(Reuters) – The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits rose last week, the Labor Department said on Thursday, but details of the report suggested the jobs market continued to grow at a moderate pace. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits increased 4,000 to a seasonally adjusted 371,000, […]
By TED GUP THE NEW YORK TIMES IN the last week, the American public has been reminded of the Central Intelligence Agency’s contradictory attitude toward secrecy. In a critique of “Zero Dark Thirty,” published last Thursday in The Washington Post, a former deputy director of the C.I.A., Jose A. Rodriguez […]
RICHMOND, Va. — Jeffrey M. Lacker, the Federal Reserve’s most persistent internal critic, does not much resemble a firebrand. He is personally cheerful, professionally inclined to see both sides of an issue and quick to acknowledge he may not be right. He says he would rather be wrong. But for the […]
Source: NY Times. By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — The Washington National Cathedral, where the nation gathers to mourn tragedies and celebrate new presidents, will soon begin performing same-sex marriages. Cathedral officials tell The Associated Press the church will be among the first Episcopal congregations to implement a new […]
MOSCOW: The second round of Russia-US consultations on Syria involving international peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi will be held in Geneva on Friday, Moscow’s top negotiator in the talks said Wednesday. “The trilateral meeting between (Russian Deputy Foreign Minister) Mikhail Bogdanov, (US Undersecretary of State) William Burns, and (UN-Arab League envoy) […]
wnd.com and Youtube: While Muslims engaged in violent protests worldwide over caricatures of Muhammad have insisted any image of their prophet is considered blasphemous, a prominent frieze in the U.S. […]
Bank of America has reached a $10.3 billion settlement with Fannie Mae to deal with questionable home loans it sold to the government-backed mortgage financer during the housing bubble. BofA (BAC, Fortune 500) will pay $3.55 billion in cash to Fannie as part of the deal. It will also repurchase 30,000 questionable mortgages […]
Maariv / Makor Rishon’s Amnon Lord explains that Hagel is bad news, not just for Israel. By Gil Ronen First Publish: 1/6/2013, 9:12 PM Chuck Hagel Official photo, U.S. Senate […]
USAToday January 3, 2013 Column: A Hindu moment for Congress Stephen Prothero9:09p.m. EST January 3, 2013 Hawaii’s Rep. Tulsi Gabbard was raised by Hindu mother and Catholic father. As a child she was exposed to New Testament and Hindu’s Bhagavad Gita. Her new colleagues should note Gita’s message of “selfless […]
OnIslam & Newspapers Saturday, 05 January 2013 00:00 CAIRO – Senior students at Oklahoma’s first Islamic high school are preparing to be the first graduation class in 2013, filled with hope to serve their community and act as role models for their country. “This has been a journey,” Imad Enchassi, […]
‘War on terror’ actually aimed at Islam By Dr. Kevin Barrett And if “terrorism” means “the intentional slaughter of civilians,” the US and Israel commit thousands of times more terrorism than all the Muslims of the world put together.” Public opinion polls show that the vast majority of the world’s […]
http://www.jsonline.com/news/opinion/gun-violence-must-end-ev86lak-185377361.html By Mohan Singh Dhariwal, MD After the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin mass shooting on Aug. 5, we collectively grieved as Americans. Since that time, many other gun-related tragedies have occurred. The most recent, the horrible events at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. These events have become all […]
Huff Post: Jaweed Kaleem. A new analysis from the Pew Forum shows that while the new Congress is more diverse than ever before — it includes the the nation’s first Buddhist Senator and the first Hindu in either chamber of Congress, for example — it’s still far less diverse than […]
Source: CNN (CNN) — President Barack Obama has signed into law a bill to avert the fiscal cliff, a day after the House and Senate approved the much-debated legislation. Obama, who returned to his family vacation in Hawaii after Tuesday’s House vote, signed the bill via autopen on Wednesday. But […]
Daniel McAdams Lew Rockwell.com July 14, 2012 Thanks once again to the indispensable Moon of Alabama blog for highlighting, among other interesting facts, the amazingly open ties of the Syrian opposition to their Western paymasters. As the astonishing Guardian story linked in the MoA piece outlines, down to the person […]
Pan-Arab news giant finalizes acquisition that will give it access to more than 60 million homes across America. Current TV, the progressive media company co-founded by former Vice President Al Gore, has being acquired by international satellite cable network Al Jazeera. According to the NY Times, which broke the news […]
Ex. President of USA Al Gore Source: Guardian UK Acquisition of Al Gore’s cable channel gives Al-Jazeera an access to 60 million homes in USA Al-Jazeera, the pan-Arab news channel […]
JEDDAH: RIMA AL-MUKHTAR Wednesday 2 January 2013 Saudi women expressed outrage at Chelsea Handler, the American host of the TV show “Chelsea Lately,” when she swore at Saudi men for […]
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE ARABPRESS Thursday 3 January 2013 NEW YORK: A shy New York woman whom no one took to be wealthy left a shockingly happy surprise when she died: […]
Dec 30, 2012 – 18:42 By Jeff Mason and Tabassum Zakaria WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama offered strong support for former Republican Senator Chuck Hagel as the potential next U.S. defense secretary but said in remarks aired on Sunday that he had not yet decided on a nominee for […]