Author: Jayson Javitz

Conservative former CEO wins South Korean presidency The rise to power of president-elect Lee's conservative Grand National Party was expected to herald closer ties with the U.S. and a …

Halliburton? Nope. The liberal print media: Newsday to pay $15M fine in fraudulent circulation probe * * * As they say, read the whole thing....

Here's a summary of the week thus far in Congress: -- By Wednesday afternoon (EST) if not sooner the full Congress will have appropriated another 70 billion dollars for …

Confidential drug programs criticized after botched surgeries Troubling cases in which doctors were accused of botching operations while undergoing treatment for drugs and alcohol have led to criticism of …

There were four noteworthy elections in 2007 with direct business ramifications: 1. Voters in New Jersey rejected a stem-cell research public spending bill. 2. Voters in Oregon rejected a …

Ramadi? Nope. San Francisco: A shooting Monday afternoon pushed the homicide total in San Francisco to 97 this year, the most killings in the city in more than a …

Detroit? Um, no. Hollywood: The Acadamy Awards presentation ceremony found itself on Tuesday in the middle of the worst Hollywood labor clash in two decades. Irony thy name is …

Japan intercepts missile in milestone test A Japanese navy destroyer shot down a ballistic missile on Monday in a test about 100 miles over the Pacific, a first for …

Chimps as good as college students in mental math Chimps performed about as well as college students at mental addition, U.S. researchers said on Monday in a finding that …

In addition to multiple vetoes of the Democrats' surrender plans for Iraq, the president in 2007 was forced to break out the veto pen for a few business-related items: …