Archive | June, 2009

Court: Stay tuned on campaign funds, civil rights (AP)

Court: Stay tuned on campaign funds, civil rights (AP)

Posted on 30 June 2009.

FILE - In this July 9, 2008 file photo, Supreme Court Justice David Souter, reacts after speaking at a dedication ceremony at the State Supreme Courthouse in Concord, N.H. Souter bid his colleagues fond farewells, and expressed gratitude to his fellow justices for the strong relationships forged over the years as he ended a career of nearly two decades at the Supreme Court Monday, June 29, 2009. (AP Photo/Jim Cole, File)AP – On civil rights and campaign cash, the Supreme Court earned an “incomplete” grade in the term that just ended. There is a good chance the court will have a new member but the same right-of-center tilt when the justices return in late summer to deal with unfinished business.

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Remainders: Peyton Place in the Palmetto State

Posted on 30 June 2009.

Remainders: Peyton Place in the Palmetto State

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The other Palin profile

Posted on 30 June 2009.

Purdum’s not the only one profiling Sarah Palin today.

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Remains of the day, June 30, 2009

Posted on 30 June 2009.

Blogs.

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Palin story sparks GOP family feud

Posted on 30 June 2009.

Vanity Fair piece has started a blistering exchange between high-profile Republicans.

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Zelaya meets with OAS to discuss response to coup (AP)

Zelaya meets with OAS to discuss response to coup (AP)

Posted on 30 June 2009.

Honduran President Manuel Zelaya gives a news conference at the United Nations Tuesday, June 30, 2009. Zelaya was ousted Sunday in a military coup. The U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday unanimously condemned the military coup in Honduras and demanded President Manuel Zelaya's immediate return to power, a decision the ousted Honduran leader called 'historic.' (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)AP – Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya met Tuesday night with envoys to the Organization of American States to discuss what Argentina’s foreign minister called an urgent and dangerous situation in Honduras.

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Franken wins Minn. Senate race; Coleman concedes (AP)

Franken wins Minn. Senate race; Coleman concedes (AP)

Posted on 30 June 2009.

Democrat Al Franken, right, with his wife Frannie Franken smile as they meet the media at their house in MInneapolis Tuesday June 30, 2009 after the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Democrat in the Senate race against Republican Norm Coleman. (AP Photo/Andy King)AP – Al Franken ascended Tuesday from the ranks of former “Saturday Night Live” comedians to an even more exclusive club, outlasting Republican Norm Coleman in an eight-month recount and courtroom saga to win a seat in the U.S. Senate.

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Source: NKorean ship headed back to north (AP)

Source: NKorean ship headed back to north (AP)

Posted on 30 June 2009.

The Kang Nam I, a North Korean 2,035-tonne general cargo ship, is pictured near Lantau Island in Hong Kong in this October 24, 2006 file photo. REUTERS/Paul Yeung/FilesAP – U.S. officials said Tuesday that a North Korean ship has turned around and is headed back toward the north where it came from, after being tracked for more than a week by American Navy vessels on suspicion of carrying illegal weapons.

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Analysis: US role in Iraq doesn’t end just yet (AP)

Analysis: US role in Iraq doesn’t end just yet (AP)

Posted on 30 June 2009.

Iraqi security forces react, in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, June 30, 2009. U.S. troops pulled out of Iraqi cities on Tuesday in the first step toward winding down the American war effort by the end of 2011. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)AP – U.S. troops are out of Iraq’s cities but not its future. Even a best-case scenario is likely to feature an American role there for years — militarily as well as diplomatically.

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Advocacy group sending Sotomayor papers to Senate (AP)

Posted on 30 June 2009.

AP – A Puerto Rican civil rights leader said Tuesday he was ready to start sending a trove of documents from Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor’s past to the Senate panel considering her nomination.

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