NASA Might Name Space Station Toilet For Comedian Stephen Colbert

March 25, 2009

We are witnessing the end of write-in contests as we knew them: “NASA may consider putting Stephen Colbert’s name on a space toilet, after the comedian came out on top of the U.S. space agency’s online naming poll for a new space module.” While impressive, what’s next – the Phil Ken Sebben Home for Tots?

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Senate Dems Defy White House, Propose Cutting Obama Budget by Billions

March 24, 2009

WASHINGTON (CNN) — Hours before President Obama was to hold a prime time news conference — in part to boost his $3.6 trillion budget plan — a key Democratic senator Tuesday unveiled a scaled-down budget proposal.

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Stephanopoulos: Obama Holds House Odds At 2nd Presidential News Conference

March 24, 2009

How is a prime time presidential news conference like a Vegas casino? The odds are stacked for the House. The Obama team knows this. They understand that taking a few tough questions is a small price to pay for a prime time audience.

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Strip Search of 13 Year Old Honor Student Before SCOTUS

March 24, 2009

SAFFORD, Ariz. — Savana Redding still remembers the clothes she had on — black stretch pants with butterfly patches and a pink T-shirt — the day school officials here forced her to strip six years ago. She was 13 and in eighth grade. An assistant principal, enforcing the school’s antidrug policies, suspected her of having […]

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Report: Specter Expected to Oppose Card Check

March 24, 2009

Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., will vote against a cloture motion to limit debate on the Employee Free Choice Act, business groups said today.

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Bernanke, Geithner Call for Broader Government Power

March 24, 2009

WASHINGTON — The U.S. government needs to be able to take over and wind down a broad range of economically important non-bank financial institutions, top economic officials told Congress Tuesday, though who will get that authority was left as an open question. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told House lawmakers […]

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North Korea Reportedly Suspects US Journalists Working for Al Gore of Spying

March 24, 2009

SEOUL, South Korea – Two American journalists seized by North Korean border guards are facing “intense interrogation” in Pyongyang for alleged espionage after illegally crossing into the country from China, a report said Tuesday. Laura Ling and Euna Lee, journalists working for former Vice President Al Gore’s San Francisco-based Current TV, were at a guesthouse […]

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Vermont Senate Votes to Legalize Same-Sex Marriage, First to Do So Without Court Order

March 24, 2009

CNN — The Vermont Senate voted overwhelmingly Monday to legalize same-sex marriage, potentially setting the stage for a high-profile legislative showdown and breaking a new political barrier in the state that made history in 2000 by becoming the first to approve civil unions for gay and lesbian couples. If the bill becomes law, Vermont will […]

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White House Seeks Filter-Free News

March 24, 2009

At a time when his Washington honeymoon is turning into a hazing, President Barack Obama and his team are launched on a strategy to sail above the traditional White House press corps by reaching out to liberal commentators, local reporters and ethnic media. The highest-profile moments in the new approach have been well-noted, such as […]

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China Takes Aim at the Dollar, Proposes New Currency

March 24, 2009

BEIJING — China called for the creation of a new currency to eventually replace the dollar as the world’s standard, proposing a sweeping overhaul of global finance that reflects developing nations’ growing unhappiness with the U.S. role in the world economy. The unusual proposal, made by central bank governor Zhou Xiaochuan in an essay released […]

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