Quartet urges settlement freeze
The international Quartet of Mid-East peace mediators urges Israel to freeze settlement activity in occupied territories.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:50:32 GMT
Taliban arrests halt UN contacts
A former UN envoy to Afghanistan says Pakistan's arrest of Taliban leaders halted a channel of secret UN contact.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:50:44 GMT
Papal letter on Irish sex abuse
Pope Benedict writes a letter to the Catholics of Ireland on how to deal with the sexual abuse of children by priests.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:53:19 GMT
Rio Tinto announces Guinea deal
Rio Tinto says it has signed a deal with China to develop a massive iron ore project in Guinea.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:19:54 GMT
Srebrenica gay theory irks Dutch
Dutch officials reject a US general's claim that troops failed at Srebrenica because of poor morale over gay soldiers.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:52:43 GMT
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Diplomats urge resumption of Mideast talks
Top international diplomats on Friday called on Israel and the Palestinians to return to peace negotiations with a goal of reaching a final settlement that would create an independent Palestinian state within 24 months. They reiterated their condemnation of Israel's latest move to add Jewish housing in disputed east Jerusalem but did not escalate criticism of the Jewish state.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:09:50 +0000
Ore. lawsuit claims Boy Scouts sex abuse coverup
The Boy Scouts of America has long kept an extensive archive of secret documents that chronicle the sexual abuse of young boys by Scout leaders over the years.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:24:14 +0000
Could school bus ads save school budgets?
School districts have imposed all sorts of drastic cuts to save money during the down economy, canceling field trips and making parents pay for everything from tissues to sports transportation.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:36:41 +0000
Georgetown stunned in fun day in Providence
Twenty-one years ago, Georgetown pulled into Providence as the top seed and nearly exited as a victim of the biggest upset in NCAA tournament history.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:49:53 +0000
PROMISES, PROMISES: Obama in immigration dance
President Barack Obama promised to make overhauling the immigration system a top priority in his first year as president. He's now in Year Two, and the odds that he'll get to sign a bill before the November midterm elections appear long.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:48:10 +0000
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SeaWorld: Keep death footage private
SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment and the family of killer whale trainer Dawn Brancheau are fighting to keep videos and photos related to her death out of the public eye.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:03:17 EDT
Sandbags in place as Red River rises
The Red River kept rising to dangerous levels Friday as those in the area hoped they'd done enough to protect themselves.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:20:40 EDT
NTSB: Wayward pilots awake, distracted
The pilots of Northwest Flight 188 did not fall asleep when they overflew their destination by more than 100 miles in October, the NTSB said in a detailed report.
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:32:39 EDT
Driver error in Prius wreck?
Early evidence points to driver error as the reason a 2005 Prius sped into a stone wall on March 9, according to federal investigators.
California Bans Texting by Operators of Trains
After investigators said an engineer in last week’s collision had been texting on the job, regulators temporarily banned the use of all cellular devices by anyone at the controls of a moving train.
Fri, 19 Sep 2008 07:01:46 GMT
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Biden: Dems Needn't Worry on Health Care
Vice President Joe Biden said today that vulnerable Members of Congress, worried that the health care reform legislation will cost them their jobs, have expressed their frustrations to the White House and have been critical at how the issue has played out over the last year.
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:33:30 -0400
NY Runaway Prius: Case of Driver Error?
New computer data has cast doubt on a case of an alleged "runaway" Prius in Harrison, New York. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) today said an examination of the "vehicle's onboard computer systems" found there was "no application of the brakes and the throttle was fully open." The findings contradict the driver's claim that she was had hit the brakes, but they failed to stop the car.
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Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:21:41 GMT
Bertrand Russell
"Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones."
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Bill Vaughan
"If there is anything the nonconformist hates worse than a conformist, it's another nonconformist who doesn't conform to the prevailing standard of nonconformity."
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT
John Kenneth Galbraith
"If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error."
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT
Larry Hardiman
"The word 'politics' is derived from the word 'poly', meaning 'many', and the word 'ticks', meaning 'blood sucking parasites'."
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT
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