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ABC News: EAST PEORIA, ILL. — President Obama today repeated the claim we asked about yesterday at the press briefing that Jim Owens, the CEO of Caterpillar, Inc., “said that if Congress passes our plan, this company will be able to rehire some of the folks who were just laid off.” Caterpillar announced 22,000 layoffs [...]

CNS News: While addressing global warming is a top priority of the Obama administration, it ranks low on the public’s list of concerns, according to a Pew Research Center poll released Thursday. Americans are concerned about the economy first of all, and they are tired of the “hype” about global warming, Patrick Michaels, a leading [...]

Times Online: The far-right Dutch politician Geert Wilders was turned away from Heathrow today after testing the Home Secretary’s ban on him entering the country. Immigration officials denied the Dutch MP entry to the country after the Government decided he should not be allowed to attend a screening of his controversial anti-Islamist film tonight. Mr [...]

OBAMA BURNED: GREGG WITHDRAWS AFTER POLICIES TOO MUCH TO STOMACH For Immediate Release: Thursday, February 12, 2009 Senator Gregg Statement on His Withdrawal for Consideration of U.S. Commerce Secretary Sen. Gregg stated, “I want to thank the President for nominating me to serve in his Cabinet as Secretary of Commerce. This was a great honor, [...]

The plot thickens. These are the only two major media sources reporting a retort to Kanjorski, so far. There’s nowhere to go with this, but deeper. Is Kanjorski lying, or is he telling the truth and being smeared? Here’s the latest before i keep digging and then report what I find… Conde-Naste’s Portfolio.com: Kanjorski and [...]

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Across generations, “streamers” expect access to TV programs on “device of my choice,” says new Knowledge Networks report. One in Five Internet Users 13 to 54 Watches Full TV Programs Online; Figure Has Doubled in Two Years. MENLO PARK, Calif., Feb. 12 /PRNewswire/ — One in five (21%) Internet users ages 13 to 54 now [...]

WASHINGTON – The FBI is considering shifting large numbers of agents away from counterterrorism work to white collar crime. FBI Deputy Director John Pistole told the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday that the bureau may reassign many of the positions that were reallocated to anti-terrorism work after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Such a move [...]

Washington Times: Talk about a pet project. A tiny mouse with the longtime backing of a political giant may soon reap the benefits of the economic-stimulus package. Lawmakers and administration officials divulged Wednesday that the $789 billion economic stimulus bill being finalized behind closed doors in Congress includes $30 million for wetlands restoration that the [...]

Gun Owners Of America: The Obama administration is putting a lot of pressure on Congress to slam through the most recent $800+ billion bailout package before anyone has an opportunity to read it. The Obama administration intones that the details are unimportant. The only thing that matters is the “bigness.” And, by shipping a bill [...]