Russia says pirates who held tanker are freed Skepticism and suspicion have arisen from the report that Russia has released the Somali pirates captured by a Russian warship. The pirates boarded the tanker Moscow University on Wednesday. They were arrested Thursday after special forces from a Russian warship stormed the tanker. A gun battle ensued […]
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Jobs up 290,000, but jobless rate rises. Seems employers have expanded their employee rolls by some 290 thousand, but at the same time the jobless rate rose to an average 9.9 percent nationwide.
British Election 2010 Results The Conservatives are on course to be the largest party in a hung parliament, after nearly 400 election results. Cameron’s Conservatives were forecast to have won 305 seats in the 650-seat House of Commons, the national exit poll showed. Labour was forecast to take 255 and Nick Clegg’s Liberal Democrats 61, […]
Official: NY car bomb suspect did a dry run Faisal Shahzad, now in custody on terrorism and weapons charges was reported to scout the Times Square district of New York in a Nissan SUV looking for the best place to leave the vehicle later. He then returned on a second trip and left his getaway […]
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Joe the Plumber Elected to Party Office
Joe the Plumber Elected to Party Office Samuel “Joe” Wurzelbacher, better known as “Joe The Plumber” – has won one of nearly 400 seats on the local Republican Party committee in Ohio’s Lucas County. Wurzelbacher won the seat by a 38-24 vote Tuesday in his suburban Toledo precinct.
Court does a “Roll Back” of Wal-Mart’s profits. Here’s a sure-fired way of covering your state’s budget deficits at the same time causing costs to rise for the average customer.
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court has let stand a ruling saying the Boy Scouts cannot lease city park land in San Diego because the group is a religious organization. The high court refused to hear an appeal from San Diego-area Boy Scouts.