NewsCloud.com Usa News http://www.newscloud.com/section/usa Sat, 05 Jul 2008 18:34:39 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 en-us McCain Backer's Firm Pleaded Guilty To Funding Terrorist Group In http://www.newscloud.com/read/McCain_Backer_s_Firm_Pleaded_Guilty_To_Funding_Terrorist_Group_In The co-host of a recent top-dollar fundraiser for Sen. John McCain oversaw the payment of roughly $1.7 million to a Colombian paramilitary group that is today designated a terrorist organization by the United States.

]]> Bloomberg.com: Worldwide http://www.newscloud.com/read/Bloombergcom_Worldwide June 24 (Bloomberg) -- The world's biggest financial firms may lose as many as 175,000 jobs by this time next year as Citigroup Inc. and other banks shed workers amid slowing revenue and billions in writedowns, executive recruiters say.

]]> George Carlin: Comedian George Carlin Dead http://www.newscloud.com/read/George_Carlin_Comedian_George_Carlin_Dead Stand-up comedian George Carlin, whose routine about forbidden words on the airwaves led to a key Supreme Court decision on government broadcast oversight, died of heart failure near Los Angeles. He was 71.

]]> t r u t h o u t | US General Accuses Bush Administration of War Crimes http://www.newscloud.com/read/t_r_u_t_h_o_u_t_US_General_Accuses_Bush_Administration_of_War_Crimes Maj. Gen. Antonio Taguba (now retired) served as the deputy commanding general for support for the Third Army for ten months in Kuwait during the early days of the Iraq occupation. In a statement released today, he bluntly accuses the Bush administration of war crimes and lays down a challenge for prosecution.

]]> Mr. Bush v. the Bill of Rights - Editorial - NYTimes.com http://www.newscloud.com/read/Mr_Bush_v_the_Bill_of_Rights_Editorial_NYTimescom In the waning months of his tenure, President Bush and his allies are once again trying to scare Congress into expanding the president's powers to spy on Americans without a court order.

]]> RBS issues global stock and credit crash alert - Telegraph http://www.newscloud.com/read/RBS_issues_global_stock_and_credit_crash_alert_Telegraph The Royal Bank of Scotland has advised clients to brace for a full-fledged crash in global stock and credit markets over the next three months as inflation paralyses the major central banks.

]]> Right Web | Pentagon Reined in Cheney's Plans for Iran Strikes http://www.newscloud.com/read/Right_Web_Pentagon_Reined_in_Cheney_s_Plans_for_Iran_Strikes Pentagon officials firmly opposed a proposal by Vice President Dick Cheney last summer for airstrikes against Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) bases by insisting that the administration would have to make clear decisions about how far the United States would go in escalating the conflict with Iran, according to a former George W. Bush administration official.

]]> Mich. ruling allows K-9 units to sniff without warrant http://www.newscloud.com/read/Mich_ruling_allows_K9_units_to_sniff_without_warrant GENESEE COUNTY, Mich. - Police - or at least K-9 units - now can go sniffing around outside your house even without a warrant.

A recent court ruling said police don't need a search warrant to take drug-sniffing dogs to the front door of homes, as long as they have a tip there are illegal drugs there.

]]> Inteligentaindigena Indigenismo : Madden removed from air by ESPN http://www.newscloud.com/read/Inteligentaindigena_Indigenismo_Madden_removed_from_air_by_ESPN Mark Madden, who made his reputation with bold, outlandish attacks on famous people, has been permanently removed from the air by ESPN.

]]> Obama Will Be Rupert Murdoch's Next Tony Blair http://www.newscloud.com/read/Obama_Will_Be_Rupert_Murdoch_s_Next_Tony_Blair Lovable media mogul Rupert Murdoch, owner of News Corp, has been going around predicting a landslide victory for the Democrats this November and also big-upping Senator Barack Obama-he called Obama a "superstar" and a "complete phenomenon" at a conference yesterday.

]]> Rachael Ray ad pulled as pundit sees terror link - Food Inc.- msnbc.com http://www.newscloud.com/read/Rachael_Ray_ad_pulled_as_pundit_sees_terror_link_Food_Inc_msnbccom Dunkin' Donuts pulled a television spot featuring talk show host and Food Network personality Rachael Ray this weekend after a Fox news commentator associated it with terrorists.

]]> Inteligentaindigena Indigenismo : Real Truth Online: Vincent Bugliosi Wants Bush Charged with Murder http://www.newscloud.com/read/Inteligentaindigena_Indigenismo_Real_Truth_Online_Vincent_Bugliosi_Wants_Bush_Charged_with_Murder Vincent Bugliosi - who in the early 1970s successfully prosecuted Charles Manson for the murder of Sharon Tate and six others - lays out his case against Bush in The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder (Perseus Books, 2008)

]]> Activist wants Bush arrested on arrival http://www.newscloud.com/read/Activist_wants_Bush_arrested_on_arrival Minneapolis activist will ask that President Bush be tried for war crimes. Ed Felien wants Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman to convene a grand jury.

]]> Black Accountability Project: DNC Color Divide http://www.newscloud.com/read/Black_Accountability_Project_DNC_Color_Divide "AAPP says: Karen Brooks of The Dallas Morning News is reporting on the problems involving the selection of Democratic National Convention bloggers. Check out the link to her article below. Ms. Brooks provides a great overview on the issues involving the Democratic Party and how they are treating black bloggers. I know Native Americans and the Angry Indian must be wondering why Native Americans seem to be excluded by the DNC as well."

]]> Senate Moves Forward on Orwellian Bill http://www.newscloud.com/read/Senate_Moves_Forward_on_Orwellian_Bill n the wake of Senator Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) and Susan Collins\\\\\\' (R-ME) alarmist report, "Violent Islamist Extremism, the Internet, and the Homegrown Terrorism Threat," the Senate may be moving towards passage of the Orwellian "Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007" (S. 1959).

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