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Florida Power Outage Shows Vulnerability
Tweet Share on Facebook February 26, 2008 CommentToday's massive power outage across a wide swath of the Sunshine State brings to mind the vulnerability of dependency on huge power systems. In 2003, after a summertime widespread blackout in the Midwest and Northeast, U.S. News investigated what is a chaotic system of energy delivery. And last year, we looked at continued bottlenecks in the system.
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McCain May Target Upper Midwest and Hispanic Voters for Fall
Tweet Share on Facebook February 26, 2008 CommentWhile the Democrats fight among themselves over their presidential nomination, strategists for presumptive Republican nominee John McCain are analyzing the electoral map to determine where to put their resources for the remainder of the year.
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Obama Takes Aim at Jewish GOP Criticism
Tweet Share on Facebook February 26, 2008 Comment (3)Barack Obama's campaign is working to tamp down criticism levied by the Republican Jewish Coalition over the Democratic presidential front-runner's history of support for Israel.
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Morning Buzz: Feb. 26, 2008
Tweet Share on Facebook February 26, 2008 CommentA former rival for the White House, Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd, is expected to endorse Barack Obama in Cleveland today. Dodd's endorsement will come before tonight's debate between Obama and Hillary Clinton. It will be the last time the Democratic candidates square off before the all-important primaries in Ohio and Texas on March 4.
It's rare to hear the strains of the "The Star-Spangled Banner" in North Korea, but it happened today. The New York Philharmonic performed the U.S. national anthem for North Korea's communist elite, becoming the first major American cultural group to perform and the largest to visit the repressive and secretive country.
During the fourth quarter in 2007, American home prices fell 8.9 percent, according to the Standard & Poor's/Case Shiller home price index. It marks the largest drop in the index's 20-year history after a full year of declining values.
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The McCain VP Race Is On
Tweet Share on Facebook February 25, 2008 Comment (3)Republican strategists today applauded the Sunday TV appearances of two likely GOP vice presidential contenders, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty and South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford.
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McCain Team Worried About Bush Ties
Tweet Share on Facebook February 25, 2008 CommentJohn McCain's strategists are increasingly concerned about his ties to President Bush, and they are looking for ways to distance him from the unpopular incumbent in the fall campaign.
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Morning Buzz: Feb. 25, 2008
Tweet Share on Facebook February 25, 2008 CommentStudents returned to classrooms this morning at Northern Illinois University for the first time since the deadly February 14 shootings, when former NIU graduate student Steve Kazmierczak opened fire on a classroom, killing five and wounding 16. More than 12,000 people gathered last night for a memorial service held at the school's Convocation Center.
Raul Castro promised Cubans that he would defer to brother Fidel and the Communist Party's old guard on major matters as he takes over the presidency, crushing hopes that the first change in the country's leadership in almost 50 years would reshape the country's future. He picked 77-year-old revolutionary leader José Ramón Machado for the government's No. 2 spot.
The Cohen brothers, Joel and Ethan, racked up four Oscars, including best picture, for their crime drama "No Country for Old Men," at last night's Academy Awards. All four acting awards went to Europeans actors and actresses, including the best actress distinction to French actress Marion Cotillard for her portrayal of Edith Piaf in "La Vie en Rose."
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Justice Probes Waterboarding Authorization
Tweet Share on Facebook February 22, 2008 Comment (7)The Justice Department is investigating what role department officials played in authorizing the CIA to conduct waterboarding, according to a letter released today by members of Congress.
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Study: Illegals No More a Public Safety Threat Than Other Immigrants
Tweet Share on Facebook February 22, 2008 CommentIllegal immigrants do not pose a greater threat to public safety than other immigrants, according to a new RAND Corp. study.
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Morning Buzz: Feb. 22, 2008
Tweet Share on Facebook February 22, 2008 Comment (1)Hillary Clinton, for better or worse, had the sound bite of the night in Thursday's Democratic presidential debate in Austin. "If your candidacy is going to be about words then they should be your own words," she said, speaking to Barack Obama. "Lifting whole passages from someone else's speeches is not change you can believe in, it's change you can Xerox." The remark prompted boos from some in the audience.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates delivered a mixed message regarding the continued withdrawal of troops from Iraq. Gates said he anticipates a "brief pause" in troop reductions in July before he attempts to withdraw more troops in the next 10 to 12 months.
Thousands of Serbian demonstrators continue to wreak havoc in the wake of Kosovo's declaration of independence this past Sunday. At least one person has died and 150 people have been injured in the violence.
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