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Patrice McDermott, Executive Director of OpenTheGovernment.org,
which works with the legislative and executive branches to
encourage more open government, told the Center for Media and
Democracy (CMD) that the provision might blow a huge hole in ...
Date Published: May 30, 2012 - 12:32 am
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., May 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Start Fresh
Today, LLC launched their highly anticipated new website at
www.startfreshtoday.com. The new website features Credit
Counseling and Debtor Education course packages with various ...
Date Published: May 29, 2012 - 11:34 pm
From 1968 until 1971, Memorial Day was on May 30. Memorial Day was
officially proclaimed on May 5, 1868 by General John Logan,
national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, in his
General Order No. 11. The holiday was originally called ...
Date Published: May 29, 2012 - 11:06 pm
The House was not in session yesterday. As you know, many of us
little people enjoyed a three-day holiday weekend, and were off
from work on Monday. Congress, which is better than you, took a
four-day weekend, and took off on Tuesday as well.
Date Published: May 29, 2012 - 10:59 pm
Quebec’s controversial protest law is set to face its first
challenge in court. Lawyers representing student federations and
other groups will be in Quebec Superior Court today seeking to have
certain parts of Bill 78 suspended. It’s one of ...
Date Published: May 29, 2012 - 10:01 pm
MCLEAN, Va., May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- USA TODAY and National
Geographic Channel have partnered on a special tabloid
edition: Your Guide to the National Parks. The special
edition captures the beauty and majesty of the parks in words and
...
Date Published: May 29, 2012 - 1:30 am
Editor's note: Fareed Zakaria recently delivered the commencement
address at Harvard. While the audience was graduates, the message
could apply to a great many of us, so we've reprinted a modified
version below. By Fareed Zakaria The best ...
Date Published: May 25, 2012 - 1:13 am
SEOUL/LONDON (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics launched its
top-of-the-range Galaxy S3 smartphone in Europe on Tuesday, aiming
to outsell its previous model that helped the South Korean company
topple Apple as the world's largest smartphone maker. The Galaxy
S3, which tracks the user's eye movements ...
Date Published: May 30, 2012 - 12:53 am
CYBERTHREAT: A senior Iranian military official says Iran's key oil
industry was briefly affected by the powerful computer virus known
as "Flame." ABOUT THE VIRUS: Experts say Flame has unprecedented
data-snatching capabilities and can eavesdrop on computer users. It
would be the latest high-profile ...
Date Published: May 30, 2012 - 12:46 am
(CNN)-- Just days after the Houla massacre, 13 people were
discovered bound and slain in another turbulent swath of Syria, the
head of the U.N. observer mission said Wednesday. The observers
said the bodies were found Tuesday night in the area of Assukar, 30
miles east of Deir Ezzor in the eastern ...
Date Published: May 30, 2012 - 12:39 am
LONDON — A private funeral service for Bee Gees star Robin Gibb
will take place next week, with a public memorial service planned
for later in the year. In a statement issued Wednesday on behalf of
Gibb’s family, his relatives confirmed that a service for “close
family and friends” would ...
Date Published: May 30, 2012 - 12:39 am
Andie MacDowell will be a pioneer for the Hallmark Channel,
starring in the network's first prime-time series. Hallmark said
Wednesday that MacDowell will portray municipal court Judge Olivia
Lockhart in "Cedar Grove." It will start with a two-hour movie
airing later this year and continue with a 13 ...
Date Published: May 30, 2012 - 12:39 am
NEW YORK—Facebook's stock is getting some relief, inching higher
following a steep decline in the wake of its initial public
offering. Shares of Facebook Inc. are up 43 cents to
dollarsignr29.27 in morning trading on Wednesday. That's still down
about 23 percent from its IPO price of dollarsignr38. Facebook
began ...
Date Published: May 30, 2012 - 12:32 am
The top-seeded players had early starts at the French Open on
Wednesday, and both Novak Djokovic and Victoria Azarenka made it to
the third round without a problem. Djokovic was first up on Court
Suzanne Lenglen, and he was barely troubled by Blaz Kavcic, winning
6-0, 6-4, 6-4 for his 23rd straight ...
Date Published: May 29, 2012 - 11:13 pm