News of the Day: 11/17/10
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By Eric Pickhartz, 8:58AM, Wed. Nov. 17, 2010
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-Four U.S. Senators are pushing for a ban on budget earmarks.
-Prosecutors in the Tom Delay case are asking for an Austin reporter's taped interview.
-Ground was broken at the George W. Bush Presidential Library in Dallas Tuesday, and it could house the infamous 'Mission Accomplished' banner.
-The violence in Haiti is not helping the cholera epidemic.
-The TSA Chief will face questioning on pat-downs and body scans.
-The Beatles are finally on iTunes.
-And finally, Four Loko, everyone's favorite alcoholic energy drink, is slowly submitting to the FDA.
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