Tax issues emerge in Daschle nomination photoWASHINGTON (AP) – Former Sen. Tom Daschle, picked by President Barack Obama to lead his health reform efforts, recently filed amended tax returns to report $128,203 in back taxes and $11,964 in interest, according to a Senate document obtained by The Associated Press. The White House acknowledged…
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Prosecutor: ‘pattern of abuse’ by Ill. governor SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The prosecutor in the impeachment trial of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich says he’s proven “a pattern of abuse of power.” In his closing argument Thursday, prosecutor David Ellis said the evidence shows Blagojevich knew his conduct was improper. Ellis cited snippets of…
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House Passes $819 Billion Stimulus Plan
afka_bob has added a photo to the pool:
Porcelain enamel panels from the Rosebud Diner in Davis Square, Somerville, Massachusetts.
Based on a digital photograph from my Olympus [...]
Pulitzer Prize Winner John Updike Dies
John Updike, the prolific Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, dies at 76. More
S&P: Home values post 18.2 pct annual drop in Nov. NEW YORK (AP) – A closely watched index shows home prices dropped by the sharpest annual rate on record in November. The Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller 20-city housing index released Tuesday tumbled by a record 18.2 percent from November 2007, the largest decline since its inception in [...]
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Brazil model dies from infection
A prominent Brazilian model whose hands and feet were amputated because of an infection dies in hospital.
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Obama retakes oath after flub
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Sens. Edward M. Kennedy and Robert Byrd.
Sens. Robert C. Byrd, D-W.Va., and Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., were stricken Tuesday [...]
Crowds pack frigid Mall for Obama’s inaugurationWASHINGTON (AP) – Braving frigid temperatures, an exuberant crowd of hundreds of thousands packed the National Mall on Tuesday to celebrate the inauguration of Barack Hussein Obama as America’s…
Report: New York to lead US cities in job losses NEW YORK (AP) – Only five metropolitan areas in the U.S. will escape job losses this year, according to a forecast released Saturday by the U.S. Conference of Mayors. New York is expected to take the biggest hit as thousands of jobs are lost on Wall [...]
FDA urges people to avoid peanut butter products WASHINGTON (AP) – Federal health authorities on Saturday urged consumers to avoid eating cookies, cakes, ice cream and other foods that contain peanut butter until authorities can learn more about a deadly outbreak of salmonella contamination. Most peanut butter sold in jars at supermarkets…
Renasant, Cadence issue loan loss provision projections
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Clinton vows to revitalize US diplomacy WASHINGTON (AP) – Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday that she intends to revitalize the mission of diplomacy in American foreign policy, calling for a “smart power” strategy in the Middle East and implicitly criticizing the Bush administration for having downgraded the role of arms control. At a..
Obama prepares to issue order to close Gitmo
JIM CONRAD’S NATURALIST NEWSLETTERWritten and issued in the northern Yucatán, MÉXICO
January 12, 2009
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AT AN UNDISCLOSED LOCATION Moments after issuing last Monday’s Newsletter I jumped into a car and hitched a ride 20 kms south of Mayan Beach Garden Inn, to the Mahahual bus station. That night I bused from Chetumal across the Yucatan Peninsula to Mérida, [...]
