May 13, 2008
Global edition
world
U.S. Citizens Gloomy Outlook Is Worst Since '92, Poll Finds
a shared story 4 hours 7 minutes agoAmericans are gloomier about the direction of the country than they have been at any point in 15 years, and Democrats hold their biggest advantage since early 1993 as the party better able to deal with the nation's main problems, according to a new Washington Post-ABC...(more) comments (0) | report problem
Report: Death toll in China quake exceeds 12,000 another 18,000 buried
a shared story 5 hours 41 minutes agoThe toll of the dead and missing soared as rescue workers dug through flattened schools and homes on Tuesday in a desperate attempt to find survivors of China's worst earthquake in three decades. The official Xinhua News Agency said the death toll exceeded 12,000 in Sichuan province...(more) comments (0) | report problem
Racist Incidents Give Some Obama Campaigners Pause
a shared story 6 hours 39 minutes agoDanielle Ross was alone in an empty room at the Obama campaign headquarters in Kokomo, Ind., a cellphone in one hand, a voter call list in the other. She was stretched out on the carpeted floor wearing laceless sky-blue Converses, stories from the trail on her...(more) comments (0) | report problem
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Pentagon "Media Analysts" Appeared On Major Networks Or Were Quoted More Than 4,500
a shared story 4 hours 9 minutes agoIn April, The New York Times broke a story about the Pentagon's media analyst program. The program used retired military "media analysts" to appear on television programs as experts. The program came under intense scrutiny and the Pentagon decided to "suspend" it about a week after...(more) comments (0) | report problem
Obama projects victory but Clinton may be poised to increase clout
a shared story 6 hours 44 minutes agoSenator Barack Obama is acting as if he already has won the Democratic presidential nomination, but Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton is poised, ironically, to score two of her most lopsided primary victories and possibly enhance her political clout. Obama's travel plans in the next two weeks suggest...(more) comments (0) | report problem
Earthquake in China turns middle school into a tomb
a shared story 15 hours 35 minutes agoHundreds of children were buried instantly in Dujiangyan. Families wail over their dead sons and daughters, or wait to learn their fates. On Monday afternoon, a few hours after the earthquake hit, some of the hundreds of children carried out of the collapsed Ju- yuan Middle...(more) comments (0) | report problem
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Pop artist Robert Rauschenberg dies in Fla. at 82
a shared story 6 hours 49 minutes agoArtist Robert Rauschenberg, whose use of odd and everyday articles earned him regard as a pioneer in pop art but whose talents spanned the worlds of painting, sculpture and dance, has died, a his gallery representative said Tuesday. He was 82. Rauschenberg died Monday, said Jennifer Joy,...(more) comments (0) | report problem
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In Lebanon, a Call for U.S. Action
a shared story 15 hours 35 minutes agoBEIRUT, May 12 -- Politicians in Lebanon's Western-backed governing coalition criticized the United States on Monday for not doing enough to counter the opposition Hezbollah movement's recent takeover of West Beirut.At the same time, President Bush, who will visit the Middle East this week, vowed continued...(more) comments (0) | report problem
Cobb bar protested as racist for Obama T-shirts that portray him as monkey
a shared story 6 hours 41 minutes agoMarietta tavern owner Mike Norman says the T-shirts he's peddling, featuring cartoon chimp Curious George peeling a banana, with "Obama in '08" scrolled underneath, are "cute." But to a coalition of critics, the shirts are an insulting exploitation of racial stereotypes from generations past. "It's time to...(more) comments (0) | report problem
Old gas pumps can't handle ever-rising prices / New ones run up to $15,000 each - more than small, rural stations can afford
a shared story 4 hours 35 minutes agoMom-and-pop service stations are running into a problem as gasoline marches toward $4 a gallon: Thousands of old-fashioned pumps can't register more than $3.99 on their spinning mechanical dials. The pumps, throwbacks to a bygone era on the American... comments (0) | report problem
US retail sales dip 0.2% in April
a shared story 7 hours 35 minutes agoUS retail sales fell 0.2% in April amid high fuel costs and slowing economic growth, official figures show. comments (0) | report problem
McCain in the Mud
a shared story 15 hours 35 minutes agoIn 2000, I boarded John McCain's campaign bus, the Straight Talk Express, and, in a metaphorical sense, never got off. Here, truly, was something new under the political sun -- a politician who bristled with integrity and seemed to have nothing to hide. I continue to...(more) comments (0) | report problem