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Lead Mexican investigator in the slaying of El Monte official Bobby Salcedo has been killed [Updated]

The lead investigator in the slaying in Mexico of El Monte educator Agustin Roberto “Bobby” Salcedo has been killed in an ambush, officials said today.

[ More ] January 31st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Random Thoughts |

NASA to get more money, but must scratch moon plan

(ChinaPost.com.tw) – President Barack Obama is essentially grounding efforts to return astronauts to the moon and instead is sending NASA in new directions with roughly US$6 billion more, according to officials familiar with the plans.

[ More ] January 30th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Public Interest |
 

McHugh Completes Streeter Place Apartments

CHICAGO, Jan. 26 /PRNewswire/ — James McHugh Construction Co. has completed Streeter Place, a new luxury apartment tower in Chicago’s Streeterville neighborhood, McHugh officials announced.
The 54-story building, located at 355 E. Ohio St., is the sec…

[ More ] January 27th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Public Interest |

Obama: Freeze discretionary spending

President Obama will announce in Wednesday’s State of the Union address that he’s proposing to save $250 billion by freezing all nonsecurity federal discretionary spending for three years, according to two senior administration officials.

[ More ] January 26th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Public Interest |
 

China’s hit TV show on housing sparks controversy

(ChinaPost.com.tw) – Mistresses, rocketing home prices and corrupt officials colluding with property developers are the potent mix fuelling a hit Chinese television drama that is making some powerful people uneasy.

[ More ] January 26th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Public Interest |

Emerging nations meet in India over climate change

(ChinaPost.com.tw) – Environment ministers from Brazil, South Africa, India and China met in New Delhi on Sunday to agree a common position for future talks after the Copenhagen climate change summit, officials said.

[ More ] January 25th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Public Interest |
 

Christmas attack suspect claimed 2nd bomb aboard

Badly burned and bleeding, the suspect in the Christmas Day flight to Detroit tried one last gambit as he was led away: He claimed there was another bomb hidden on the plane he’d just tried to destroy, officials said.

[ More ] January 24th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Public Interest |

Latest Twist: Ousted Union Officials Show True Colors By Trying to Stop 29 Union Elections

OAKLAND, Jan. 23 /PRNewswire/ — After months and months of saying they wanted union elections held immediately at hospitals and nursing homes in California, former SEIU-UHW officials who were ousted from the union are now trying to stop 29 elections t…

[ More ] January 24th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Public Interest |

LA film producers to be sentenced in bribery case

(ChinaPost.com.tw) – A Los Angeles filmmaking couple face lengthy prison terms when they’re sentenced Thursday for bribing Thai officials to run a film festival.

[ More ] January 23rd, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Public Interest |

ODNI Posthumously Awards 1st Lt. Roslyn L. Schulte National Intelligence Medal for Valor

Schulte Is the First Woman to Receive the Award
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Air Force 1st Lt. Roslyn L. Schulte was posthumously awarded the National Intelligence Medal for Valor today for her courageous efforts to teach Afghan milit…

[ More ] January 23rd, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Public Interest |
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