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Ex-U.S. President George H.W. Bush in intensive care
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Former President George H.W. Bush is in the intensive care unit of a Houston hospital and is in “guarded condition,” family spokesman Jim McGrath said Wednesday.
BBC boss George Entwistle resigns
The BBC’s director general, George Entwistle, resigns in the wake of Newsnight’s child abuse broadcast.
George McGovern, 1972 White House hopeful, dies aged 90
(Reuters) – Former Senator George McGovern, whose anti-Vietnam War stance in his 1972 presidential race against Richard Nixon led to one of the worst electoral defeats in U.S. history, died on Sunday at the age of 90, his family said.
Why George Soros thinks the euro will survive
George Soros’s speech on the euro is getting a lot of attention. Tony Fratto, a CNBC contributor and former treasury secretary, tweets that he’s “never had anything recommended to him more frequently.” Joe Weisenthal, at Business Insider, called it “brilliant.” … Continue reading
Florida shooter George Zimmerman returns to jail
SANFORD, Florida (Reuters) – George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer charged in the Florida killing of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin, returned to jail on Sunday after a court revoked his bond and ordered him back into custody.
Obama nominates George Mason professor Allison M. Macfarlane as NRC chairman
President Obama on Thursday nominated Allison M. Macfarlane, a professor of environmental science and policy at George Mason University, to be the next chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Macfarlane, a geologist by training, served as a member of the … Continue reading
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George W. Bush endorses Mitt Romney
As presidential endorsements go, this one could hardly have been more low-key. ABC News caught up with former president George W. Bush in an elevator in downtown Washington on Tuesday and asked the question that elicited the sound bite. Read … Continue reading
George Zimmerman: Prelude to a shooting
SANFORD, Florida (Reuters) – A pit bull named Big Boi began menacing George and Shellie Zimmerman in the fall of 2009.