For months, the United Way of Central Carolinas board said Gloria Pace King was worth every penny of her controversial $1.2 million pay package.
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Iraq and China are set to revive a $1.2 billion oil deal that was canceled after the 2003 American-led invasion, Iraq’s oil ministry said today. Weren’t we supposed to get paid in oil for helping Iraq rid themselves of Saddam Hussein?
Sphere: Related ContentBiden voted for the Iraq war in 2002, understanding that Saddam Hussein was a threat, and he waited longer than the other Democratic Presidential candidates to turn against the war. He was wrong about the surge in Iraq, and wrong as well in his repeated claims that “political reconciliation” had to precede security progress.
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Sphere: Related ContentHelena-West Helena Mayor James Valley has ordered a round-the-clock curfew and heavy police patrol in a ten-block section of town. Thursday night, 18 to 20 police officers carrying M-16 rifles, shotguns and night-vision scopes patrolled the “curfew zone.” Officers can stop and investigate all traffic, on foot or otherwise.
Sphere: Related ContentBreakdown (in billions!!!) by bank at the bottom of the article. Mind boggling.