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U.S. adopts tougher strategy as China rises

29. July 2010 - 17:00
Moves are part of a policy to acknowledge China's emergence as a world power but to also lay down markers when it is infringing on U.S. interests.


China - United States - Google - Shopping - Business
Categories: Politics

SEC charges Wylys with fraud

29. July 2010 - 17:00
Brothers, who have spent millions funding GOP campaigns, violated securities laws, SEC says.


Business - Law - Fraud - Allegedly Unethical Firms - Sterling Software
Categories: Politics

Rangel faces 13 ethics charges

29. July 2010 - 17:00
Efforts to reach settlement fall short, setting up a potentially historic trial for N.Y. congressman.


New York - United States House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct - United States - Ethics - Philosophy
Categories: Politics

In slow economy, we stay put

29. July 2010 - 17:00
The near-constitutional right to pick up and move to a better job becomes a victim of the recession.


Recession - United States - Home - Business and Economy - Employment
Categories: Politics

Afghan spending faces scrutiny

29. July 2010 - 17:00
Instead of helping small businesses, U.S. program enriched Afghanistan's traditional power brokers.


Afghanistan - United States - War in Afghanistan - Asia - United States armed forces
Categories: Politics

Ariz. judge thrust into spotlight

29. July 2010 - 17:00
With ruling, U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton has became one of nation's most divisive figures.


United States federal judge - Susan Ritchie Bolton - Immigration - Law - Arizona
Categories: Politics

Tribes get crime-fighting tools

28. July 2010 - 23:35
Stubbornly high rates of crime, including rape and sexual assault, on reservations are targeted.


Crime - Sexual assault - Rape - Violence and Abuse - Sexual Abuse and Assault
Categories: Politics

Crossroads for the U.S. economy

28. July 2010 - 23:27
The U.S. economy is out of the ditch. But is there enough gas left to reach highway speed?

Categories: Politics

In Taliban hotbed, any ally will do

28. July 2010 - 23:26
Illiterate, hashish-growing former warlord is U.S. troops' most reliable friend in Kandahar province.


Taliban - Kandahar Province - Afghanistan - Asia - Politics
Categories: Politics

FBI could get easier access to Internet data

28. July 2010 - 21:55
Obama administration wants to add "electronic communication transactional records" to list of items FBI may demand without judge's approval.


Federal Bureau of Investigation - United States - Telecommunication - Government - Barack Obama
Categories: Politics

Most oil in gulf unaccounted for

28. July 2010 - 21:18
In some places, good news from the water has meant bad news in the air.


Water - Oil - Environment - Business - Alternative
Categories: Politics

All Republicans cut from same cloth?

28. July 2010 - 20:06
Democratic leaders seek to link GOP to some of the most extreme elements of "tea party" movement.


Republican - United States - Politics - Parties - Democratic
Categories: Politics

VA: 'Time is not on our side'

28. July 2010 - 16:38
The government braces for an increasing demand for services from female veterans.


Government - United States - Veteran - Military - Business
Categories: Politics

NOAA: Oil is degrading quickly

28. July 2010 - 3:56
Spill from blowout is degrading rapidly in warm waters, becoming tougher to find, director says.


Oil spill - Environment - Energy - Petroleum in the Environment - Spill Containment and Remediation
Categories: Politics

House to vote on war funding bill

27. July 2010 - 21:44
Chamber appears poised to approve spending $37B on the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.


War in Afghanistan - Iraq - Iraq War - Afghanistan - Warfare and Conflict
Categories: Politics

'BP squad' assembles to launch criminal probe

27. July 2010 - 17:00
Investigators will focus on at least three companies and examine whether cozy relations with federal regulators contributed to the oil disaster.


BP - Business - Oil spill - Security - Investigation
Categories: Politics

NTSB: Red Line crash inevitable

27. July 2010 - 17:00
Agency blames 2009 Metro accident on chronic track circuit failures, negligent safety attitude.


National Transportation Safety Board - Red Line - United States - Technology - Safety Engineering
Categories: Politics

Leak part of plot, ex-general says

27. July 2010 - 17:00
Former Pakistani spy chief says U.S. coordinated release to help legitimize early American exit.


United States - Asia - War in Afghanistan - Wikileaks - Pakistan
Categories: Politics

Andrews pushes anti-stalking bill

27. July 2010 - 17:00

RELIABLE SOURCE | Unlike many celebvocates, ESPN sportscaster, who was on the Hill Tuesday, has raw, first-hand experience.


ESPN - Sports commentator - Stalking - Erin Andrews - Crime
Categories: Politics

BP's Hayward to quit in October

26. July 2010 - 19:36
Source says chief executive will take a job with the company's joint venture in Russia, TNK-BP.


Tony Hayward - BP - Oil spill - Environment - Energy
Categories: Politics