BOSTON, Oct 16 (Reuters) – Two top Federal Reserve officials argued for further aggressive action by the central bank, with one saying the economy needs “much more” help and the other pointing to Japan’s painful lessons. With nearly one in ten in the U.S. labor force unable to find work and already very low inflation [...]
© 2010 WorldNetDaily 2nd Lt. Ilario Pantano in Fallujah in 2004 (Photo courtesy Ilario Pantano via New York magazine) A Marine Corps veteran who came to national attention when he was accused of premeditated murder in the deaths of suspected Iraqi insurgents is now the Republican nominee for North Carolina’s 7th District seat in the [...]
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO) – The emotion–stirring President Obama billboard on I–70B stood over the highway for its last day Friday. The sign was taken down after causing national outrage since it was put up Monday. Those who know the owner of the billboard say he and his wife were receiving violent threats. Meanwhile, the [...]
ORLANDO,FLA For years, customs agent Jose Melendez-Perez was hailed as an American hero of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Now, after making what he says was his first major mistake in 44 years of public service, Melendez-Perez is fighting to get his old job back. He faces a disciplinary hearing next week in Florida. [...]
SAN DIEGO (AP) – A border inspector nicknamed “Hammer” pleaded not guilty to taking bribes to help vehicles loaded with illegal immigrants and tons of marijuana get through his lane. Lorne Leslie Jones accepted more than $500,000 in bribes from January 2000 to December 2009 to allow illegal immigrants and drugs to cross into the [...]
J.Post Any peace agreement which requires the Palestinians to recognize Israel as a Jewish state or an exchange of land is out of the question, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said Friday. In a Ramallah meeting with Hadash party Knesset members, Abbas said that it was now up to Israel to recognize a Palestinian state [...]
KTLA News SAN GABRIEL — The mayor of San Gabriel was arrested early Friday morning on charges of felony robbery and assault charges after he allegedly grabbed a woman’s purse and sped away with her clinging to the side of his SUV. Albert Y.M. Huang, 35, was taken into custody around 1:15 a.m. after police [...]
Washington Post: A top Pakistan Taliban leader who recently warned that terrorists would launch attacks in the U.S. and Europe “very soon” has reportedly been killed in a U.S. drone attack. Qari Hussain Mehsud is believed to be among four people killed in the drone strike in Pakistan’s North Waziristan agency earlier this month, according [...]
Politico Indeed, Reid’s personal wealth, estimated in 2009 at $3.1 million to $6.7 million, has been built largely on his investments in land and real estate — including several mining properties he owns in and around his hometown of Searchlight, Nev. As Southern Nevada boomed over the past two decades, Reid’s personal wealth grew too. [...]
The Hill: While Republicans and Democrats fight for control of Congress, a behind-the-scenes budget fight is brewing over an omnibus appropriations bill that lawmakers may need to consider quickly upon their return after the midterm election. Lobbyists and congressional aides say Democratic appropriators are mulling a 12-bill omnibus to fund the government in 2011 after [...]
SUMMERVILLE, S.C. (AP) – Annie Chambers Caddell, whose ancestors fought in the Civil War, insists the Confederate flag flying over her home is an important reminder of her heritage. But for her neigbors in this tree-shrouded, historically Black neighborhood, it’s an unpleasant reminder of a by-gone era they’d rather not see every time they pass [...]
New York (AP) – It seemed too good to be true: You bought a house in foreclosure at a fraction of the former price. Maybe you even knocked out a wall or two and remodeled with all the money you saved. But now thousands of foreclosures around the country may be invalid because of bank [...]
NBC Miami: A South Florida man may have a few more dollars to toss around at strippers after he won $650,000 in a settlement for injuries he suffered during a lap dance. In 2008, Michael Ireland was poked in the eye by a stripper’s spiked high heel when he got a little too close during [...]
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Politico: Delaware Republican Christine O’Donnell raised a substantial $3.8 million during the last three months, more than twice what her Democratic opponent raised, but it hasn’t yet thinned his substantial lead in most polls. O’Donnell, backed by the Tea Party Express, gained national attention when she upset GOP Rep. Mike Castle in the Sept. 14 [...]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton reiterated her support Friday for ending the brutality and barbarity of Mexico’s drug violence, saying it was in the United States’ interest to crack down on drug cartels that are behaving more like terrorists and insurgent groups. Clinton told a sold-out meeting of the nonpartisan [...]
