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Obama to move for $300 Billion tax cut

Obama to move for $300 Billion tax cut

WASHINGTON: President-elect Barack Obama is moving toward $300 Billion tax cut in near future to individuals and businesses.

Congressional Democrats are with him, crafting a plan. This is a move aimed at attracting Republican support for an economic-stimulus package and prodding companies to create jobs.
The size of the proposed tax cuts — which would account for about 40% of a stimulus …

India gives Mumbai evidence to Pakistan

India gives Mumbai evidence to Pakistan

NEW DELHI: India has said that it has already given the evidences of Mumbai terror attack to Pakistan government. India’s foreign ministry says authorities have handed over evidence to Pakistan linking the deadly Mumbai attacks to Pakistani “elements.”

An official statement says Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon has given evidence to the Pakistani High Commissioner in New Delhi on Monday that links …

Red Cross needs more blood

Red Cross needs more blood

The American Red Cross is holding a blood drive this week at UAB Hospital’s North Pavilion to get more blood from the donors.

To kick off National Blood Donor Month, the Northeast Pennsylvania Blood Services Region of the American Red Cross will be conducting a series of special blood drives this month to help overcome the problem.
The drive will be from …

Politics stalled drug case of Palin family

Politics stalled drug case of Palin family

ANCHORAGE: It’s being said that politics stalled the drug case of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin family associate. Alaska State Troopers are alleging political meddling in the Sherry Johnston drug case, including a delay in serving the search warrant.

Johnston is the mother of Levi Johnston, who became nationally known in September when Gov. Sarah Palin and her husband, Todd, announced their …

Uncertainty looms on automakers

Uncertainty looms on automakers

Though, the US government has announced the bailout package for the ailing auto industry, but still there are a lot of uncertainties ahead for automakers. It has been said from the long time that will the Detroit-3 would get a second financial aid package.

They’ll need it, unless the economy miraculously recovers before March 31, but that doesn’t mean the process …

Kate and Leonardo DiCaprio together again

Kate and Leonardo DiCaprio together again

It’s now 11 years Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet worked together in Titanic. The actors would come together once again. Talking about this DiCaprio said “Kate and I don’t approach the filmmaking experience like we did in our early 20s.”

“We don’t look at the directors or producers involved as parental figures,” the 34-year-old says. “In our teenage years, we were …

New Year brings TV time slot tussles

New Year brings TV time slot tussles

LOS ANGELES: There are a lot of tussles in the TV time slot in New Year. Soon new battles will wage in primetime: ABC’s hit thriller “Lost” against Fox’s new crime drama “Lie to Me” on Wednesday. NBC’s comedy favorite “The Office” vs. Fox’s reality hit “Hell’s Kitchen” on Thursday.

Below are some of the most intriguing new time-period face-offs on …

‘Marley & Me’ No. 1 at box office

‘Marley & Me’ No. 1 at box office

The New Year beginning was good enough for “Marley & Me”, as it remained top at the box office. The movie stars Jennifer Aniston and Owen Wilson.

The movie, based on John Grogan’s bestseller about his life with an untrainable yet lovable Labrador retriever, took in an estimated $24.1 million in ticket sales over the weekend for a total box-office haul …

‘Bashir’ named as best movie

‘Bashir’ named as best movie

The animated documentary “Bashir” was named best picture, with ‘Happy-Go-Lucky’ and ‘Wall-E’ tying for runner-up. Many leading Oscar contenders failed to make a splash with Film Critics society voters.

The daring film, which is nominated for a Golden Globe for best foreign-language film and uses multiple animation techniques, has earned numerous accolades, including six awards from the Israeli Film Academy and …

35 killed in suicide bomb blast

35 killed in suicide bomb blast

BAGHDAD: At least 35 people were killed when a female suicide bomber blew herself up on Sunday among a crowd of pilgrims worshipping at a revered Shiite shrine in northern Baghdad. 65 people are said to be injured in the incident, the Iraqi army said.

According to the Ministry of the Interior, a woman wearing an explosive belt blew herself …