Biden: Obama stopped $4B in wrong paymentsFriday, July 15, 2011 @ 12:09AMWASHINGTON, July 14 (UPI) -- The Obama administration stopped nearly $4 billion from being paid in error, including checks to dead people, Vice President Joe Biden said in a commentary.
Minnesota Hacker Gets 18 Years Prison for “Vendetta of Cyber Terror”Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 10:44PMA Minnesota hacker was sentenced to 18 years in prison on Tuesday for using his neighbors’ wireless network without permission and then framing them for child pornography distribution and email threats against Vice President Joe Biden and other officials. The man, 46-year-old Barry Ardolf, apparently unleashed a “vendetta of cyber terror” on his neighbors in [...] Minnesota Hacker Gets 18 Years ...
2 GOP leaders at odds on debtThursday, July 14, 2011 @ 6:07AMWASHINGTON -- Two top Republican leaders clashed Wednesday over a plan that could allow the government to avoid a potentially catastrophic default, but would not ensure the deep cuts in federal spending that party members seek.
Hoffa off and running for 3rd term with TeamstersSunday, July 10, 2011 @ 1:52PMJames P. Hoffa, who has already served as president of the Teamsters union longer than his legendary father, James R. Hoffa, is off and running for his third, five-year term as the union’s president.
US looks to Pakistan border for Afghan endgameSunday, July 10, 2011 @ 5:12AMKHOST, Afghanistan (AFP) - The US-led military campaign in Afghanistan is shifting its focus from Taliban strongholds in the south to the Pakistani border, where troops will likely fight until 2014.