Published: 12/3/09
By Dale Eisman
WASHINGTON (Dec. 2) -- Public praise for their civilian superiors is expected of senior uniformed leaders. But the nation's top military man seemed to go out of his way on Wednesday to praise President Barack Obama's plan to send 30,000 additional troops to Afghanistan, then begin withdrawing them ...
Published: 12/3/09
By Joseph Schuman
(Dec. 3) -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, under siege for the Fed's role in the financial crisis, was fighting to preserve his job and the central bank's authority as senators consider his renomination. ...
Published: 12/3/09
By Steve Pendlebury
(Dec. 3) -- The jokes, funny videos and news parodies are all over the Web, which means the Tiger Woods scandal is now officially a big story. The only surprise is that it took nearly a week to reach this level. ...
Published: 12/2/09
By Op Ed Contributor
(Dec. 2) -- Newt Gingrich and Dan Varroney say that the big question out of the White House jobs summit is whether President Obama will change course and embrace a different set of job-creation policies than the failed approach to economic recovery followed by both Obama and George W. Bush. ...
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Published: 12/2/09
By Joseph Schuman
(Dec. 2) -- The fight to tame U.S. oversight of banks and Wall Street heated up Wednesday and now looks likely to dominate this week's hearing on the renomination of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. ...
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Published: 12/2/09
By Andrea Stone
WASHINGTON (Dec. 2) -- There was a sense of deja vu all over again at the first in a series of Capitol Hill hearings on the Obama administration's new strategy in Afghanistan. ...
Published: 12/2/09
By Richard Vedder
(Dec. 2) -- President Obama has said he wants fresh ideas for his jobs summit Thursday. Here's one he's not likely to hear: Don't do anything. Economic indicators suggest the jobless rate will fall on its own, and "doing something" could easily hurt more than it helps. ...
Published: 12/2/09
By Lawrence Mishel
(Dec. 2) -- If any consensus emerges from Thursday's White House summit on jobs, it should be this: Let's deal with unemployment first and the deficit second. And here's a plan that will create 4.6 million jobs in one year. ...
Published: 12/2/09
By Linda Gradstein
JERUSALEM (Dec. 2) -- East Jerusalem, at the crux of the conflict between Jews and Palestinians for more than 40 years, is more contested than ever this week in light of several reports that suggest Israel is pursuing a deliberate policy of "judaizing" the city Palestinians view as their future ...
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Published: 12/2/09
By David Knowles
(Dec. 2) -- As President Barack Obama announces plans to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan, isolationist sentiment in America has reached record levels, a new survey suggests. ...
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Published: 12/2/09
By Allan Lengel
(Dec. 2) -- Prosecutors have tried, and tried, and tried. And tried again. But on Tuesday, John Gotti Jr. got off for the fourth time. Following 11 days of deliberation, a federal judge in Manhattan declared a mistrial in Gotti's latest racketeering trial. Now the question is: Will the U.S. ...
Published: 12/2/09
By Buck Wolf
(Dec. 2) -- How does Tiger Woods put his scandal to rest and return to being the world's greatest golfer? The world's greatest scandalmonger has a few suggestions. ...
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Published: 12/2/09
By William Boston
BERLIN (Dec. 2) – In his speech announcing 30,000 more U.S. troops for Afghanistan, President Obama said he was "confident" that allies would join in the escalation. But he is likely to be sorely disappointed with the response, since Europe seems neither militarily equipped nor politically ...
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Published: 12/2/09
By J Alexander Thier
President Obama made a strong and eloquent case for our continued effort to stabilize both Afghanistan and Pakistan. Now the question is: How do we get from here to there? ...
Published: 12/2/09
By Steve Pendlebury
(Dec. 2) -- Some people are so upset about Michaele and Tareq Salahi crashing the White House State Dinner that they want the publicity-hungry socialites prosecuted. While there's new evidence that they weren't invited, it's not clear whether they did anything illegal. ...
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Published: 12/1/09
By Sphere Staff
(Dec. 1) -- President Obama's speech formally announcing his plans for the war in Afghanistan generated an avalanche of opinion, much of it critical of one aspect or another of his strategy for winning the war. As a service to readers, Sphere asked experts from different political perspectives to ...
Published: 12/1/09
By Michael Cohen
(Dec. 1) -- If you tuned in late to President Obama's speech this evening announcing his decision to send an additional 30,000 troops to Afghanistan, you might be forgiven for initially thinking that George W Bush was still president. ...
Published: 12/1/09
By Joseph Schuman
(Dec. 1) -- President Barack Obama made his case Tuesday for an intensified fight in Afghanistan, arguing to war-weary Americans that a temporary build-up there is needed to set up an exit that ensures long-term security. ...
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Published: 12/1/09
By Dana Chivvis
(Dec. 1) -- Contrary to popular belief, the world is not searching the Internet mostly for porn. ...
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Tom Design 12:24PM (3/19/2006)
what a lucky dude! watch out for that blind spot on the semi's, is the lesson here. and in an audi TT you're so low and little it is even harder for them to see you on the right side. but the buss slamming into them, that's just too much to believe, what was that driver doing?
here's other wrecks people walked away from with the help of an angel!
http://www.wreckedexotics.com/
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KC 12:38PM (3/19/2006)
I don't think riding in the blind spot was the cause of the accident. That truck lost control and smashed the median (and the TT) - I don't think the truck was merely changing lanes!
Anyhow, I still can't understand how that guy survived. It looked like the passenger compartment was crushed so bad that even a cat would not have enough room to survive. Amazing!
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emulous1974 1:15PM (3/19/2006)
If it's true that the tractor trailer was out of registration, 16K lbs overloaded and riding on bald tires. I have a feeling that Audi Dealer is gonna be able to afford a coule new S8's for him and his wife. I smell a pretty big law suit.
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drolds1 1:48PM (3/19/2006)
Another carefully researched newspaper article. This accident occurred on the Long Island Expressway in NY, where I live. Not in New Jersey. The TT driver is the sales manager for an Audi dealer, not the dealer. The accident was caused by a failure of the truck's steering gear which caused its driver to lose control. Emulous is correct about the improper registration, overweight load and bald tires.
The Audi driver credits the TT's twin steel hoops behind the front seats with saving his life.
How many facts can you get you possibly get wrong in a short article like this?
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Grant B 2:37PM (3/19/2006)
I'm not so sure that's factually incorrect. But relax anyway.
I'd like to see the cabin before the jaws of life and see just how intact it was.
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iQuack 6:08PM (3/19/2006)
Whoever is responsible for putting that overloaded, worn tired, monster on the highway should be shot!
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Mike from Scarborough 8:23PM (3/19/2006)
Yup...German Cars save lives..My Freids brother rolled his 2004 Jetta 6 times all air bags went off.He walked away.
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Steve S 10:33PM (3/19/2006)
Well if he didn't have religion before I'm thinking he will now. Unbelievable! Glad he's alright, boys need their fathers.
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James Fabin 10:46PM (3/22/2006)
I saw this video on the news and hit record on my DVR - watched it several times, just amazing. This is a perfect example of buying a car that has high safety ratings and features - you never know what's going to happen.
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Bryan Pacelli 6:59PM (4/17/2006)
I am thankful for all your support - I am a but messed up, getting hit in the head by a bus won't do anyone much good, however, I am here. To the person wondering about the passenger compartmant - I have pictures and it is INTACT! I was hit by a tractor trailer, rear ended by a bus and the inside although showing signs it wanted to give was very impressive! Thank you all again. I appreciate the support. Bryan
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China Bus 4:09AM (4/26/2006)
Good topic about Audi, I love it. Classic one.
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