sponsored links

APNewsBreak: Sotomayor book offers personal look

December 10th, 2012 admin Posted in Politica No Comments »

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor says in her upcoming memoir that her lifelong battle against diabetes and the fear that she might die early played a big part in her decision not to have children.

View full post on Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News

AddThis Social Bookmark Button

Report sees middle class gains, resource shortages

December 10th, 2012 admin Posted in Politica No Comments »

Nearly two-thirds of the world’s population will live in cities by 2030, with most people middle class, connected by technology, protected by advanced health care and linked by countries that work together, perhaps with the United States and China cooperating to lead the way.

View full post on Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News

AddThis Social Bookmark Button

Stock market is a wild card in fiscal cliff talks

December 10th, 2012 admin Posted in Politica No Comments »

Congress and the White House can significantly soften the initial impact of the “fiscal cliff” even if they fail to reach a compromise by Dec. 31. One thing they cannot control, however, is the financial markets’ reaction, which possibly could be a panicky sell-off that triggers economic reversals worldwide.

View full post on Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News

AddThis Social Bookmark Button

Philippines, leftist rebels declare truces in disaster areas

December 10th, 2012 admin Posted in Politica No Comments »

DAVAO CITY, Philippines (Reuters) – The Philippine government and Maoist rebels have declared truces in two southern provinces devastated by a typhoon last week as the army concentrates on relief and many rebels recover from the disaster, a commander said on Monday. Typhoon Bopha killed 647 people and caused crop damage worth 8. 5 billion pesos ($210 million). The most intense storm to hit the Philippines this year wiped out about 90 percent of three coastal towns in Davao Oriental province and buried an entire town in neighboring Compostela Valley province under mud. . . .

View full post on Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News

AddThis Social Bookmark Button

Obama praises special ops forces after rescue

December 9th, 2012 admin Posted in Politica No Comments »

President Barack Obama is praising U. S. special operations forces, including one who was killed in action, for the rescue of an American citizen who was being held hostage by the Taliban in Afghanistan.

View full post on Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News

AddThis Social Bookmark Button

Hope and fear in gay marriage cases at high court

December 9th, 2012 admin Posted in Politica No Comments »

Gay marriage supporters see 41 reasons to fret over the Supreme Court’s decision to take up the case of California’s ban on same-sex unions.

View full post on Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News

AddThis Social Bookmark Button

Boustany trounces Landry for La congressional seat

December 9th, 2012 admin Posted in Politica No Comments »

Louisiana Congressman Charles Boustany, a veteran Republican allied with House Speaker John Boehner, has trounced freshman GOP incumbent Jeff Landry in an attack-heavy runoff race.

View full post on Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News

AddThis Social Bookmark Button

Boustany defeats Landry for La. congressional seat

December 9th, 2012 admin Posted in Politica No Comments »

Louisiana congressman Charles Boustany won a fifth term on Saturday by handily defeating his fellow Republican incumbent, Jeff Landry, in a runoff election.

View full post on Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News

AddThis Social Bookmark Button

Democrats want jobless benefits in ‘cliff’ deal

December 8th, 2012 admin Posted in Politica No Comments »

Hovering in the background of the "fiscal cliff" debate is the prospect of 2 million people losing their unemployment benefits four days after Christmas.

View full post on Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News

AddThis Social Bookmark Button

Obama request for Sandy aid could face hurdles

December 8th, 2012 admin Posted in Politica No Comments »

President Barack Obama’s proposal for $60. 4 billion in federal aid for states hit by Superstorm Sandy adds a huge new item to an end-of-year congressional agenda already packed with controversy.

View full post on Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News

AddThis Social Bookmark Button