Obama, speaking in Bend,
turns energy to oil alternatives
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| The Oregonian [Portland], by Harry Esteve
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| Posted By: NorthernDog
- 5/11/2008 6:28:41 PM
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| BEND -- On a sunny central Oregon morning, Sen. Barack Obama had energy -- and Republican Sen. John McCain -- on his mind Saturday as he toured a solar plant and spoke to about 2,000 at a high school. The Illinois Democrat said he would put a higher tax on companies that pollute and use the money to invest in wind, solar, geothermal and other alternatives to oil. He said he wouldn't rule out nuclear energy as a future source of power, if problems of waste storage and safety can be resolved. Individuals, he said, must take responsibility as well. |
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Sit Back, Relax, Get Ready to Rumble
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| Newsweek, by Richard Wolffe & Evan Thomas
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| Posted By: Photoonist
- 5/11/2008 5:53:28 PM
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| How do you know if Barack Obama is unhappy with what you're saying— or not saying? At meetings of his closest advisers, he likes to lean back, put his feet on the table and close his eyes. If he doesn't like how the conversation is going, he will lean forward, put his feet on the floor and ''adjust his socks, kind of start tugging at them,'' says Michael Strautmanis (Snip) It is a sure bet that the GOP will try to paint Obama as ''the other''—as a haughty black intellectual who has Muslim roots (Obama is a Christian) and hangs around with America-haters. |
US intervenes in Pakistan's
crisis over restoration of judges
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| Deutsche Presse-Agentur, by Staff
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| Posted By: Photoonist
- 5/11/2008 5:47:21 PM
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| Islamabad - A senior US diplomat intervened Sunday to end the deadlock between Pakistan's governing coalition partners over the reinstatement of deposed judges that seriously threatens their month- old alliance. (Snip) US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher Sunday met former premier Nawaz Sharif in London, where the alliance partners had been holding inconclusive talks on the course to be followed for the return of the judges, including chief justice Iftikhar Chaudhry. |
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The curse of a perfect memory
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| Globe & Mail [Toronto], by Anne McIlroy
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| Posted By: Photoonist
- 5/11/2008 5:42:24 PM
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| Anyone who has trouble remembering where they put their keys, or even why they opened the refrigerator door, will find be green-eyed with envy upon hearing that Jill Price knows that her senior prom was held on June 3, 1983, and that on April 15, 1990, she baked cookies. Ms. Price can remember what happened every day since 1980 and most days since 1974. (Snip) For example, she still experiences overwhelming disappointment at missing a nursery-school field trip to Muppet creator Jim Henson's studio. |
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Picking Hill's Pocket
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| New York Post, by Ginger Adams Otis
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| Posted By: Photoonist
- 5/11/2008 5:31:17 PM
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| He's taken some of her superdelegates and some of her political allies - now Barack Obama is after Hillary Rodham Clinton's deep-pocketed New York donor base. Obama's chief strategist will be in Manhattan tomorrow to host a mini-fund-raiser and map out a financial game plan for the general election (Snip) Axelrod will then host a $1,000-per-head fund-raiser. Obama attendees are hoping to convince some former Clinton supporters to attend. |
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Tear down Burma's bamboo curtain
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| The Australian [Sydney], by Staff
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| Posted By: Liberty7
- 5/11/2008 5:20:37 PM
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| There seems to be no underestimating the brutality of Burma's regime as millions of people struggle to stay alive in the wake of the world's worst natural disaster since the 2004 tsunami. Parts of the Irrawaddy Delta have been turned into a mass graveyard, with bloated bodies strewn across the devastated landscape. |
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The ultimate ethical meal: a grey squirrel
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| The Guardian [London], by Caroline Davies
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- 5/11/2008 5:16:54 PM
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| It's low in fat, low in food miles and completely free range. In fact, some claim that Sciurus carolinensis - the grey squirrel - is about as ethical a dish as it is possible to serve on a dinner plate. The grey squirrel, the American cousin of Britain's endangered red variety, is flying off the shelves faster than hunters can shoot them, with game butchers struggling to keep up with demand. 'We put it on the shelf and it sells. It can be a dozen squirrels a day - and they all go,' said David Simpson... |
Burma exports rice as
cyclone victims starve
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| The Guardian [London], by Ian MacKinnon
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| Posted By: Photoonist
- 5/11/2008 5:14:30 PM
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| Burma is still exporting rice even as it tries to curb the influx of international donations of food bound for the starving survivors of the cyclone that killed up to 116,000 people. Sacks of rice destined for Bangladesh were being loaded on to a ship at the Thilawa container port at the mouth of the Yangon River at the end of last week, even though Burma's 'rice bowl' region was devastated by the deadly storm a week ago. |
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The Big Easy rebuilds, bottom up
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| Dallas Morning News, by Nicole Gelinas
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| Posted By: StormCnter
- 5/11/2008 5:11:17 PM
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| Two and a half years after Hurricane Katrina left 80 percent of New Orleans underwater for weeks, the city, in some ways, has rebounded remarkably. As of January, it boasted 302,000 residents, according to local data-crunching firm GCR & Associates. In early 2006, the city's official planners had figured that just 247,000 people would be home by September 2008. New Orleanians have achieved much of this success by building and rebuilding on their own or with small-scale help, rather than under top-down government decree. |
California man losing nine
homes in mortgage mess
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| Reuters, by Dan Whitcomb
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| Posted By: NorthernDog
- 5/11/2008 5:01:01 PM
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| LOS ANGELES - A California man who has defaulted on nine homes and expects banks to foreclose on all of them, forcing him into bankruptcy, says he now considers it a mistake to have invested in the real estate market. Shawn Forgaard, a 37-year-old software company project manager, bought one home for his family to live in and nine more as investments. He stands to lose all the investment houses in the mortgage meltdown but says he has come away wiser from the experience. |
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HRC 'I Am No Shrinking Violet'
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| NBC News, by Mike Memoli
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| Posted By: NorthernDog
- 5/11/2008 4:52:27 PM
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| LOUISVILLE, KY -- Hillary Clinton touted her electability and commitment to the Bluegrass State as she was the only candidate to address Democrats tonight. "The only way we can have a Democrat in that White House come next January is to win in November, and we cannot win unless we can win 270 electoral votes," she said. "Look at the map, figure out where we’re going to get those votes, , and which candidate is more likely to be able to win those votes in November against John McCain. I have taken on the Republicans before and I have won." |
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Could Obama Be Another Dukakis?
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| Fox News, by Susan Estrich
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| Posted By: NorthernDog
- 5/11/2008 4:16:08 PM
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| LOS ANGELES — It is a thought that sends shivers down the backs of Democrats, a name that brings to mind memories of an election lost that might have been won, against a war hero once referred to in headlines as a “wimp” who won not so much by his own strengths but because of the skill of his operatives in painting his lesser-known opponent as an out of touch “liberal” who refused to salute the flag or admit his mistakes, not to mention his supposedly unpatriotic wife. Could Obama be another Dukakis? |
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Bush: Jenna's wedding was 'spectacular'
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| CNN, by Elaine Quijano
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- 5/11/2008 4:03:12 PM
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| CRAWFORD, Texas -- Against the backdrop of a stunning Texas sunset, near a lake on the Bush family's 1,600-acre ranch, President Bush walked his daughter, Jenna, down the aisle to her groom, the White House said. Jenna, 26, married Henry Hager, the son of a well-connected Virginia Republican. "The wedding was spectacular. It was all we could have hoped for," the president said Sunday before boarding Air Force One. "We're mighty blessed." Wearing a white silk organza Oscar de la Renta gown, the bride stood with the groom... |
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A 'truly just gorgeous and tasteful' event
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| Houston Chronicle, by Shelby Hodge
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| Posted By: TotallyTexan
- 5/11/2008 3:31:18 PM
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| It was a night of presidential mood swings Saturday when first daughter Jenna Bush wed Henry Hager. Walking Jenna down the aisle at the ranch in Crawford, President George Bush displayed the famous family emotions — his tears visible as the two approached the limestone cross where the ceremony was held. (Snip) He referred to the new bride as "our little girl Jenna" and declared his new son-in-law to be "a really good guy." |
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VA: Number of Disabled Veterans Rising
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| Associated Press, by Staff
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| Posted By: Maynard G Krebs
- 5/11/2008 3:20:40 PM
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| WASHINGTON - Increasing numbers of U.S. troops have left the military with damaged bodies and minds, an ever-larger pool of disabled veterans that will cost the country billions of dollars for decades to come — even as the total population of America's veterans shrinks. Despite the decline in the total number of veterans — as soldiers from World War II and Korea die — the government expects to be spending $59 billion a year to compensate injured warriors in 25 years, up from today's $29 billion, according to internal documents obtained... |
Hi-tech tombstones in Japan let mourners
link to images, videos of deceased
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| Mainichi Daily News [Japan], by Staff
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| Posted By: Photoonist
- 5/11/2008 3:03:22 PM
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| Kofu - A gravestone manufacturer here is helping bereaved families remember their loved ones with a touch of technology -- mobile phone QR codes on tombstones that link to photographs and video clips of the deceased. (Snip) Behind doors on the tombstone that can be locked is a QR code -- a square code read by mobile phones that can link to Web addresses. Grave visitors can use the code to access images and photographs of the person while they were alive. |
Tom Cruise's Adolf Hitler film
put back into Hollywood bunker
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| The Times [London], by Richard Brooks
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| Posted By: Photoonist
- 5/11/2008 2:59:19 PM
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| The fortunes of Hollywood actor Tom Cruise have suffered a blow with the news that his next big film has been postponed until 2009. The release of Valkyrie, which tells the story of the 1944 assassination plot against Hitler, was first postponed from this summer to the autumn and is now not expected to appear until next year. (Snip) ''I know there have been all sorts of problems with this production and we will not be screening it at all this year.'' The film is not only a blow to Cruise as an actor but in his more recent incarnation as a movie mogul... |
Iraqi father proud of
daughter's 'honour killing'
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| The Telegraph [London], by Laura Clout
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| Posted By: Photoonist
- 5/11/2008 2:54:48 PM
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| An Iraqi father who murdered his 17-year-old daughter after she fell in love with a British soldier said death was ''the least she deserved''. Abdel-Qader Ali claimed the 'honour killing’ was supported by local police, and said his only regret was that he had not killed his daughter at birth. Rand Abdel-Qader, who was studying English at Basra University, was stamped on, suffocated and stabbed by her father, with help from her two older brothers. |
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Girl gangs rise as new urban vandals
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| Daily Telegraph [Sydney, AU], by Kim Arlington
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| Posted By: Photoonist
- 5/11/2008 2:43:13 PM
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| The number of underage girls linked to crime has soared by 58 per cent in the past decade, with new statistics revealing unprecedented numbers of girls suspected of assault, vandalism and shoplifting. Startling new figures from the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research show that girls are increasingly coming under police scrutiny in connection with a range of crimes. (Snip) It's a trend also evident in the UK, where statistics show offences committed by girls between 10 and 17 have jumped 25 per cent in three years. |
Doubts emerge over
scope of Sadr City truce
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| Los Angeles Times & Reuters, by Alexandra Zavis
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- 5/11/2008 2:35:52 PM
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| Baghdad - in Baghdad's Sadr City said there were no reports of fighting yesterday after Shiite political factions reached an agreement to end seven weeks of clashes that have killed hundreds of people in the slum. (Snip) Under the terms announced by Sadr's lead negotiator, Salah al-Obeidi, the Mahdi Army would set aside its weapons and allow the Government to pursue individuals wanted for attacks, provided there was a warrant. In return, the Government would stop what Sheik Obeidi called ''random'' raids and open blocked roads into Sadr City. |
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Mississippi's Tort Reform Triumph
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| Wall Street Journal, by Stephen Moore
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| Posted By: Franz
- 5/11/2008 2:35:10 PM
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| Jackson, Miss. - For most of the past 30 years, Mississippi has ranked as one of the poorest as well as one of the most litigious states. The two statistics are related. (Snip) "We were America's No. 1 judicial hell hole for jackpot jury verdicts," the two-term Republican governor told me. "For trial lawyers, this was the state you wanted to come to if you wanted to sue someone." But it was not the state to come to if you wanted to start a business. |
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Sudan cuts Chad ties over attack
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| BBC News, by Staff
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- 5/11/2008 2:29:37 PM
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| Sudan says it has cut off diplomatic relations with Chad, blaming it for helping rebels from Darfur to launch an attack on Sudan's capital, Khartoum. Both Chad and Jem rebels deny working together to launch the assault on the Khartoum suburb of Omdurman, which the rebels say they have taken control of. The government said the rebel advance, the closest they have come to Khartoum, had been defeated. (Snip) Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir made the announcement that his country was breaking off diplomatic ties with Chad on state television. |
Iraq vows to stamp out
al-Qaeda, normality in Baghdad slum
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| Deutsche Presse-Agentur, by Staff
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- 5/11/2008 2:27:20 PM
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| Baghdad - Iraqi senior officials vowed Sunday to stamp out insurgents of the al-Qaeda terrorist network in the northern city of Mosul where a large-scale crackdown has begun while normality is gradually returning to Baghdad's Shiite enclave amid sporadic fighting. Speaking to reporters in Kirkuk, Iraq's Minister of Interior Jawad al-Bulani said the scope of the new offensive would be unprecedented because it would rely on operations to penetrate the ranks of insurgents, regular security patrols and a plan to secure the help of local clans and people. |
Obama campaign chief
sees end of nomination fight
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| Reuters, by Alan Elsner
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| Posted By: Photoonist
- 5/11/2008 2:14:56 PM
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| Washington - Democrat Barack Obama's campaign chief predicted on Sunday his long battle against Hillary Clinton for the party's presidential nomination would soon be over, saying ''we're coming to the end of the process.'' Interviewed on ''Fox News Sunday,'' David Axelrod said undecided superdelegates to the party convention who will decide the nomination were opting for Obama, the Illinois senator who would be the first black U.S. president if elected in November. "You're going to see people (superdelegates) making decisions at a rapid pace...'' |
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Switzerland records first over-60 mothers
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| Swiss Info, by Clare O'Dea
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| Posted By: Photoonist
- 5/11/2008 2:09:18 PM
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| Switzerland is no exception to the late motherhood trend but the 2007 birth statistics have thrown up a new record – two first-time mothers aged over 60. The two 61-year-old mothers, one of whom had twins, will no doubt be receiving special attention this Mother's Day. But their actions have reopened the debate on how far fertility treatment should defy natural limits. The women, who remain anonymous, became pregnant after being implanted abroad with embryos conceived from donor eggs, a procedure which is banned in Switzerland. |
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