Survey shows many Americans consumed by debt, too scared to spend.
D.N.C. Cuts Fla., Mich. Votes in Half — Rules Wrap Up: After a nearly 10-hour marathon meeting of the Democratic party's rules committee, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton came away with a total of 24 more pledged delegates, but today's decisions on the seating of Florida and Michigan delegates fell far short …
Thousands protest U.S. extended occupation of Iraq Thousands of supporters of Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr rallied in the streets of Baghdad Friday to protest plans for a long-term U.S.-Iraq security agreement. The protesters took to the streets after Friday prayers in the capital's Sadr City neighborhood and other cities across Iraq. Sadr called Tuesday for protests against a possible agreement that could lead to an extended U.S. troop presence in Iraq.
US spending in Iraq ignored laws An audit of some $8bn (£4bn) paid to US and Iraqi contractors has found that almost every payment failed to comply with US laws aimed at preventing fraud. In one instance, $11m was paid to a US company without any record of what goods or services were provided, the US defence department audit said. US spending of another $1.8bn in seized Iraqi assets was also poorly handled.
Iran not seeking to build nuclear weapons: Putin Iran is not trying to acquire nuclear weapons but Tehran should avoid "irritating" its neighbours, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Saturday in an interview with French newspaper Le Monde. Putin, who was in Paris for two days of meetings with President Nicolas Sarkozy and other French leaders, said there was no indication Iran was building its own nuclear arsenal.
Chertoff: Low threat of WMD terror attack --Homeland security chief reacts to militant Web chatter about nukes Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff downplayed the threat of a nuclear terror attack Friday despite recent postings on al-Qaida-affiliated Web sites exhorting militants to pursue weapons of mass destruction for use against the U.S.
Comcast Is Hiring an Internet Snoop for the Feds By Noah Shachtman Wanna tap e-mail, voice and Web traffic for the government? Comcast, the country's second-largest Internet provider, is looking for an engineer to handle "reconnaissance" and "analysis" of "subscriber intelligence" for the company's "National Security Operations." Day-to-day tasks, the company says in an online job listing, will include "deploy[ing], installing] and remov[ing] strategic and tactical data intercept equipment on a nationwide basis to meet Comcast and Government lawful intercept needs." The person in this "intercept engineering" position will help collect and process traffic on the company's "CDV [Comcast Digital Voice], HSI [High Speed Internet] and Video" services.
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