Archive for 'News'
Hundreds of protesters marching through Chicago
By JIM SUHR and RYAN J. FOLEY | Associated Press – 3 hrs ago CHICAGO (AP) — Thousands of nurses and other protesters gathered Friday at a downtown Chicago plaza for a noisy but largely peaceful [...]
Obama 2013 Budget Goes Down in Senate, 99-0
by Ben Shapiro13 hours ago President Obama’s 2013 budget just went down to defeat by a 99-0 vote in the Senate. In March, the measure went before the House for a vote – and went down [...]
California facing higher $16 billion shortfall
By JUDY LIN | Associated Press – Sat, May 12, 2012 SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s budget deficit has swelled to a projected $16 billion — much larger than had been predicted just months ago — [...]
A ‘war on women’ at L.A. City Hall?
They’re targeted disproportionately by Mayor Villaraigosa’s proposed layoffs, L.A. labor groups say. By Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times | May 14, 2012 In a twist on a theme that has flared up on the national political [...]
US soldier killed by an attacker in Afghan army uniform
Incident is 15th of its kind this year in country By Amir Shah | Associated Press May 12, 2012 KABUL – A man wearing an Afghan army uniform fatally shot an American soldier in the east [...]
It’s All Your Money: Taxpayers may be on hook for US Postal Service losses
By William La Jeunesse | Published May 08, 2012 | FoxNews.com The U.S. Postal Service is often the butt of jokes, but there’s nothing funny about the agency’s bottom line. The USPS is losing up to $25 [...]
Americans: Too broke to go bankrupt
By Blake Ellis | CNNMoney.com – 1 hour 41 minutes ago This year, hundreds of thousands of Americans are expected to be too broke to file for bankruptcy. The average cost to file for Chapter 7 [...]
Activist Chen Guangcheng: Let Me Leave China on Hillary Clinton’s Plane
Melinda Liu | The Daily Beast | May 2, 2012 10:10 PM EDT In an exclusive interview with The Daily Beast’s Melinda Liu, blind dissident Chen Guangcheng says he’s been abandoned by American officials at a [...]
Democratic Swanky Socialists of America Wine and Awards Dinner Soirée
by Rebel Pundit | 1 hour ago | Breitbart.com Last Friday night, the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) held their 54th Annual Eugene V. Debs–Norman Thomas–Michael Harrington Award Dinner at the Holiday Inn Mart Plaza in Chicago. [...]
US keeps mum on some Afghan attacks
AP | May 1, 2012 4:36 AM WASHINGTON — The military is under-reporting the number of times that Afghan soldiers and police open fire on American and other foreign troops. The U.S.-led coalition routinely reports each time [...]





