Car dealers win one in U.S. House: Exemption from new consumer law WASHINGTON – Auto dealers won a key concession to keep their lending business from the powers of a proposed federal consumer protection bureau, overcoming a last-ditch attempt by House Democrats to expand the bureau’s powers. Read more on Detroit Free Press .
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Soccer Capsules: U.S. defense is injury central
Soccer Capsules: U.S. defense is injury central PRINCETON, New Jersey — United States defenders Oguchi Onyewu, Jay DeMerit and Carlos Bocanegra are all battling injury ahead of the World Cup in South Africa. Read more on The Brownsville Herald .
Missed mortgage payments at record high in U.S.
Missed mortgage payments at record high in U.S. The number of American homeowners falling behind on their mortgage payments reached a record high in the first three months of this year. Read more on CBC.ca .
U.S. climate bill arrives in Senate
U.S. climate bill arrives in Senate By Jeff Tollefson Senators John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) released their much anticipated global warming bill on Wednesday, setting the stage for one last attempt to get climate legislation through the U.S. [More] Read more on Scientific American .
Liu Approved by U.S. Senate Panel for Appeals Court (Update1)
Liu Approved by U.S. Senate Panel for Appeals Court (Update1) May 13 (Bloomberg) — The Senate Judiciary Committee approved on a party-line vote the nomination of law professor Goodwin Liu to be a federal appeals court judge, clearing the way for possible confirmation by the full Senate. Read more on Bloomberg .
Drug Smugglers Get Help From U.S. Prison Gangs
Drug Smugglers Get Help From U.S. Prison Gangs When Mexican drug traffickers need someone killed or kidnapped, or drugs distributed in the United States, they increasingly call on American subcontractors: U.S.-based prison gangs that run criminal enterprises from behind bars, sometimes even from solitary confinement. Read more on Skanner .
Mexican Traffickers Get Help From U.S. Prison Gangs
Mexican Traffickers Get Help From U.S. Prison Gangs When Mexican drug traffickers need someone killed or kidnapped, or drugs distributed in the United States, they increasingly call on American subcontractors – U.S.-based prison gangs that run criminal enterprises from behind bars. Read more on ABC 7 El Paso .
What is the proper way to learn sign language in the U.S.?
Assume I know absolutely nothing about sign language at all. When a person wants to seriously learn the language (I’m assuming I would want to know ASL, rather than an other kind), how do they learn it? With other languages, I would recommend that if you’re serious, to study at a university, but I have […]
How to make language teaching in the U.S. dramatically more effective
by Philip Yaffe “Why are Americans so poor at learning to speak other languages?” is asking the wrong question, because the answer is obvious. They don’t learn to speak other languages because they don’t need to. Or more pertinently, they have little or no opportunity to do so even it they want to. […]