Admin wants Fed to oversee "systemic risk": sources Reuters.co.uk Fri, 08 May 2009 17:14 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration is expected to propose legislation by June calling for the U.S. Federal Reserve to play a central role in regulating systemic risk in the economy, trade association sources said on Friday. | Alan Keyes arrested at Notre Dame WorldNet Daily Fri, 08 May 2009 17:14 PM PDT Former presidential candidate and WND columnist Alan Keyes was arrested this afternoon, along with 21 others, on charges of trespassing while he was protesting against Barack Obama's abortion record at the University of Notre Dame. | Obama administration renews sanctions on Syria Tiscali Fri, 08 May 2009 17:11 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Friday he had renewed sanctions against Syria because it posed a continuing threat to U.S. interests, despite sending two envoys to Damascus this week to try to improve ties. | Obama to give speech to Muslim world Tiscali Fri, 08 May 2009 17:10 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama, who has made rebuilding U.S. ties with the Muslim world a cornerstone of his foreign policy, will deliver a key speech in Egypt on June 4, the White House said on Friday. | Obama, Yemeni president talk Gitmo AP via Yahoo! News Fri, 08 May 2009 17:09 PM PDT President Barack Obama has spoken directly with the president of Yemen about what to do with almost 100 Yemeni nationals detained at Guantanamo Bay, potentially easing the way for a mass transfer of prisoners away from the soon-to-be-closed U.S. facility. | Correction: Piracy story San Francisco Chronicle Fri, 08 May 2009 17:08 PM PDT In an April 13 story about pirates at sea, The Associated Press erroneously quoted President Barack Obama vowing "to halt the rise of piracy." Obama misspoke, according to a White House transcript, using the word "privacy," not "piracy," in his... Related: Barack Obama - White House - United States - Piracy - Politics | Dems Assail Obama's Hit List Washington Post Fri, 08 May 2009 17:03 PM PDT Lawmakers vow to protect the pet programs Obama's plan trims or eliminate to save $17B. | Nine-year-old from Eugene will be in President's book FOX Eugene Fri, 08 May 2009 17:03 PM PDT A missive from a Eugene elementary school student is on its way to President Obama, included in a collection of American children's hopes and dreams for the future. His words touch on personal pain in the past, then empathy, then hope. Jae also wrote about the rising unemployment rate, another serious subject for any child to contemplate. | New List For Popular Baby Names WJTV Jackson Fri, 08 May 2009 17:02 PM PDT The first name of President Obama, while not at the top, moves up on the list of popular names for boys. | | |
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