PHILADELPHIA (AP) – A school counselor suffering an apparent heart attack died in a Philadelphia emergency room after waiting nearly 80 minutes for help—and a trio of homeless drug addicts nearby stole his watch instead of seeking aid, police said. Joaquin Rivera, 63, died before seeing a triage nurse at Atria Health’s Frankford Campus over [...]
NEW YORK (AP) – “Going Rogue” has sold a million copies. HarperCollins spokeswoman Tina Andreadis said Tuesday that just two weeks after publication, Sarah Palin’s memoir has sold 1 million copies. The print run for “Going Rogue” has been increased again, to 2.8 million copies. The original printing was 1.5 million, then moved up to [...]
LONDON (AP) – The chief of a prestigious British research center caught in a storm of controversy over claims that he and others suppressed data about climate change has stepped down pending an investigation, the University of East Anglia said Tuesday. The university said in a statement that Phil Jones, whose e-mails were among the [...]
Politico: Democratic Rep. John Murtha — just back from a fact-finding trip to Afghanistan — said Monday that he never got a clear definition of what constitutes an “achievable victory†for the United States and fears that American commanders are assuming more time for the war effort than voters at home will allow. “I am [...]
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CBS News: Former Vice President Dick Cheney delivered some more harsh commentary on President Obama’s leadership, just as the president prepares to address the nation regarding his new Afghanistan policy. “I begin to get nervous when I see the commander in chief making decisions apparently for what I would describe as small ‘p’ political reasons, [...]
New York Times: WASHINGTON — In April 2001, seven months after the Navy destroyer Cole was bombed in Yemen, Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri was staying at a Qaeda guesthouse in Afghanistan when he is alleged to have laid out how he had planned the whole thing. One of those houseguests was later captured, and he told [...]
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New York Times: General Electric has reached a tentative agreement with the French media conglomerate Vivendi that clears the way for the sale of NBC Universal, including the flagship NBC network, to Comcast, the nation’s largest cable operator, people briefed on the deal said Monday. Under terms of the deal, G.E. will buy Vivendi’s 20 [...]
The Hill: Talk about using budget reconciliation to pass healthcare reform in the Senate has faded from public view, but Democratic leaders continue to hang the threat over centrists in private. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) discussed reconciliation with wavering centrists before an important procedural vote to begin debate on healthcare reform. On Saturday, [...]
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Washington (AP) – – President Obama will announce Tuesday night that he is sending 30,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan to be deployed over the next six months, Fox News has learned. In a speech to be delivered at West Point, the president also plans on discussing an end-game for U.S. involvement in Afghanistan that [...]
The Atlantic: It’s not just Fox News that’s become subject of White House derision. The following is an excerpt from a joke e-mail that is circulating among White House staffers. It’s a response, of sorts, to the analytical essay that Politico editor-in-chief John Harris wrote about the “seven stories that Barack Obama doesn’t want told.” [...]
