http://www.bendweekly.com/rss/rss.php en-us Copyright 2013, admin.dcei@gmail.com admin.dcei@gmail.com Nationwide News http://www.bendweekly.com/rss/rss.php Collection hourly 4 1901-01-01T00:00+00:00 http://www.bendweekly.com/index.php?news=17816 WASHINGTON -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has asked Congress to approve more than $1 billion in additional funds for Pakistan's war against the Taliban. Gates wants lawmakers to appropriate $400 million this year for a new Pakistan Counterinsurgency Capability Fund and an additional $700 million for 2010, The Washington Post ... http://www.bendweekly.com/files/pentagon-Gates-Clinton-050109.jpg en-us Pentagon seeks funds to fight Taliban http://www.bendweekly.com/rss/article_view.php?articleId=17816 Copyright 2013, 2009-05-01T00:00:00-07:00 text http://www.bendweekly.com/index.php?news=17813 WASHINGTON -- After 103 days in office, it appears President Barack Obama will have an opportunity to fill a vacancy on the United States Supreme Court. Word has leaked that Justice David Souter, 69, intends to retire at the end of the court's term in June leading to speculation about ... http://www.bendweekly.com/files/SOUTER-COURT-050109.jpg en-us Souter giving Obama first Scotus pick http://www.bendweekly.com/rss/article_view.php?articleId=17813 Copyright 2013, 2009-05-01T00:00:00-07:00 text http://www.bendweekly.com/index.php?news=17810 ST. MEINRAD, Ind. -- Father Theodore Heck, known as the world's oldest Benedictine monk, died Friday at St. Meinrad Archabbey in St. Meinrad, Ind. He was 108. Heck, a native of Charlton, Iowa, died in the monastery's infirmary, the Evansville (Ind) Courier said. Born Jan. 16, 1901, Heck was ordained to the ... http://www.bendweekly.com/files/Father Theodore Heck-050109.jpg en-us World's oldest Benedictine monk dies http://www.bendweekly.com/rss/article_view.php?articleId=17810 Copyright 2013, 2009-05-01T00:00:00-07:00 text http://www.bendweekly.com/index.php?news=17809 WASHINGTON -- Washington, D.C., and more than two dozen states are not adequately prepared if the outbreak of swine flu becomes a full-blown crisis, federal records indicate. The federal effort to combat a possible pandemic includes emergency supplies of ant-iviral medications, a stockpiling system now being tested as cases of the ... http://www.bendweekly.com/files/med logo-050109.jpg en-us States, D.C. said not ready for pandemic http://www.bendweekly.com/rss/article_view.php?articleId=17809 Copyright 2013, 2009-05-01T00:00:00-07:00 text http://www.bendweekly.com/index.php?news=17806 NEW YORK -- Some New York Police Department dress uniforms were made by a company that had employees working long hours without overtime, investigators said. Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said the department had generally been interested in the quality of the work and fabric used and did not investigate labor conditions, ... http://www.bendweekly.com/files/nypd uniform-050109.jpg en-us NYPD uniforms allegedly made in sweatshop http://www.bendweekly.com/rss/article_view.php?articleId=17806 Copyright 2013, 2009-05-01T00:00:00-07:00 text