Detroit could go broke in a week
Detroit will run out of cash a week from today if a lawsuit challenging the validity of the city’s consent agreement with the state is not withdrawn, city officials said this morning. Jack Martin, the city’s...
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In Greece, a painful return to country roots
(Reuters) – Thirteen years after abandoning rural Greece for a career in graphic design, Spiridoula Lakka finds herself in the last place she expected to end up – watering a patch of lettuce and...
Walker voters “haters” who prefer “white man rule”
MILWAUKEE – You think Wisconsin labor leaders might be a bit bitter about Gov. Scott Walker’s victory in Tuesday’s gubernatorial recall election? Consider the words of Gilbert Johnson, president of the American Federation of State,...
California’s Brown set for fight over pension reform
(Reuters) – California’s Democratic Governor Jerry Brown heard a clarion call for his party to take on state pensions in the overwhelming passage of retirement reforms by the second and third biggest cities in...
Spain Downgraded To BBB
Fitch Ratings cut Spain’s long-term credit rating to BBB and left it two notches from junk, citing the cost of recapitalizing the country’s banking industry and a lengthening recession. Spain, which saw its rating lowered from...
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) On Fast and Furious and Green Jobs
(multimedia) Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, goes on Fox Business’ Lou Dobbs Tonight to discuss the latest on Fast and Furious and the Obama Administration’s...
Online messaging blitz before health care ruling
(multimedia) The Supreme Court will announce a series of decisions about the constitutionality of the health insurance law passed in 2010 later this month, and House Republicans are planning an experimental online effort to...
Spain in eurozone crisis crosshairs
STORY HIGHLIGHTS Spain, a eurozone behemoth, is in the crosshairs of Europe’s financial crisis The country faces soaring borrowing costs, a banking system in disarray and high unemployment rates If such a major economy...
SEX-SELECTION IN AMERICA PART III: UNDERCOVER IN ARIZONA
liveaction.org – PHOENIX, June 6 — Live Action released undercover footage today showing two National Abortion Federation (NAF) clinics in Arizona agreeing to break state law and perform an illegal sex-selective abortion. Today’s video...
Planned Parenthood Sets Up Shop At Roosevelt High
LOS ANGELES (CBS) — Planned Parenthood and the Los Angeles Unified School District have teamed up in an unusual collaboration to reduce the number of unplanned teen pregnancies at Roosevelt High School. Students can visit the...
