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  • Trump's budget could plunge nation's capital into recession

    04/01/2017 5:29:23 PM PDT · by ameribbean expat · 138 replies
    While many of the targeted federal agencies have offices outside Washington, Trump's dream budget would hit the region disproportionately, with tens of thousands of jobs at risk. The cuts would be felt throughout the city, with fewer people riding the already-beleaguered Metro subway or eating at restaurants. It would also hurt Washington's already-shaky market for office space. Economist Stephen Fuller of George Mason University, who has studied the regional economy for decades, estimated 20,000-24,000 federal employees and 10,000 federal contractors would lose their jobs under Trump's proposal. That equates to 5 percent of federal workers in the region. With those...
  • Florida Wounded Warrior gets surprise visit from Tim Tebow

    03/10/2012 11:56:09 AM PST · by Kaslin · 25 replies
    FOX News.com ^ | March 10, 2012
    <p>The Denver Broncos' Tim Tebow came to Tampa, Fla., Friday to appear at a fundraiser and meet with a wounded Afghanistan veteran, My Fox Tampa Bay reports.</p> <p>Mar. 9, 2012: U.S. Army Ranger Romy Camargo got a surprise visit from Tim Tebow in Florida.</p>
  • Jewish center to stage play on Grant's anti-Semitic order

    08/19/2003 12:03:11 PM PDT · by archy · 62 replies · 537+ views
    The Louisville [KY] *Courier-Journal ^ | 10 August 2003 | JUDITH EGERTON /KEITH WILLIAMS
    Jewish center to stage play on Grant's anti-Semitic order By JUDITH EGERTON • August 10, 2003 jegerton@courier-journal.com The Courier-Journal BY KEITH WILLIAMS, THE COURIER-JOURNAL Playwright Nancy Gall-Clayton has written a Civil War play about Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's ordering Jews out of his territory. Few historians know about it, and Gen. Ulysses S. Grant omitted it from his autobiography. But it happened. During the Civil War, the Union Army leader issued an order expelling Jews from their homes, including 30 families in Paducah, Ky. President Abraham Lincoln revoked the order about three weeks later, but much damage had already been...
  • Arab world in turmoil

    04/07/2003 4:39:36 AM PDT · by lainie · 69 replies · 268+ views
    news.com.au ^ | April 7, 2003 | AP
    ARABS reacted with dismay and disbelief to television images of US tanks in the heart of Baghdad, with some dismissing the news as American propaganda and others signing up for jihad. While few Arabs believed Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's regime could indefinitely hold out against the allied onslaught on Baghdad, many had expected the capital to put up a more ferocious fight than the southern city of Basra, which had taken British troops two weeks to dominate. That is why news of US troops in central Baghdad left many shocked and wondering whether Saddam had been bluffing when he promised...