Archive for November, 2010

WASHINGTON (AP) — When presidents sit down in private with congressional leaders, particularly those from the opposing party, there’s often a heaping helping of bland talk about working together — spiced with the occasional red hot chili…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate passed legislation Tuesday to make food safer in the wake of deadly E. coli and salmonella outbreaks, potentially giving the government broad new powers to increase inspections of food processing facilities and force…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Would-be farmer Carl Eggleston has been waiting nearly a decade to refile his claim against the government for the discrimination he says he faced when he tried to start a hog farm on his Virginia property.

The African-American…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and Republican congressional leaders agreed Tuesday to work out their differences over taxes and vowed after their first formal meeting since the elections to work harder on a more cooperative approach. There…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Republicans are saying their meeting with President Barack Obama was a positive one in which both sides agreed to spend more time working together and finding common ground on tax and other tough issues.

Senate…

RICHMOND, Va (AP) — The day before Virginia state employees get their first pay boost in three years, Gov. Bob McDonnell says there won’t be any pay raises coming.

One-time bonuses of 3 percent will be included in paychecks for 117,000 state…

If you ask me, the hottest spot for sustenance during Art Basel will be the now four-day-old Wynwood Kitchen & Bar (2550 N.W. 2nd Ave., Miami, 305-722-8959, wynwoodkitchenandbar.com).

In keep with the burgeoning Wynwood arts district, artists play a…

In less than two months, members of the Republican National Committee will convene at National Harbor, just outside Washington, and select a chairman to lead the organization over the next two years.