Former vice president Cheney released from hospital after fifth heart attack
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on February 25th, 2010 5:34 am by HL
Former vice president Cheney released from hospital after fifth heart attack
Richard B. Cheney’s fifth heart attack may add to the lore surrounding the seemingly indomitable former vice president. But his ability to survive repeated coronaries is more a testament to modern medicine’s advances in detecting and treating the leading killer than any supernatural powers.
Obama nominates Berkeley professor Goodwin Liu to federal appeals court
President Obama on Wednesday nominated to the federal bench a California law professor who has criticized conservative legal theories and strongly opposed Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr.’s nomination.
Obama may compromise on consumer agency to pass financial regulation
The Obama administration is no longer insisting on the creation of a stand-alone consumer protection agency as a central element of the plan to remake regulation of the financial system.