Hispanics account for two-thirds of Texas’ growth over the past decade and now make up 38 percent of the state’s total population, according to new local US Census figures. (Feb. 17)
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How Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner has a job after close of business today, I don’t know, but yes, this is him in a committee hearing being extremely candid about how unsustainable President Obama’s budget proposal is (don’t mind the sleep-deprived guy behind him): Imagine that. He basically argues, sure! Our budget is unsustainable! But where’s your alternative?” That’s not leadership, and how anyone… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Beltway Confidential Discovery Date : 17/02/2011 22:20 Number of articles : 4
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Detroit Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera has been charged with DUI in Florida, just days before he’s scheduled to report to spring training. It’s the second major incident in less than two years involving the 27-year-old slugger’s drinking habits. (Feb. 17)
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Despite state-organised rallies in support of Muammar Gaddaffi, thousands of pro-democracy protesters defy a security crackdown to demand an end to his 42-year rule. Videos posted online claim to show demonstrators setting fire to the police headquarters in the eastern city of Benghazi. Al Jazeera speaks to an eyewitness who describes seeing protesters shot dead by Gaddaffi loyalists.
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[WARNING: This video contains images that some viewers may find disturbing] Troops and tanks have locked down the Bahraini capital of Manama after riot police swinging clubs and firing tear gas smashed into demonstrators in a pre-dawn assault, killing at least four people. Hours after the attack on Manama’s main Pearl Roundabout, the military announced a ban on gatherings, saying on state TV that it had “key parts” of the capital under its control. Khalid Al Khalifa, Bahrain’s foreign minister, justified the crackdown as necessary because the demonstrators were “polarising the country” and pushing it to the “brink of the sectarian abyss”. Speaking to reporters after meeting with his Gulf counterparts, he also said the violence was “regrettable”. Two people had died in police firing on the protesters prior to Thursday’s deadly police raid. An Al Jazeera correspondent, who cannot be named for security reasons, went to Salmaniya hospital, which was thrown into chaos by a stream of wounded protesters from Pearl Roundabout.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke says the central bank is working closely with other regulators to implement the biggest overhaul of the nation’s financial rules since the 1930s. (Feb. 17)
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Banks and hedge funds in London are coming under increasing scrutiny over their practice of speculating on food prices. The allegation is that financial institutions are buying up vast stocks of food, thereby forcing prices to rise. This comes as food costs are increasing the world over. And as the revolt in Tunisia and other countries has shown, there is a social price to pay for this kind of rise. Al Jazeera’s Laurence Lee reports.
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A 62-year-old Dadeville man has been arrested in connection with the poisoning of the historic Toomer’s Corner oak trees at Auburn University. (Feb. 17)
Continue reading …Scientists say a solar flare the evening of Feb. 14 is causing radio disruptions and may put on a cool sky show Thursday and Friday nights in some northern regions. But they say the solar storm zapping Earth is not that big or troublesome. (Feb. 17)
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