Archive for April, 2011
50 Years Since Space Travel Began: What’s Next? (3)
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U.S. Celebrates 150th Anniversary Of Civil War (11)
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Mich. Teachers Union Prez Suggests Using Students At Budget Protests (0)
New GRPS committee to oppose fund cuts: woodtv.com
Mexican Trafficker Swerved To Kill Border Agent (1)
(Reuters) – A prosecutor in the trial of a Mexican drug trafficker accused of killing a U.S. Border Patrol agent said during closing statements on Tuesday that the trafficker deliberately swerved a truck and struck the officer as he fled back to Mexico. But a lawyer for Jesus Navarro Montes, 25, argued that there was [...]
28 More Bodies In Pits Near U.S. Border (2)
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican investigators have found a total of 116 bodies in pits near the border with the United States, 28 more than previously reported, Attorney General Marisela Morales said Tuesday. The victims are believed to have been kidnapped from intercity buses traveling to the United States border. Mr. Morales said a total [...]
Lobbyists Won Key Concessions in Budget Deal (0)
NY Times WASHINGTON — At a quarter till midnight last Friday, with a deal to avert a government shutdown barely an hour old, Senator Harry Reid phoned a fellow Democratic senator, Ron Wyden, at home and startled him with some bad news. “You lost free-choice vouchers,” Mr. Wyden recalls Mr. Reid telling him. Even delivered [...]
Rand Paul Threatens To Filibuster Budget Deal (2)
The Hill: Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said Tuesday that he’s considering a filibuster of the budget agreement to fund the government for the remainder of this fiscal year. Paul, who said yesterday that he would vote against the agreement reached last Friday to cut $39.9 billion between now and September, acknowledged that he’s considering waging [...]
Reputed Counter-Terrorism Expert Pleads Guilty To Stolen Valor, Fraud (1)
Army Times Lecturer William G. Hillar entranced audiences as a globe-trotting, highly trained, retired Green Beret colonel whose attempt to rescue his daughter from kidnappers inspired the hit movie, “Taken.” But it was not really his life, it was all lies. Hillar, 66, of Millersville, Md., pleaded guilty March 29 to a single count of [...]
Gen. David Petraeus Honors Fallen Heroes in Kunar Battle -With Video (1)
They parachuted behind German lines during World War II’s invasion of Normandy, and fought in the Battle of the Bulge at Bastogne. Now their heroics have found a freezing mountaintop in the most remote, forsaken reaches of Afghanistan. The 101st Airborne Division is one of the most decorated divisions of the U.S. Army. Today, a [...]