GOP Oklahoma senator opposes federal aid unless 'offset' by budget cuts
Posted by:
Herbert Dyer, Jr.
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-21 20:22:19 -0700 | political-news
According to the Washington Post, House Speaker John Boehner refused to take a stand today on the issue of offsetting disaster aid to Oklahoma with cuts in other areas of the budget. Those other areas? Student aid, food stamps, unemployment...
Canada to serve as chair of Arctic Council for two years
Posted by: northsunm32
Ottawa :: Canada | updated 2013-05-21 17:59:16 -0700 | political-news
Canada now is chair of the 8-nation Arctic Council at the beginning of a two-year term. Many experts hope that Prime Minister Harper will now supplement his talk about responsible development and stricter security with leadership on Arctic issues. The...
How would Libertarians, Republicans who want minimal government help Oklahoma?
Posted by: VeronicaS
Moore :: OK :: USA | updated 2013-05-21 20:22:19 -0700 | political-news
Opinion After watching the devastation in Oklahoma left in the wake of a monster tornado Monday, I wondered what the folks who say government should stay out of the business of helping states cope would do about this tragedy. According...
Republicans are good at scandals, bad at governing
Posted by: itobin53
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-21 19:10:51 -0700 | political-news
Republicans could not be happier about the trio of scandals rocking the Obama administration, and they are doing their best to keep the fires burning. If they put as much effort into actual governing, America might be a better place....
Vermont passes physician-assisted suicide law
Posted by:
Herbert Dyer, Jr.
Montpelier :: VT :: USA | updated 2013-05-21 20:49:58 -0700 | political-news
Vermont joined three other states on Monday by allowing doctors to assist terminally ill patients who wish to end their own lives. According to Reuters, the bill was signed into law by Gov. Peter Shumlin, a Democrat, and includes a...
Cops sought info from Mulcair about ex-Laval mayor meeting
Source: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Laval :: France | updated 2013-05-21 19:41:31 -0700 | political-news
Federal NDP Leader Tom Mulcair says he was contacted by the provincial police anti-corruption squad in Quebec to discuss a suspected 17-year-old bribe offered to him. Mulcair says he never reached out to the police himself because he had no...
Texas judge: Lesbian couple can't cohabitate
Source: The Boston Globe
Sūq :: Iran | updated 2013-05-21 17:48:31 -0700 | political-news
Texas (AP) A judge has ruled that a North Texas lesbian couple can't live together because of a morality clause in one of the women's divorce papers. The clause is common in divorce cases in Texas and other states. It...
Venezuelan Banker and Miami Brokerage Workers Are Accused of Fraud
Source: The New York Times
Caracas :: Venezuela | updated 2013-05-21 19:07:50 -0700 | political-news
Meridith Kohut for The New York Times Bandes, the Venezuelan Economic and Social Development Bank. Prosecutors say it was grossly overcharged for brokerage fees. Venezuela There may be no honor among thieves, but there certainly is no shortage of chutzpah....
Benefits lost because of bickering among Indians, says Tamilselvam
Source: The Star
Hāpur :: India | updated 2013-05-21 17:50:42 -0700 | political-news
Tamilselvam has cited bickering among the Indian community as the reason why it lost most of the benefits and incentives in the past 56 years, reported Makkal Osai . The community, he said, could have been on par with the...
PTI slams ECP on fee for verification of thumbprints
Source: DAWN
Lodhran :: Pakistan | updated 2013-05-21 19:08:39 -0700 | political-news
Reiterating its demand for a recount in 25 National Assembly constituencies, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Tuesday criticised the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for charging a fee for carrying out verification of thumb impressions of voters.
A Controversial Cure
Source: International Herald Tribune
Dhāka :: Bangladesh | updated 2013-05-21 18:02:47 -0700 | political-news
A Controversial Cure Made in Bangladesh Examining Pakistan's Election Rescue in Bangladesh Pakistan's Pivotal Elections South Korea's President Visits the U.S. President Obama on North Korea Divided Over Bangladesh The U.S., China and the Middle East Rage After Child Rape...
Sarawak leaders triple their salaries
Source: The Star
Singapore :: Singapore | updated 2013-05-21 17:49:57 -0700 | political-news
Second Finance Minister Datuk Seri Wong Soon Koh , who tabled the Bill at the Sarawak Legislative Assembly sitting here yesterday, said the remuneration adjustment was timely. The adjustment, he said, was also necessary to cater to the needs of...
Chinese Bear Bile Farming Draws Charges of Cruelty
Source: The New York Times
Chengdu :: China | updated 2013-05-21 17:06:45 -0700 | political-news
China It was, at first glance, a rather modest initial public offering by a small Chinese company seeking to expand production of the key ingredient used in traditional remedies said to shrink gallstones, reduce fevers and sooth the aftereffects of...
United States Will Be Urged to Allow Retaliation Against Cyberattacks
Source: The New York Times
Tehrān :: Iran | updated 2013-05-21 19:39:50 -0700 | political-news
The recommendations are from the private Commission on the Theft of American Intellectual Property, which is led by two once-prominent figures who parted company with the White House on strained terms: Dennis C. Blair , Mr. Obama's first director of...
Top IRS official to decline to testify at House hearing- IRS chief regrets using planted scandal ...
Source: Fox
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-21 19:17:53 -0700 | political-news
Lois Lerner, the director of the IRS division that singled out conservative groups, is expected to invoke the Fifth Amendment Wednesday when she appears before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Fox News has learned. That means Lerner, head...
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