Worlds and Business: Political News
Gaza civilian toll rises; diplomats seek truce (AP)
06.01.2009 00:12
AP - GAZA CITY, Gaza Israel ignored mounting international calls for a cease-fire Monday and said it won't stop its crippling 10-day assault until "peace and tranquility" are achieved in southern... Read more…
Health care spending slows in 2007 with generics (AP)
06.01.2009 00:12
AP - Spending on health care slowed slightly in 2007 as consumers turned more to generic drugs instead of brand-names to fill their medicine cabinets, the government reported Monday. Read more…
Texas rallies past Ohio State 24-21 in Fiesta (AP)
06.01.2009 00:12
AP - Left out of the national title game, Colt McCoy and Texas made the most of their trip to the Fiesta Bowl. Read more…
Israel keeps up ground attack despite truce calls (Reuters)
06.01.2009 00:12
Reuters - Israel pressed on with its ground offensive in the Gaza Strip for a fourth day on Tuesday despite new international calls for a ceasefire in a conflict in which more than 540 Palestinians... Read more…
Toyota shuts plants as crisis bites (Reuters)
06.01.2009 00:12
Democrat wins Minnesota Senate seat in recount (Reuters)
06.01.2009 00:12
California gay marriage battle turns to court role (Reuters)
06.01.2009 00:12
Reuters - The legal battle over gay marriage in California turned on Monday to whether the state's top court could strike down a change in the state constitution that was approved by voters. Read more…
In distraction for Obama, chaos stalks new Senate (AFP)
06.01.2009 00:12
AFP - The new US Senate is set to convene in a swirl of allegations of corruption, voter fraud and dynastic nepotism that threatens to dog the early days of Barack Obama's presidency. Read more…
Businesses Seek Common Ground
06.01.2009 00:10
Big Business will be facing a bolstered Democratic majority when the new Congress convenes. Read more…
Clouds Hang Over Two Senate Seats
06.01.2009 00:10
The fate of two would-be senators remained unsettled as Congress prepared to resume business, presenting a quandary for Democratic leaders. Read more…
Bush Critic Picked for Justice Post
06.01.2009 00:09
President-elect Obama picked Dawn Johnsen, an outspoken critic of President Bush over terrorist interrogations, to head the Office of Legal Counsel. Read more…
Feel Like a Trillion Bucks
06.01.2009 00:09
Only WWII was pricier than Obama's stimulus plans. Read more…
A Happy Lesson on Lending
06.01.2009 00:09
Lending may have plunged in the last year, but the government is expanding credit in at least one sector: higher education. Read more…
Health-Care Outlays Climb Slowly
06.01.2009 00:09
U.S. health-care spending in 2007 grew at its slowest pace in nearly a decade but still rose faster than GDP or wages. Read more…
The Switch to Digital TV Hits a Snag
06.01.2009 00:09
The demand for cheap digital-TV converter boxes is exceeding expectations. But amid higher demand, the government is running out of money to subsidize the purchase of the converters. Read more…
Fliers Saw Longer Delays in 2008
06.01.2009 00:09
Airline delays grew longer in 2008, averaging nearly one hour. Scott McCartney on which carriers performed better or worse than others last year. Read more…
Doing the Math to Find Good Jobs
06.01.2009 00:09
Mathematicians have landed the top spot in a new study ranking the best and worst jobs in the U.S. A look at how other occupations fared. Read more…
Read This Before You Remodel
06.01.2009 00:09
An excerpt from "The Wall Street Journal Complete Home Owner's Guidebook: Make the Most of Your Biggest Asset in Any Market" by David Crook. Read more…
CPS Consultant Peter Cunningham To Run Education Department Communications Under Duncan
05.01.2009 20:17
Education secretary designate, Arne Duncan, CEO of the Chicago Public Schools, has named his strategic consultant and sometime spokesman Peter Cunningham to head the education... Read more…
Burris To Appear Before Blagojevich Impeachment Panel Thursday
05.01.2009 20:17
Senate appointee Roland Burris says he's planning to travel to Springfield on Thursday after being subpoenaed by the panel considering the impeachment of Illinois Gov.... Read more…
Bob Ostertag: Death of an American Hero
05.01.2009 20:17
An American hero died last week. One you have almost certainly never heard of, by the name of Tom Bernard. Tom was one of the... Read more…
Analysis: Barack Obama Tested By Stimulus, Scandal
05.01.2009 20:17
WASHINGTON — Welcome to Washington, Mr. President-elect. Just two weeks before Inauguration Day, congressional Democrats have stalled Barack Obama's economic recovery legislation while his pick... Read more…
Sherry Johnston Pleads Not Guilty To Drug Dealing
05.01.2009 20:17
The mother of Sarah Palin's future son-in-law pleaded not guilty to the drug charges against her today. A Palmer grand jury on Friday indicted Sherry... Read more…
David Sirota: New Yorkers Saying No to Aristocracy As Sole Qualifier In a Democracy
05.01.2009 20:17
The forces of money and power in New York are trying to replicate what their counterparts engineered here in Colorado. Read more…
Obama plunges into pre-inaugural talks (AP)
05.01.2009 20:11
AP - President-elect Barack Obama plunged into rare pre-inaugural crisis talks with congressional leaders Monday, declaring the national economy was "bad and getting worse" and embracing tax cuts now... Read more…
Prosecutor wants Madoff jailed without bail (AP)
05.01.2009 20:11
AP - A prosecutor on Monday asked that Bernard Madoff be jailed pending trial, saying the disgraced financier violated an agreement with the court by mailing watches, jewelry, cufflinks and mittens... Read more…
Milky Way the galaxy not snack-sized anymore (AP)
05.01.2009 20:11
AP - Take that, Andromeda! For decades, astronomers thought when it came to the major galaxies in Earth's cosmic neighborhood, our Milky Way was a weak sister to the larger Andromeda. Not anymore. Read more…
Death certificate: Travolta son killed by seizure (AP)
05.01.2009 20:11
AP - Jett Travolta's body shows no sign of head trauma and his death certificate says he was killed by a seizure, an undertaker said Monday, as the 16-year-old's celebrity parents prepared to return... Read more…
Boy, 4, shoots babysitter for stepping on his foot (AP)
05.01.2009 20:11
AP - Police say an angry 4-year-old Ohio boy grabbed a gun from a closet and shot his baby sitter. Read more…
AP Source: Bradley, Cubs agree to $30M, 3-yr deal (AP)
05.01.2009 20:11
AP - The Chicago Cubs and free agent Milton Bradley reached a preliminary agreement Monday on a $30 million, three-year contract, according to a person familiar with the negotiations. Read more…
Prosecutors seek to jail Madoff (Reuters)
05.01.2009 20:11
Obama seeks swift passage of fiscal package (Reuters)
05.01.2009 20:11
Heavy fighting in Gaza as Israel shuns calls for truce (AFP)
05.01.2009 20:11
AFP - The heaviest fighting of Israel's war on Hamas raged in Gaza City early on Tuesday as the Israeli government parried appeals to stop the death toll from mounting further. Read more…
IBM Chief: IT Investment Will Create Jobs
05.01.2009 20:09
IBM's CEO advised the Obama transition team that $30 billion in government investments in IT infrastructure could create more than 900,000 U.S. jobs. Read more…
Republicans Stress a Return to Roots
05.01.2009 20:09
The six candidates vying to chair the Republican National Committee agreed that the party must return to core principles after its stinging election defeats. Read more…
Gaza Crisis Could Create Openings
05.01.2009 20:09
In the long run, the Israeli push into Gaza could open some doors for the Obama administration. Read more…
Obama Works to Sell Stimulus Plan
05.01.2009 20:09
Obama met with lawmakers to begin selling his stimulus plan as his advisers offered more details, including a proposal to expand the child tax credit for poor families. Read more…
Possible Oklahoma Crown Stirs All-Time Debate
05.01.2009 20:09
Do the Sooners, Notre Dame or another team deserve the title of college football's best program ever? Read more…
Caryl Rivers: Tower of Babel?
05.01.2009 16:18
We need a press powerful enough to rival other power centers, like government and the corporate state. And we desperately need a new economic structure to save newspapers. Read more…
Judge Allows Release Of Recorded Blagojevich Conversations To Lawyers
05.01.2009 16:18
A federal judge this afternoon authorized the release of secretly recorded conversations of Gov. Blagojevich, the first such release to the governor's lawyers since Blagojevich's... Read more…
Bush Plan Eliminated Obstacle to Gaza Assault
05.01.2009 16:18
WASHINGTON, Jan 5 (IPS) - Until mid-2007, there was a serious political obstacle to a massive conventional war by Israel against Hamas in Gaza: the... Read more…
Biden Heading To Southwest Asia Before Taking Office
05.01.2009 16:18
Vice President-elect Joseph Biden will head out on a "fact-finding trip" to Southwest Asia before taking office, his office announced on Monday. The details of... Read more…
Madeleine M. Kunin: The Loss of a Hero: Apartheid Critic Helen Suzman Dies at 91
05.01.2009 16:18
Who were my role models in public life? Long before I knew I would run for office some day, I admired a woman from South... Read more…
Iris Erlingsdottir: Iceland -- the Nordic Zimbabwe
05.01.2009 16:18
The crimes and corruption that has flourished under Iceland's conservative rule make Bernie Madoff's schemes look like Mother Goose tales. Read more…
Chrysler sales drop 53 pct; others not much better (AP)
05.01.2009 16:12
NC man shot by his stepfather ends up in same jail (AP)
05.01.2009 16:12
AP - A man who police said was shot by his stepfather ended up in the same jail with him after officers discovered outstanding arrest warrants against the victim. Read more…
U.S. seeks to revoke Madoff bail (Reuters)
05.01.2009 16:12
Reuters - U.S. prosecutors asked a judge to revoke the bail terms for alleged swindler Bernard Madoff and detain him on Monday, claiming he was a flight risk. Read more…
Obama picks former Clinton aide Panetta for CIA (Reuters)
05.01.2009 16:12
Reuters - President-elect Barack Obama has chosen former White House chief of staff Leon Panetta to lead the CIA, which has been widely criticized for harsh interrogation of terrorism suspects,... Read more…
Obama picks Leon Panetta as CIA head (AFP)
05.01.2009 16:11
AFP - US president-elect Barack Obama has chosen former lawmaker and White House chief of staff Leon Panetta to head the Central Intelligence Agency, a Democratic Party official told AFP Monday. Read more…
Panetta Tapped for CIA Director
05.01.2009 16:10
Obama picked Leon Panetta, a former chief of staff under Clinton, to run the CIA. Panetta was a surprise pick with no experience in the intelligence world. Read more…