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Unemployment woes hit New England Tashon Brown says she had no idea
she was in danger of losing her job when she arrived for work one day
last December -- until a security guard told her she no longer had
permission to enter. Gov. Rell Will Address State Live on Monday Night For the first time in more than 4½ years in office, Gov. M. Jodi Rell will make a live, televised address to the state Monday night to warn citizens about impending cuts in the state budget. Ice Saves Oil Spill From Reaching Sound Thousands of gallons of oil have leaked near the Connecticut River, and officials are saying they are lucky that there's a lot of ice out there or the oil could have spread into Long Island Sound. |
Genuario: Not Breaking Prison Guards' Contract The legislature is
debating in the appropriations committee today over whether they should
accept Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell's call for overturning an arbitrated
award for the state's prison guards. The three-year award would cover
more than 5,000 state employees, and Republicans say it is virtually
impossible to overturn the award this year because the Democrats control
more than two-thirds of all the seats in the legislature. Concessions across Connecticut As part of the governor's plan to close the budget deficit, the state is asking state employees to make concessions. Unions are once again being asked for givebacks. |
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Feds allege plot on Fannie Mae data The Justice Department says it
foiled a plot by a fired Fannie Mae worker to destroy data with a
computer virus.
Acid oceans 'need urgent action' Marine ecosystems may be badly damaged by ocean acidification unless there are dramatic cuts in CO2 levels, warn scientists. Toy makers get extra year to comply with lead test Hudson Crash Survivors Angered By US Airways' Treatment (SLIDESHOW, VIDEO) US Airways sent a raft of "frigid" letters to the 150 passengers of miracle Flight 1549 (above) saying their death-defying ordeal has earned them top customer status - but for just one year, The Post has learned. American Express loses an appeal on class-actions A federal appeals court in Manhattan struck down a clause drafted by American Express Co that barred merchants accepting its cards from bringing class-action antitrust claims against the company. |
Science foundation's funding eyed amid porn claims The ranking GOP
member of the Senate Finance Committee wants Congress to reconsider new
funding to the National Science Foundation amid allegations that top
staffers spent long stretches of their day surfing the Internet for
pornography. US and Canadian shares ditched Norway's state investment fund blacklists "unethical" US arms firm Textron and Canadian miner Barrick Gold. Oil refinery and pipeline workers are poised to walk off job if contract talks falter A strike by members of the United Steelworkers union would affect more than half of the nation's refining capacity and is likely to drive up gasoline prices. BART cop granted $3M bail in murder case Lawyer: Calif. cop who killed man pulled wrong gun The transit officer who shot and killed an unarmed man may have mistakenly pulled his service pistol instead of a stun gun, according to documents filed by his lawyer Friday. AMEX Changes Policy Following ABC Probe Gov't launches criminal probe in peanut recall (AP) Peanuts tainted with metal fragments (AP) Nigerians can sue US drugs firm A US court allows Nigerian families to sue drugs giant Pfizer in the US, over its alleged role in a drugs testing scandal. |
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No bail for jailed Florida fund manager Nadel (Reuters) A U.S.
court denied bail on Friday for Florida hedge fund manager Arthur Nadel,
who surrendered to authorities this week to face securities and wire
fraud charges. Kuwaiti bank reimburses Madoff losses The National Bank of Kuwait has fully reimbursed all its clients who lost money in the alleged $50bn Ponzi scheme run by New York broker Bernard Madoff, banking sources said. |
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FDA record cites tainted peanuts before outbreak Text of the Food
and Drug Administration record citing the September 2008 incident in
which chopped peanuts from Peanut Corp. of America were caught at the
U.S. border: Conspiracy theorist writes for Pentagon Mylroie, who blamed Saddam for '93 WTC attack, writes Iraq reports. Iraq, Afghan auditors issue quarterly reports The often chaotic and wasteful $125 billion international rebuilding effort in Iraq will face new trouble and uncertainty this year despite the decline in violence Gangs Blamed for 80 Percent of U.S. Crimes Justice Dept. assessment: 1 million gang members active in all 50 states. |
Report urges agency cooperation on security But as Defense Secretary
Robert Gates has frequently noted, the Pentagon can’t do it all. And, he
notes in the foreword to the report, “One of the most important lessons
from recent operations is that military success does not equate to
victory.” Supreme Court Steps Closer to Repeal of Evidence Ruling Chief Justice John G. Roberts, writing for the majority in Herring v. U.S., took a big step toward repealing the principle that evidence obtained by police misconduct cannot be used against a defendant. |
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Read the stimulus here $850 Billion, 1588 pages,
and counting... somebody needs to read it!
Text Version here.....Part 3
Page 76-98 Stimulus includes one billion for border and ports,
with another 6 billion to make federal buildings energy efficient. Over
600 million for small business loans. This includes the creation of the
Small Business Administration.
Hill Republican: Stimulus aids illegal immigrants A top Republican congressional aide says the $800 billion-plus economic stimulus measure could steer government checks to illegal immigrants. This is of course a total lie. The bill requires everyone involved to use Homeland Securities E-Verify to check a workers legal status. This is stated early on in the bill, and repeated throughout. There is no way an illegal will get any money. The Very Strange Bedfellows Of The Stimulus Package One of the biggest winners in the $825 billion Economic Stimulus Bill moving through Congress is the "hard hat lobby," the alliance known as the Buy America Coalition made up of the American Iron and Steel Institute, the Committee on Pipe and Tube Imports, the National Steel Bridge Alliance, and the Steel Manufacturers Association. Broadband link to U.S. jobs exaggerated: experts A co-author of a widely cited forecast that nearly 300,000 U.S. jobs would be created for every percentage point rise in high-speed Internet use said on Friday these and similar estimates are "a gross overestimate." Senate Democrats promise to change stimulus bill Senate Democrats promised more money for infrastructure projects when an almost $900 billion version of President Barack Obama's stimulus plan hits the Senate floor next week. Geithner, Bernanke Work On Overhaul Of $700B Bailout Tribes Want A Piece of Labor Bill - Roll Call As labor unions continue to push for speedy passage of the Employee Free Choice Act — the "card check" bill — they may run into an unexpected speed bump: Native American tribes. Senator: Cap pay at $400K for Wall Street 'idiots' (who got bailouts) |
No Republican gets majority of votes for chairman Neither former
President George W. Bush's hand-picked national party chairman nor his
four challengers got the required 85 votes needed to become party chief
on the first or second tally, pushing the election to a third ballot
Friday. Giuliani: Fat cat bonuses help keep NYC afloat Bonuses for Wall Street fat cats are easy political fodder in uncertain economic times, but former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani said Friday cutting corporate bonuses means slashing jobs in the Big Apple. RNC elects its first African-American leader The Republican National Committee today elected former Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael Steele as its new chairman. Steele, the first African-American to hold the post, Auditors: We May Never Know If Bank Bailout Worked We may never know whether the government's $700 billion bailout of the financial industry worked, according to a new report from congressional auditors. That's because it will be impossible to sort out which of the government's spending and other tinkering has made a difference, according to the report released Friday by the Government Accountability Office. In an about-face, Republicans push for cut-rate home loans in stimulus bill It sounds too good to be true, and it just might be: 4 percent, 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage loans to buy or refinance houses, guaranteed by Uncle Sam Interior officials admits taking bribe A former senior Interior Department official has pleaded guilty to accepting a $10,000 bribe for helping an insurance company do business in the U.S. Virgin Islands Conyers-Rove showdown postponed John Conyers agreed on Friday to delay the deadline on the Karl Rove subpoena for three weeks. Senate trial focuses on absentee processing (Franken-Coleman recount) A Ramsey County elections official said he believes numerous ballots that were mistakenly rejected remain uncounted. |
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Close Torture Loopholes, Physicians' Group Urges While applauding
President Barack Obama's recent executive orders banning torture and
other harsh interrogation practices, medical authorities are calling
attention to a little-reported section of the Army's Field Manual on
Interrogation that they say still allows the use of tactics that can
constitute torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment under U.S.
and international law. Obama says will reverse Bush labor policies U.S. President Barack Obama pledged on Friday to reverse labor policies from his Republican predecessor, George W. Bush, that unions have long contended favored employers over workers. White House Lawyers Look To Limit Commercial Use Of Obama's ImagTARP probe delayed over paperwork rule An investigation into how banks and other firms are using their bailout funds must wait while the Obama administration determines whether it conflicts with federal paperwork statutes. Obama Could Abolish the Penny With an Executive Order More reasons to get rid of the penny. |
How to End America's 'Sick Care' System Sen. Tom Harkin talks about
crafting the prevention and public health components of Obama's health
care reform bill.
US refuses to rule out Iran attack White House says Barack Obama keeping all options open in dealing with Iran.
Daschle's tax records under fire The Senate Finance committee will
meet Monday to review the tax records of former Sen. Tom Daschle,
President Barack Obama's nominee for secretary of Health and Human
Services who, according to sources, didn't pay taxes on a car and driver
he had been loaned. Obama hails passage of children's health insurance (AP) President Barack Obama is hailing Senate passage of legislation providing government-sponsored health care to roughly 4 million uninsured children. Obama addresses global trade imbalances with Hu The White House says President Obama has told Chinese President Hu Jintao that global trade imbalances must be corrected. |
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Liz Cheney's College Thesis: 'What It Says About The Bush Presidency' The 125-page treatise argued that, constitutionally and historically, presidents have virtually unchecked powers in war. Thirteen years before her father became vice president, she had symbolically authored the first legal memorandum of the Bush administration, laying out the same arguments that would eventually justify Guantanamo and extraordinary rendition, wiretapping of American citizens, and, broadly, the unitary theory of the executive that shaped the Bush presidency |
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Dollar up, gold falls in morning trading |
GM could face U.S. bailout tax hit, seeks changes General Motors Corp could face a multibillion-dollar tax hit under its $13.4 billion federal bailout, a scenario the automaker faces just weeks before it must file a restructuring plan with the government. |
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Iraq Map of Iraq |
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Friday: 3 Iraqis Killed, 20 Wounded Al Maliki: Iraq wealth property of people Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki affirmed that oil, gas and wealth are property of the Iraqi people and should be shared according to demographic distribution. Iraq completes 75% of small loans to unemployed Blackwater: We will leave if U.S. orders itBlackwater Worldwide, denied an operating license in Iraq, said Thursday it could leave the country within 72 hours but cautioned that such a move would cause more harm to the American diplomats it protects than the company itself. Roadside bomb explodes, killing 2 and wounding 14 An Iraqi police official says a roadside bomb found south of Baghdad killed two officers and wounded 14 others after it exploded while they were trying to diffuse it. Dewaniya Assigns 10 0000 Donums to Build New City (Al-Sabaah) Investment committee in Dewaniya province assigned 10 thousand donums, or 25% of the province center area, to build new city as it would contract with private company to build 1000 homes in the province's outskirts. Candidate Assassinated in Mosul (Voices of Iraq) A candidate running in the local elections was assassinated by unidentified gunmen in western Mosul on Thursday, according to an official police source in Ninewa province. 2 Dams in Mosul to Irrigate 6,000 Donums (Voices of Iraq) The city of Kirkuk witnessed on Saturday ceremonies to inaugurate the dams of Shireen and Bilkana to irrigate 6,000 donums in areas southwest and southeast of Kirkuk in the presence of Minister of Water Resources Abdellatif Jamal Rasheed and local officials |
Iraq special voting subject to infringements The first in Diyala
Province as HIEC convoy holding ballot papers was subject to a failed
attack. The second infringement was reported in Salah Din province where
two policemen were killed in an attack near a polling station. De
Mistura revealed that the Commission has received 17 complaints which it
will review as soon as possible. Iraq officials remove shoe-throwing monument The monument commemorating the journalist who hurled his shoes at President George W. Bush was taken down a day after it was erected, local officials in Tikrit told CNN. 22 People Arrested in Baghdad (Voices of Iraq) Plot to Bomb Oil Well Foiled (Voices of Iraq) Agriculture Spends $35 Million to Fight Desertification (Al-Sabaah) Agriculture Ministry seeks to obtain Cabinet's consent on allocating $35 million to execute its plan about fighting desertification during this year. Spotlight on vote-buying on eve of Iraqi ballot On the eve of Iraq's provincial polls, reports of attempts to buy votes and fears about fraud threaten to cast a shadow over an otherwise vibrant campaign that will test the country's growing security. Facts about Saturday's Iraqi election (AP) Iraq Christian candidate hopes he lives to see voting day (AFP) |
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Hizbullah, Ergenekon grenades match’ The National Security
Directorate General has prepared a report detailing hand grenades used
in various terror incidents staged by the Ergenekon terrorist
organization and those carried out by Hizbullah, in response to a
request from the İstanbul 13th High Crime Court, which is hearing the
trial of Ergenekon, a clandestine terrorist organization charged with
plotting to overthrow the government. *Ergenekon" is the name given to an alleged clandestine, ultra-nationalist organization in Turkey with ties to members of the country's military and security forces.The group is accused of terrorism in Turkey. Ergenekon colonel faces more charges.....’PKK linked with Ergenekon’.....Taraf team to appear before court for reports on Ergenekon.....Majority of Turks say Ergenekon exists This seems to help make sense of the many arrests in Turkey in the last year to prevent a coup. Turkey arrests more alleged coup plotters Jan 22, 2009.....Calm urged after Turkey arrests Jul 2, 2008 .\ |
Settlement data 'implicates Israel' Rights group says Palestinians
in West Bank could use leaked report to sue Israel. Secret Israeli database reveals full extent of illegal settlement Just four years ago, the defense establishment decided to carry out a seemingly elementary task: establish a comprehensive database on the settlements US puts up $20 million for Gaza relief The Obama administration on Friday made an emergency contribution of more than $20 million for urgent relief efforts in the Gaza Strip, a day after the United Nations launched a flash appeal for $613 million to help Palestinians recover from Israel's three-week military operation there Israel faces Spanish investigation Judge to investigate seven senior military figures over 2002 air raid on Gaza. Palestinians: 8 wounded in IAF strike
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Afghanistan Map of Afghanistan |
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General Says Shoot Dealers in Afghanistan NATO's senior military
commander has proposed that soldiers in Afghanistan shoot drug
traffickers without waiting for proof of their involvement with the
Taliban US eyeing plan for fifth brigade in Afghanistan |
US: 4 militants killed in strike in Afghanistan....Bomb
network busted in Afghanistan: US coalition Will the US Stick by Karzai in Afghanistan? Thursday's announcement postponing Afghanistan's presidential election from April to August means that Karzai will remain in office |
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Pakistan envoy suggests India faked Mumbai transcripts Pakistan's
investigation into the Mumbai attacks has found that they were not
planned from Pakistani territory, the country's high commissioner to
London said today in an interview that is certain to infuriate India Militants getting weapons form Afghanistan: IG FC Tariq Khan has said that militants in SWAT and tribal areas are getting arms and financial assistance from Afghanistan. Pakistan cops hold 3 allegedly trained by India spy agency Police say they have arrested three men allegedly trained by India's spy agency to carry out attacks inside Pakistan. |
Roadside bombing kills three soldiers in north-west Pakistan Security developments in Pakistan, Jan 30 Pakistan: Anti-militant operation continues in Swat Pakistan territory not used for Mumbai attacks: official |
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Reports Drastic Economic Slowdown Recession spreads in Japan
as factory output plunges, joblessness jumps. |
Kashmir protesters fight police Hundreds of protesters clash with police in Srinagar, summer capital of Indian-administered Kashmir, officials say. |
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Oil workers strike across Britain Thousands of workers protest
against the use of foreign labour on a building project. Nato wary of Russian treaty plan Russia is pushing for a new "treaty on European security" |
Russia faces huge budget shortfall in 2009 Russia faces a huge shortfall in its national budget revenues this year and will have to drain tens of billions of dollars out of its rainy-day funds to compensate, Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said Friday. |
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Zimbabwe to Finally Form Government Kenyan teachers call off strike Teachers in Kenya call off a 10-day strike as the government agrees to double their salaries over the next three years. |
Somali lawmakers elect moderate Islamist president |
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Brazil
slams Dutch for seizing medicine shipment Brazil's foreign minister
threatened the Netherlands with legal action Friday for what he called a
"preposterous" seizure of generic drugs that were on their way to Brazil
to treat people suffering from hypertension. Lithium deposits could power long-exploited Bolivia's future On a remote Andean plain here, a short drive on unpaved roads from the world's largest salt flat, 120 government workers are constructing a facility to help power the fuel-efficient electric cars of the future. |
Mexican journalist released from U.S. custody Emilio Gutierrez Soto
had been held in a Texas facility for seven months. He fled Mexico
because he said he feared for his life after writing critically of the
military.
DEA leaves Bolivia The last U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents left Bolivia on Thursday, ordered out by President Evo Morales, even as Bolivian police report that coca cultivation and cocaine processing are on the rise. |
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