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Schwarzenegger sees possible compromise * Says budget talks moving fast (Refiles to insert dropped word "deficit" in 3rd paragraph) By Jim Christie SAN FRANCISCO, July 4 (Reuters) - Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, optimistic California can finish its budget negotiations in a few days, is willing to reconsider his proposed cuts to education in hopes of averting a cash crisis, the San Francisco Chronicle said on Saturday. A compromise between the Republican governor and Democratic lawmakers may help clear the way for an agreement on an overdue state budget and avert a cash crisis for the government of the most populous U.S. state. California already is issuing billions of dollars in "IOUs" and, without a deal, is on track to run out of cash this month. The San Francisco Chronicle reported that Schwarzenegger, in a Friday... [read full story]
Gov. Pat Quinn, U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. among attendees The public memorial for Chicago school board President Michael Scott gave a platform for prominent figures to share memories, but the event also allowed West Side...
Whitney Houston also took home the International Artist of the Year trophy at the ceremony. by Eric Ditzian Taylor Swift accepts the Artist of the Year Award during the 2009 American Music Awards on Sunday (Kevork Djansezian/...
MOBILE, Ala. -- Action movie star Steven Seagal is best known in these parts for having played the cook who thwarted a terrorist plot in the 1992 thriller "Under Siege," which was filmed here aboard the battleship USS Alabama....
As Sarah Palin embarks on a publicity tour for her book, conservative commentators have again taken to likening the former Alaska governor to the GOP’s revered conservative icon Ronald Reagan. Palin, like Reagan, brands herself...
