AIG Rivals done caught an attitude - Industry executives and competitors told Reuters in December that AIG has been lowering prices to win new business and boost market share after receiving bailout dollars, even as market fundamentals suggest that prices need to be raised. Full Story
Obama wants to handle things like an adult - "Let's see if there are ways of doing this that are both legal, that are constitutional, that uphold our basic principles of fairness, but don't hamper us from getting the banking system back on track," Obama said on CBS' "60 Minutes." Full Story
Palin's 'bout to lose her birdeye's view of Russia - Geologists say seismic activity around the volcano had been intense in recent days, and expected that the volcano would blow soon. - Full Story
Yet another plane crash - "It smelled like diesel fuel to me," said Guidoni, 61. "There was nothing left of it. It just went straight into the ground. I went over there to try to help. I thought maybe I would pull someone out of the fire." - Full Story
With more lives than a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs, Geitner is going to try and solve our economic woes one mo 'gin - Geithner, in an opinion piece in Monday's Wall Street Journal, said the new program aimed to "resolve the crisis as quickly and effectively as possible at the least cost to the taxpayer. ... Simply hoping for banks to work these assets off over time risks prolonging the crisis." Full Article
Seems like Murtha ain't tryin' to hear Obama and it looks like he's planning for more greased palms and war - WASHINGTON (AP) - Rep. John Murtha celebrated his 35th anniversary as a congressman by getting an early start on his next campaign, staging an invitation-only fundraising luncheon for dozens of lobbyists and defense contractors at the private Army-Navy Country Club in Arlington, Va. - Full Story
My Gawd! You really have to be the devil to piss off monks - Police detained almost 100 monks after hundreds of people rioted and attacked a police station in an ethnic Tibetan part of the western province of Qinghai, state media said on Sunday. - Full Story
Does this mean Israel will begin to bomb themsleves or violently flush every Arab from their midst? I give 'em a week to ass out. - The Liberators of the Galilee were quoted as saying they wanted to avenge Israel's demolition of Palestinian homes in Jerusalem and the recent Israeli military offensive in Gaza. - Full Story
Chavez doesn't know about sticks and stones - He goes and accuses me of exporting terrorism: the least I can say is that he's a poor ignoramus; he should read and study a little to understand reality," said Chavez, who heads a group of left-wing Latin American leaders opposed to the U.S. influence in the region. - Full story
