ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Firefighters doused smoldering buildings and cleanup crews swept rubble from the streets of central Athens on Monday following a night of rioting during which lawmakers approved harsh new austerity measures demanded by bailout creditors to save the nation from bankruptcy. At least 45 buildings were burned, including one of the […]
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Firefighters doused smoldering buildings and cleanup crews swept rubble from the streets of central Athens on Monday following a night of rioting during which lawmakers approved harsh new austerity measures demanded by bailout creditors to save the nation from bankruptcy. At least 45 buildings were burned, including one of the […]
(AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney takes a hard line against congressional earmarks, but the GOP presidential front-runner had a more favorable view of federal pork-barrel spending when he was governor of Massachusetts. Under his leadership, Massachusetts sought tens of millions of dollars in earmarks for transportation projects through the state’s congressional […]
(AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney takes a hard line against congressional earmarks, but the GOP presidential front-runner had a more favorable view of federal pork-barrel spending when he was governor of Massachusetts. Under his leadership, Massachusetts sought tens of millions of dollars in earmarks for transportation projects through the state’s congressional […]
JERUSALEM (AP) — A spokesman for ex-Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says a Tel Aviv court will hold its first hearing into a wide-ranging real estate scandal involving the former leader. Olmert’s spokesman Amir Dan says the hearing is taking place Monday. Olmert won’t attend because he’s attending a separate corruption hearing in a […]
JERUSALEM (AP) — A spokesman for ex-Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says a Tel Aviv court will hold its first hearing into a wide-ranging real estate scandal involving the former leader. Olmert’s spokesman Amir Dan says the hearing is taking place Monday. Olmert won’t attend because he’s attending a separate corruption hearing in a […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Monday sent Congress a new budget that seeks to achieve $4 trillion in deficit reduction over the next decade while at the same time showering billions of dollars of increased spending on areas aimed at giving the economy a quick boost. The submission was immediately attacked by […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Monday sent Congress a new budget that seeks to achieve $4 trillion in deficit reduction over the next decade while at the same time showering billions of dollars of increased spending on areas aimed at giving the economy a quick boost. The submission was immediately attacked by […]
DETROIT (AP) — Seven members of a Midwest militia accused of plotting to overthrow the government are set to stand trial, where jurors will decide whether federal authorities prevented an attack by homegrown extremists or simply made too much of the boasts of weekend warriors who had pledged to “take our nation back.” Opening […]
DETROIT (AP) — Seven members of a Midwest militia accused of plotting to overthrow the government are set to stand trial, where jurors will decide whether federal authorities prevented an attack by homegrown extremists or simply made too much of the boasts of weekend warriors who had pledged to “take our nation back.” Opening […]
This Sept. 2010 photo posted recently on the Titiusville, Fla.- based arms manufacturer Knight’s Armament’s Internet blog, shows members of Charlie Company, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, out of Camp Pendleton, Calif. in Sangin, Helmand province, Afghanistan. The Marine Corps confirmed Thursday Feb. 8, 2012 that one of its scout sniper teams in Afghanistan posed for a […]
This Sept. 2010 photo posted recently on the Titiusville, Fla.- based arms manufacturer Knight’s Armament’s Internet blog, shows members of Charlie Company, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, out of Camp Pendleton, Calif. in Sangin, Helmand province, Afghanistan. The Marine Corps confirmed Thursday Feb. 8, 2012 that one of its scout sniper teams in Afghanistan posed for a […]
(NEW YORK) MintPress — At last, some progress amidst the growing calls for increased oversight of the NYPD. A federal judge has finally approved a settlement in a class-action case charging that the police had unlawfully arrested as many as 22,000 people over a period of nearly 30 years under laws that had long been […]
(NEW YORK) MintPress — At last, some progress amidst the growing calls for increased oversight of the NYPD. A federal judge has finally approved a settlement in a class-action case charging that the police had unlawfully arrested as many as 22,000 people over a period of nearly 30 years under laws that had long been […]