San Francisco Giants Add 2014 Series title to ’10, ’12 MadBum, Affeldt Star In Relief As SF First Since ’79 To Win Road Game 7 ~ By Chris Haft / MLB.com

San Francisco Giants Add 2014 Series title to ’10, ’12 MadBum, Affeldt Star In Relief As SF First Since ’79 To Win Road Game 7 ~ By Chris Haft / MLB.com

Kansas City, MO… The names roll smoothly off the tongue, for they have become legendary. Willie Mays. Willie McCovey. Barry Bonds. Juan Marichal. Christy Mathewson. Carl Hubbell. Mel Ott. Each occupies a hallowed spot in the pantheon of Giants franchise greats. Add another to this distinguished group: Madison Bumgarner. The 25-year-old left-hander joined this distinguished […]

President Obama’s Weekly Address: Focused on the Fight Against Ebola

President Obama’s Weekly Address: Focused on the Fight Against Ebola

Washington, DC…Hi everybody, this week, we remained focused on our fight against Ebola. In Dallas, dozens of family, friends and others who had been in close contact with the first patient, Mr. Duncan, were declared free of Ebola—a reminder that this disease is actually very hard to catch. Across Dallas, others being monitored—including health care […]

Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Statement After Today’s Terrorist Attack

Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Statement After Today’s Terrorist Attack

Ottawa, Ontario…22 October 2014 Prime Minister Stephen Harper today delivered the following remarks: “My fellow Canadians, for the second time this week there has been a brutal and violent attack on our soil. “Today, our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Corporal Nathan Cirillo of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of […]

Weekly Address: Time to Give the Middle Class a Chance

Weekly Address: Time to Give the Middle Class a Chance

Washington, DC…Ladies and gentlemen, this is Joe Biden, I’m filling in for President Obama, while he addresses the NATO summit in Wales. When the President and I took office in January of 2009, this nation was in the midst of the greatest economic crisis since the great depression. Our economy had plummeted at a rate […]

Speaker Boehner Urges House to Defend the Constitution

Speaker Boehner Urges House to Defend the Constitution

Washington, DC…House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) today made the following floor remarks in support of H. Res. 676, a resolution which authorizes the House to enter into litigation in opposition to President Obama’s attempts to make his own laws, actions that challenge the constitutional separation of powers: “Let me thank my colleague for yielding, and […]

President Obama’s Comments At Signing of Fair Pay and Safe Workplace Executive Order

President Obama’s Comments At Signing of Fair Pay and Safe Workplace Executive Order

Washington, DC…THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody, hello! (Applause.) Thank you so much. Everybody, please have a seat. Welcome to the White House. The executive order I’ll sign in a few minutes is one that’s good for workers, it’s good for responsible employers, and it’s good for the middle class. That explains the folks who are standing […]

Starbucks Offers Full Tuition Reimbursement for Partners To Complete A Bachelor’s Degree

Starbucks Offers Full Tuition Reimbursement for Partners To Complete A Bachelor’s Degree

New York, June 15, 2014 – Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) and Arizona State University (ASU) will announce tomorrow (Monday) the Starbucks College Achievement Plan, a powerful, first-of-its-kind program designed to unleash lifetime opportunity for thousands of eligible part-time and full-time U.S. partners (employees)…. Starbucks chairman, president and ceo Howard Schultz will host the first Partner Family […]