America’s anthem turns 200
While flags across Iowa are at half-staff on this Patriot Day, remembering the terrorist attacks 13 years ago, Friday marks the bicentennial of the song most-identified with America. Iowans are getting ready to take part in the nationwide celebration of ...
Obama on 9/11 : 'They Sought to Break Our Spirit ... America Proved Them Wrong'
Marking the 13th anniversary of the attacks of 9/11, President Obama this morning paid tribute to the lives lost and the power of the American spirit. "Thirteen years after small and hateful minds conspired to break us, America stands tall and America ...
'America stands tall and proud'
A somber President Obama declared Thursday that “America stands tall and proud” on the 13th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, telling mourners gathered at the Pentagon they had offered “the ultimate rebuke to the hatred of those who ...
"America Stands Tall": Obama at Pentagon's 9/11 Ceremony
The nation is pausing to remember the lives lost 13 years ago in the September 11 attacks. The commemorations got underway in the D.C. area at dawn with the unfurling of an American flag down the side of the Pentagon. The tradition began Sept. 12, 2001 ...
Argentina Plans Latin America's Tallest Building With Unusual Ramp-Like Design
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) – Argentina says it will build the tallest building in Latin America. President Cristina Fernández says the 1,165-foot tower is expected to cost around $300 million and will serve as a center for the entertainment industry ...
Jackie Evancho ushers ‘America's Got Talent’ singers to the finals in song
Hearing Jackie Evancho sing the haunting notes of “Think of Me” from “Phantom of the Opera” last night on “America's Got Talent” was like being transported back four years ago, to the time when the beautiful, buoyant girl was a Season 5 ...
Obama on 13th anniversary of 9/11: ‘America stands tall’
President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama and Vice President Joe Biden marked the 13th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks Thursday with a moment of silence on the South Lawn of the White House under a partly cloudy sky. The Obamas ...
America's Car-Mart Stock Rating Lowered by Zacks (CRMT)
Zacks downgraded shares of America's Car-Mart (NASDAQ:CRMT) to a neutral rating in a research note released on Tuesday morning. They currently have $43.50 target price on the stock. Zacks has also taken action a number of other consumer discretionary ...
Kelly McParland: Obama, at war, establishes himself as America’s most reluctant warrior
A lot of things about the presidency seem to have befuddled Barack Obama since he got the job six years ago. He arrived at the White House thinking he could change the way Washington worked, despite all the money, ego and deeply entrenched vested interests ...
America’s top execs seem ready to give up on U.S. workers
Three years ago, Harvard Business School asked thousands of its graduates, many of whom are leaders of America’s top companies, where their firms had decided to locate jobs in the previous year. The responses led the researchers to declare a ...