AP – An adviser to Bill Clinton says the former president has had two stents placed in one of his coronary arteries.
Ex-President Clinton undergoes heart procedure
(AP)
APNewsBreak: US gov’t investigating Prius brakes (AP)
February 4th, 2010AP – The Transportation Department has opened an investigation into brake problems in the 2010 model year Toyota Prius after the Japanese automaker acknowledged design problems with the brakes in its prized gas-electric hybrid.
Senate permits gov’t to borrow an additional $1.9T (AP)
January 28th, 2010AP – The Democratic-controlled Senate has muscled through a plan to allow the government to go a whopping $1.9 trillion deeper in debt.
Senate rejects near-freeze on spending (AP)
January 28th, 2010AP – Just days after President Barack Obama endorsed a partial freeze on domestic spending, his Democratic allies in the Senate have rejected a plan attempting to do pretty much the same thing.
Lebanese official: Ethiopian airliner missing (AP)
January 25th, 2010AP – A Lebanese aviation official says an Ethiopian Airlines plane with 85 people on board has disappeared off the radar shortly after takeoff from Beirut.
Kelis — Judge Should Have Contempt for Nas
January 14th, 2010Filed under: Celebrity Justice , Dirty Divorces Kelis wants a judge to hit Nas where it hurts — in the wallet.TMZ has obtained Kelis’ legal docs asking the judge to haul Nas into court and ask him why he shouldn’t be held in contempt of court. According to Kelis’ lawyer, disso queen Laura Wasser, … Permalink
Marvin Harrison Shooting: GQ Sheds New Light On Gun Incident
January 14th, 2010Marvin Harrison, the former Indianapolis Colt and one of the most dominant wide receivers of the past decade, has long been linked to a 2008 shooting in Philadelphia. The victim, Dwight Dixon, survived the shooting and maintained that Harrison was the gunman. Three months later, Dixon was shot again ; he permanently lost consciousness from the second shooting and died last September.
Marvin Harrison Shooting: GQ Sheds New Light On Gun Incident
Eric L. Lewis: The Tyranny of the Minority
January 14th, 2010We are in a crisis of governance at the moment not because of excessive partisanship or lack of leadership, but because the American political system has become anti-democratic and dysfunctional. Arcane Senate rules have turned a republican system which already magnifies minority power into intolerable anti-democratic gridlock. A single Senator can put a “hold” on a nomination and leave critical agencies understaffed and leaderless in times of crisis
Barnes & Noble Ranked No. 1 In Customer Experience Index: Do You Agree?
January 14th, 2010Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world’s largest bookseller, today announced that it has been ranked the number one company in Forrester Research’s 2010 Customer Experience Index (CxPi)
Barnes & Noble Ranked No. 1 In Customer Experience Index: Do You Agree?
Jesse Kornbluth: Strength in What Remains: Tracy Kidder’s Remarkable Story of a Refugee from African Genocide Who Gets Inspired in Haiti
January 14th, 2010I can’t be the only one who noticed the juxtaposition of photographs in the news. In Washington, four Wall Street CEOs, sleek in Dunhill suits and Lobb shoes, testified that they bore no responsibility for the worst economic crisis in 70 years. In Haiti, where the average worker earns $2 a day, an earthquake destroyed cities and villages alike, killing 100,000 people, maybe more