Saturday, October 24, 2009

SPB News for Saturday

Retired general calls Cheney 'incompetent war fighter'

4-yr.-old got 1st time homebuyer credit

Nazi-looted art found at Bush library site

Levin: We'll Have 'Don't Ask Don't Tell' Hearing Next Month

Top GOP Donor Bankrolling Liz Cheney's New Group

Bank failures have passed 100 mark103 this year; Hundreds more may be as weak as those that have failed.

Polanski faces 2 years in prison if returned to LA, Swiss officials say
Swiss authorities said that director Roman Polanski could spend up to two years in prison if he was extradited back to the United States for sentencing in a sexual assault case

Former Prosecutor Considering Senate Run in Iowa - Roxanne Conlin, who served as the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa from 1977 to 1981, is considering a challenge to Sen. Charles Grassley

Alaska Rep Mum On New Ties To Corruption Probe
Rep. Don Young (R-AK) is staying tight-lipped in response to new claims that for over a decade, he received gifts from the same oil-industry executive whose ties to Ted Stevens were at the heart of that case last year.

Leibovitz Snaps Obamas For Official WH Portrait

Taxpayer-Funded Citi Tops List With 46 Lobbyists
The firm, which has yet to repay $45B of government aid, is a client of 46 lobbyists -- more than any other entity trying to influence financial regulatory legislation, Bloomberg reports.

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