CNN: NEW YORK — New York public health workers will no longer be required to be vaccinated against both the seasonal and H1N1 flu virus, state officials announced Thursday, prompted by a vaccine shortage. A statement from Gov. David Paterson announced the policy change on behalf of State Health Commissioner Richard F. Daines. Daines had [...]
Fox News: WASHINGTON — The Senate has long been seen as opposed to the federal government selling health insurance in competition with private industry, but now senior Senate Democrats and White House officials are strongly considering including such a measure in health care overhaul legislation, officials say. The provision would permit individual states to drop [...]
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NewsBusters: Cenk Uygur of the leftist “Young Turks” radio show wrote up a funny list of “three categories of media” for the Daily Kos, putting Fox News in the category “partisan press” with Mother Jones and National Review magazines, but putting ABC, CNN, the New York Times, and the MSNBC “News Programs” on a list [...]
Fox News: U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates and his top commander in Afghanistan pressed NATO ministers Friday to send more troops and civilian aid to the war, as some allies appeared to be hedging their commitment until the Obama administration determines its strategy. Gates said Friday he was “heartened” by allies’ commitment to the 8-year-old [...]
Fox News: Senate Democrats used a must-pass military spending bill to push through a controversial measure Thursday extending hate-crime protection to gays. The bill, known as the Matthew Shepard Act, named for the gay Wyoming college student murdered 11 years ago, was opposed by conservatives because of language they said targets clergy and others who [...]
MediaIte: White House communications director Anita Dunn may not be calling Glenn Beck’s red ‘Mao Hotline‘ anytime soon, but if Dunn is the person in the White House reportedly charged with the responsibility of keeping an eye on Fox News perhaps she’ll consider taking some of the smart advice Beck offered during his show last [...]
Isn’t the green movement supposed to protect all animal life on the planet? At that, isn’t eating meat bad for the environment? Isn’t this animal cruelty? I smell hypocrisy… Or is that someone cooking my dog? Stuff: The eco-pawprint of a pet dog is twice that of a 4.6-litre Land Cruiser driven 10,000 kilometres a [...]
FOX News: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez told citizens Wednesday to limit their showers to three minutes because the country is having problems supplying water and electricity. “Some people sing in the shower, in the shower half an hour,” he said during a televised cabinet meeting. “No kids, three minutes is more than enough. I’ve counted, [...]
WASHINGTON/CHICAGO, Oct 22 (Reuters) – U.S. communications regulators voted unanimously Thursday to support an open Internet rule that would prevent telecom network operators from barring or blocking content based on the revenue it generates. The proposed rule now goes to the public for comment until Jan. 14, after which the Federal Communications Commissions will review [...]
By JOHN D. STOLL FLINT, Mich. — Michael Moore can dish it out. But can he take it? The filmmaker is enjoying modest success with his most recent movie, “Capitalism: A Love Story,” employing his trademark guerrilla documentary tactics to take on Wall Street and Capitol Hill. It follows films that cut a similarly sharp [...]
By Charles Krauthammer WASHINGTON — Rahm Emanuel once sent a dead fish to a live pollster. Now he’s put a horse’s head in Roger Ailes’ bed. Not very subtle. And not very smart. Ailes doesn’t scare easily. The White House has declared war on Fox News. White House communications director Anita Dunn said that Fox [...]
By Bill Gertz INSIDE THE RING Washington Times Republicans in the Senate are gearing up to battle the Obama administration over the high-priority plan to finish a new arms-control treaty with Russia before the end of the year. Sen. Jon Kyl, Arizona Republican and No. 2 Republican Senate leader, recently identified a key issue that [...]
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – In the largest single strike at Mexican drug operations in the U.S., authorities arrested more than 300 people in a sting that demonstrates a young cartel’s vast reach north of the border. The tentacles of “La Familia” extend coast to coast and deep into America’s heartland, with arrests announced Thursday in [...]
