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Elizabeth Kennedy, The Associated Press's bureau chief for East Africa until last month, has been named the news cooperative's chief of bureau in Beirut.
The Associated Press has named six news editors to oversee expanded multistate territories and has assigned four interim regional photo editors as part of a restructuring of U.S. news management to ensure the continuing strength of the news cooperative's state reports.
Maine's economic development department has a new acting commissioner to take the place of John Richardson, who's resigned to seek the Democratic nomination for governor.
William J. Kole, a veteran bureau chief and foreign correspondent for The Associated Press, has been named AP's chief of bureau for New England.
Rebecca Santana, who has covered the Middle East and Russia as a reporter and editor, has been named bureau chief for The Associated Press in Baghdad.
Jason Straziuso, chief correspondent for The Associated Press in Afghanistan since 2006, has been named the AP's bureau chief for East Africa.
International water and waste company Cascal N.V. said Thursday it has tapped Mark Thurston as its new chief financial officer.
Katherine Corcoran, an editor at the Latin America Desk of The Associated Press and a former teacher and innovator in community journalism, has been promoted to the new position of enterprise editor for Latin America and the Caribbean.
Lisa Tolin, deputy lifestyles editor, has been named lifestyles editor of The Associated Press, responsible for coverage of food, fashion, homes and gardens, parenting, pets and travel.
Malcolm Foster, The Associated Press business editor for the Asia-Pacific region, was named Monday to be bureau chief in Tokyo.
Michael Warren, deputy Latin America editor of The Associated Press, has been named to a new position overseeing AP operations in Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay — the Southern Cone region of South America.
Paul Haven has been appointed The Associated Press chief of bureau in Havana, Cuba, following three years of leading the cooperative's news operations in Spain and Portugal as Madrid bureau chief.
Kate Lee Butler, a business development director for sales and marketing at The Associated Press, has been promoted to vice president of newspaper markets.
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has appointed Elizabeth Birnbaum, a veteran congressional aide and former Interior Department attorney, to head the department's Minerals Management Service.
Robert H. Reid, The Associated Press bureau chief in Baghdad, has been appointed to a new position heading AP's coverage in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
The Associated Press has promoted New York City News Editor Josh Hoffner to the new position of deputy West editor, helping oversee coverage of the Western United States.
Dave Zelio, assistant bureau chief for The Associated Press in Chicago, has been selected as assistant sports editor for the AP's Central desk, which covers 14 states in the Midwest.
Noreen Gillespie, assistant South editor for The Associated Press, has been promoted to the new position of deputy Central editor, and will help lead the news organization's new regional desk in Chicago.
President Barack Obama has appointed a key union activist as senior adviser to Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, another sign of the influence that organized labor wields in the Obama administration.
Pope Benedict XVI has named a Spanish cardinal to be the new head of the Vatican's office in charge of rules for celebrating the liturgy around the world.
Amanda Barrett, content coordinator for Multimedia and Graphics for The Associated Press, has been promoted to the new position of deputy East editor, helping lead the news organization's new regional desk in Philadelphia.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has appointed his children's nanny to a board that oversees the guide dog industry.
Christina Almeida, who oversees news coverage in Montana and Wyoming for The Associated Press, has been named AP's news editor in Atlanta.
Genetta Adams, former assistant managing editor for features and entertainment at Newsday, has been appointed entertainment editor for The Associated Press.
Tim Reiterman, a longtime reporter and editor for The Los Angeles Times, has been named news editor for The Associated Press in northern California.
Pensioner Trapped Alone in Ambulance for Five Hours After Being ForgottenA man "was abandoned inside an ambulance for more than five hours after the . . . driver forgot about him and went home." The man was apparently in the ambulance for hours during the evening of October 27, 2009 and the early morning of October 28, 2009.
A Seat Fit for Dukakis: Why the Duke Should Fill Interim Kennedy Seat - The Boston GlobeAnd now, to the very difficult business of moving forward.It's looking like state lawmakers might do the right thing and grant one of Senator Ted Kennedy's final wishes, installing somebody to act in his stead until voters choose a permanent replacement.
First openly gay member joins Air Force boardA Colorado Democrat who last year became the first openly gay non-incumbent elected to Congress took his place Friday on the U.S. Air Force Academy's supervisory board.
Cops: Man Went Naked To Dental AppointmenPolice say a Connecticut man has been arrested because he showed up at a dental office naked. Police say 41-year-old Christopher Hoff, of Stratford, also was five days late for his appointment.
Capitol Alert: Veteran law professor and ethics expert appointed to FPPC- {former adviser to Ken Starr}Orange law professor Ronald D. Rotunda, a Harvard Law School graduate, has been appointed to the state's Fair Political Practices Commission. Rotunda's appointment to the politcs and money watchdog agency was announced today by state Controller John Chiang and the FPPC.
Alzheimers patient dies after four days trying to find way to hospitalA tragic Alzheimer's victim died after spending four days on trains and buses trying to get to a hospital appointment.
Section 6, paragraph one deals with Congressional compensation for their services. Many years ago, Congress enacted standing legislation to provide them with regular pay raises UNLESS Congress, at the time of EACH particular raise, actively raises the issue and votes against it.
From Article I, Section 3, paragraphs six and seven, the portions of the provisions for either House regarding impeachment require no changes other than possibly the provision that the threat of and right to impeach is a constitutional DUTY of Congress and it cannot surrender its …
Church of Scotland OKs gay ministerAn openly gay minister on Sunday praised the decision of the Church of Scotland to dismiss a challenge to his appointment by religious conservatives.
The Spoof : Obama to Name Susan Boyle to Supremes [satire]I am seeding this even though it is impossible to get to the website right now -- it probably crashed. Just a wacky fictional story about Obama naming Susan Boyle of Britain's Got Talent to the Supreme Court of the United States. I mean, she is not even a citizen here.
Where's Our Man in Iraq? A PROMINENT tribal sheik — the top vote-getter in January's Provincial Council election in Anbar Province — recently told me and Marine leaders in Falluja that Iraqis were concerned that no one had heard from or seen the new American ambassador.
Charles Freeman, Roger Cohen and the changing Israel debateAnyone who doubts that there has been a substantial -- and very positive -- change in the rules for discussing American policy towards Israel should consider two recent episodes: (1) the last three New York Times columns by Roger Cohen; and (2) the very strong pushback from a di …
Charles Freeman's Statement in Wake of Withdrawal From Intelligence PostCharles Freeman, a veteran diplomat slated to become the top U.S. intelligence analyst, withdrew from consideration Tuesday. He released a statement denouncing the "Israel Lobby" for "character assassination." Here is the text of the statement.
Congress Weighs Elections For Senate Vacancies : NPRThe scandal surrounding now-former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich and his alleged efforts to "monetize" the U.S. Senate appointment he controlled provided the nation with weeks of cheap political theater.
Congress mulls elections to fill Senate vacanciesFollowing tumultuous turnovers in Illinois and New York, lawmakers on Wednesday asked whether it was time to change the Constitution so that voters, and not state governors, can pick replacements.
Locke Called Commerce Pick - washingtonpost.comFormer Washington governor Gary Locke is likely to be President Obama's choice to head the Commerce Department, according to several administration officials briefed on the decision.
Burris acknowledges fundraising effort for Blagojevich - Chicago Breaking NewsRoland Burris - who conveniently omitted details of his involvement with fundraising for Blagojevich and his staffers before his appointment to the open Illinois senate seat - has finally admitted that he indeed did attempt to raise money for Blagojevich, but only after first den …
Ed Cetera | Ron Sims to HUD - yes it's trueRumors have been swirling for months. Now sources confirm King County Executive Ron Sims is going to Washington, D.C., intending to take a job as deputy secretary, the No. 2, at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Feingold: Give appointment powers to the peopleFollowing New York Governor David Paterson's controversial selection of Kirsten Gillibrand to fill the U.S.
Gov Paterson Selects Kirsten Gillibrand As Hilary Clinton's Senate Replacement Gov. Paterson, defying the liberal wing of his Democratic Party, has chosen little-known, NRA-backed, upstate Congresswoman Kirsten Gillibrand to succeed Hillary Rodham Clinton as New York's junior senator, it was learned last night.
Regardless of what you may think of Hillary Clinton, there is a fundamental problem related to her appointment as Secretary of State.
If ever there was a man who lacks integrity and a sense of value it is Roland Burris. A desire for power can do things to someone but Roland has allowed himself to be used as a puppet by a man of even lesser virtue and he will pay the price of it in the end.
Burris, Blagojavich Appointee, is turned away from chamberRoland Burris – Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's pick to replace Barack Obama in the Senate – was turned away from the chamber this morning after presenting credentials the secretary of the Senate deemed incomplete.
Advice to Senate Democrats: Just @!$%#ing Seat BurrisLet us say, and why not, that U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald decided not to pull the trigger yet on his office's investigation of Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich.
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