http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=89382081&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Udonis Haslem slowly unfastened the mammoth gray boot he'll wear for the next few weeks, gingerly lifted his foot from the brace and flexed his toes a tiny bit.
Archives for January, 2011
Obama signs bill to improve nation’s food safety
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=89381614&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Foreshadowing the coming power struggles between the White House and a more Republican Congress, President Barack Obama on Tuesday signed a $1.4 billion overhaul of the nation's food safety system as some lawmakers complained that it's too expensive and threatened its funding.
Archdiocese in Wis. to seek bankruptcy protection
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=89380303&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The Archdiocese of Milwaukee said Tuesday it would file for bankruptcy protection because pending sexual-abuse lawsuits could leave it with debts it couldn't afford. A lawyer who filed many of those lawsuits, however, said he thought the archdiocese was using bankruptcy as a delay tactic to avoid opening its records to public scrutiny.
Judges rule cross at Calif. park unconstitutional
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=89380234&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A war memorial cross in a San Diego public park is unconstitutional because it conveys a message of government endorsement of religion, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday in a two decade old case.
Ala. judge preps for thousands of Chantix lawsuits
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=89380130&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A federal judge in Birmingham is overseeing at least 1,200 lawsuits involving pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. and its stop-smoking drug Chantix.
Navy firing over videos raises questions of timing
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=89380127&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The Navy brusquely fired the captain of the USS Enterprise on Tuesday, more than three years after he made lewd videos to boost morale for his crew, timing that put the military under pressure to explain why it acted only after the videos became public.
Colorado man takes plea in Navy SEAL weapons case
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=89379749&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A Colorado man has pleaded guilty to conspiracy and a weapons charge in a case alleging a Navy SEAL smuggled and sold machine guns and other weapons from Iraq and Afghanistan.
TV sales jumped in 2010 but buyers waited on 3-D
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=89379622&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK People are buying a lot of televisions but mostly passing on 3-D, according to a report released this week.
Jones expects to pick Cowboys coach soon
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=89379370&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK As Jerry Jones considered minority candidates for his next head coach, front-runner Jason Garrett remained hard at work, too, on Tuesday.
House GOP challenges Obama to join them
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=89379369&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK On the brink of power, House Republicans challenged President Barack Obama on Tuesday to join them in a drive to cut federal spending, ban earmarks for favored projects and overhaul the nation's tax code.