Women, children killed in violence-torn Syria city (AP)
BEIRUT – Armed forces loyal to President Bashar Assad barraged residential buildings with mortars and machine-gun fire, killing at least 30 people, including a family of women and children during a day of sectarian killings and kidnappings in the besieged Syrian city of Homs, activists said Friday.
The violence erupted Thursday, but important details were only emerging a day later. Video posted...
Obama to target rising college tuition costs (AP)
ROMULUS, Mich. – President Barack Obama will announce a plan to shift some federal dollars away from colleges and universities that don’t control tuition costs and new competitions in higher education to encourage efficiency as part of an effort to contain soaring college costs.
Obama will spell out his plans Friday at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. The speech will cap a three-day...
Analysis: Romney is fiery, focused in Fla. Debate (AP)
ORLANDO, Fla. – Mitt Romney, forced to prove his resilience after a stinging loss in South Carolina, is showing why the so-called Republican establishment thinks he has the best discipline, organization and campaign smarts to challenge President Barack Obama this fall.
The former Massachusetts governor turned in his best debate performance yet Thursday night, putting chief rival Newt Gingrich on...
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Somali captors move US hostage after SEAL raid (AP)
MOGADISHU, Somalia – Pirates moved an American hostage at least three times in 24 hours and threatened Thursday to kill him after U.S. Navy SEALs rescued an American and a Dane in a bold, dark-of-night raid that raises questions about whether other Western captives are now in greater danger.
“If they try again, we will all die together,” warned Hassan Abdi, a Somali pirate connected...
Romney, Gingrich exchange barbs on immigration (AP)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Newt Gingrich cast Mitt Romney as the most anti-immigrant candidate of the four contenders for the Republican presidential nomination in campaign debate Thursday night in Hispanic-heavy Florida. “That’s simply inexcusable,” the former Massachusetts governor shot back, heatedly denying the accusation.
Romney quickly added that Gingrich’s campaign had stopped...
Pentagon: Army, Marines to shrink as budget slows (AP)
WASHINGTON – The Pentagon outlined a plan Thursday for slowing the growth of military spending, including cutting the size of the Army and Marine Corps, retiring older planes and trimming war costs. It drew quick criticism from Republicans, signaling the difficulty of scaling back defense budgets in an election year.
The changes Defense Secretary Leon Panetta described at a news conference are numerous...
30/04/2010 Elite Proxy List
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User-friendly health plan summaries at risk (AP)
WASHINGTON – Consumer groups are scrambling to salvage a popular provision of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul that suddenly seems to be in question.
This time it’s not Republican opposition they’re worried about, but the White House itself.
At issue is a requirement that health plans provide simple, standard summaries of coverage and costs to help consumers pick benefits...
Navy SEAL raid in Somalia shows campaign ahead (AP)
WASHINGTON – The Navy SEAL operation that freed two Western hostages in Somalia is representative of the Obama administration’s pledge to build a smaller, more agile military force that can carry out surgical counterterrorist strikes to cripple an enemy.
That’s a strategy much preferred to the land invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan that have cost so much American blood and treasure over...
