Thursday, December 02, 2010

Overview

2010/12/02 Headlines: Report: British Police Await Arrest Warrant for Assange; Amazon Drops WikiLeaks Website; Admin Cancels Atlantic, Gulf Drilling But OKs it in Alaska; Report: SEC, Banks in Talks to Settle Securities Probes; Fed Discloses Recipients of Bailout Loans; FCC Chair Backs Two-Tiered Internet Fees; Senate GOPers Threaten Filibusters to Maintain Tax Cuts for Wealthy; Deficit Panel Releases Proposals to Cut Spending Ahead of Vote; U.S. Soldier Sentenced for Shooting Afghans; Egyptian Opposition Group to Boycott Runoff Vote; UN: 33 Million Had HIV in 2009; Japan Opposes Extension of Kyoto Protocol; GOP to Disband House Panel on Global Warming; Former New Orleans Police Officer Sentenced to 8 Years for Danziger Shootings; Illinois Lawmakers Approve Recognition of Civil Unions