Vladimir Putin “We discussed this important issue yesterday over a beer...”
Barack OBAMA “You know, my faith is one that admits some doubt...”
The votes, in the Senate Finance Committee, underscored divisions among Democrats and were a setback for President Obama, who has endorsed the public plan as a way to “keep insurance companies honest.”
The first proposal, by Senator John D. Rockefeller IV of West Virginia, was rejected 15 to 8, as five Democrats joined all republicans on [...]
Roman Polanski raped a child. Let’s just start right there, because that’s the detail that tends to get neglected when we start discussing whether it was fair for the bail-jumping director to be arrested at age 76, after 32 years in “exile” (which in this case means owning multiple homes in Europe, continuing to work [...]
Dust storm in Australia
A huge outback dust storm – 500 km (310 mi) wide by 1,000 km (620 mi) long – swept across eastern Australia and blanketed Sydney on Wednesday, September 23rd, disrupting flights and ground transportation and forcing people indoors for shelter from the hazardous air, gale-force winds, and in some places hailstorms. [...]
Local Naples Remodeling Specialist Launches New Website
naples remodeling and renovation specialists Sweet Sheldon Homes have launched a website recently.
Sweet Sheldon Homes is the new home of the Naples construction company that has operated in the area since 2003. Specializing in new home construction, remodeling and renovations, Sweet Sheldon Homes has built its reputation on quality [...]
Proposed FCC rules and why we need to fight for them
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Mon Sep 21, 2009 at 02:18:49 PM PDT
If you’ve been watching tech news today, you may have already heard that FCC chairman Julius Genachowski [...]
In the most contentious exchange of President Barack obama’s marathon of five Sunday shows, he said it is “not true” that a requirement for individuals to get health insurance under a key reform plan now being debated amounts to a tax increase.
But he could look it up — in the bill.
Page 29, sentence one of [...]
Democrats Target Bank Overdraft Charges
Bailed-Out Firms Lean More Heavily on Fees
Sen. Christopher J. Dodd (D-Conn.), right, plans to offer a bill that would require banks to get permission before imposing overdraft charges. (By Marvin Joseph — The Washington Post)
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By Binyamin Appelbaum and Nancy Trejos
Washington Post Staff Writers
Monday, September 21, 2009
A backlash is brewing [...]
AS CALLS mount for soda to be taxed because of its link to the nation’s obesity epidemic, Coca-Cola CEO Muhtar Kent tried this week to tar the tax as socialist, taking a page from the republicans single-word playbook against health care reform, bailouts, and even President obama’s back-to-school speeches.
Kent told the Rotary Club of Atlanta [...]
Giant Star Blows a Glowing Space Bubble
By Hadley Leggett
Called the Bubble Nebula, this eerie, translucent sphere is created by fierce winds from a superhot star 40 times the size of our sun. Moving at nearly 4.5 million miles per hour, stellar winds whip the cloud of gas around the star into a near-perfect [...]
No translator in Court, leads justice tongue-tied
SEC officials view porn sites all day
Grandmom accused of dangling baby from balcony
Scott Brown says no to federal funding, but gives green signal to abortion rights
Mother Teresa’s Commemorative U.S. Postal Stamp Protested By Atheist Group
Parents sue school because their son skipped class and got in a car accident
Barbara Nestel arrested for stealing $350,000 from the Boy Scouts