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Total Items: 22327 Current Page: 1 Feed Date: 03/09/2010
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Roberts: Scene at State of Union 'very troubling' (AP)

FILE - In this Sept. 29, 2009, file photo, Chief Justice John Roberts sits for a new group photograph with other Supreme Court judges at the Supreme Court in Washington. For a short time Thursday, March 4, 2010, Washington buzzed over a rumor reported exclusively by an online gossip Web site with no particular Supreme Court expertise that Chief Justice John Roberts was considering stepping down. He is not resigning, as even the Radar Online site quickly concluded in backing away from its own story. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)AP - U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts said Tuesday the scene at President Barack Obama's first State of the Union address was "very troubling" and that the annual speech to Congress has "degenerated into a political pep rally."



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Bank of America ends overdraft fees on debit cards (AP)

FILE - In this July 17, 2009 file photo, a customer uses a Bank of America ATM in Charlotte, N.C. The Treasury Department has received a record $1.54 billion from the sale of warrants it received from Bank of America Thursday, March 4, 2010, as part of the support it provided during the financial crisis. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, file)AP - Bank of America customers will soon be unable to spend more than they have in the accounts linked to their debit cards. It's a step that may become a common move ahead of new regulations limiting overdraft fees.



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Analysis: Greece's crisis could presage America's (AP)

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou walks away after talking to the media in front of the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, March 9, 2010, following a meeting with President Barack Obama. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - Greece is a financial basket case, begging for international help. Is America heading down that same road?



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Obama using 'bounty hunters' to root out fraud (AP)

US President Barack Obama speaks on healthcare and health insurance reform at Arcadia University in Glenside, Pennsylvania. Obama has launched a populist assault on price-gouging American insurance firms, escalating his last-ditch bid to pass a historic health reform bill.(AFP/Saul Loeb)AP - President Barack Obama said Tuesday he'll bring in high-tech bounty hunters to help root out health care fraud, grabbing a populist idea with bipartisan backing in his final push to overhaul the system.



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Pink Floyd goes to court in royalty row with EMI (AP)
AP - Pink Floyd has begun legal action against music label EMI Group Ltd. over the way royalty payments are calculated in the digital era.
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Cypriot police find stolen corpse of ex-president (Reuters)
Reuters - Cypriot police have discovered the missing body of former President Tassos Papadopoulos in another grave three months after it was stolen from its tomb in an apparent ransom bid, authorities said.
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Obama using 'bounty hunters' for health care fraud (AP)

President Barack Obama speaks about health care reform, Monday, March 8, 2010, at Arcadia University in Glenside, Pa. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - President Barack Obama said Tuesday he'll bring in high-tech bounty hunters to help root out health care fraud, grabbing a populist idea with bipartisan backing in his final push to overhaul the system.



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Israel rebuffs Biden by announcing new settlement construction (McClatchy Newspapers)

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and his wife Jill Biden arrive at Ben Gurion International airport near Tel Aviv, March 8, 2010. REUTERS/Ronen ZvulunMcClatchy Newspapers - JERUSALEM — Hours after the arrival Tuesday of Vice President Joe Biden to help launch indirect Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, Israel announced the construction of 1,600 homes in a settlement block in mostly Arab East Jerusalem, an open rebuff that led Biden to issue a sharply worded condemnation.



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Immigration reform rests on a national worker ID (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - During their day-to-day activities in public, some 10 million people in the United States live a lie. They pretend to be legal residents when they are not.
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Obama pushes climate change in White House meeting (Reuters)

A light snow settles on a tourist's umbrella as he takes a picture of the White House in Washington, December 5, 2009. REUTERS/Jonathan ErnstReuters - President Barack Obama, weighing in on the Senate's efforts to pass a climate change bill, gathered Republican and Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday to try to jumpstart an overhaul of U.S. energy policy.



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