as they are to be prescribed drugs.

Economy

A Reluctance to Retire Means Fewer Openings
September 2, 2009 New York Times
To the long list of reasons American companies aren’t hiring — business losses, tight credit, consumer retrenchment — add the fact that many of their older workers are unable, or afraid, to retire.

Region's jobless number retreats
September 2, 2009 Nashville Post
The Nashville area's unemployment rate improved to 9.6 percent in July, retreating from the double-digit number it reached the month before.

Business

Women take over job market
September 3, 2009 USA Today
Women are on the verge of outnumbering men in the workforce for the first time, a historic reversal caused by long-term changes in women's roles and massive job losses for men during this recession.

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