Olympic Sports Face Crisis Over Budgets (Guardian Unlimited)• Fresh blow for competitors after £50m budget deficit • BOA says there will be no compromise over criteria Eight Olympic sports could end up penniless before the 2012 Olympic Games even begin. The British Olympic Association's chief commercial officer, Hugh Chambers, said yesterday that any additional funds raised through the 'Team 2012' programme would go to those eight sports already ...
The Shield All Journalists Should Have (The Record And Herald News)The First Amendment protects freedom of the press in the broad sense, not just the freedom to publish what a reporter has learned. That's why the U.S. Supreme Court erred in 1972 when it ruled 5-4 that reporters don't have a constitutional right to protect the confidentiality of news sources.
Commentary: Will Obama, GOP Make A Deal? (CNN)President Obama could be opening up an important debate with the Republican Party on Monday by meeting with his Cabinet and instructing them to outline specific plans for cutting their budgets.