Skip to Page Content

19 results for the tag "us government" ( order by date ) Feed

  • friend pic
    Posted by harp at 09:35AM 09/08/08 and by 1 other in International Business, International News, US Business, U.S. News

    Mortgage bail-out rallies markets

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7603387.stm
    Tags: markets · fannie mae · us government · asia · rallied and 7 more.
    save | 1 Comment | Info | Share | Spam
  • friend pic
    Posted by phassan at 12:12PM 05/21/08 in money, U.S. News

    US is told to revamp dollar notes

    The US government has been told to change the size or texture of its banknotes because it is difficul...
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7412051.stm
    Tags: dollar notes · size · difficult · revamp · us government and 7 more.
    save | Comment | Info | Share | Spam
  • friend pic
    Posted by Kimberley McKee at 03:01PM 07/26/07 in Law, U.S. News

    U.S. Must Pay $101M to Wrongly Imprisoned Men

    A federal judge Thursday ordered the government to pay more than $101 million in the case of four men...
    http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/07/26/wrongful.convictions.ap/...
    Tags: mob · us government · fbi witheld evidence · fbi · boston and 6 more.
    save | Comment | Info | Share | Spam
  • friend pic
    Posted by Kimberley McKee at 12:08AM 09/05/07 in U.S. News

    Even 40 Years Later CIA Briefings to Stay Secret

    The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency may refuse to release documents from 40 years ago to the public ...
    http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN0444062320070904
    Tags: us government · freedom of information act · secrets · us news · cia and 5 more.
    save | Comment | Info | Share | Spam
  • friend pic
    Posted by bob_sacamano at 09:16AM 12/24/07 in U.S. News, Iraq War

    Warnings Unheeded On Guards In Iraq

    The U.S. government disregarded numerous warnings over the past two years about the risks of using Bl...
    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/...
    Tags: warnings · us government · security contractors · blackwater · iraq and 4 more.
    save | Comment | Info | Share | Spam
  • friend pic
    Posted by diane_court at 12:31AM 08/03/07 in U.S. Politics, Law, U.S. News

    Court Ruling that NSA Wiretapping is Illegal Drives Emergency Push for New Spy Powers

    http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/08/court-ruling-th.html...
    Tags: illegal · spy powers · us government · law · wiretapping and 4 more.
    save | Comment | Info | Share | Spam
  • friend pic
    Posted by Kimberley McKee at 10:34AM 07/26/07 in U.S. News

    FBI Proposes Building Network of U.S. Informants

    Something we want Alberto Gonzalez in charge of!
    http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/07/fbi-proposes-bu.h...
    Tags: homeland security · us government · us informants · fbi · informants and 3 more.
    save | Comment | Info | Share | Spam
  • friend pic
    Posted by lamiaha at 10:09AM 01/24/08 in U.S. News, US Economy

    Deal closer on US economic plan

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7206412.stm
    Tags: economy · us government · plan · agreement · boost and 3 more.
    save | Comment | Info | Share | Spam
  • friend pic
    Posted by Majic at 03:15PM 07/13/08 in U.S. Politics, US Business, U.S. News

    US 'mulls bail-out for lenders'

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7504122.stm
    Tags: fannie mae · us government · mortgage funding · freddie mac · credit crunch and 2 more.
    save | Comment | Info | Share | Spam
  • friend pic
    Posted by maybelline at 02:30PM 10/12/07 in U.S. News, Immigration

    Texan mayors threaten court to stop border fence

    Texan mayors on the border with Mexico are threatening to take the U.S. government to court and are e...
    http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN1141879320071012?...
    Tags: illegal immigration · us government · texas · texan mayors · border fence and 2 more.
    save | Comment | Info | Share | Spam
  • friend pic
    Posted by driftabit at 08:33AM 10/29/07 in U.S. News

    US Govt Tourism Video Annexes Part Of Canada

    The Bush administration appears to have annexed a major Canadian landmark as part of a slick new camp...
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20071028/us-canada/
    Tags: niagara falls · horseshoe falls · us government · canada · tourism and 2 more.
    save | Comment | Info | Share | Spam
  • friend pic
    Posted by driftabit at 10:20PM 04/15/08 in U.S. News, Scandals

    Polygamist sect gets millions from U.S. government

    American taxpayers have unwittingly helped finance a polygamist sect that is now the focus of a massi...
    http://www.mcclatchydc.com/100/story/33519.html
    Tags: us government · child abuse · texas · finance · polygamist sect and 2 more.
    save | Comment | Info | Share | Spam
  • friend pic
    Posted by driftabit at 05:26PM 09/07/08 and by 2 others in US Business, U.S. News, Federal Government

    US Government takes over mortgage giants

    The Bush administration seized control Sunday of troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddi...
    http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080907/D9323D801.html
    Tags: us government takes over mortgage giants · fannie mae · us government · freddie mac · bush administration and 1 more.
    save | Comment | Info | Share | Spam
  • friend pic
    Posted by the_wako_kid at 07:44AM 06/27/07 in Politics, U.S. News

    CIA Releases Files On Past Misdeeds - washingtonpost.com

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/...
    Tags: us government · cia · central intelligence agency · family jewels · misdeeds and 1 more.
    save | Comment | Info | Share | Spam
  • friend pic
    Posted by Kimberley McKee at 09:43AM 06/23/08 in Middle East News, Journalism and media

    U.S. Network Falters in Mideast Mission

    The Egyptian bureau of al-Hurra, an Arabic-language television network financed by the U.S. governmen...
    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/...
    Tags: middle east · us government · al hurra · media · us network and 1 more.
    save | Comment | Info | Share | Spam
  • friend pic
    Posted by Kimberley McKee at 12:24PM 01/28/08 and by 1 other in U.S. News, web 2.0

    Agencies Share Information By Taking a Page From Wikipedia

    When President Bush challenged Congress to cut the number and cost of earmarks by half, the administr...
    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/...
    Tags: us government · agencies · wikipedia · us agencies · wikis and 1 more.
    save | Comment | Info | Share | Spam
  • friend pic
    Posted by lescott at 01:53PM 07/30/07 in Politics, U.S. Politics, Middle East News, U.S. News

    Cash strapped US government hands out $30 billion to Israel

    Cash-strapped U.S. Government hands out $30 billion to Israel's military. This comes at a time when t...
    http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/news/news-mideast-usa-israel.h...
    Tags: us government · middle east · israel · us aid
    save | Comment | Info | Share | Spam
  • friend pic
    Posted by Queeni at 06:43AM 02/06/07 in Politics

    ACLU alarmed that US govt. may begin collecting DNA of all suspects, even if innocent

    http://www.rawstory.com/news/2007/ACLU_alarmed_that_US_govt._...
    Tags: suspect · dna · us government · aclu
    save | Comment | Info | Share | Spam
    (not yet rated) Rate:
    12345