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...stranger to controversy. A dogged critic of all things E.U., Klaus most recently likened the bloc to the Soviet Union. He is also a rare yet prominent global warming doubter - he does not believe that climate change is caused by man and has called costly measures to curb it a waste. (See pictures of Victory Day in Russia...
...growing momentum toward bringing down health spending also explains why, despite a notable lack of specifics or any means of enforcement, the White House was so eager to embrace the voluntary pledge of health-industry leaders to curb its costs by $2 trillion over the next 10 years. "This is a historic day, a watershed event in the long and elusive quest for health-care reform," President Obama declared. On Tuesday, Obama followed up that photo op by meeting with business executives who have been at the forefront of holding down the costs of their employees' medical coverage...
...this year's opening-weekend record with the $85 million, toppled an expected 68% to place second. The Matthew McConaughey rom-com Ghosts of Girlfriends Past won the show position with a more demure drop of 32%; but it wasn't falling from lofty heights, more stepping off a curb. Beyonce's Obsessed and the Zac Efron 17 Again filled out the top five. Less successful at reviving a dormant film form - the 1970s blaxploitation comedy - was the druggy Next Day Air, which took in just $4 million. It finished first only in the Cool Name for a Director category...
...there was a catch. While declaring the polar bear threatened by global warming, the Bush Interior Department added a rule that limited the use of the ESA to curb greenhouse gas emissions. In other words, even though science says that global warming is directly hurting polar bears and man-made carbon emissions are the chief cause of global warming, Washington wouldn't be allowed to use the ESA to do anything about...
...majority of 51 votes, eliminating the need for any GOP support. Where, they demanded, was the bipartisanship the President had promised? So, right there in the Cabinet Room, the President put a proposal on the table, according to two people who were present. Obama said he was willing to curb malpractice awards, a move long sought by Republicans that is certain to bring strong opposition from the trial lawyers who fund the Democratic Party...