Robert W Hansley

Scaling buildings is a task that's usually reserved for superheroes, giant lizards and depressives but French madman/urban climber Alain Robert has carved a career out of his daredevil tactics, despite falling into none of those categories.

Set your countdown clocks to 2011, when Robert Gates, Defense Secretary to George W. Bush and Barack Obama, plans to step down. "It would be a mistake to wait until January 2012," he tells Foreign Policy, in an exclusive interview.

Mr. Roberts writes a fine effort for the Telegraph, offering a bit of reality for the Partisan denial: "The conspiracy theories believed by many (generally, but not always) stupid people ? that it was "all about oil", or the securing of contracts for the US-based Halliburton corporation, etc ? will slip into the obscurity..."

If, as most pundits now believe, Mitt Romney has the inside track for the Republican nomination, he is the first GOP candidate in more than a generation not to be syntactically challenged. Just look at the list of the party’s choices since Richard Nixon, whether elected (Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, George W. Bush) or defeated (Gerald Ford, Robert Dole, John McCain). Whatever other attributes these candidates possessed, facility in extemporaneous exchange was not one of them. None of these men could be counted on to handle a challenging question, let alone always keep noun and verb somewhere near their rightful places.

Remembering the man who gave us "Feed the Birds" and "It's a Small World."

The office of Sen. Robert C. Byrd (D-W. Va.), 92, announced Sunday the longest serving senator in history was "seriously ill" and had been admitted to an unnamed Washington-area hospital.

USS George H W Bush (via Wikipedia) As the violent crackdown against Syrian dissidents continues, the US government is warning all American citizens in the country to leave immediately, according to CBS. Turkish citizens are also being warned to stay out of the country. The US ambassador to Syria, Robert Ford, [...]

Ohio Northern University Claude W. Pettit College of Law ... FAMILY: Married 15 Years, Amy R. (Hensley) Leslie, formerly of Milton, West Virginia. PERSONAL STATEMENT: A circuit court judge should maintain the dignity of the court by treating all citizens ...

James Meeks, 33, appeared before U.S. District Judge Robert C ... I went outside and saw the S.W.A.T. team." And that was the beginning of the end of the suspicious activity going on next to Glenna Hensley's house. “They brought 'em out ...

Young and former Sheriff Robert “Bob” Dotson have filed from the ... and will face Bernie Mowinski of Sunrise Beach in August. Democrat Teresa Hensley filed for the seat as well. Gov. Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon has filed for re-election as a Democrat.

WILBY 5, HOLY CROSS 4 Singles: Robert Sapp (W) def. Mike Somoska, 8-2 ... Marco Monroy-Nick Mancini, 7-6 (7-1); Jeff Hensley-Jake Gingold def. Zack Paniatti-Colin Genovese, 6-2; Nate Lindsley-Namgyal Rakagme def. Ethan Barbieri-Kareem El ...

He joined President George W. Bush in Jerusalem on the 60th anniversary of Israel ... the chief economic development officer, and the Melissa Hensley, chief marketing officer. National Republican Committeeman Bill Palatucci, the governor ...

W—Fox; L—Rose. HR—John Robert Miller BC 1st, 1 on ... PikeView will travel today to Greenbrier East. PRINCETON — Brooke Hensley picked up the win in the circle in leading the Tigers past the Beavers.  Princeton took charge in the fifth inning ...

Jerry W. Fitzgerald Jr. — evading arrest or flight/vehicle ... guilty of a lesser charge of simple possession/casual exchange. • Robert D. Williams — contraband in a penal facility, guilty of a lesser charge of simple possession/casual exchange.

Business Writing, Memorandum: first, Stephanie Hensley, South Point ... Human Geography: first, Robert McDaniel, George Washington; second, Vijay Sampath, George Washington; third, Scott Adams, Capital. Physical Geography: first, Max McCoy ...

W—Harget. L—Jeffers. Top hitters: Valmeyer: Gunn 3-4 (2B, RBI), Goldschmidt 3-4 (2 HR, 3BI), Robert 2-4 (HR ... Cash (WF) 6:20; 3. Hensley (GV) 6:27 3200 Run—1. Maller (WF) 13:14; 2. Becker (WT) 13:32; 3. Hensley (GV) 13:48 Girls Results ...

Robert Ashcraft, James Ashmore, Jacci Austin, KC Ayling, Kris Ayling, Pat Aylward, Nick Babcock, Barb Bainard, Scott Baird, J.C. Baldwin, Melanie R. Ball, Loren Baltrusch, Dave Barker, Sydney Barker, Joyce Baskin, Richard Baskin, Doug Batcheller ...