| May 12, 2010 | Economy / BusinessThe CEO of TJ Max more than doubled his compensation to $14.8 million. The CEO of Gillette took home $16.5 million in stock and salary last year. The chief executive of Affiliated Managers Group Inc. was rewarded with $18 million. And Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz earned...
| May 10, 2010 | Peace / SecurityEurope wants the United States to remove the nuclear weapons it stockpiled across the continent during the Cold War, the Associated Press reports. “The presence of tactical nuclear weapons in Europe, from a military point of view, no longer makes any...
| May 7, 2010 | Food / FarmingLow milk prices having been hammering the nation’s dairy farmers, including those in New York’s 24th congressional district, where Republican Candidate Richard Hanna is challenging Democrat Michael Arcuri. According to a May 7 article in the Little Falls,...
| May 6, 2010 | Environment / Health“This disaster is a wakeup call,” Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune said during a visit to the Gulf Coast. “We need to stop the expansion of offshore drilling, immediately.” You can read the rest of his statement online, as well as...
| May 5, 2010 | Peace / SecurityThe Huffington Post’s Dan Froomkin reports that Senators Lindsay Graham (R-SC) and Susan Collins (R-ME) balked during a hearing at supporting new legislation that would prevent suspected terrorists from buying guns. Also, Froomkin noted, a “Government...
