http://www.joplinglobe.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 09:20:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/first_100_days/local_story_119092108.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/first_100_days/local_story_119092108.html Congress is taking up a bipartisan proposal which would give the Obama administration more leverage over Iran by toughening economic sanctions on foreign oil and shipping firms that aid Tehran. Wed, 29 Apr 2009 09:19:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/first_100_days/local_story_119091951.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/first_100_days/local_story_119091951.html President Barack Obama suggested Wednesday that school closings may be necessary, in an escalating global health emergency that claimed the first death in the United States and swept Germany onto the roster of afflicted nations. Wed, 29 Apr 2009 09:18:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/first_100_days/local_story_119091838.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/first_100_days/local_story_119091838.html President Barack Obama on Wednesday hailed Arlen Specter’s conversion to the Democratic Party, while Specter vowed that he’ll be an asset as Obama tries to get his ambitious agenda through Congress.Obama said, “I am grateful that he is here.” Wed, 29 Apr 2009 09:13:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/first_100_days/local_story_119091616.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/first_100_days/local_story_119091616.html The Treasury Department will boost the number of times it auctions 30-year bonds to 12 times a year in another move to cope with the government’s soaring debt. Wed, 29 Apr 2009 09:12:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/first_100_days/local_story_119091322.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/first_100_days/local_story_119091322.html President Barack Obama said Wednesday that schools with confirmed cases of swine flu should consider closing. Tue, 28 Apr 2009 09:43:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/first_100_days/local_story_118094433.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/first_100_days/local_story_118094433.html President Barack Obama meets with FBI Director Robert Mueller and other top FBI officials at the agency’s Washington headquarters on Tuesday.Later, the president will speak to FBI employees. Tue, 28 Apr 2009 09:42:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/first_100_days/local_story_118094322.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/first_100_days/local_story_118094322.html Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Tuesday the policy of passive surveillance for swine flu at U.S. airports and land ports “makes sense” and sterner steps are not yet necessary. Tue, 28 Apr 2009 09:40:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/first_100_days/local_story_118094128.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/first_100_days/local_story_118094128.html The Food and Drug Administration has issued emergency guidance that allows certain antiviral drugs to be used in a broader range of the population in case mass dosing is needed to deal with a widespread swine flu outbreak. Tue, 28 Apr 2009 09:38:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/first_100_days/local_story_118093950.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/first_100_days/local_story_118093950.html Sojourner Truth, a former slave who met with Abraham Lincoln and was an early crusader for women’s right to vote and an end to slavery, is the first black woman to be honored with a bust at the Capitol. Tue, 28 Apr 2009 09:34:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/first_100_days/local_story_118093811.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/first_100_days/local_story_118093811.html President Barack Obama has not yet achieved the big campaign promises he’ll be judged on years from now, on health care, war, the economy and so much more. It’s early, it’s a colossal load and Rome wasn’t built in 100 days. Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:55:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/first_100_days/local_story_117125550.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/first_100_days/local_story_117125550.html Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton told representatives from 16 major world economies Monday that the United States is moving quickly to address global warming. Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:53:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/first_100_days/local_story_117125418.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/first_100_days/local_story_117125418.html A reputed cocaine kingpin has lost his fight to reduce his 195-year prison term.The Supreme Court, acting Monday, rejected an appeal from Salvador Magluta, who was convicted of laundering at least $730,000 in drug money and bribing a juror at an earlier trial. Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:52:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/first_100_days/local_story_117125259.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/first_100_days/local_story_117125259.html President Barack Obama on Monday promised a major investment in research and development for scientific innovation, saying the United States has fallen behind others. Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:51:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/first_100_days/local_story_117125155.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/first_100_days/local_story_117125155.html The economy will determine whether Barack Obama achieves what few presidents have: a far-reaching change in American politics that might even earn its own title and legacy. Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:49:00 +0000 http://www.joplinglobe.com/first_100_days/local_story_117125023.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/first_100_days/local_story_117125023.html The Supreme Court will decide whether an Albanian immigrant who overslept and missed his asylum hearing can be deported.