Archive for May, 2009
Washington Post
GM's 'Main Street' Bondholders Would Be Losers, Lawyer SaysBloombergBy Tiffany Kary and Christopher Scinta May 28 (Bloomberg) — The loser in a General Motors Corp. bankruptcy would be Main Street, not Wall Street, says a lawyer who represented Chrysler LLC's dissident lenders and who is organizing some GM bondholders.Video: GM All but Certain to [...]
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BBC News
After Initial Mild Reaction, Kremlin May Consider Tougher Stance …Washington PostBy Philip P. Pan MOSCOW, May 27 — For years, Russia has appeared to take a back seat in international efforts to persuade North Korea to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons.Video: US military in South Korea 'pushing' the North - 28 May 09 [...]
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Los Angeles Times
GOP looks for alternate routes to block Sotomayor's pathLos Angeles TimesJudge Sonia Sotomayor visits her alma mater, Cardinal Spellman High School in the Bronx, NY Republicans face long odds of defeating her nomination to the Supreme Court outright.Video: Who is Sotomayor? KRQE.comSotomayor's Appellate Opinions Are Unpredictable, Lawyers and … New York TimesThe Star-Ledger [...]
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ABC News
GOP looks for alternate routes to block Sotomayor's pathLos Angeles TimesJudge Sonia Sotomayor visits her alma mater, Cardinal Spellman High School in the Bronx, NY Republicans face long odds of defeating her nomination to the Supreme Court outright.Video: Who is Sotomayor? KRQE.comSotomayor's Appellate Opinions Are Unpredictable, Lawyers and … New York TimesBaltimore Sun - U.S. [...]
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Washington Post
S. Korea, US troops raise alert levelUnited Press InternationalSEOUL, May 28 (UPI) — US and South Korean troops are on high alert, and surveillance and reconnaissance picked up to answer what officials termed a grave threat from North Korea.Video: US military in South Korea 'pushing' the North - 28 May 09 Al JazeeraTests [...]
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FOXNews
S. Korea, US troops raise alert levelUnited Press InternationalSEOUL, May 28 (UPI) — US and South Korean troops are on high alert, and surveillance and reconnaissance picked up to answer what officials termed a grave threat from North Korea.Video: US military in South Korea 'pushing' the North - 28 May 09 Al JazeeraTests Point [...]
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Daily Mail
Earthquake strikes off HondurasABC OnlineAt least one person has been killed in the city of La Lima north of the Honduras capital after an earthquake struck off the coast, local radio has said.Powerful quake off Honduras coast spurs tsunami watch CNN InternationalQuake of Magnitude 7.1 Hits Honduras; Tsunami Watch Canceled BloombergReuters - AFP - Telegraph.co.uk - Voice [...]
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guardian.co.uk
Sotomayor's Appellate Opinions Are Unpredictable, Lawyers and …New York TimesBy JOHN SCHWARTZ In the decade she has served on the Second Circuit Court of Appeals - the busiest appellate court for business and financial matters in the nation - Judge Sonia Sotomayor has authored some 150 civil and business cases and voted on …Video: Who [...]
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Washington Post
Huge quake off Honduras causes minor damageReutersBy Gustavo Palencia TEGUCIGALPA, May 28 (Reuters) - A powerful earthquake of 7.1 magnitude struck off the northeast coast of Honduras early on Thursday, knocking down some houses in a northern town and sparking a tsunami watch for Central America's …Powerful quake off Honduras coast spurs tsunami [...]
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USA Today
San Jose girl heads for Spelling Bee semifinalsSan Francisco ChronicleWearing her lucky pair of red-and-white sneakers, a San Jose eighth-grader advanced to the semifinals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Wednesday, becoming one of only 41 spellers to make it past the preliminary rounds.41 advance to spelling bee semifinals Philadelphia InquirerPoor spellers of [...]
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