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Las Vegas, NV – Nevada Senator Harry Reid today announced a $4,650,523 million grant for three electric buses in Reno that will travel from the Riverwalk District to the University of Nevada, Reno.  The Regional Transportation Commission of Washoe County will receive the funding for three 35-foot composite-body electric buses that will replace three diesel buses. “These clean buses will extend the life of Reno’s downtown bus system for years to come, which is good news for tourists, college students and Nevadans commuting to and from work,” Reid said.  “The electric buses are designed for efficiency in Northern Nevada’s high...

Happy birthday to me, Happy birthday to me, Happy birthday dear Barry, Happy birthday to me. Today is Barack Obama’s 49th birthday and an ideal time to mark a little more than a year and a half causing havoc in the White House. What could be more appropriate to celebrate his 18 months of self interest and self involvement than a day honoring him? According to the Associated Press, Obama will have dinner with friends and then settle down to a nice evening in his Hyde Park house. With his wife and children away, he’ll be “spending his birthday instead...

President Barack Obama visits Duff's Famous Wings in Buffalo, N.Y., Thursday, May 13, 2010 for wings.

President Obama at Hampton University commencement: "As you probably know, Dr. Height passed away the other week at the age of 98. Having been on the firing line for every fight from lynching to desegregation to the battle for health care reform, she lived a singular life. But she started out just like you, understanding that to make something of herself, she needed a college degree."

Vietnamese Communists Applaud Terrorist Attacks on U.S.Echoing the government’s official line, many Communists in Hanoi have expressed jubilation over and support for the terrorist attacks on the U.S. The Vietnamese government officially accuses the U.S. of "brazen interference" in Vietnam's internal affairs that "offends the nationalism of the Vietnamese people." Two days after the attacks, People's Army Daily, the official mouthpiece of Vietnam's military establishment, blames U.S. foreign policies for the acts of terror at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon: "If Americans had not pursued isolationism and chauvinism, and if they had not insisted on imposing their...