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  • Obama prays for civility in Washington

    02/04/2010 1:54:02 PM PST · by NormsRevenge · 39 replies · 548+ views
    AP on Yahoo ^ | 2/4/10 | Natasha T. Metzler - ap
    WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama said Thursday he prays lawmakers can restore a "spirit of civility" to the nation's capital. Speaking at the annual National Prayer breakfast, Obama said divisions in Washington are nothing new, but "there is a sense that something is different now, that something is broken, that those of us in Washington aren't serving people as well as we should." Obama said America's leaders are quick to unite in times of crisis, such as last month's devastating earthquake in Haiti. But when it comes to long-term problems, he said, lawmakers can become absorbed by ideology and power...
  • (NZ) Victims warned to obey orders from armed robbers

    07/05/2002 10:10:56 AM PDT · by tarawa · 31 replies · 240+ views
    Victims warned to obey orders from armed robbers 04.07.2002 1.00 pm Do not try to be a hero when confronted with armed robbers, police warned today. Yesterday an armed robber fired a shot from his handgun as he and a security guard struggled over a bag of money on Auckland's North Shore. The robber, who wore a rubber clown or carnival mask with white hair, had pointed a gun at the guard's head and demanded he hand over a bag of money at a shopping centre in Highbury, Birkenhead, on Auckland's North Shore. The guard initially refused to hand over...