| A Wage Cut That Saves Jobs A$522 million city deficit has turned the unthinkable into reality. San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom has ordered - not just suggested - that 17,424 unionized workers be laid off and then rehired with... | |
| Sen. Roy Ashburn Comes Out The Tough Way There is a thick blend of sadness and outrage in state Sen. Roy Ashburn's abrupt acknowledgement that he is gay. The sadness is that the Bakersfield Republican, a divorced father of four and... |
| School Construction Could Yield Jobs, Only If ... "Jobs, jobs, jobs" was the call from Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in his State of the State message. No one heckled. Jobs are a bipartisan... |
| Robert Morris Wins Nec Championship, Advances To Ncaa Tournament HAMDEN, Conn. -- Robert Morris forward Dallas Green blocked a shot and sank two free throws all in the final minute as Robert Morris beat Quinnipiac, 52-50, in the NEC championship game tonight. The... |
| Pitt To Face Notre Dame In Big East Tournament NEW YORK -- Notre Dame easily handled Pitt without its best player two weeks ago. Now the Fighting Irish will face the Panthers with their superstar looking like he's 100 percent healthy again. Luke... |
| Duke Struggles Early In Pirates' 3-2 Loss To Orioles BRADENTON, Fla. -- Luke Scott's two-run single in the first inning sparked the Orioles past the Pirates, 3-2, tonight at McKechnie Field. Neither team's starter fared well, with Baltimore's Brad... |
| Crosby's Missing Olympic Gloves And Stick Located Sidney Crosby jubilates after scoring the gold medal-winning goal for Canada at the Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver last month. Crosby's glove, left, and his stick and other glove had gone missing... |
| Greek Crisis Sends Chills Over Euro Zone’s Expansion Ursula Hyzy I AFP THE woes and failings of euro zone member Greece have sparked irritation among the EU’s ex-communist states, amid jitters that the entry rules for the single currency club... |
| Brown Can Stand ‘all This Touchy-feely Stuff’ John Rentoul I The Independent AH, the paradoxes of politics. In order to be seen as authentic, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has to do what he regards as inauthentic, namely to emote on... |
| Muslim World-west Ties: Need For New Approach Maha Akeel I Arab News AN explosive device here or a suicide bomber there and the victims are innocent bystanders, most of them Muslim, with mayhem and destruction all over the place. This is the... |
| Kashmir And The Boys Of Chidambaram M.J. Akbar I Arab News THE best way to manage a controversy is to initiate it. Omar Abdullah was not giving voice to some sudden inner revelation when he suggested that the “boys” who had... |
| Zionism A Terrifying Nightmare Alan Hart MOST Jews of the world (and probably many Gentiles) believe that Zionism is the return of Jews to the land promised to them by God. I must confess, and do so cheerfully, that I don’t... |
| Simon Carr: The Truth Won't Get You Anywhere In Politics Trust. They're restoring trust in politics, that's the job in hand. So how's it going in the Department of Cohesion, Communities, Diversity and Looking After People in the Regions, run by that nice... |
| Gordon Brown: I Have The Character To Lead Uk To Recovery Is that supposed to be Scrooge? Come on Steve, your last item (the Bulger CCTV mock-up) was sheer genius -- but this ain't good. I'm no Brown, or Labour supporter, but that imagery is over-the-top... |
| In Praise Of … Presidential Smoking | Editorial Brazil who has given up smoking – 50 years after he started. Apparently it was sheer force of will that did it: no nicotine patches, no gum, no tablets. Good for him. Meanwhile, Lula's counterpart... |
| Analysis: Note To Washington: Voters Say Talk Jobs (AP) WASHINGTON (AP) - They just don't get it in Washington.There's a gaping disconnect between what Americans care about and what President Barack Obama and Congress, Democrats and Republicans are... |
| George Kerevan: Knocking On Doors Is Key To Keeping Politics Real FORGET sweating under the hot studio lights as Paxman skewers you. Forget the focus groups and spin doctors. Forget those contrived photo opportunities. Real political campaigning takes place... |
| Lamine Ghanmi: Gaddafi Is Putting Family First In His Fall-out With West THE crisis in relations between Libya and its western partners is an expression of Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi's inner circle: a family he protects fiercely but which is torn between old habits of... |
| Graham Leicester: Culture Of Pressure In The Workplace Has To Be Changed By Us All His fall is a reminder that, whatever else was going on in his life, "stress and exhaustion" were entirely predictable symptoms for any person in his role today.We all cling to work, even while it... |
| David Chillingworth: Both Politics And Faith Must Look Beyond The Confines Of The Nation "You stick to your preaching and we'll deal with the important stuff!" So Secretary of State for Scotland Jim Murphy's recent Progress Lecture on faith and politics broke a mould. On one level, I... |
| Israel's Decision About More Than Housing Israel's announcement about building new housing units in East Jerusalem shows Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, seen in this October 2009 file photo, lacks the ability to exercise control over his... |
| Analysis: Greece's Crisis Could Presage America's (AP) WASHINGTON (AP) - Greece is a financial basket case, begging for international help. Is America heading down that same road?Many of the same risky financial practices that now imperil the Greeks... |
| Greece's Crisis Foreshadowing America's? (AP) Greece is a financial basket case, begging for international help. Is America heading down that same road?Many of the same risky financial practices that now imperil the Greeks were at the... |
| Editorial: Common Ground In Orono Dispute OPPOSING VIEWS "We have an opportunity here to be a caring, compassionate community.'' Orono resident Steve Burns, at Monday's City Council meeting "We want to preserve the quiet, rural... |
| No Suspension For Penguins' Cooke Over Savard Hit Bruins' Marc Savard is prone on the ice after taking a hit by Penguins' Matt Cooke in the third period Sunday afternoon. Savard was taken off the ice on a... |
| Mild, Rainy Forecast A Dark Cloud Over Flood Watchers Streets Run gurgled peacefully through Pittsburgh's Hays neighborhood on Monday, well within its banks. That might not be the case for long, and brothers Erwin and John Lewis were getting ready,... |
| Bill Aimed At Date Violence Named For Late Monroeville Teen HARRISBURG -- The stage is set for final House passage Monday of legislation aimed at increasing education for teens and school teachers, in hopes of stopping or at least decreasing the potential for... |
| Excerpts From Recent Minnesota Editorials Fortunately, much of it is taking place in Minnesota. Later this year, the first Minnesota health care home will be established. That's a coordinated system of taking care of people with chronic... |
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| Azerbaijan: Appeal Court Leaves Bloggers In Jail (New York) - The Azerbaijani government should release two bloggers who have been detained since July 2009 as the result of a staged fight designed to frame them, Human Rights Watch said today. The... |
| Burma: Election Laws May Shut Down Opposition Parties The new law’s assault on opposition parties is sadly predictable. It continues the sham political process that is aimed at creating the appearance of civilian rule with a military... |
| Sri Lanka: End Witch Hunt Against The Media And Ngos (New York) - The Sri Lankan government should end its harassment of journalists and activists and take steps against those making threats, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International said in a joint... |
| Saudi Arabia: Drop Charges For Publicizing Bureaucratic Failures Saudi prosecutors are trying to silence legitimate complaints, which Saudi citizens have the right to make public. Public criticism of the government's alleged failures are an important check on its... |
| Uzbekistan: Un Review Should Highlight Atrocious Record The Uzbek government tries to divert international criticism by pointing to its action plans or legislative initiatives, but its record remains abysmal. The Human Rights Committee should make clear... |
| Senate jobs bill: the perils of extended unemployment benefits The Senate jobs bill eases hardship by extending unemployment benefits to the long-term jobless. But it also raises the question of whether these benefits have become another... |
| Bonusgate defense rests its case HARRISBURG -- Defense attorneys in the Bonusgate trial this afternoon rested their case after calling about two dozen witnesses. That opens the door for prosecutors to call rebuttal witnesses in the... |
| Two local officers were with Roethlisberger on night of incident A Coraopolis police officer and a Pennsylvania state trooper were part of Ben Roethlisberger's retinue in Milledgeville, Ga. last week when the Steelers quarterback allegedly sexually assaulted a... |
