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Obama offers praise, pressure on historic Myanmar trip
YANGON (Reuters) – Barack Obama became the first American president to visit Myanmar on Monday, using a six-hour trip to balance U.S. praise for the government’s progress in shaking off military rule with pressure to complete the process of democratic … Continue reading
A remarkable, historic period of change
Five days isn’t a long time to digest a presidential election, all that came before it, and all that’s likely to come after. But it’s long enough to get a bit of perspective. Max Weber wrote that “politics is the … Continue reading
A remarkable, historic period of change
Five days isn’t a long time to digest a presidential election, all that came before it, and all that’s likely to come after. But it’s long enough to get a bit of perspective. Max Weber wrote that “politics is the … Continue reading
For sale: Historic Montana town where Custer fell
Aug 5 (Reuters) – A tiny Montana town near the banks of the Little Bighorn River where U.S. Army commander George Armstrong Custer made his last stand in 1876 against Sioux and Cheyenne warriors is…
Historic battleship makes last, brief voyage
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The battleship USS Iowa, a storied vessel that served during World War Two and the Cold War, made a brief final voyage on Saturday to its permanent berth at the Port of Los Angeles, where it … Continue reading
Historic Facebook debut falls flat
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The historic initial public offering of Facebook Inc did not go as planned on Friday, as the social networking company’s sky-high valuation combined with trading glitches…
Supreme Court ends historic healthcare law arguments
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Supreme Court on Wednesday ended more than six hours of oral arguments over three days about whether President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law would survive constitutional scrutiny, setting up to deliver a ruling on its fate … Continue reading
Supreme Court weighs historic healthcare law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two years after President Barack Obama signed into law a healthcare overhaul, the Supreme Court on Monday takes up a historic test of whether it is valid under the country’s Constitution.
Supreme Court weighs historic Obama healthcare law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two years after President Barack Obama signed into law a healthcare overhaul, the Supreme Court on Monday takes up a historic test of whether it is valid under the country’s Constitution.
W.Va. coal mine to pay historic $209M settlement in blast that killed 29 miners
The owner of the Upper Big Branch coal mine in West Virginia, where 29 men died in an explosion last year, has agreed to pay $ 209 million in civil and criminal penalties and promised to make major safety improvements … Continue reading