At White House, Biden's Expletive Caught on Open Mic

At White House, Biden's Expletive Caught on Open Mic


At White House, Biden's Expletive Caught on Open Mic

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 12:43 PM PDT

The vice president's effusiveness to President Obama was overheard at the ceremony for the signing of health care legislation.


What the Health Care Overhaul Means for Americans Abroad

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 09:26 AM PDT

How the new health care legislation will affect Americans living abroad.


'The Reality of Reform': Understanding the Health Care Law

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 11:57 AM PDT

Lesson Plan | Clarifying what the health care reform law means for Americans, and putting the law into historical and current context.


U.S. and Mexico Set New Anti-Drug Strategy

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 12:50 PM PDT

A $331-million plan aims to strengthen law enforcement and rebuild communities, and was at the center of a visit by several senior Obama administration officials.


'Gang of Retires' Guilty of Kidnapping

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 12:01 PM PDT

A German court has convicted and sentenced members of a group dubbed the "gang of retirees" to jail for kidnapping their financial adviser and forcing him to transfer money into their bank accounts.


Clinton in Mexico for crime talks

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 12:51 PM PDT

High-level US delegation to look at $1.6bn programme to fight organised crime.


Jonathan selects Nigeria ministers

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 12:57 PM PDT

Acting-president sends list of 18 cabinet members to the senate for approval.


Google, China showdown marks a turning point for the West, Beijing

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 12:16 PM PDT

BEIJING -- The showdown between the Internet giant Google and the world's most populous country marks a turning point in what was one of the great alliances of the late 20th century -- the bond between Western capital and Beijing's authoritarian system.


White House Takes First Steps to Replace Fannie and Freddie

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 12:02 PM PDT

The first step includes seeking comment on the appropriate role of the government in housing policy and housing finance.


Pay cuts for US bailed-out bosses

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 12:21 PM PDT

White House pay tsar tells bosses at five bailed-out firms to take a 15% drop in pay after calling AIG's recent bonuses 'outrageous'.


Rio Tinto bribery suspects await fate

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 06:22 AM PDT

The commercial bribery case against four employees of mining giant Rio Tinto resumed in Shanghai on Tuesday -- a day after the Australian executive at the heart of the case admitted to taking money.


Affleck in Congo aid initiative

Posted: 22 Mar 2010 07:56 PM PDT

Actor Ben Affleck on Monday launched a grassroots initiative to assist communities ravaged by war in one of the most troubled places on earth, the Democratic Republic of Congo.


Netanyahu fears peace talks delay in settlement feud

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 11:57 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday he feared Middle East peace talks could be delayed for another year unless Palestinians drop their demand for a full freeze on housing settlements.


Live - Tuesday football

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 11:59 AM PDT

West Ham host relegation rivals Wolves and Newcastle visit Doncaster on a busy night of Premier League and Football League action.


Cameron: Scandal worse than 1990s

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 09:09 AM PDT

David Cameron says the "scandals" besetting Labour are "worse" than 1990s sleaze, but his inquiry calls are rebuffed.


G20 protest woman 'like lunatic'

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 11:35 AM PDT

A G20 protester allegedly assaulted by a police officer was acting like a "lunatic", a court hears.


ICC prosecutor: Sudan poll like vote under Hitler

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 11:30 AM PDT

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) said on Tuesday that monitoring Sudan's election next month would be like monitoring a vote in Hitler's Germany.


France backs down on carbon tax

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 11:23 AM PDT

The French government signals that it is dropping a plan for a tax on domestic carbon dioxide emissions.


Ex-Nazi gets life for Dutch murders

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 11:01 AM PDT

Court finds 88-year-old former member of SS guilty of killing three civilians in 1944.


Libya releases Islamist prisoners

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 11:50 AM PDT

Libya frees 214 Islamist inmates as part of its programme of rehabilitation, Muammar Gaddafi's son announces.


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