In a September 5
online chat, Washington Post national political reporter Jonathan Weisman claimed of the finding that
Sen. John McCain voted in line with President Bush 90 percent of the time,
"The 90 percent figure is true, but I cover Congress. The
Beach vacationers in the Carolinas packed up and went inland Fri. as Tropical Storm Hanna headed toward the coast, teetering on becoming a hurricane before landfall. The bigger worry is ferocious-looking Hurricane Ike, which weakened to a Category 3
NEW
DELHI: Union external affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee said late on Friday
night that efforts were on to evolve a consensus at the Nuclear Suppliers Group
(NSG) for securing a waiver for nuclear commerce.
“The plenary of the
group is still on
2008-09-06 02:11:01 -
of England for Mary Queen of Scots by plotting to murder Queen Elizabeth I.
1759 - After a two-month siege of Quebec, British forces scale the Heights of Abraham to engage and defeat the French.
1788 - Denmark invades
For not having been in power much this decade, those liberals sure are a frightening bunch. At least that's the conclusion one arrives at listening to leading Republicans this week as they claim victimization by the left.
The latest warning landed in
• On Dec. 14, the American Film Institute will announce its picks for the top 10 U.S. movies and TV shows of the year. Two juries, with 13 members apiece, will decide the honorees for the ninth edition of these...
VIENNA, Sept 6 (Reuters) - The 45-country Nuclear Suppliers Group postponed a decision on Saturday on whether to drop a ban on nuclear trade with India, diplomats in the meeting said.
They said amendments proposed by the United States to placate NSG
The Hiawatha light-rail line may be popular with riders, but the Twin Cities' first rail transit project is on John McCain's list of political pork.
Democrat Martin Sabo, the longtime Minneapolis congressman now retired, had delivered $120 million in
Congress Needs to Enact Fix to Restore Fund
HARRISBURG, Pa., Sept. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- State
Transportation Secretary Allen D. Biehler, P.E., said today that a
shortfall in the federal Highway Trust Fund poses a threat to the state's
bridge
A test for the media
On MSNBC on
Thursday, Time's
Jay Carney offered an assessment of the McCain campaign's most recent
assault on the media: "Clearly,
the campaign has decided that one way to win is to attack the media. Now, that
could work. It does