SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — In the end, Rod Blagojevich did not bring doom for his party or the national political figures whose names got dragged into his scandal. But long after he is behind bars, Illinois will still be cleaning up the mess left behind by the state’s cartoonish former governor. Blagojevich — who drew [...]
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June 29, 2011
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June 17, 2011
Politics Slows Gay Marriage Vote in New York
ALBANY, N.Y. — Conflicting interests and political maneuvering threatened to stall a vote in New York on whether to legalize gay marriage, viewed by advocates and opponents alike as a pivotal moment in the years-long debate. The Republican leader of the state Senate, which controls the fate of the measure, emerged from yet another closed-door [...]
June 12, 2011
Some Gay-rights Foes Claim They Now Are Bullied
NEW YORK (AP) — As the gay-rights movement advances, there’s increasing evidence of an intriguing role reversal: Today, it’s the conservative opponents of that movement who seem eager to depict themselves as victims of intolerance. To them, the gay-rights lobby has morphed into a relentless bully — pressuring companies and law firms into policy reversals, [...]
June 12, 2011
June 3, 2011
Republicans Seek to Rekindle Evangelical Zeal
Republicans are hoping to reignite the political zeal of evangelicals that once was a deciding factor in national elections. The first test of whether it can be done is taking place this weekend at the Faith and Freedom Coalition conference in Washington that will include nearly all the GOP presidential contenders, The Washington Post reported. [...]
June 2, 2011
Bloomberg Daughter Gives Novel Peek Into Mayor’s Private Life
A young reader’s novel by Georgina Bloomberg has opened a window on the famously private family life of the author’s billionaire father, New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, The New York Times reports. The younger Bloomberg doesn’t deny that scenes in “The A Circuit,” though fictionalized, are drawn from her actual life as a [...]
May 30, 2011
Former Texas Gov. Bill Clements Dead at 94
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Former Gov. Bill Clements, the first Republican governor in Texas since Reconstruction, has died at 94. Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst says he has been contacted by Clements’ family members, who confirmed the former governor died Sunday in a Dallas-area hospital. Clements looked to completely change the face of Texas politics [...]
May 21, 2011
March 22, 2011
Vote count begins in Haiti runoff
Balloting has ended in Haiti’s presidential runoff with observers describing polling day as being generally peaceful. Polling centres in most of Haiti closed as scheduled at 4pm local time (2100 GMT), but voting was extended by one hour in the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area to make up for initial delays. Election officials began counting the votes by [...]
March 22, 2011
Russia hopes Turkey will approve South Stream
Russia hopes Turkey will eventually give the green light to the section of the South Stream gas pipeline project that crosses its territory, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday. Turkey has not given its consent to the laying of part of the 15.5-billion-euro marine pipeline across its Black Sea territory. South Stream is designed [...]
March 12, 2011
NATO Go Home Says Karzai…
Karzai fed up with NATO Tags: News, Afghanistan, Politics, World 12.03.2011, 17:18 Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai on Saturday stated that NATO and US troops should “stop their operations in the country”, when meeting the families, whose relatives were mistakenly killed by the Coalition in the city of Asadabad, the center of Kunar province.Witnesses say that [...]