Maycha http://maycha.com/word Maycha Blog Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:43:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Some Fargo residents refuse to move despite floods (AP) AP - Mac Butler believes he'll beat the bloated Red River and save his home again this year. But a canoe and kayak are tied up outside his house just in case he's wrong. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/maycha/~3/eLuQtfqBZc4/17798 http://maycha.com/word/archives/17798 Obama back to campaign-style politics, a strength (AP) AP - After a rousing campaign rally for New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine last summer, President Barack Obama flashed a broad smile to an aide as he boarded his helicopter back to the White House. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/maycha/~3/_JkZyO6gibI/17766 http://maycha.com/word/archives/17766 Clinton in Moscow for Mideast, nuclear arms talks (AP) AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday opened two days of talks with Russian leaders on nuclear arms control and other security issues, and separately with top international diplomats on the outlook for bringing Israel and the Palestinians back to peace talks. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/maycha/~3/fUHTb919F8o/17797 http://maycha.com/word/archives/17797 Lawmakers struggle to finish health overhaul bill (AP) AP - Pushing toward a history-making vote, Democrats struggled to eliminate lingering complications standing in the way of House action this weekend on President Barack Obama's landmark health care overhaul. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/maycha/~3/-fsTGUYplwE/17762 http://maycha.com/word/archives/17762 China Mobile growth prospects improve (Reuters) Reuters - China Mobile's (0941.HK) forecast-beating results suggest its years of investment in data services is paying off, helping the world's largest mobile carrier report an unexpected rise in revenue per user. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/maycha/~3/1d2KFgzlgBg/17788 http://maycha.com/word/archives/17788 PayPal to tie up with Chinese partner (AFP) AFP - China's top provider of electronic payment services will tie up with online payment platform PayPal, the two companies said, in a move that will let Chinese customers buy from overseas merchants. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/maycha/~3/6zOqVbU-StU/17786 http://maycha.com/word/archives/17786 Gov’t bank auditors got big bonuses (AP) AP - Banks weren't the only ones giving big bonuses in the boom years before the worst financial crisis in generations. The government also was handing out millions of dollars to bank regulators, rewarding "superior" work even as an avalanche of risky mortgages helped create the meltdown. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/maycha/~3/ysTkCglp0c8/17774 http://maycha.com/word/archives/17774 Report fails to shed light on SoCal runaway Prius (AP) AP - A California Highway Patrol officer responding to a report of a runway Toyota Prius last week arrived to find a Border Patrol agent near the driver with emergency lights on. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/maycha/~3/i9taYNZjL3E/17769 http://maycha.com/word/archives/17769 A symbol of the slave trade joins US and Cuba (AP) AP - Days from now, a stately black schooner will sail through a narrow channel into Havana's protected harbor, its two masts bearing the rarest of sights — the U.S. Stars and Stripes, with the Cuban flag fluttering nearby. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/maycha/~3/WasjGONsOwM/17776 http://maycha.com/word/archives/17776 ‘Jihad Jane’ due in federal court in Philadelphia (AP) AP - Whether she was seeking love or vengeance, or just an escape from her dreary, small-town existence, Colleen LaRose searched the Internet and found Muslim extremists eager to engage the unhappy American. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/maycha/~3/vr6Dhn27pM0/17760 http://maycha.com/word/archives/17760