Category Archives: Goverment

Edwards’ conduct was ‘shameful’ but not illegal, attorney tells jurors

By doris | Published: May 17, 2012

Full Story at USNews.msnbc.msn.com Updated at 3:56 p.m. ET: John Edwards was a bad husband who lied to his family, but he’s not a criminal, his lawyer told jurors Thursday as the former presidential candidate’s corruption trial wrapped up. “As many are his moral wrongs,” none of Edwards’ misdeeds was “a legal one,” lead defense [...]

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Hillary Clinton lambasts ‘travesty’ of UN veto on Syria

By doris | Published: February 5, 2012

Full Story at WorldNews.msnbc.msn.com Updated at 9:40 a.m. ET: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton called Sunday for “friends of democratic Syria” to unite and rally against President Bashar Assad’s regime, previewing the possible formation of a formal group of likeminded nations to coordinate assistance to the Syrian opposition. Speaking in the Bulgarian capital [...]

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Marine gets 30 days in hazing case linked to suicide

By doris | Published: January 31, 2012

Full Story at msnbc.com KANEOHE BAY, Hawaii — A Marine accused of hazing a colleague who later committed suicide in Afghanistan was sentenced Monday to 30 days in jail and a reduction in rank. Navy Capt. Carrie Stephens, the judge in Lance Cpl. Jacob Jacoby’s special court-martial, handed down the sentence after Jacoby pleaded guilty [...]

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Opinion:Driving and helping our selfs

By doris | Published: January 28, 2012

Where do some drivers get there license from. Some people don’t even stop at stop signs. They run the lights and don’t even care. You have to drive your car and everyone else’s car. Do the drivers just don’t care or is everyone just in to big of a hurry. I know with the cut [...]

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Troops appear on streets as Nigeria president acts to cut fuel prices

By doris | Published: January 16, 2012

Full Story at WorldNews.msnbc.msn.com LAGOS, Nigeria — Soldiers have barricaded key roads in Nigeria’s commercial capital of Lagos as the president offered a concession to halt fuel price protests that he said were being stoked by provocateurs seeking anarchy. Troops and police also blocked entrances to protest venues in Nigeria’s second-largest city of Kano on [...]

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Coca-Cola says it told gov’t about fungicide in OJ

By doris | Published: January 13, 2012

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com WASHINGTON (AP) — Coca-Cola Co. acknowledged Thursday it was the company that alerted federal regulators about low levels of fungicide in its own orange juice and in competitors’ juice, prompting juice prices to rise and increased government testing for the residue. The Food and Drug Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency [...]

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Economic downturn took a detour at Capitol Hill

By doris | Published: December 27, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON — When Representative Ed Pastor was first elected to Congress two decades ago, he was comfortably ensconced in the middle class. Mr. Pastor, a Democrat from Arizona, held $100,000 or so in savings accounts in the mid-1990s and had a retirement pension, but like many Americans, he also owed the [...]

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Kim Jong Un: The ‘great successor’ remains an enigma

By doris | Published: December 19, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — As North Koreans face an uncertain future without Kim Jong Il, the world’s attention now turns to his youngest son, Kim Jong Un, whom the ruling Workers’ Party has dubbed the “great successor.” “Kim Jong Un’s leadership provides a sure guarantee for creditably carrying to completion the revolutionary cause [...]

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US calls for ban on in-car phone use … even with Bluetooth

By doris | Published: December 13, 2011

Full Story at USNews.msnbc.msn.com Updated at 4 p.m. ET: The government’s transportation safety experts recommended Tuesday to ban all American drivers from using portable electronic devices — including cell phones, even if you use a hands-free device. The recommendation, which isn’t binding but which is likely to influence the decisions of Congress and state legislatures [...]

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Seattle welfare recipient lives in million-dollar home

By doris | Published: December 6, 2011

Full Story atnews.Yahoo.com A Seattle woman who is receiving welfare assistance from Washington state also happens to live in a waterfront house on Lake Washington worth more than a million dollars. Federal agents raided the home this weekend but have not released the woman or her husband’s name because they have not officially been charged [...]

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US to pay $2.5 million to anthrax victim’s widow

By doris | Published: November 29, 2011

Full Story at USNews.msnbc.msn.com The U.S. government has agreed to pay $2.5 million to the widow and family of a Florida tabloid photo editor killed in the 2001 anthrax attacks. A document obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press shows that Maureen Stevens will drop all other claims stemming from the death of Robert Stevens. The [...]

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A tax on Christmas trees?

By doris | Published: November 9, 2011

Full Story at FirstRead.com Will the government be a Grinch this year and impose a tax on Christmas trees? That’s what the conservative Heritage Foundation claimed Wednesday. A vice president for the think tank asserted that a new “Christmas Tree Promotion Board” established today by the USDA intended to promote the sales of fresh Christmas [...]

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US general booted for Afghan remarks

By doris | Published: November 4, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON — A top U.S. general in Afghanistan was relieved of duty Friday for “inappropriate public comments” after calling the Afghan government “isolated from reality” and President Hamid Karzai “erratic.” Maj. Gen. Peter Fuller, deputy commander for training Afghan security forces, blasted the Afghan government, military and Karzai in an interview with [...]

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South Carolina immigration law challenged by Justice Dept.

By doris | Published: October 31, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.msn.com WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s administration sought on Monday to block parts of South Carolina’s new immigration law, arguing that the federal government had preeminent authority over immigration matters. The Justice Department is asking a federal court to intervene, bringing to three the number of states the Obama administration is suing [...]

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Did You Know Feds Will Temporarily Cut Off All TV and Radio Broadcasts on Nov. 9?

By doris | Published: October 24, 2011

Full Story at TheBlaze.com If you have ever wondered about the government’s ability to control the civilian airwaves, you will have your answer on November 9th. On that day, federal authorities are going to shut off all television and radio communications simultaneously at 2:00PM EST to complete the first ever test of the national Emergency [...]

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Loretta Lynn out of hospital, recovering at home

By doris | Published: October 24, 2011

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — In the government’s latest attempt to address the ailing housing market, President Obama will announce changes to a federal program Monday that will make it easier for struggling homeowners to refinance to today’s near-record low rates. Under the new program, homeowners who owe more on their homes [...]

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Images of a captured Gadhafi, bloodied and dazed, broadcast

By doris | Published: October 20, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.msn.com SIRTE, Libya — Moammar Gadhafi, the man who ruled Libya with a dictatorial grip for 42 years, was seen on Arab television pinned against a car, being struck on the head with a pistol while a group of fighters manhandled him. Video footage showed Gadhafi, dazed and bloodied but still clearly [...]

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Obama recruits more big money ‘bundlers’

By doris | Published: October 15, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON/CHICAGO — The number of donors who raise big money for President Barack Obama jumped in the last three months as he builds a war chest for what will likely be the costliest presidential election ever. At least forty-one people have raised at least half a million dollars for the president, [...]

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Obama orders U.S. troops to help chase down African ‘army’ leader

By doris | Published: October 14, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — President Barack Obama is sending about 100 U.S. troops to Africa to help hunt down the leaders of the notoriously violent Lord’s Resistance Army in and around Uganda. “I have authorized a small number of combat-equipped U.S. forces to deploy to central Africa to provide assistance to regional [...]

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Twisted government accounting behind Postal Service woes

By doris | Published: October 10, 2011

Full Story at RedTape.msnbc.msn.com You might have heard that the United States Postal Service is in trouble: that it’s losing billions, that it will have to end Saturday service and close branches — and most inflammatory, that it might need a government bailout. Perhaps you heard that the Postal Service couldn’t pay $5.5 billion bill [...]

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