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Karl Rove: Obama's Public-Equity Record

Opinion Journal - Sat, 2026-05-09 19:47
The auto bailout makes Bain Capital look like an amateur on job losses and outsourcing.


We were down for 24 hours or more

FourthAmendment.com - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 19:47

In the process of renewing this website until 2017 yesterday, some electronic switch was thrown that put us out of commission for about 24 hours. Then, only some people could see it not others. I was one of those who couldn't. I couldn't see it until about 5 pm central.

The Internet may seem to operate seamlessly, but it really is subject to individual failures. Anything subject to human intervention is prone to be screwed up.

Obama's wrong vision for America

CNN - Politics - Sat, 2026-05-09 19:47
William Bennett says buried within Obama's campaign storybook ad is the ideological vision of modern liberalism
Categories: CNN, Issues, Politics

VIDEO: X-rays probe world's oldest 'computer'

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 19:47
Scientists using X-ray imaging find out some of the secrets of the world's oldest 'computer' - the Antikythera Mechanism.
Categories: BBC, News

Robert J. Barro: Stimulus Spending Keeps Failing

Opinion Journal - Sat, 2026-05-09 19:47
If austerity is so terrible, how come Germany and Sweden have done so well?


Arthur Herman: The FDR Lesson Obama Should Follow

Opinion Journal - Sat, 2026-05-09 19:47
Roosevelt reluctantly unleashed industry to win World War II, thereby laying the groundwork for America's economic recovery.


VIDEO: US highwire walker's stumble

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 19:47
Nik Wallenda, an acrobat set to walk a tightrope over Niagara Falls this summer, drew gasps after stumbling during walk 100 feet (30m) above Baltimore's Inner Harbour.
Categories: BBC, News

William Bowen: How to Keep American Colleges on Top

Opinion Journal - Sat, 2026-05-09 19:47
The City University of New York pioneers an approach to making graduating easier while keeping standards up.


Al-Qaida Suicide Bomber was Double Agent

TruthNews.US - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 19:47
VOA News | A man sent by al-Qaida's branch in Yemen to blow up a U.S.-bound airliner worked for Saudi Arabia's intelligence service and the CIA.

VIDEO: Cannes film festival set to open

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 19:47
The UK has only one entry competing for the prestigious Palme d'Or prize at the Cannes Film Festival this year with Ken Loach's The Angels' Share.
Categories: BBC, News

Two in Mob family convicted, but not for killing cop in 1997

NEW YORK — A reputed Mafia boss and a co-defendant were convicted Wednesday on racketeering charges, but they were acquitted of the most-shocking crime in their federal case: the unsolved gangland slaying of an off-duty New York Police Department officer in 1997.

In a blow to prosecutors, a jury delivered ...

Orangutans use tablets to 'talk' to trainers at zoo

MIAMI — The 8-year-old twins love their iPad. They draw, play games and expand their vocabulary. Their family's teenagers also like the hand-held computer tablets, too, but the clan's elders show no interest.

The orangutans at Miami's Jungle Island apparently are just like people when it comes to technology. The ...

American Scene: France honors WWII vets at military academy

NEW YORK

WEST POINT — France has bestowed honors on three dozen World War II veterans at the U.S. Military Academy.

The French ambassador to the United States awarded the French Legion of Honor during a ceremony held Tuesday at West Point, on the Hudson River north of New York ...

U.S. casinos rebound from recession

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. | The nation's commercial casinos continued their slow-but-steady comeback from the recession last year, with revenues up 3 percent nationwide and jobs holding nearly steady, according to a report released Wednesday.

The American Gaming Association's annual report noted the nation's 492 non-Indian casinos or other legal gambling ...

Conservatives defend fired writer on race

Conservative commentators and think tanks have rushed in recent days to the defense of embattled journalist Naomi Schaefer Riley, who was fired from her job as a blogger with the widely respected Chronicle of Higher Education for questioning the value of black-studies programs.

Chester E. Finn, president of the conservative ...

Idle home PCs raise charity cash

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 19:47
Idle home computers are being sought to raise cash for charities and contribute to a series of science projects.
Categories: BBC, News

Carmageddon comeback seeks cash

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 19:47
Notorious violent nineties video game Carmageddon is attempting a comeback with the help of a Kickstarter project.
Categories: BBC, News

Opinion: Obama's most courageous move

CNN - Politics - Sat, 2026-05-09 19:47
President Obama has obliterated the doubts of millions of his gay supporters, says Charles Kaiser, with a truly tranformational move to support equal marriage rights.
Categories: CNN, Issues, Politics

Opinion: Words to break a father's heart

CNN - Top Stories - Sat, 2026-05-09 19:47
The police who are accused of beating Kelly Thomas to death need to be treated the same as any alleged killers -- prosecuted, and if convicted, sent to prison.
Categories: CNN, News

Help wanted! Silicon Valley's hiring crunch

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 19:47
Silicon Valley's way of attracting new staff
Categories: BBC, News
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