US Politics
Michelle Obama talks anti-obesity to food giants (AP)
Wednesday, 17 March 2010 04:26
AP - Michelle Obama is urging the nation's largest food companies to speed up efforts to make healthier foods and reduce marketing of unhealthy foods to children.
When tweets can make you a jailbird (AP)
Wednesday, 17 March 2010 04:26
AP - Maxi Sopo was having so much fun living in paradise in Mexico that he posted about it on Facebook so all his friends could follow his adventures. Others were watching, too: A federal prosecutor in Seattle, where Sopo was wanted on bank fraud charges.
US Senate bill introduced to punish China on yuan (AFP)
Wednesday, 17 March 2010 04:26
AFP - Facing election-year pressure over unemployment, US senators have introduced legislation that would impose tough new penalties on China if it failed to revalue its currency.
GOP pushes back on Dodd schedule (Politico)
Wednesday, 17 March 2010 04:26
Politico - Most of the unhappy Republicans express their displeasure in temperate terms ndash; but not all.
Senate one-year hiatus on earmarks fails, splits GOP (McClatchy Newspapers)
Wednesday, 17 March 2010 04:26
McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON mdash; The Senate on Tuesday overwhelmingly defeated a bid to freeze spending earmarks for a year.