U.S. voters don’t blame Obama for economy (Reuters)

March 31st, 2009 by admin

U.S. voters don’t blame Obama for economy
(Reuters)

US President Barack Obama (right) alongside Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner in Washington, DC on March 30. Obama is facing a stern first test overseas at the Group of 20 economic crisis summit in London which comes two months into his presidency in which his administration has battled to contain the worst economic slump in generations.(AFP/Jim Watson)Reuters – U.S. President Barack Obama benefits from a broadly held perception that others bear the bulk of responsibility for state of the U.S. economy, according to a Washington Post/ABC News poll published on Tuesday.

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Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly boycotting Sean Penn films (Reuters)

March 30th, 2009 by admin

Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly boycotting Sean Penn films
(Reuters)

In this Oct. 27, 2008 file photo, FOX TV show host Bill O'Reilly arrives for a taping of 'Late Show with David Letterman' in New York. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes, file)Reuters – You can’t deny Bill O’Reilly’s success. On Tuesday, the fiery host of Fox News Channel’s “The O’Reilly Factor” will mark his 100th consecutive month as the No. 1-rated cable news show.

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Critics call WTC tower name change unpatriotic (AP)

March 29th, 2009 by admin

Critics call WTC tower name change unpatriotic
(AP)

In this June 28, 2006 artist's rendering made by dbox inc. and released by the architecture firm of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, the latest design of the 1,776-foot building originally called the 'Freedom Tower' is shown. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which owns the site, confirmed Thursday, March 26, 2009 that the official title for the building is 'One World Trade Center' and the building will be marketed under that name. (AP Photo/dbox inc. via Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, File)AP – Even without the name, the symbolism of the Freedom Tower as an American response to the Sept. 11 terror attacks was hard to miss.

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Boiling Mad: Crabs Feel Pain (LiveScience.com)

March 28th, 2009 by admin

Boiling Mad: Crabs Feel Pain
(LiveScience.com)

Dungeness crabs are shown for sale at Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco, Friday, Feb. 6, 2009. The original '49ers came armed with pickaxes, but it's possible to mine the pleasures of the City by the Bay without striking gold.(AP Photo/Eric Risberg)LiveScience.com – A favored method of preparing fresh crabs is to simply boil them alive. A longstanding related question: Do they feel pain?

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States consider drug tests for welfare recipients (AP)

March 26th, 2009 by admin

States consider drug tests for welfare recipients
(AP)

Del. Craig Blair, R-Berkeley, stands near the Capitol dome Wednesday, March 11, 2009 in Charleston, W.Va.  Blair and other lawmakers in at least eight states want recipients of food stamps, unemployment benefits or welfare to submit to random drug testing.(AP Photo/Jeff Gentner)AP – Want government assistance? Just say no to drugs.

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AIG executive resigns on NY Times op-ed page (AP)

March 25th, 2009 by admin

AIG executive resigns on NY Times op-ed page
(AP)

In this March 19, 2009 file photo, a car speeds past a sign in front of AIG's financial products offices in Wilton, Conn. New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo hopes more AIG employees will return their bonuses, after 15 of the top 20 bonus recipients at the troubled insurer agreed to return their money. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin, file)AP – An American International Group Inc. executive who received a bonus worth more than $742,000 after taxes has resigned publicly — in an Op-Ed column in The New York Times.

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Oops: Colbert wins NASA space station name contest (AP)

March 24th, 2009 by admin

Oops: Colbert wins NASA space station name contest
(AP)

In this Monday, March 5, 2007 file photo, Stephen Colbert poses in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow, file)AP – NASA’s online contest to name a new room at the international space station went awry. Comedian Stephen Colbert won.

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GOP predicts doomsday if Obama budget passed (AP)

March 23rd, 2009 by admin

GOP predicts doomsday if Obama budget passed
(AP)

In this March 16, 2009 file photo, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner makes remarks to small business owners, community lenders and members of Congress in the East Room of the White House in Washington.  Geithner is putting the finishing touches on a plan to get toxic assets off the books of the country's struggling banks, according to administration and industry officials. The plan could be announced as soon as Monday (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File)AP – Congressional Republicans on Sunday predicted a doomsday scenario of crushing debt and eventual federal bankruptcy if President Barack Obama’s massive spending blueprint wins passage.

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GOP predicts doomsday if Obama budget passed (AP)

March 23rd, 2009 by admin

GOP predicts doomsday if Obama budget passed
(AP)

In this March 16, 2009 file photo, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner makes remarks to small business owners, community lenders and members of Congress in the East Room of the White House in Washington.  Geithner is putting the finishing touches on a plan to get toxic assets off the books of the country's struggling banks, according to administration and industry officials. The plan could be announced as soon as Monday (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File)AP – Congressional Republicans on Sunday predicted a doomsday scenario of crushing debt and eventual federal bankruptcy if President Barack Obama’s massive spending blueprint wins passage.

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GOP predicts doomsday if Obama budget passed (AP)

March 23rd, 2009 by admin

GOP predicts doomsday if Obama budget passed
(AP)

In this March 16, 2009 file photo, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner makes remarks to small business owners, community lenders and members of Congress in the East Room of the White House in Washington.  Geithner is putting the finishing touches on a plan to get toxic assets off the books of the country's struggling banks, according to administration and industry officials. The plan could be announced as soon as Monday (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File)AP – Congressional Republicans on Sunday predicted a doomsday scenario of crushing debt and eventual federal bankruptcy if President Barack Obama’s massive spending blueprint wins passage.

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