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Archives of: June 2010

The Kagan Hearing’s Surprise Winner

The biggest winner of the Elena Kagan confirmation battle may be a conservative lawyer who never stepped foot inside the hearing room and was once on the fast track to a seat on the bench Kagan will probably soon occupy. As unlikely as it may have seemed at the start of the week, Miguel Estrada has emerged as the wronged hero seven years after he capitulated in a bitter partisan fight over a seat on a federal ... read more

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June 30, 2010

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Archives of: June 2010


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Justin Fishel

June 22, 2010 3:42 PM

Pentagon Bracing for Leadership Change

Military officials inside the Pentagon are bracing themselves for the possibility that by Wednesday morning General Stanley McChrystal might not be the top commander in Afghanistan. Fallout ... read more



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Amy Kellogg

June 22, 2010 2:45 PM

African Entrepreneur Honored

Upon accepting his award as African Business Leader of the Year, Wale Tinubu, CEO of Oando PLC, an integrated energy company based in Nigeria, spoke passionately about what Africa needs. “The support of the international community—not aid, we ... read more



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Maggie Kerkman

June 22, 2010 2:06 PM

Judge Rules Against Moratorium

U.S. District Court Judge Martin Feldman has ruled in favor of oil related businesses hoping to end a 6-month moratorium on drilling for oil in deepwater. The ruling just came down in New Orleans. Read it here: http://www.laed.uscourts.gov/GENERAL/Notices/10-1663_doc67.pdf Several oil related service businesses had filed the suit claiming the moratorium unfairly ... read more



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Malini Wilkes

June 22, 2010 1:33 PM

Home Sales Fall Unexpectedly

Home sales dipped unexpectedly in May, a surprise to some analysts who predicted that the homebuyer tax credit might boost the market for some months to come. The National Association of Realtors reports that sales of existing homes fell 2.2 percent in May, following an increase of 8.0 percent in April. The tax credit expired April 30, but buyers have until June 30 ... read more



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Reena Ninan

June 22, 2010 1:05 PM

Obama Needs His Mideast Groove Back

One year ago, President Barack Obama traveled to Cairo and gave a major foreign-policy speech--addressing  worries in the Muslim world that the U.S. was neglecting their concerns.  Arab analysts widely  judged Obama's efforts to have been successful, effectively hitting the reset button on U.S-Arab relations. I was in Cairo for the speech and I remember  the head of ... read more



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Greg Palkot

June 22, 2010 10:58 AM

BP’s Hayward London ‘No-Show’

LONDON - BP Chief Executive Tony Hayward was a "no-show" at an oil industry meeting in London today, but his presence and the fact of the Gulf oil spill was very much present. Filling in for Hayward was BP’s Chief of Staff Steve Westwell.  In his comments he called the spill “…a tragic accident with severe financial consequences and a profound impact on ... read more



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Greg Burke

June 22, 2010 10:48 AM

Lance’s Tour De France: Is 38 A Big Deal?

Lance Armstrong, the seven-time Tour de France winner, will be trying for one more victory in the prestigious race when the Tour begins next week. Any chance for Lance? Probably not, although his age, 38, has started an interesting debate, after Outside magazine’s most recent issue ran a controversial cover of the cyclist. Outside photo-shopped a picture of Lance ... read more



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Ibrahim Hazboun

June 22, 2010 10:47 AM

Another Israeli Upset with the White House

The Jerusalem municipal planning committee decided to destroy 22 houses in the Arab neighborhood of Silwan, an area where 55 thousand Palestinians live in a neighborhood just east of the old city of Jerusalem.  The plan is to turn this area into an archeological park. This announcement came as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to meet President ... read more



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Adam Housley

June 22, 2010 10:26 AM

Battling for the Border

The Tohono O’odham area and for that matter, the southern Arizona Desert has become almost a second home during my 8 years at Fox. This includes 5 trips to the lawless border town of Sasabe, patrolling with the federal agents on horseback, reporting on immigration stories with the Tohono O’odham Indian Nation, among at least 60 other reports I have covered in this ... read more



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Laura Prabucki

June 22, 2010 9:29 AM

Going to Pot: The Science Behind Marijuana

By Anita Vogel and Laura Prabucki The debate over medical marijuana started in earnest 14 years ago, when Californians passed Proposition 215. That allowed people with a doctor's ... read more