Colorado latest state to test rejecting federal health care law
Health Thursday, April 28th, 2011
DENVER — Colorado Republicans are the latest state lawmakers to test ideas challenging the new federal health care law. But the proposal that advanced in the GOP House Tuesday faces long odds in a divided Legislature.
2012 Elections, Breaking News Thursday, April 28th, 2011
CONCORD, N.H. — The contrast could not have been clearer. Where Donald Trump flew into this first-in-the-nation primary state yesterday on his personal helicopter, Senator Rand Paul flew in on Southwest – and had coffee spilled on him, to boot.
Rubio, Rand Paul Use Different Strokes for Tea Party Folks
Activism, Headlines Thursday, April 28th, 2011
Freshman Republican Sens. Marco Rubio of Florida and Rand Paul of Kentucky are both leaders of the tea party movement. But they’ve adopted opposite ways of operating in Washington, with Rubio the diligent insider and Paul, the rabble rouser, Politico reports.
Breaking News, Finance, Headlines Thursday, April 28th, 2011
As we approach next year’s presidential elections, the chances of President Barack Obama being ousted by a rival from either side of the political divide are low, according to Thanos Papasavvas, the head of currency management at Investec Asset Management.
Breaking News, Headlines Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
By Dennis Cauchon, USA TODAY | 4/26/2011 Americans depended more on government assistance in 2010 than at any other time in the nation’s history, a USA TODAY analysis of federal data finds. The trend shows few signs of easing, even though the economic recovery is nearly 2 years old. A record 18.3% of the nation’s [...]
The entitlement crisis: How Obama’s health plan will add to the nation’s debt burden
Finance Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
Buffalo News editorial | 4/20/2011 President Obama’s preparation for the presidency was a career in helping the poor through funds provided by the government. He had no experience in economics. His cause was more government-funded services, and the people he surrounded himself with were of the same stripe. So now that we are faced with [...]
Restricting firearms makes us less safe
Gun Rights Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
Monday, 25 April 2011 11:43 Written by Erich Pratt | USA Today Several states are passing Stand Your Ground laws and loosening their concealed carry laws, making it easier for people to defend themselves … and that’s a good thing. Consider what happens when decent people can’t protect themselves. Amanda Collins was a student at [...]
‘God’ particle finally found?
Technology Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
Published April 25, 2011 | FoxNews.com The news was simply too exciting to keep under wraps: A Swiss particle accelerator may have found a long-sought subatomic bit called the Higgs Boson — something never before seen, but thought to be the fundamental unit of matter. It’s called the “God Particle” because it is the one [...]
Volatile silver cuts early gain toward 1980 record
Finance Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
By Frank Tang NEW YORK | Mon Apr 25, 2011 4:58pm EDT (Reuters) – Silver surged as much as 8 percent on Monday before pulling back sharply when a failure to pierce the all time high from 1980 unleashed a wave of technical selling amid record volume in U.S. futures. After briefly dipping into negative [...]
Ron Paul Launches Presidential Campaign
2012 Elections, Breaking News Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
By Cameron Joseph April 25, 2011 | 6:20 p.m. | National Journal Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, whose outspoken libertarian views and folksy style made him a cult hero during two previous presidential campaigns, will announce on Tuesday that he’s going to try a third time. Sources close to Paul, who is in his 12th term [...]