Democrat Barack Obama said he is convening a meeting on the economy that will include former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin, former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker and billionaire investor Warren Buffett as he pivots to the U.S. economy after
About a thousand protesters descended on a small town in northeastern Iowa on Sunday, decrying the raid of a meatpacking plant that arrested nearly 400 residents and calling for a change in federal immigration policies.
Congressional hearings will enable California and Florida tomato growers to bash the FDA for supposedly blowing a recent salmonella outbreak. Regulators initially raised warning flags about tomatoes, costing farmers a bundle before suspicions turned
...and convene a meeting on Monday on the economy and the financial system. The discussion will include former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker, former U.S. Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin and billionaire investor Warren Buffett, chairman of Ber
(CNN) -- Metropolitan areas of India were on high alert Sunday after a wave of synchronized bombs that hit the western Indian city of Ahmedabad killed at least 49 people and wounded more than 114, police reported.
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - A man opened fire with a shotgun in a church in Knoxville, Tennessee, on Sunday, killing two people, including a man called a hero for shielding others from a shotgun blast, police and local media reported.
The U.S. military said the 3 people killed last month after U.S. soldiers shot at their car in one of the most secured areas of Iraq were civilians, not criminals as the military initially reported. The correction came more than a month after a bank
The White House has increased next year's deficit to nearly $490 billion, a record figure that will saddle the next president with deepening budget problems in his first year in office, being driven higher by the fiscal stimulus package passed by
California pGov. Arnold Schwarzenegger decided as he vetoed a bill late Friday that would have required climate change be added to schools' curriculum. The measure was sponsored by state Sen. Joe Simitian, D-Palo Alto
Iowa doesn't have any all-nude strip clubs — but it does have performing arts centers where women dance naked. However, the loophole in the state's public indecent exposure law that allows nude dancing at "art centers" is under atta
"While these increases have not for the most part been passed on at the retail level, it is inevitable that they will be at some point. Car dealers and other retailers cannot continue to absorb rising costs at the wholesale level and not pass th
"I don't look at this lightly—that, 'Oh, because the Supreme Court's done it we're just gonna dismiss it and all of a sudden people can arm themselves." If the gun ban were overturned the city would need to consider other wa
Department Of Homeland Insecurity Puts CNN Reporter On Watch List And Threatens Former Air Marshal With Obstruction Of Justice After News Report Embarrassed The TSA And Air Marshal Service
"Your average dunderhead is not the person you want to try to solve a fight between a man and his wife at 2 A.M.," said Nick Checker, 35, a local playwright. "I'd rather have them hire the right man or woman for the job and keep re
Those who argue that Israel would never do such a thing should think again. Israel is willing to behave with complete ruthlessness towards the US if they feel that the stakes are high enough, witness the attack on the USS Liberty in 1967 and the bomb
Imagine how pleased we were when the London Times quoted our recent interview--several times! Pleasure turned to pain when the Times didn't credit us, however. After ignoring our letters, we did some research. Is this a new MSM business model.
Covered bonds will be used to render profitable assets off soon-to-be-bankrupt corporates, leaving pensioners and other creditors with the stripped carcass in the liquidation.
Am I too cynical?
A reverend claims security guards dragged him out of a hospital and tasered and beat him because he told a joke about the lack of a smile on a guard's face led to video showing at least 5 officers surrounding and beating him laying on the floor.
Cass Sunstein -- both due to his relationship to Obama and, independently, to his new marriage -- is one of the most inside of Obama insiders. He has simultaneously been an unusually vocal defender of some of the worst Bush radicalism
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said in an interview published on Saturday the size of a residual U.S. force left in Iraq after the withdrawal of combat troops would be "entirely conditions-based." [will see my 2nd term]
So, you thought we'd be rid of the endless "war on terrorism" once we got Bush out of the White House, and ensconced a Democrat in his place? Well, think again, and get ready for an escalation of the Other War – the one in Afghanistan,
"Main Core" reportedly collects and stores vast amounts of personal and financial data about millions of Americans. Some former US officials believe it was used by the National Security Agency to determine who to spy on in the aftermath of
It’s been hard for me to find a European, aside from two Harvard-educated friends in Paris, who confessed to excitement — not just about the visit, but the prospect of an Obama presidency.
You may have topped off with just $20 worth of unleaded, but the debit-card transaction could freeze as much as $75 in your account, sometimes for days.
As the colonials of 1775 had reached the point of no return with King George, so have we the people with the deliberate looting of the people's purse without representation, never ending wars and efforts to integrate the USA with 2 foreign
Business is booming for private firefighting as drought and soaring temperatures create one of the worst fire seasons. But officials question the reliance on private crews, raising doubts about whether they could get in the way of government firefigh
The National Australia Bank’s decision to write off 90 per cent of its US conduit loans will have dramatic repercussions around the world. Wall Street will be deeply shocked when they understand the repercussions of what NAB has done.
Some states have passed laws protecting property owners by barring eminent domain solely for economic development purposes. But the federal government is often the source of funds for the projects that result in the use of eminent domain.