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US shop’s Valentine’s offer: sex toys for guns
WASHINGTON – A shop in the US state of Alabama on Tuesday launched a Valentine’s Day offer it hopes will trigger a large response in a limp economy: customers can swap their guns for sex toys. “In today’s economy, this is a way of helping people who may feel they…
Peak oil now? Leaked cables show concerns that Saudis running low
Potential oil reserves are often treated as a state secret. This is especially true in Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest oil producer. But soon, the cheap energy bonanza could be on the downturn, according to US State Department documents released by British newspaper The Guardian. The documents, dated between 2007…
Republicans push tax hike on private insurance plans with abortion coverage
WASHINGTON – A provision in a high-priority Republican bill would effectively hike taxes on private insurance plans that include abortion coverage, representing a significant threat to the pro-abortion-rights movement. The provision is in Rep. Chris Smith’s (R-NJ) measure HR 3, the “No Taxpayer Funding For Abortion Act,” which has 173…
Cyber crooks targeting smartphones: McAfee
SAN FRANCISCO – Smartphones have become prime targets for hackers and spammers, computer security firm McAfee said in a report released Tuesday. The number of pieces of malicious software, referred to as “malware,” surged 46 percent last year as compared with 2009, according to a McAfee Threats Report for the…
White House launches high-speed rail push with $53 billion plan
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Tuesday called on Congress to back a six-year, $53-billion investment in high-speed, intercity rail, saying it was “dreaming big” on reinventing US infrastructure. But Republicans, now wielding the power of the purse after November’s mid-term election triumph, slammed the plan, and called on the…
White House seeks to clamp down on piracy, copyright infringement
WASHINGTON – The Obama administration unveiled a blueprint Monday to beef up digital copyright laws, as part of an effort to adjust intellectual property regulations in the age of the Internet. “Our efforts focus on combating significant acts of infringement, protecting legitimate uses of the Internet and respecting principles of…
Moore sues ‘Fahrenheit 9/11′ producers, alleging profits skimming
Academy Award-winning filmmaker Michael Moore has sued financiers Harvey and Bob Weinstein for allegedly skimming more than $2.7 million from the profits of the 2004 documentary “Fahrenheit 9/11″. According to the lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court Monday, “This case is about classic Hollywood accounting tricks and financial deception…
Why can’t the US legalize drugs? There’s ‘too much money in it,’ Clinton says
In what will likely be seen as something of a Freudian slip by the US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton said recently in a Mexican news interview that the United States cannot legalize drugs as a means of fighting the black market because “there is just too much money in…
Unemployed US war veterans reaches new record high, labor report says
WASHINGTON – More than 15 percent of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans were unemployed in January, far higher than the national jobless rate and the highest since the government began collecting data on veterans in 2005, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said on Friday. That rate could go even higher…
Obama urged entrepreneurial focus on America
WASHINGTON – Barack Obama on Saturday urged entrepreneurs to focus on the needs of America and “make their mark.” “If we make America the best place to do business, businesses should make their mark in America,” the President said in his weekly radio address. “They should set up shop here,…
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