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Obama on Oil: Tapping Strategic Reserves Possible, But It's a Last Resort
By Alex Wagner
President Obama has not ruled out tapping America's strategic oil reserves if oil prices continue to rise, but he added such a move would first require a "severe disruption of supply." Increasing gas prices, triggered by the unrest in the Middle East, were among the topics the president addressed ...
White House Gifts From Foreign Governments: Hermes, Rolex, Dior
By Lynn Sweet
Attention, personal shoppers with upscale clients who have a taste for luxury goods. Looking for ideas? Check out the incredible list of gifts from foreign governments given to President Obama, First Lady Michelle, daughters Sasha and Malia, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and ...
Participatory Budgeting: In a Chicago Ward, Residents Call the Spending Shots
By Alison Fairbrother
Joe Moore, an alderman from Chicago's 49th Ward, was nearly voted out of office in 2007 by frustrated constituents. So he decided to try something new. With help from the Participatory Budgeting Project, Moore turned his $1.3 million discretionary budget over to the 60,000 residents of his ward, a ...
Emotions Run High at Rep. Peter King's Hearings on Radical Muslims in the U.S.
By Patricia Murphy
After a firestorm of controversy, Rep. Peter King pressed ahead with his hearing before the House Homeland Security Committee Thursday examining the threat of radical Islam within the United States. He defended his decision to investigate the role of the Muslim community in homegrown terrorism even ...
Biden in Russia: Pegs More U.S. Trade to Corruption Cleanup
By Tom Diemer
He mangled a couple of Russian names and scolded the government for not dealing more forcefully with corruption, but Vice President Biden got his point across in a speech at Moscow State University: the United States wants to do more business with the Russian Federation. "Some say, 'How can you say ...
Sarah Palin's India Trip: Bill Clinton, Nelson Mandela Have Made Same Journey
By Suzi Parker
The jokes are already flying as Sarah Palin prepares to embark on a trip to India later this month, and more are surely to come. Will she rock a sari? Perhaps guest star in a Bollywood movie? Or bathe in the Ganges for a photo op? Palin has been invited to give the keynote address, "My Vision of ...
Gadhafi Ties, Money Topple British University Head
By Delia Lloyd
LONDON -- The Libyan crisis just claimed another victim. On Thursday, the director of the prestigious London School of Economics (LSE) resigned from his post over concerns about his university's close ties to the regime of Moammar Gadhafi. Sir Howard Davies is a prominent London intellectual and ...
Obama Says U.S. Military Action Possible in Libya, Authorizes Planes for Airlift
By Alex Wagner
Using some of his sharpest language to date, President Obama on Thursday called for Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi to "step down from power and leave," and would not rule out U.S. military action in the region, including imposing a possible no-fly zone. Obama also said he had approved use of ...
Obama Scores Human-Rights Victory With Libya Response -- but Can It Last?
By Alex Wagner
Moving at lightning speed over the weekend, President Obama and members of his administration tackled the crisis in Libya with both finesse and brute force, dispelling criticism that they've been slow to respond with a series of moves that showed America had taken a definitive -- and aggressive -- ...
Abortion Safer Than Childbirth, British Doctors' Group Wants Women to Know
By Delia Lloyd
LONDON -- It looks like the U.S. isn't the only place where the abortion wars are heating up. According to new medical guidelines being proposed in the U.K., all pregnant women should be told that having a baby is more dangerous than having an abortion. The guidance was written by the Royal College ...
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