Feds' Plan to Poison Banks of Rio Grande Stalled

March 26, 2009

U.S. Customs and Border Protection said it wants to eradicate the invasive Carrizo cane infesting many portions of the Rio Grande’s banks between Texas and Mexico. The lanky cane provides cover for immigrants crossing the border illegally and poses a danger to Border Patrol agents trying to stop them, said Chuck Prichard, spokesman for CBP’s […]

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List of World's Most Beautiful Politicians Surprisingly Lacks UK Representation

March 26, 2009

Britain’s women MPs have taken a battering in a poll to find the world’s most beautiful female politician. Blonde Peruvian congresswoman Luciana Leon, 30, tops the light-hearted list – which also features Sarah Palin, Hillary Clinton and Segolene Royal.

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Lost Another Submarine: Obama EPA Deputy Nominee Withdraws

March 26, 2009

Chalk up another casualty in the Obama administration’s attempts to staff federal agencies. Jon Cannon, nominated to be the deputy director of the Environmental Protection Agency, pulled his name from consideration today, citing questions over a non-profit where he once sat on the board — and which EPA auditors accused in 2007 of mismanaging $25 […]

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Commish Goodell: NFL Needs Longer Season, Shorter Preseason

March 26, 2009

DANA POINT, Calif. (AP) — More games that count, perhaps as early as August 2011? That’s exactly what NFL commissioner Roger Goodell wants. There are several hurdles before the league can expand its regular season from 16 to 17 or 18 games. Among them is reaching a new collective bargaining agreement with the players’ union.

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Watchdog: Rebuilding Cash Wasted in Iraq, Afghanistan

March 26, 2009

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – About $3 billion to $5 billion in U.S. aid for rebuilding Iraq has been wasted since 2003, and similar problems will likely haunt development in Afghanistan, a top U.S. watchdog said on Wednesday.

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Geithner on China: Gaffe Briefly Impacts Dollar, Instant Reaction

March 26, 2009

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner briefly unsettled currency markets when he appeared willing to entertain a Chinese proposal that an international currency supplant the U.S. dollar as the premier global reserve currency.

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Does Obama Not Support the Arts? Nominations Disappoint

March 26, 2009

Memo to President Obama, from the arts world: This is not what we had in mind. During the campaign, candidate Obama raised high hopes among artists and arts institutions: He “got” their importance, even publishing an arts-policy statement. After the election, Quincy Jones fueled expectations with a crusade to create a Cabinet-level Minister of Culture […]

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Cities Deal With Surge in Shanty Towns, Tent Cities

March 26, 2009

FRESNO, Calif. — As the operations manager of an outreach center for the homeless here, Paul Stack is used to seeing people down on their luck. What he had never seen before was people living in tents and lean-tos on the railroad lot across from the center.

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Greg Couch Joins Fanhouse: As Old Media Dies, More Sports Columnists Head Online

March 26, 2009

Sports columnist Greg Couch is leaving the Chicago Sun-Times after a dozen years to cover golf, tennis and college football and basketball for AOL’s FanHouse.com site. AOL Sports earlier signed former Sun-Times sports columnist Jay Mariotti, who resigned last summer after returning from the Beijing Olympics with complaints about the paper’s Internet efforts. Couch was […]

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Nielsen: Obama's Viewership Dips

March 26, 2009

UPDATED: Most TV shows start strong in the ratings, then decline as their novelty wears off. Apparently that trend also holds true for the president’s primetime telecasts. According to the national Nielsen ratings, Barack Obama’s Tuesday-night press conference lost viewers compared with his two most recent heavily covered evening events.

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