House GOP freshman face political pressure of debtWednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 4:07AMIdaho’s GOP freshman in the U.S. House of Representatives is Raul Labrador. The attorney and former Idaho state lawmaker was elected to serve in Washington in the 2010 election. The conservative Republican has pushed for deeper cuts to the U.S. budget.
Zwei Freunde stemmen ein neues FestivalWednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 4:06AMUwe Schalowski und Jürgen Strehle wollen das Gaswerkgelände in ein schwäbisches Tollwood verwandeln. Von Lilo Murr
Cellphone companies still selling hot airWednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 3:30AMThe cellphone networks, which do rather well out of our collective obsession with staying connected via our ever-more-clever handsets, have been disappointingly slow to embrace aspects of the Consumer Protection Act which don’t suit them.
Nigeria: Body of Drowned PDP Chieftain Yet to Be RecoveredWednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 3:14AMThe body of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, chieftain in Lagos, Mr Al-Mustaim Abaniwonda, who reportedly jumped into a lagoon in Marina, Lagos, Monday, is yet to be recovered.
My recent Oakland mini-vacation: Getting back to "There"Wednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 2:28AMThe Washington Inn is quaint, centrally located and affordable. I used to be able to travel the world on the cheap by squeezing all my pennies until the eagle screamed, searching for discount airfares and deals, making various work-for-travel arrangements and embedding with the military.