New Scientist: IT IS midnight on 22 September 2012 and the skies above Manhattan are filled with a flickering curtain of colourful light. Few New Yorkers have seen the aurora this far south but their fascination is short-lived. Within a few seconds, electric bulbs dim and flicker, then become unusually bright for a fleeting moment. [...]
Times Online: Police in Bangladesh have arrested on suspicion of terrorism a British man whose charity runs an orphanage that they say is a front for a training camp and arms factory for Islamic militants. Dr Faisal Mostafa of Stockport, Greater Manchester, who was acquitted in 2002 of being part of an al-Qaeda bomb plot, [...]
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Politico: President Barack Obama plans to announce an escalation in Afghanistan in a speech at the White House on Friday morning, committing 4,200 more troops and hundreds more civilians, and embracing a new system of benchmarks to measure progress. “He’s gone all in,†said an official briefed on the plan. “This is Obama’s war. He’s [...]
Fox News: John Wayne, Meet Stuart Smalley — Obama Team Strikes Special Diplomatic Tone ANALYSIS: While former President George W. Bush drew charges of “cowboy diplomacy” for his unilateral style of doing things, the Obama team might just be Stuart Smalley to Bush’s John Wayne. Call it your daily affirmation. The Obama administration over the [...]
Financial Post: U.S. law-making is riddled with slapdash, incompetence and gamesmanship By Terence Corcoran Helicopter Ben Bernanke’s Federal Reserve is dropping trillions of fresh paper dollars on the world economy, the President of the United States is cracking jokes on late night comedy shows, his energy minister is threatening a trade war over carbon emissions, [...]
Metro UK: Cheated wife chews off man’s manhood Russia – A wronged wife has taken revenge on her cheating husband by biting off his private parts. Katya Kharitovonova has been jailed for two years for the attack on husband Mikhail after waking up to find him and her best friend half-naked. She also lashed out [...]
FOX: Geithner Proposes Expanded Powers Over Wall Street Treasury Sec. Geithner offered Congress a multi-pronged approach that would regulate all financial derivatives, hedge funds and other large firms. WASHINGTON — Confidence in the overall financial system has failed and a major overhaul of regulations is needed, Treasury Sec. Tim Geithner told a House panel Thurday. [...]
(U.S. Army Capt. Jesse Stewart carries a disabled Iraqi girl to a humanitarian event where she received a wheelchair in the Rusafa District of eastern Baghdad, Iraq, March 23, 2009. Stewart, a troop commander assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division’s 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, assisted the mother in getting the girl to [...]
WaPo: Handling Of ‘State Secrets’ At Issue Like Predecessor, New Justice Dept. Claiming Privilege By Carrie Johnson Civil liberties advocates are accusing the Obama administration of forsaking campaign rhetoric and adopting the same expansive arguments that his predecessor used to cloak some of the most sensitive intelligence-gathering programs of the Bush White House. The first [...]
AIG Executive’s “I QUIT!” letter here. NBC Connecticut: Documents reveal the level of threats against AIG employees By ANDREW PERGAM The anger in the threats against AIG executives is palpable. “Get the bonus, we will get your children,” someone identified only as “Jacob the Killer” hauntingly writes in an e-mail. His is one of dozens [...]
Politico: GOP transparency push seen as attack on Michelle O. By Josh Gerstein House Republicans are pressing for a change in federal law that could force Michelle Obama and future first ladies to do more of their policy work in public. But Democrats warn President Obama may take the attempt personally “as an attack on [...]
Auto Blog: California to reduce carbon emissions by… banning black cars?! by Jeremy Korzeniewski In a move that will likely get California’s consumers in a huff, impending legislation may soon restrict the paint color options for Golden State residents looking for their next new vehicle. The specific colors that are currently on the chopping block [...]
Chicago Tribune: Rahm Emanuel’s profitable stint at mortgage giant Short Freddie Mac stay made him at least $320,000 By Bob Secter and Andrew Zajac Before its portfolio of bad loans helped trigger the current housing crisis, mortgage giant Freddie Mac was the focus of a major accounting scandal that led to a management shake-up, huge [...]
FOX: Report: Pakistan Aiding Taliban Attacks in Afghanistan The Taliban offensive in Afghanistan is aided partly by support from operatives in Pakistan’s military intelligence agency, The New York Times reported on Wednesday. Pakistan’s support for the Taliban, coordinated by operatives inside Pakistan’s Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence, reportedly includes military supplies, money and guidance for the [...]
Senate reviewing how college football picks No. 1 WASHINGTON — Everyone from President Barack Obama on down to fans has criticized how college football determines its top team. Now senators are getting off the sidelines to examine antitrust issues involving the Bowl Champion Series. The current system “leaves nearly half of all the teams in [...]
Let’s have a quick ‘check-in’ with that side of Obama’s family that didn’t attend the big party … and Obama doesn’t seem to remember during the holidays … or any other day. The Boston Globe: By Maria Sacchetti President Barack Obama’s aunt, a Kenyan immigrant who ignited controversy last year for living in the United [...]
