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Rell asks lawmakers to reject contract
Gov. M. Jodi Rell is asking the state legislature to reject an
arbitrator's decision that would give pay raises to state correctional
officers, saying Connecticut can't afford it. Rell: Deep Cuts Needed To Balance State BudgetGov. M. Jodi Rell warned legislators Wednesday that the state will be forced to make deep cuts in spending to balance the $18 billion state budget as the nation heads deeper into a recession. Rell delivered her message on opening day of the 2009 legislative session. Rell taps Appellate Court judge for high court Gov. M. Jodi Rell nominated Appellate Court Judge C. Ian McLachlan Wednesday to Connecticut's highest court. He would replace Justice Barry R |
Blumenthal calls for smoking ban at casinos
AcuCut In Southington Getting State Loan For Laser Cutter Counterfeiting At 5-Year High, Bureau Says Listen Up AT&T! AT&T union employees rallied by the hundreds at the State Capitol Thursday trying to keep their jobs. DeLauro urges passage of pay-equity bills U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro called on her Senate colleagues Thursday to approve two wage discrimination bills that are expected to clear the House on Friday.
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Madoff Investigators Said to Be Challenged by Scheme
Almost a month after
Bernard Madoff was arrested for securities fraud, investigators are
still struggling to learn how the investment adviser directed an alleged
$50 billion Ponzi scheme and how widespread it may have been, a person
familiar with the probe said. As a condition of loan, UAW cannot strike against General Motors The UAW and its local unions are barred from striking General Motors Corp. as long as GM has loans from the federal government, according to the agreement GM signed with the Bush administration last month. Racial profiling charged after Texan shot in own driveway The family of a young black Texas man who was shot in his own driveway by a white police officer believes that racial profiling was the cause and are asking for criminal charges to be filed against the officer. The Food and Drug Administration has finalized a rule that will require food companies to list cochineal extract and carmine on the label when they are used in food and cosmetics. But the new rule contains one glaring omission. It doesn’t require companies to tell you that the ingredients come from a bug. Madoff Plotted to Mail $173M to Friends and Family: Feds AIG yanks $93 million in quickie payouts after Dems squawk American International Group deferred $93.3 million in questionable payouts to senior executives and former employees |
Citi
agrees to let judges alter mortgages
Democratic lawmakers have reached a deal with Citigroup Inc. on a plan
to let bankruptcy judges alter home loans in an effort to prevent
foreclosures and urged other lenders to follow suit. Dodd helps craft Citi home-loan deal Democratic lawmakers Christopher Dodd of Connecticut, Richard Durbin of Illinois and Charles Schumer of New York have reached a deal with Citigroup Inc Probe of CIA video destruction winding down The probe was launched last January after revelations that the CIA in 2005 destroyed videos of the interrogations of terrorism suspects Abu Zubaydah and Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri. Catholics targeted by NY man in $17M Ponzi scheme An 82-year-old businessman was charged Thursday with running a Ponzi scheme that took in at least $17 million from a clientele gleaned largely through ads in Catholic newspapers. CIA Official Sidney Gottlieb, 80, Dies; Directed Tests With LSD in... Sidney Gottlieb, 80, the former chief of the Central Intelligence Agency's technical services division who in the 1950s and '60s directed CIA mind control experiments, including the administration of drugs and LSD to unwitting human subjects, |
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| NYPD wants tech to disrupt wireless communicationsNew York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly revealed that his department is seeking technology that can disrupt cell phone and other wireless communications in the event of a crisis. | Will Robots Fight Tomorrow's Wars? US soldiers are using pint-sized MARCBOTS and other "war-bots" to defuse roadside bombs |
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(Warning...could be an attempt to force Obama to support Israel
unconditionally by making him look like he supports the enemy)Report:
Obama ready to talk to Hamas after taking office
The Guardian quotes unnamed sources that say Obama has been urged to
drop policy of abandoning HamasObama snubs Dean When President-elect Barack Obama introduced Kaine at party headquarters Thursday afternoon, Dean was 7,023 miles and seven time zones away. Burris Admits He Reached Out To Blago Confidant About Senate Seat Appearing before an Illinois House impeachment committee, Burris acknowledged that he had reached out to a close friend and former chief of staff to embattled Gov. Rod Blagojevich to discuss the Senate seat. That appears to contradict Burris' statement in a sworn affidavit that he had no contact with any of the governor's "representatives." The former chief of staff, Alonzo Monk, is named as "Lobbyist 1" in the criminal complaint, and ran Blagojevich's most recent reelection campaign. Incoming Treasury Secretary Overhauling Bailout To Aid Cities, Homeowners, Small Businesses....Panel Slams Treasury For Failure To Track Bailout Money |
Condom Burnings and Anti-Gay Witch Hunts: How Rick Warren
Is Undermining AIDs Prevention in Africa Team
Obama likes to cite Warren's work on AIDS in Africa to combat criticism
about the controversial pastor. But how does burning condoms save lives? Sanjay Gupta: What the Next Surgeon General Doesn't Know About Pot The next surgeon general needs to stop putting politics before science. Gupta may not be ready for that. FDA scientists complain to Obama of 'corruption' In an unusually blunt letter, a group of federal scientists is complaining to the Obama transition team of widespread managerial misconduct in a division of the Food and Drug Administration Obama Asks For Delay On Digital TV Transition "Growing Agreement" Among Republicans, Democrats On Need To Engage Hamas |
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| 10 percent of Guantanamo detainees now being force fed Guantanamo detainees are staging a fresh wave of hunger strikes ahead of the seventh anniversary of the controversial prison camps — a campaign a lawyer links to the speedy release of Osama bin Laden's driver from U.S. military detention. | |
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Cheney:
Nothing illegal in CIA interrogations Conyers Seeks Probe of Bush Crimes House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers proposed legislation to create a blue-ribbon panel of outside experts to probe the “broad range” of policies pursued by the Bush administration “under claims of unreviewable war powers,” including torture of detainees and warrant less wiretaps. |
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Most U.S. Stocks Gain, Led by Energy Producers; Tesoro, Citigroup Advance Most U.S. stocks gained as an advance in energy shares and Citigroup Inc.’s agreement to allow some homeowners to avoid foreclosure helped the market erase an early slide spurred by a worsening earnings outlook at retailers |
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| U.S. Consumer Borrowing Falls Record $7.9 Billion as Credit Freeze Deepens Consumer borrowing dropped by a record $7.9 billion in November as Americans scrambled to boost savings in face of the deepening recession and amid an investor exodus from securities backed by credit-card and other loans. | |
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US Studies Withdrawing More Troops from Iraq Iraq shoe thrower trial postponed Round-up of Daily Violence in Iraq - Thursday 8 Bombs kill five Iraqi soldiers in northern Iraq FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Jan 8 Shi'ite men hit the heads of boys with daggers, spilling blood onto Baghdad streets... |
Senators Request New KBR Investigation
The controversial military contractor firm KBR is being accused of
putting US soldiers at risk from inhaling a chemical at their facilities
in Iraq. Iraq orders eviction of squatters The Iraqi government ordered all illegal residents evicted from government buildings and government land within 60 days The Ministry of Oil is Calling the British and Italian Companies to Invest in Iraq The Iraqi Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani, called on Sunday, the British and Italian companies to compete in the licenses of investment sessions in Iraq, according to the statement of the Ministry's spokesman. |
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Security Council passes Gaza truce resolution
The U.N. Security Council tonight overwhelmingly approved a
resolution calling for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza. Fourteen of the
council's 15 members voted in favor of the resolution, with U.S.
Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice abstaining from the vote on behalf of
the United States One ill-directed missile has turned the tide of support against Israel Hamas might not be able to match the hi-tech fire-power of the Israeli military, but it lacks nothing in the highly imaginative methods it has devised to inflict the highest number of casualties against the invading Israelis. Israeli government says military offensive in Gaza will continue despite UN resolution Israel's government says it will press ahead with its military offensive in the Gaza Strip despite a U.N. Security Council resolution Iran Bans Activists From Fighting Israel Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei announced today that he would ban Iranians from leaving the country to carry out suicide attacks against Israel |
Death Toll in Gaza Passes 700, Including 220 Children
Third soldier dead in 24 hours of op Omer Rabinovitz dies in close gunfights in n. Gaza; 2 other soldiers killed, 1 wounded in earlier clashes. Hamas: Abbas no longer heads PA Fatah leader says he won't step down; four-year term expires, but Gaza overshadows dispute. Gunmen shoot dead two govt officials in Pakistani tribal area Gunmen Thursday shot dead two government employees in a tribal area in northwest Pakistan near the border with Afghanistan, where Taliban militants are active, an official said. 257 Palestinian children killed in Gaza Tiny bodies lying side by side wrapped in white burial shrouds Israeli Troops Kill UN Aid Truck Driver |
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Report: U.S. goals in Afghanistan unrealistic The U.S. and
its partners have shortchanged Afghanistan by focusing on
short-term goals pursued without a cohesive strategy or a clear
understanding of the way the poor, decentralized country works,
an independent study concludes. Troop surge could add $5.5B to 2009 war costs:One big item not included in Defense Secretary Robert Gates' $70 billion estimate for extra war costs this year: $5.5 billion for an anticipated troop surge in Afghanistan. By the summer, the Pentagon plans to increase U.S. forces there by more than one-third, in an effort to turn back a Taliban insurgency. Afghanistan: Civilians die in U.S. operation Afghanistan’s president said Thursday that 17 civilians were killed during clashes between U.S.-led troops and insurgents. The American military insisted all 32 killed in the fighting were militants. |
Karzai: US-Led Raid Kills 17 Civilians Hamid Karzai,
the president of Afghanistan, has rebuked US/Coalition forces
for running an operation that killed 17 civilians, including
women and children. Female cops test traditional gender roles in Afghanistan Afghan Official Says 2 Million Afghans Unemployed The Labor and Social Affairs Ministry added that an estimated 30000 foreigners are working in Afghanistan 2 soldiers dead in Afghanistan bombing A suicide bomber struck U.S. troops patrolling on foot in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing at least two soldiers and three civilians and wounding at least nine others, officials said. |
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| Petraeus: Afghan, Pakistan problems are really one U.S. policy to win in Afghanistan must recognize the poor nation's limitations and its neighborhood, especially its intertwined relationship with U.S. terrorism-fighting ally Pakistan, the top U.S. military commander in the region said Thursday. | U.S.: Top al Qaeda chiefs killed in Pakistan Two top al Qaeda terrorists have been killed in a U.S. missile strike on a building in northern Pakistan on New Year's Day, according to two senior U.S. officials. |
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Europe |
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| Albanian NGO sues government on CIA kidnap claim An Albanian civil rights group said Thursday it had sued the government to force it to divulge information on an alleged CIA abduction five years ago. | |
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