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12 March 2011

Hope, change and...

"I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today."
-- SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- This time, Springfield Mayor Frank Edwards is going straight to the top.

Edwards has written President Barack Obama seeking the balance of the bill the city ran up for police when the then-candidate visited in 2008 to announce his running mate.

The Springfield State Journal-Register reports that the city submitted a bill for $68,139. It's still owed $55,457.
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RELATED: So Barry, what's it gonna take...

...for you to do the right thing?
-- CAIRO -- The Arab League endorsed the imposition of a no-fly zone over Libya on Saturday and recognized the fledgling rebel movement seeking to topple Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi as the country's legitimate government, increasing pressure on Western powers to intervene in what increasingly resembles a civil war.
So, that's... less of a social conscience... than the Arab League?

Another new low in Washington.