Blagojevich claims he's 'blacker' than Obama
Chicago Tribune - 12 minutes ago
FILE - In this April 21, 2009, file photo, ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is seen leaving federal court in Chicago. The former Illinois governor told Esquire magazine in its February issue that he's "blacker than Barack Obama" and that he was a real person in a political arena dominated by phonies.
Blagojevich Retreats From Race Remarks About Obama New York Times
Supreme Court Blocks TV Coverage of Gay Marriage Trial
Chicago Tribune - 12 minutes ago
Washington - The U.S. Supreme Court , acting on an appeal from conservative defenders of 's ban on same-sex marriage, overruled a federal judge in today and blocked video coverage of the trial on . In a brief order, the justices said they were halting the move by U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker "permitting real-time streaming" of the trial, "except as it permits streaming to other rooms within the confines of the courthouse in which the trial is to be held."
U.S. Supreme Court blocks video coverage of Prop. 8 trial Los Angeles Times
Croatia's softly spoken 'Mr Clean'
UK Telegraph - 5 hours ago
Ivo Josipovic, the social democrat who was elected Croatia's president on Sunday, capitalises on his image as a soft-spoken intellectual and a squeaky-clean political reputation. Voters, who were seemingly fed up with the graft scandals that engulfed Croatian politics over the past months, turned to Josipovic who had promised to usher in "the return of morals into politics".
Jurist Josipovic wins Croatia presidential vote Reuters
Opposition Figure Elected in Croatia
New York Times - 16 hours ago
ZAGREB, Croatia (Reuters) — Ivo Josipovic, the opposition presidential candidate, won a runoff election on Sunday and promised to help complete membership talks so can join in 2012. Mr. Josipovic, a member of the Social Democrat Party who is a law expert and classical music composer, but who has relatively little experience in national politics, won 60.3 percent of the vote in the second-round runoff.
Opposition lawyer wins Croatia presidential runoff, exit polls show Christian Science Monitor
The Slow Unraveling Of The Dodd Mystique
Chicago Tribune - 1 day ago
After living a charmed political life for more than 30 years, Sen. Christopher Dodd collided with 's maxim that "behind every cloud is another cloud." Dodd managed the rare trick of turning some isolated storms into a deluge that forced him to abandon his race for re-election.
The Slow Unraveling Of The Dodd Mystique Chicago Tribune
Better teachers, the union way
Los Angeles Times - 2 days ago
Great teachers aren't born -- they evolve. They must have certain things starting out, of course: a passion for knowledge and a love of working with children, to cite two.
Tory pledge to scrutinise teachers UK Telegraph
Interview with Hank Greenberg: Can AIG Be Saved?
Wall Street Journal - 2 days ago
Goldman Sachs has a new enemy—as if it needed another one. Hank Greenberg, as we sit in his Park Avenue office, is telling me how to do my job, saying reporters need to get to the bottom of the events that preceded and followed the government bailout of AIG, the insurance company he built into a global giant.
Geithner faces hot seat again as lawmakers react to 'troubling' e-mails on AIG bailout secrecy Chicago Tribune
Stephen Moore: The New Year Brings Tax Chaos
Wall Street Journal - 3 days ago
When the clock hit midnight on Jan. 1, some 70 new taxes on the middle class and small businesses went into effect, thanks to Congress's failure to prevent the expiration of popular and economically vital tax breaks on time. So some 25 million middle class Americans are now slated to get hit with the alternative minimum tax (AMT) this year.
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