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- Obama Shifts the Foreign Policy Debate - Washington Post
- Obama Shifts the Foreign Policy DebateWashington Post - 6 hours agoBy Karen DeYoung and Jonathan Weisman Sen. Barack Obama, on his first and likely only overseas trip as the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, has remade the campaign's
- Britain Plans Pullout of Most of Its Iraq Force - New York Times
- New York TimesBritain Plans Pullout of Most of Its Iraq ForceNew York Times - 8 hours agoPrime Minister Gordon Brown spoke to British troops on Saturday in Basra, Iraq. He also
- Obama Shifts Policy Debate
- ANALYSIS | Candidate sidesteps criticism with a post-Iraq focus on Afghanistan and Pakistan.
- 'Banned' Bush Video Surfaces -- Wall Street Got Drunk
- The first moments form the July 18 event find him speaking almost incoherently in admitting, for once, that his friends in big business had screwed up: Theres no question about it. Wall Street got drunk ---thats one of the reasons
- Rice to push North Korea on verifying mechanism - Reuters India
- Aljazeera.netRice to push North Korea on verifying mechanismReuters India - 1 hour agoBy Sue Pleming SINGAPORE, July 23 (Reuters) - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will push North Korea's foreign
- Cancer Docs Warn Staff Of Cell Phone Risks
- The director of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute and UPMC Cancer Centers plans to warn about 3,000 faculty and staff about the possible health risks associated with cell phone use.
- White House drops opposition to housing bill
- The White House says President Bush has dropped his opposition to a Democratic version of a major housing bill and will sign it despite his opposition to a $3.9 billion provision.
- Britain Plans Pullout of Most of Its Iraq Force - New York Times
- BBC NewsBritain Plans Pullout of Most of Its Iraq ForceNew York Times - 4 hours agoPrime Minister Gordon Brown spoke to British troops on Saturday in Basra, Iraq. He also met
- Gay bishop Robinson 'should quit' - BBC News
- BBC NewsGay bishop Robinson 'should quit'BBC News - 10 hours agoBy Robert Pigott The Archbishop of Sudan, Daniel Deng, has called for gay American bishop Gene Robinson to resign and go
- UN to halt aid airlifts to cyclone-swamped Myanmar - AFP
- NDTV.comUN to halt aid airlifts to cyclone-swamped MyanmarAFP - 1 hour agoBANGKOK (AFP) - The United Nations is to stop flying in aid to Myanmar next month, forcing relief agencies to
- ADB says limited success for poverty programs in Philippines - Inquirer.net
- BBC NewsADB says limited success for poverty programs in PhilippinesInquirer.net - 53 minutes agoMANILA, Philippines -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said Wednesday that its programs aimed at lifting millions of
- Thanks to you, impeachment will be heard Friday
- A message from Congressman Dennis Kucinich. July 22 2008log on to: http://kucinich.us to sign the petition.
- Death toll from China mine flooding rises to seven: government - AFP
- ABC NewsDeath toll from China mine flooding rises to seven: governmentAFP - 1 hour agoBEIJING (AFP) - The death toll from a flooded mine in southern China has risen to seven,
- Sexually assaulted troops struggle to recover
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- LI women sue casino workers over insults in Spanish
- A couple of roulette table workers at the Foxwoods Casino in Connecticut took a gamble themselves last September when they bet that a group of nine women playing at their table could not speak Spanish, according to a lawsuit.
- House seeks to end cozy relations between FAA, airlines
- The House voted to force aviation inspectors to wait two years after leaving their jobs before taking airline jobs dealing with ...
- Bulldozer in Jerusalem rampage before Obama visit
- JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A Palestinian rammed a bulldozer into vehicles on a Jerusalem street on Tuesday before a visit by U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, who condemned the attack and pledged to push for a peace deal.
- US lawyer urges Iran to sue over nukes - United Press International
- WELT ONLINEUS lawyer urges Iran to sue over nukesUnited Press International - 5 hours agoTEHRAN, July 22 (UPI) -- A University of Illinois law professor says he has offered to represent
- Wachovia is on the Brink of Implosion
- Wachovia posted an $8.86 billion second-quarter loss, slashed its dividend and announced 6,350 job cuts after losses tied to mortgages soared. Wachovia has been among the major lenders hardest hit by the nations housing crisis, following a disastrous $24.2 billion
- Revisiting 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'
- Viewpoint: On its 15th anniversary, the controversial policy on gays in the military gets another look from Congress - and poses a complication for Barack Obama
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- O’Reilly: Why Should I Have to Pay for Your Birth Control?
- Yesterday, Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly agreed with McCain and argued that it was fair for insurance companies to cover Viagra but not birth control because “birth control is not a medical condition” Although O’Reilly may not know it, preventing unwanted
- Fitzgerald: Rove tried to have me fired
- In a supplement to his responses to the House Judiciary Committee, Patrick Fitzgerald confirms what weve always suspected: Karl Rove was trying to have Patrick Fitzgerald fired while Fitzgerald was still investigating Rove for his role in leaking Valerie Wilsons
- Republican strategists says:"We're F#$@ed"
- Thats in response, in particular, to the news that Iraqi Prime Minister al-Maliki endorsed Obamas timeline for getting US troops out of Iraq.This doesnt help their cause either: Photos with Iranian leaders
- CNN reporter criticizes TSA, finds self on terror watch list
- The post-9/11 airline watch list that is supposed to keep terrorists off of airplanes has swelled to more than 1 million names, including at least one investigative reporter who had been critical of the Transportation Security Agency, which maintains the
- A New York Heat Wave Calls for Drastic Haircuts
- It is not exactly news that in a July heat wave, short haircuts are popular. But half measures are no longer sufficient.
- 'Two oil men' to blame for high gas prices, Pelosi says
- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Thursday blamed the two oil men in the White House, President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, and their Republican allies in Congress for gas prices exceeding $4 a gallon.
- GOP cyber-security expert: Diebold tampered with 2002 voting
- A leading cyber-security expert and former adviser to Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) says he has fresh evidence regarding election fraud on Diebold electronic voting machines during the 2002 Georgia gubernatorial and senatorial elections. Stephen Spoonamore is the founder and until
- U.S. presence at nuclear talks "positive": Iran
- DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Irans foreign minister said on Thursday U.S. participation in nuclear talks was positive, but France said big powers still wanted Tehran to make specific proposals to resolve a dispute over Irans nuclear work.
- 10 Banks That Could Be Next To Go Under
- IndyMac bank going under probably has you wondering, is my bank next? Various analysts are predicted that hundreds of small and regional banks could collapse in the next year. Heres the top 10 list of the nations most troubled banks...
- Poll: Americans Believe McCain Will Continue Bush's Legacy
- Recently, the McCain campaign tried to distance Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) from President Bush’s record, claiming that Sen Barack Obama (D-IL), not McCain, would constitute a third Bush term. But Americans aren’t buying the spin.
- Why Congress Killed a Gas Tax Break
- The political vision of a summer gas tax holiday died a quick death in Congress, losing to a view that federal excise taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel will have to go up if they go anywhere
- Iraqi PM Supports Obama's Withdrawal Plan
- In an interview with the German magazine Der Spiegel, Iraqs Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said he supported a plan proposed by Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq within 16 months.
- Palestinian children are paying the price of injustice
- Whereas Israeli youths are treated as children in the eyes of the law until they turn 18, Palestinians are not accorded such humane treatment, and can be imprisoned from the tender age of just 12. Since September 2000 Israel has
- How China's taking over Africa, and why we should be worried
- With little fanfare, a staggering 750,000 Chinese have settled in Africa over the past decade. More are on the way. The strategy has been carefully devised by officials in Beijing, where one expert has estimated that China will eventually need
- Rep. Linda Sanchez: Why Karl Rove Should Go To Jail
- After my ruling that Mr. Roves claims of immunity are not legally valid, Congressman Conyers and I gave him one last chance to comply with the law. He ignored us. As he let yet another deadline slip by this week,
- GOP Asks For Advice Online, Gets Swamped By Ron Paul Fans
- When the Republican party issued a clarion call last week for its grassroots supporters to submit ideas online to build the partys platform, RNC officials probably werent expecting a concerted push for the dismantling of the Federal Reserve and a
- Obama Shifts the Foreign Policy Debate - Washington Post
- Obama Shifts the Foreign Policy DebateWashington Post - 6 hours agoBy Karen DeYoung and Jonathan Weisman Sen. Barack Obama, on his first and likely only overseas trip as the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, has remade the campaign's
- Bushes to Divorce After Election Because of Condi Rice?
- The couple still keeps their relationship alive just because they are contractually obliged to stay together during George W. Bush’s presidency; it is not a matter of feelings at all. The divorce will be kept a secret until the president
- Why No Outrage?
- Through history, outrageous financial behavior has been met with outrage. But today Wall Streets damaging recklessness has been met with near-silence, from a too-tolerant populace, argues James Grant
- McCain Co-chairman, Under Fire, Steps Aside
- Former Senator Phil Gramm resigned late Friday as a co-chairman of Senator John McCain’s presidential campaign, capping a day filled with controversy.
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- Mugshots Of Prositutes Working On "The Brothel Bus" In Miami
- Brothel operated from a $250,000 bus and offered riders who paid a $40 cover charge lap dances and assorted sex acts.The bus and its six inhabitants were sidelined early Sunday morning after three undercover cops boarded the mobile brothel and
- Pakistani Forces Appear to Push Back Militants
- Government forces appeared to have pushed members of a militant Islamist group farther from Peshawar, but the group’s leader remained at large.
- Jesse Helms, Conservative Force in the Senate, Dies at 86
- The former North Carolina senator had a courtly manner and mossy drawl and turned his hard-edged conservatism against civil rights, gay rights, foreign aid and modern art.
- Federer One Away From Another Wimbledon Title
- The only thing between Roger Federer and his sixth consecutive Wimbledon title is his rival, Rafael Nadal.
- $52 Billion Deal for Bell Canada
- Private equity buyers apparently salvaged a record $52 billion deal for Bell Canada on Friday by postponing its closing date and canceling dividend payments.
- Anglicans Face Wider Split Over Policy Toward Gays
- Anglican conservatives declared that they would defy the church’s historic lines of authority and create a new power bloc within the church.
- Mugabe Is Sworn In for 6th Term After Discredited Vote
- President Robert Mugabe’s main rival dismissed the inauguration, which came just hours after officials declared Mr. Mugabe the winner of a runoff election.
- Ill. town hosts a whole lotta Liz
- The northern Illinois community of Elizabeth tried Saturday to set a world record for the largest Gathering of Elizabeths. Women with Elizabeth in any part of their name were allowed in; one participant has Elizabeth as a last name.
- Court overturns Exxon Valdez ruling
- The Supreme Court on Wednesday slashed the $2.5 billion punitive damages award in the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster to $500 million.
- Don't Want To Be A US Citizen? Be Prepared to Owe Big Bucks!
- Congress just passed a new law that will stop your capital -- or at least a good portion of it -- at the border, should you decide not to be a U.S. citizen anymore. Is it, perhaps, in preparation for
- MasterCard Pays $1.8 Billion to American Express
- The deal comes months after Visa paid more than $2.1 billion to American Express over similar antitrust claims.
- Mom's the word for Molly Ringwald
- On The Secret Life of the American Teenager, the former Brat Pack star and real-life mother plays the unsuspecting mother of a pregnant teen.
- Delicate Talks for Democrats on a Path to a Unified Party
- With the help of a Washington lawyer, Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton are negotiating issues like how to repay Mrs. Clinton’s campaign debt and her role at the Democratic convention.
- Subplots on Guantánamo
- The long legal story of the Bush administration’s effort to prosecute detainees at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, now has two fast-moving subplots, and either one could soon write something of a final chapter.
- For Albany, a Year of Can-You-Believe-It?
- From a governor’s spectacular fall to the top Republican’s resignation, it’s been a rocky 12 months in the capital.