TEHRAN, Iran (AP) – Iranian state television reports five people have been sentenced to death over the unrest that followed the country’s disputed June presidential election. At least three others caught up in the turmoil have received death sentences previously. The report on Tuesday quotes a statement by the Justice Department saying the five sentenced [...]
Major Garrett Among White House Correspondents to Interview Pres. Obama Today By Chris Ariens on Nov 17, 2009 07:49 AM It’s official. Fox News’ Major Garrett will interview Pres. Obama at 9:20pmET tonight. He tweets: I will interview POTUS on camera Wed am here in Beijing. 4 other networks will too. 10 mins per. Many [...]
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David Horowitz’ds News Real: In a Washington News Observer video, Andrew (Andy) Stern, boss of the radical union SEIU, denies Glenn Beck’s frequent accusation that Stern is a radical. (see first video below) Despite what Glenn Beck says, I am a capitalist, not a socialist, communist, or anything else he’s called me in the last [...]
Reuters: Guess what? It turns out the Chinese are kind of curious about how President Barack Obama’s healthcare reform plans would impact America’s huge fiscal deficit. Government officials are using his Asian trip as an opportunity to ask the White House questions. Detailed questions. Boilerplate assurances that America won’t default on its debt or inflate [...]
Obama’s Home Teleprompter Malfunctions During Family Dinner
British paper, don’t mind the typos. Times Online: British forces should buy off potential Taleban recruits with “bags of goldâ€, according to a new army field manual published yesterday.
Fox News: House Republicans on Monday disputed claims that moving Guantanamo Bay detainees to rural Illinois would bring thousands of local jobs to the community, saying a proposed detention facility in Thomson would amount to little more than “the new Gitmo.” Rep. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., released a statement claiming that a Republican colleague was told [...]
The LA Times: Seventy years ago, Bill Wilson — the co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous — declared his powerlessness over alcohol in a book by the same name. The failed businessman contended that, as an alcoholic, he had to “hit bottom” before changing his life and that sobriety could only be achieved through complete abstention. For [...]
Fox News: Criminal gangs are making millions of dollars out of the H1N1 flu pandemic by selling fake flu drugs over the internet, a web security firm said on Monday. Sophos, a British security software firm said it had intercepted hundreds of millions of fake pharmaceutical spam adverts and websites this year, many of them [...]
The Hill: Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman has “unconceded” in New York’s special House election after reports that the vote margin between him and Rep. Bill Owens (D) has narrowed. Hoffman conceded the race on Election Night after learning he trailed Owens by 5,335 votes. But the Syracuse Post-Standard reported last week that the margin [...]
