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White House Damage Control Script Jeopardized By New Disclosures
President Obama claims not to have been made aware of the IRS indiscretions until May 10th it seems the White House’s chief lawyer learned weeks ...
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Legislative showdown brewing over $2 million for Teach for America
A $2 million pot of money to hire more teachers for the Clark County School District could be in danger -- with a contingent of Assembly Democrats apparently digging in their heels against the money. Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval wants to spend $2 million during the next two years to help the ...
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American drone strike kills two suspected al-Qaeda members in Yemen
An unmanned drone carries out a touch go landing in the Atlantic (US Navy/AFP) Two al-Qaeda militants were killed in an American drone strike in central Yemen on Monday, AFP reported.The attack took place in ...
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Teslas fight with Americas car dealers
Tesla Motors doesn't want to sell its cars the way every other car company does, and that's making a lot of traditional automobile dealers mad. And those dealers are fighting ...
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United Airlines to resume 787 Dreamliner flights
United Airlines is getting its 787s back in the air. The planes are returning after being grounded for four months by the federal government because of smoldering batteries on 787s owned by other airlines. The incidents included an emergency landing of one plane, and a fire on another. The incidents never caused any serious injuries. But the January grounding ...
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Gunmen shoot into Calif. home 10-year-old killed
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Authorities were searching for at least two gunmen who walked up to the door of a Northern California home and opened fire, killing a 10-year-old girl and injuring her parents. "Whoever these gunmen were, they were directly outside the front ...
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Chicago Sees Steady Significant Jobs Growth Month On Month
Are you looking for a job in the Chicago area? Whether you want to return to the workforce or just want to change career paths, you might be happy know that there has been an uptick in job offerings in April. Jobs from health care to sales are all seeing increases in ...
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Obama to address Guantanamo prison drone program
Obama will address the U.S. secret drone program's legality and his pledge to shut the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, a White House official said. Obama will address them in a speech Thursday at the Defense Department's National Defense University in Washington -- a speech that will focus on how he intends to bring his counter-terrorism policies in line with the legal structure and ...
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Union of Concerned Scientists Northwest Airlines Asks Clear Channel to Pull Science Groups Anti-Nuclear-Weapons Ad in Minneapolis Airport
Billboard Calls for Sen. McCain to 'Get Serious' About Reducing the Threat of Nuclear Weapons WASHINGTON - August 19 - Northwest, the official airline of the Republican National Convention, has taken on a new role of censor. Yesterday it asked Clear Channel Communications to remove a Union of Concerned Scientists' (UCS) anti-nuclear-weapons billboard in the Minneapolis airport ...
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American Friends Service Committee California Becomes First State to Condemn Use of Torture in War on Terror
California Becomes First State to Condemn Use of Torture in 'War on Terror' SACRAMENTO, CA - August 14 - The California Legislature today adopted a resolution aimed at preventing California health professionals from engaging in coercive interrogations of detainees at ...
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American Rights At Work Formal Complaint for FEC Investigation of Wal-Marts Unlawful Federal Election Activity
Formal Complaint for FEC Investigation of Wal-Mart's Unlawful Federal Election Activity WASHINGTON - August 14 - Today American Rights at Work, the AFL-CIO, Change to Win, and WakeUpWalmart.com will hand ...
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Planned Parenthood American Journal of Public Health Study Shows Public Clinics Provide More Choices More Care
American Journal of Public Health Study Shows Public Clinics Provide More Choices, More Care WASHINGTON - August 14 - A new study in ...
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Center for American Progress and Center for Democracy and Technology State AGs Fail to Adequately Protect Online Consumers
New report from the Center for American Progress and Center for Democracy and Technology finds that state attorneys general receive thousands of complaints of online fraud and abuse but have launched relatively few cases in response WASHINGTON - August 12 - State attorneys general received thousands of consumer complaints of online fraud and abuse in 2006 and 2007 and yet, with the ...
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Riverkeeper Calls on Governor to Declare new York City Watershed Off-Limits to Natural Gas Drilling
Riverkeeper Calls on Governor to Declare new York City Watershed Off-Limits to Natural Gas Drilling NEW YORK - August 8 - At a press conference with Queens City Councilman Gennaro today, Riverkeeper called on Governor Paterson to designate the New York City Watershed ...
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Kids Count report Americas children are advancing despite the economy
The widely-watched Kids Count annual survey on the state of America's children shows gains in health and education despite the poor economy. But advocates say raised poverty rates merit more attention from ...
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Progressive Democrats of America DNC Delegate Support Surges for Guaranteed Health Care Plank
Donna Smith (773) 617-4493 Tim Carpenter, National Director, PDA (413) 320-2015 Norman Solomon, Obama delegate and co-drafter ...
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People for the American Way McCain Brags About His Support of George Bush Judges
McCain Brags About His Support of George Bush Judges WASHINGTON - August 7 - In response to a question today in Lima, OH, Senator John McCain turned the subject to the Supreme Court and bragged about his support of George W. ...
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ACLU Reminds Americas Toughest Sheriff That Hes Not Above The Law
ACLU Reminds "America's Toughest Sheriff" That He's Not Above The Law PHOENIX - August 7 - The American Civil Liberties Union filed a motion yesterday to hold Maricopa County Sheriff Joseph Arpaio in contempt for disobeying a court order that would allow women prisoners in Maricopa County to obtain timely, safe, and legal abortions. In addition, today's motion asks ...
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Media Matters for America New Anti-Obama Books... Swift Boat Redux
New Anti-Obama BooksSwift Boat Redux? WASHINGTON - August 5 - The release this month of two books attacking Sen. Barack Obama -- both of which have links to the 2004 smear ...
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Consumer Federation of America Leaders Confront Flawed Auto Rule Analysis Poll
Dramatic Shift To Fuel Efficient Vehicles Began In 2005 New Auto Sales Analysis Reveals Market Reality Missed by Automakers & NHTSA Resulting Rule and Enviro Impact Analysis Flawed New Consumer Poll Shows Greater Demand for Fuel Economy than Available WASHINGTON - August 4 - The Consumer Federation of America (CFA) released an analysis of the impact of fuel economy on auto sales ...
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Notebook American men set lineup for World Championships
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -- The American men finalized their lineup for Sunday's preliminary competition in the World Gymnastics Championships. National champion Paul Hamm, two-time Olympian Blaine Wilson and Jason Gatson will compete in all six events. Raj Bhavsar will only compete on parallel bars -- his favorite event -- because a back injury he sustained in March has flared up. ...
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Prostate Cancer Hits African American Men Especially Hard
MIAMI -- Marc Henderson, a 63-year-old African-American airport administrator here, isn’t afraid to ask his physician to do a blood test for Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA), a screening test for prostate cancer. "I’d rather know early on so that it can be treated, rather than sit around in denial until it’s too late," he said. "If it’s going to help catch ...
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Myanmar leader making landmark White House visit
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former general Thein Sein on Monday becomes the first Myanmar president to be welcomed to the White House in almost 47 years, crowning a dramatic diplomatic rehabilitation for his nation after years of international ...
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U.S. not concerned about Chinas influence in L.America White House official
CARTAGENA, Colombia, April 14 (Xinhua) -- The United States is not concerned about China's growing influence in Latin America, a senior White House official said here Saturday."We're not concerned at all," Ben Rhodes, deputy national security advisor for strategic communications, said at a press briefing on the sidelines of the sixth Summit of the Americas."In fact, if ...
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Arias returns to court for penalty phase of trial
FILE - Jodi Arias cries as Steven Alexander, brother of murder victim Travis Alexander, makes his "victim impact statement" to the jury in this Thursday, May 16, 2013 file photo, during the penalty phase of the Jodi Arias trial at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix. Arias returns to court Monday May 20, 2013 for the continuation of her trial after being convicted of murder in ...
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