Archive for February, 2008
Friday, February 29th, 2008
Attorney General Michael Mukasey refused Friday to refer the House's contempt citations against two of President Bush's top aides to a federal grand jury. Mukasey said White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten and former presidential counsel Harriet Miers committed no crime.Read the full story
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Friday, February 29th, 2008
Pizza makers have seen their cheese costs soar from $1.30 a pound to $1.76 a pound. Even worse, the flour used to make the dough has gone from $3-$7 dollars a bushel to $25 a bushel.Read the full story
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Friday, February 29th, 2008
A homeowner who didn't sell ends up being built around. This is progress in Seattle. Bizarre.Read the full story
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Thursday, February 28th, 2008
50 states spent more than $49 billion on corrections last year, up from less than $11 billion 20 years earlier. The rate of increase for prison costs was six times greater than for higher education spending, the report said.
Using updated state-by-state data, the report said 2,319,258 adults were held in ...
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Wednesday, February 27th, 2008
End of an era? Conservative end nigh? William F. Buckley Jr. died at work, in his study. The Cold War had ended long before. A Republican was in the White House. The word “liberal” had been shunned like an ill-mannered guest.Read the full story
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Wednesday, February 27th, 2008
With all the scrutiny that Diebold has received in past few years you'd think that they would be more careful but apparently due to a malfunction in some machines, they have leaked the results to the 2008 presidential race early. Hopefully this will be the nail in Diebold's coffin. Surely ...
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Wednesday, February 27th, 2008
Maria Hines, Tilth’s owner and chef, pays more than lip service to the adjectives local and seasonal, and she has created a restaurant that’s very much of its moment, not only in its attention to food miles but also in its menu structure. Every savory dish can be ordered in ...
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Wednesday, February 27th, 2008
The dollar sank to new lows in Europe today against the euro, making a European trip even more expensive for American business travelers and vacationers.Read the full story
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Wednesday, February 27th, 2008
Even though White House computer technicians hunted high and low, an entire week's worth of e-mail from Cheney's office was missing. The week was Sept. 30, 2003, to Oct. 6, 2003, the opening days of the Justice Department's probe into whether anyone at the White House leaked the identity of ...
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Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
The Buzz service borrows heavily from other so-called social news aggregators, like Digg and Reddit, as it asks users to “vote” on items they like. Items with the most votes, or buzz, will earn prominent placement. But the Buzz service is different in some important ways. Rather than turn Buzz ...
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