Tuesday, July 07, 2009

SPB News for Tuesday.



Alaskans: Palin had gone fishin' on the job
43rd president has long prized gun seized when Iraqi dictator was nabbed in '03.


Hospitals to Contribute $155B to Help Insure Those Without Health Coverage — The nation's hospitals agreed last night to contribute $155 billion over 10 years toward the cost of insuring the 47 million Americans without health coverage, according to two industry sources.

Palin Hit With Another Ethics Complaint — In the wake of Governor Palin stepping down from her job, new allegations have surfaced today in Alaska charging Palin with additional violations of the Alaska Executive Ethics Act. — Zane Henning — a conservative government watchdog … Anchorage Daily News puts the count at 18.

More female veterans are winding up homeless — VA resources strained; many are single parents — Angela Peacock spent years with no home after serving in Iraq. — WASHINGTON - The number of female service members who have become homeless after leaving the military has jumped dramatically …

Al-Qaeda cell was preparing to attack pipeline An international Al-Qaeda [al-CIAduh] cell, based in the northern Sinai Penninsula, is suspected of being involved in plans to attack gas pipelines running between Israel and Egypt. According to Egyptian media, the plan was to strike Israeli ships passing through the Suez Canal.

AIG lawyer says ex-CEO lied in court battle Maurice "Hank" Greenberg, former chief executive of American International Group Inc, fabricated documents and lied under oath in a bid to rewrite history and cloud who is the rightful beneficiary of a large and valuable block of AIG stock, AIG lawyer Ted Wells told a federal jury on Monday. Wells, delivering closing arguments in a high-profile trial over rightful ownership of the stock, said Greenberg's assertions at trial that the beneficiary of the stock was always intended to be a charitable trust was no more than an attempt to cover up a pledge made 35 years earlier.

Zelaya flying in Monday evening to talk with Sec. Clinton about the crisis.

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