|
Palin kicks off Tea Party Express tourSan Francisco Chronicle - - 5 hours ago Jae C. Hong / AP Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (center) arrives with her husband, Todd, to speak at a Tea Party rally in Searchlight, Nev. 'Tea party' protesters in Nevada target health law, Reid Los Angeles Times Obama announces 15 recess appointments, scolds GOPHonolulu Advertiser - 7 minutes ago AP WASHINGTON - Fed up with waiting, President Obama announced Saturday he would bypass a vacationing Senate and name 15 people to key administration jobs, wielding for the first time the blunt political tool known as the recess appointment. Obama uses recess appointments to fill 15 posts Washington Post Landmarks, cities worldwide unplug for Earth HourThe Associated Press - - 8 hours ago LONDON - Europe's best known landmarks - including the Eiffel Tower, Big Ben and Rome's Colosseum - fell dark Saturday, following Sydney's Opera House and Beijing's Forbidden City in joining a global climate change protest, as lights were switched off ... Video: Raw Video: Landmarks Go Dark for Earth Hour
The Associated Press
Earth Hour saves 170kw/hour in Dubai GulfNews |
Recommended for you »
Sign in to add a section with stories recommended for you, by using search history.
Thai prime minister agrees to talks with protest leaders
The Guardian - 10 minutes ago
AP in Bangkok Red Shirts drew global attention this month with a 'blood sacrifice' in which they collected blood from supporters and splattered it at the gates of Abhisit Abhisit's office.
Thai PM agrees to meet with anti-government protesters CNN International
Thai PM talks with protesters live on television The Associated Press
Sunk South Korea naval ship Cheonan 'split in half'
BBC News - 3 hours ago
The force of Friday's mysterious explosion which sunk a South Korean naval ship appears to have split the vessel's hull in two, officials say.
Video: SKorean Naval Ship Sinks Near NKorea; 46 Missing
The Associated Press
Israeli-Palestinian peace process at critical stage, Arab leaders say
CNN International - - 8 hours ago
(CNN) -- Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas warned Saturday that peace talks would not move forward "as long as Israel maintains its settlement policy," continuing the rift in the region that began this month with Israel's intent to build ...
Moussa: Prepare for failure of talks Jerusalem Post
Local News »
View stories near:
After health care, will Obama double down, or hunker down?
Dallas Morning News - 2 hours ago
WASHINGTON - As the dust settles on the health care fight, the question facing both the White House and its adversaries is: What next?
Video: GOP: Repeal and Replace Health Care Overhaul
The Associated Press
Health care battle highlights trouble with Congress Detroit Free Press
TSA Could Be Leaderless for Months After the Withdrawal of a Second Nominee
New York Times - - 15 hours ago
WASHINGTON - The agency that guards airline security inside the United States is likely to remain without a Senate-confirmed leader for months to come after President Obama's nominee for the position abruptly withdrew ...
Obama search for TSA chief continues, nominee out The Associated Press
Barbara Bush unwell...Recess appointments...Orangutan birthday
9&10 News - 1 hour ago
HOUSTON (AP) - Former first lady Barbara Bush is in a Houston hospital, but a spokesperson says doctors don't suspect anything serious.
Barbara Bush hospitalized, 'not feeling well' Los Angeles Times
Crane Falls Against Financial District Building
New York Times - - 6 hours ago
A crane fell against a building at 80 Maiden Lane in Lower Manhattan on Saturday evening. By SARAH WHEATON and RAVI SOMAIYA A crane tipped and fell against a commercial building in Lower Manhattan on Saturday evening.
Crane strikes 25-story NYC building; no injuries The Associated Press
Greece to Sell Eurobonds Next Week in Rescue Test, FT Says
Bloomberg - - 21 hours ago
March 27 (Bloomberg) -- Greece is planning to sell Eurobonds next week, a move that will test the rescue plan devised by euro-zone leaders, the Financial Times said, citing an interview with Petros Christodoulou, head of the public ...
Greek Aid Agreement Takes Heat Off Euro Wall Street Journal
Above water?
Washington Post - 5 hours ago
DESPITE RECENT, tentative signs of stabilization, the housing market remains fragile, and that translates into insecurity or outright hardship for millions of Americans.
US to increase housing loans Detroit Free Press
Take two: Gov't tries new fix for mortgage crisis The Associated Press
Doing business in China getting tougher for US companies
San Jose Mercury News - - 7 hours ago
Just a few years ago, the mantra in Silicon Valley went like this: What's your China strategy? A 2010 update could be: What's your China headache?
Apple Is Sold Out of iPads for Launch Day
PC Magazine - - 5 hours ago
Apple's often accused of running its hype machine to new levels in advance of a product launch. This naturally makes its anonymous claims of pre-selling hundreds of thousands of its latest gizmo, the famed Apple iPad, a bit tougher to ...
ONLINE GUY: Start the queues and heed the hype: The iPad is nearly here Las Vegas Review - Journal
Bid for retired NASA space shuttle touts early Intrepid astronaut rescues
New York Daily News - - 1 hour ago
The space shuttle Discovery, mounted atop a modified Boeing 747 shuttle carrier, lifts off from Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., on Sunday, Sept.
'Kids' Choice Awards': Katy Perry got her slime on!
Entertainment Weekly - - 5 hours ago
Image Credit: Tracy Bennett/NickelodeonAny kind of Scream redux should send a sound team to Nickelodeon's annual Kids Choice Awards.
Video: Noah Ringer at the 2010 Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards
Los Angeles Times
Michelle McGee Laughs: "I Wasn't the Only One!"
Us Magazine - 8 hours ago
Michelle McGee - the first woman to publicly allege an affair with Sandra Bullock's husband Jesse James - had a good laugh Thursday as three other women also claimed to have flings with the 40-year-old biker.
Close Friends Of Sandra Bullock Visiting Her In Her LA Home PWSpoilers.com
Sandra Bullock Pregnancy Rumors Spreadit
Easter egg hunt attracts hundreds to Viking Park
Waukegan News Sun - - 48 minutes ago
GURNEE -- Hundreds of children, many in their Easter-best, hopped, chased and hunted for Easter eggs in Viking Park on Old Grand Avenue Saturday.
Check out these eggs-traordinary Easter events BlueRidgeNow.com
Easter event especially for the dogs? Eggs-actly Aurora Beacon News
Peak performance by Mountaineers
Boston Globe - - 2 hours ago
SYRACUSE, NY— They came into the game with an attitude that had carried them through a season in which they had already experienced incredible highs, including their first Big East tournament championship.
Final Four finally gives Butler reason to party
The Associated Press - - 1 hour ago
INDIANAPOLIS - The school that never celebrates midnight madness to kick off the basketball season finally held a late-night campus party.
Video: Butler Tops Kansas State, Reaches Final Four
The Associated Press
Cats can't capitalize against Butler Kansas City Star
CAR F1 Australian GP
The Associated Press - 1 hour ago
3011 AP-CAR-F1-Australian-GP, 1st Ld-Writethru McLaren's Button wins Australian F1 Grand Prix Eds: ADDS quotes, detail byline AP Photo XMEL125, XMEL124, XMEL112, XMEL123, XMEL122, XMEL120, XMEL121, XMEL119, XMEL118, XMEL117, XMEL116, XMEL137, XMEL135, ...
Button defends Australian GP title MiamiHerald.com
Button makes right call SkySports
Same healthcare arguments, just decades earlier
Los Angeles Times - - 3 hours ago
When Medicare came into existence in 1965, those opposed - including Ronald Reagan - cried of socialism and loss of freedom. By Johanna Neuman President Harry S. Truman is considered the grandfather of universal healthcare, having first proposed it in ...
Business leaders' thoughts on health care bill San Francisco Chronicle
Health care changes coming in '10 Detroit Free Press
Official: Obama expected to name head of Medicare, Medicaid
CNN - - 11 hours ago
An official stressed that President Obama has not yet appointed a new Medicare and Medicaid administrator. Washington (CNN) -- President Obama is expected to nominate a Massachussetts pediatrician and ...
Obama to Nominate Professor for Medicare Post Wall Street Journal
Source: Obama to name chief for Medicare, Medicaid The Associated Press
AT&T, Deere CEOs Called by Waxman to Back Up Health-Bill Costs
BusinessWeek - - 10 hours ago
March 27 (Bloomberg) -- Representative Henry Waxman called the chief executive officers of AT&T Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., Caterpillar Inc. and Deere & Co.
Big employers rethink their healthcare plans Los Angeles Times
AT&T Joins in Health Charges Wall Street Journal
Jon Stewart's Best Tea Bagger Moments (VIDEO)
Huffington Post (blog) - Mar 23, 2010
With the health care bill passed, let's turn to Jon Stewart to to cover it with hilarity...Wait, what? The "Daily Show" is on a break?
States fighting healthcare law don't have precedent on their side
Los Angeles Times - 21 hours ago
A 2005 Supreme Court ruling citing the authority to regulate commerce poses a problem for suits claiming it's unconstitutional for the federal government to force individuals to have insurance.
Young, Muslim, Female... and Not a Stereotype
TIME (blog) - - Mar 26, 2010
Skimming through my Advanced Placement world history textbook, I came to a section titled “Gender Relations in Islam.” The words that followed jumped out at me.
Autistic Teen Picks First Two NCAA Rounds Perfectly
NBC Chicago - - Mar 23, 2010
In fact, he picked every game through the first two rounds correctly. The odds of anybody doing that? One in 13460000, according to BookofOdds.
Meat-Eating Vs. Driving: Another Climate Change Error?
TIME - - Mar 26, 2010
Here we go again. On March 22, a scientist at the University of California at Davis pointed out a flaw in "Livestock's Long Shadow," a 2006 report by the United Nation Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) that ...