Posts Tagged ‘failed’

Iraqi town says justice failed victims of US raid (AP)

Omer Chasib who lost his father in the U.S. Marines raid in Haditha in 2005 stands in front of his house in Haditha, Iraq, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012. There were no public outbursts of anger in Haditha on Tuesday when the news that the U.S. Marine sergeant, who told his troops to 'shoot first, ask questions later' in a 2005 raid reached a deal with prosecutors to serve a three-months prison sentence for the killing spree that ended with 24 unarmed Iraqis dead. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP – In this town which saw 24 unarmed civilians die in a U.S. raid seven years ago, residents expressed disbelief and sadness that the Marine sergeant who told his troops to “shoot first, ask questions later” reached a deal with prosecutors to avoid jail time.


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Obama speech echoes in town with failed factory (AP)

AP – After 19 years running state unemployment offices across northern Missouri, Steve Moore can rattle off the names of shuttered factories in this old railroad town with ease.

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New year’s resolutions failed? Try these 5 mobile apps 

Falling behind on keeping up with your new year’s resolutions? There’s an app for that.

Whether your resolution was to be on time more, diet or cut back on the money flying out of your wallet, desktop and mobile apps can help keep resolution-makers on track — and get those who are already slipping up back to where they want to be.

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Co-chairs say debt panel has failed to reach deal (AP)

Supercommittee member, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., walks with reporters as he departs the Capitol Hill office of Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., after meeting with other Supercommittee members as time for action by the deficit reduction panel grows short, Monday, Nov. 21, 2011, on Capitol Hill in Washington.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP – The bipartisan leadership of a special congressional deficit supercommittee has officially announced that the panel has failed to reach an agreement.


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Failed GOP fence mending

A judge’s ruling that declared Phil Ragusa chairman of the Queens Republican Party last week has done little to mend the fractured organization.

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Jaycee Dugard: Gov’t failed to monitor monster

California kidnapping victim Jaycee Dugard is suing Uncle Sam for not properly monitoring her parolee abductor – who was out on early release from federal lock-up at the time he snatched her.

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House probing $528M loan to failed solar company (AP)

FBI agent carry a box of evidence from Solyndra headquarters in Fremont, Calif., Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011. The FBI are executing search warrants at the headquarters of California solar firm Solyndra that received a $535 million loan from the federal government. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP – The Obama administration’s eagerness to deliver economic stimulus may have influenced a federal review of a loan to a now bankrupt solar panel manufacturer, a move that may have left taxpayers on the hook for a $528 million debt, House Republicans said Wednesday.


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