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The president is expected to press his core proposals and take questions from YouTube, Facebook and Twitter at a town hall-style event. By Noam Levey and Michael Muskal Reporting from Los Angeles and Washington -- President Obama travels to Virginia today for a multimedia town hall-style event designed to keep up the pressure for a healthcare reform plan. Obama is not expected to present any new proposals, but today's effort at Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale is part of the White House's ongoing campaign to push healthcare through Congress, which returns next week from its Fourth of July break. The president has said he hopes to sign a healthcare bill in the fall. Meeting that timetable, however, is far from certain given Republican opposition and concerns among some Democrats about the price of a new... [read full story]
Last week it was hard to choose which was the better ending to a decade of make believe. Indeed, we suspect the US army's worst soldier would have loved the effrontery of juxtaposing all these unfunded promises with that gem of...
Published Date: 21 November 2009 Ten British servicewomen on operations in Afghanistan have been sent back to the UK in the past six months after falling pregnant. The servicewomen were evacuated between April 31 and October 31...
in their rush to make a quick buck. With a Sipp , you should be able to put into your pension whatever you want, though some investments may well attract high tax charges. Residential property, wine, vintage cars and art are...
Like generals, some businessmen's success owes as much to luck and timing as it does to naked talent. I suspect Archie Norman's arrival at ITV will prove the point. He may need to develop a pay-TV platform, possibly based...
