Sydney Morning Herald | Governor's spending plan cuts welfare, boosts colleges San Francisco Chronicle Emelyn Ejada works in the San Francisco Human Services Agency office Friday. Ejada was hired as a six-month temporary employee through the CalWORKS program but could lose her job if Gov. Schwarzenegger's proposed budget cuts are enacted. ... Schwarzenegger c » |
New York Daily News | 3 Pakistanis arrested in Times Square bomb probe The Associated Press WATERTOWN, Mass. â€" Three Pakistani men who authorities say supplied funds to Times Square car bomb suspect Faisal Shahzad were arrested Thursday in a series of raids across the Northeast as the FBI followed the money trail in the failed attack. ... Pakistani men held over links to Times Square bomb suspect, says FBI 3 arrested as part of Times Square bomb investigation Times Square Bomb Investigation Leads to 3 Arrests |
The Guardian | Congress quizzes oil executives, BP tries new fix Reuters WASHINGTON/PORT FOURCHON, La., May 12 (Reuters) - US lawmakers on Wednesday pressed oil executives about flaws in a key safety device on a blown-out Gulf of Mexico well, as BP pushed another effort to control a huge oil ... Gulf Oil Spill Is Spoiling Tourism |
ABC News | Cameron Accepts Queen's Invitation to Be British Prime Minister FOXNews Conservative Party leader David Cameron accepted Queen Elizabeth's invitation to become Britain's prime minister Tuesday night after Gordon Brown resigned following his failure to form a coalition government with another liberal party after national ... UK's Cameron brings party in from the cold Brown leaves Downing street into uncertain future Cameron Becomes U.K. Prime Minister |
The Hindu | Kagan to Hatch: Ask me tough questions Salt Lake Tribune Washington » It's a role Sen. Orrin Hatch seems quite comfortable in: quizzing Supreme Court nominees during marathon Senate Judiciary hearings. But President Barack Obama's new high-court pick has been highly critical of the give and ... How to go about replacing a justice on the nation's highest court Early signs point to smooth confirmation for Kagan The Mind of Elena Kagan |
The Guardian | Oil spill: US failing to tighten ecological oversight, say activists The Guardian The Obama administration waived environmental reviews for 26 new offshore drilling projects even as the BP oil disaster spewed hundreds of thousands of g » |
