Father Admits to Killing Son over Child Support

New Orleans - The father of a missing New Orleans boy led investigators to his son's body Saturday and admitted killing the boy to avoid paying child support, police said.  Danny Platt, 22, has been charged...

Libya and the Bush foreign policy experience

By Clarity Staff Reporter on December 5th, 2008 • Edit President Bush has been touting the rehabilitation of relations with Libya as one of his foreign policy successes. It is a fascinating study in self-delusion, where economic necessity and...

Tell Congress to Bring Real Relief to Main Street.

"Although Congress took some action to address our nation’s economic crisis, too many Americans are still hurting. AARP is calling on Congress to support a plan to bring real relief to struggling Americans. We want...

Google Calendar officially comes to Apple's iCal

Google on Monday formally announced full support for the CalDAV protocol along with the release of a small piece of software for Mac computers that lets users easily link up their Google Calendars with the iCal...

PM dares Dion to face voters with coalition plan

"PM dares Dion to face voters with coalition plan Dion quotes 2005 Harper letter decrying government delays of confidence votes Last Updated: Tuesday, December 2, 2008 | 4:42 PM ET Comments474Recommend485 CBC News Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion...

Japan to withdraw air force from Iraq

Japan continues to support the reconstruction of Iraq, but not the war it appears."Japan will withdraw its air force from Iraq by the middle of December, bringing to a close a five-year operation to provide supplies...

Prop. 8 protestors boycott businesses

I have updated this with a 30 year anniversary story and video, on this date of the anniversary of the death of Harvey Milk, 11-27-78  * 11-27-2008.  Please view update at bottom of page."LOS ANGELES (KABC)...

Clinton campaign continued after backing Obama

It is amazing what we see in the political scene, is it not..???  All about money, and more money being funneled for things we do not know about."Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's team has told the Federal Election...

Pervez Musharraf working for establishment of global think-tank

Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf wants to set up an international think-tank to 'make the world a peaceful place' and is visiting Britain to gather support for his plan, his close aide said Monday. The aide told that Musharraf will also be visiting the US, Canada,...

CA Supreme Court To Hear Gay Marriage Suit

"The California Supreme Court said Wednesday that it will hear a controversial lawsuit filed by opponents of Proposition 8 a voter-approved initiative that banned same-sex marriage in California.The Court also...

Iraq struggles to sweep Saddam's landmine legacy

"HALABJA, Iraq (Reuters) - Inside an Iraqi clinic close to where Saddam Hussein's henchmen killed thousands of Kurds with poison gas, Azima Qadar waits for a check up of her artificial limb. Her right leg was...

British death toll in Iraq and Afghanistan hits 300

Two Royal Marines have been killed in an explosion in Afghanistan, while on a routine joint patrol with local Afghan forces in Helmand province. The deaths bring the British death toll in Iraq and Afghanistan to 300. 155 British military personel have been killed in Iraq."Two...

Pelosi supports new help for ailing US automakers

The US has been rife with specualtion over whether the US government would inject huge amounts of money into the US auto industry in order to keep it afloat or let it die. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi signalled...

Serving Indian Officer Involved in Terrorism

"Written by www.daily.pk    Sunday, 09 November 2008 21:43 Police in India have arrested an army officer in connection with two bombings in Maharashtra state which killed at least eight people in September.The blasts happened in the mainly Muslim...

A ‘different approach’

"Even though the financial crisis, which he pledged on Friday to tackle ‘head on’, is his first priority, Barack Obama has no choice but to clear the foreign policy mess being left behind by the Republican administration. At his first news conference as president-elect,...

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