It's still about the economy, stupid
From a political standpoint, the worst thing about blaming President Obama s perceived difficulties on racism is that there s not a damn thing anybody can do about it. Determined bigots can t be shamed, while many see invoking race as more an excuse ...
 4.1K - Sep. 23, 2009; scored 166.0 Piracy first against U.S. in 200 years
WASHINGTON (AP) The U.S. sent warships speeding to the scene. But they were hours away when the brazen pirates attacked, and the world s greatest sea power had to face the fact that it had only limited options to respond to the startling seizure of...
9.2K - Apr. 8, 2009; scored 166.0 U.S. names religious freedom violators
WASHINGTON On its final working day in office, the Bush administration re-designated eight countries as severe violators of religious freedom but waived possible sanctions against Saudi Arabia and Uzbekistan, officials said Monday. The moves were r...
2.1K - Apr. 2, 2009; scored 299.0 Clinton says leveling homes unhelpful
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton today promised vigorous and personal involvement in stalled Mideast peace efforts and criticized Israel s demolition of Palestinian homes in Jerusalem as unhelpful. Clinton al...
5.7K - Mar. 4, 2009; scored 166.0 Bush leaves a note for Obama in Oval Office
WASHINGTON Continuing a White House ritual, President George W. Bush left a note in the Oval Office for President-elect Barack Obama, wishing him well as he takes the reins of the executive branch. I won t provide any details, but the theme is simi...
2.1K - Jan. 20, 2009; scored 166.0 Palestinians in Gaza, Israel agree to cease-fire
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) Militants in Hamas-ruled Gaza agreed Sunday to a weeklong cease-fire with Israel, after three weeks of violence that Palestinian medics say has killed more than 1,000 people and turned Gaza s streets into battlegrounds. S...
6.8K - Jan. 18, 2009; scored 166.0 Israel to vote today on Gaza truce
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) Israel s Security Cabinet will vote tonight on an Egyptian proposal for a truce to end the 3-week-old offensive against Gaza s Hamas rulers, a senior government official said. The official said a vote to approve the truce...
6.8K - Jan. 17, 2009; scored 214.0 U.S.-Israel deal could help Gaza truce effort
WASHINGTON (AP) The United States and Israel are signing an agreement intended to assure the Jewish state that Hamas militants will not be able to rearm if it agrees to a cease-fire to end the fighting in Gaza, officials say. Secretary of State Con...
1.8K - Jan. 16, 2009; scored 166.0 Fact checking the Bush record
WASHINGTON (AP) President George W. Bush claimed to have inherited a recession that in fact began on his watch in a legacy-polishing news conference Monday often at odds with his record. A look at some of the president s claims in his final news co...
5.4K - Jan. 15, 2009; scored 214.0 Israel ignores calls for ceasefire
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) Israeli jets and ground troops hammered at Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip and Islamic militants fired barrages of rockets at southern Israeli cities Friday, ignoring a U.N. resolution calling for an immediate cease-fire ...
8.9K - Jan. 10, 2009; scored 166.0 French lead efforts for Gaza peace
CAIRO, Egypt Israeli representatives arrived in Cairo today for Egyptian-brokered talks on a cease-fire proposal after the U.N. Security Council failed to agree on action to end the escalating crisis in Gaza. Egypt s top diplomats said Wednesday th...
4.2K - Jan. 8, 2009; scored 214.0 U.N. halts Gaza aid shipments
JERUSALEM The United Nations halted aid deliveries to the besieged Gaza Strip today, citing Israeli attacks on its staff and installations hours after it said tank fire killed one of its drivers as he went to pick up a shipment. The United Nations ...
4.4K - Jan. 8, 2009; scored 166.0 Obama readies for Washington
CHICAGO (AP) President-elect Barack Obama will meet with congressional leaders to discuss his economic stimulus plan and other legislative issues soon after his arrival in Washington in the coming days. Obama and his family planned to fly to Washin...
2.9K - Jan. 2, 2009; scored 166.0 Arabs lavish jewels on Secretary of State Rice
WASHINGTON President George W. Bush s foreign policies may be unpopular in the Middle East, but Arab leaders showered his top diplomat with jewelry worth far more than a quarter of a million dollars last year. While Bush himself didn t fare nearly...
3.9K - Dec. 22, 2008; scored 333.0 Bush to hold meeting with Abbas; will assess stalled US-backed negotiations with Israel
WASHINGTON (AP) President George W. Bush and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas are assessing the stalled U.S.-backed negotiations with Israel that will almost certainly fail to meet a year-end deadline for a peace deal. In what is likely their last ...
1.4K - Dec. 19, 2008; scored 166.0 Evidence points to Pakistani militants
MUMBAI, India (AP) India suspects two senior leaders of a banned Pakistani militant group orchestrated the deadly Mumbai attacks, officials said today, as Pakistan s president vowed strong action against any elements in his country involved in th...
1.4K - Dec. 4, 2008; scored 763.0 Rice demands Pakistan s assistance
NEW DELHI (AP) Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said today that Pakistan has a special responsibility to cooperate with the investigation into the deadly Mumbai attacks. Indian and U.S. officials have blamed the three-day assault on militant g...
4.1K - Dec. 3, 2008; scored 1000.0 India demands Pakistan hand over terror suspects
MUMBAI, India (AP) India picked up intelligence in recent months that terrorists were plotting attacks against Mumbai targets, an official said today, as the government demanded that Islamabad hand over suspected terrorists believed living in the P...
1.0K - Dec. 2, 2008; scored 166.0 Obama announces Clinton for Cabinet
CHICAGO (AP) President-elect Barack Obama announced today that Robert Gates would remain as defense secretary, making President Bush s Pentagon chief his own as he seeks to wind down the U.S. role in Iraq. Obama picked former campaign rival Hillary...
8.2K - Dec. 1, 2008; scored 248.0 U.S. calls for united front against terror
LONDON (AP) The United States has told Pakistan it expects complete cooperation in connection with investigations into the terrorist rampage in nuclear rival India, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said today, saying the civilized world must uni...
5.2K - Dec. 1, 2008; scored 333.0 | 
