president

Dylan Lustig elected next Student Association president
By Sara Tracey
November 18, 2011 - 2:28am
Lustig beat out opponent Taylor Carr in the most popular SA election since voting started on MySlice.

With more than twice as many votes as his opponent, Dylan Lustig was voted Syracuse University's Student Association president for the 56th Session.

Sarah Palin Bows Out of Presidential Race
By Steffie Marshal...
October 9, 2011 - 2:43pm
Former Alaskan governor announces she will not participate in the 2012 elections

Sarah Palin’s not running for President. She broke the news through a letter to supporters and a radio talk show host, Mark Levin, Wednesday evening.

“Not being a candidate, really, you’re unshackled and you’re allowed to be even more active,” she told Levin.

Palin wrote:

First female president elected in Brazil
By Kimberly Caruba
November 1, 2010 - 6:51pm
Dilma Rousseff has been named the first female in Brazil after 93% of the votes have been counted.

The candidate of the ruling Workers' Party, Dilma Rousseff, has defeated Jose Serra of the Party of Brazilian Social Democracy, to become Brazil's next president, according to an article by The Economist. With 93 percent of the presidential votes accounted for, Rousseff has defeated Serra by winning 55.5 percent of votes compared to his 45.5 percent.

National Grid president apologizes
By Maddie Dockery
October 19, 2010 - 4:32pm
The president of National Grid USA apologized today in front of a state Senate committee, after the company included some questionable executive perks in its request for a $400 million rate hike.

Tom King, president of National Grid, said the company needs the $400 million rate hike to modernize and operate its electric grid. However, The Post-Standard reports that he is "deeply disappointed" that the company also included unacceptable expenses in its request, such as a $1,254 bill to ship an employee's win collection.

Chilean President is ready for the mine rescue
By Leonardo Feldman
October 12, 2010 - 11:38am
The rescue is expected to take place Wednesday.

Chilean President Sebastian Pinera  spoke in Quito, Ecuador, and said he is ready for the rescue of the 33 miners which have been trapped for over months.  Rescue crews will begin Wednesday or perhaps even earlier to pull the men to safety, officials said.

 The president would like the miners to not just see the sunlight but embrace with their family, according to CNN.

Donald Trump considering presidential run
By Stephanie Tardugno
October 6, 2010 - 11:01am
Donald Trump, unhappy with the economy, said he is seriously thinking about running for president in 2012.

Billionaire Donald Trump announced yesterday to Fox News that he is “thinking about” a run for the Republican nomination in the 2012 presidential race, according to Entertainment Weekly.

Trump is insisting the announcement isn’t a joke, and said he has been asked to do it for years, but never had an interest, until now.

Donald Trump Says he Wants to Run for President in 2012.
By Carson Daniels
October 5, 2010 - 11:46am
Donald Trump told MSNBC that he is considering running for president in 2012.

Donald Trump is taking is celebrity status to a whole new level: using it to run for president.

Trump told MSNBC "Morning Joe" show hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski that he is "absolutely thinking about" running for president in 2012, according to the New York Times.

Trumps said that he is thinking about running because someone needs to do something to turn the country around.

Jimmy Carter released from hospital
By Lorne Fultonberg
September 30, 2010 - 5:41pm
The former president will go back to his book tour after a two-day stay in the hospital.

After a two­-day stay in the hospital for a gastric viral infection, former President Jimmy Carter has been released, according to CNN.  Carter went to the hospital Tuesday morning after complaining of an upset stomach upon landing in Cleveland.  Carter spent two nights in the hospital for observation. 

Joe Biden swears at health care bill signing
By Jesse Pantuosco
March 23, 2010 - 4:39pm
Plus, a Syracuse resident considers lawsuit and prosecutors recommend NBA star Gilbert Arenas serve three-month jail sentence.

Joe Biden stole some of the spotlight from Barack Obama today with one word: the f-word.  USA Today reports Biden swore after he introduced the president at today’s landmark health care bill signing.  While Democrats cheered for Obama as he came to the podium, Biden embraced the president and remarked to him about...

President Obama calls for improved governance in Afghanistan
By Alison Kurtzman
November 2, 2009 - 8:51pm
President Obama congratulates the officially reelected President of Afghanistan, but calls for changes to be made.

Cnn.com and CBSnews.com are reporting that President Barack Obama has called for a “new chapter of improved governance” in Afghanistan.  Obama’s statement comes after Afghan electoral officials declared incumbent President...