From The Wire
GOP: Clinton Compromised, Obama Can Too
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 (UPI) — A former senior Republican congressman now governor of Ohio, John Kasich, said President Obama could take a lesson from former President Bill Clinton. In the party’s weekly media address, the former chairman of the House Budget Committee who took office as governor in January decried the partisan divisiveness in Washington […]
Obama: Politics Holding U.S. Back
ALPHA, Ill., Aug. 20 (UPI) — U.S. President Barack Obama said Saturday politics is “what’s holding this country back” and he called on members of Congress to “put country before party.” In his weekly radio and Internet address — recorded during his visit this week to Alpha, Ill. — the president said Washington “can learn […]
$320K Ransom In No. Ireland Kidnapping
BELFAST, Northern Ireland, Aug. 20 (UPI) — A mother and son kidnapped in Northern Ireland were found 24 hours later south of the border after her partner paid a large ransom, police said. Investigators said the crime may have been the work of a dissident Republican group trying to raise money, the Belfast Telegraph reported. […]
Ocean City, N.J., To Vote On BYOB
OCEAN CITY, N.J., Aug. 20 (UPI) — Voters in Ocean City, a Jersey Shore resort founded by four Methodist ministers, will decide in November if patrons can bring beer and wine to restaurants. City Clerk Linda MacIntyre said Thursday supporters of the BYOB policy have gathered enough signatures to get the issue on the ballot, […]
Conditions Deteriorating In Tripoli
TRIBPOLI, Libya, Aug. 20 (UPI) — Residents of Tripoli, the Libyan capital, described a city under siege Friday as rebels captured Zawiyah, 30 miles away. The New York Times reported that Tripoli residents in telephone interviews said trash is not being collected and crime is commonplace. Many people are trying to get out, they said. […]
Mom, Kids Die In Pittsburgh Floods
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 20 (UPI) — A fast-moving flash flood killed a woman and her two children Friday in Pittsburgh as storms dumped inches of rain on the city, authorities said. Pittsburgh Police Chief Nate Harper said at an evening news conference that a 70-year-old woman was missing, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported. Drivers described the water […]
Police: Husband, Woman Arranged Wife Death
MORRISTOWN, N.J., Aug. 20 (UPI) — A Massachusetts woman was charged Friday with arranging to have the wife of Boston man killed during a visit to her family in New Jersey. Investigators said they have recovered text messages between Kashif Parvaiz and Antoinette Stephen of Billerica, Mass., during the days before Nazish Noorani, 27, was […]
NYC Food Stamp Soda Ban Rejected
NEW YORK, Aug. 19 (UPI) — The U.S. Agriculture Department Friday rejected a plan to use New York as a test for banning the purchase of sugary drinks with food stamps. Mayor Michael Bloomberg proposed a two-year pilot program to see if the ban would reduce obesity rates among food stamp recipients, The New York […]
Militants Hit Checkpoints In Sinai
CAIRO, Aug. 19 (UPI) — Gunmen attacked seven checkpoints Friday in Sinai, Egyptian security officers said. Sources in the security forces told Al-Masry Al-Youm there was an hourlong gun battle at the Reisa checkpoint on the road to Jordan. Traffic was halted 2 two hours there. The attacks began Thursday night. Militants bombed a natural […]
U.N. Agency Sends Food To Bangladesh
NEW YORK, Aug. 19 (UPI) — Thousands of destitute families, driven from their homes by severe flooding in Bangladesh, remain stranded on sandbanks, the United Nations said Friday. Heavy rain in the past two weeks has left parts of Satkhira district in southwestern Bangladesh underwater, Michael Dunford, country director for the World Food Program, said. […]
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