Washington (AP). With decades of political and business experience, newly named White House chief of staff William Daley is solidly positioned to help President Barack Obama navigate the troubled waters of divided government and prepare for the 2012 presidential race. A Democratic centrist, Daley can serve as a liaison to business in a White House […]
Overland Park, Kan. The Shawnee Mission School Board will have another meeting about closing some of its schools to save money Monday night. The school district recommended possibly closing Bonjour Elementary, Antioch Middle School and Mission Valley Middle School. Parents should expect to hear recommendations from the superintendent about what will be done. The school […]
Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in an Oslo ceremony derided by Beijing as a farce. Mr Liu has dedicated the prize from his prison cell to the ‘lost souls’ of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown. “We can to a certain degree say that China, with its 1,3 billion people […]
North Korea has ablaze at least 200 artillery shells at a South Korean island Yeonpyeong in the Yellow Sea today, killing 2 troops and gravely injuring at least 12 servicemen, according to the reports. After that, strains between North and South Korea have boiled over, with shots being fired by both sides. Tensions have been […]
Viktor Bout, the suspected Russian arms dealer, has been unexpectedly flown out of Thailand aboard a special jet to face terrorism charges in the US. The 43-year-old former Soviet air force officer (dubbed the ‘Merchant of Death’) was given a heavily-armed escort when he was taken from Bangkok’s maximum security prison to the plane after […]
According to the 2010 California election results, Arnold Schwarzenegger is replaced by a democratic successor. Jerry Brown won the predicted election as governor in California. CNN and MSNBC reported, citing election polls, that Republican challenger, former eBay chief Meg Whitman is set against Brown. Brown, 72, is a career politician with a dazzling past and […]
The explosive found in the packages from Yemen is called PETN. It is a powerful industrial explosive that does a lot of damage in small quantities. It’s official name is pentaerythritol trinitrate and it is triggered by heat or a shockwave. Just 100 grams of it can destroy a car. This is not the first […]
Christine O’Donnell and Chris Coons went head-to-head in a nationally-televised debate Wednesday night at the University of Delaware. The debate was carried by CNN, and moderated by Wolf Blitzer. They talked about everything from healthcare reform to homeland security and even personal financial problems. Coons and O’Donnell will go at it again Thursday night when […]
The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo should serve as a message to China Beijing it must respect fundamental values, Poland’s Nobel laureate Lech Walesa said on Friday. “I am very satisfied by the decision of the Nobel committee. I consider it a challenge for China and the entire […]
Rick Sanchez Fired – Is Jon Stewart The Definition Of A Bigot? Late last night it was announced that Rick Sanchez had been fired from CNN’s ‘Rick List,’ after making comments about Jon Stewart and Jews while appearing on Pete Dominick’s radio show. Rick who also blasted Stephen Colbert and Keith Olbermann said during the […]