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Sheehan turning attention to Obama, camping out at Washington Monument
Cindy Sheehan is about to start another anti-war camp. This one will be in Washington, and it could conceivably last for months. The problem?“I’m kind ...
Ill. judge won't toss torture suit naming Rumsfeld
CHICAGO - A federal judge refused Friday to dismiss a civil lawsuit accusing former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld of responsibility for the alleged torture by ...
House Defeats Call for Afghanistan Troop Withdrawal
The first full debate on ending the war in Afghanistan since it began in 2001 ended with Congress voting overwhelmingly to keep the war going. ...
Stupak Gets A Primary Challenge From The Left
A former teacher and county commissioner will challenge Rep. Bart Stupak in the Aug. 3 Democratic primary in Michigan, the Detroit Free Press reported this ...
Humana CEO compensation for 2009 jumps 26 percent
INDIANAPOLIS — Health insurer Humana Inc. paid CEO Michael B. McCallister 26 percent more last year than in 2008, largely because of a $1.8 million ...
Grayson introduces Public Option Act
Congressman Alan Grayson, (D-Orlando), today introduced a bill (H.R. 4789) which would give the option to buy into Medicare to every citizen of the United ...
NH campaign finance activist Granny D dies at 100
CONCORD, N.H. — Doris "Granny D" Haddock, a New Hampshire woman who walked across the country at age 89 to promote campaign finance reform and ...
Thousands rally to support health-care reform in downtown Washington
Amid a sea of brightly colored T-shirts and wave after wave of protest signs, Regina Holliday's homemade banner still stuck out as she marched Tuesday ...
Goldman Sachs sued by big pension fund over pay
(Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc was sued on Monday by a large union pension fund that accused the Wall Street investment bank of overpaying ...
Utah Air Force base dealing with rash of suicides
Utah's Hill Air Force Base has hired a psychologist and others to deal with a rash of suicides, mostly among civilians complaining of harsh working ...
Conservative lawyers criticize attacks on DOJ lawyers
Bill Kristol just launched a pre-emptive assault on a statement criticizing his and Liz Cheney's group, Keep America Safe, which bears the signature of a ...
Long-term food aid risk to Haiti economy - Preval
PORT-AU-PRINCE, March 8 (Reuters) - Haitian President Rene Preval plans to tell U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday that food aid to the earthquake-devastated Caribbean ...
Drum soldier reportedly dies in Afghanistan duty
FORT DRUM — A Fort Drum soldier was killed Thursday by a roadside bomb while serving in Afghanistan, according to the Buffalo News. Spc. Alan ...
2 Utah Marines killed in Afghanistan
A California-based reservist recently died in Afghanistan, the Defense Department announced Friday. Lance Cpl. Nigel K. Olsen, 21, of Orem, Utah, was killed March 4 ...
Soldier from Maryland dies in Afghanistan
The Department of Defense says a Maryland soldier has died in Afghanistan. Spc. Anthony A. Paci, 30, of Rockville died Thursday from injuries suffered during ...
MSU student's Oscar dress design is winner
No silkworms died in the making of Suzy Amis Cameron's Oscars dress, designed by a 21-year-old Michigan State University student with sustainability in mind. The ...
Early results: Iceland voters reject debt deal
REYKJAVIK, Iceland — Still smarting from the crippling aftermath of the global financial crisis, Iceland's voters on Saturday resoundingly rejected a $5.3 billion plan to ...
Transcript reveals anger of AIG employees toward politicians, public
During the national furor that erupted last year after American International Group paid more than $165 million in bonuses, the voices of those vilified for ...
Obama aides seek change of course on 9/11 trials
Reporting from Washington - Key presidential advisors are pushing to move the trial of the accused mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks to a military ...
Senator warns against $1B deal with Blackwater
WASHINGTON — A senior Senate Democrat said Thursday the Pentagon should consider barring Blackwater, now called Xe Services, from a new $1 billion deal to ...
Rowdy protesters target funding cuts at US campuses
BERKELEY, Calif. – Students staged raucous rallies on nationwide college campuses Thursday in protests against deep education cuts that turned violent as demonstrators threw punches ...
Rove Protects the Rear
With his soon-to-be-released book, Karl Rove is trying to mount something of a rear-guard action in the war over George W. Bush's legacy. According to ...
Stupak Says Anti-Abortion Bloc Would Risk Health Bill
The leader of a group of House Democrats pressing for tougher language banning the use of federal funds for abortion says he’s willing to risk ...
Disturbing story of Fallujah's birth defects
Six years after the intense fighting began in the Iraqi town of Fallujah between US forces and Sunni insurgents, there is a disturbingly large number ...
Lawmakers launch bill to end military gay ban
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pushing back against Pentagon opposition, lawmakers said on Wednesday they would forge ahead with legislation to lift restrictions on homosexuals in the ...
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