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Urban League Chooses Jobs Card Over Race Card at Annual Conference Don't expect to hear the words "tea party" at the National Urban League's annual conference in Washington this week, the Washington Post reports. The Urban League, which is turning 100 this year, isn't spoiling for the fight that the NAACP attracted after passing a resolution calling out "racist elements&q ...

Want Your Own Talk Show? Oprah's Hiring.  The Associated Press is reporting that Oprah Winfrey wants to give an undiscovered talent a chance to follow in her footsteps on her new cable network. The talk show host is teaming up with reality TV producer Mark Burnett on a show searching for the next big TV personality. "Your Own Show: Oprah's Search for the Next TV Star" will air on the Oprah Winfrey Network beginning in January, the same month of OWN's launch. Winfrey is ending "The Oprah Winfrey ...

House Approves Bill Extending Jobless Benefits The House passed a $93 billion package of jobless benefits and business tax breaks Friday, the Washington Post reports. The House voted 215 to 204 to approve the measure, which would extend expanded benefits for the unemployed through the end of November, finance thousands of summer jobs and renew for one year dozens of expired tax credits and deductions for businesses and individuals. The cost of those provisions would be partially covered by higher taxes on multinatio ...

Looking ahead: BP mucks up Gulf Coast, Facebook on privacy A slide show of what's on the near horizon in political news ...