NEW YORK (Reuters) – Citigroup announced on Thursday its biggest management shake-up since the financial crisis began, replacing its chief financial officer and installing a new banking chief as it prepares to give the government a 34 percent equity stake. The revolving door that Citigroup’s upper management has become spun again amid intense pressure on [...]
NY Daily News: Luxury goods company says Michelle Obama carried their $6,000 bag — White House flatly denies it. Is First Lady Michelle Obama sporting a taste for ultra-expensive fashion pieces, or is she cementing her status as a savvy shopper? Back in April she wore a pair of $540 Lanvin sneakers at a Washington [...]
Ohio.com: Akron police say they aren’t ready to call it a hate crime. But to Marty Marshall, his wife and two kids, it seems pretty clear. It came after a family night of celebrating America and freedom with a fireworks show at Firestone Stadium. Marshall, his family and two friends were gathered outside a friend’s [...]
While I agree that school food sucks, I think this is far from the answer to tastelessness. It’s a grab for power, and in this case, it’s power over your children. It may not seem like a big deal, what your children eat, but it is a start. Piece by piece, they may very well [...]
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New York Times: BAGHDAD — Attacks in Baghdad and a city in northern Iraq killed at least 41 people and wounded dozens more on Thursday, the worst violence since Iraq celebrated the withdrawal of American troops from cities and towns last month. In the deadliest attack, two suicide bombers, working in tandem, detonated explosives in [...]
Politico: In a potentially alarming trend for the White House, independent voters are deserting President Barack Obama nationally and especially in key swing states, recent polls suggest. Obama’s job approval rating hit a — still healthy — low of 56 percent in the Gallup Poll on Wednesday. And pollsters are debating whether Obama’s expansive and [...]
World Net Daily: More than eight months after Barack Obama was elected president, the mystery surrounding his precise birthplace is deepening as the myth-busting website Snopes.com – along with several news agencies and an Obama community blog – directly contradict the president’s own claim regarding the hospital in which he was born. In an official [...]
WASHINGTON — An income tax surcharge on Americans who achieve the American Dream, and penalties to small businesses who cannot afford to pay employee health care, emerged as the leading options Wednesday night as House Democrats sought ways to pay for health care legislation that President Obama favors, several officials said. As discussed in the [...]
TEHRAN,Iran – The governor of Tehran province warned that security forces will “smash” any attempt at protests on Thursday amid calls for the first significant opposition marches since a major crackdown more than a week ago. Supporters of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi have called for new demonstrations in Tehran and several other cities. The [...]
SEOUL, South Korea – A state official says seven South Korean Web sites are under renewed cyber attack. Ku Kyo-young from the state-run Korea Communications Commission said the latest assault began around 6:30 p.m. (0930 GMT, 5:30 a.m. EDT ) Thursday. He said one of the affected sites belongs to the government, the other six [...]
Telegraph Journal: A senior New Brunswick Roman Catholic priest is demanding the Prime Minister’s Office explain what happened to the sacramental communion wafer Stephen Harper was given at Roméo LeBlanc’s funeral mass. During communion at the solemn and dignified service held last Friday in Memramcook for the former governor general, the prime minister slipped the [...]
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