HBO got the most Emmy recognition of any U.S. network on Thursday as "John Adams" and "Recount" helped the cable channel grab 85 award nominations and burnish its reputation for quality programs.
The investment bank wrote off another $9.75 billion in value of complex securities, bad hedges with shaky bond insurers, mortgage-related assets and high risk loans. That brought Merrill's total write-downs in the year-old credit crisis to about
Together, the Obama campaign and the party have about $92.3 million in the bank, which is slightly less than Republicans, who began July with about $95 million.
Now in hiding, the former employee hacked into LBT's computers, downloaded account summaries and names, and turned them over to the IRS. Under existing rules, he stands to get a cut of all evaded taxes the IRS collects on.
The problem, Turley says, is that Pelosi has already rendered a "not guilty" verdict on the impeachment question, and the hearing organizers are making sure they won't be exposing any additional criminal activity.
In talking about his plans to double the size of the Peace Corps and nearly quadruple the size of AmeriCorps and the size of the nation's military services, he made this rather shocking (and chilling) pledge: "We cannot continue to rely on o
Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich has offered his assistance in fighting what he calls an epidemic of crime in Chicago. The governor would send in Illinois state troopers and National Guard equipment to stop the violence. He was meeting Wednesday
Executive Director Zachary Moyle says the party didn't get a necessary quorum of delegates to agree to participate in a July 26 convention in Reno. He says the state executive board will now appoint delegates to the national convention.
Heller may not have brought his gun with him to register, but he was armed with a load of candidate petitions. Heller is collecting signatures to run for the House seat currently held by Eleanor Holmes Norton as a libertarian candidate.
Last month foreclosure resales made up 28.7 percent of all Bay Area resales, up from 27.6 percent in May and 3.5 percent a year ago. They ranged from as little as 3 percent of resales in San Francisco to as much as 57.7 percent in Solano County.
There are reasons to believe this coming crisis is different and bigger than the world has ever experienced. Instead of using globalism in a positive fashion, it's been used to globalize all of the mistakes of the politicians, bureaucrats and cen
Restoring the Constitution begins with taking out of office all those who are there unlawfully. Judge Anderle, unlawfully sitting on the bench of the Superior Court of Santa Barbara is as good a place to start as any.
"We cannot continue to rely on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded," Obam
Little did Bucknell University geology professors Craig Kochel and Jeffrey Trop know, as they were working in Alaska, that they would soon predict one of the most important planetary observations ever made. [very good science]
When the judge asked Muller to clarify her remark, Muller repeated it. He charged her on the spot with direct criminal contempt of the court — a second-degree misdemeanor— and Muller was promptly handcuffed by a court bailiff and taken into custody.
On 9/11, surviving spouses were directed to the rescue area of New York City... but domestic partners were sent back home to find paperwork. No married couple was asked to produce a marriage license.
Everyone seems to have been quoted, one time or another, on the War in Iraq. Pro-war, anti-war, Hollywood, comics: we've collected 60 of what we felt were the most interesting.
Is this a hint of the banks and brokers the Fed and SEC want to protect at all costs? Or is this some kind of setup play, an open invitation to short the others before the same stunt is pulled again.
The best defense against misinformation is the truth. To paraphrase Jack Nicholson, the market can’t handle not having the truth. Lack of information leads to lack of confidence. ....
Seattle’s Green Lake Park authorities are horrified over the discovery of machine sharpened metal spikes planted in the bottom of the lake while in the Netherlands three spike-lined pits have been found in parks. Huh?
While reading the proposed HR8791 Bill to members, Rep. John Haller (R-PA), who apparently hadn't read the Bill prior to his live reading, at one point, softly exclaims "Jesus!", obviously shocked at the "classified" content.
While teams of counterterrorism agents swoop into rail stations and randomly search passengers, undercover agents in disguise scan the crowds while other agents in full combat gear carry semiautomatic guns & patrol the platform...
The dean of MSoLA is planning a conference to map out war crimes prosecutions, and the targets are President Bush and other officials. Lawrence Velvel, says “plans will be laid and necessary organizational structures set up, to pursue the guilty as l
The Anti-Federalists, who we are generally taught to consider fools and paranoiacs, make all sorts of eerily accurate predictions on the effects of adopting the Constitution; when they err, it is usually because they are not pessimistic enough.