Archive for February, 2010

President Barack Obama hasn’t kicked his smoking habit, takes
anti-inflammatory medication to relieve chronic tendonitis in his left knee
and should improve his diet to lower his cholesterol, his team of doctors
said after the 48-year-old’s first medical checkup as commander in chief.

CLEVELAND — The Ohio Congressional Delegation hopes to meet with the Treasury Secretary soon to see what plans the Obama administration has to help Ohioans facing foreclosure.

The meeting would come on the heels of a hearing late last week where a…

Gun owners are exercising and advertising their rights to pack heat while ordering a Frappuccino in Starbucks.

One man, Dale Welch, recently walked into a Starbucks in Virginia with a handgun holstered at his hip, and while some customers gave him looks,…

http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/02/28/13062781-qmi.htmlOTTAWA – For Prime Minister Stephen Harper, there was more riding on Sunday’s hockey game than just national pride in his favourite sport.There was also a case of Molson Canadian.Harper and U.S. President Barack Obama each wagered a case of beer on the outcome of the Olympic men’s hockey final. Now that Canada has won, Obama owes Harper a case of Canadian. If the U.S. had won, Harper would have owed Obama a case of Yuengling beer.Harper congratulated the Canadian men’s team in the locker room after the game, his press secretary Dimitri Soudas said in an email.“We’re really proud of you all. You’ve done a great job on behalf of the country, not …

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House called for a “simple up-or-down” vote on health care legislation Sunday as Speaker Nancy Pelosi appealed to House Democrats to get behind President Barack Obama’s chief domestic priority even it if threatens their…

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) — An Afghan official say three civilians have been killed by a suicide car bomb aimed at NATO forces outside the major southern city of Kandahar.

Inhamullah Khan, an Afghan army official at the bombing site, says the…

Some 390 years since the first blacks arrived in the region we now call Hampton Roads, progress has been remarkable, if at times slow. Barriers have been broken and entry has been gained to almost every aspect of society, but there’s still a lot of work…