American UN Official Wanted Karzai Replaced
Kai Eide, the Norwegian diplomat who is the UN Special Representative to Afghanistan, has said his former deputy — Peter W. Galbraith, an...
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Senate Banking Committee Confirms Bernanke, With Dissent
The Senate Banking Committee convened Thursday morning, December 17, and voted 16-7 to confirm...
Republicans Promise Procedural Resistance to Health Care Legislation
It Washington, D.C., it wasn’t the Grinch that stole Christmas, it was Tom Coburn,...
Pawlenty in NH Rips Potomac ‘Ponzi Scheme’
Accusing Democrats in Washington of running "a Ponzi scheme on the Potomac," Minnesota Gov....
Fed to Keep Rates Low for “Extended Period”
The Federal Reserve decided on December 16 to keep interest rates at historic lows...
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The Legacy of Oral Roberts
The impact Oral Roberts had on the latter half of the 20th century was...
World’s Toughest Sheriff — No Apologies
Arguably the “world’s toughest sheriff,” Maricopa County (Phoenix) Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio continues to...
286 Illegal-immigrant Criminals Arrested
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested 286 illegal immigrants with criminal records during...
22 Million Bush-era E-mails Found
Computer experts have reportedly found 22 million White House e-mails from the years President...
IRS Creates New Unit for Rich Americans
The IRS has announced that it will be forming a new unit to focus...
Is Obamacare on Life Support?
Just as it seemed that recalcitrant receiver Senator Joe Lieberman caught President Barack Obama’s...
Guantanamo Detainees to Go to Illinois
The Obama administration announced plans on December 15 to acquire the Thomson Correctional Center...
Paul A. Samuelson, ‘Economics’ Textbook Author, Dies at 94
Long-renowned economist Paul Samuelson died on December 13 at his home in Belmont, Massachusetts,...
8-Year-Old Suspended From School for Jesus Drawing
Taunton, Massachusetts, public school officials suspended a second grader for drawing a stick figure...
Calling in the Big Guns: Oval Office Meeting to Heal Healthcare Rift
In what has been described as a last-ditch effort to save the healthcare overhaul...
Court Grants Benefits to Illegal Immigrant
A Nebraska Court of Appeals ruled on December 8 that an illegal immigrant who...
Follow the Constitution, Armey Urges GOP
Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey, one of the architects of the Republican victory...
FCC Official Calls First Amendment a Tool of Right-wing Extremists
Despite dedicating five minutes of his recent 20-minute presentation at the Media Access Project...
Developing Countries Demand Cash at Copenhagen
Delegates from developing nations to the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen are insulted...
Third World Protest Stalls Copenhagen Talks
As the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen begins its second week of discussions...