Feeds
Tony Dungy is taking a lead role in improving communication between the NFL and its players.
President Barack Obama says creating jobs isn't the goal of a coming White House forum on jobs and economic growth.
President Barack Obama will travel to Pennsylvania and other states next month after hosting a White House forum on creating jobs.
U.S. and North Korean officials wrapped up unofficial talks Tuesday with other northeast Asian countries about regional security, but with no reports of major breakthroughs.
The world has less than two months to agree on how to avoid catastrophic global warming whose impact would be felt for generations, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Monday, a stark warning that puts pressure on the United States to finalize its position before this year's global climate conference in Denmark.
Israeli President Shimon Peres, a longtime advocate of peace with the Palestinians, said Friday that a comprehensive settlement resolving the century-old dispute was not currently achievable.
Flickr isn’t talking about the “Jokerized” image of President Obama it yanked from its site, and it doesn’t want its users to talk about it either. Turns out, this photo-sharing “community” is more of a business than its customers like to believe.
The Pacific Islands Forum called on all nations Thursday to pledge a 50 percent cut in their emissions of greenhouse gases by 2050 at U.N. climate change talks in December, bolstering appeals made a day earlier by seven of the region's most threatened islands.
President Barack Obama wanted to put a human face on his plans to overhaul health care, and a Virginia woman did just that Wednesday.
Mexican President Felipe Calderon made a push Monday for his proposal for a $10 billion "green fund" as a more efficient way to fight climate change than carbon credits.
Africa must seize the opportunity to turn the current economic crisis to its own advantage and reshape global institutions long dominated by the West, political and business leaders said at the annual World Economic Forum on Africa.
The top U.S. negotiator on climate change said Tuesday that he is slightly more optimistic about striking a new international agreement to curb global warming after a two-day meeting with the world's largest emitters of greenhouse gases.
Likening the global financial crisis to a sinking ship, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva lashed out once more Wednesday against rich nations for provoking the world's economic woes and called for a new economic order based on input from all nations.
Iraq's Sunni vice president appealed Sunday for a "suitable recipe" to help transform his country's "unbalanced" economy, joining other government officials in sounding the alarm over the nation's finances.
The global economic crisis threatens to shrink investment in water infrastructure, an already underfunded sector vital to growth and public health, the World Bank said Tuesday
The White House on Thursday kicked off a series of regional health forums in Michigan by emphasizing that reforming health care is yet another way to help the nation's struggling economy.
Since Bill Gates left his full-time job at Microsoft Corp., his wife sees much more of him during the day — but not because he's at home. They work in adjoining offices running the world's biggest philanthropic organization, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Here's yet another danger from the global economic crisis. It could breed more corruption, as recession-starved officials increasingly demand bribes and hungry companies compete for shrinking resources.
Six-figure charity donations from Wall Street warriors dried up with corporate year-end bonuses this year. The children's charity World Vision made up for the difference by calling its donor list one by one.
Riot police fired tear gas and water cannons at bottle-throwing leftist demonstrators in Geneva who protested Saturday against the annual World Economic Forum meeting in the Swiss Alps.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned Saturday that unease about the global financial crisis was no reason to retreat into protectionism and fear.
Forget big business, this year politicians seem to have all the answers.
The CEO of megascreen producer Imax Corp. said he was confident the movie business would remain "fairly recession-proof" and that his company would benefit this year from the release of the new "Star Trek" film and the latest "Harry Potter" epic.
Pakistan's prime minister warned President Barack Obama on Friday that U.S. attacks on Islamic militants in Pakistani territory are inflaming tensions and undermining efforts to quell the insurgency in Afghanistan.
Don't put off action on global warming just because times are lean — that's the message Al Gore, world environmental leaders and U.S. executives sent Friday to President Barack Obama.
Mubarak's Virtual Enemies The fate of Arab bloggers and the fate of the Arab world are one and the same. Empower them and the region will prosper; suppress them and the region will continue to languish.
With President Barack Obama's radio/Web address Saturday, Associated Press writer Philip Elliott's lead on the weekly chat mentioned the president "is citing talks with Asian allies that he says could help create thousands of jobs." But Grumpy Editor notes there was a bi …
Lawyer: 9/11 defendants want platform for views - Yahoo! NewsThe five men facing trial in the Sept. 11 attacks will plead not guilty so that they can air their criticisms of U.S. foreign policy, the lawyer for one of the defendants said Sunday.
Net talking shop kicks off debateReporters Without Borders said it was "surprised" that the Internet Governance Forum will take place in Egypt's Sharm-el-Sheikh resort. Set up by the UN, about 1,400 participants are expected to attend the three day meeting which gets under way on 15 November.
Coal's Friends, Foes Took a First Step: Talking TogetherCoal was discussed from a variety of viewpoints at a public forum on November 5, 2009 at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky, especially as it pertains to the state of Kentucky. This opinion piece discusses that forum and coal's future.
Tweetboard Launches Twitter Client And URL ShortenerTweetboard, a recently-launched product that lets you create a Twitter-powered forum on any site, is adding additional functionality by releasing a Twitter client, new API, and a URL shortener, called PO.ST.
Hundreds crowd The Forum for free health clinicFor Joseph Unger, the blue metal doors that opened into The Forum before dawn Tuesday might as well have been the Pearly Gates of Heaven.
Video - Obama Calls for Civility in Health Care Debate - washingtonpost.comBarrack Obama speaks at a series of "Town Hall" meetings to explain what he is seeking to do through reform of the health care system.
Online forum trolls cost me millions: filmmakerAn online slanging match over a 9/11 conspiracy book that quickly degenerated into a vitriolic war of words is now the subject of a $42.5-million defamation case.
Online discussion boards, forums, and even comment areas on blogs are a great way to debate current issues.
BSNL scraps shabby WiMax tenderOfflate, the state owned BSNL scraps the tender for WiMax franchisee, where controversy broken after the presence of 6 shell companies of telecom minister.
I have said many times over many years that I think that The Constitution of The United States is broken. I have recently been asked to give specific examples of what I mean when I say that. This is, of course, a very fair question to ask.
WiMax scam - Indian politicians are milking the TelecomIndian politicians are milking the Telecom. The latest is the issuing of wiMax franchisee. The Telecom Minister A Raja floats five companies to grab the WiMax monopoly in India
"There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven't yet met." - William Butler Yeats
U.S. to Host Forum on Climate Change The U.S. will host a meeting of major economies in April in an effort to lay the diplomatic foundation for an international agreement on climate change and energy later this year.
Students attend CADCA's Forum in Washington DCStudents are also being engaged in the process, and three Croatan High School recently attended the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America National Forum held in Washington, DC. The students are also members of the Coastal Coalition and the county Substance Abuse Task Force.
Chesterfield's SAFE wins national award | Richmond Times-DispatchSubstance Abuse Free Environment Inc., or SAFE, received a Got Outcomes! Coalition of Excellence award by the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America.
Everyone who has ever taken the time to participate on an internet bulletin board related to a particular subject has probably discovered they can be the epitome of the double-edged sword.
Happy Winter Solstice - We Won!On December 18th, 2008 an Opinion and Order was handed down by Chief Judge Ancer L.
Remains found in Caylee Anthony case match predictions of forensic astrologersExcerpt: Astrologers posting on one of the Web's most popular true-crime forums predicted that the body of missing Caylee Marie Anthony, 2, of Orlando, Fla., was hidden in her own neighborhood and would indeed be found, despite the passage of months and the failure of massive s …
11 AWID ForumThe 2008 AWID International Forum on Women's Rights and Development broke AWID records. For the first time, the organisers were forced to turn away a large number of people, because there was simply not enough space for everyone who would have liked to attend.
Saddleback Forum Bloopers: FactCheckObama said he "worked with John McCain" on ethics legislation, when in fact their short-lived collaboration collapsed into bitter public wrangling long before any bill resulted.
Going to the gates of hell to chase down Osama bin Laden has the sound of a noble crusade; but did I really hear McCain claim he would wipe out evil on the earth? During the Saddleback Forum, Saturday night, did he say that we would totally defeat evil, wherever it exists?
Log In | Register
