AP – ABC News has hired Christiane Amanpour, one of CNN’s best-known personalities for her hard-nosed reporting from war zones over the past two decades, to host its Sunday morning political talk show starting this summer.
President Obama said Thursday that the United States remains committed to fighting drug trafficking fueled in part by the American appetite for narcotics. But he said he would urge enforcement of existing laws banning the transfer of guns across the border… (source: NPR) – RSS widgets and RSS feeds on .
PORT OF SPAIN (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama meets his counterparts in Latin America and the Caribbean on Friday, offering practical cooperation over the ideological differences that have strained U.S. ties with the region. (source: Reuters) – RSS feeds and Stock Market News on .
Clinton’s former presidential campaign is raising money to pay off her bills. But some allies are irked at having to shell out for the polling firm’s failures (source: TIME) – RSS and Tech News on .
The most interesting thing about the Obamas’ new pooch wasn’t the dog himself, but the fact that the story was broken by the normally Hollywood-focused celebrity chronicler TMZ (source: TIME) – RSS feeds and Stock Market News on .
Alan Bersin, President Obama’s pick for ”border czar,” will serve under Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, handling illegal immigration and drug violence issues along the Mexican-American border (source: TIME) – RSS widgets and RSS feeds on .
After backing Mexico’s ongoing battle against drug cartels, President Barack Obama is heading to a Western Hemisphere summit with a sudden spotlight on Cuba (source: TIME) – Tech Newss and RSS feeds on .
Some Republicans are criticizing a Homeland Security Department intelligence assessment, saying it unfairly characterizes military veterans as right-wing extremist (source: TIME) – Tech Newss and RSS feeds on .
The Obama administration will release four Bush-era memos on terror interrogations Thursday, according to a senior administration official. (source: CNN) – RSS and Tech News on .
There has not been much middle ground in the debate over Philadelphia’s 10-year property-tax abatements. Supporters say the abatements – worth a decade of dramatically lowered taxes on new or renovated buildings – have encouraged development where little … (source: The Philadelphia Inquirer) – and Stock Market News on .
The reviled but rampant ritual of gabbing on handheld cell phones while driving, skating, or cycling is about to become illegal in Philadelphia, as Mayor Nutter is expected to sign a bill in the next few days that will make the city’s ban perhaps the most … (source: The Philadelphia Inquirer) – RSS feeds and Stock Market News on .
