Monthly Archives: December, 2010
Rep. Flake Vows to Fight Congressional ‘Favor Factory’
Rep. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., for years has been against earmarks, so he will have a seat next session on the House Appropriations Committee — the infamous panel that has earned a reputation as a factory for pork-barrel spending. Much to his delight, the Republicans want to ban earmarks. But there are already loopholes, around the idea. Flake …
~~~~~Floods Worldwide~~~~~ Australia
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard is visiting communities suffering from unusually severe flooding in the eastern state of Queensland. The flooding has already peaked in Bundaberg, where she flew to, before heading to Rockhampton, where waters are expected to rise. So far the floods have affected about 200,000 people over an area bigger than France …
AIG gets $3B in facilities
AIG, the insurance giant, is taking another step to its recovery, by obtaining $3 billion in credit facilities. This news sent AIG stocks soaring by 9% on Monday. The company said it will be able to tap the facilities once it finishes back its bailouts. AIG received the biggest government rescue of any financial company …
Marine’s immigrant father faces deportation
Hold on, this man has broken the law, he’s here illegally. As a Marine’s father awaits deportation for being an illegal immigrant, U.S. immigration officials are giving him a chance to prove he should be granted permanent residency in the United States. “We’re just asking for a day in court and … if we get …
First Great Grandchild for Queen
The Queen is very happy over the birth of her first greatgranddaughter, as the baby girl is the first child for the Queen’s eldest grandson Peter Phillips and his wife, Autumn, weighed 8lbs 8oz. The newborn is 12th in line for the throne, was born in Gloucestershire Royal Hospital on Wednesday. Her name has not …
Indiana Mom charged in Death of son
An Indiana woman who was accused of feeding her young son olive oil and vinegar, until he stopped breathing and died and then hiding his body more than a year has been formally charged. Latisha Lawson, 31, of Fort Wayne now faces two felony charges of battery and three counts of neglect of a dependent, in …
NC High School Senior Gets Suspended for Knife in Lunchbox
An upstanding North Carolina High School student student has been suspended for the remainder of her senior year and charged with a misdemeanor for having a small paring knife in her lunchbox. Ashley Smithwick, 17, of Sanford, accidently took her father’s lunchbox to school, instead of her own, in October, and school officials at Southern …
U.S. Revokes Venezuelan Envoy’s Visa
Isn’t politics grand? The Obama Administration has just revoked the visa of the Venezuelan ambassador to the United States in a retaliatory move after Venezuela rejected the U.S. choice to be the next envoy to the South American country. An anonymous diplomat close to the scene said the decision to revoke Bernardo Alvarez Herrera’s visa …
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