Home prices in major areas have reached their lowest level since the housing bubble burst in 2006, driven down by foreclosures, a glut of unsold homes and the reluctance or inability of many to buy. (May 31)
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Australian actor Tony Sheldon recounts his journey with ‘Priscilla: Queen of the Desert’ from Sydney to Broadway, as well as the Best Actor Tony nomination he picked up for it. (May 31)
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Serbia extradited Ratko Mladic to the UN war crimes tribunal on Tuesday where he will stand trial for genocide, 16 years after he was charged by the court for the killing of 8000 Muslim men and boys. (May 31)
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Cindy Anthony, the mom of a Florida woman charged with murdering her toddler, sobbed on the witness stand as prosecutors played a 911 tape in which she reported her granddaughter missing. (May 31)
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Cindy Anthony, the mom of a Florida woman charged with murdering her toddler, sobbed on the witness stand as prosecutors played a 911 tape in which she reported her granddaughter missing. (May 31)
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Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) declined to answer reporters’ questions about a lewd photo sent to a woman who follows him on Twitter or why he was hiring a lawyer for the case instead of having law enforcement officials pursue the matter. (May 31)
Continue reading …Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) declined to answer reporters’ questions about a lewd photo sent to a woman who follows him on Twitter or why he was hiring a lawyer for the case instead of having law enforcement officials pursue the matter. (May 31)
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Students at Ohio State are not surprised Jim Tressel resigned Monday amid NCAA violations and sanctions. They are also expecting the program to take a hit without one of the most successful coaches of the last decade. (May 31)
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They may have voted “no” Tuesday, but House Republicans are signaling that they may still accept an increase in the nation’s debt limit later on. They’ve rejected their proposed $2.4 trillion increase. (May 31)
Continue reading …Obama’s Other ‘Part-Time Foreign Policy Consultant’ – NYT’s Thomas Friedman – Mocks Israel, Congress
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NewsBusters previously reported that CNN's Fareed Zakaria had met with President Obama face-to-face to discuss foreign policy. Obama's other reported “source” of information on foreign policy, New York Times foreign affairs columnist Thomas Friedman, mocked Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu Sunday on CNN, and added that he should have dutifully obeyed the demands Obama outlined in his recent Mideast speech. According to a May 11 New York Times article, Friedman was one of two foreign policy journalists “sounded out” by President Obama for information on foreign affairs. The other, CNN's Fareed Zakaria, has previously criticized Israel's prime minister for not agreeing to the Israeli-Palestinian borders laid out by Obama in his Mideast speech. [Click here for audio. Video below the break.]
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