Weekend Guide (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
A list of things to do this weekend....more...Walker's World: China and the dollar (Middle East Times)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 (UPI) -- Speculation about China suffering a bout of post-Olympic blues seems to have some serious basis. The world's stock markets all boomed Monday after the U.S. Treasury's bailout of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. The exception was China, where the market fell 4 percent....more... Post Traumatic Stress Treatment Studied (R News)
Hundreds of thousand of American troops will return from Iraq and Afghanistan the next few years. One third of them will suffer from post traumatic stress disorder. Most will not seek help to deal with the nightmares, the sadness, the anger that can come after combat....more... Hulshof headed to Washington Friday if there's an energy vote (The Springfield News-Leader)
U.S. Rep. Kenny Hulshof will not skip Thursday's debate with Attorney General Jay Nixon. But he might leave the campaign trail Friday to cast a vote in Congress on an energy bill....more... New NFL coaches: 4 teams taking a chance on inexperience at helm (Orlando Sentinel)
When Washington Coach Jim Zorn took the Redskins into the Meadowlands last week to face the reigning world-champion New York Giants, he did so as head coach, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. ...more... NFL Cheat Sheet: Week 2 (Fox Sports)
Don't pity the post-Brady Patriots. Peter Schrager filled out his Week 2 Cheat Sheet and found several AFC teams with bigger issues....more... Honor flight will whisk WWII veterans to Washington, D.C. (Salina Journal)
Lawrence Holzmeister is ready for a day to remember with friends, to see how his country pays homage to war veterans and to check out Washington, D.C....more... Walker's World: China and the dollar (UPI)
By MARTIN WALKER UPI Editor Emeritus WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 (UPI) -- With more than $3 trillion worth of U.S. securities in Chinese, Arab and Russian hands, what happens if they start to use the money for their own ends?...more... Walkers remember 9/11 Pentagon attack (Moldova.org)
Survivors of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack on the Pentagon in Washington say a mile-long march commemorating the event this weekend helped them heal.The annual America Supports You Freedom Walk is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Defense and traverses the mile between the Women in Military Service for America Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery and the Pentagon, The Washington Post ......more... |