Ground Zero Mosque Taking On New Political Life
The proposal to build a mosque near Ground Zero hit a whole new level of controversy this weekend when President Barack Obama broke his silence on the issue.
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The proposal to build a mosque near Ground Zero hit a whole new level of controversy this weekend when President Barack Obama broke his silence on the issue.
The president created a firestorm of reaction when he showed support for the Ground Zero mosque Friday night. This weekend, as CBS 2's Kathryn Brown reports, he's clarifying his comments.
President Barack Obama says Muslims have the right to build a mosque at Ground Zero, but he wouldn't comment Saturday on whether he thinks it's a good idea.
Operators of a Jersey Shore boardwalk game have removed a mannequin representing President Barack Obama. It has been replaced by effigies of former President George W. Bush and Hillary Clinton.
One New York company is seeing big news and big bucks from the federal stimulus program.
A carnival game at the Jersey Shore has some people up in arms. Visitors can win a prize if they knock a plate out of a moving likeness of President Barack Obama.
The New Orleans Saints marched in to the White House on Monday and got a salute from President Barack Obama for lifting up "the hopes and the dreams of a shattered city" with their Super Bowl win.
LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Carmelo Anthony and other NBA all-stars joined Obama in Washington to entertain wounded troops
The full Senate was debating New Yorker Elena Kagan's nomination to the Supreme Court Tuesday, CBS 2's Whit Johnson reports.
From the White House on down, Congressman Charles Rangel was under growing pressure from his own party, to resign, CBS 2's Magee Hickey reports.
With President Barack Obama's popularity sliding, along with more leading economic indicators, he made an appearance Wednesday at a New Jersey sandwich shop to tout his small business legislation.
President Barack Obama will spend much of his day on party business, speaking at two fundraisers in New York for the Democratic National Committee. But on the way there, he'll stop at a sandwich shop in Edison, N.J., to talk about small business, and tape an interview on the TV show "The View.''
