John P Stam

Hating the Tea Party for being so insistent and single-minded about cutting spending is like hating a fire hall siren for calling attention to a potentially devastating blaze. And blaming the S&P downgrade on Tea Party-backed House Republicans makes about as much sense as blaming a raging fire on the 911 dispatcher. Worse than pointing fingers at the Tea Partiers, however, is when a government official demands that they be frozen out. Speaking on MSNBC the day S&P lowered its credit rating on US debt from AAA to AA+, Massachusetts Senator John Kerry called on the media to blackball the Tea Party and its message.

COLUMBUS, Ind. - Katie Stam, 2009 Miss America, will speak at the annual Community Dinner, formerly known as the Rural-Urban Dinner, at 6:30 p.m. today.

WASHINGTON -- Minutes before House Speaker John Boehner delivered a prime-time address in which he framed his latest deficit-reduction deal as a silver bullet for the nation's economic uncertainty, reports surfaced that the plan being crafted by the Ohio Republican would potentially lead to a downgrading of the United State's AAA credit rating.

John P. Wheeler III, a former Pentagon official and the first chairman of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, "died as a result of blunt force trauma after being assaulted," the Delaware medical examiner's office said Friday.

After John Kennedy was shot in downtown Dallas on November 22, 1963, Johnny Calvin Brewer was listening to the radio while working behind the cash register at Hardy's Shoe Store on West Jefferson Avenue in Oak Cliff. At around 1:15 p.m., the radio broadcaster announced that another gunshot had been fired, this time at Officer J.D.Tippit, who had stopped a man who fit the assassin's description on West 10th Street, not far from Hardy's

Former sitcom star John Stamos confesses that he?s conceptualizing a 'Full House' feature film.

… 53.33 after the software maker reported a weaker-than-expected outlook. Reacting to Red Hat's report, J. P . Morgan John DiFucci wrote: "We continue to remain cautious on global IT spending, especially in the coming months. That said …

… from Sonoma, qualified 21st in his Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota. The Sargento 200 takes the green flag at 3:30 p .m. ET. John Dagys is SPEED.com's Sportscar Racing Reporter, focusing on all major domestic and international championships …

… Beverage Corp. will replace Sara Lee Corp. in the S& P 500 Index , S& P Indices said late Thursday. The change will be made after ..... Co. and its ticker will replace Monster's in the S& P MidCap 400 Index. Copyright © 2012 MarketWatch, Inc …

J. P . Morgan Chase & Co. (JPM) priced $1 billion in commercial mortgage-backed ..... risk of being locked into the securities for the long term, analysts said. J. P . Morgan lowered yields by 5 basis points on the two- to seven-year senior …

J. P . Morgan Chase & Co. (JPM) has formed a new asset management unit that will ..... management businesses, the report said. Seth Bernstein, former head of J. P . Morgan's global fixed income and currency division, will run the new unit …

… Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) and J. P . Morgan Chase & Co. (JPM) to show some ..... JAG, JAG.T) has named board member John Andrews as its interim chief executive officer ..... Monster Beverage Corp. (MNST) to its S& P 500 index, replacing Sara Lee Corp. (SLE …

… could take an even-deeper hit, he said. "If the S& P [500 stock index] rolls over, you could see $2 or ..... any reading below 50 indicates contraction. Write to John Biers at john .biers@dowjones.com. Copyright © 2012 Dow Jones …

… five solid innings. He gave up solo home runs to Jim Thome and John Mayberry Jr. among five hits, walked one and struck out five ..... last year. Last night, Kelly Johnson knocked in three and J. P . Arencibia added two RBI for the Blue Jays, who rebounded from …

… Kyle Drabek was lost for the season after undergoing Tommy John surgery, and Drew Hutchison (elbow sprain) and Brandon Marrow ..... the sixth off Ryan Webb, keyed by a two-run double from J. P . Arencibia. Johnson and Rajai Davis each had an RBI single …