Archive for October, 2004

Sunday, October 31st, 2004

Whatever Election Day holds for her husband, Laura Bush is about to establish her own White House legacy in a bold transformation of the Lincoln Bedroom…
The pi

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Saturday, October 30th, 2004

In a formal whistle-blower complaint filed last week, Greenhouse alleged the award of contracts without competition to KBR puts at risk

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Friday, October 29th, 2004

The U.S. economy grew at a less-than-expected 3.7 percent annual rate in the third quarter after growing 3.3 percent in the second quarter, the Commerce Department estimated Friday. Economists were expecting gross domestic product to grow 4.3 percent. Consumer spending increased at a 4.6 percent rate while business investment grew at a 11.7 percent rate. […]

Friday, October 29th, 2004

The FBI (news - web sites) has begun investigating whether the Pentagon (news - web sites) improperly awarded no-bid contracts to Halliburton Co., seeking an interview with a top Army contracting officer and collecting documents from several government offices.

The line of inquiry expands an earlier FBI investigation into whether Halliburton overcharged taxpayers for fuel in […]

Friday, October 29th, 2004

A remark from a U.S. Senate candidate that black males have a “genetic predisposition” for a lower life expectancy has created a new furor in what has been an especially tight - and nasty - campaign.
Black legislators Thursday blasted former congressman Tom Coburn, saying his remark implied that black males are genetically inferior.
In a television […]

Friday, October 29th, 2004

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Friday, October 29th, 2004

1. It’s an IAEA seal he says
2. The barrels are correct
3. He says it’s RDX or HMX
4. With regard to the bunker shown it’s “game, set and match.”
He adds that is frightening that the soldiers would cut off locks then just leave. He blames lack of security (too few troops) He says no excuses for […]

Friday, October 29th, 2004

Thousands of spectators packed balconies on neat wooden houses along a mile-long stretch of road climbing up the Midwest state’s white Capitol, packed with what fire chiefs said was at least 80,000 people…
“I believe Senator Kerry honours these ideas, he has lived our history for the last 50 years. He has formed an adult view […]

Friday, October 29th, 2004

President Bush’s campaign said Thursday that it was replacing one of its closing advertisements after acknowledging that it included an image that had been doctored to increase the number of soldiers appearing to listen to Mr. Bush.
The abrupt move came after a liberal Web log, DailyKos, featured a posting showing that the same faces appear […]

Friday, October 29th, 2004

Human Rights Watch repeatedly gave U.S.-led coalition forces in Iraq detailed information about massive stockpiles of unsecured explosives and munitions located throughout the country, but coalition forces took little or no action to secure the stockpiles. In May 2003, Human Rights Watch provided U.S. and British forces with specific data, including precise GPS coordinates, on […]