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. ...
We're sure that policemen in Holland have seen plenty of strange things. The tiny country gets people from all over the world who can't wait to do all kinds of stuff that they'd never do at home. And we suspect that the Dutch wish they wouldn't do them in Holland, either. This time, though, the noteworthy behavior came from one of their own: at a random police check, an 84-year-old Dutchman admitted that his car was uninsured, that it had never had a vehicle safety test, and that he hadn't had a license for 67 years. The reason he'd never been caught: even though he's been driving since before Pearl Harbor, he's never had an accident or a ticket. So maybe he shouldn't get an honorary license, but perhaps some kind of award is in order...
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Jason 6:07PM (6/22/2007)
Sooo...how did he get his license plates and such?
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Mike 4:05AM (6/23/2007)
The plates are permanently tied a particular car here in Holland, so that's not a problem. They also don't check if you have a license when they list the license plate on your name.
Also, the writer of this story has evidently never been to the Netherlands. There's a lot more weird stuff on the road in the US than over here!
rgseidl 6:29PM (6/22/2007)
Perhaps the fact that he was always driving his DAF66 in reverse on the freeway should have tipped someone off.
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Vexorg 7:00PM (6/22/2007)
I bet they'll order him to get a license so they can suspend it.
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jamesc 7:18PM (6/22/2007)
Not that I'm supporting people that don't have a license or insurance, but I admire this guy more than the people who do have their license, insurance, but drive like complete idiots. Half-kudos to this guy.
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Jon 9:37PM (6/22/2007)
Full kudos to this guy. "Catch Me If You Can"?
bmoredlj 8:42PM (6/22/2007)
The photo would suggest the old man is also in a rap video.
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Peter 5:45AM (6/23/2007)
Ah, it's easy to spot Dutch people without a license, they get yellow number plates...
Cheers from over the border ;-)
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