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Fed chair Bernanke presses government to support economy
WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Monday he is confident the US economy will continue to expand, but he urged the US Congress and the White House to act to support stronger growth. “We expect the economy to continue grow… We are not expecting a recession,” Bernanke told…
Schwarzenegger hopes to save marriage despite ‘stupid’ affairs
LOS ANGELES — Arnold Schwarzenegger says he still hopes to salvage his marriage with Maria Shriver despite admitting multiple affairs, including one in which fathered a child with the family housekeeper. “I’m still in love with Maria,” Schwarzenegger says. The Hollywood star and former California governor, whose wife filed for…
British pop sensation Adele to perform new Bond song
British Grammy-winning singer Adele said Monday she will perform the theme song for the upcoming James Bond movie “Skyfall”, following in the footsteps of artists including Shirley Bassey and Madonna. Adele’s official website announced that it would premiere the song at 12:07 am London time on Friday (2307 GMT Thursday)…
France to cover total cost of abortion
France on Monday unveiled a package of reforms designed to increase access to abortion, including 100 percent reimbursement of medical costs by the state social security system. At present French women are only able to claim back between 70 and 80 percent of the costs, which average between 200 and…
Nationals baseball players ask Fed chairman about quantitative easing
In Washington DC, everyone expects talk-radio-glued taxi drivers to know the ins and outs of foreign policy and bartenders to fine-pick legislative tactics in Congress. But Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has just found out that the US capital’s pervasive policy wonkishness extends even to the city’s league-leading baseball team,…
NHL lockout failed to produce deal with players union
Three days of talks between National Hockey League officials and NHL players union leaders failed to produce an end to the two-week lockout and no new talks on a new deal have been scheduled. Both sides are planning to talk among themselves before scheduling a new round of discussions as…
Swedish police link Internet attacks to WikiLeaks founder Assange’s case
Internet attacks blocked access to several popular Swedish websites for part of Monday, local police said, linking the outage to the controversy surrounding WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. “Every time something happens in the Assange affair there are more attacks on the Internet in Sweden,” a national police computer expert, Anders…
NATO secretary general: Afghanistan withdrawal could come sooner than expected
Exclusive: Anders Fogh Rasmussen admits ‘green on blue’ attacks have hit morale, and raises prospect of accelerated pullout The retreat of western forces from Afghanistan could come sooner than expected, the head of Nato has said as he conceded that the recent Taliban strategy of “green on blue” killings had been successful in sapping morale.…
‘Family Guy’ creator Seth MacFarlane set to host Oscars
“Family Guy” creator Seth MacFarlane is to host the 2013 Oscars awards show in February, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Monday. MacFarlane, whose big screen directing debut “Ted” was a blockbuster hit earlier this year, will have a tough act to follow after veteran host Billy…
Poll: Celebrity endorsements don’t sway voters
For all their visibility along the campaign trail, A-list celebrities hold little sway over the way Americans vote, an omnibus poll for CBS News and Vanity Fair magazine suggested Monday. Eighty-nine percent of respondents said celebrity endorsements of a particular candidate made no difference to them when it came to…
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