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Stanley: Will history be kind to Bush?

CNN - Politics - Thu, 2025-06-12 11:00
Timothy Stanley says unveiling of Bush's portrait offers a moment to reevaluate a presidency that ended with low approval. But there's reason to believe it was an important one
Categories: CNN, Issues, Politics

Why politicians lie, and why we let them

CNN - Top Stories - Thu, 2025-06-12 11:00
From Richard Nixon -- "I'm not a crook" -- to John Edwards -- "The story is false ... ridiculous," those in power often lie, and voters often let them get away with it.
Categories: CNN, News

GOP stands down on social issues, focuses on jobs

AP - Politics - Thu, 2025-06-12 11:00
WASHINGTON (AP) -- What "religious freedom" bill?...

GOP stands down on social issues, focuses on jobs

AP - Politics - Thu, 2025-06-12 11:00
WASHINGTON (AP) -- What "religious freedom" bill?...

AUDIO: MoneySavingExpert sold for £87m

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-06-12 11:00
Martin Lewis has told BBC Radio 5 live about the sale of his website moneysavingexpert.com for £87 million.
Categories: BBC, News

Opinion: Don't forget long-term jobless

CNN - Top Stories - Thu, 2025-06-12 11:00
Christine Owens says with unemployment rate remaining so high, we must not cut off help to the least fortunate
Categories: CNN, News

England 1-0 Belgium

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-06-12 11:00
Danny Welbeck's first international goal is enough to beat a bright Belgium as England seal a winning send-off to Euro 2012.
Categories: BBC, News

Weak US job figures hit markets

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-06-12 11:00
Stock markets fall following news that the US economy added considerably fewer jobs than had been expected in May.
Categories: BBC, News

UN calls for Houla investigation

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-06-12 11:00
The UN Human Rights Council calls for an investigation into the killing of more than 100 civilians at Houla, and condemns Syria for the massacre.
Categories: BBC, News

Sheep rain down on cars in Australia

CNN - Top Stories - Thu, 2025-06-12 11:00
A truck carrying nearly 400 sheep tipped over while on an Australia overpass, sending the helpless animals tumbling down on shocked drivers below, CNN affiliate Network Ten reported.
Categories: CNN, News

Key witnesses 'not interviewed'

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-06-12 11:00
Police investigating the murder of Michaela McAreavey in Mauritius failed to take statements from potential key witnesses, a court is told.
Categories: BBC, News

Treasury denies 'skip tax' U-turn

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-06-12 11:00
The Treasury denies there is to be any U-turn over a planned tax increase on waste dumped from skips.
Categories: BBC, News

British sailor missing in Dubai

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-06-12 11:00
A British sailor has gone missing in Dubai while his ship, HMS Westminster, was docked, the Royal Navy says.
Categories: BBC, News

It's time for Beltway barnacle Orrin Hatch to go

Six-term entrenched incumbent Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, is attacking his conservative challenger, Dan Liljenquist, over his alleged support for tax hikes.

Why politicians lie

CNN - Politics - Thu, 2025-06-12 11:00
Wolf Blitzer and Donald Trump's heated showdown this week over claims of a conspiracy to conceal President Barack Obama's true birthplace was, at its core, an argument about lying.
Categories: CNN, Issues, Politics

Barack Obama: Drone warrior

A very strange story, a 6,000-word front-page New York Times piece on how, every Tuesday, Obama shuffles "baseball cards" with the pictures and bios of suspected terrorists from around the world and chooses who shall die by drone strike.

Wandering bear scares neighbors

CNN - Top Stories - Thu, 2025-06-12 11:00
A bear causes quite a commotion in a California neighborhood. KGET reports.
Categories: CNN, News

Man guilty of lecturer killing

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-06-12 11:00
A 21-year-old Polish man is found guilty of killing a 64-year-old retired university lecturer in his Edinburgh home.
Categories: BBC, News
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