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	Friday, May 24th, 2013 World News » AP World News » : Walker: "We Shouldn’t Be Surprised at Downgrade" – August 7, 2011 By admin \| Published August 7, 2011 David Walker, the former U.S. Comptroller General, says he's not surprised that Standard and Poor's downgraded the U.S. credit rating for the first time in history. He says the U.S. needs to do more to reduce the deficit during the next decade. (Aug. 6) Also posted in AP, Front Page, World News \| 1 Comment Weekly GOP Address: Balanced Budget – August 6, 2011 By admin \| Published August 6, 2011 In the weekly Republican address, New York Rep. Michael Grimm said the debt deal legislation was far from perfect and the cuts did not go far enough. (Aug. 6) Also posted in AP, Front Page, World News \| 2 Comments Front Page Business World News Politics Sports Think Contact World News » Chile fines Barrick Gold $16m for Pascua-Lama mine Chilean authorities have fined the world's largest gold mining company, Barrick Gold Corp, more than $16m for environmental offences. Construction at the Pascua-Lama mine, on the border with Argentina, has been suspended until a system to con… Open Jaw Two-tier cabin baggage at easyJet Not before time. Overweight bags in overhead lockers are a menace. The catches are not strong enough to keep them closed during turbulence. "Delilah 1" This just makes official what already happens. When… Ex-Virginia bank executives guilty in financial crisis case (Reuters) – The former chief executive of a failed U.S. bank in Norfolk, Virginia, and three others were convicted Friday on bank fraud conspiracy and other charges for concealing loan losses in a scheme that contributed to he bank’s 2011 collapse. Batman JUKE Rolls into Hands of Welsh Baker in the UK (Nissan Motor Co Ltd) (Source: Nissan Motor Co Ltd) CARMARTHEN, Wales, UK – Some Hollywood glitz and glamour were sprinkled onto a corner of Wales recently, when Nissan handed over a very special one-off Batman-inspired Juke NISMO to its lucky new owner. Carmarthen res… Oscar Pistorius: the end of the rainbow Oscar Pistorius was more than a national hero. His success came to symbolise South Africa’s triumph over apartheid. Then he shot his girlfriend and left the nation’s self-image in tatters ‘South Africa has not learned to feel ambivalent about itse… Furlough Friday: Unpaid day off for many in gov’t WASHINGTON (AP) — No one answered the tax-help hotline at the IRS on Friday. And you could forget about getting advice on avoiding foreclosures at the 80 Housing and Urban Development field offices nationwide…. Our use of Hellfire missiles could come back to haunt us Simon Jenkins has shown courage in connecting the criminal outrage in Woolwich with the participation of the UK in the use of drones to destroy whole village communities in Afghanistan (An echo chamber of mass hysteria only aids terrorists, 24 May). He… IMF chief named key witness in French payoff case PARIS (AP) — IMF chief Christine Lagarde says a Paris court has named… Worker killed in accident at BNSF rail yard in San Bernardino By Melissa Pinion-Whitt, The (San Bernardino County) Sunsbsun.com Posted: 05/24/2013 12:21:22 PM PDT May 24, 2013 7:52 PM GMTUpdated: 05/24/2013 12:52:32 PM PDT A BNSF worker was… Syria opposition demands ‘goodwill gestures’ from Assad …