Rice told Bush ‘stay out of Washington’
Condoleezza Rice ordered George Bush not to return to Washington after the 9/11 attacks before hanging up the phone.
Paul Conrad dies at 86; Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist helped bring The Times to national prominence
His unyielding liberal stance, delivered as savage black-and-white harpoons, bedeviled Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan and others in power while shedding an uncompromising light on social injustices. He drew for The Times for nearly 30 years.
Paul Conrad, whose fiercely confrontational editorial cartoons made him one of the leading political provocateurs of the second half of the 20th century and who helped push the Los Angeles Times to national prominence, has died. He was 86.
Ex-mayor s run raises questions
James A. Sheets has campaigned for Congress before and lost. That was 32 years ago. He last ran for office nine years ago when he was denied by 17 votes an extension of his 12-year reign as mayor of Quincy. Now 75, he has shed his lifelong Democratic Party affiliation to run for Congress again, this time as an independent, … Democratic – United States Congress – United States – Politics …
Condoleeza Rice hung up on George Bush in the the aftermath of 911
The former national security adviser ordered the U.S. President, who was in Florida, not to return to the White House because it was a potential terrorist target.
BP oil well declared to be no longer a threat to gulf
With the replacement of the failed blowout preventer and a cement plug in place, the well’s seal is almost permanent, the federal spill response chief says. The final step will be to plug the well from the bottom.
With a new blowout preventer in place and a 5,000-foot column of cement filling its core, the BP well is no longer in danger of leaking oil, the federal spill response chief said Saturday — although he said it must still be plugged from the bottom for the job to be complete.
Los Angeles school named after Al Gore
He’s the first vice president to have an L.A. school named after him, sharing the honor with author Rachel Carson. Fittingly, the campus will be devoted to environmental themes. But there’s a catch.
Al Gore has had some tough breaks — like losing the presidency after getting more votes than the other guy — but the noted environmentalist achieved a singular honor last week, becoming the first vice president to have a Los Angeles school named after him.
Obama to seek extension of R&D tax credits
Boosting business research and development is part of the president’s broader plan for the economy. Other proposals call for increased infrastructure spending and continuing tax cuts for the middle class.
President Obama will ask Congress to pass a $100-billion plan to expand and permanently extend the tax credits for businesses that invest in research and development, part of a larger plan for spurring the economy that he is to unveil in greater detail Wednesday.
The almanac
By United Press International UPI Almanac for Monday, Sept. 6, 2010. almanac – Farmers’ Almanac – New England – Great Lakes – Climate Prediction Center
US expects to subsidize Afghan training for years
WASHINGTON – The United States expects to spend about $6 billion a year training and supporting Afghan troops and police after it begins pulling out its own combat troops in 2011, The Associated Press has learned.
Commentary: Cry for me Pakistan
Washington (UPI) Sep 3, 2010 The United States spent nine years (1980-89) working closely with Pakistan’s military against the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan; followed by 11 years (1990-2001) of punishing Pakistan with all manner of sanctions for its secret nuclear weapons development that it kept denying even existed; followed by nine years (2001-10) making up with Pakistan as “a major non …
Condoleezza Rice ‘ordered Bush to stay out of Washington’ after 9/11
Condoleezza Rice ordered George Bush not to return to Washington after the 9/11 attacks before hanging up the phone, the former national security advisor revealed in a documentary interview.
