| Moscow could have started WW3 over Berlin Wall: Gorbachev Posted: 03 Nov 2009 09:32 AM PST ![]() MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin could have started World War Three in 1989 had it used troops to crush the demonstrations that preceded the fall of the Berlin Wall , former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev said on Tuesday.
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| Five things to watch in Virginia Posted: 03 Nov 2009 07:06 AM PST  With a possible statewide Republican sweep, the GOP is enthusiastic about Election Day in Virginia.
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| Ford Is Back on Track Posted: 03 Nov 2009 03:47 AM PST ![]() Ford (F) released a surprisingly good earnings report yesterday and announced its first profitable quarter in North America since 2005. The automaker earned a profit of nearly $1 billion for the third quarter, says the Detroit Free Press. The paper says, "A much smaller Ford Motor Co.—with 45% fewer workers and more than a dozen fewer factories than in 2005—is heading into the last stretch of 2009 with more money, optimism and fuel-efficient passenger cars than it has had for years." Ford beat analyst expectations thanks to a combination of cost-cutting and improving sales. Still, the paper sa
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| 10 Ways A China Blow-Up Will Slam America Posted: 03 Nov 2009 05:59 AM PST  Beware a surprise economic crash in China. The country is expanding like crazy, and while this may look great in the short term, there are many signs that the country's economic path is clearly unsustainable. The government itself realizes the problem, but must balance the country's bubble concerns with the zealous economic expectations of its population, and most importantly, the massive need for job creation. It's also a huge country and the government has far less control over the economy than it would like to admit. Should China's growth fall from the heavens, America would be far from
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| Mischa Barton's a Bar-Fighting Gal Posted: 03 Nov 2009 09:53 AM PST  Mischa Barton's Luck Goes from Bad to Worse Mischa Barton has been getting a lot of headline space this season, and very little of it is good. This not-made-for-TV celeb has been having luck equal to Jessica Simpson's, and by that, we mean really bad! We hear that it involved fighting this time.
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| Buffett's Berkshire buying Burlington Northern RR (AP) Posted: 03 Nov 2009 10:11 AM PST ![]() Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. on Tuesday agreed to buy Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp., making a $34 billion bet on the future of the U.S. economy.
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| Madoff’s Accountant Pleads Guilty in Scheme Posted: 03 Nov 2009 08:58 AM PST ![]() David G. Friehling pleaded guilty to nine criminal charges carrying a potential prison term of 114 years.
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| New Jersey, Virginia Choose Governors as Palin Stumps in N.Y. (Bloomberg) Posted: 03 Nov 2009 02:19 AM PST  Bloomberg - Nov. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Governor's races today in Virginia and New Jersey have been anticipated as barometers of next year's midterm congressional elections. A U.S. House race in upstate New York may prove more meaningful.
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| New video on missing British girl Madeleine McCann (AP) Posted: 03 Nov 2009 05:43 AM PST  AP - British police on Tuesday released a new video imagining what missing girl Madeleine McCann would look like now, at age six, and urged Internet users to spread the pictures as widely as they can.
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| Buffett's Berkshire buying Burlington Northern RR (AP) Posted: 03 Nov 2009 12:16 PM PST ![]() Warren Buffett has made bets on railroads before, but now he's all in. The billionaire investor's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. on Tuesday agreed to buy Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp., making a $34 billion bet on the future of the U.S. economy.
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| Vatican protests ruling on crucifixes in Italy Posted: 03 Nov 2009 11:35 AM PST ![]() The Vatican has denounced a ruling by the European court of human rights that said the display of crucifixes in Italian public ...
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| Claude Lévi-Strauss Dies at 100 Posted: 03 Nov 2009 09:58 AM PST  Mr. Lévi-Strauss, a towering intellectual, transformed the West's understanding of what was once called "primitive man."
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| Buffett's big bet: $34B on 2nd-largest railroad (AP) Posted: 03 Nov 2009 01:55 PM PST ![]() The biggest name in investing is making what he calls an "all-in wager" on the U.S. economy -- $34 billion to own a railroad that hauls everything from corn to cars across the country.
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| Robert Creamer: One Year After Obama's Victory: We Are in the Opening Months of a New Progressive Era Posted: 03 Nov 2009 06:17 AM PST  As I watched Barack Obama's victory speech, I thought that America was on the brink of a new progressive era. I believe that just as strongly one year later. I know there are many Progressives who are disappointed at the pace of change, or who believe that there are many instances when the Obama administration should take bolder action. Sometimes I am among them. But there is no question that in the first nine months of his presidency, Barack Obama has begun to lead America in a fundamentally new direction. The success of this new progressive project will certainly depend on the decis
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| Phils catching 3:30 train Posted: 03 Nov 2009 11:38 AM PST  It's back to the Big Apple for Game 6 of the World Series after last night's big win.
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