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Morning headlines brought to you by Carolyn Kay MakeThemAccountable.com Top StoryOn Iraq, Gates may not be following Bush's playbook
Gates' recent comments seem to run counter to the message from the White House. During a recent trip to the Middle East, Gates told the Iraqi government that time was running out and praised Democratic efforts in the U.S. Congress to set a timetable for withdrawal, saying it would help prod the Iraqis. He reiterated that point during a meeting with reporters last week. The Heretik
The WorldCar bomb kills 16 people in Iraq
BAGHDAD - A car bomb tore through a busy market in the Shiite holy city of Kufa on Tuesday, killing at least 16 people and wounding 70 in an attack sure to further enflame tensions between Iraq's Sunni and Shiite populations.
Saddam forces get recall in secret
Authorities with the US-led occupation have begun a covert campaign to recruit and train agents with the once-dreaded Iraqi intelligence service to help identify resistance to American forces here after months of increasingly sophisticated attacks and bombings, according to US and Iraqi officials. The extraordinary move to recruit agents of former President Saddam Hussein's brutal security services underscores a growing recognition among US officials that American military forces - already stretched thin - cannot alone prevent attacks like the devastating truck bombing of the UN headquarters this week.
Mystery of the Missing Meters: Accounting for Iraq's Oil Revenue
How much crude oil is Iraq actually exporting? Nobody really knows how much is potentially being stolen by corrupt officials because the contractors in charge of fixing the meters have yet to calibrate them, four years after the invasion.
Iran firm at nuclear conference
VIENNA, Austria - Iran refused to budge Tuesday in opposing the agenda language of a 130-nation nuclear conference, stalling the meeting for its seventh straight day and leading organizers to contemplate ending it prematurely without result.
Bomb rips through packed Philippine market
COTABATO, Philippines (AFP) - A powerful bomb tore through a packed public market in the southern Philippine city of Tacurong Tuesday, leaving an unknown number of people dead and wounded, an official said.
Sarkozy win sets off France riots
PARIS - The leader of France's defeated Socialists appealed for calm Tuesday after a second night of postelection violence left cars burned and store windows smashed. The NationGOP senator: Patience on Iraq is limited
WASHINGTON - Senate Republican Whip Trent Lott says President Bush's new strategy in Iraq has until about fall before GOP members will need to see results.
Boehner: GOP support on Iraq could waver
The House Republican leader said Sunday that GOP support could waver if President Bush's Iraq war policy does not succeed by the fall. House Minority Leader John Boehner (news, bio, voting record), R-Ohio, said Bush's troop increase deserves a chance and should be funded even if benchmarks for success are not met. Last week, Bush vetoed a $124 billion bill to pay for Iraq and Afghanistan operations in part because it required troops to begin returning home by Oct. 1.
Senate vote on drug imports
The 49-40 roll call by which the Senate voted to require U.S. officials to certify the safety and effectiveness of prescription medicines imported from foreign countries. The vote effectively killed a drive to allow the importation of cheaper prescription drugs from abroad.
Democrats nearing deal on spending goals
WASHINGTON - Democratic budget writers are closing in on a compromise $2.9 trillion blueprint with big spending increases for military and domestic programs and a balanced federal ledger promised in five years.
Generic Congressional Ballot: Democrat 47% Republican 36%
If the Congressional Election were held today, 47% of American voters say they would currently vote for the Democrat in their district while 36% would pull the voting lever for a Republican. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found 4% favoring a third-party option while 13% are not sure. A month ago, the Democrats enjoyed a 45% to 35% advantage.
Iraq war hampers tornado recovery
OVERLAND PARK, Kansas (Reuters) - A shortage of trucks, helicopters and other equipment -- all sent to the war in Iraq -- has hampered recovery in a U.S. town obliterated by a tornado, Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius said on Monday. MediaPermanent link to MTA daily media news
Newmark: Newspapers should emulate Colbert, Stewart
Craigslist's Craig Newmark might not be the most obvious choice for a speaker at a conference of newspaper publishers. What, then, to make of his suggestion to the publishers that they follow the lead of late night cable TV hosts Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert?
Inquirer publishes special section to tout circulation gains
The four-page "Impossible News" section uses charts and graphs to show circulation increases for the Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News. Among the headlines: "Hell Freezes Over" and "Half-empty Glass Rises to Half-Full: Local Pessimists Drink Their Words."
Inquirer Now Competing With The Onion. —Caro
CBSNews.com turns off comments on stories about Obama
The network has had it with racist comments posted below articles about Barack Obama. "We'd like to be able to return to them, and I'm not ruling that out," says Mike Sims, director of News and Operations for CBSNews.com. "But at this point it's not possible."
NY Post owes us a good follow-up story on Microsoft-Yahoo
Brier Dudley wants the New York Post to investigate -- and report -- whether its anonymous investment banker sources made any money off the huge run in Yahoo caused by its Friday story about Microsoft possibly acquiring Yahoo. "If the Post doesn't do this, the SEC might. We don't need any more reporter subpoenas."
Three CNet reporters to sue Hewlett-Packard over spying
Dawn Kawamoto, Stephen Shank-land and Tom Krazit are close to filing invasion of privacy suits, while four other reporters -- three from BusinessWeek and one from the New York Times -- continue to pursue settlement discussions with Hewlett-Packard as a group.
Murdoch would like to see WSJ beef up its political coverage
"I might put more emphasis on Washington," says Rupert Murdoch. He envisions converting the Wall Street Journal's Saturday Pursuits section into a glossy weekend magazine to compete with the New York Times Sunday Magazine. Also, he wouldn't mind tighter writing. "I'm sometimes frustrated by the long stories," he says. Murdoch tells Richard Siklos and Andrew Ross Sorkin that he won't meddle in the journalism or gut the newsroom. "We're not coming in with a bunch of cost-cutters," but "I'm not saying it's going to be a holiday camp for everybody." Technology & ScienceSun Plans Version of Java for Web-Linked Cellphones
Sun Microsystems will revamp its Java software to compete more effectively in the market for Internet-connected mobile phones.
Tattlers unite! Citizen sites share the shame
Ever drive on the freeway and cut somebody off? Miss the trash can and not bother to pick your stuff up? Park in a handicap space while in a crazy-mad rush? Beware, scofflaws of all types. Thanks to a flurry of tattletale websites, your violations can be held up for the world to see.
Elusive 'ambulance' cells are created
The cells that help build the body's supply of blood and arteries have been created from human embryonic stem cells in substantial numbers for the first time, scientists reported Monday. The cells have shown promise in lab animal treatment of diabetes, heart disease and wounds.
How the Inca Leapt Canyons
Centuries before the George Washington Bridge, the Andes were crisscrossed with suspension bridges. Now students at M.I.T. are learning to recreate them.
Yes, but how did the get the ropes to span the divides? —Caro
From DNA Analysis, Clues to a Single Australian Migration
If the results of a new DNA study are upheld, they would undermine assumptions that there have been subsequent waves of migration into Australia.
Huge star explodes in brightest supernova yet seen
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A gargantuan explosion ripped apart a star perhaps 150 times more massive than our sun in a relatively nearby galaxy in the most powerful and brightest supernova ever observed, astronomers said on Monday. EnvironmentFloods and drought: Lloyd's assesses climate change
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lloyd's of London, the world's oldest insurer, offered a gloomy forecast of floods, droughts and disastrous storms over the next 50 years in a recently published report on impending climate changes. "These things are fact, not hypothesis," said Wendy Baker, the president of Lloyd's America in an interview on Monday. "You don't have to be a believer in global warming to recognize the climate is changing. The industry has to get ready for the changes that are coming."
Wal-Mart starts solar power test program
BENTONVILLE, Ark. - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. announced Monday that it has launched a program to test the use of solar power at some of its operations in Hawaii and California.
Sale of Carbon Credits Helping Land-Rich, but Cash-Poor, Tribes
The National Carbon Offset Coalition is creating an Indian tribe “carbon portfolio,” that allows tribes to sell carbon sequestration credits for cash.
Migratory birds, whales confused by warming: U.N.
BONN (Reuters) - Birds, whales and other migratory creatures are suffering from global warming that puts them in the wrong place at the wrong time, a U.N. official told 166-nation climate talks on Monday. For more headlines, visit MakeThemAccountable.com. |
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