23/Jun 2008 | Local river traffic continues to move | Monday, June 23, 2008 10:59 PM EDTFlooding in the Midwest has brought freight traffic on the upper Mississippi River to a standstill, but the impact has yet to be felt locally, said James McCarville, ... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | 3,381,777 plays | Load up "medium" mode, build a maze and fend off filthy creeps until you've earned 1,000 points in Desktop Tower Defense 1. You're on your way to DTD mastery, young grasshopper. Time to load up "hard"... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Nagaland wins UN award for public service | United Nations, June 24: A government programme aimed at empowering people run by a North-East Indian state has won the coveted United Nations award for public service from Asia and the pacific region... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | 2008 Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone Could Be Largest Ever | As a record-breaking volume of floodwater laden with sewage and fertilizers rolls down the waterways of the Mississippi Basin towards the Gulf of Mexico, a joint federal-state task force released an u... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Rising Mississippi River | Floodwater from the Mississippi River surrounds a small shed behind a house Monday, June 23, 2008, in Foley, Mo. By CHERYL WITTENAUER Associated Press Writer WINFIELD, Mo. (AP) With a few days to go... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Feingold: Democrats Are Bush Enablers | Via MYDD : "Anybody who claims this [FISA Capitulation bill] is an okay bill, I really question if they've even read it. "Some of the rank and file Democrats in the Senate who were elected on this ref... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Still No Construction at Shoppes at North Hills | A roving Whispers correspondent noticed some time ago what appeared to be construction activity near the proposed site for the Shoppes at North Hills. Further investigation revealed that it was nothin... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Black s Terror Comment: Breathtaking Stupidity or Business as Usual? | It really is amazing to hear the corporate media pontificate over the comments of Charlie Black, McCain s top strategist. Black told Fortune Magazine another terror attack would be a big advantage f... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | McCain Disavows Aide's Terror Comment | Campaign advisor Charlie Black waits to board the charter jet with Republican presidential candidate. Campaign advisor Charlie Black waits to board the charter jet with Republican presidential candida... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | PUT A LITTLE SCIENCE IN YOUR LIFE | PUT A LITTLE SCIENCE IN YOUR LIFE By Brian Greene.And when we look at the wealth of opportunities hovering on the horizon stem cells, genomic sequencing, personalized medicine, longevity research, n... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Mousepad! | Dodd had once promised. we'll see but if I can manage it (I have to take Myla to ballet camp, yes ballet camp) I'm going to try to catch Sen. Ah - those were the days - I wax nostalgic about taking my... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Mississippi River still rising | WINFIELD , Mo. | With three days to go before the bloated Mississippi River reaches its crest, people toiled around the clock Monday to reinforce levees already strained and saturated from the pressur... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Coveted United Nations award for Nagaland | A government programme aimed at empowering people run by the north-east Indian state of Nagaland has won the coveted United Nations Award for Public Service from Asia and the Pacific region for 'foste... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Sierra Lobo to Test New Liquid Hydrogen Storage System in Hydrogen-Fueled Silverado | Sierra Lobo will test its No-Vent Liquid Hydrogen Storage and Delivery System, currently under development under contract with the Department of Defense (DOD), in a custom Hydrogen Internal Combustion... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Bellamy Says South Africa Protecting Zimbabwe's | ETHIOPIA: Chancellor Merkel promises Africa 3 billion euros in aid till 2011, tells African Union Germany is "deeply concerned about developments in Zimbabwe" . Affairs Africa African Ambassador Assis... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Supreme Court Rules on Right to Counsel | Says Right to Counsel Begins With First Appearance Before JudgeJustices begin final week before adjourning for summer Legal Times Tony Mauro June 24, 2008 A defendant's Sixth Amendment right to counse... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | First female 4-star general nominated | For the first time in US history a woman has been chosen for promotion to four-star general. The Defence Department announced Monday that President George W Bush nominated Lt General Ann Dunwoody to h... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | The Great Seal of Obama Gets the Hook | By Mark Rhoads The Obama campaign announced to news organizations on Monday that the Great Seal of Obama will not be seen in public again. According to several different news organizations on June 23,... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Nagaland gets UN award for public service | Photo gallery. United Nations: A government programme aimed at empowering people run by a north-east Indian state has won the coveted United Nations Award for Public Service from Asia and the Pacific ... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Pentagon, GAO mixed on Iraq | Two new reports point to security improvements but are pessimistic about political and economic progress. WASHINGTON -- Two new government reports, one by the Pentagon, pointed Monday to encouraging s... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Scouts enjoy shooting sports | The weeklong Tar River District Cub Scout Day Camp is being held at Benvenue Elementary School. "During the week, the Scouts play sports like football, baseball and kickball, learn how to shoot BB gun... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Three more brigades needed to fight Taliban: Admiral Mullen | Breaking News ::.British reporter captured from Pak-Afghan border released | Read More.Trial begins for Canada's first accused terrorist | Read More.Three more brigades needed to fight Taliban: Admira... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | The Pending FISA bill It s Worse Than I Thought | Last Friday I had a total meltdown about the House passage of the deeply flawed FISA bill. Presumptive presidential nominee and newly minted leader of the Democratic party Obama's statement in support... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Stick with the flood plan that works | Down come the sandbag levees after the Quad-City s fifth-worst flood and up comes the topic of a permanent Davenport floodwall. The fury of the floods of 2008 across Iowa is enough to convince any cas... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Ann Dunwoody First Woman Four-Star General | Ann Dunwoody has been nominated for a fourth star , making her the first woman to achieve that rank in American history. This is an historic occasion for the Department of Defense and I am proud to n... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Outside View: China's weapons -- Part 1 | Only recently, the defense budget of the People's Republic of China was a little over $20 billion. What stands behind its leap in military expenses? What war machine will it have in the future? Many c... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Army Corps chief lauds flood-fighting efforts | MASCOUTAH After getting a close-up look at the swollen Mississippi River and flood-devastated communities in Iowa, Missouri and Illinois, the commanding general of the U. Army Corps of Engineers had... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Public history round-up: Museum Studies edition | As we here in Potterville pull on our boots and get ready for the big rodeo and western celebration coming to town, I m happy to report that a few of you are getting out of your towns to attend conf... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Recording Industry: AM-FM Form Of Piracy | Recording Industry: AM-FM Form Of Piracy 06-23-2008 Wired The recording industry and U. radio companies have squared off for decades about whether AM and FM radio broadcasters should pay royalties ... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Ferguson: Funds needed for flood project | BOUND BROOK The long-awaited Green Brook flood control project is making slow, but steady progress. The current focus of the project supervised by the Army Corps of Engineers is the construction of... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | No blood for ... er ... um | More than five years after the invasion of Iraq - just in case you were still waiting - the oil giants finally hit the front page. Last Thursday, the New York Times led with this headline: "Deals with... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Britain admits to using 'brutal' vacuum bomb against Taliban | The Australian BRITISH forces in Afghanistan have used one of the world's most deadly and controversial missiles to fight the Taliban. Apache attack helicopters have fired the thermobaric weapons aga... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | The United States Army Medical Department Announces the Launch of an Innovative New Programming Series Called 'The Strength to Heal' That Will Run on | The United States Army Medical Department Announces the Launch of an Innovative New Programming Series Called 'The Strength to Heal' That Will Run on ReachMD XM 157 - The Channel for Medical . June 23... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Denver Pharyngufest | Denver on 3-4 July, and we're actually getting it together to plan a meetup at the RockBottom Restaurant on 16th and Curtis in downtown. I'll be there around 5ish on Thursday, 3 July, and I'll leave ... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Jeugenen | If the students who heard Barack Obama's commencement speech this last weekend at Connecticut's Wesleyan University were typical of their cohorts nationwide, his listeners were an overwhelmingly frien... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Brian Richards | Unity, N. What squirrel tastes like and other funny political lines from '08 so far . Charlie Black has had his moment of straight talk. and chances are he's not going to let it happen again. A r... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Female Army general's nomination called historic | WASHINGTON President Bush has nominated Lt. Dunwoody to take over the Army's Materiel Command as a four-star general, and if confirmed by the Senate she would be the first woman in U. In announcing... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Imagining the Pentagon Under a New President | Illinois Sen. Barack Obama talks with foreign policy adviser Richard Danzig during a flight to West Virginia in May. McCain adviser Richard Armitage (left), a former deputy secretary of state, testif... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Army Corps of Engineers meeting set | POMEROY - From 6:30 to 8:30 p. tomorrow at the Pomeroy Library, the Huntington District of the Army Corps of Engineers will be presenting a study on water resource concerns and opportunities in Meigs ... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | 56th SBCT | Spc. Jones Pennsylvania National Guard Public Affairs CAMP SHELBY, Miss., -- If it ain t raining, you ain t training. Or so the saying goes in the military, but don t tell that to these Pennsylvania N... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | MADDOW: McCain website launches | Why does John McCain's website have a video game of pooping pigs? And what does that have to do with government spending? ... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Karnit Goldwasser: 'A terrible day' | Karnit Goldwasser, wife of kidnapped IDF reservist Ehud Goldwasser, reacted with fury to news Monday evening that OC Chaplaincy Corps Rabbi Avichai Ronsky is sifting through evidence to determine whet... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Sheriff's department names interim tribal liaison | A retired sheriff's lieutenant who is a Torres-Martinez Indian was named today as interim tribal liaison to improve communications between the Riverside County Sheriff's Department and local Indian tr... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Wyo. Dems look to capitalize on new interest | CHEYENNE, Wyo. - Emboldened by a surge of new members and an effort to find quality candidates, Wyoming Democrats are looking to be more competitive in local state legislative races this year. AP News... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Virtual Declaration of War: New U.S. fleet to threaten Latin American sovereignty | The U. Navy on April 24 announced the return of the Fourth Fleet to the Caribbean, Central America and South America, covering 30 countries in the region. The fleet had operated in those waters beginn... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Farewell Vandenberg: Wing CC's parting words | Calif. -- Let me start by thanking each of you for what you've done for the 30th Space Wing, Vandenberg AFB, and our Air Force. Being your commander has been an honor and privilege. When I left Vanden... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | US army to get its first woman 4-star general | WASHINGTON - A 33-YEAR veteran of the US military, Lieutenant General Ann Dunwoody, on Monday became the first woman to be nominated to the highest rank in the US Army, four-star general. 'This is an ... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Grassroots alliance seeks task force to study local impact of dwindling oil | Ian Itow (left), Stout Radio president, and Matt Kaskavitch, Stout Radio vice president are standing in the space that will house the start-up Stout Radio in Fall 2008. They have some old and some new... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Experts find financial management systems need restructuring | Hot Shot. Forest Service, Wanda Wildenberg parachutes with the rest of her crew members into the danger area of a fire. Smokejumpers are often the first firefighters to mount an initial attack on the ... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | West Sea: Cold War frontier where war and reconciliation coexist | West Sea: Cold War frontier where war and reconciliation coexist By Byun Duk-kun YEONPYEONG ISLAND, South Korea, June 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's naval forces in the West Sea are still on high aler... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Salamander sneaks up on Eglin bypass plans | A salamander has crawled smack into the path of the proposed Eglin bypass. Fish and Wildlife Service, conducting an environmental analysis of the "preferred route" for the multi-million dollar highway... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | MHP | McGraw-Hill Companies is a global information services provider serving the financial services, education and business information markets with information products and services.'s other markets also ... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | H. Morgan Griffith to Join Albo & Oblon, L.L.P | ARLINGTON, Va. Morgan Griffith has joined the law firm Albo & Oblon, L. He will be Partner-in-Charge of the firm's new Roanoke/Salem office. Initially, he will be one of two lawyers at that office. He... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | "the press is actually faster | Clueless Robert Young Pelton used the picture below of Jack Idema in his book without permission. Being that Pelton doesn t know or understand what exactly this picture represents, he allows his ghost... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Rasmussen's latest survey | A temporary move over to this blogspot address as my host is screwing up (as happens often). A number of presidential polls were released over the past 24 hours, including (strangely enough) two polls... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Did Governor ask Aubertine to head NYPA? | 6/30/08 Karen DeWitt looks back at the political career of Joe Bruno. Brian Mann visits the set of a new Star Trek episode being filmed in Port Henry. Amy Ivy fills joins us for her weekly gardening c... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | The Middle Seat | Ending government limits on flights between the U. and Europe was supposed to ignite lots of new competition and offer consumers cheaper fares across the Atlantic. Headlines heralded a "boom in trans-... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | US military head to arrive this week on surprise visit | In a visit likely to fuel speculation about possible Israeli military action against Iran, Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Michael Mullen will touch down briefly in Israel at the end ... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | The Dregulator: Tapped Out | Excerpts from a Department of Defense news briefing on November 20, 2002, during which Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology Edward C. Pete Aldridge fielded questions... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | United States of Insecurity By Noam Chomsky | McCain offers reward to green carmakers. Henry Waxman Won't Stop Massive Crimes, But Does Want to Read About Them in Detail.org Source: Monthly Review Noam Chomsky s ZSpace Page Join ZSpace May 24, 20... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Effingham National Guard unit begins goodbyes | EFFINGHAM The "hand-picked" vanguard of a new wave of troop deployment to Afghanistan was given a grateful send-off Monday in Effingham. Approximately 85 soldiers from the Illinois Army National Gua... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | I Agree with AG Bob to an Extent | Henry Ryto : 1. Dave Gibson : "This is reflective of how we need to th. Although it made me throw up in my mouth, I do have to agree with AG Bob to a certain extent. Before we start investing in trans... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | McCain offers $300-million prize for new car battery | Republican presidential candidate Sen., answers a question during a campaign event at Fresno State in Fresno, Calif. -- A top adviser to John McCain said another terrorist attack on U. soil would be a... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | 2 U.S. soldiers killed today in Iraq | BAGHDAD A disgruntled local official opened fire Monday on U. soldiers attending a municipal council meeting southeast of Baghdad, killing two of them and wounding four other Americans, U. The assai... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Former mayor Roccucci to run for City Council | Former Roseville mayor Pauline Roccucci announced today that she will run for City Council in November, possibly replacing her husband Richard. "Roseville is facing significant challenges that will af... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Aide apologizes after McCain disavows his comments about terrorism | FRESNO, Calif. - A top adviser to John McCain said another terrorist attack on U. soil would be a "big advantage" for the Republican presidential candidate, drawing a sharp rebuke Monday from both the... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Nebraska senator demands report on alleged rac | Printer-friendly version Nebraska senator demands report on alleged racist incident Eds: ADDS comments from military on whether allegation was true. By NATE JENKINS Associated Press Writer LINCOLN... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Pentagon employees glued to single-malt cam for national security reasons | Support bill to regulate "troubled teen industry". Background on Cindy McCain's drug addiction . The Defense Threat Reduction Agency has taken a keen interest in the webcam of a Scottish distillery... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Bolivia man sentenced to 12 to 15 years in shooting death of his wife | Bolivia | Family members sobbed and wiped their tears as they sat in the seats of a Brunswick County courtroom listening to Don Kaufman speak on their behalf. Robert Kaufman, 65, sat across the room i... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Activists outraged by Kenyan biofuel plans on fragile wetland | N. Senate Leader Bruno will not seek another term The Cure bring darkness, light to N. concerts Bond Art + Science Redesigns The Atlantic's Online Presence SOASTA Announces Testing for Amazon EC2 Comm... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | SOASTA Announces Testing for Amazon EC2 Community | AP NewsAlert Autistic man recovering after 7 days in Wis. woods Record percentage of women pass top civil service exam for FY 2008+ Astronomical clues point to eclipse in Homer's 'Odyssey' N. Senate L... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Today s Education for Tomorrow s Military Leaders | Today s Education for Tomorrow s Military Leaders By John Cornyn- U. Senator Throughout our history, America has been ably defended by citizens willing to protect our freedom. That is doubly true now,... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Susan Valot | Voters to Decide on Recall of Capistrano Unified Board Members 06/23/2008 Voters in South Orange County will head to the polls on Tuesday. They're deciding in a special election whether to recall two ... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Special Send Off | It's an emotional day for military families in Effingham. Soldiers from Illinois' Army National Guard are preparing to leave for Afghanistan. The gym at Effingham high school was packed with several h... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Police Looking To Crack Down On Partying At Lake Shelbyville | SHELBY COUNTY)---This weekend's drowning at Lake Shelbyville is the latest in a string at the lake. On Saturday, 32-year old Troy Newcomb of Charleston died after witnesses say he went under water and... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | A Finger For Boeing | Mobile's future as the world's third manufacturer of large airplanes is still very much up in the air. The Air Force has made no decision about what to do since the Government Accountability Office si... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Coal Fired Plant to be Up in 2010 | Developers say a $1.3 billion coal-fired power plant in eastern Arkansas is expected to be completed two years from now, providing much needed electricity at affordable costs. and LS Power Development... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | For Fliers, 'Open Skies' Start Is Slow | Ending government limits on flights between the U. and Europe was supposed to ignite lots of new competition and offer consumers cheaper fares across the Atlantic. Headlines heralded a "boom in trans-... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Cameron Prices $750 Million of Senior Notes | HOUSTON, June 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cameron (NYSE: CAM) has priceda public offering of $450 million aggregate principal amount of 6 3/8% seniornotes due 2018 and $300 million aggregate principa... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Nebraska senator demands report on alleged racist incident | LINCOLN, Neb. Ernie Chambers of Omaha is demanding answers from the military about how it handled an incident in which an Army Reserve officer allegedly hung a noose in the work area of a black woman.... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Human-trafficking syndicate uses Clark as exit point -- center | Business Mirror The Blas F. Ople Policy Center, a nongovernment organization concerned with migrant workers rights and welfare, warned the public on Monday against the continued trafficking of women ... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Was Opting Out Necessary? | In choosing to forgo public financing for the general election campaign, Barack Obama calculated that the upside of being able to vastly outspend John McCain would outweigh the downside of being hit w... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | First US female four-star general nominated | WASHINGTON - US President George W. Bush nominated on Monday the first woman four-star general in the country's history. Dunwoody would make the US history by becoming the highest-ranked military offi... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | McCain panders on immigration, again | When he spoke to a collection of Democratic governors last Friday, the podium at which Barack Obama bore a seal that looked awfully familiar. It wasn't quite the official presidential seal, but an ada... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | SUNY-Cortland grad nominated to be first female four-star | 6:45 PMWashington -- For the first time in American history, a woman has been chosen for promotion to four-star general. The Pentagon announced Monday that President Bush has nominated Lt. Dunwoody t... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Residents Fighting Rising Mississippi River | WINFIELD, Mo. -- With a few days to go before the last stretch of the bloated Mississippi River reaches its crest, people toiled around the clock Monday to reinforce levees already strained and satura... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Guard work continues along Mississippi River | . With a few days to go before the last strech of the bloated Mississippi River reaches its crest, people toiled around the clock Monday to reinforce levees already strained and saturated from the p... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | New field manual centers on stability | . A new Army field manual in production at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., will stress a whole-of-government approach to combat. Officials say it is the first stability doctrine to meet the needs of force... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Mullen: Speed Up Warfighter Support | The nation s top military officer called on the Joint Staff today to speed up efforts to get new capabilities to warfighters and to focus on building capabilities needed to win not just the current wa... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Japan s Softbank Welcomes the iPhone | Japan is next in line to deliver the iPhone. Softbank have announced yesterday they have signed a deal with Apple and they will offer the iPhone to the Japanese market by the end of the year. I like t... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | US 'Surge' in Iraq Brings Relative Calm - Now What? | WASHINGTON - The military buildup in Iraq is about to end. But as the last of the five additional combat brigades now heads home, it leaves the country far safer than it was a year ago. The departure ... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Indian workers end DC hunger strike | Rhode Island: 42 arrested in ICE "fugitve" raid.On June 11, Indian workers who say they were forced into involuntary servitude under the H-2B visa program rallied in front of the Department of Justice... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Test case busts in Arizona anti-immigrant measure | 17:15.On June 10, sheriff's deputies in Maricopa County, Ariz., raided two water parks in the Phoenix area and arrested nine workers on charges of suspicion of identity theft and using forged document... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | North Korea developed nukes for Iran in Syria; Ha'aretz and Der Spiegel reports | Rima Barakat, anti-Israel, terrorist supporter in Colorado House Contest. by Jerry Gordon, American Congress for Truth Today s Ha aretz newspaper in Israel, reports on a story released by the German ... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Apex woman missing on Calif. mountain | Apex woman missing on Calif. Both sides await Supreme Court ruling on right to bear arms. -- Rescuers were searching for a North Carolina woman and her hiking partner today on a mountain in northern C... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Commander: Airmen relieved about decision to halt personnel cuts | RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany The commander of the 86th Airlift Wing and Kaiserslautern Military Community says Defense Secretary Robert Gates decision to halt Air Force personnel cuts has been "well ... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Generals report fewer attacks against coalition forces in Iraq | ARLINGTON, Va. Attacks against coalition forces in Iraq are down by 80 percent compared with last June, a top commander of U. In a remote briefing with Pentagon reporters from Baghdad, Army Lt. Aust... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,104 | As of Monday, June 23, 2008, at least 4,104 members of the U. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes eight militar... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Delta to drop local flights to Cincinnati | Delta Air Lines will discontinue its flights between the University Park Airport and Cincinnati as of Sept. The flights were through Comair, a Delta Connection partner, and had served the airport sinc... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Avue announces new identity theft protection for federal subscribers | Avue Technologies Corp., which provides human resources software to federal agencies, will begin providing employees of its client agencies identity theft protection free of charge this summer. "Every... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | VA employees to test out pay for performance | The Veterans Affairs Department is launching a pilot project that will replace the decades-old General Schedule pay system with one that more closely ties pay to performance. On June 18, VA announced ... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Feds charge 22-year-old Pentagon contractor with procurement fraud | By Elizabeth Newell and Robert Brodsky enewell@govexec.com June 23, 2008 A Miami-based defense contractor has been charged with defrauding the federal government by delivering faulty, decades-old mu... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | House supplemental bill praised for including extra research and science funds | Congressional science champions are giving cautious praise to the House-passed war supplemental bill for its inclusion of extra funding for key federal science and research programs. The measure would... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Williamson Is Green, Too | Williamson Is Green, Too. NEWS ALERT: USPS Issues New Standards for Intelligent Mail Barcodes. Special Report: Graphics of the Americas Education Focus.Dale Stokes on The Industry's Connection to Educ... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Northrop Grumman defends right to keep tanker contract | Northrop Grumman is sending a message out on Capitol Hill: The defense company still holds the right to a $35 billion aerial tanker contract despite a stunning ruling in favor of rival Boeing . Most l... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | 'Open Skies' Pact Is Here, Travel Boom Isn't | Ending government limits on flights between the U. and Europe was supposed to ignite lots of new competition and offer consumers cheaper fares across the Atlantic. Headlines heralded a "boom in trans-... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | First female poised to become four-star | Lt. Dunwoody, deputy commander and chief of staff of U. Army Material Command, is poised to become the first female four-star general in the U. Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced Monday that the... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | German politicians seek nuclear weapon removal | . A group of German politicians have demanded the U. remove its nuclear weapons from Germany citing an Air Force investigatory. nukes failed to meet Defense Department security requirements. Atomic ... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | United States Backs EFCC under Farida | The United States of Ameriaca has announced its backing of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission s (EFCC) under the new elected boss AIG (Rtd) Farida Waziri. According to a statement fromm the U... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Color Code Ridge as Tardy | Former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge recently filed a lobbying disclosure form on his work for the government of Albania -- nearly two years late. Ridge signed a $480,000, one-year contract wi... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Army manual centers on stability Eds: INCORP | INCORPORATES BC-KS--Army-Stability; BC-KS--Riley-Arabic Courses; BC-KS--Guard-Historians By JOHN MILBURN Associated Press Writer . Caldwell and Leonard said early mistakes allowed insurgents to regrou... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | You can be as belligerent as you like. Just post it in the headline discussion group | After months of wrangling, Democratic and Republican leaders in Congress struck a deal on Thursday to overhaul the rules on the government s wiretapping powers and provide what amounts to legal immuni... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | First female four-star U.S. Army general nominated | Story Highlights. By law women are excluded from combat jobs, the typical path to four-star rank . Dunwoody has served 33 years, and became Army's top-ranking woman in 2005 . There are 57 active-duty ... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Gregory Poole treats U.S. Army officers to a day of fishing | Gregory Poole Marine Power (GPMP) executives met recently with four visiting officers in the United States Army to organize a free day of fishing aboard the Hatterascal Corporate Sportfishing Yacht. T... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Hikers Missing On Northern Calif. Mountain | MOUNT SHASTA, Calif. -- Rescuers were searching Mount Shasta on Monday for two hikers reported missing over the weekend. One of the hikers called 911 Saturday night to say he was on top of the mountai... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | A Disturbing Almost Trend | Barack Obama for President. There are some differences on domestic and social policy that I will identify over the coming months (abortion and increasing the budget of the national government) but ove... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Witnesses Link Chemical to Ill US Soldiers Highly toxic substance used at Iraq plant | GI Says: "Ask Me 'What Would You Rather Do, Spend Your Life In Prison Or Murder A Child?,' I Would Much Rather Spend My Life In Prison. CALLING ALL UNION MEMBERS WHO ARE VETERANS, ON ACTIVE DUTY IN TH... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Commander in Iraq: U.S. forces in Iraq doing more with less | Iraq: Iraqi forces are not there yet Mullen: Afghanistan and Pakistan secruity linked. Odierno credits change in tactics for post-surge security improvements. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates speaks ... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Mullen: Afghanistan and Pakistan secruity linked | Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, says that there can t be discssion on the secuirty of Afghnistan withou talking about Pakistan. He calls for a plan and strategy to deal wit... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Mullen s vision for success in Iraq | Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, says that success in Iraq is, Getting to a point where the Iraqi government can provide for it s people, where the economy is healthy, wher... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Misguided focus on Iraq threatens America with bankruptcy | Confronting foreign intelligence and information gaps was the topic of discussion at the New America Foundation led by Senator Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) Feingold identified a lack of any coherent plan o... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | These guys just need a date! | Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, recounts his visits to troops returning from the theater of war. He says that a primary concern is more time in the U. between deployments s... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Waxman: Republicans enable Bush s secrecy | Rep.) during the Bush administration, saying that a lack of oversight over the last six years has allowed for the executive branch to be secretive without interference. Chairman Henry Waxman (D-CA) st... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Krupp responds | This is a guest post from Fred Krupp, head of the Environmental Defense Fund. ----- I had the pleasure of appearing on PBS' Charlie Rose last week for a wide-ranging conversation about climate change ... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Many Iowa Levees Not Inspected | Many Iowa Levees Not Inspected 06-23-2008 Des Moines Register Many Iowa levees are makeshift creations not built to federal specifications and are rarely inspected, state and federal officials ackno... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Lawmakers OK borrowing $3.9B for school construction | Jon Corzine, who implored lawmakers last week to pass it. The Senate vote of 21-18 came almost two hours after the Assembly passed the bill by a vote of 42-36. Republicans in both houses took a party ... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | 32 Ex-US Attorneys Ask Senate to Bolster Corporate Attorney-Client Privilege | Martha Neil Adding, for the first time, insider Justice Department protests to a growing weight of concern about the McNulty memo, a bipartisan group of 32 former U. attorneys has sent a letter asking... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Mid-Century Architecture at Risk on the Waterfront? Not Quite Yet | I recently came across rumors that rising waterfront real estate prices may spell a visit from the bulldozer for the barrel-roofed town homes at River Park , a Charles Goodman cooperative in Southwest... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | In Italy, Little Agreement Over '68 Protests | Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung is being received at the White House Tuesday. There are calls on Capitol Hill for President Bush to make human rights a focal point of talks, but the administ... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | A bomb-laden RAF Typhoon takes off during Gre | A bomb-laden Royal Air Force Typhoon fighter takes off for an evening mission here June 3 during Green Flag 08-07. By successfully dropping munitions in the Green Flag exercise, the RAF proved the Typ... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Air Force aims to improve electronic warfare capabilities | WASHINGTON (AFPN) -- Controlling the electromagnetic spectrum to deny or attack an adversary -- that is electronic warfare, and the Air Force is in search of ways to maximize that capability. Air Forc... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | The Oil Majors Take a Little Sip of the Ol' Patrimony | Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch.com, Jun 22, 2008 More than five years after the invasion of Iraq -- just in case you were still waiting -- the oil giants finally hit the front page Last Thursday, the N... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | State Department Asked To Investigate Saudi Academy | FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. -- The chairman of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors is asking the U.S State Department to decide whether a controversial Saudi government-funded Islamic school should remain... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | 2 hikers missing on Northern Calif. mountain | MOUNT SHASTA, Calif. - Rescuers were searching for a North Carolina woman and her hiking partner Monday on a mountain in northern California after the pair was reported missing over the weekend. One o... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Questions remain about Iraq as US prepares for eventual drawdown | 18:11 EDTPENTAGON (AP) -- Two reports issued today by the Pentagon suggest Iraq is still not ready to stand alone. The quarterly Iraq progress report warns that Iran and Syria continue to provide safe... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Accord on Delaware river dredging | Pennsylvania and the U. Army Corps of Engineers signed a formal agreement this morning to deepen the Delaware River to allow passage of larger ships and major expansion of the region's maritime econom... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Crazy World Order | Jeff Huber "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting it to come out different." -- attributed to Benjamin Franklin One problem with using the rational actor model... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | First female 4-star Army general nominated | Story Highlights. By law women are excluded from combat jobs, the typical path to four-star rank . Dunwoody has served 33 years, and became Army's top-ranking woman in 2005 . There are 57 active-duty ... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Floods: Army Corps Says PR Turns Babblers into Spokespersons | Congress(2579)Spin(554)Corporate Accountability(544)Other(438)Spin(405)Katrina(363)Internet(322)Radio(279)Louisiana(184)Illinois(181)Orleans(83)Disinformation(68)Corporations Iraq Conrractors(54)Iowa(... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | List of coalition deaths | U. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes eight military civilians killed in action. At least 3,340 died as a resu... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | New report shows police are wasting their time | The Kiwi Party _New report shows police are wasting their time The Kiwi Party Press Release June 24, 2008 Kiwi Party Leader and organiser of the petition for a referendum on the Anti-smacking law said... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | McCain Disavows Terror Comment | 15:24 PDT Fresno, Calif. (AP) -- John McCain distanced himself Monday from a top adviser who said another terrorist attack on U. soil this election year would benefit the Republican presidential candi... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | U.S. court overturns classification of Chinese Muslim as enemy combatant | Hundreds feared dead after ferry capsizes off Philippines The Philippines government has grounded the entire fleet of a company whose ferry capsized in a deadly typhoon, as rescuers continue desperate... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | McCain Adviser Regrets Terror Attack Comment | FRESNO, Calif. (AP) John McCain distanced himself Monday from a top adviser who said another terrorist attack on U. soil this election year would benefit the Republican presidential candidate. Bara... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | McCain would offer $300 million reward for new auto battery | FRESNO, Calif. Republican presidential candidate John McCain said today that the search for alternatives to the country's dependence on foreign oil is so urgent that he's willing to throw money at i... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Analysis: Levin blocks IT nomination | Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin, D-Mich., has blocked the Pentagon's nominee to head the Defense Information Systems Agency, because her husband is a senior executive at the nation... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Dunwoody to Become First Female Four-Star | WASHINGTON - For the first time in American history a woman has been chosen for promotion to four-star general. The Pentagon announced Monday that President Bush nominated Lt. Dunwoody to head the Arm... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | SAFRAN Submits Proposal to Acquire Secure ID Business of Digimarc Corporation (NASDAQ: DMRC) | BUSINESS WIRE) -- SAFRAN today confirmed that it has submitted to the Board of Directors of Digimarc Corporation an unsolicited proposal to acquire the outstanding common stock of Digimarc Corporation... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Joint probe into Mohmand Agency attack begin | By Qudssia Akhlaque ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the US military officials have firmed up modalities for a joint probe into the June 10 attack on a Pakistani outpost in Mohmand Agency by American-led Coali... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Testing requirements could delay US defence | WASHINGTON: US plans for a missile defence system in Europe could be delayed well beyond the 2013 target because of findings by Defence Department experts that the interceptors have not been adequatel... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | MLB to help veterans at home | Commissioner's message Stars & Stripes caps WelcomeBackVeterans.org MLB in the Community William Halstead watched his rejuvenated Mets on TV at his Long Island home on Sunday afternoon, and they... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | First U.S. Female Four-star General Nominated | U. Bush nominated on Monday the first woman four-star general in the country's history. history by becoming the highest-ranked military officer in the country. Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Military history unit heading to Afghanistan | . A detachment of military historians are heading to Afghanistan later this week to begin their mission to document the war there. The 102nd Military History Detachment of the Kansas Army National G... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | As U.S. surge in Iraq ends, what next? | . WASHINGTON The military buildup in Iraq is about to end. But as the last of the five additional combat brigades now heads home, it leaves the country far safer than it was a year ago. The departu... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Lt. Gen. Ann E. Dunwoody | Lt. Dunwoody, deputy commander and chief of staff of U. Army Material Command, is poised to become the first female four-star general in the U. Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced Monday that the... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Group Helps Families With Education | Military family members looking to further their education have a friend in a support organization called Thanks USA. So many spouses appreciate the opportunity to go back to school and finish their ... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Chairman Calls Homeless Veterans Hugely Important Issue,' Urges Action | Calling the issue hugely important, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff today said the nation must fully integrate efforts to help homeless veterans. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs ... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Violence in Iraq Down to Four-Year Low | Violence in Iraq dropped in May to its lowest level in four years, according to a Defense Department report released to Congress today. The quarterly report, required by Congress, measured progress in... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Leading Civil Rights Organizations United in Opposition to NCLB Recess Until Reauthorization Act | No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Recess Until Reauthorization Act (H. 6239) was not offered as an amendment to the fiscal 2009 appropriations bill for the education, labor, and health and human service dep... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Windmill International, Inc. Team Awarded U.S. Navy SeaPort Enhanced (SeaPort-e) Contract | NASHUA, N., June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Windmill International, Inc. is pleased to announce it has been awarded a prime contract under the Navy's SeaPort Enhanced (SeaPort-e) Multiple Award Contract (MAC)... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Historian Allan R. Millett to Receive 2008 Pritzker Military Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement | Historian Allan R. Millett to Receive 2008 Pritzker Military Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement. Millett has been selected to receive the 2008 Pritzker Military Library Literature Award... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Women's Lives Becoming Increasingly Expendable In War Zones | News. The end result of a suicide bombing remains the same whether it's the work of a woman or a man. And yet, female suicide bombers remain relatively rare in Iraq, despite the lower status of women ... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Don't Ask, Don't Tell, And Try Not To Be A Woman | News. Although this picture shows 1 female and 4 male former members of our Armed Forces which is more or less the ratio of women to men in the U. military today it is not the ratio of lesbians to... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Crews Race to Secure Mississippi River as Water Rises | 3:47PMRiver Would Swamp Over 100 Homes If Levee Breaks WINFIELD, Mo. - With three days to go before the bloated Mississippi River reaches its crest, people toiled around the clock Monday to reinforce ... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Mullen wants 3 more brigades to fight Afghan Taliban | Mullen wants 3 more brigades to fight Afghan Taliban WASHINGTON: The chief of the US military, Admiral Michael Mullen, said Monday he needed three more brigades in Afghanistan to battle Taliban fighte... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Use of force last option to restore peace, says Hoti | Use of force last option to restore peace, says Hoti By Zakir Hassnain PESHAWAR: NWFP Chief Minister Ameer Haider Khan Hoti on Monday expressed his opposition to the use of force against militants, sa... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | US appeals court rules that Chinese Muslim wrongly accused of being an enemy combatant | WASHINGTON A Chinese Muslim at Guantanamo Bay got a small measure of vindication Monday when a federal appeals court announced it had thrown out his designation as an enemy combatant, marking a setbac... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Disavows Aide's Terrorism Remarks | FRESNO, Calif. (AP) -- John McCain distanced himself Monday from a top adviser who said another terrorist attack on the United States in this election year would benefit the Republican presidential ca... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Coal-fired power plant in Ark. to be operating in 2010 | OSCEOLA, Ark.3 billion coal-fired power plant in eastern Arkansas is expected to be completed two years from now, providing much needed electricity at affordable costs, developers say. and LS Power De... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Barge Mired in First Dredging Attempt | The Army Corps of Engineers has hired a contractor to begin removing 245,000 tons of mud to create a channel through the Genesee River. Dredging was barely underway when the barge carrying debris to L... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | County loan approval expected Tuesday for low-income housing in Cathedral City | The Riverside County Board of Supervisors is expected to approve an $800,000 loan Tuesday for an affordable housing development in Cathedral City that will include new apartments for low income famili... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | New York Health Care Service Award Presented to Army Guard's Citizen Soldiers | Media Advisory for Health Association of NYS Presentation to NY Army Guard Physician LATHAM, NY (06/23/2008; 1144)(readMedia)-- Hundreds of health care leaders from every corner of New York State will... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | McCain disavows aide's terrorism comment | News . FRESNO, California (AP) John McCain distanced himself Monday from a top adviser who said another terrorist attack on the United States in this election year would benefit the Republican pres... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | 321.17 | THC - Tenet to Sell Interest in Broadlane [2008-06-23 17:47 ET] UWN - Nevada Gold Announces Important Step in Buena Vista Development Process [2008-06-23 17:45 ET] HLS - HealthSouth Corporation to Sel... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Ticket video chat: Matt Welch on 'McCain: The Myth of a Maverick' -- V | Breaking Barack Obama fashion news from Italy!. Tim Pawlenty keeps giving us more info than we might want . This is Chapter V of VIII in our conversation with Matt Welch, the debonair author of a ... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Man pleads guilty in defense contract ponzi scheme | A Haddon Heights man pleaded guilty in federal court in Camden today to scamming millions from investors who believed his company had a government defense contract to ship military equipment overseas.... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Rio Tinto Wins Iron Ore Increase From China | Okla. utility bills to rise on higher fuel costs this minute Oklahoma Gas & Electric customers should expect to see an average increase of about $15 per month beginning on their July bills to pay for... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Ahmed Ouyahia appointed new Prime Minister of Algeria, AFP reports | Okla. utility bills to rise on higher fuel costs 2 minutes ago Oklahoma Gas & Electric customers should expect to see an average increase of about $15 per month beginning on their July bills to pay f... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Tracy Hiker, Friend Missing On Mount Shasta | MOUNT SHASTA, Calif. -- Rescuers were searching Mount Shasta on Monday for two hikers reported missing over the weekend. One of the hikers called 911 Saturday night to say he was on top of the mountai... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | DT Administrivia | I know you all must have been wondering "who is this Colin Clark guy and what's he doing here?" "Catch the Buzz?" what the heck does that mean. Colin is a crack defense business reporter and editor wh... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | "F-35 Offers Multirole Surprises" | This article first appeared in Aerospace Daily and Defense Report. The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) will "redefine the concept of multirole strike" aircraft, Lockheed Martin officials say, but they... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Court ruling on detainee another setback for gov't | WASHINGTON - A Chinese Muslim at Guantanamo Bay got a small measure of vindication Monday when a federal appeals court announced it had thrown out his designation as an enemy combatant, marking a setb... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Free Meals Program Begins for Low-Income Summer School Students | OAKLAND, Calif. -- Community leaders in Oakland want to be sure that low income summer school students do not go hungry. Students at Franklin Elementary School in Oakland are some of the first ones to... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Unmet demands | Continued force expansion is the only way to solve the global shortfalls caused by high demand for U. special operations troops in the Middle East, a senior Pentagon adviser says. In addition to those... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Telecoms Flex Their Muscles: FISA Compromise Locks-in Lawless Spying | Tom Burghardt / June 23rd, 2008 You knew it would eventually come to this: a huge victory for the Bush regime and a gigantic swindle by Democratic party sell-outs posing as an opposition. Thursday, ... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | 1st ever 4-star general in U.S. history is nominated | WASHINGTON - For the first time in American history a woman has been chosen for promotion to four-star general. The Pentagon announced Monday that President Bush nominated Lt. Dunwoody to head the Arm... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Finally, the Oil | The Oil Majors Take a Little Sip of the Ol' Patrimony By Tom Engelhardt More than five years after the invasion of Iraq -- just in case you were still waiting -- the oil giants finally hit the front p... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | CSC Signs $103 Million (AUD$110 Million) Contract Extension With Department of Immigration and Citizenship | Downie stepping down at Washington Post Charges filed in shooting of pregnant bank teller Date set for Odysseus' return from Trojan War US army to get its first female four-star general Kimber interse... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | US army to get its first female four-star general | U. Korea on abduction issue after delisting: Rice+ Residents keep fighting rising Mississippi River McCain proposes $300M prize for new auto battery . A 33-year veteran of the US military, Lieutenant ... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | McCain disavows aide's comment abou | Glen Johnson John McCain distanced himself Monday from a top adviser who said another terrorist attack on the United States in this election year would benefit the Republican presidential candidate. ... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | James Bacque's Other Losses - A Review | Seldom has the publication of a historical monograph on a subject ordinarily of interest only to a few specialists - the treatment of prisoners of war - received so much attention or excited so much a... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Residents Keep Fighting Rising Mississippi | Periscope. (CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa) With a few days to go before the last strech of the bloated Mississippi River reaches its crest, people toiled around the clock Monday to reinforce levees already stra... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | House committee to look at anti-UIGEA bill | Rep.) sponsored the bill along with Senator Ron Paul (R-Texas) in response to a hearing that pointed out the flaws in the UIGEA that are not only making it hard to implement, but could make it hard to... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Jonathan Skillings | Boeing has done a lot of crowing about its 787 Dreamliner--and had to eat its fair share of crow along the way, too. Power on: A Boeing technician plugs an external power cart into the first 787 Drea... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | N.C. woman, hiking friend missing on Mount Shasta | MOUNT SHASTA, Calif. (AP) -- Rescuers were searching for a North Carolina woman and her hiking partner Monday on a mountain in northern Califonia after the pair was reported missing over the weekend. ... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Stop BushCo's cuts to Public Broadcasting | Dear Friend, Funding for public broadcasting is in danger. Take Action Now The Bush administration has slashed the proposed public broadcasting budget by 56 percent -- putting at risk vital news, educ... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Shhh...The nation is in a record fiscal crisis | Congressmen Joe Pitts and Phil English : With the price of gas well over $4 a gallon nationwide, with no end to the high prices in sight, what is Congress doing? More. Phil English : It's Past Time to... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | ANALYSIS & EDITOR S COMMENT: Inbedded reporting | Iran. The messages from Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to Ambassador to Washington Salai Meridor and Transportation Minister Shaul Mofaz is clear: Israel will not tolerate a nuclear Iran. Indeed Israel is... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Republican Judiciary Member Attacks McCellan | Welcome to Judiciary Committee's First Book of the Month Club Meeting,' Snarks Ranking Member, Comparing Former Press Sec to Judas, During Oversight Hearing Concerning First-Ever Outing of Covert CIA ... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | 'More troops needed in Afghanistan' | US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen says he needs three more brigades in Afghanistan to battle Taliban fighters. "We are short of forces there," Mullen said during a meeting o... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Vacation Property Owners Face Fine for Filling in Wetland | Robert and Gayle Greenhill, owners of more than 3,200 acres of land on the western shore of Moosehead Lake in Maine, face a possible U. Environmental Protection Agency fine of up to $157,500 for filli... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Justices take sonar, whales case | The justices will take up the Navy s objections to environmental-based restrictions placed on the use of high-frequency sonar. The court also refuses to hear a challenge to the U. Discuss Article (1... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | McCain disavows aide's comment about terrorism | FRESNO, Calif. - John McCain distanced himself Monday from a top adviser who said another terrorist attack on the United States in this election year would benefit the Republican presidential candidat... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Air Force Purge Stemmed From Future War Fights | When Defense Secretary Robert Gates fired the Air Force s military and civilian chiefs earlier this month, he insisted that the decision was based entirely on the service s mishandling of nuclear we... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | A Revolutionary Campaign | 22, 2008By Andy Borowitz Republican presidential nominee John McCain officially kicked off his general election campaign today, promising to bring his race for the White House to all 13 colonies. At... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Things that make you go, Hmm | Obama From NBC's Domenico Montanaro A terrorist attack would benefit McCain , says McCain adviser Charlie Black And Karl Rove says Obama reminds him of the guy at the country club with the beautifu... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | First female four star | From NBC's Jim Miklaszewski and Courtney Kube The Pentagon today nominated the first woman in history to be a four-star general in the Army. Dunwoody was nominated to the rank of general and, if confi... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Mississippi River still rising in parts of Mo., Ill | Weather. Along one of the last stretches of Mississippi River where the river is still rising, around-the-clock efforts continued Monday to keep floodwaters at bay. Officials in Lincoln County aske... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | McCain proposes $300M prize for new | Glen Johnson Republican presidential candidate John McCain said Monday that the search for alternatives to the country's dependence on foreign oil is so urgent that he's willing to throw money at it. ... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Fireworks Expected Before Recess | Latest AM. Lawmakers face several issues this week that might cause fireworks, even as they look to clear the legislative docket and leave for the Independence Day recess. The Senate is expected to vo... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | McCain disavows aides comment about terrorism | 15:55:03 Location: FRESNO, Calif. John McCain distanced himself Monday from a top adviser who said another terrorist attack on the United States in this election year would benefit the Republican pres... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Noose found on former supervisor's mailbox | RAY MOORE WOKE UP Wednesday morning and found a noose hanging from his mailbox. Moore, an African-American, is a former Yuma County Supervisor. A Yuma man, and former county supervisor, was shocked to... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | KURDS IN NASHVILLE PROTEST THE TURKISH INVASION OF IRAQI KURDISTAN | Nashville s Kurds are a significant part of the Kurdish Diaspora, and for some, the community here represents the Kurdish capital of North America. Several events in the past week have kept these Nas... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Wilmington City Council asks for rescheduled Titan meeting | The Star-News is hosting an informational forum on the proposed Titan cement plant at 7 p. June 30 in the Warwick Center ballroom at the University of North Carolina Wilmington.com/Titan to submit que... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Dr. Bienvenido Lumbera: An Authentic National Artist | Bien Lumbera: Activist, National Artist for Literature. Ninotchka Rosca on Global War on Terror, Subic Rape Case, Political Killings .. Painting a King s Lexis... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Ragged roads to perfect pavement | Big guys on bicycles have more time to think than other cyclists because it takes the aerodynamically-challenged rider longer to get somewhere. I thought about that this week while huffing up Eisele H... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Fitton veteran of three wars WWII, Korea, Vietnam | Colonel David Fitton has enjoyed life to the fullest for 88 years. Fitton, a highly decorated United States Air Force pilot, has lived the majority of his life away from the military in Harrison. 28, ... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Dunwoody to become first female four-star general | Court affirms terror-related convictionA federal appeals court has upheld the conviction of a man who lied to a federal grand jury about his training with a Pakistani militant group. The Strangest (an... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | McCain criticizes adviser's terrorism comments | FRESNO, California (CNN) Sen. John McCain distanced himself Monday from comments made by a senior campaign adviser suggesting that McCain would stand to benefit politically from a terrorist attack o... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | U.S. floodwaters held at bay as cleanup starts | By Kay Henderson DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) - Levees held on the Mississippi River on Monday in the worst Midwest floods in 15 years as residents tackled a slow, smelly and costly recovery from multib... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Spencer Stall | ECONOMY SINKING, BEING SOLD TO OVERSEAS INVESTORS Maybe, just maybe, there is an economic underpinning to some of this malaise and madness. Some of us know and others are discovering our our economy, ... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Florida Congressman's Car Dealership Accused of Sleaze | There are few professionals that Americans consider sleazier than politicians. The first-term Republican congressman from Sarasota, Florida owns one of the state's biggest auto dealership chains. Yest... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | The Cocktail Napkin Plan for an Iran Coup | Washington Dispatch:More on the covert meetings between Pentagon officials and shady Iranian expats, plus other intel details from a new Senate report. By Laura Rozen and Dave Wagner Art: Steve Brodne... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | 3 U.S. troops killed by Iraqi politician | Pentagon: Roadside bombings, deaths fall. Iraqi officials say a member of the city council in a town southeast of Baghdad shot and killed at least three U. troops attempted to enter the city council b... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Residents keep fighting rising Mississippi River | WINFIELD, Mo. With three days to go before the bloated Mississippi River reaches its crest, people toiled around the clock Monday to reinforce levees already strained and saturated from the pressure... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Political Musicians Find New Home on PoliRock.com | Clubm8 - Find Friendship or Love on Your Cellphone ClubM8 - the coolest text community in America. Chat, flirt and date, anytime, anywhere, with your cell phone (and your unique personality!). Club M8... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Agency Can Reassign Employee--And Fire An Employee Who Refuses to Go | RSS. By Susan Smith Monday, June 23, 2008 You can have daily headlines from FedSmith.com delivered right to your desktop each business morning. The service is free and you don't get junk e-mail as th... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | USGS News - Two 500-Year Floods Within 15 Years: What are the Odds? | The term "500-year flood" has been used to describe the recent flooding in the Midwest. Midwesterners who experienced the Great Flood of 1993 - said to be a 500-year flood at the time - can hardly be ... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Monday's Sports Calendar | BAYOU YOUTH ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION Tuesday. Thibodaux Regional Medical Center at Capital One Cardinals, 5:30 p. Skipper s at Thibodaux Regional Medical Center, 7 p. The 2008 LaBon Winter League Baseball... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Guard Boosts Forces to Fight Floods | WASHINGTON, June 23, 2008 Missouri is the latest Midwestern state to see increasing numbers of National Guard citizen-soldiers and airmen on duty in the face of the region s worst flooding in 15 ye... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Floodwaters held at bay as cleanup starts | Kay Henderson DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) - Levees held on the Mississippi River on Monday in the worst Midwest floods in 15 years as residents tackled a slow, smelly and costly recovery from multibil... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Speculators make 70% of crude trades | NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Speculators now account for about 70% of all benchmark crude-oil trading on the . New York Mercantile Exchange, up from 37% in 2000, according to congressional findings ci... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | US military chief wants three more brigades to fight Taliban | The chief of the US military, Admiral Michael Mullen, said Monday he needed three more brigades in Afghanistan to battle Taliban fighters and train Afghan forces. "We are short of forces there," Mulle... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Hold accountable those behind sex crimes in US prisons | Sex crime has a telltale signature, even when those directing the outrages are some of the most powerful men and women in the United States. How extraordinary, then, to learn that one of the perpetrat... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Doctors Report Finds Evidence of U.S. Torture and War Crimes | AP | Medical examinations of former terrorism suspects held by the U. military at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, found evidence of torture and other abuse that resulted in serious... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Juli | The distress over the recent Supreme Court decision, Boumediene v. John Yoo, law professor at right-wing Berkeley sounds off at the Wall Street Journal. Is this simply an anti-Bush vote on the part of... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | That's Not Richard Dawkins on Twitter | He isn t Twittering . He says so in this comment : Yet again, some impostor is pretending to be me. I do not Twitter, I had never even heard of Twittering until a thread on RichardDawkins.net alerted ... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Iraqi Official Kills US Soldier | BAGHDAD, Iraq - One U. soldier was killed and five others were wounded Monday in a bizarre shooting incident near the town of Salman Pak, south of Baghdad, according to U. Iraqi authorities said a mem... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | 'Don't Ask' Hitting Women Harder | The Army and Air Force discharged a disproportionate number of women in 2007 under the "don't ask, don't tell" policy that prohibits openly gay people from serving in the military, according to Pentag... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | No Blood For ...er, um | This article originally appeared on Tom Dispatch . More than five years after the invasion of Iraq--just in case you were still waiting--the oil giants finally hit the front page. Tom Engelhardt : Mo... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | As I See It: Flights of Fancy | Victor Rozek On December 7, 2005, the Air Force released its new mission statement: "The Mission of the United States Air Force is to deliver sovereign options for the defense of the United States of ... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | CA Legislature's 'Reform' of Health Insurance Cancellations Resembles Insurance Industry's Own Plan; Insurers, Satisfied With Getting a Legal Edge Aga | CA Legislature's 'Reform' of Health Insurance Cancellations Resembles Insurance Industry's Own Plan; Insurers, Satisfied With Getting a Legal Edge Against Patients, Drop Opposition to the Bill., June ... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Search Continues for Missing Couple on Mount Shasta | MOUNT SHASTA, CA - Two Air National Guard Blackhawk helicopters and two California Highway Patrol helicopters joined the search Monday for a couple missing on Mount Shasta since Saturday, federal offi... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Efforts to hold back Mississippi continue | WINFIELD, Mo. | Along one of the last stretches of Mississippi River where the river is still rising, around-the-clock efforts continued Monday to keep floodwaters at bay.Officials in Lincoln County a... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | "New Military Data "Tells" Only Part of the Story" | The New York Times is reporting that the United States military dismissed 627 service members , in 2007, under the federal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" law that bars openly lesbian, gay and bisexual Americ... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Obama Blames Profiteers, Gramm for Oil Prices | Sen. Barack Obama on Sunday said as president he would strengthen government oversight of energy traders he blames in large part for the skyrocketing price of oil. The Democratic presidential candidat... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Gay ally considered as Obama's running mate | United States Army is a contender for the Democratic party's Vice Presidential nomination. Lieutenant General Claudia J Kennedy, a retired three star general, has publicly supported campaigns to end t... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Half of US Air Force gay ban dismissals are women | New figures obtained by an organisation dedicated to fighting the ban on openly gay, lesbian and bisexual people serving in the US Armed Forces show that women are disproportionately affected. 627 peo... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Who Do You Want as Commander in Chief? | In endorsing Barack Obama, Al Gore listed problems ending with the same mantra Elections matter! Yes, elections do matter and clarity on key issues is critical. Our Founding Fathers enshrined in our ... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Analysts: Gas could fall $2 if Congress limits speculation | WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- The price of retail gasoline could fall by half, to around $2 a gallon, within 30 days of passage of a law to limit speculation in energy-futures markets, four energy anal... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Kansas unit heading to Afghanistan Eds: APNe | A detachment of military historians are heading to Afghanistan later this week to begin their mission to document the war there. The 102nd Military History Detachment of the Kansas Army National Guard... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Air Force must rebid tanker contract | While it's difficult to imagine Boeing Co. being victimized by anyone, there is now compelling evidence that the aerospace giant didn't get a fair shake when bidding for a contract to supply refueling... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Obama, Clinton Campaign Together | Obama, Clinton Campaign Together Fri. 06/23 13:00 WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former rivals Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton plan to campaign together Friday in the small New Hampshire town of Unity, th... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | "The number of new AIISA members is increasing" | Abrava creates Thermal Insulation National Department. EuroACE welcomes EC's promotion of the use of ICT to improve energy efficiency in buildings . Dwyer Instruments releases new series RFT refrigera... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | US spy agency: Mission wanted | The once-secretive National Reconnaissance Office comes out in full view, hoping that a major transformation will mean self-preservation. By Peter A Buxbaum in Washington, DC for ISN Security Watch (2... Read » |
23/Jun 2008 | Is this the end of the Bush administration s competitive sourcing initiative? | In a markup of its fiscal 2009 appropriations bill, the House Appropriations Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee approved a one-year moratorium on any new A-76 competitions last wee... Read » |
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