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Wisconsin Union Law Upheld By Supreme Court

The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled yesterday that a law stripping most unions of collective bargaining rights was passed legally and can go into effect, reversing a lower court's decision.
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Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich

Gingrich Rips NASA

Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich said NASA has been an absolute case study in why bureaucracy can't innovate.

Huntsman Set To Declare Candidacy, Insiders Say

Jon Huntsman, the former governor of Utah who until recently served as U.S. ambassador to China, is preparing to officially declare he is running for president on June 21, sources told the Associated Press.
Enoch Powell

Enoch Powell’s “Rivers of Blood” Speech (FULL-TEXT)

Here is the full-text of Enoch Powell’s famous (some would say infamous) “Rivers of Blood” speech on immigration. It was delivered to a Conservative Association meeting in Birmingham, England on April 20 1968. The speech led to Powell being sacked by Prime Minister Edward Heath and might be considered the pivotal moment of Powell’s long political career.
U.S. President Barack Obama speaks inside hanger at Luis Munoz Marin International Airport in Puerto Rico

Obama Pledges Support for Puerto Rico

In the first official visit of a sitting American president to the Caribbean commonwealth since John F. Kennedy in 1961, President Barack Obama landed in Puerto Rico Tuesday, saying he's committed to the success and self-determination of the U.S. island territory.

Liberal Activists Subject of FBI Probe

Activists promoting pacifism and pro-labor causes have sharply questioned a sweeping Federal Bureau Investigation trying to link them to terrorism, the Washington Post reported.
Braveheart

Scotland to issue its own sovereign bonds

The British government announced that Scotland will soon be allowed to issue its own sovereign bonds – guaranteed by Scotland itself, and not the UK government.
Yemen Crisis

CIA Preparing Yemen Drone Strikes

The Central Intelligence Agency is set to launch a campaign of unmanned air strikes against al Qaeda militants in Yemen who have become increasingly assertive as chaos has engulfed the country, the Wall Street Journal reported.
President Barack Obama

Obama: Family would be fine with one term

President Barack Obama said his wife and daughters aren’t all that “invested” in him being president and would be just as happy if he had decided against seeking re-election, Politico reported. But, he said, they believe in what he is doing for the country.
Postal workers return to a delivery office in west London

Thousands of UK postal workers likely to lose jobs

Up to 20,000 postal workers in Britain are likely to lose their jobs after the Royal Mail posted a £120-million loss in its letters and parcels business largely as a result of more people abandoning the system in favor of internet communications.

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