Obama announces his noble prize money to charities (Press Trust of India) Washington, Mar 12 (PTI) US President Barack Obama today announced that he’ll donate his USD 1.4 million Nobel Peace Prize award money among several charities, including USD 200,000 to the Clinton-Bush Haiti Fund and USD 250,000 to Fisher House, which provides housing to [...]
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North America – Suicides complicate Native American artifact looting case
Suicides complicate Native American artifact looting case [...]
Read the rest of this entry »North America – United States to restore aid to Honduras in step toward normalized ties (The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News)
United States to restore aid to Honduras in step toward normalized ties (The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News) Six months after the US cut aid to Honduras following its refusal to reinstate ousted leader Manuel Zelaya, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made a first step toward normalizing relations with Honduras this week when she [...]
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Stephen Gyllenhaal: The Biggest Health Care Lie of All: “Our Representatives are struggling hard with this Health Care Issue.” That’s a lie. Every single Right Wing Senator whole-heartedly supports single payer Health Care coverage…
Lanny Davis: Time To Make A Deal In last [...]
North America – Andrew Romanoff: The Courage of Our Convictions
Andrew Romanoff: The Courage of Our Convictions My grandparents came to America in the first half of the last century. They came without any money or political connections. They came for the…
Stephen Gyllenhaal: Big, Fat, Rich White Guys… It’s been almost a [...]
North America – Huff Radio: Left, Right & Center: The Health Care Summit, Goldman and Greece, and Toyoda in D.C.
Huff Radio: Left, Right & Center: The Health Care Summit, Goldman and Greece, and Toyoda in D.C. Goldman Sachs: Is it Wall St. gone wild? Or just the progress of capitalism? And is the US trouncing on Toyota because it owns GM? How did Mr. Toyoda do on Capitol Hill? [...]
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The Wages of Rages Politicians often get into trouble when they re trying to sound more furious than they feel.
Where the Bar Ought to Be In Harlem, an educator is expecting the best, not [...]
North America – High-tech border fence is slow going
High-tech border fence is slow going [...]
Read the rest of this entry »North America – Canadian men dominant in 2 wins, Canada’s women also stay unbeaten in Olympic curling (Los Angeles Times)
Canadian men dominant in 2 wins, Canada’s women also stay unbeaten in Olympic curling (Los Angeles Times) VANCOUVER , British Columbia (AP) The favored and unbeaten Canadian men’s curlers were dominant Thursday, winning so handily that both of their opponents conceded defeat early. John Shuster and the winless American curlers keep [...]
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US banks take hit to clear home loan booksBig US banks are turning to a new tactic to clear their books of troubled mortgage loans: ’short sales’, in which homeowners settle their debts by selling their properties for less than the mortgage value
Washington Post Hires Cheneyite Marc Thiessen Just over a [...]