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...
Obamacare Facebook page inactive since November
Posted by: Punditty
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-22 00:41:12 -0700 | political-news
Despite widespread criticism that President Barack Obama’s administration is not doing enough to inform citizens about compliance with the Obamacare mandate to purchase health insurance, the Facebook page I Like Obamacare has been inactive since November. The page is maintained...
Iran bars Rafsanjani from standing for president
Source: DAWN
Tehrān :: Iran | updated 2013-05-22 00:22:07 -0700 | political-news
Iran's moderate ex-president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has been barred from standing in next month's presidential election, along with a controversial aide of incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the interior ministry said on Tuesday. Rafsanjani, who served as president from 1989 to 1997,...
Young and dynamic: social entrepreneurship in Austria
Source: The Guardian
Vienna :: Austria | updated 2013-05-21 23:30:12 -0700 | political-news
Yadid Levy/Getty Images Social entrepreneurship in Austria is still a young sector 75% of all initiatives are not older than four years. But they are growing constantly as is the awareness about what social entrepreneurship is and how social innovation...
N. Korea sends 'special envoy' to China amid tension
Source: Fox
Pyŏngyang :: North Korea | updated 2013-05-21 22:30:39 -0700 | political-news
North Korea North Korean leader Kim Jong Un dispatched a high-profile official and close confidant to travel to China on Wednesday as a special envoy while Beijing is under pressure to rein in its belligerent neighbor. Choe Ryong Hae,...
Anthony Weiner announces bid for NYC mayor- Hundreds of protesters call to repeal NY gun law
Source: Fox
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-22 00:50:09 -0700 | political-news
Published May 22, 2013 FoxNews.com Former Congressman Anthony Weiner has announced he is running for mayor of New York City, almost two years after resigning over a Twitter scandal. In a video released Tuesday night on his website , Weiner...
Ceremony planned for fallen Conn. soldier
Source: The Boston Globe
Hartford :: CT :: USA | updated 2013-05-22 00:36:48 -0700 | political-news
Conn. (AP) A ceremony is planned at the state Capitol complex to honor a Connecticut soldier recently killed in Afghanistan...Andrew Pedersen-Keel of Madison will be added to the Wall of Honor tribute, located between the state Capitol and the Legislative...
China media: Xi Jinping's US visit
Source: BBC South Asia
Rancho Mirage :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-21 23:59:11 -0700 | political-news
After becoming president in March, Xi Jinping will hold his first summit with US President Barack Obama in the resort city of Rancho Mirage, California, on 7 and 8 June on his way back from a tour of Latin America...
Disgraced Weiner to run for NYC mayor
Source: CNN
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-21 23:45:30 -0700 | political-news
Disgraced ex-congressman Weiner says he's running for NYC mayor From Alison Harding , CNN updated 1:44 AM EDT, Wed May 22, 2013 (CNN) -- Former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner is running for New York City mayor, he announced Wednesday morning...
North Korea sends military leader as 'special envoy' to China
Source: World News
Seoul :: South Korea | updated 2013-05-22 02:07:54 -0700 | political-news
North Korea on Wednesday sent a top military official to China as a personal envoy of leader Kim Jong-Un , at a time of strained relations with Beijing and ahead of a key China-US summit. Choe Ryong-Hae, the director of...
Delaware man hurt when neighbor's trash turns explosive
Source: United Press International
New Castle :: PA :: USA | updated 2013-05-21 23:05:36 -0700 | political-news
A Delaware man was severely injured Tuesday morning when a box a neighbor had put out on the curb for trash pickup exploded, officials said. Bill Haley had asked his neighbor in Van Dyke Village in New Castle for the...
Afghan students protest women's rights decree
Source: Fox News
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated 2013-05-22 00:56:43 -0700 | political-news
Afghanistan Hard-line Islamist students are protesting in the Afghan capital demanding the repeal of a presidential decree for women's rights that they say is un-Islamic. More than 200 male students protested in front of Kabul University on Wednesday against...
Fishermen pay price in Asia's volatile sea rifts
Source: The Boston Globe
Masinloc :: Philippines | updated 2013-05-22 00:36:42 -0700 | political-news
Philippines (AP) Along the northwestern Philippine coast, poor children with claw hammers clamber aboard an abandoned fishing vessel to pry loose and steal rusty nails from its deck. It's become a familiar sight in villages where some fishermen have been...
Kerry pushes $2.1 billion Raytheon deal in Oman
Source: Fox News
Muscat :: Oman | updated 2013-05-22 00:29:21 -0700 | political-news
Secretary of State John Kerry is talking with officials in Oman about their plans to buy a $2.1 billion air defense system from American manufacturer Raytheon. Kerry was meeting Wednesday with the Arab country's defense minister, a day after discussions...
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