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Obama Endorsed by 3 former SEC Chairs
Wow! A strong and unexpected group of endorsements, the most interesting one being from William Donaldson, who was SEC chair under President Bush I. It reflects the big lack of confidence Wall Street is showing in...
Hezbollah to end Beirut seizure
Hezbollah has said that they will be withdrawing their gunman from Beirut after the Lebanese army settled tensions between armed government supporters and the Shia group."The army revoked two key government measures...
Top police killed in Mexican assassination wave
One of Mexico City's anti-kidnapping commander was assassinated earlier today, which makes him the fourth top police authority to be killed in 10 days."One day after acting federal police chief Edgar Millan was...
Congressman Comes Clean on Love Child
" A congressman from New York has admitted to fathering a child in an extramarital affair three years ago.Under mounting scrutiny, Staten Island Rep. Vito Fossella, who has...
Pakistan test fire Missile for range of 350 Km
Responding to India's missile test, Pakistan has retaliated within a day and test fired the nuclear capabale Hatf VIII missile today. Analysts think this might create a missile race between two traditionally...
13 Asian nations to set up $80-billion crisis fund
Amidst the news of US recession and growth slow down many emerging Asian countries have come together to form a foreign exchange pool to thwart any crisis in future. " Madrid: Finance ministers of 13 Asian...
Toyota recalls 90,000 Highlanders over seat belts
Toyota is recalling 90,000 2008 Highlanders and Highlander hybrid sport utility vehicles due to potential problems with securing child safety seats in the third row seats."The locking mechanism on the seat belts...
Fred returns to the campaign trail
"Former GOP presidential candidate and close McCain friend, Fred Thompson, is set to join the presumptive GOP nominee during his visit to North Carolina next week. Since losing the South Carolina primary on Jan. 18,...
U.S. surfer dies in shark attack in Mexico
A US surfer has been killed in a shark attack off Mexico's southern Pacific coast. " The San Francisco, California, man bled to death Monday after a gray shark bit his right thigh, leaving a 15-inch (38-centimeter)...
U.S. Foreclosure Filings Double in First Quarter,...
More bad news for the US subprime crisis. It may not be a total shock that the number of US home forclosures increased in the first quarter, but the number is truly staggering."U.S. foreclosure filings more thandoubled in the first quarter as payments rose for...
4.7 quake rocks Reno as area's seismic activity c...
Reno has experienced more than 50 aftershocks after an earthquake that shook cans off shelves, knocked pictures off walls and even dislodged rocks along the Sierra Nevada."There were no immediate reports of injuries or major damage early Saturday from the magnitude 4.7 quake...
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff anno...
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff announces Bradley Buswell as the department’s first Deputy Under Secretary for the Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate” In a press release earlier...
BANKSY SUMS UP MODERN BRITAIN WITH ICONIC MURAL: ...
"Folk hero Banksy has pulled off an audacious stunt to produce what is believed to be his biggest work yet in central London and again succeeds to put two fingers up to the authorities. His latest mural sums up...
Two British Airways executives 'fired' over the T...
The two directors of British Airways that were responsible for the airline's disastrous opening week at Heathrow's Terminal 5 have been fired for their efforts."They are operations director GarethKirkwood — seen on...
Robinson to succeed Paisley as leader of DUP
For a long time, those of us who felt that Ian Paisley was a blundering leader of Northerin Ireland government, felt we had no hope of seeing change until after he died. We were in for a shock when his son...
