TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s foreign minister said Saturday that the courts are willing in “the near future” to commute the prison sentences for two Americans convicted of spying. The Americans’ lawyer, meanwhile, was in court trying to arrange a $1 million bail-for-freedom deal. The release rests in the hands of the hard-line judiciary, and [...]
Washington Post: Obama administration officials scrambled Friday to hunt down copies of a new book scheduled to be released next week that paints an unflattering portrait of a dysfunctional and acrimonious White House that sometimes stymied President Obama’s effort to rescue the country’s economy. The book, “Confidence Men: Wall Street, Washington and the Education of [...]
US infantry soldiers (of Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division) engage in a firefight after their Combat Operating Post was attacked in the south of Logar Province, Afghanistan. A woman wearing a traditional burqa passes by a school as U.S. army troops from the Able Troop 3-71 Cavalry Squadron [...]
New York Times: RENO, Nev. — Nine federal investigators arrived from Washington on Saturday at the site of a deadly air show accident just north of Reno to help determine why a vintage plane crashed into a crowd on Friday afternoon, killing at least two people, including the pilot, and maiming dozens of spectators. The [...]
Ben Smith’s blog in Politico: If there was any allegation that got under the skin of President Obama’s staff early in his term, it was that he had a gender problem — a claim that Hillary Clinton and even John McCain pushed about Obama’s campaign, and which has been a source of quieter grumbles about [...]
Washington Times: Dismal new poll numbers for President Obama in Virginia and North Carolina underscore a growing danger to his 2012 re-election hopes — his job-approval ratings have dropped below 50 percent in all of the key states that he “flipped” from the Republicans in 2008. Mr. Obama was able to win three years ago [...]
The Hill: A growing chorus of conservatives is hammering a Republican proposal requiring businesses to verify the legal status of the workers they hire. The conservative critics – including Republican lawmakers, Tea Party groups and border-state governors – are airing a long string of complaints: From fears the bill will erode civil liberties; to worries [...]
National Journal: For the first time, more Americans have an unfavorable opinion of President Obama than have a favorable opinion of him, according to a new CBS News/New York Times poll released late Friday, an indication that dissatisfaction with the president’s job performance and the direction of the country is dragging down how Americans view [...]
Speaking during a panel put together by Cornel West and Tavis Smiley in New York City, former Vermont Governor Howard Dean talks about President Obama’s record: “Most people don’t know that. But the fact is I actually for the first time in July of 2009 read an entire presidential executive order, which is over 50 [...]
Reno air races victim information number 775-972-6663 RENO, Nev. (AP) – A vintage World War II-era fighter plane plunged into the grandstands Friday during a popular annual air show, killing at least three people, injuring more than 50 spectators and creating a horrific scene strewn with body parts and smoking debris. Watch the latest video [...]
The Hill: House Chief Deputy Whip Rep. Peter Roskam (R-Ill.) used the Republican’s weekly address to slam “hostile” federal regulations and urge President Obama to terminate those he called “barriers to job creation.” In the Saturday address, the senior GOP lawmaker slams many federal regulations as “counterproductive,” saying the rules are merely “Washington’s busy work.” [...]
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New York Daily News: A subway station billboard war is the latest flareup in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The dispute began with posters urging an end to U.S. military aid for Israel, prompting a City Council member to demand an end to the ads – and spawning an upcoming series of counter-ads. “This is a highly [...]
RENO, Nev. (AP) – Friends of an air racer and movie stunt pilot whose plane crashed into the edge of the grandstand at a show said the 74-year-old was a skilled airman and member of a tight-knit flying community. Pilot Jimmy Leeward of Ocala, Fla., died in the crash Friday after apparently losing control of [...]
