Obama, lawmakers still far apart on debt WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama and top U.S. lawmakers emerged from talks on Thursday still far apart on breaking a budget deadlock and said negotiators will work through the weekend for a deal to avoid a debt default. Read more on Reuters via Yahoo! News
Chinese buy-up worries Libs and Labor THE purchase of prime NSW farmland by state-owned Chinese companies is causing growing unease on both sides of politics. Read more on North Queensland Register
NFL players rank Patriots QB Tom Brady league’s best Receiver Calvin Johnson was voted No. 27 by his peers, and defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh was ranked No. 51. Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, formerly of Michigan, was ranked the No. 1 player. Read more on Detroit News
Obama’s oil move: Policy or politics? Some critics think tapping the Strategic Petroleum Reserve betrays his lofty rhetoric about energy. Read more on Politico
Minnesota Nice turns nasty It’s another humiliating reminder of a once-great political culture’s decline. Read more on Politico
Chiranjeevi to act again Hyderabad, July 1 (PTI) Telugu superstar Chiranjeevi has decided not to quit acting following the advice of Amitabh Bachchan.The 55-year-old actor-politician had announced that he was bidding adieu to acting because of his involvement in politics but Bachchan convinced him otherwise.”I will do my 150th film which will be directed by [...]
Redistricting Perhaps I’m old fashioned, but, when I went school and studied the field of journalism, the elements of a well-written article were: Who, What, When, Where, Why, and perhaps How! In your front page article, “Redistricting Shakes Up Local Politics” (The Downey Patriot, 6/23/11), I see you left out the critical element of “the [...]
Geithner mulls departing Treasury post: sources WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is considering stepping down later this year, but will not make a decision until contentious negotiations over the U.S. debt ceiling are completed, people familiar with his thinking said on Thursday. Read more on Reuters via Yahoo! News
Michele Bachmann Is Not a Feminist… For Now Presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann is not a feminist, according to the Daily Beast’s Kirsten Powers, who interviewed her Tuesday on the campaign trail. Bachmann seemed loath to engage in the kind of girl-power rhetoric utilized by Palin and Hillary Clinton, who both invoked the perennial—and so far [...]
NYS Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame Ceremony Late-night talk show host David Letterman had a thing or two to say about the state of politics in New York — and the Capital Region — when he commented on Kirsten Gillibrand’s appointment to the Senate last night. Read more on WRGB Albany
