BOSTON (AP) – Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank’s retort was an Internet sensation. Questioned at a town hall last year about the “Nazi policy” of health care reform, Frank told the speaker who made the comment that talking to her was “like arguing with a dining room table.” Fast forward to this year, the questioner, Rachel [...]
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Fox News: President Obama, in one of his most dramatic gestures to business, will propose that companies be allowed to write off 100 percent of their new investment in plant and equipment through 2011, a plan that White House economists say would cut business taxes by nearly $200 billion over two years.
L.A. Times: The recession is taking a toll on union jobs, which are disappearing in California at a faster rate than anywhere else in the country, according to a UCLA study published Monday. In the 12 months ending in June, the union membership rate dropped from 18.3% to 17.6% in California and from 12.4% to [...]
The Hill: Gen. David Petraeus is asking that NATO members contribute 2,000 more troops to the fight against the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan. Wire services citing anonymous NATO sources reported that the U.S. and NATO commander is asking for the additional foreign forces to beef up the International Security Assistance Force, particularly in the area [...]
Politico: MILWAUKEE, Wis. — Wisconsin Rep. Gwen Moore warmed up a Democratic crowd for President Obama on Monday by accusing Republicans of criticizing Obama for personal reasons.
The Hill: Organized labor will press Congress for big infrastructure spending and job creation programs even if voters throw Democrats out of office in November’s election, union leaders say. After the 2010 midterm elections and anticipated heavy losses on the left, labor leaders expect a leaner, more aggressive Democratic Congress that will aim to push [...]
Los Angeles Times: The psychedelic drug psilocybin, the active ingredient in “magic mushrooms,” can improve mood and reduce anxiety and depression in terminal cancer patients, Los Angeles researchers reported Monday. A single modest dose of the hallucinogen, whose reputation was severely tarnished by widespread nonmedical use in the psychedelic ’60s and ethical lapses by researchers [...]
Arizona Republic: The intruder who punched out a Chandler man while stealing beer at a keg party picked the wrong victim. The man, who had been attempting to defend his wife during the beer theft, had a permit to carry a concealed weapon. Fearing for his life and under attack, he pulled out a gun [...]
Fox News: With temperatures still hitting triple digits every day, Ahmed Saad stays busy installing and repairing air conditioners in his western Baghdad shop. He recently expanded his business and added staff after getting a $6,000 loan, thanks to the U.S. Agency for International Development. “Before, there were only two workers,†Saad said in Arabic. [...]
LAS VEGAS (AP) – Las Vegas police are defending Paris Hilton’s quick release from jail after her Aug. 27 arrest on suspicion of cocaine possession, saying they wanted to avoid disruptions in the jail’s operations.
L.A. Weekly: In the workplace lunchroom, dominated by a Formica table stocked with a condiment cradle that holds four kinds of hot sauce, Nikki furrows her brow as she fishes into her purse and retrieves her driver’s license. A resident of Riverside, Nikki is filling out some paperwork for her new job. “There’s a lot [...]
MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) — Soldiers opened fire on a family’s car at a checkpoint in northern Mexico, killing a 15-year-old boy and another person, authorities said Monday. It was at least the second time this year that a family has been caught up in a shooting involving Mexico’s military, which has come under intense criticism [...]
The Telegraph: Iran on brink of nuclear weapon, warns watchdog Iran has passed a crucial nuclear threshold, weapons inspectors have warned, and could now go on to arm an atomic missile with relative ease. A report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Iranian nuclear scientists had made at least 22 kilograms of enriched [...]
