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...tearing through a 33-man field that pitted him against Iowa’s Jake Kerr, No. 5 Steve Fittery of American University, and longtime nemesis Pami, O’Connor concluded his collegiate career at the top of his game. But the three-time All-American isn’t ready to hang up the singlet for good—not when it’s been over a year since his last defeat. Instead, O’Connor is prepared to take his effort to the next level on the international stage...
...like." With Democrats chanting the signature line of the Obama presidential campaign - "Yes we can!" - the House voted 219-212 to send a sweeping overhaul of the nation's health care system to be signed into law. "We tonight will make history for our country and progress for the American people," Speaker Nancy Pelosi declared shortly before the vote. "Today we have the opportunity to complete the great unfinished business of our country...
...well have ended the political careers of some who voted for it at a time when the public remains deeply divided over the entire endeavor. "If we pass this bill, there will be no turning back," warned minority leader John Boehner. "It will be the last straw for the American people." (See 10 health care reform...
...bill." It was a dead-serious message, but on a glorious spring day, when cherry blossoms were just beginning to appear on the trees, the atmosphere felt more like a carnival - especially compared to the day before, when some protesters had hurled racial epithets at a few African-American members of the House. The crowd was stoked by regular appearances that lawmakers made on a balcony overlooking the protesters. "It's interesting how many faces they recognize," said Republican Congressman Steve King of Iowa. Republicans flashed handwritten signs with the word No on them, sending the crowd into rapture...
...such luxury is afforded, for instance, to recent China visitor Tom Albanese, the American CEO of the Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto, for which China is now the largest market. On the same day that Google switched off its Chinese filters, four of Albanese's employees went on trial in Shanghai on corruption charges. If he still believed (as many in the foreign business community did when the four were arrested in 2009) that the trial was retribution for a soured deal with Chinalco, China's huge state-owned aluminum producer, he wasn't showing it. He wasn...