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No breakthrough in talks between UK and Ecuador over Assange

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:37:11 -0400

LONDON - Talks between the United Kingdom and Ecuador have ended without any breakthrough over WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's fate with the Andean nation. Ecquador said it was vowing not to succumb to diplomatic pressure and was ready to consider any request from Edward Snowden, another whistleblower, for asylum. As the fugitive anti-secrecy advocate marks one year holed up in the ...

Leaders of G8 call for peace in Syria and pledge humanitarian aid

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:28:36 -0400

ENNISKILLEN - The Group of Eight industrialised nations called for a swift end to the bloody civil war in Syria and urgent peace talks but stopped short of calling for the ouster of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad in its joint statement at the end of talks Tuesday. Despite the lack of consensus among the G8 on the fate of Assad, as well as the use of chemical weapons by his regime, Canadian ...

Obama proposes further US Russian nuclear arms cut

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:30:01 -0400

US President Barack Obama, currently on an official visit to Berlin, Wednesday proposed plans for America and Russia to further cut their strategic nuclear warheads. During a speech at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Obama renewed his call to reduce the world's nuclear stockpiles, and said the US would ultimately strive toward eliminating nuclear weapons, Xinhua reported. "After a comprehensive ...

US women in all combat units by 2016 Pentagon

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:50:02 -0400

American women will be fully integrated into frontline and special combat roles, including elite forces such as Army Rangers and Navy SEALs, by January 2016, the Pentagon has said. More than 200,000 women are in the active-duty military, representing about 14.5 percent of the overall force, according to Pentagon figures. Most serve in the army. While air force, army, navy, Marine and special ...

Obama refuses to specify US support for Syrian rebels

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:50:01 -0400

US President Barack Obama, currently on a visit to Berlin, Wednesday refused to specify what military support America was providing rebels in Syria. Obama, however, reiterated that the Syrian government forces had used chemical weapons in the civil war, Xinhua reported. "I cannot and will not comment on specifics on our programmes related to the Syrian opposition," Obama said at a press ...

Afghans break off talks with US on security deal

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:20:01 -0400

The Afghan government Wednesday said it has suspended talks with the US on the proposed security agreement, saying America has a contradictory stance over the peace process in the country. "The ongoing fourth round of talks between Afghanistan and the US on the security agreement is suspended. The decision was taken because of US inconsistency in statements and actions in regard to the Afghan ...

Afghanistan calls off talks with U.S. on security agreement

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:30:02 -0400

Kabul, June 19 (Xinhua-ANI): The Afghan government on Wednesday announced that it suspended talks with the United States on the proposed security agreement, saying the United States had contradictory stance over the peace process in Afghanistan, local media reported. "The ongoing fourth round of talks between Afghanistan and the United States on the security agreement is suspended. The decision ...

NSA surveillance revealed abandoned al-Qaedas NY stock exchange bombing plot

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:10:02 -0400

The US-led surveillance programme which has created a lot of furor for snooping on citizens' web activities and phone records has revealed information about al-Qaeda's plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange(NYSE) in 2008. FBI Assistant Director Sean Joyce said that the agency found out through the electronic surveillance that al-Qaeda was actually in the initial stage of bombing the NYSE which ...

US to join direct peace talks with Taliban over Afghanistans future in Qatar

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:20:03 -0400

The United States is to open direct talks with Taliban leaders within days. The development comes after Washington agreed to drop a series of preconditions that have previously held back negotiations over the future of Afghanistan. According to the Guardian, political representatives of the Taliban will meet Afghan and US officials in Doha, the capital of Qatar. They will have discussions on ...

Serena Williams sparks outrage with drunk not virgin comments on US teenage rape victim

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:00:03 -0400

American tennis star Serena Williams has sparked outrage with her comments about a teenage rape victim, saying that the victim was 'drunk' and 'maybe...not a virgin'. In an excerpt from Rolling Stone magazine, Williams criticised a 16-year-old girl who was raped by two football players, her fellow school students, while she was drunk, in Ohio in August 2012, News.com.au reports. According to ...

US Names New Envoy to Africas Great Lakes

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:15:23 -0400

Former Senator Russell Feingold has been named the U.S. special envoy to Africa's troubled Great Lakes region. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, who announced the appointment Tuesday, said Feingold will work closely with U.N. envoy Mary Robinson to advance a U.N. framework for peace in the region. The eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has endured years of conflict and ...

Challenges of an Aging American Workforce

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:30:52 -0400

. Increasingly, more older Americans are choosing the financial equivalent of door number three. Even with more baby boomers extending their careers, large numbers of boomers will still retire, and finding enough new workers will be a growing challenge for many employers. The numbers of new entrants into the workforce is likely to fall short of the total of boomers headed for the exits. ...

China’s Naval Ambitions and America’s Asia Problem

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:30:51 -0400

, entails plans for new economic and political bonds and a reinvigorated alliance system in the region. But China's territorial ambitions, if unchecked, could eventually create realities on the ground in Asia which will provide it with the legal basis to truly deny America strategic access. If that happens, we might find that - for all of our plans for a pivot toward Asia - Beijing actually ...

Senators seek cost cuts for F-35 fighter jet Pentagon says its priciest program improving

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:27:20 -0400

WASHINGTON -- Senators sought cost-cutting opportunities Wednesday in the Pentagon's $400 billion program for the next-generation F-35, a fighter jet with a troubled testing record that military leaders said America couldn't afford not to build. Chairing the hearing, Sen. Dick Durbin lamented that the F-35 already has cost taxpayers billions more than what Congress signed up for more ...

Mortgage settlement monitor says banks still falling short on helping struggling homeowners

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:27:15 -0400

WASHINGTON -- A new report says homeowners trying to avoid foreclosure must wait too long for their loan modification applications to be reviewed by some of the nation's top mortgage servicers. Such delays can plunge borrowers deeper in debt. Joseph A. Smith, the independent monitor of last year's national mortgage settlement, said Wednesday that while the banks are doing a better job ...

Grand Forks Herald publisher to retire next year

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:27:04 -0400

Mike Jacobs has been with the newspaper for 35 years and has been publisher since 2004. He was the Herald's editor when the newspaper won a Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for its coverage of the 1997 Red River ...

A guide to the life and mystery of Jimmy Hoffa

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:27:02 -0400

DETROIT -; The FBI has spent this week digging up a field in suburban Detroit for the remains of former Teamsters union leader Jimmy Hoffa, who disappeared 38 years ago. He was last seen outside a restaurant about 20 miles from the digging site where he was to meet with a New Jersey Teamsters boss and a Detroit Mafia ...

Wooden beam likely not connected to shipwreck

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:26:59 -0400

FAIRPORT, Mich. -; Archaeologists say a wooden beam found embedded in the floor of Lake Michigan doesn't appear to have been attached to what they believe could be a sunken ship that disappeared in the 17th ...

Father son acquitted in NY of sex trafficking

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:26:53 -0400

NEW YORK -; A father and son who acknowledged they were pimps were acquitted Wednesday of sex trafficking charges after several prostitutes testified they were treated ...

Obesity is now a disease American Medical Association

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:24:07 -0400

In order to fight what it described as an "obesity epidemic," the American Medical Association voted on Tuesday to recognize obesity as a disease and recommended a number of measures to fight it.The association voted on the measure at its annual meeting in Chicago. The AMA noted that obesity rates in the United States have "doubled among adults in the last twenty years and tripled ...

The Martini This American Cocktail May Have An International Twist

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:23:54 -0400

The martini: international drink of mystery? There's no cocktail more distinctly American than the martini. It's strong, sophisticated and sexy. It's everything we hope to project while ordering one. Baltimore-born satirist H.L. Mencken is said to have called the martini "the only American invention as perfect as the sonnet." But is the martini perfectly ...

For the modern coffee experience Paris looks to America

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:23:06 -0400

Thomas Hamlett, a Virginia native, pours a perfect cup at Paris coffee shop Sugarplum Cake Shop. Cafs are a centerpiece for daily life in Paris, as integral to French culture as a fresh baguette, a glass of wine, or, at least according to Americans, a black beret. Yet somehow, coffee in France is almost uniformly bad. Beans are left out in the open air, machines aren't properly maintained, ...

Big brothers save little sister from bear

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:22:54 -0400

Two brothers in Utah are praised for their bravery after springing into action when a bear charged their campground -- and 7-year-old sister. KSL's Haley Smith ...

Woman convicted in LA train platform death

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:22:21 -0400

A defense attorney told a jury Thursday that a homeless woman who pushed an 84-year-old woman off a train platform to her death was an unmedicated schizophrenic who had been released from a hospital three days ...

Events in the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:22:20 -0400

The FBI has spent this week digging up a field in suburban Detroit for the remains of former Teamsters union leader Jimmy Hoffa, who disappeared 38 years ago. He was last seen outside a restaurant about 20 miles from the digging site where he was to meet with a New Jersey Teamsters boss and a Detroit Mafia ...

Wash. parents ruse snares man wooing daughter

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:22:18 -0400

SPOKANE, Wash. -- A father who discovered his 15-year-old daughter was being wooed on Facebook by a man twice her age took matters into his own hands.He hatched a Facebook ruse that drew the 30-year-old Federal Way man to Spokane earlier this month. Then the father and a couple of his buddies staked out the arranged meeting spot and blocked the man's escape until police arrived.The ...

Duncan and Ginobili mourn Game Six defeat to Miami Heat

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:18:43 -0400

"Bad. Very bad. It's a tough moment. We were a few moments from winning the championship, and we let it go. I have no clue how we're going to be re energized. I'm devastated but we have to. There's no game eight afterwards. We're going to have to play our best game, even better than today. Shoot better, better defense, less turnovers in my case, but yeah, ...

NY Gov. Cuomos Abortion Plank Back in Play in New York Senate

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:15:32 -0400

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo arrives at a meeting with Appropriations Committee Chairman and Vice-Chairman Senator Daniel Inouye and Senator Thad Cochran on Capitol Hill in Washington, December 3, ...

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Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:13:10 -0400

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FBI hunt for ex-Teamster boss Hoffas remains ends

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:10:15 -0400

Wednesday, June 19, 2013 and announced the FBI was ending the search operations for the remains of Teamsters union president Jimmy Hoffa who disappeared from a Detroit-area restaurant in 1975. (AP Photo/Carlos ...

Prosecutors Disabled mom child held captive tortured

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:10:15 -0400

Four Ohio residents are accused of holding a mentally disabled mother and her 6-year-old daughter as captive slaves and torturing them with snakes and iguanas. WKYC's Tom Meyer ...

Police dog left to die in hot patrol car

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:10:13 -0400

Police in Woodstock, Ga., have placed a 12-year veteran on leave as they investigate the death of a police dog in his care named "Spartacus." It appears the K-9 cop died of heat stroke after being left in the backseat of a patrol car. WXIA's Blayne Alexander ...

Cops accused of brutality Suspect choked on drugs

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:10:09 -0400

Deputies in Bakersfield, Calif., say a suspect in their custody died choking on drugs, but his family maintains plastic baggies found in Willie Ramos' throat were part of a cover-up in a case of police brutality. KCRA's Katey Rusch ...

Obama delivers address at Berlins Brandenburg Gate

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:10:08 -0400

President Barack Obama talks about reducing nuclear weapons, fighting terrorism and the fall of the Berlin Wall while addressing a crowd at the Brandenburg ...

Accused Cleveland kidnapper utters few words in court

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:10:05 -0400

Ariel Castro, who is accused of keeping three women captive for a decade in his Cleveland home, appeared before Judge Michael J. Russo for a pre-trial ...

Police son still looking for missing Kan. elderly couple

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:10:04 -0400

By Sophia Rosenbaum, NBC News An elderly Kansas couple that set out on an eight-hour trip from Kansas to Illinois to visit family on Monday afternoon has not been heard from since.Police are asking for the public’s help in locating Vernon Hunt, 92, and his wife Goldie, 81, of Garnett, Kan. The couple left their house early Monday morning to visit Goldie’s twin sister in Dwight, Ill. ...

After terrorising America for decades UFO now spotted in Kerala

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:04:52 -0400

The wife of an army officer has made a bizarre claim that her husband took photos of an unidentified flying object (UFO) along a beach in Kannur district of Kerala.The photo shows a saucer-shaped blurry object in the sky above the sea in the background and in the foreground is a beach and a car, supposedly the armyman's.According the wife of Major Sebastian Zachariah, currently posted in ...

Michelle Obama lays roses at bloodiest site along Berlin Wall

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:02:57 -0400

1 of 4. U.S. first lady Michelle Obama (L) and her daughter Sasha place flowers as they visit the Berlin Wall memorial in Bernauer Strasse in Berlin June 19, ...

PRISM is Bad for American Soft Power

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:58:52 -0400

U.S. President Barack Obama waves as he arrives to deliver remarks in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany on June 19, 2013. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) In 1948, Harry Truman flip-flopped. After decades of holding racial biases, he decided to support the civil rights movement against Jim Crow laws. Truman's shift was as much cold political calculation as anything else. The path to ...

Confessed killer says did not dictate deal to turn on Whitey Bulger

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:58:32 -0400

James ''Whitey'' Bulger holds John Martorano's youngest son, John Jr., during his Christening ceremony in this undated handout photo provided by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Massachusetts. Prosecutors showed the photograph to the jury June 18, 2013 as Martorano took the stand in the trial of accused mob boss Bulger, and has implicated him in a dozen killings over ...

Astor son who swindled millionaire mother headed to NY prison

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:58:30 -0400

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Anthony Marshall, the only child of late millionaire philanthropist Brooke Astor, has been a Broadway producer, a decorated war hero and U.S. diplomat and is set to add prison inmate to his life ...

Jimmy Hoffa search finds no sign of ex-Teamsters leader in Detroit suburb

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:56:57 -0400

Robert Foley, special agent in charge of the FBI's Detroit division, addresses the media in Oakland Township, Mich., June 19, 2013, where he announced the FBI was ending search operations for the remains of Teamsters union president Jimmy Hoffa, who disappeared from a Detroit-area restaurant in ...

Report Okla. teen vanishes while hiking in South America

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:56:56 -0400

CBS affiliate KWTV, authorities in South America believe the teen may have been kidnapped. U.S. officials with the American Embassy in Ecuador told the station that they are monitoring the situation closely. In a phone interview, Chris Reiger told the station that an extensive search is underway. He said the family was hiking on a mountain near their resort hotel when August walked ahead of the ...

Americas endangered historic places

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:56:54 -0400

President Barack Obama, left, walks around Gay Head Lighthouse while on vacation on Martha's Vineyard in Aquinnah, Mass., Aug. 27, 2009. The lighthouse is on The National Trust for Historic Preservation 2013 list of 11 Most Endangered Historic Places. It was the first lighthouse built on Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts and now is in danger of toppling over the edge of the Gay ...

Documentary Alleges TWA Flight 800 Cover-Up

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:55:56 -0400

Reconstruction work was taking place in Calverton, N.Y., on TWA Flight 800 which crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off New York's Long Island, March 6, ...

Missouri Man Who Set Wife on Fire Arrested

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:55:55 -0400

A Missouri man who set his wife on fire and evaded capture for more than 24 hours was arrested Tuesday night and charged with first degree assault, armed criminal action and arson, according to the local sheriffs office. Willard Hunt, of Higbee was found at approximately 8:30 p.m., wandering the railroad tracks behind a residential community. "Hunt dropped to his knees and said he was ...

San Francisco Travel Association Announces New Marketing Representation In Japan

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:51:18 -0400

The San Francisco Travel Association, in partnership with San Francisco International Airport (SFO), has retained AVIAREPS Marketing Garden Ltd. (AMG) as their new marketing representation office in Japan. San Francisco Travel and SFO first retained representation services in Japan in 1987, making San Francisco one of the first cities in the U.S. to have an office in Tokyo. In 2000, a ...

Tusks fund terror

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:31:34 -0400

>Editor's note: Mark Quarterman is the research director of the Enough Project, a project of the Center for American Progress to end genocide and crimes against humanity.(CNN) -- The accelerating pace of the slaughter of elephants for their tusks has put African elephants at catastrophic risk in the coming decades. To make matters worse, some of the region's most notorious armed groups are ...

UPDATE 2-Tesla recalls some Model S cars due to seat-mount defect

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:31:09 -0400

Wed Jun 19, 2013 11:31am EDT By Bernie Woodall June 19 (Reuters) - Electric car maker Tesla Motors Inc will recall 1,228 of its 2013 Model S cars manufactured between May 10 and June 8 due to a defect in the mounting bracket of the rear seat. The fix will cost Tesla about $150,000 during the second quarter, company spokeswoman Shanna Hendriks said. Tesla will inspect and reinforce the bracket in ...

State Department whistleblower Law enforcement ‘harass her children’

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:19:48 -0400

Hillary Rodham Clinton helped cover up misconduct that occurred in the department during her tenure now says law enforcement agents are harassing ...

At the open TSX dips ahead of Federal Reserve policy statement

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:17:49 -0400

Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke is seen on a monitor via teleconference in Chicago, May 10, 2012. Market players will be watching intently this week for clues that the Fed is about to begin scaling back its huge monetary stimulus, a key support of stock and bond prices. (JIM ...

Latest search for Jimmy Hoffa called off with no remains found

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:12:15 -0400

Law enforcement officials from the Michigan State Police help search the area in Oakland Township, Mich., Tuesday, June 18, 2013 where officials continue the search for the remains of Teamsters union president Jimmy Hoffa who disappeared from a Detroit-area restaurant in ...

Bulger ex-enforcer grilled about varying stories

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:11:54 -0400

An ex-gangster who admitted killing 20 people was unemotional Monday when describing his line of work at the trial of his former partner, James "Whitey" Bulger, but called himself heartbroken when he learned that Bulger had become an FBI ...

The Amnesty Mob vs. America

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:09:00 -0400

You can try to put ';conservative'; lipstick on the lawless amnesty mob. In the end, however, it’s still a lawless mob. The big government/big business alliance to protect illegal immigration got a lot of mileage using foolish Republicans Marco Rubio and Paul Ryan as front men. But the true colors of the open-borders grievance-mongers always show ...

Miami keep hopes alive

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:08:18 -0400

LeBron James (No.6) of the Miami Heat drives to the basket against Boris Diaw (No.33) of the San Antonio Spurs on Tuesday. Photo: AFPThe Miami Heat forced the already absorbing NBA finals to a deciding game seven after a thrilling 103-100 overtime victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Tuesday tied the series at 3-3.Miami trailed by 13 points in the third quarter but LeBron James, ditching his ...

Tech Tales From New York

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:07:50 -0400

Mayoral NYC Tech Forum where four of NYC's mayoral candidates attempted to show off their technology chops -- no Quinn, Thompson or Catsimi-whatsits -- I was able to snag a seat at the (always) ...

White House Threatens to Veto 5-Month Abortion Ban Bill

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:05:27 -0400

The White House has vowed to veto a House bill that would ban abortions after 20 weeks gestation with exceptions of rape and incest. "The Administration is committed to the protection of women's health and reproductive freedom and to supporting women and families in the choices they make. If the President were presented with this legislation, his senior advisors would recommend that he ...

Miami Heat wins in OT force Game 7

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:03:09 -0400

James powered Miami to a frantic fourth-quarter rally and overtime escape as the Heat beat the Spurs 103-100 on Tuesday night to extend the NBA Finals as far as they can go and keep Miami's repeat chances ...

New York Muslims Mount Legal Challenge To Ubiquitous NYPD Surveillance

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:01:35 -0400

filing a lawsuit on behalf of Muslim New Yorkers to challenge the surveillance they say amounts to racial profiling and violates their religious liberties. Under the aggressive program, undercover informants infiltrate Mosques, restaurants, bookstores, and Muslim student associations without any particular suspicion of the places being monitored or the people being surveilled. Officers also ...

I know hes there tipster says of Hoffa dig site

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:59:17 -0400

Obama lays out plans to combat terrorism

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:59:12 -0400

While speaking at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, President Barack Obama announces ways the US can combat terrorism by "balancing the pursuit of security with the protection of ...

Police in Massachusetts visit home of Patriots tight end Hernandez

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:59:08 -0400

By Erin McClam, Staff Writer, NBC News Massachusetts police visited the home of star New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez on Tuesday, about a mile away from an industrial park where a body was found the night before.Sports Illustrated, citing an unnamed ...

Dont believe Greenspans bullish case for stocks

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:58:30 -0400

By Shawn Tully, editor at large FORTUNE--On CNBC's "Squawk Box" on June 6, former Fed chairman Alan Greenspan made two points in uncharacteristically clear, blunt language that got Wall Street buzzing. Appearing over a chyron billing him as "The Maestro of the Markets," Greenspan came close to declaring that bonds are in a bubble. "Bond prices have to fall and ...

Va. newspaper removes Democrat from name

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:54:08 -0400

http://bit.ly/102C4gg ) published Wednesday, the newspaper announced it would become known as the Fauquier Times. The editorial said having the word "Democrat" in the newspaper's name in such partisan political times "is no longer a very astute business ...

Obama says U.S. to redouble efforts to close Guantanamo

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:52:45 -0400

U.S. President Barack Obama addresses a news conference after a bilateral meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the Chancellery in Berlin June 19, ...

Al Lewis Bank of America ordered us to lie ex-workers say

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:50:03 -0400

Several former Bank of America employees filed declarations in a federal court last week claiming the mortgage lender told them to lie to customers seeking loan ...

Hours after peace talks announcement Taliban claim responsibility for attack that killed 4 American troops

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:49:09 -0400

Hours after announcing the opening of an office in Qatar for peace talks with U.S. and Afghan representatives, the Taliban claimed responsibility for a rocket attack on the Bagram Air Base that killed four American soldiers. Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said insurgents fired two rockets into the base outside the Afghan capital, Kabul, late Tuesday. American officials confirmed the base ...

COST OF IMMIGRATION American Wages Projected To Drop Under Senate Bill

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:49:08 -0400

While supporters of the Senate immigration bill tout a new analysis that shows the legislation would boost the economy and trim the deficit, critics are seizing on another, less rosy stat -- the average American wage would drop, and not recover for more than a ...

Historic America at Risk

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:49:05 -0400

Houston's Astrodome stadium, New York's old Pan Am Worldport Terminal at Kennedy Airport and Montana's one-room schoolhouses are joining a list of the nation's most endangered historic places. On Wednesday, the National Trust for Historic Preservation released its listing ...

New Obamacare exchanges could miss enrollment deadline GAO

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:48:14 -0400

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New health insurance exchanges being set up by the federal government in more than 30 states under President Barack Obama's 2010 healthcare overhaul could miss an October 1 deadline for open enrollment, a government report said on ...

Video Republican pollster Americans distrust government

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:46:15 -0400

A new poll by Luntz Global shows only 35 percent of Americans trust the president. Republican pollster Frank Luntz, a CBS News political analyst, talks with the "CBS This Morning" co-hosts the lack of trust in ...

Video Obama to Germans America is not rifling through your emails

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:46:14 -0400

President Obama assured an audience in Germany that America is not indiscriminately "rifling" through the emails of ordinary European citizens, describing the National Security Agency's surveillance programs as a "circumscribed" system that has averted threats in America, Germany, and ...

Video Mad Libs keep people laughing after six decades

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:46:14 -0400

The classic word game is more popular than ever, with more than 120 million copies. Recently, Mad Libs returned to its roots, releasing a version for grown-ups. Mo Rocca ...

Video Obama America wants to end war in Syria not escalate it

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:46:14 -0400

Addressing the growing role of the United States in the Syrian civil war, President Obama said some of the coverage has gotten "a little over-cranked, in terms of the idea that somehow the United States is preparing to go all in and participate in another war. What we want to do is end a ...

Video Top mobile devices according to Consumer Reports

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:46:13 -0400

Paul Reynolds, electronics editor for Consumer Reports, talks to the "CBS This Morning" co-hosts about the best smartphones, tablets and cameras on the ...

Video Search for Hoffa Mobsters tip led investigators outside Detroit

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:46:13 -0400

The search for Jimmy Hoffa continues, and though no body has been found yet, ex-mobster Tony Zerilli insists he knows how Hoffa died and where he's buried. CBS News' Elaine Quijano ...

Video Eye Opener at 8 NSA says surveillance critical to national security

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:46:13 -0400

The head of the NSA told Congress that programs that sweep up telephone and internet data are critical to national security. Also, four American soldiers were killed in Afghanistan. A look at what we've been covering on "CBS This ...

Video Fodor reveals best summer weekend getaways

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:46:12 -0400

Arabella Brown, executive editorial director of Fodor's, discusses the best weekend getaways for this summer with the "CBS This Morning" co-hosts. This season, she says, it's all about affordability and ...

TWA Flight 800 gets another look 17 years later

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:46:11 -0400

Air safety officials stand in the hangar where the remains of TWA Flight 800 have been re-assembled at the National Transportation Safety Board(NTSB) training facility July 16, 2008, in Ashburn, ...

Video Headlines at 830 Treasury Department reveals Jack Lews new signature

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:46:11 -0400

Four American troops have been killed in Afghanistan and the country's leader walks away from talks with the United States. Also, President Obama visits a historic spot for American leaders with a new message for the world. Plus, obesity is now recognized as a disease. All that, and all that mattered, in today's "Eye ...

Snakes on a plane Texas man smuggles 7 live serpents

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:46:11 -0400

TYLER, Texas Samuel L. Jackson would have been cursing up a storm. An East Texas man has pleaded guilty to smuggling snakes on several planes from South America to the United States. During a court hearing Wednesday in Tyler, William Lamar pleaded guilty to importing wildlife taken in violation of foreign ...

Video Miller Terror plots would have been executed if not for NSA surveillance

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:46:10 -0400

CBS News senior correspondent John Miller, a former assistant director, discusses thwarted terror operations, the NSA's surveillance program, and what's next for the NSA leaker, Edward ...

Father Son Acquitted in NY of Sex Trafficking

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:45:17 -0400

A father and son who admitted they were pimps have been acquitted in New York of sex trafficking after several prostitutes testified they were treated well. A judge delivered the verdict Wednesday at the trial of George Vincent Sr. and his son, George Vincent Jr. They were found guilty of promoting prostitution and money laundering. The two said that they were pimps but didn't traffic ...

Watch Disabled Mom Child Allegedly Held Captive in Ohio Home

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:45:16 -0400

Another chilling case of kidnapping an extended captivity have its surface in Ohio this is south of Cleveland in what's being described as a modern day slavery. Three people facing federal ...

Photos Dogs in Creative Grooming Contest

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:45:15 -0400

A dog with a Sesame Street design is shown in a creative grooming competition in Pasadena, Calif. Winners of the contest can take away thousands. Animal photographer Ren Netherland travels far and wide to capture the ...

Creative Control Chicago Hate Culture Kanye West’s ‘Yeezus’

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:43:49 -0400

Yeezus , is stark, abrasive and combative. It is not "minimalist," even by Kanye standards; but after the grandiose orchestral production that ...

China and Cuba seek greater cooperation

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:40:00 -0400

Xi Jinping said his country would like to work more closely with Cuba on international and regional issues. Xi told Cuba's visiting first vice president, Miguel Diaz-Canel, that China would like to forge a good partnership with Latin American and Caribbean nations, the official Chinese news agency Xinhua reported. The Chinese leader called for stronger cooperation between China and Latin ...

China eager for Iranian nuclear talks

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:39:57 -0400

The Chinese government expects peaceful nuclear negotiations will continue through multilateral dialogue with Iran, a government spokeswoman said. Iranian delegates joined officials from the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council and Germany in a second round of nuclear negotiations in Kazakhstan in April but made few breakthroughs. February talks in Kazakhstan included efforts to ...

Assad forces build up for Aleppo offensive

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:39:56 -0400

Forces loyal to Syria's embattled President Bashar Assad are reported to be tightening a cordon around the northern city of Aleppo, once the country's commercial heart, in a major offensive against rebels who hold 60 percent of the ...

U.S. banks fall short on 29 rules in $25 billion settlement

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:39:51 -0400

Only one of five U.S. banks involved in a $25 billion mortgage-abuse settlement had reached every goal in the agreement, an independent monitor said. The deal with the national mortgage lenders included the billions in financial obligations, which a report by the settlement's appointed ...

Drug companies in Europe fined for pay-to-delay scheme

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:39:50 -0400

Antitrust regulators in Europe said they had fined several drug companies $195 million for conspiring to delay bringing a generic drug to market. The New York Times reported Wednesday the companies fined included Danish drugmaker Lundbeck and German pharmaceutical firm Merck. The European Commission's antitrust division said the companies formed an agreement in 2002 to delay producing a ...

Report North America back on top for millionaires

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:38:09 -0400

North America reclaimed the top spot with the most millionaires last year as the world's ultra-rich led the way in raising global wealth to a record high, according to a report by Cap Gemini and Royal Bank of ...

Its scrap not trash and its also one of Americas top exports

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:37:16 -0400

One thing you learn quickly if you hang around scrap merchants is not to refer to the materials in which they trade as "trash" or "garbage" or ...

Arizona bridge collapse kills one injures one

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:34:14 -0400

Captain Forrest Smith of the Mesa Fire and Medical Department said. One man was found dead under the debris. Another worker was injured and taken to a hospital for treatment, Smith said. The cause of the collapse was unknown. (Reporting by Ian Simpson; Editing by Scott Malone and Gerald E. ...

Arrests in suspected slavery case

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:10:33 -0400

>Editor's note: For more information on this story, check out CNN affiliates WKYC, WOIO and WJW.(CNN) -- A mentally disabled woman and her daughter were held in an Ohio apartment crowded with people and animals for more than a year, forced to perform manual labor and threatened with dogs and snakes to keep them compliant, authorities said Tuesday. Federal prosecutors said the people accused of ...

Los Angeles Metro ending free train rides

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:09:40 -0400

As of Wednesday morning, turnstiles will be locked at Union Station entrances to the Metro Red and Purple lines. Riders must have a TAP card pre-loaded with at least the $1.50 basic fare to gain access. Locked gates will be phased in at other ...

House panel starts rewrite of No Child Left Behind

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:05:07 -0400

WASHINGTON -; House lawmakers are beginning work on a rewrite of the No Child Left Behind education law that would give states more authority and Washington ...

Judge reads charge against Zimmerman to jurors

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:05:07 -0400

Attorney Mark O'Mara, right, jury consultant Robert Hirschhorn, second from right, George Zimmerman and co-counsel Don West, left, watch the proceedings during Zimmerman's trial in Seminole circuit court in Sanford, Fla., Tuesday, June 18, 2013. Zimmerman has been charged with second-degree murder for the 2012 shooting death of Trayvon Martin. (AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Joe Burbank, ...

Friends bond by posing together in underwear

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:01:16 -0400

In what some are calling the latest trend in female empowerment, girlfriends are getting together to pose for sexy photos in their underwear or even nude. NBC's Mara Schiavocampo ...

Aug. trial set for Ohio man in kidnapping of women

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:00:59 -0400

The night of Feb. 12 was the perfect example of the Republican Party’s suicidal tendencies. Sen. Marco Rubio, having spent his work day voting against the renewal of the Violence Against Women Act, was selected to represent the party in rebutting President Obama’s State of the Union address. This is the party’s immigration stance all over again, except that this time they ...

Traffic returns to Wash. bridge that collapsed

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:00:58 -0400

The damaged southbound span of the Brickell Avenue drawbridge reopened Thursday morning after transportation officials devised a plan to get the crippled bridge working again after three days of ...

Feds clear Chinese investment in long-sought West Allis hotel

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:59:41 -0400

June 19, 2013 8:54 a.m. | West Allis - The financing log jam that has held up a Hampton Inn & Suites hotel proposed for 82nd Street and Greenfield Avenue has given way. John Stibal, West Allis development director, now sees "a clear path to the finish line" that will enable the hotel, a facility the city has longed hoped for and sought for the downtown area, to be built. Assuming ...

Medical society votes to recognize obesity as disease

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:57:06 -0400

In order to fight what it described as an "obesity epidemic," the American Medical Association voted on Tuesday to recognize obesity as a disease and recommended a number of measures to fight it. The association voted on the measure at its annual meeting in Chicago. The AMA noted that obesity rates in the United States have "doubled among adults in the last twenty years and ...

Video shows people vowing to sell Obamaphones for drugs

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:57:06 -0400

A Republican senator renewed his criticism of a government-backed program that hands out cell phones after an undercover video showed vendors helping people obtain the phones even after saying they wanted to sell them for drugs and other ...

Stars Naked Afraid on Show

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:57:05 -0400

LOS ANGELES – It is one thing to be stranded in a remote area of the world and fight to stay alive. It's another to do so sans clothes. In the company of a complete stranger. With cameras rolling. The Discovery Channel bares all, quite literally, with its new series "Naked and Afraid," where each week a man and a woman - who have never met before - find themselves without ...

Sheen Gets Blair Canned

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:57:05 -0400

It looks like Charlie Sheen got his way. Just days after he reportedly said he would not set foot on the set of his FX show 'Anger management' until co-star Selma Blair was fired, the studio announced Blair is making a sudden exit. In a statement Tuesday, producer Lionsgate says the actress won't be returning. The company says it wishes her "the very best" but has no ...

The Problem With The Wealth Inequality In America Video. It Commits Worstalls Fallacy

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:57:03 -0400

There's an interesting video doing the rounds currently called "Wealth Inequality In America". It's drawing the usual oohs and ahhs from those who don't think about such things very much. Gee, America sure is an unequal place sort of thing. Unfortunately there's something of a problem with the piece. The numbers it is using are wrong. Wrong in the sense that ...

Obama expected to propose reductions to Cold War-era nuclear arsenal

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:48:44 -0400

President Barack Obama was expected Wednesday to propose reducing the American nuclear arsenal by as much as a third, directing the Defense Department to align the United States with what the administration says are the more credible threats of the 21st century.The proposal outlined by the White House, to be detailed by Obama in a speech in Berlin, will include the maintenance of a "credible ...

AMA to recognize obesity as a disease Why its significant

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:48:44 -0400

The American Medical Association has decided to recognize obesity as a disease requiring treatment, and NBC News' Dr. Nancy Snyderman, fmr. White House Advisor for Health Policy, Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel and PBS' Emily Senay join Morning Joe to discuss the move as well as a report that several mayors of U.S. cities no longer want food stamps to be used for purchasing ...

New film alleges Flight 800 crash was not accidental

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:48:44 -0400

After the NTSB ruled that an electrical short caused TWA Flight 800 to crash in Long Island in 1996, killing all its passengers, six members of the investigative teams are coming forward in a new documentary to say there was evidence that explosions outside the aircraft took it down. NBC's Tom Costello ...

Award-winning war correspondent Michael Hastings dies in Los Angeles car crash

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:48:14 -0400

The award-winning American war correspondent Michael Hastings, 33, died in a car crash in Los Angeles. Described as a "fearless journalist", the news of his death was announced by his employer ...

Redford to promote energy industry environmental performance in New York

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:47:25 -0400

Premier Alison Redford says she's prepared for "frank" talk in New York on Wednesday as she promotes Alberta's energy sector in the face of environmental black eyes for the province and uncertainty over the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline.Redford is slated to be the keynote speaker at the Foreign Policy Association's North American Energy Independence Conference.The ...

US military hurdles for women more cultural than physical general says

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:39:03 -0400

Representatives from Department of Defense and US military detail plans for implementing women into more military positions. Photograph: Win Mcnamee/Getty ...

What Does American Actually Mean

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:38:21 -0400

In Latin America, "American" means anyone from the American continent. U.S. citizens claiming the word are considered gauche or imperialist. So what's the ...

For 2nd time woman gives Chicago athlete 1-finger salute

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:36:36 -0400

A Boston Bruins fan aims some anger toward Chicago Blackhawks center Dave Bolland during Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final on Monday at the TD Garden in ...

CTU chief Racism and inequality hurting Chicago schools

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:36:17 -0400

In the wake of recent school closings and teacher layoffs, Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis took aim Tuesday at the two R’s of her education reform effort - racism and revenue. Lewis, speaking to the City Club of Chicago, did not directly criticize Mayor Rahm Emanuel. But she went after his kitchen cabinet of educational advisers as wealthy "elites" from the venture ...

Video CBO report Immigration bill would boost economy cut deficit

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:36:14 -0400

A new Congressional Budget Office report says if an immigration bill passes it would boost the economy and will cut the federal deficit by almost $200 billion in the next decade. But Speaker John Boehner says he won't introduce any legislation unless it has the majority of House Republicans behind it. John Dickerson discusses the ...

Video President Obama to call for changes to nuclear stockpiles

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:36:14 -0400

President Obama talks to Charlie Rose in an exclusive, wide-ranging interview. The president discussed the rapid rise of China and what he calls a "very blunt conversation about ...

Video Whitey Bulger trial John Martorano testifies for third day

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:36:08 -0400

John Martorano, known as "the executioner," heads into his third day on the stand in the trial of reputed mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger. CBS News legal analyst and commentator Rikki Klieman discusses the case with the "CBS This Morning" ...

Video House passes sweeping anti-abortion bill

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:36:08 -0400

The bill House Republicans passed would ban abortions after 20 weeks. The bill makes exceptions for rape and incest, but only if the mother first reports the crime to authorities. Nancy Cordes ...

Video New England Patriots player questioned in possible murder investigation

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:36:07 -0400

Aaron Hernandez, a tight end with the New England Patriots, was questioned for hours by police in Massachusetts who are investigating a possible homicide. A body was found not far from Hernandez's home. Bree Sison, of CBS Boston station WBZ, ...

Video Customs officers get high-tech to prevent car theft

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:36:07 -0400

Luxury vehicles are a big target for car thieves. Bill Whitaker reports on how law enforcement is using technology to target the international theft ring that specializes in smuggling luxury ...

Neighbors Couple Killed Waited for Order to Leave

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:35:14 -0400

Bob and Barbara Schmidt dashed to their home on a dirt road in a heavily wooded area northeast of Colorado Springs as smoke from what would become the most destructive wildfire in Colorado history filled the air. After quickly grabbing a few items, they spotted their neighbors. "They were sitting on their porch, watching TV," said Bob Schmidt, adding that his wife urged their ...

Day Care Owner Denies Drugging Kids

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:35:13 -0400

An Ohio day care worker who police say sprinkled drugs in children's snacks to make them fall asleep has denied dispensing any medication without parental approval. "I simply wouldn't do it. I didn't do it," Tammy Eppley told ABC News Tuesday. "Anytime I gave the children any medication, I had permission from the parent." Eppley, 37, was charged in ...

Poll Clinton Could Give Rubio Bush Fits In Florida

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:34:18 -0400

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks to guests at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) on June 13, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty ...

Gaza rockets fired at Israel land in Palestinian area no injuries

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:30:14 -0400

Gaza early Wednesday landed in Palestinian territory, Israeli officials said. There were no reports of damage or injuries. The officials said it was the first attack by militants in nearly two months and came while some world leaders and celebrities were in Jerusalem for ...

Car crashes into New York City grocery store eight injured

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:30:13 -0400

A car collided with another car, jumped a curb and smashed into a grocery store in New York City Wednesday, injuring eight people, police said. The cars crashed at 7:30 a.m. near Second Avenue and East Fourth Street in the East Village, WNBC-TV reported. Fire officials said eight people were hospitalized, three of them in serious condition. Five of the injured had been inside the vehicle that ...

Some evacuations lifted for California wildfire

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:30:12 -0400

California fire officials said it would take several weeks before the area destroyed by the Carstens wildfire in Mariposa County will be safe to enter. The fire, declared 40 percent contained, has burned nearly 2,000 acres but so far no structures have been damaged, the Mariposa Gazette reported Wednesday. Some of the more than 1,000 residents ordered to evacuate their homes are being allowed ...

Chicago activists lobby for plastic bag ban

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:30:12 -0400

Rahm Emanuel is trying to get more information on the environmental and economic impacts of the proposal before deciding whether to support it, mayoral spokesman Tom Alexander said. "The mayor will work with members of City Council to reach a consensus on this issue," Alexander told the Chicago Tribune. Alderman George Cardenas, the council's Heath Committee chairman, has ...

4.3-magnitude earthquake destroys 500 homes in Russia

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:30:11 -0400

A 4.3-magnitude earthquake damaged more than 500 houses and brought coal mining to a standstill in Russia's Kemerovo Region Wednesday, officials said. The earthquake struck at 3 a.m. local time at a depth of about 6 miles, RIA Novosti reported. The U.S. Geological Survey said the magnitude of the quake was closer to 5.3. "The nature of the tremors is being clarified, the epicenter is ...

Judge sentences Frenchman who impersonated airline pilot

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:30:10 -0400

A judge in Philadelphia sentenced a Frenchman to time served for pretending to be a commercial airline pilot and entering the cockpit of a U.S. Airways jet. Philippe Jeannard, 61, of La Rochelle, France, was arrested March 20 after using the fraudulent identification card of a former Air France employee to board the U.S. Airways plane, Philly.com reported. No one was injured or endangered by ...

David Eads runs FreeGeek Chicago an Apple Store for the rest of us

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:27:40 -0400

FreeGeek Chicago gives volunteers hands-on training in restoring old computers to sell or recycle - while they earn credits toward taking home their own desktop or laptop free of ...

Kids Count report Americas children are advancing despite the economy

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:27:23 -0400

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 ...

Union of Concerned Scientists Northwest Airlines Asks Clear Channel to Pull Science Groups Anti-Nuclear-Weapons Ad in Minneapolis Airport

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:27:19 -0400

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 ...

American Rights At Work Formal Complaint for FEC Investigation of Wal-Marts Unlawful Federal Election Activity

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:27:13 -0400

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 ...

American Friends Service Committee California Becomes First State to Condemn Use of Torture in War on Terror

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:27:13 -0400

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 ...

Planned Parenthood American Journal of Public Health Study Shows Public Clinics Provide More Choices More Care

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:27:12 -0400

American Journal of Public Health Study Shows Public Clinics Provide More Choices, More Care WASHINGTON - August 14 - A new study in ...

Center for American Progress and Center for Democracy and Technology State AGs Fail to Adequately Protect Online Consumers

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:27:09 -0400

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 ...

Riverkeeper Calls on Governor to Declare new York City Watershed Off-Limits to Natural Gas Drilling

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:27:05 -0400

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 ...

Progressive Democrats of America DNC Delegate Support Surges for Guaranteed Health Care Plank

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:27:02 -0400

Donna Smith (773) 617-4493 Tim Carpenter, National Director, PDA (413) 320-2015 Norman Solomon, Obama delegate and co-drafter ...

People for the American Way McCain Brags About His Support of George Bush Judges

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:27:01 -0400

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. ...

ACLU Reminds Americas Toughest Sheriff That Hes Not Above The Law

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:26:59 -0400

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 ...

Media Matters for America New Anti-Obama Books... Swift Boat Redux

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:26:57 -0400

New Anti-Obama Books... Swift 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 ...

Consumer Federation of America Leaders Confront Flawed Auto Rule Analysis Poll

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:26:53 -0400

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 ...