Dodging job talk
Source: The Washington Times
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 04:00:14 -0700 | political-news
Five months into his improvisational second term, a sluggish economy and severe jobless rate seem to have vanished from President Obama's agenda. That is, if he had a substantive second-term agenda to begin with. He certainly didn't focus on the...
Tyranny in our time
Source: The Washington Times
Independence :: MO :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 04:00:12 -0700 | political-news
Americans are beginning to recognize the disturbing similarities between President Obama and the fallen Richard Nixon, but the comparison that may matter more is between Mr. Obama and King George III. He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and...
President Obama defends use of drones
Posted by: Jennifer Rees
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 11:14:56 -0700 | political-news
During a speech at National Defense University in Washington D.C., President Obama spoke in detail about the use of drones, forcefully defending the US drone program and attempting to justify the contentious strikes as legal and necessary to safeguard US...
Cabinet Office to fly rainbow flag
Source: BBC
New York :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 02:56:36 -0700 | political-news
The Cabinet Office minister argues that there should be greater public acceptance of same-sex relationships. Some 133 Tory MPs voted against plans to allow same sex marriage earlier. Fifteen Labour MPs, four Lib Dems, eight Democratic Unionist and an independent...
Weiner Is in, Declares He's Running for NYC Mayor
Posted by: DominicCarter
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 11:20:18 -0700 | political-news
I was having dinner Tuesday night with a major political consultant and asked when did he think Anthony Weiner would finally make it official that he was running for mayor? Weiner after all was always one of the most active,...
The Learning Network Blog: Test Yourself | Editing Practice, May 24, 2013
Source: The New York Times
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 06:07:39 -0700 | political-news
Archive Recent Posts May 24 Why do you plan to save these belongings? Do you hope they will be more valuable in the future, or do you keep them for sentimental reasons? May 24 In what order should these sentences...
Barack Obama condemned the attacks on British troops.
Posted by: lethibichlan
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 11:33:09 -0700 | political-news
On 24/5. U.S. President Barack Obama condemned the attack on the British troops on the streets of London on 22/5. Two attackers stabbed dead a soldier near a barracks in Woolwich (South East London) on the afternoon of 22/5. Police...
Seattle bridge collapse renews concern for America's crumbling infrastructure
Posted by: Herbert Dyer, Jr.
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 12:04:44 -0700 | political-news
"We've still got too many roads that are in disrepair, too many bridges that aren't safe." - President Obama, March, 2013 According to the Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune, a long section of an Interstate 5 bridge connecting...
Obama seeks jobs abroad for Americans?
Posted by: abdulruff
White Center :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 09:00:48 -0700 | political-news
Obama seeks jobs abroad for Americans? Unilateral USA is still calling all the shots. American poverty has been on the rise in recent years, especially in urban suburbs and rural settings. US unemployment has hit the lowest in years, thanks...
Boy Scouts of America votes to end century-old ban on gay scouts
Posted by: usmansafi
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 10:10:27 -0700 | political-news
The Boy Scouts of America voted on Thursday to lift a century-old ban on openly gay scouts in a major victory for gay rights activists, but the decision means a sea of change for an organization that depends heavily on...
911 calls unanswered in Oregon areas
Source: CNN
Portland :: OR :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 01:11:26 -0700 | political-news
Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber is considering legislation that would declare a public safety emergency in some Oregon counties where residents often have been left to try to fend for themselves. The measure would also impose a temporary income tax on...
Maine governor moves out of office over TV dispute
Source: Fox
Augusta :: ME :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 12:04:30 -0700 | political-news
Internal Revenue Service to the Gestapo, has moved out of his office at the State House and says he'll work out of the governor's mansion because of a dispute over a television screen...It also cites a section of the state...
Brewers team up on beer to help military families
Source: Associated Press
Richmond :: VA :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 01:01:37 -0700 | political-news
Nine different brewers collaborated to create Homefront IPA, all using the same recipe, complete with orange peel and unfinished maple Louisville Sluggers. Toward the end of the fermentation process the bear soaks in a tank with the maple bats. All...
GUN RIGHTS FIGHT:New York Sheriffs Aim to Challenge New State Law
Source: Fox
Albany :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 00:50:49 -0700 | political-news
N.Y. County sheriffs have asked to join the federal lawsuit challenging New York's tough new gun restrictions, calling some provisions vague and impossible to enforce fairly. The New York State Sheriffs' Association and five individual sheriffs are asking U.S....
Boy Scouts Of America To Allow Gay Youths But Not Leaders
Posted by: fdappah69
Charlotte :: NC :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 10:10:27 -0700 | political-news
The Boy Scouts of America agreed for the first time to allow openly gay youths to join the organization, but will maintain a ban on gay adult leaders. Sixty-one percent of the estimated 1,400 delegates of the BSA's National Council...
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