Archive for May, 2009

IKEA Rules, Cops Do Not! (5.29.09 - Day 29)

Saturday, May 30th, 2009


okay, so we went to IKEA yesterday… that was actually really effin awesome. right after, we were pulled over… for probably the dumbest thing i …

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GM bondholders near deadline to accept new offer - Reuters

Saturday, May 30th, 2009

Washington Post

GM bondholders near deadline to accept new offerReutersBy Poornima Gupta DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Corp will find out on Saturday if investors holding $27 billion in the automaker's bonds will accept an exchange offer as it races to tie up loose ends before a bankruptcy filing next week.Video: Indy GM workers vote for [...]

Gates: Nuclear-armed N. Korea not acceptable - CNN

Saturday, May 30th, 2009

MiamiHerald.com

Gates: Nuclear-armed N. Korea not acceptableCNN(CNN) — The United States will not accept North Korea as a nuclear-armed state, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Saturday at an international conference.Video: Gates: N. Korea Nukes a Grave Threat The Associated PressNuclear N.Korea won't change Japan defense: minister ReutersThe Associated Press - Times Online - Los Angeles Times - Wall [...]

Pakistani cities are new battleground for Taliban - Los Angeles Times

Saturday, May 30th, 2009

Globe and Mail

Pakistani cities are new battleground for TalibanLos Angeles TimesRescue workers take in the damage at a police headquarters in Lahore that was bombed Thursday, leaving at least 28 people dead. Even as the Pakistani government has said it's making progress in its campaign against Taliban militants in northwestern …Video: Sikhs fleeing Swat struggle [...]

UN Security Council Urges Burma to Release All Political Prisoners - Voice of America

Saturday, May 30th, 2009

ABC News

UN Security Council Urges Burma to Release All Political PrisonersVoice of AmericaBy Margaret Besheer The UN Security Council has called for the release of all political prisoners in Burma, including opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, and expressed its concern over her recent trial.Security Council wants Myanmar's Suu Kyi released The Associated PressBurma's mockery [...]

We want real contrition for our abuse - guardian.co.uk

Saturday, May 30th, 2009

Sydney Morning Herald

We want real contrition for our abuseguardian.co.ukThere is nothing surprising in the obtuseness of the Most Rev Vincent Nichols's remarks on the report about child sex abuse in Ireland's Catholic institutions (Clergy who admit abuse 'courageous' - archbishop, 21 May).Church pays little of Ireland's child-abuse bill The Associated PressWorld Briefing | Europe Ireland: [...]

Court Choice Pushes Issue of 'Identity Politics' Back to Forefront - New York Times

Saturday, May 30th, 2009

USA Today

Court Choice Pushes Issue of 'Identity Politics' Back to ForefrontNew York TimesJudge Sonia Sotomayor, at the announcement of her selection on Tuesday, would be the first Hispanic on the Supreme Court. By PETER BAKER WASHINGTON - In the heat of his primary battle last year, Barack Obama bemoaned “identity politics” in America, …Obama Confident [...]

Prince Harry plays polo on 1st official trip to US - The Associated Press

Saturday, May 30th, 2009

BBC News

Prince Harry plays polo on 1st official trip to USThe Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) - Prince Harry followed in his mother's footsteps Saturday by raising money for a charity that supports AIDS orphans as he played polo in a city Princess Diana loved.Prince Harry in NYC NewsdayHarry goes to Harlem on US visit BBC [...]

Obama Outlines Coordinated Cyber-Security Plan - New York Times

Saturday, May 30th, 2009

Straits Times

Obama Outlines Coordinated Cyber-Security PlanNew York TimesBy DAVID E. SANGER and JOHN MARKOFF WASHINGTON - President Obama declared Friday that the country's disparate efforts to “deter, prevent, detect and defend” against cyberattacks would now be run out of the White House, but he also promised that he …Video: Obama Cyber-scared RTObama Moves to Curb [...]

Germany Picks Magna to Buy Opel; 11000 Jobs May Go - Bloomberg

Saturday, May 30th, 2009

Washington Post

Germany Picks Magna to Buy Opel; 11000 Jobs May GoBloombergBy Andreas Cremer and Tony Czuczka May 30 (Bloomberg) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel's government chose Magna International Inc. as the buyer for General Motors Corp.Video: Opel sold to Russia and Canada RTObama 'helped' Opel rescue deal BBC NewsReuters - guardian.co.uk - Seeking Alpha - New York Timesall [...]