No vote by the full Senate -- the last step in confirmation -- has been scheduled, but Obama said he wants Sotomayor on the high court in time for the start of its next session in September.
The controversial archbishop - under increasing pressure to step down - had a private audience with the Pope last week after which he decided to resign.
Last December, Consumer Reports posted a step-by-step guide to buying a used car.
So last October the law firm took the unheard-of step of suing the trademark bureau.
The federal minimum wage was last increased in 2009 as part of a three-step phase-in that became law in 2007.
After all, the last time the famously hands-on producer took a step back from the show (during season two), it took a creative tumble.
Freeing Michonne and making his last-ditch suicide run on the Governor is a pretty big step toward redemption.
The news comes as some Wall Street companies, such as Goldman Sachs, are expected to hand out record or near-record bonuses in 2009--even though the government had to step in last fall to rescue the U.S. financial industry.
Goldman Sachs ( GS - news - people ), are expected to hand out record or near-record bonuses in 2009--even though the government had to step in last fall to rescue the U.S. financial industry.
The problem forced the 24-year-old seamer to return home before Christmas but, after flying back to Australia to step up his recovery last week, the right-armer is hopeful he will be fit to return in England's first warm-up game against Canada in Dhaka on February 16.
The game combines the nuclear tragedy of 1986 with elements of the 1979 film by Andrei Tarkovsky and original novel Roadside Picnic in which forces unknown have sent physics awry, producing hard-to-spot anomalies where your next step could be your last.
U.S. District Judge Edward Korman took aim at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's announcement last week that it was loosening restrictions on the Plan B One-Step morning-after pill, saying it can be sold without a prescription to those 15 and older.
One major step forward was taken last week on a motorway outside Barcelona - the first-ever test drive of a road train among other road users.
ENGADGET: Volvo's driverless road train in Spain is public mainly on the plain (video)
He applauded last year's attempt to step away from the network's bread-and-butter fare, but thinks they just went too far.
He's entering his last month of his 12-year tenure on the City Council, forced to step down because of term limits.
Only the day before this match, the England camp was stressing that it was a positive step to get Pietersen in earlier - so why the change last night?
It took the government to step in last year and get things moving by giving potential home-buyers cash to make down-payments on homes, cash for clunkers to buy new automobiles, cash to financial firms that was used for trading to bid up the price of stocks and commodities.
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The Bieber film will be in 3-D and Chu just directed Step Up 3D which opened in theaters last weekend.
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Last week, the FDA was prepared to lift the prescription requirement for Plan B One- Step.
"We have to step up a gear, otherwise the semi-finals will be our last stop, " Voeller said.
City ended the last campaign with defeat in the play-offs and Barrett is confident they can go one step further this time around.
Last night the Bulls advanced one step closer to that championship as they secured a 4-2 series lead over the Atlanta Hawks to cement their place in the Eastern Conference final for the first time since 1998.
"The car was definitely inconsistent throughout the weekend, " said the 25-year-old German, who had appeared to make a step forward after taking third last time out in Silverstone.
So far, the nearest thing to a practical step was last November's agreement by the Organisation of American States to co-operate in clamping down on the export of illegal weapons.
So the last step on the winding road was the creation of a bacterial strain without any restriction-enzyme genes, and thus without restriction enzymes, so that the team could have a purified reaction vessel in which the new genome could do its thing.
Congress did step in last month to undo furloughs for air traffic controllers after a week of coast-to-coast flight delays, and lawmakers have found money for meat inspectors.
The Lakers got the ball to Bryant one last time, and he dribbled while being careful not to step out of bounds before launching a 3-pointer from the right sideline that missed as time expired.
So the Export-Import Bank has more than doubled its loans in support of American exporters since last year, and that step alone has helped support nearly 110, 000 jobs.
This is not the first time Macs have fallen prey to malware and as their market share grows will likely not be the last, so don't think just opting for OS X is automatically keeping you a step ahead security-wise.
ENGADGET: Apple publishes support page for Flashback malware, is working on a fix
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