Group Think, Duct Tape and Slam Dunks
Rock and Roll Ain’t Noise Pollution By ANDREW O. SELSKY The Associated Press GUANTÁNAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba — Blaring from a speaker behind a metal grate in his tiny cell in Iraq, the blistering rock from Nine Inch Nails hit Prisoner No. 200343 like a sonic bludgeon. “Stains like the blood on your teeth,” […]
MoreS.F. faces $575.6 million budget deficit Heather Knight, Chronicle Staff Writer Tuesday, December 9, 2008 (12-08) 20:43 PST — San Francisco’s budget deficit for next year has grown to $575.6 million – equal to nearly half the city’s discretionary spending account. It’s a financial crisis Mayor Gavin Newsom called one of the worst the city […]
MoreNuclear weapons decision awaits Obama By Peter Eisler, USA TODAY OAK RIDGE, Tenn. — One of the most important national security decisions facing President-elect Barack Obama will unfold in this remote valley of aging factories, where workers enriched uranium for the first atomic bomb of World War II. The site is a linchpin in a […]
MoreBy Alexander Mooney CNN WASHINGTON (CNN) — Former Vice President Al Gore is set to meet with President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden Tuesday, leading to speculation Obama is eyeing Gore for a slot in his administration. According to the Obama transition office, the meeting will focus on issues relating to energy and […]
MoreTaking risks with bailout for U.S. automakers By David E. Sanger Tuesday, December 9, 2008 WASHINGTON: When President-elect Barack Obama talked on Sunday about realigning the American automobile industry he was quick to offer a caution, lest he sound more like the incoming leader of France, or perhaps Japan. “We don’t want government to run […]
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