New York, May 31, 2011 – Data through March 2011, released today by Standard & Poor’s for its S&P/Case-Shiller1 Home Price Indices, the leading measure of U.S. home prices, show that the U.S. National Home Price Index declined by 4.2% in the first quarter of 2011, after having fallen 3.6% in the fourth quarter of […]
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY, Va., May 30, 2011 – The lessons of Memorial Day can be summed up in a few words, President Barack Obama said here today: “Brotherhood. Sacrifice. Love of country.” The president spoke at the Memorial Amphitheatre by the Tomb of the Unknowns. It is a white marble paean to the sacrifices of […]
WASHINGTON, May 30, 2011 – President Barack Obama announced his choices as chairman and vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during a Rose Garden ceremony today. Obama intends to nominate Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey as chairman and Navy Adm. James A. “Sandy” Winnefeld Jr., as vice chairman. Dempsey currently is the Army […]
Memorial Day, which falls on the last Monday of May, honors the men and women who died while serving in the American military. Originally known as Decoration Day, it originated in the years following the Civil War and became an official federal holiday in 1971. Many Americans observe Memorial Day by visiting cemeteries or memorials, […]
Good morning, This Memorial Day, First Lady Michelle Obama and I are asking our fellow citizens to honor the brave men and women who have served and sacrificed so much for our country by supporting our military families and veterans. Will you join me in sending a note of thanks to our military families? You […]
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Joplin, MO…President Barack Obama, paying tribute to victims of one of deadliest tornadoes in US history, pledged Sunday to stand with Joplin, Missouri “every step of the way” as it rebuilds. “We’re not going anywhere,” Obama told a memorial service at Missouri Southern State University.Duration…
JR Hildebrand stood beside the crumpled car and ran his fingers through his hair, trying to discern just what transpired on the final lap of the 100th anniversary Indianapolis 500. The 23-year-old Californian was a few hundred yards from being the first rookie to win the race since Helio Castroneves in 2001 and creating a […]
Truckee, CA…CHP is reporting an accident on Hwy 88 near Kirkwood that has a lane partially blocked. On US 50 there is an accident near Pollock Pines On 89 in South Lake Tahoe there is an accident near Big Meadow Trailhead Crews are still clearing two incidents on I-80 near Farad.
Truckee, CA…Truckee CHP has issued a Sigalert near the Acid Flats Bridge and Caltrans is on the way to may some sanding runs in the area. Emergency crews are working an injury accident that was blocking two lanes but now has been moved to the center divider and is blocking the #1 Lane. Traffic is […]
