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U.S. / NEWS Tue Oct 2, 2007 @ 1:59pm neoform

New York Times -- Oscar S. Wyatt Jr., the Texas oilman accused of cheating the United Nations oil-for-food program, pleaded guilty yesterday to paying hundreds of thousands of dollars in kickbacks to Saddam Hussein’s government in 2001 to gain access to lucrative Iraqi o.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Oct 1, 2007 @ 9:24am neoform

www.miamiherald.com -- As the national debt heads toward the $10-trillion mark, generous Americans are sending checks to the federal government. Donations to the Bureau of the Public Debt have topped $2.5 million so far this year. That's the highest amount since at least 199.. Read More

U.S. / OPINION Thu Sep 20, 2007 @ 4:45pm neoform

Wired -- International travelers concerned about being labeled a terrorist or drug runner by secret Homeland Security algorithms may want to be careful what books they read on the plane. Newly revealed records show the government is storing such information for ye.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Jul 24, 2007 @ 3:53am neoform

BBC News -- A coalition of US military veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is suing the US government. The class-action lawsuit on behalf of hundreds of thousands of veterans claims they have been denied disability pay and mental health treatment. The.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue May 29, 2007 @ 4:10pm neoform

USA Today -- The federal government recorded a $1.3 trillion loss last year — far more than the official $248 billion deficit — when corporate-style accounting standards are used, a USA TODAY analysis shows. The loss reflects a continued deterioration in the fi.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue May 29, 2007 @ 8:17am neoform

USA Today -- The federal government recorded a $1.3 trillion loss last year — far more than the official $248 billion deficit — when corporate-style accounting standards are used, a USA TODAY analysis shows. The loss reflects a continued deterioration in the fi.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat May 26, 2007 @ 10:25am neoform

Washington Post -- The Federal Emergency Management Agency has sold trailers to victims of the 2005 hurricanes at prices that range from $1 to $20,000, under inconsistent policies that prompted a temporary ban on all trailer sales, according to a new government report. D.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri May 18, 2007 @ 8:19am neoform

FOX News -- More than 200 firearms enthusiasts — most of them openly armed — packed a normally sedate government building Thursday night, hoping to win a pistol or rifle and at the same time send a defiant message to New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and othe.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed May 2, 2007 @ 1:06pm neoform

New York Times -- For more than five years, President Bush authorized government spying on phone calls and e-mail to and from the United States without warrants. He rejected offers from Congress to update the electronic eavesdropping law, and stonewalled every attempt to i.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Apr 24, 2007 @ 8:14am neoform

Washington Post -- It's a perk of federal employment: a free monthly subsidy that pays for commutes on public transportation. But scores of workers have been taking the government for a ride, selling their benefits on the Internet and pocketing millions in cash each year... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Mar 20, 2007 @ 12:43am neoform

USA Today -- The dramatic climb in fuel prices tapered off last week, the government said Monday, a sign that the worst could be over. The nationwide average price of gasoline rose just 1.8 cents last week to $2.577 a gallon, the U.S. Energy Information Administrat.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Mar 15, 2007 @ 1:34pm neoform

USA Today -- More than 1 million pages of historical government documents — a stack taller than the U.S. Capitol — have been removed from public view since the September 2001 terror attacks, according to records obtained by the Associated Press. Some of the papers.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Mar 14, 2007 @ 9:15pm neoform

SF Gate -- A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that the government does not have to turn over evidence from the trial of Sept. 11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui to family members of those killed in the terrorist attacks. The three-judge panel of the 4th U.S... Read More

U.S. / OPINION Tue Mar 13, 2007 @ 2:40pm neoform

Wired -- Ladyjusticeblue AT&T told an appeals court in a written brief Monday that the case against it for allegedly helping the government spy on its customers should be thrown out, because it cannot defend itself -- even by showing a signed order from the govern.. Read More

U.S. / OPINION Tue Mar 6, 2007 @ 8:43am neoform

Wired -- It could be a scene from Kafka or Brazil. Imagine a government agency, in a bureaucratic foul-up, accidentally gives you a copy of a document marked "top secret." And it contains a log of some of your private phone calls. You read it and ponder it and.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Mar 1, 2007 @ 10:56pm neoform

New York Times -- A majority of Americans say the federal government should guarantee health insurance to every American, especially children, and are willing to pay higher taxes to do it, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News Poll. While the war in Iraq remai.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Feb 28, 2007 @ 7:44pm neoform

Yahoo News -- Foes of the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays hope for better results in their efforts to repeal it in the new Democratic-run Congress. Rep. Martin Meehan, D-Mass., on Wednesday revived legislation aimed at forcing the military to elimi.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Feb 12, 2007 @ 2:16am neoform

Los Angeles Times -- In an experiment that's opening a new front in the culture wars, a growing number of states are paying antiabortion activists to counsel women with unplanned pregnancies. At least eight states — including Florida, Missouri and Pennsylvania — use pu.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Feb 6, 2007 @ 8:31am neoform

Yahoo News -- In the neighborhood President Bush visited right after Hurricane Katrina, the U.S. government gave $84.5 million to more than 10,000 households. But Census figures show fewer than 8,000 homes existed there at the time... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Feb 5, 2007 @ 1:38pm mrmdc

Signon San Diego -- The government has opened an investigation into engine fires in Pontiac Grand Prix passenger cars, officials said Friday... Read More