GOP Calls for Reform After Scandal Shows IRS Is 'Rotten at the Core'
Source: Fox
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-18 10:52:46 -0700 | political-news
Published May 18, 2013 FoxNews.com The IRS targeting Tea Party groups and other conservative-leaning political organizations has reignited calls for reform and the argument among Capitol Hill Republicans that the federal government has become too big and out of control....
India Ink: India Arrives at the Arctic
Source: The New York Times
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-19 22:53:19 -0700 | political-news
About India Ink This report on India from the journalists of The New York Times and a pool of talented writers in India and beyond provides unbiased, authoritative reporting on the country and its place in the world. India Ink...
Not Everyone Is Returning Anthony Weiner's Calls
Source: The New York Observer
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-22 14:20:02 -0700 | political-news
Anthony Weiner at a basketball game. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images) After jumping late into a race they've been running in for months, ex-Rep. Anthony Weiner decided to break the ice with his now-Democratic rivals with a telephoned hello before they...
DOJ-ordered scandal probes rarely seen as truly independent
Source: Fox News
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-15 10:06:35 -0700 | political-news
Published May 15, 2013 FoxNews.com Unanswered questions surrounding the deadly Benghazi attack...The latest controversies swirling around the Obama administration have critics calling for an independent counsel or a special prosecutor to determine if laws were broken, and, if so, who...
New Egypt tax law: cuts for poor, business hikes
Source: Fox News
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-21 10:21:40 -0700 | political-news
Egypt's president has signed a new tax law that cuts the amount paid by poorer Egyptians while increasing taxes on small and medium-sized businesses...The measure is among many economic reforms the government is trying to impose to control its burgeoning...
Myanmar: Police Who Attacked Protestors Must Be Prosecuted
Source: Scoop
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-22 15:19:33 -0700 | political-news
Police Who Attacked Peaceful Protestors Must Be Prosecuted 1. The struggle of farmers and their allies in the Letpadaung Hills of central Myanmar against the expansion of a copper mining operation under a military-owned holding company and a partner company...
Joint Statement By US andGovernment of the Sultanate of Oman
Source: Scoop
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-22 15:19:28 -0700 | political-news
This system, which has been selected by the Sultanate of Oman following a thorough evaluation and assessment process, offers high levels of effectiveness, capable of meeting the operational requirements of the Royal Air Force of Oman and providing seamless air...
Peace Corps to accept same-sex couples
Source: Associated Press
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 21:58:31 -0700 | political-news
The Peace Corps says it will begin accepting applications from same-sex domestic partners who want to serve together as volunteers overseas. Peace Corps Deputy Director Carrie Hessler-Radelet says the change will diversify the pool of applicants who want to help...
Guy Fights Critics With Funky
Source: Fox
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-16 09:18:17 -0700 | political-news
Guy Fieri has just one thing to say to his critics: It's seven months later...Indeed, seven months have passed since food critic Pete Wells wrote a scathing review of Guy's food in the New York Times...He just released his third...
60 Minutes ReBroadcasts Two Year Old Segment on Taylor Swift and No One Notices
Source: New York Observer
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-22 13:28:27 -0700 | political-news
Two-year-old Taylor tales. (CBS) If anyone missed Lesley Stahl's segment this weekend on 60 Minutes (though come on, how unlikely is that?), you might not have noticed that her profile of Taylor Swift, A Young Singer's Meteoric Rise, was actually...
City Selects Developer For Affordable Housing Slated To Rise On Architectural Graveyard In ...
Source: New York Observer
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-22 13:28:26 -0700 | political-news
A rendering of the Dattner Architects-designed building slated to rise at the site. Fifty-five units of affordable housing may not do much to stem the tide of gentrification washing over Williamburg, but they will allow a not-insignificant number of low-income...
NJ lawmakers eye upping cigarette-buying age to 21
Source: The Boston Globe
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-16 14:50:16 -0700 | political-news
Taking a page from efforts in New York, some New Jersey lawmakers want to raise their state's minimum age for buying cigarettes to 21. The limit is already that high in two Massachusetts communities. New Jersey state Sen. Richard Codey...
Holder facing liberal backlash over AP records grab
Source: Fox News
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-16 09:08:25 -0700 | political-news
Published May 16, 2013 FoxNews.com While Attorney General Eric Holder's Capitol Hill appearance Wednesday was marked by a heated argument with his chief Republican critic, more and more Democrats are joining the fray -- in a sign that the Justice...
Radical Treatment Option Needed for Obama's Scandal Sickness
Source: Fox News
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-16 09:08:26 -0700 | political-news
Power Play Published May 16, 2013 FoxNews.com I'm not sure how many of those cases ... I have actually signed off on. -- Attorney General Eric Holder in a Tuesday interview with National Public Radio when asked how often he...
11 SUVs Flop Crash Test
Source: Fox
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-17 09:17:03 -0700 | political-news
Published May 17, 2013 Associated Press Only two of 13 small SUVs performed well in front-end crash tests done by an insurance industry group, with several popular models faring poorly in the evaluations. Subaru's 2014 Forester was the only vehicle...
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