Saturday, August 15, 2009

SPB News for Saturday

NYT: US Builds Cases Against 150 Rich Americans In Tax Probe


Dole Foods To Go Public With $500M Stock Offering

Reformists Call For Probe Of Ayatollah Khamenei In Iran


Lynndie England's DC Lecture Canceled After Threats


Former Gonzales Chief of Staff Returns From Leave

D. Kyle Sampson, a key figure in the firings of nine U.S. attorneys when he was chief of staff to then-Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, has returned to his partnership at Hunton & Williams, the firm said today.

Conrad says he won't support government-run health care program — CARRINGTON, N.D. — Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D. presented his cooperative health care proposal here Thursday and told an audience of 100 that he would not vote for a government-run health care program.


Armey leaves firm amid health care flap — Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-Texas) is resigning from DLA Piper law firm amid a wave of negative attention his grassroots organization, Freedom Works, has drawn for helping to organize protesters at health care town hall meetings with members of Congress.

Mark Sanford's Wife Urged to Write Tell-All Book — Ever notice how the guys of political affairs write books about their cheating, make big dollars, and then sometimes go on to greater fame? What about the victims in those cases: the wives? Well, we hear that the New York publishing world …


Voters Say Carter Is Best of Living Ex-Presidents


‘Squeaky’ Fromme released from prison


Republican Death Trip By Paul Krugman The truth is that the factors that made politics so ugly in the Clinton years -- the paranoia of a significant minority of Americans and the cynical willingness of leading Republicans to cater to that paranoia -- are as strong as ever... The question now is how Mr. Obama will deal with the death of his postpartisan dream. So far, at least, the Obama administration’s response to the outpouring of hate on the right has had a deer-in-the-headlights quality.


Halliburton Expanding in Williston Williston's oil and energy sector is continuing to expand, thanks to Halliburton's latest investment in a new 30-acre facility. The project is estimated to cost between $15 and $20 million. Shane Goettle, North Dakota Chamber of Commerce Commissioner, says Halliburton's investment is a signal that they are here to stay for the long haul.


Weekly Address: Real Conversations about Health Insurance Reform The President talks about how the chatter and ruckus around health insurance reform on television obscures the reality of what's happening in America.

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