Democrats blast Limbaugh for comment on Kennedy — Featured Topics: - Barack Obama - Presidential Transition — WASHINGTON - A Democratic official rebuked conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh on Friday for suggesting a health care proposal will be named in memory of Sen. Edward Kennedy, who is battling brain cancer.
State high court denies Franken bid for election certificate — The Democrat had sought to be seated in the U.S. Senate provisionally while Republican Norm Coleman's lawsuit plays out. Meanwhile, Franken also is pressing to have that suit dismissed. — The Minnesota Supreme Court Friday ruled …
Intelligence failures crippling fight against insurgents in Afghanistan, says report --Leaked analysis condemns US for lack of co-operation --Senior officers' criticisms also cover Iraq campaign A highly critical analysis of the US-led coalition's 'counterinsurgency' in Iraq and Afghanistan has raised serious questions about combat operations in both countries - and the intelligence underpinning them. The confidential document presents a bleak picture of a counterinsurgency effort undermined by intelligence failures that at times border on the absurd. Based on scores of interviews with British, US, Canadian and Dutch military, intelligence and diplomatic officials - and marked for "official use only" - the book-length report is damning of a US military often unwilling to share intelligence among its military allies.
Lawyer Held in KBR Bribery Case U.K. police have arrested a lawyer accused of moving millions of dollars in bribes to Nigerian officials to win contracts for a construction consortium including former Halliburton Co. unit KBR Inc. Jeffrey Tesler was arrested after an extradition request from the U.S. authorities. A federal grand jury in Texas charged Mr. Tesler with helping channel money from KBR to Nigerian officials, to obtain more than $6 billion of contracts relating to the construction of liquefied natural gas facilities on Nigeria's Bonny Island.
KBR unit wins Chevron work A subsidiary of KBR Inc. has been awarded a front-end engineering and design contract by Chevron Overseas (Congo) Ltd. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
Bill Seeks to Let FDIC Borrow up to $500 Billion Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd (D-CT.) is moving to allow the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. to temporarily borrow as much as $500 billion from the Treasury Department. Dodd's effort -- which comes in response to urging from FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner -- would give the FDIC access to more money to rebuild its fund that insures consumers' deposits, which have been hard hit by a string of [Bush] bank failures.
Budget Backlash: Thousands Rally At City Hall --Taxpayers Furious With Budget Cuts Take Frustration to Streets of NYC Tens of thousands of New Yorkers marched on City Hall, rallying to stop proposed funding cuts. The rally cries of labor unions, community groups and families outside City Hall could be heard throughout lower Manhattan. Desperation for an economic lifeline brought out more than 50,000 people along several blocks of Broadway in a self-described "Rally For New York."
Schwarzenegger cabinet member resigns after accepting speaking fees A member of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's cabinet [Rosario Marin] resigned Thursday after questions about income she received for giving speeches to private companies, including some that were doing business with her agency. The resignation came after The Times inquired about her outside income, which included thousands of dollars in fees for speeches to pharmaceutical companies within months of her agency's push last year to reduce oversight of prescription drugs.
'Joe the Plumber' sues over Ohio records probe "Joe the Plumber" is suing three former state officials in Ohio, saying they violated his privacy when they gathered his personal information in a records search. Samuel J. Wurzelbacher says in the federal lawsuit filed Thursday that he suffered emotional distress, harassment, humiliation and embarrassment as a result of their actions.
Gingrich talks openly about 2012 WH bidBlog: Ex-Speaker 'carefully constructs excuses' for when he eventually bails
Treasury official quits amid fraud scandal
Siegelman: 'The fight will continue'
Judges on Siegelman panel were all GOP appointees
Dean in running as surgeon general
CNN: Former DNC head 'under consideration' by Obama administration.
Shoe thrown at Ahmadinejad
Culprit evades arrest; assault a hot topic in Iran's blogosphere
Stewart mocks CNBC's Santelli
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Joe should sue himself for the self-inflicted embarrassment he caused himself.
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