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Saturday, May 31
Fred Harteis News Articles- Democrats Debate Seating Delegates From Two States
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maba
on Sat 31 May 2008 02:14 PM EDT
Fred Harteis News Articles - A Democratic Party committee tried Saturday to resolve the disputes over primary votes in Florida and Michigan, with Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton’s campaign calling for the delegations to be seated essentially as if there had been no questions about the validity of the contests and Senator Barack Obama’s campaign for the first time laying out its proposal for a portion of the delegates to be seated.
Supporters of Mr. Obama proposed formulas for resolving the delegate problems in Florida that would give Senator ... more »
Friday, May 30
Fred Harteis News Articles - Crane Collapse Kills Two and Unsettles New Yorkers
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maba
on Fri 30 May 2008 07:21 PM EDT
Fred Harteis News Articles - This time, it was the top of the crane that fell. The huge pieces smashed into the penthouse of a nearby building, then tore off a row of balconies and plummeted to the street in a shower of bricks, dust and debris. Two men, both workers, were killed.
It was the second time in less than three months that a crane had tumbled from high above a construction site in New York City: On March 15 an entire crane — its tower, cab and ... more »
Thursday, May 29
Fred Harteis News Articles - Power and Politics Attracted McCain to the Senate
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maba
on Thu 29 May 2008 07:29 PM EDT
Fred Harteis - At a meeting in his Pentagon office in early 1981, Secretary of the Navy John F. Lehman told Captain John S. McCain III that he was about to attain his life ambition: selection for admiral.
But Mr. McCain, the son and grandson of revered Navy admirals, was having second thoughts about following his family’s vocation. He had spent the previous four years as the Navy’s liaison to the Senate, sampling life in the world’s most exclusive club as he escorted its members on trips around the ... more »
Wednesday, May 28
Fred Harteis News Articles - McCain Vows to Work With Russia on Arms
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maba
on Wed 28 May 2008 07:00 PM EDT
Fred Harteis News Articles - Senator John McCain, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, distanced himself from the Bush administration on Tuesday by vowing to work more closely with Russia on nuclear disarmament and by calling for a reduction in tactical nuclear weapons in Europe.
In what his campaign promoted as a major speech on nuclear security policy, Mr. McCain told a largely friendly crowd at the University of Denver that he supported a legally binding accord between the two nations to replace verification requirements in the Strategic Arms ... more »
Tuesday, May 27
Fred Harteis News Articles - Nuclear Agency Says That Iran Continues to Defy Demands
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maba
on Tue 27 May 2008 07:00 PM EDT
Fred Harteis News Articles - Iran's alleged research into designing nuclear warheads remains a matter of serious concern and needs "substantive explanations", the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Monday.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) also said in its latest report on Iran that Tehran had 3,500 uranium enrichment centrifuges working at its Natanz underground nuclear facility, a slightly higher number than earlier this year.
The agency said it had not been given access to Iranian nuclear-related sites that it asked to see in April.
The ... more »
Monday, May 26
Fred Harteis News Articles - Exemptions for Charities Face New Challenges
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maba
on Mon 26 May 2008 10:37 AM EDT
Fred Harteis News Articles - Authorities from the local tax assessor to members of Congress are increasingly challenging the tax-exempt status of nonprofit institutions — ranging from small group homes to wealthy universities — questioning whether they deserve special treatment.
One issue is the growing confusion over what constitutes a charity at a time when nonprofit groups look more like businesses, charging fees and selling products and services to raise money, and state and local governments are under financial pressure because of lower tax revenues.
And there are ... more »
Sunday, May 25
Fred Harteis News Articles -Toughest Summer Job Is Finding One
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maba
on Sun 25 May 2008 12:34 AM EDT
Fred Harteis News Articles - School is out, and Aaron Stallings, his junior year of high school behind him, wanders the air-conditioned cocoon of the Woodland Hills Mall in search of a job.
Mr. Stallings, 18, says he has been looking for three months, burning gasoline to get to the mall, then filling out applications at stores selling skateboard T-shirts, beach sandals and baseball caps. He likes the idea of working amid the goods he covets. But so far, no offers.
“I’m going to go to Iraq and ... more »
Friday, May 23
Fred Harteis News Articles - Adapting, With Gritted Teeth, to Higher Gas Prices
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maba
on Fri 23 May 2008 07:17 PM EDT
Fred Harteis News Articles - Hating every minute of it, Americans are slowly learning to live with high gasoline prices. For a nation accustomed to cheap fuel, big vehicles and sprawling suburbs, the adjustments are wrenching.
Cory Asmus of Temecula, Calif., just bought a $4,800 motorcycle for his 20-mile drive to work so he could cut his gas bill to $8 a week, from $110.
Florian Bialas, a retiree who lives near Chicago, sold his 1987 Pontiac Sunfire for $3,000 and plans to relinquish his ... more »
Thursday, May 22
Fred Harteis News Articles - Appeals Court Rules Against Texas in Polygamy Case
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maba
on Thu 22 May 2008 07:27 PM EDT
Fred Harteis News Articles - A Texas appeals court ruled Thursday that state authorities and a lower court judge abused their authority by illegally seizing up to 468 children from their homes at a polygamist ranch in West Texas last month.
The rebuke threw the largest custody case in American history into turmoil, with some lawyers saying the children could soon be reunited with their families. Many of the mothers have been criss-crossing Texas visiting their children in foster homes.
According to the court, the state did ... more »
Wednesday, May 21
Fred Harteis News Articles - McCain to Meet 3 Possible Running Mates
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maba
on Wed 21 May 2008 07:25 PM EDT
Fred Harteis News Articles - Senator John McCain is planning to meet this weekend with at least three potential Republican running mates at a gathering at his ranch in Arizona, suggesting that he is stepping up his search for a vice president now that the Democratic contest appears basically decided, according to Republicans familiar with Mr. McCain’s plans.
Gov. Charlie Crist of Florida, Gov. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana and Mitt Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts and a one-time rival for the Republican nomination, have all accepted ... more »
Tuesday, May 20
Fred Harteis News Articles - Supreme Court Upholds Law Aimed at Child Pornography
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maba
on Tue 20 May 2008 07:00 PM EDT
Fred Harteis News Articles - The Supreme Court on Monday upheld a 2003 federal law aimed at child pornography, concluding in a 7-to-2 opinion that a federal appeals court was wrong to find the law unconstitutionally vague.
The law in question arose from a sensible, constitutionally acceptable approach by Congress to correct faults that the high court found in an earlier child-pornography law, Justice Antonin Scalia wrote for the court.
“Child pornography harms and debases the most defenseless of our citizens,” Justice Scalia wrote. “Both the state and ... more »
Monday, May 19
Fred Harteis News Articles- A Top-Selling Organic Formula Is Also Sweetest
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maba
on Mon 19 May 2008 07:00 PM EDT
Fred Harteis News Articles- Amy Chase started feeding Similac Organic infant formula to her second son, Amos, as soon as he was born in November 2006.
“When I saw the organic at Publix, I bought it, no questions asked,” said Ms. Chase, a self-described “yoga mom” in Atlanta.
Like Ms. Chase, many American parents have rushed to embrace Similac Organic formula, even though it sells for as much as 30 percent more than regular Similac. In 2007, its first full year on sale, it captured 36 percent ... more »
Sunday, May 18
Fred Harteis News Articles - Bush Presses Arab Leaders on Reform
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maba
on Sun 18 May 2008 09:45 AM EDT
Fred Harteis News Articles - After a showy celebration of America’s close ties with Israel, President Bush presented Arab leaders with a lengthy to-do list on Sunday, telling them that if Middle East peace is to become a reality, they must expand their economies, offer equal opportunity to women and embrace democracy.
“Too often in the Middle East, politics has consisted of one leader in power and the opposition in jail,” Mr. Bush said in an address to the World Economic Forum here, adding, “The time has ... more »
Saturday, May 17
Fred Harteis News Articles - Senator Kennedy Rushed to Hospital
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maba
on Sat 17 May 2008 01:19 PM EDT
Fred Harteis News Articles - Senator Edward M. Kennedy was rushed to a hospital this morning in Cape Cod, where he was treated for a serious – but unknown – illness.
The Boston Globe reported that Mr. Kennedy had suffered stroke-like symptoms and was transported by helicopter to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. The Cape Cod Times published a photograph on its Web site of Mr. Kennedy on a stretcher as it was being loaded onto a medical transport helicopter.
Senator Kennedy’s office here released a statement ... more »
Friday, May 16
Fred Harteis News Articles - Saudis Rebuff Bush, Politely, on Pumping More Oil
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maba
on Fri 16 May 2008 07:37 PM EDT
Fred Harteis News Articles - President Bush used a private visit to King Abdullah’s ranch here on Friday to make another appeal for an increase in oil production that might give American consumers some relief at the gasoline pump. The Saudis responded by announcing they had decided a week ago on a modest increase of 300,000 barrels a day.
The White House said the increase would not be enough to lower gasoline prices, which are nearing $4 a gallon, and industry analysts called it mostly symbolic.
But Mr. ... more »
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