WASHINGTON — Americans have soaring hopes for the incoming Obama administration and an even higher opinion of the Democrat they just elected president, a new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll shows. Nearly seven in 10 adults, or 68%, said they have a favorable...
6 days, 7 hours ago (2008-11-12 09:00:13)
by changeling
A good majority of Americans polled think Barack will increase respect for U S through the world usatoday.com/news/politics/2008-1 1-10-poll-obama_N.htm" target=_blank>http://www.usatoday.com/news/poli tics/20
SALINE, Mich. — For seven years, Wachauna Johnson has been making lemonade out of the crummy job market she faced after graduating from college in 1999. Failing to find work using her public relations degree, she landed a job on the line at a plant...
4 days, 7 hours ago (2008-11-14 08:37:00)
by mtm1963
year when someone retires early or takes a buyout and once that retiree is old enough to move onto Medicare and Social Security the cost drops to 20 000 annually http://www.usatoday.com/money/aut os/...p how many retired union auto workers are there a few million do the math and can see a BIG problem mtm1963
"Columbus 'til I die" isn't the most likely chant for a California-born defender. But with the Columbus Crew's rebuilding effort coming to fruition the same year three supporters groups banded together in a cozy soccer stadium, players and fans have...
6 days, 14 hours ago (2008-11-12 01:40:00)
by Fanaddict
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SEDONA, Ariz. — Endorsed by an influential Texas televangelist, Republican John McCain endeared himself to one group of voters but risked alienating another with the pastor's anti-Catholic views. The controversy has been mild so far, but still,...
2 days, 6 hours ago (2008-11-16 09:34:00)
by Aka520a
win Pennsylvania Not that McCain was innocent in these exclusionary escapades He strenuously sought the endorsement of the Rev John Hagee even though Hagee had blamed gays for Hurricane Katrina referred to the Roman Catholic Church as the great whore and theorized that Hitler came about because Gods top priority for the Jewish people is to get them to come back
ANCHORAGE (AP) — Just as Sen. Ted Stevens appeared ready to take his criminal record back to Congress — perhaps opening a door for Gov. Sarah Palin to replace him — his re-election bid faltered, and Palin's door perhaps began to close....
5 days, 7 hours ago (2008-11-13 08:51:00)
by Michaelpfool
counting early and absentee ballots The tally was 132 196 to 131 382 with an estimated 30 000 ballots remaining to be counted some on Friday and some next week http://www.usatoday.com/news/poli tics/el But the angry senator WILL slam the door The clinker door I hope this good news stands
Taking a cigarette break outside a General Motors (GM) assembly plant in Lansing, Mich., last week, Mike O'Driscoll admits he has problems: diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol. The GM assembly plant in Janesville, Wis., may be closed as part...
1 day, 9 hours ago (2008-11-17 06:55:00)
by ford nut
but I ve long suspected that the Big Three might make the most powerful push for socialized medicine 2009 will be the time to do it Thats a good point http://www.usatoday.com/money/aut os/...a Quote As GM recovers from its worst quarterly loss in more than a decade 1 1 billion executives have targeted health care as a top opportunity for cost cutting
Patrick Patterson calls himself an old-school type of guy. Kentucky's sophomore is comfortable patterning himself after basketball big men of yesteryear, such as Hakeem Olajuwon and Moses Malone. There might not be a lot of flash to Patterson's game, but...
Shawn Nguyen bragged that he could sneak anything past airport security using his top-secret clearance as a federal air marshal. And for months, he smuggled cocaine and drug money onto flights across the country, boasting to an FBI informant that he was...
4 days, 3 hours ago (2008-11-14 12:38:00)
by The_Patriot
Quote Originally Posted by Coeloptera Crimes by air marshals raise questions a That s it Whole system is junk Time to scrap it and start over quot Since 9 11 more than three dozen federal air marshals have been charged with crimes and hundreds more have been accused of misconduct an investigation by ProPublica a non profit journalism organization has found Cases range from drunken driving
BEIJING — Thick brown clouds of soot, particles and chemicals stretching from the Persian Gulf to Asia threaten health and food supplies in the world, the U.N. reported Thursday, citing what it called the newest threat to the global environment. The...
4 days, 6 hours ago (2008-11-14 10:16:00)
by marshallz10
U.N. sees new peril in Asia's huge brown cloud
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In this 2007 satellite image, a band of brown haze crosses over South Korea, center, then spreads out over the Sea of Japan toward Japan, center right. According to a U.N. report r
GREENVILLE, S.C. — A priest at St. Mary's Catholic Church in downtown Greenville has told parishioners that those who voted for Barack Obama placed themselves under divine judgment because of his stance on abortion and should not receive Holy...
