Rhode Island Leads US Into Deep Recession
LINCOLN, R.I.
Lloyd Garver: 2008: Not So Great
George Bush isn’t the only one who’s been a lame duck for the last couple of months of 2008.
Alfred Gingold: Blessings of the Season
My wife says the holidays feel shorter this year because Thanksgiving came relatively late in November. To me the holidays feel longer this year because they started on November 4th, when I waited almost an hour and a half to vote.
Alaska Republican Sen. Stevens concedes defeat
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Alaska Republican Sen. Ted Stevens, convicted last month of corruption charges, conceded defeat on Wednesday in his bid for an eighth term, a day after his Democratic opponent claimed victory.
Alaska Democrat says beats Republican Sen. Stevens
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich claimed victory on Tuesday as the first Democrat elected to Congress by Alaska in more than a quarter of a century, unseating powerful Sen. Ted Stevens who was convicted last month of corruption after decades in the U.S.
Senate Republican vote on Stevens postponed
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A move to oust Alaska Sen.
Tom Doctoroff: Chinese Consumers: On Rocky Shoals but Not Shipwrecked
This is the first time in history in which a Chinese middle class of broad scale (125-150 million people) has confronted a global economic shock, begging the question of how spending behavior will - or will not - shift across a suddenly-altered economic landscape. Marketers hoping to counteract weakness in North American and European sales by relying on mainland consumers are bound to be disappointed
Space Shuttle Endeavour Blasts Off
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space shuttle Endeavour and a crew of seven blasted into the night sky Friday, bound for the international space station and the most extreme home makeover project ever attempted by astronauts.
Lloyd Garver: Real American Familes
For the past several years, we all know that there has been an emotional issue that has divided the nation. The other day, Connecticut became the second state to make the practice legal.
Convicted Stevens holds slim lead in Senate race
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The fate of a convicted felon will help determine the size of the Democrats’ expanded power in the U.S. Senate, and may provide a new job opportunity for failed vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin
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