Archive for October, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama on Saturday doled out presidential M&Ms and dried fruit mixes to more than 2,000 trick-or-treaters, marking their Halloween at a White House event partly aimed at honoring…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Saturday tempered excitement about a growing economy with a sober outlook that more people will lose their jobs. He called that a heartbreaking reality and cautioned that even a burst of upbeat news…

— Randy Flood got the idea to be a part of the global green movement after reading the book “Hot, Flat and Crowded” by New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman.

The book is about saving the planet from overheating while also making America…

Every time Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton tried to win over Pakistanis during her three-day charm offensive last week, they fired back a polite but firm message:

We don’t really trust your country.

No matter how hard Clinton tried to reassure…

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, trying to coax Palestinian leaders to restart peace talks with Israel, said Saturday that Israel was offering “unprecedented” concessions to limit the growth of Jewish settlements in the West Bank.

Clinton’s…

Cory Booker, the mayor of Newark, climbed on a stage here the other night and hailed his state’s political history at a rally for Jon Corzine, the embattled Democratic governor running for reelection.

“New Jersey,” Booker shouted to supporters in the…

KOROR, Palau (AP) — Six Chinese Muslims released from Guantanamo Bay but still wanted at home as separatists arrived Sunday on their new tropical island home of Palau after the tiny Pacific nation agreed to a U.S. request to resettle the men.

The…

KABUL (AP) — President Hamid Karzai’s challenger plans to call for a boycott of next weekend’s runoff election in an attempt to force the vote’s postponement until spring, his campaign manager said — a move that would dim U.S. hopes for a…