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Federal Minimum Wage Increases By 70 Cents From US$5.85 to $6.55
Net News Publisher | 1 hour ago by Terry
The federal minimum wage in the United States increased this week by 70 cents from US$5.85 to $6.55. This is the second of three increases to take place each year under a law passed by Congress in 2007. Next year, the federal minimum wage is schedule read more
President Hugo Chavez Frias: Right On! Words Well Spoken — Now…
Net News Publisher | 8 hours ago by Terry
VHeadline editor & publisher Roy S. Carson writes: While I am not an aviculturalist and could scarcely be described as a culinary expert, the sage words of my mother come to mind that there are more ways than one to cook a goose. Another way of l read more
Township of Burns (La Crosse County), Wisconsin, United States -…
Just Some Photos | 8 hours ago
Peaceful moonrise along Hagar rd. City: Township of Burns (La Crosse County)Province: WisconsinCountry: United States Keywords: Beautiful, Calm, Evening, Farm, Field, Landscape, Moon, Moonrise, Nightfall, Peaceful, Photography, Pictures, Pictur read more
Foreclosure Activity Up 14 Percent in Second Quarter
Net News Publisher | 8 hours ago by Terry
RealtyTrac(R) the online marketplace for foreclosure properties, today released its Q2 2008 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report(TM), which shows foreclosure filings were reported on 739,714 U.S. properties during the second quarter, a nearly 14 percent in read more
Mustang Week 2008
Four Eyed Foxbody | 12 hours ago by Brett
Just got back from the car show at Mustang Week 2008! Lots of nice cars out there. Not the nicest of days as it's been overcast all day long but that didn't stop the hundreds of spectators that showed up to check out the 200+ stangs in attendance. Th read more
Think Again: Gore in the Funhouse - Political Opinion
Net News Publisher | 13 hours ago by Terry
Former Vice President Albert Gore Jr. offered an ambitious plan last Thursday in Washington, DC for solving the climate crisis, as well as the economic and security perils associated with America’s dependence on foreign oil. Gore noted that America read more
Chicago - Summer Night B&W
Hau Mau | 14 hours ago by Cheng Shin Miao
Related PostsRenting apartment issues you face in a new environmentIn my years residing in Shanghai(2004-present), I had moved house and allocated at least ten times. ...Summer’s coming, Stockholm smilingWhat do you like to see when you are in read more
Are Arsenal Falling Behind The United and Chelsea Marketing Machi…
Man Utd Blogger | 16 hours ago
As United prepare to face the Kaizer Chiefs in the final of the Vodacom Challenge, news comes that the club are considering taking up the offer a pre-season tour of India next year. Anyone who has ever been to India recently, knows that whilst footba read more
California Man Charged with Obscenity Violations By Federal Grand…
Net News Publisher | 18 hours ago by Terry
A California man has been charged by a federal grand jury in San Jose, Calif., with mailing obscene materials and related offenses, Acting Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division Matthew Friedrich announced today. According to the indictm read more
Berlin Address Offers Glimpse Into Continent’s ‘Obamamania’
Net News Publisher | 19 hours ago by Terry
After days of breathless anticipation in this normally laid-back capital, Germans finally got their chance to meet “The Superstar,” as “Der Spiegel” weekly termed U.S. presidential hopeful Barack Obama. While final turnout fel read more
Quote of the Day (Christine Wicker)
Exploring Our Matrix | 19 hours ago by James McGrath
"The idea that Evangelicals are taking over America is one of the greatest publicity scams in history" (Christine Wicker, The Fall of the Evangelical Nation: The Surprising Crisis Inside the Church (New York: HarperOne) p.ix). read more
Florida Beaches Guide - Sebastian Inlet State Park
GoGirlfriend | 20 hours ago by JRosien
East Coast, between Melbourne and Vero Beach It's been a while since you've come up for air. But Sebastian Inlet is the perfect excuse to ditch the blackberry and grab your sandals. It's located on the tip of two barrier islands, which makes this a read more
The Other South American Tri-border Region
Net News Publisher | 22 hours ago by Terry
The US’ preoccupation with terrorism, combined with a large Lebanese community in Ciudad de Este, Paraguay, located in the in the eastern part of the country, has forced a high level of international scrutiny on the tri-border region between Br read more
Kyrgyz President Reprimands Government Cabinet
Net News Publisher | 22 hours ago by Terry
President Kurmanbek Bakiev is deeply dissatisfied with the past six months of work performed by the cabinet ministers headed by Prime Minister Igor Chudinov. During a July 24 meeting, Bakiev expressed his displeasure over the report on the socio-econ read more
Cuba, 1962 Redeux Or Much Ado About Nothing?
The Impudent Observer - Global Liberal Issues | 23 hours ago by Fred Stopsky
Conflicting reports out of Russia and Cuba have added to confusion surrounding rumors Cuba will become a refueling stop for Russian nuclear military bombers. Monday’s Isvestiya, cited a “highly placed military source” as the basis f read more
Barack Obama speech on US-European relations well received in Ger…
TopNews | July 25th 2008 by topnews
Glasses embedded with a telescope may enable visually impaired to…
TopNews | July 25th 2008 by topnews
SWISS, LIECHTENSTEIN, OTHER OFFSHORE AND ONSHORE ILLEGAL TAX HAVE…
Real Liberal Christian Church - Christian Commons | July 25th 2008 by Tom Usher
UBS Tower UBS, like most of its competitors in global private banking, has a long history of engaging in perfidious behavior, apologizing for it and then turning back to the future. This includes UBS's involvement in South Africa's apartheid debt an read more
Obama, Israel and Palestine
Window into Palestine | July 24th 2008 by danny downey
By Khalid Amayreh in occupied East Jerusalem Barack Obama has finally made his long-awaited pilgrimage to Israel, a rite of passage that no aspiring American politician, let alone a presidential candidate, can afford to miss or ignore. There (or read more
Daughter of Palestinian Jailed Under PATRIOT Act to Speak in Burl…
Window into Palestine | July 24th 2008 by danny downey
By Ken Picard It’s been more than five years since Dr. Sami Al-Arian, a professor at the University of South Florida, was arrested and jailed on terrorism and conspiracy charges cobbled together under the USA PATRIOT Act. Al-Arian, a longtime Pal read more
THE U.S. ECONOMIC CRASH OF 2008 IN A NUT SHELL
Real Liberal Christian Church - Christian Commons | July 24th 2008 by Tom Usher
Alan Greenspan They lowered interest rates. They intentionally gave loans to people who could not pay back the loans. They inflated real estate values by having more buyers chase the supply. They heated up the construction industry and all the associ read more
Barack Obama, “ein Mann aus dem Volke!”
Right Commentary | July 24th 2008 by Right Commentary
I’m sure by now my readers have seen the speech by Senator Obama on what I’ve comically referred to as “Obama - the World Tour.” Put simply - if you’ve been living under a rock - Sen. Obama went to Germany and delivered read more
Tyson Gay pulls out of London Grand Prix
Beijing Olympics | July 24th 2008 by Mike
Tyson Gay has pulled out of the upcoming London Grand Prix. He was to race against rival Asafa Powell in the men’s 100 meters. “I was really looking forward to getting back on the track again, and training has been going well,” sai read more
Fractious FATA
The Pakistani Spectator | July 24th 2008 by The Pakistani Spectator
The truth is that Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) have always remained some “other” part for the rest of the Pakistanis and every successive government whether civilian or military has never even tried to change the status of t read more
Reactions to Obama’s Berlin speech
The 8th Circle | July 24th 2008 by The 8th Circle
Without focusing too much on this, a mention has to be made about Barack Obama’s visit to Berlin where the presumptive democratic nominee delivered a [fill in your choice of adjective] speech (full text). Here are reactions to the speech from C read more
Obama sweeps inconvenient UN resolutions under the carpet
Window into Palestine | July 24th 2008 by danny downey
By Stuart Littlewood Stuart Littlewood calls on Senator Barack Obama “to stop trying to reframe the situation in the Holy Land by sweeping inconvenient UN resolutions under the carpet, and end the arms supply and other huge subsidies" to the Middl read more
Are These United States Dual Citizens in High Top Government Posi…
Window into Palestine | July 24th 2008 by danny downey
33 Dual Citizen (Tr*tiors) in High Govt.(Big NAME) Positions American / Israeli Dual Citizens in the American Government. Who are they loyal to America or Israel? Attorney General - Michael Mukasey Head of Hom read more
PKK Targets in Northern Iraq Bombed By Turkish Planes
Net News Publisher | July 24th 2008 by Terry
Turkey’s military said in a statement posted on their website that warplanes bombed thirteen Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) targets overnight in northern Iraq. In what the statement termed an “intensive strike,” Turkey targeted PKK h read more
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