Obama backs Medvedev's judicial reforms - White House- msnbc.com

Seeded on Sun Jul 5, 2009 1:07 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

"I agree with President Medvedev when he said that 'freedom is better than the absence of freedom'," Obama was quoted as saying. "I see no reason why strengthening democracy, human rights and the rule of law cannot be included as part of our reset" in relations.

world-news, obama, medvedev, russia, missile, freedom, democracy, foreign-policy

Monorail crash at Walt Disney World kills driver

Seeded on Sun Jul 5, 2009 8:18 AM EDT (www2.tbo.com)

There isn't a lot of information yet.

walt-disney-world, orlando, monorail

Obama says U.S. missile shield set to counter Iran, not Russia | Top Russian news and analysis online | 'RIA Novosti' newswire

Seeded on Sun Jul 5, 2009 7:59 AM EDT (en.rian.ru)

"U.S. President Barack Obama said in an interview with a prominent Russian newspaper that the planned deployment of a U.S. missile shield in Europe was intended to counter Iran, not Russia."

world-news, russia, obama, poland, czech-republic, iran, bush, nuclear, war

Teen in serious condition after Tampa drive-by shooting

Seeded on Sun Jul 5, 2009 7:51 AM EDT (www2.tbo.com)

That is a pretty dangerous corner.......

shooting, tampa-bay, gun, drugs

Putin Responds to Obama's Criticism

Seeded on Sat Jul 4, 2009 11:30 AM EDT (moscowtimes.ru)

"Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Friday that U.S. President Barack Obama is wrong to suggest that he remains partially mired in a Cold War mindset."

world-news, russia, putin, cold-war, obama, government, united-states

Renminbi trade rule comes into effect

Seeded on Sat Jul 4, 2009 10:17 AM EDT (chinadaily.com.cn)

"China's central bank yesterday released a rule permitting companies in select cities to settle cross-border trades using the yuan, as part of efforts to reduce reliance on the US dollar for international trade."

world-news, yuan, china, economy, trade, dollar, hong-kong, renminbi

Fla. justices: Gov. can't reject white judge nominees

Seeded on Sat Jul 4, 2009 9:12 AM EDT (gopusa.com)

"The Florida Supreme Court says Gov. Charlie Crist can't reject an all-white list of appeals court nominees, even though he wants to appoint someone who will make the judiciary more diverse."

us-news, florida, court, appeals, us, charlie-crist, minotrity, white, governor

U.S. Swimming In Gasoline Supplies

Seeded on Fri Jul 3, 2009 11:29 PM EDT (consumeraffairs.com)

The economy is bad my friends, and even the oil wizards can't guess what is going to happen next.

us-news, oil, july-4

VA Begins Stimulus Payments to Veterans

Seeded on Thu Jul 2, 2009 4:28 PM EDT (Military.com)

As part of President Obama's recovery plan, all payments shall be distributed by June 30th.

us-news, military, payment, recovery, navy, army, air-force, marines

Autopsies found drugs in half of 2008 cases

Seeded on Thu Jul 2, 2009 1:11 PM EDT (St. Petersburg Times > Local News)

Drugs were present in the bodies of over 8000 people autopsied in 2008. The article goes further to list the types of drugs that were found in the autopsies.

health, autopsy, drugs, death, cocaine, oxycodon, heroin, xanax, florida, miami

Home sales up: prices down,

Seeded on Thu Jun 25, 2009 9:58 AM EDT (St. Petersburg Times > Local News)

The Florida Association of Realtors tell us that home sales have risen by 18 percent in May 2009, in comparison to May of 2008. Although there are many facets contributing to this data, it still seems that new home construction is not improving much, if any.

us-news, home-sales, economy, prices, florida, realtors, recession

Warren Buffet's gloomy economic predictions

Seeded on Wed Jun 24, 2009 7:12 PM EDT (MSN)

Investing guru Warren Buffett has predicted that the economy will get worse before it gets better. I am surprised to see him support a second stimulus package considering how fiscally conservative he is.

business, economy, finance, depression, warren-buffett, recession, downturn, economics, investing