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The R&B singer's ex-girlfriend, Rihanna , has been making the media rounds, speaking out about the February night when Brown beat her (he pleaded guilty to felony assault, got five years' probation, six months' community service, plus domestic-violence counseling sessions). Last we heard from Brown was in September, and he was starting his community service in Virginia, his home state. Two months later, he's making progress.

I'm still hurting but it's gonna be a good day.   -Jordin Sparks

 

We've noted the Obama administration's penchant for bullying America's allies and kowtowing to its adversaries. This Washington Post story presents another case-in-point -- our treatment of Afghan President Hamid Karzai. As Afghan presidents go, Karzai makes a good mayor of Kabul (in a bad year).  

The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, will leave for a landmark visit to United States today. New Delhi, Nov 21 : The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh , will leave for a landmark visit to United States today. On Sunday, his entourage will reach Washington from Geneva.  

The Charleston chapter of the NAACP celebrated "bold dreams, big victories" Friday at its 93rd annual fundraising banquet. The event, which featured keynote speaker Julian Bond, chairman of the board of the century-old civil rights organization since 1998, drew a few hundred supporters to the Charleston Area Convention Center. Tickets cost $100 per person.

I don't know what else we're dealing with in Congress (that) can make that kind of one-time change for good   -Nelson B Rivers

 

As Barack Obama arrives home from his weeklong tour of East Asia, he confronts a growing list of ever more urgent problems in the Greater Middle East that he inherited from George W. Bush's "global war on terror." From Palestine to Pakistan, Obama, who also faces a major fight in getting his top legislative priority – health care reform – through Congress, must make a series of critical decisions within a relatively short time. Some of those decisions could well determine Obama's foreign policy ...  

India and the U.S. are pushing to tie up vital details of a nuclear-energy cooperation agreement approved by their legislatures last year, ahead of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to the White House Tuesday, said officials from both countries. The nuclear deal was a breakthrough in relations for two nations that were ideologically opposed during the Cold War, and Mr. Singh staked his political reputation to get it approved by a reluctant Indian Parliament. But American companies haven't ...

We don't want to be subordinated to China in South Asia   -C Raja Mohan

 

A taxi-cab company executive touched a nerve this week when he accused Phoenix staffers of overseeing a corrupt and fraudulent bid process for taxi contracts at Sky Harbor International Airport. Speaking before the City Council, H. David Faraji , vice president and partner of C-TO Transportation & Dispatching LLC, suggested that airport staffers had not been transparent and fudged the numbers in favor of the three winning bidders. Faraji, whose company was one of several losing bidders, told council members that it was incumbent upon them to prove the bid process was fair and open.

I resent those accusations. You have no proof. . . . I resent the hell out of those accusations.   -Carl Newman

 

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service (USDA) reported today that 49 million Americans, including nearly 17 million children, are food insecure . The 2009 report on Household Food Insecurity in the United States paints an alarming picture of the pervasiveness of hunger in our nation. This is an increase of 36 percent over the numbers released one year [ago] by the USDA, which found that 36.2 million American were at risk of hunger.

It is tragic that so many people in this nation of plenty don’t have access to adequate amounts of nutritious food   -Vicki Escarra

 

Previous announcements notwithstanding, President Barack Obama won't be presenting the Malcolm Baldrige Quality Award to Poudre Valley Health System after all. Pam Brock, PVHS vice president of marketing and strategic planning, said she was notified that Obama would not be available to present the award in a ceremony set for Dec. 2 in Washington, D.C., and either Vice President Joe Biden or Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke could do the honors instead. "Of course, we're disappointed, but Obama's ...