Antiwar Newswire

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=87871300&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Congressional leaders have appointed a small bipartisan group of lawmakers to meet with Obama administration officials to negotiate a deal to extend Bush-era tax cuts that expire at the end of the year.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=87871297&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK In advance of a public unveiling Wednesday, the co-chairmen of President Barack Obama's deficit commission Tuesday promised that they haven't watered down their plan to cut the deficit by almost $4 trillion over the coming decade.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=87871295&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The Green Bay Packers have placed linebacker Brandon Chillar and tight end Spencer Havner on season-ending injured reserve.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=87871223&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Dan McCarney was a young assistant at Iowa when Hayden Fry left North Texas to become the Hawkeyes' new head coach.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=87871181&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The surveillance video from the overhead cameras shows Hanni Elabed being beaten by a fellow inmate in an Idaho prison, managing to bang on a prison guard station window, pleading for help. Behind the glass, correctional officers look on, but no one intervenes when Elabed is knocked unconscious.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=87871067&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Center Pierre-Marc Bouchard is set to suit up for the Minnesota Wild for the first time in more than a year.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=87871066&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK When Jeff Stoutland says he wears Miami's "U" on his chest, he's talking about something deeper than a logo on a polo shirt.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=87871062&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A Pentagon study released Tuesday found that gays could serve openly in the military without hurting its ability to fight.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=87871001&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Merck & Co. on Tuesday named as its new CEO the executive who engineered the company's legal strategy following the Vioxx recall, which culminated in a multibillion dollar nationwide settlement.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=87871000&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Toby Gerhart's impact as a rookie has been minimal for a second-round draft pick and Heisman Trophy runner-up who arrived in Minnesota as the likely replacement for the departed Chester Taylor.