Month: March 2009

Take a guess where an Italian restaurant opened in late 2008. From AP- North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has ordered the opening of the isolated country's first Italian …

Today's winner is the UK Border Agency. They get the award for the following- THE taxpayer will be picking up the bill for the deportation of an Iranian family …

In what is quickly becoming the most cynical presidency in decades the Obama administration has signaled that it is changing its position on taxing employee health benefits, a campaign …

You have to give Speaker Pelosi credit for challenging herself. She's decided to try her hand at comedy, and her routine is hysterical, a real show stopper: "There seems …

Some news from around the Sunshine State Today's Darwin candidate- Man inured after using hammer on bullets East Side West Side- Former city manager who had sex change is …

Considering Oregon's history, I'm surprised this idea didn't come up sooner. The Oregon Legislature's latest idea for a tax? Medical marijuana. The state would take over growing and distributing …

Recently, former Secretary of the Treasury and current Obama economic adviser Lawrence Summers addressed a private audience at a dinner sponsored by the US Chamber of Commerce. His remarks …

Today's winner is U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. He gets the award for the following- A day after his White House meeting with President Barack Obama, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon …

On Monday President Barack Obama signed his executive order reversing the ban on federal funding of embryonic stem cell research. He stood proudly with Americans from all over the …

I think Ginsberg may be right. From AP- Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg told law students Friday there could be an opening on the Supreme Court soon but didn't hint …