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By now, we should all be familiar with Toyota’s woes. No sooner did the automaker finally ascend to the No. 1 global spot, displacing General Motors, than it began to hit speedbumps and potholes. There were historic financial losses, lawsuits, and embarrassing, tragic recalls. At one point, it was widely believed that Toyota could do no wrong. All of a sudden, it could do no right.
The Rev. Bernice King embraced the legacy and leadership of her parents on Friday as she became the first woman to head the civil rights organization co-founded by her father.
Liberia's president said Thursday she has not ruled out running for office again in 2011, despite campaign promises to only serve one term.
Luxembourg's premier spoke out Tuesday against former British Prime Minister Tony Blair's candidacy to become the European Union's first-ever president.
Russia's president on Saturday defended recent local elections that drew fraud allegations, inspired an opposition walkout of parliament and strengthened the Kremlin's grip on power.
The FIA has asked the two candidates running to succeed Max Mosley as president of motor racing's governing body to avoid "negative campaigning."
Regions Financial Corp. said Thursday it has named a board member to the newly created position of chief operating officer as part of a corporate succession plan.
North Dakota State University President Joseph Chapman, stung by criticism of the ballooning cost of his new home and a $22,000 trip to President Barack Obama's inauguration for himself and his family, announced Wednesday that he is resigning.
Seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher is offering strong support to former Ferrari team principal Jean Todt for the presidency of motor racing's governing body.
Suppose your team, the one you bleed for, was stuck with a quarterback. Not any quarterback. A really lousy one, who can’t impress today and doesn’t inspire confidence for tomorrow. Let’s call him JaMarcus Leinart. For lack of a better name.
Fox's “Glee” has only aired a half-dozen episodes, but it has already established a rabid fan base. Because creativity and frivolity is so rare on network television, those fans have latched on to the over-the-top satire of high school life told through a glee club.
Taiwan's High Court on Friday upheld its earlier decision to keep former President Chen Shui-bian in detention after the Supreme Court ordered it to hold a hearing on the matter, an official said.
The civil rights group co-founded by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. narrowed the list of finalists for its next president Saturday to his youngest daughter and an Arkansas judge.
The president of Somalia on Sunday denounced the recruiting of young men from Minnesota's huge Somali community for terrorist activity in his war-ravaged homeland, and said he plans to work with the U.S. government to bring those still alive back home.
Trustees at the University of Illinois have accepted the resignation of the school's president in the wake of an admissions scandal.
Venezuela's top prosecutor is asking Interpol to capture former President Carlos Andres Perez for violence committed during street protests two decades ago.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says she likes being president — even if it's just of the U.N. Security Council.
Oral Roberts University has inaugurated the third president in the Oklahoma school's history.
You may be accomplished, and you may be cool. But step aside. You're no Chris Howard.
The president of Brandeis University, who came under intense criticism for recommending that the school close its art museum and sell parts of its $350 million collection, says he is stepping down.
It was a passionate but hidden love. The president of the French Republic and the Princess of Cardiff had no choice.
The president of Fiorentina has submitted his resignation at a board meeting for the Italian soccer club.
Taiwan's High Court has ruled that former President Chen Shui-bian should remain in detention while appealing a lower court's life imprisonment sentence on wide-ranging corruption charges.
Dartmouth College is the first Ivy League school to inaugurate an Asian-American president.
Armenian President Defends Turkey PolicyRelations are tightly woven around the genocide carried out by the Turks in the beginning of the 20th century.
WND falsely claimed alleged Fort Hood shooter "advised Obama transition""WorldNetDaily falsely claimed that alleged Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan "advised Obama transition" in the headline of an article by Jerome Corsi highlighting his listing as a "participant" in a report for the Homeland Security Policy Institute (HSPI) at George Washington Univer …
Flashback: Bernanke on Unemployment: 'we don't think it will get to 10 percent'The unemployment report may come as a surprise to those who have been following the Obama administration and mainstream economists like Paul Krugman. Here are some choice quotes from those we've entrusted with our economy:
The Republican Health PlanHouse Republican leaders have produced their own health care reform bill. Here is the first thing you need to know: It would do almost nothing to reduce the scandalously high number of Americans who have no insurance.
New NYC Transit boss Thomas Prendergast is an old handThe next NYC Transit president may not have much of a learning curve - the leading candidate once was agency vice president in charge of subways, the Daily News has learned.
President Obama delivers remarks at White House-Tribal Nations conference - washingtonpost.comSPEAKER: PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA [*] OBAMA: Thank you. (APPLAUSE) Thank you so much. Thank you. Everybody, please, have a seat. Thank you. (APPLAUSE) Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you very much. (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) Thank you so much. Thank you.
I seldom think of those idiots in faux broadcasting positions be it radio, television or print.
If you were the president of USA, what would you do to make America better? Better as in economic sense, justice, quality of life, etc...
This helps the politicians hide their political affiliation. My political party headquarters was not even anywhere to be found spent 3 weeks looking. If it were not for mailings I never would have known as newspaper coverage was almost non existant.
Can you believe it has been a whole year since Barack Obama was elected President? Where were you when you found out he had won? How was your voting experience? I am a Canadian so obviously did not vote in NJ but the Hyder family did have its own Election Headquarters.
Conservative describes more appropriately those to the far right. They comprise the audience of conservative talk radio and preacher land because that is all they have to tune in to.
Once again, the voting public has spoken. Once again, what they're telling us is sad. As in California with Proposition 8, 53% of voters in Maine have voted to repeal legislation which would have extended equal rights to gay citizens:
He's the presidential pooches' right-hand manDale Haney has kept the White House grass green and the flowers blooming for 40 years, but he's cultivated something else just as important: relationships with the presidents' pooches. Haney has tended to all of them from Richard Nixon's King Timahoe to Barack Obama's Bo.
In Iowa, Second Thoughts on Obama NY Times goes to Iowa, the source of the Obama juggernaut, to check on the President's popularity. And finds a lot of second thoughts.
He's the presidential pooches' right-hand manDale Haney has kept the White House grass green and the flowers blooming for 40 years, but he's cultivated something else just as important: relationships with the presidents' pooches. Haney has tended to all of them from Richard Nixon's King Timahoe to Barack Obama's Bo.
Obama warns Afghan president: Time for new chapter - Yahoo! News on Yahoo! NewsPresident Barack Obama warns Afghan President, future of Afghan-U.S. partnership in concern.
Barack Obama: so much for superhero As the anniversary of his victory looms, the troubles are mounting for a president who promised so much.
Conservative Revolt Good News For RepublicansHoffman, a successful accountant from White Plains, N.Y., sought the GOP nomination to run for the seat left vacant when Obama tapped eight-term Republican John McHugh to be secretary of the Army.
Limbaugh compares himself to Paul Revere and predicts Obama will be a one-term PresidentLimbaugh: "It's my talent that draws the crowd. The news is incidental to it... every day you get up and there's a new potential to liberty and freedom being launched by this man [President Obama]..."
Wallace hosts Limbaugh on Fox News Sunday for half-hour deluge of misinformation"Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace dedicated the first half of his November 1 program to an interview with radio host Rush Limbaugh, during which Wallace allowed and in some cases prompted Limbaugh to advance numerous misleading, baseless, or outrageous claims, as well as engage …
Limbaugh Repeats Liz Cheney's Bogus Talking Point About Bush Honoring Fallen Troops"Rush got "Open Line Friday" rolling by announcing that the Republicans in Congress will offer an alternative health care reform bill next week. But Rush said that would be accepting the premise.
More Poetry, Please - Thomas L. Friedman New York Times Op-Ed Columnist More and more lately, I find people asking me: What do you think President Obama really believes about this or that issue? I find that odd.
Obama to Lift HIV/AIDS Travel BanIt appears that President Obama is doing everything in his power to enforce laws against the majority of Americans.
Obama to Lift HIV/AIDS Travel BanWASHINGTON (Oct. 31) -- President Barack Obama said Friday the U.S. will overturn a 20-year-old U.S. travel ban against people with HIV early next year.
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