| | |
| Cuts in place, Obama and GOP brace for next fight Saturday, Mar 02, 2013 03:04 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) â€" Severe spending cuts now the law of the land, President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans refused Saturday to concede any culpability for failing to stave off what both parties acknowledged was a foolhardy way to slash $85 billion in federal spending. Full Story | Top |
| Spending cut debate casts pall over Obama's second-term agenda Saturday, Mar 02, 2013 02:13 PM PST  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Just hours after across-the-board spending cuts officially took effect, President Barack Obama pressed Congress on Saturday to work with him on a compromise to halt a fiscal crisis that threatens the economy and his broader domestic policy agenda. The failure by Obama and Republicans to agree to halt the $85 billion 'sequester' cuts virtually guaranteed that fiscal issues would remain center stage in Washington for weeks, crowding out Obama's proposals to reform immigration, tighten gun laws and raise the minimum wage. ... Full Story | Top |
| Romney returns, but maybe not for long Saturday, Mar 02, 2013 12:36 AM PST  BOSTON (AP) â€" Mitt Romney is stepping back onto the national stage â€" if only briefly. Full Story | Top |
| DHS freed over 2,000 immigrants since February. Saturday, Mar 02, 2013 12:56 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) â€" The Homeland Security Department released from its jails more than 2,000 illegal immigrants facing deportation in recent weeks due to looming budget cuts and planned to release 3,000 more during March, The Associated Press has learned. Full Story | Top |
| Big cuts spur calls to Congress from irate constituents Saturday, Mar 02, 2013 04:36 PM PST  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congress is getting an earful about the big spending cuts beginning to hit government services from worried and irate constituents, including one senator's own spouse. Democratic Senator Thomas Carper of Delaware said his wife, "my most important constituent," asked him, "Why can't you guys get your act together? Do you know what people think of you guys?" "I told her that Washington needs to work more like Delaware," said Carper, a former governor of the state. "In Delaware, Democrats and Republicans work together." They have not worked together in Washington. ... Full Story | Top |
| Consequence to cuts no one thought would happen Saturday, Mar 02, 2013 05:28 AM PST  It's not the first time that government economic engineering has produced a time bomb with a short fuse.Back in 2011, few lawmakers, if any, thought deep and indiscriminate spending cuts, totaling about ... Full Story | Top |
| Ark. police photograph license plates, store data Saturday, Mar 02, 2013 10:07 AM PST  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) â€" Little Rock may not be a likely terrorism target or a gang crime hotspot, but the Arkansas capital has decided to follow the example of high-security cities by expanding electronic surveillance of its streets. Full Story | Top |
| Rove: GOP needs candidates who reflect diversity Saturday, Mar 02, 2013 05:38 PM PST  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) â€" GOP strategist Karl Rove said Saturday that rebuilding the Republican brand in California will be a tough task that will require them to diversify and create a strategy to spread their message to a wider audience. Full Story | Top |
| Comings and goings at 'Downton Abbey' next season Saturday, Mar 02, 2013 05:46 AM PST  NEW YORK (AP) â€" Shirley MacLaine will be returning to "Downton Abbey" next season, and opera star Kiri Te Kanawa is joining the cast. Full Story | Top |
| Is Massachusetts more racist than Mississippi, as Chief Justice Roberts hints? Saturday, Mar 02, 2013 11:34 AM PST Massachusetts officials came out swinging this week after Chief Justice John Roberts argued in a hearing on the constitutionality of a part of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that Mississippi may be more sensitive to black voting rights than Massachusetts. Full Story | Top |
| Clint Eastwood and gay marriage: Political tipping point for conservatives? Saturday, Mar 02, 2013 02:32 PM PST Movie icon Clint Eastwood â€" who famously mocked Barack Obama at the Republican convention last summer â€" has joined the President in supporting same-sex marriage. Full Story | Top |
| Benedict's obedience to new pope part of tradition Saturday, Mar 02, 2013 05:19 AM PST  VATICAN CITY (AP) â€" He slipped it in at the end of his speech, and said it so quickly and softly it almost sounded like an afterthought. Full Story | Top |
| Who will take on job of fixing Detroit's finances? Saturday, Mar 02, 2013 10:02 AM PST  DETROIT (AP) â€" It appears the appointment of an emergency manager to take over Detroit's failing finances is all but a done deal. But one question remains: Who will get the difficult, thankless job? Full Story | Top |
| Premature Fed pullback could "short-circuit" recovery: Bernanke Saturday, Mar 02, 2013 05:37 AM PST  (Reuters) - Ben Bernanke, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, said on Friday that pulling back on aggressive policy measures too soon would pose a real risk of damaging a still-fragile recovery. There has been some disagreement within the Fed of whether the central bank's bond-buying program, which is designed to push down long-term interest rates, should be phased out. Fed Board Governor Jeremy Stein argued recently there were signs of overheating in certain financial markets and that the central bank should consider using monetary policy to address such risks if they persist. ... Full Story | Top |
| Lawmaker Apologizes for Inviting Teen to 'Snake' Under His Desk Saturday, Mar 02, 2013 04:34 PM PST  A  five-time Connecticut state representative  issued an apology and was stripped of his leadership post for what some people construed as a lewd remark to a teenage girl. “If you’re bashful I got a snake sitting under my desk here,â€Â State Rep. Ernest Hewett can be... Full Story | Top |
| DEBATE OVER VOTING RIGHTS ACT SHOWS RESENTMENT STILL EXISTS Friday, Mar 01, 2013 09:00 PM PST If you want to stare into the ugly face of racial resentment, take a good look at Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. His frank, if stunningly injudicious, remarks about a key portion of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) laid bare the bitterness that so many hyper-conservatives still harbor toward black progress.Last week, during oral arguments about a challenge to the law -- widely considered the crowning achievement of the civil rights movement -- Scalia dismissed a critical part of the law as a "perpetuation of racial entitlement. ... Full Story | Top |
| Posters promoting African pope appear in Rome Saturday, Mar 02, 2013 12:12 AM PST  ROME (Reuters) - Cardinal Peter Turkson of Ghana is not "running" for pope but he clearly has supporters who think enough of him that they have plastered posters with his picture around Rome. "Vote Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson at the conclave!," was written in bold on posters above a photograph of the cardinal, a favourite among bookmakers to succeed Benedict, who on Thursday became the first pope in six centuries to resign. The posters were plastered over banners that had been used for candidates in Italian elections earlier this week. ... Full Story | Top |
| High-Achieving Home-Schooler Suffers Bullying By Other Kids Friday, Mar 01, 2013 09:00 PM PST DEAR ABBY: I am a 14-year-old female from the West Coast. I am home-schooled and don't have many friends because I score high in tests, meaning I retain more information than the average person. On the rare occasion that I mingle with children my own age, they call me unpleasant names, play pranks on me and otherwise torture me. I had to change my emergency cellphone number and start using my sister's because there have been so many immature and insulting prank calls. I hate it. ... Full Story | Top |
|
No comments:
Post a Comment