Former Bush press secretary Ari Fleischer on Iraq withdrawal: ‘It’s time’
October 21, 2011 No CommentInstant reactions are starting to come in to President Barack Obama’s announcement that he is withdrawing American military forces from Iraq by the end of the year. Ari Fleischer, who as President George W. Bush’s press secretary played a key role in making the public case for the 2003 invasion, said he backed the move.
Continue reading …Some prisons in Texas have stopped serving lunch to inmates in Texas to try to shave off $2.8 million in food expenses. “About 23,000 inmates in 36 prisons are eating two meals a day on Saturdays and Sundays instead of three,” The New York Times reports. The state cut special-request “last meals” for death row
Continue reading …A bipartisan proposal in the Senate hopes to give out three-year visas to foreigners who drop $500,000 in cash on real estate in America. Participants wouldn’t be allowed to work in the country without applying for another visa and would have to pay U.S. taxes. The LA Times reports that the plan is designed to
Continue reading …Herman Cain’s 9-9-9 tax plan has helped shoot him to the top of some recent polls of the Republican presidential race. But now Cain looks to be making some changes to it. The plan imposes a 9 percent personal income tax, in addition to a 9 percent sales tax and a 9 percent corporate income
Continue reading …Henry James maintained his innocence all during the 30 years he’s spent in Angola prison in Louisiana after he was convicted for the rape of his neighbor. Today, he will finally walk free, his conviction overturned by a Jefferson Parish judge. A jury convicted James in 1982 after his neighbor picked him out of a
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A baby in a stroller was lucky to escape unharmed after a car crashed into a shop in Sydney. (Oct. 20)
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For a collector it’s a unique treasure, considered one of the most valuable baseball cards. It is the first Babe Ruth card, and fewer than a dozen are known to be in existence. (Oct. 20)
Continue reading …Calif. teachers, schools rushing to update history curriculum with gay Americans
October 21, 2011 No CommentCalifornia schools and teachers are rushing to update their social studies classes by January in order to comply with a new state law that requires all students–from kindergarteners to high school seniors–be taught about lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans. Due to the state’s budget crunch, updated textbooks with the new LGBT curriculum won’t be
Continue reading …Times are tough for just about everyone right now. But for returning veterans, they’re even tougher. The unemployment rate for veterans who left military service in the last decade is 11.7 percent — far higher than the already-high overall jobless rate of 9.1 percent — the Washington Post reports, based on newly released Census Bureau
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