Bush Meeting Leaders as Unpopular as He Is

5 July 2008, 12:48 pm

As world leaders gear up for the G-8 summit this week in Japan, they arrive with high unpopularity ratings in their respective countries and a feeling that the 32-year-old gathering is anachronistic.... read more

Billboards Posted Claiming Martin Luther King Was Republican

5 July 2008, 12:39 pm

In 2006, the National Black Republican Association (NBRA) ran a radio ad trumpeting that Martin Luther King was a Republican. It was, of course, decried as false. As we enter the home stretch of another important political race, the NBRA is again stating the same claim, using billboards this time.... read more

CNN Poll: Most say Founding Fathers would be disappointed

5 July 2008, 11:55 am

According to a new CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey, 69 percent of adult Americans who responded to a poll June 26-29 said the signers of the Declaration of Independence would be disappointed by the way the nation has turned out overall.... read more

Foreclosures to rise whoever wins White House

5 July 2008, 11:19 am

Home foreclosures will keep rising next year no matter who is elected president in November.... read more

E. coli Outbreak Leads to Massive Beef Recall

5 July 2008, 8:03 am

Nebraska Beef Ltd decided to expand its voluntary recall to 5.3 million pounds, representing all the meat the company produced between May 16 and June 26, a statement released by the company on Thursday read.... read more

Number of Those Unemployed For at Least 6 Months Rises

5 July 2008, 7:49 am

Economic Changes, Uncertainties Make Jobs Harder to FindIn another sign of the harsh toll being exacted by the economic downturn, the number of Americans unemployed for six months or more has risen sharply over the past year and is likely to increase even more.... read more

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