Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Did Ayers Help Obama Get Into Harvard?

Did Ayers Help Obama Get Into Harvard?


Did Ayers Help Obama Get Into Harvard?

Posted: 22 Sep 2009 04:06 PM PDT

Although terrorist emeritus Bill Ayers claims not to have met Barack Obama until the mid-1990s, there is reason to believe that he not only knew Obama much earlier, but that he helped get him into Harvard Law School.


ACORN names former Mass AG its investigator (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2009 08:05 AM PDT

AP - The community activist group ACORN said Tuesday it has selected a former Massachusetts attorney general to investigate its housing program and other public service projects after employees were caught on video giving advice to a couple posing as a prostitute and pimp and Congress moved to cut off its federal funding.


Diva attitude dispelled

Posted: 21 Sep 2009 03:35 PM PDT

She may sing about being a diva, but recent kind acts show Beyoncé's softer side.


U.S. and China Vow Action on Climate but Cite Needs

Posted: 22 Sep 2009 06:58 AM PDT

Speaking to the U.N., Presidents Hu Jintao of China and Barack Obama acknowledged that a deal is an important goal, but also stressed their own needs.


FDIC could seek bailout from banks (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2009 09:11 AM PDT

Regulators may borrow billions from big banks to shore up the dwindling fund that insures regular deposit accounts. The loans would go to the fund maintained by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. that insure depositors when banks fail, said one industry and one government official familiar with the FDIC board's thinking, who requested anonymity because the plans are still evolving.


House votes to extend jobless benefits (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2009 02:02 PM PDT

AP - Jobless workers in imminent danger of losing their unemployment benefits would get a 13-week reprieve under legislation approved by the House on Tuesday.


Khloe Kardashian Sets Up House

Posted: 22 Sep 2009 02:40 PM PDT

Khloe Kardashian gets ready for her rumored weekend wedding with mom.


July home prices up 0.3 percent, off 4.2 percent in year (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Sep 2009 07:59 AM PDT

U.S. single-family home prices rose by a seasonally adjusted 0.3 percent in July from June but were 4.2 percent lower than a year earlier and 10.5 percent below their April 2007 peak, the Federal Housing Finance Agency said on Tuesday.


British graduate scores in sandwich-board job hunt

Posted: 22 Sep 2009 11:33 AM PDT

LONDON (Reuters) - In a pinstripe suit, silk tie and polished shoes, David Rowe has all the trappings of a successful London city worker, except for one stark difference -- he is wearing a sandwich board that says "JOB WANTED."


Ex-CEO backs limit on leaving passengers on tarmac (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2009 10:12 AM PDT

AP - A former CEO of American Airlines on Tuesday backed imposition of a three-hour time limit on how long airlines can strand passengers on airport tarmacs, but he also warned of unintended consequences.


Feds issue security bulletins on stadiums, hotels

Posted: 22 Sep 2009 08:13 AM PDT

Counterterrorism officials have issued security bulletins about terrorist interest in attacking sports stadiums, entertainment complexes and hotels. The FBI and Homeland Security Department sent two bulletins Monday to police around the country, saying they know of no specific plots against such sites.


Dying in Vein

Posted: 22 Sep 2009 11:54 AM PDT

Is subjecting an inmate to a failed execution cruel and unusual punishment?


Ahmadinejad warns against military attack on Iran

Posted: 22 Sep 2009 12:50 AM PDT

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad claimed Tuesday that his country is now stronger than ever and warned that the Iranian military ...


Los Angeles police take on street gang

Posted: 22 Sep 2009 09:35 AM PDT

A notorious street gang accused of terrorizing a neighborhood for years and killing a sheriff's deputy was the target of a coordinated ...


Students warned to prove Texas residence or leave

Posted: 22 Sep 2009 05:52 AM PDT

DEL RIO, Texas – Students living in northern Mexico have skirted residency requirements to attend U.S. public schools for generations, but when the superintendent in one Texas border town got word that about 400 school-age children were crossing the international bridge each day with backpacks bu...


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