She sat in jail for eight years, having confessed to the stabbing murder of her common-law husband’s first wife. She later retracted that confession; indeed she was championed by global human rights activists who said that confession was coerced. It was too late. For Shahla Jahed, 40, eight years of life and torment in Iran’s [...]
With an arrangement to repay its $130 billion taxpayer-financed bailout in place, the American International Group will seek another way to demonstrate its independence: it is planning a debt offering. The insurer disclosed in a regulatory filing on Tuesday that it would issue new bonds for the first time since it was rescued at the [...]
The promise dates back to the earliest days of Barack Obama’s presidential campaign. “Obama Calls for the Repeal of Bush Tax Cuts” was the headline in the Feb. 22, 2007, Des Moines Register. Speaking to more than 2,000 Iowans at a town hall rally, Obama said, “Some of the tax breaks George Bush gave to [...]
What took so long? It’s been over a week since the 2010 vote and debate plans are finally being made for the presidential election in two years. The first Republican primary debate is set for spring 2011 at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Southern California, The Los Angeles Times reported Thursday. “Ronnie would be [...]
Anh “Joseph” Cao was widely seen as a congressman of genuine integrity at a time when voters were looking for politicians they could trust, a man who seemed able to overcome the odds without losing his soul. A freshman Republican from Louisiana’s strongly Democratic 2nd District, Cao sometimes bucked his party’s leadership but at other [...]
The first wave of exit polls Tuesday told us what the pre-election polls did: voters are unhappy with the way the federal government is working and majorities have negative views of both major parties, according to the Associated Press. The economy is by far and away the overriding issue of the campaign, with a bout [...]
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