Archive for June 6th, 2009
-
AP sources: Cuban spies very difficult to find (AP)
AP – Hunting spies is difficult, but Cuban spies are notoriously hard to detect, former senior intelligence officials said a day after an American husband and wife were indicted on charges of spying for Cuba. -
Taking the measure of Sotomayor’s courtroom manner (AP)
AP – Sonia Sotomayor was in her 30s and not yet a judge when she noticed that a paralegal at the law firm where she worked broke out in hives whenever she entered Sotomayor’s office. After six months, they laughed about it. -
Sotomayor’s objectivity on bench is key question (AP)
AP – The senator leading the GOP’s review of Sonia Sotomayor said the central question in her Supreme Court nomination should be whether she allows personal views to color her decisions. -
Obama wants agencies to lay out spending goals (AP)
AP – President Barack Obama wants agencies to lay out specific goals for economic stimulus spending over the next several months, a push to focus more on his $787 billion recovery plan. -
`Smart grid’ power lines move into digital age (AP)
AP – Thomas Alva Edison, meet the Internet. More than a century after Edison invented a reliable light bulb, the nation’s electricity distribution system, an aging spider web of power lines, is poised to move into the digital age. -
AP Source: Obama considers some 9/11 guilty pleas (AP)
AP – Guantanamo detainees facing the death penalty could plead guilty without a full trial under a plan the Obama administration is considering, a senior administration official said Saturday. -
Obama team plans more active role on health care (AP)
AP – The White House, backing away from President Barack Obama’s “it’s-all-on-the-table” approach initially advocated, prepared to get louder and more involved in the details of a health care overhaul that officials once were content to leave to Congress, administration officials said Saturday. -
Obama hardens US stance on North Korean defiance (AP)
AP – His patience tested, President Barack Obama on Saturday promised a new and stronger response to defiant North Korea, saying that while he prefers diplomacy he is now taking a “very hard look” at tougher measures. A Pentagon official said no military moves were planned. -
Palin helps N.Y. town laud Alaska’s patron
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin sets aside politics only briefly to help a N.Y. city celebrate William Seward, the 19th-century secretary of state who acquired Alaska for the United States. -
Obama speech to Muslims “deceptive,” Taliban says (Reuters)
Reuters – The Taliban said on Saturday that U.S. President Barack Obama’s speech to the Muslim world was full of “deceptive slogans” and did nothing to change relations between America and Muslims.
