ATF nominee runs into GOP opposition in Senate confirmation hearing WASHINGTON – B. Todd Jones, the acting director of the ATF who took over the agency in its meltdown with the Fast and Furious scandal, ran into immediate opposition Tuesday as he appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee for consideration as permanent director.
June 11, 2013 - Los Angeles Times
Artist uses toilet humor to protest Cyprus bailout NICOSIA (Reuters) - A Cypriot artist found a novel way to protest over Cyprus's financial meltdown on Monday, lining up 20 sculptures resembling a cross between toilets and tombstones outside the island's Central Bank. Arranged in two rows on a pavement outside the building, the white "toilets" made of concrete and plaster caused traffic to slow down along a busy Nicosia avenue, with many ...
June 10, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
Defensive meltdown dooms Colonels A defensive meltdown sent Henderson County’s season to a crashing halt in the state semifinals.
June 8, 2013 - The Gleaner
Chris Dodd in AFP Senate Banking committee chairman Chris Dodd said: "I've been here 28 years. To listen to the language of last evening, we maybe were days away from a complete meltdown of our financial system."
Lindsey Graham in Nick.com Unless you have a complete meltdown, you're going to get confirmed,said Senator Lindsey Graham, a Republican from South Carolina. "And I don't think you will (melt down)."
Andrew Cuomo in Globe and Mail We owe it to taxpayers to take every possible action to stop unwarranted bonus payments to those who caused the AIG meltdown in the first place,Mr. Cuomo said, accusing the company of breeching an agreement with the state to suspend bonus...