Archive for December 31st, 2008
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Britain ready to take Guantanamo prisoners: report (AFP)
AFP – Britain is now preparing to take in detainees from Guantanamo Bay to help US president-elect Barack Obama shut down the prison camp, The Times newspaper said Thursday, citing government sources. -
Senate seat scandal set to shadow Obama’s early presidency (AFP)
AFP – The scandal surrounding the senate seat of president-elect Barack Obama looked set to shadow his first months in office after prosecutors asked for more time to bring charges against the governor accused of trying to sell the coveted post. -
Palin: Future son-in-law is not a dropout
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says her future son-in-law is not a high school dropout as the press is reporting.
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Chief justice: Inflation outpacing pay for judges
Chief Justice John Roberts said Wednesday that Congress should be as generous to judges as it already has been to itself, by approving an inflation-related increase in their pay. -
Chief justice: Inflation outpacing pay for judges (AP)
AP – Chief Justice John Roberts said Wednesday that Congress should be as generous to judges as it already has been to itself, by approving an inflation-related increase in their pay. -
Burris goes to court to push appointment
U.S. Senate appointee Roland Burris has asked a court to force Secretary of State Jesse White to certify his appointment to President-elect Barack Obama’s old Senate seat. -
Obama is strong leader, three quarters of Americans say (AFP)
AFP – Three-quarters of Americans say president-elect Barack Obama is a “strong and decisive leader,” the highest such support for an incoming president in almost 30 years, according to a CNN poll released Wednesday. -
Burris goes to court to push appointment through (AP)
AP – U.S. Senate appointee Roland Burris has asked a court to force Secretary of State Jesse White to certify his appointment to President-elect Barack Obama’s old Senate seat.
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Ill. governor’s Senate appointment may be shrewd (AP)
AP – Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s choice of a veteran black politician to fill President-elect Barack Obama’s vacant Senate seat could be a shrewd move, potentially helping win over black lawmakers eyeballing his impeachment and perhaps even jurors in his corruption case. But is the appointment enough to save the embattled two-term Democrat in the face of nearly universal opposition? -
Chief justice: Inflation outpacing pay for judges (AP)
AP – Chief Justice John Roberts is calling on federal lawmakers to be as generous to judges as they have already been to themselves.
