It's the Energizer Bunny bill. It just keeps going and going. After clearing the House of Representatives last weekend, the embattled energy bill is headed toward a conference committee with the Senate. But, laden now with provisions that one chamber or the other, or the White House, or some combination, find objectionable, the energy bill may be going and going and going for some time. Senate Republicans are calling a deal breaker the House measure that would require most utilities to generate 15 percent of their electricity from renewable sources. The House, meanwhile, failed to muster agreement for the Senate's tough new fuel-efficiency standards for cars. And the White House is threatening to veto the whole thing, particularly because of a new tax on domestic oil producers.
He was notorious for his testy personality and loud opinions?one of which was that "neurosis is a high-class word for whining." Albert Ellis, who died last month at age 93, believed that psychotherapy should be short term, goal oriented, and efficient; his method, introduced in 1955 and now known as rational emotive behavior therapy, is one of the foundations of today's cognitive-behavioral therapy.
The Central Intelligence Agency issued a rare public defense of its record in response to a recently published--and resoundingly harsh--history of the secretive intelligence agency. The statement blasted Legacy of Ashes, written by veteran New York Times reporter Tim Weiner, for ignoring the CIA's successes and containing numerous errors.
"Backed by selective citations, sweeping assertions, and a fascination with the negative, Weiner overlooks, minimizes, or distorts agency achievements," according to the CIA statement.
AP - Hundreds of rescuers struggled with falling rock and debris Monday in a desperate race to reach six coal miners trapped 1,500 feet below ground by a cave-in so powerful authorities questioned if it caused its own earthquake.
AP - They were on the cusp of adulthood: four friends who made music together and were preparing to return to the college where their friendship had blossomed.
Rescue crews in Utah know where six miners are trapped but were forced to turn around late Monday because of "impassable conditions," the mine's operator said. Officials instead were planning a method that could take days -- going through the top of the mountain with a helicopter-borne drill rig.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Monday that the Taliban still endanger innocent people, but they pose no significant threat either to his government or to its institutions.
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