pCongressional hopeful and state Rep. Cory Gardner, R-Yuma, caught some flack today for missing a vote on a water bill critical to his district while in a series of Washington, D.C. meetings./p
pSenate Bill 52 nearly died in the House this morning, only to be resurrected at the last minute on a narrow 33-30 vote. It would protect boundaries of a designated groundwater basin that's home to the Republican River and Gardner's Eastern Colorado district.
Read more »pWhat should you do if your car suddenly accelerates? Here are three ways to stop the vehicle, according to Toyota:/p
p_ Step on the brake pedal with both feet using firm and steady pressure. Do not pump the brakes./p
p_ Shift the transmission gear selector into neutral. Use the brakes to make a controlled stop by the side of the road./p
p_ If you're unable to put the vehicle in neutral, turn off the engine. This will cut off power assist to the steering wheel and brakes, but as long as the key is in the ignition, you will still be able to steer and brake.
Read more »pThe state's largest invester-owned utility is prepared to spend up to $35 million to pass a little-publicized measure on the June ballot./p
pIn a statement to shareholders, first reported by Capitol Weekly, Pacific Gas Electric Co. noted that they were prepared to spend between 6 and 9 cents per share on Proposition 16.
Read more »pa href="http://thedailywh.at" target="_hplink"Via The Daily What /acomes this awesome graph made by a href="http://nathanieljames.tumblr.com" target="_hplink"Tumblr user Nathaniel James/a.
Read more »pPHILADELPHIA (AP)-- A suburban Philadelphia woman "desperate to do something" to help suffering Muslims has been charged with using the Internet to recruit jihadist fighters and help terrorists overseas, even agreeing to move to Europe to try to kill someone, prosecutors said Tuesday./p
pAuthorities said the case shows how terror groups are looking to recruit Americans to carry out their goals./p
pA federal indictment charges that Colleen R.
Read more »pOnly about a third of the homeowners who have successfully completed the trial period of the Obama administration's mortgage modification program have been offered permanent relief, according to new federal data obtained by the Huffington Post./p
pThe conversion rate -- about 33 percent -- is woefully short of what the Treasury Department had forecast. Treasury thought the rate would be "ranging up to 75 percent," Herbert M.
Read more »Stirring memories of his campaign for the White House, President Barack Obama made a spirited, shirt-sleeved appeal for passage of long-stalled health care changes Monday as Democratic congressional leaders worked behind the scenes on legislation they hope can quickly gain passage.
Read more »President Obama stepped up pressure Monday on Democrats to retool the nation's health care system, decrying those who put politics above policy.
Read more »Most Republicans have opposed President Obama's health care bill from the first day he proposed reform. If the House passes the Senate bill in the next few days, it will probably do so without any Republican support.
Read more »pNewsweek editor Jon Meacham is in advanced talks to host a weekly show on PBS, Elizabeth Jensen a href="http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/09/newsweeks-meacham-in-talks-for-weekly-pbs-show/" target="_hplink"reports for the New York Times/a./p
pMeacham and former NPR/MSNBC/MTV host Alison Stewart are expected to host "Need to Know," which Jensen describes as "a new PBS Friday night public affairs series."/p
pThe show will replace "Bill Moyers Journal" and "Now."/p
pMeacham is a regular on MSNBC, appearing often on the network's "Morning Joe" to unveil the Newsweek cover.
Read more »Fifty-seven percent (57%) of voters say the health care reform plan now working its way through Congress will hurt the U.S. economy.
Read more »A moderate Democrat who had vowed to oppose any effort by party leaders to push a health care bill through the Senate with a simple majority vote is rethinking her position.
Read more »Two of the worldâs biggest pharmaceutical companies said Tuesday they are uniting their animal health businesses in a deal to become the top dog in the veterinary industry, The Associated Press reported.
Read more »The White House is mounting a stinging, sustained broadside against health insurance rate increases as President Obama and his aides enter what they hope will be the final stretch of a year-long political war over health-care reform.
Read more »NEW DELHI â Indiaâs government introduced a bill to parliament yesterday that proposes to reserve one-third of the legislatureâs seats for women, angering socialist lawmakers who tore up papers and tried to tear out microphones.
Read more »Let's put the shoe on the other foot concerning the Thai Foreign Ministry's refusal to issue a visa to Jetsun Pema, sister of the Dalai Lama (Opinion, Mar 7): If there were a Muslim cleric family from the South of Thailand using other countries to seek autonomy for the South, would you stand up and cheer for those host countries? When Muslims mix religion and politics it is labelled theocracy ...
Read more »pFirst, let me get some caveats out of the way. Since my co-editor Andrew and I are judging in the first round this year (in past years we've judged the Zombie Round), I want to say that I wasn't involved in laying out this year's brackets--that task was left up to the seeders.
Read more »pJean Paul Gaultier's a href="http://www.target.com/gp/browse.html/ref=sc_iw_ss/?node=1294293011" target="_hplink"collection for Target/a is almost sold out online...but left nearly untouched in stores, according to various blogger reports.
Read more »Reuters - The sequel to Phantom of the Opera, one of the biggest musicals of all time, opens in London on Tuesday amid disquiet among die-hard phans who have been posting opinions online since previews began two weeks ago.
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