Judge Rules Bagram Detainees Can Appeal to U.S. Courts

April 3, 2009

For years, the 600 men imprisoned at the Bagram air base in Afghanistan largely escaped public notice. While the detainees at Guantanamo Bay roused the ire of critics of the Bush administration around the world, their counterparts at Bagram, held with fewer rights and much less scrutiny, languished in a U.S.-run prison and in some […]

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Iowa Supreme Court to Rule on Same Sex Marriage

April 3, 2009

DES MOINES, Iowa – The Iowa Supreme Court was expected to release a much-anticipated ruling Friday on whether the state’s gay marriage ban violates the constitutional rights of gay and lesbian couples.

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Ward Churchill Wins Civil Suit Against Colorado University, $1 in Damages

April 3, 2009

DENVER — Controversial professor Ward Churchill has won his wrongful termination lawsuit against the University of Colorado. After a day and a half of deliberations, six jurors on Thursday sided with Churchill, but only awarded him $1 in damages. Churchill has maintained that winning money was never his goal, but earning back his reputation and […]

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Gmail Enters Year Five of Beta Stage

April 3, 2009

Though in fact the big day was April 1st, Google celebrated the five-year anniversary of the popular online email service Gmail with a post on the service’s blog, saying ‘we want to give a big thank you to all of you who use Gmail every day, to those who’ve been around since the beginning, to […]

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Our Cosmopolitan President

April 3, 2009

In electing President Obama, many American voters expressed a great degree of satisfaction in having a president who would no longer embarrass them on the world stage. So why does he keep doing exactly that?

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60 Days in at The New Ledger

April 3, 2009

Things are running along speedily over at The New Ledger, and I hope you’ve been reading our work. I’m very happy with where we’re at in terms of meeting our benchmarks for traffic and links – and I also wanted to be sure you saw a few of the pieces I’ve written over there. You […]

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Senate Approves Massive $3.53 Trillion Budget Plan

April 3, 2009

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — Senators handed President Barack Obama a legislative victory late Thursday, passing a $3.53 trillion budget resolution for fiscal 2010 that Democrats say preserves the president’s agenda for energy, education and health care reform. Senators approved the measure by a vote of 55-43, with Vice President Joe Biden presiding.

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In Wake of Stevens Vindication, Palin Calls for Begich to Step Down, Special Election in AK

April 3, 2009

Gov. Sarah Palin (R-Alaska) called on Sen. Mark Begich (D-Alaska ) Thursday to step down from his seat and run in a special election in the wake of the Justice Department’s decision to drop corruption charges against former Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska). Begich narrowly defeated Stevens in 2008, a contest overshadowed by Stevens’ October conviction.

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American Deaths in Iraq Hit Lowest Rate Since Invasion

April 3, 2009

Nine soldiers died in the country during March, making it the lowest fatality rate since the 2003 invasion and marking a milestone in the success of the “surge” strategy. While the total number of US deaths stands at 4,263, the rate at which soldiers have been killed has dropped off dramatically since the bloody early […]

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Cramer: Obama and Geithner May Have to Let GM go Bankrupt

April 3, 2009

If you want to know why President Obama fired Rick Wagoner from General Motors, first you should know that it wasn’t because he’s trying to expropriate the business, or inject the government into the process of fixing the largest American carmaker, even though those are the fears that rattled Wall Street instantly after the announcement.

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