MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) — Forty-nine bodies with their heads, hands and feet hacked off were found Sunday dumped on a northern Mexico highway leading to the Texas border in what appeared to be the latest carnage in an escalating war between Mexico’s two dominant drug cartels. Local and federal authorities discovered the bodies before dawn… Read more »
Monthly Archives:: May 2012
US, Pakistan in intense negotiations aimed at reopening NATO supply line into Afghanistan
The United States has been holding intense negotiations with Pakistan to get the country to reopen its border to supplies meant for NATO troops in Afghanistan, a U.S. official said Monday, a day before senior Pakistani decision makers are set to discuss the issue. Source: FOXNews.com
AP Writers Seem Stunned That Romney Didn’t Deliver ‘A Red-meat Conservative Policy Speech’ in a Commencement Address
The headline at the Associated Press's Sunday morning story primarily about GOP presumptive presidential nominee Mitt Romney's commencement address at Liberty University ("Romney urges grads to honor family commitments") was at least acceptable. It went downhill from there, betraying what appear to be deeply-held biases held by writers Kasie Hunt and Rachel Zoll against Republicans,… Read more »
Lawmakers silent on Chinese takeover of U.S. banks
(THE HILL) — U.S. lawmakers have been unusually silent about federal regulators’ decision to allow a Chinese bank to take over 13 bank branches in New York and California, suggesting that they think American banks have much to gain. Members of both parties usually relish the chance to bash China on everything from government subsidies… Read more »