WASHINGTON (AP) — A surprising drop in the unemployment rate and far fewer job losses last month cheered investors Friday and raised hopes for a sustained economic recovery. The rate unexpectedly fell to 10 percent, from 10.2 percent in October, as employers cut the fewest number of jobs since the recession began. The government also [...]
CNS News: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), author of the Senate health-care bill that permits taxpayer dollars to go to insurance plans which cover abortion, responded to letters protesting the abortion funding in the bill with a letter of his own saying that he opposes abortion except in cases of rape, incest, or when [...]
Telegraph: So many new developments: which story do we pick? Maybe best to summarise, instead. After all, it’s not like you’re going to find much of this reported in the MSM. 1. Australia’s Senate rejects Emissions Trading Scheme for a second time. Or: so turkeys don’t vote Christmas. Expect to see a lot more of [...]
The Washington Times: Former Vice President Al Gore on Thursday abruptly canceled a Dec. 16 personal appearance that was to be staged during the United Nations’ Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, which begins next week. As described in The Washington Times’ Inside the Beltway column Tuesday, the multimedia public event to promote Mr. Gore’s new [...]
The Cable: Are you a fan of Barack Obama’s handling of major foreign-policy issues so far? If so, there’s a greater chance that you are a member of the Council on Foreign Relations than a member of the general public. A new survey being released today by CFR and the Pew Research Center for the [...]
CNS News: Rev. Carlton Veazey, president and CEO of the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, told a small crowd of pro-abortion protesters that women have a “God-given right†to abortion and that opposition from pro-life congressmen and religious leaders would never take it away. Veazey, closing speaker at a “Stop Stupak†rally on Capitol Hill [...]
Fox News: After challenging a group of corporate executives, union leaders and academics to help him take action on creating jobs, President Obama concluded a jobs summit he hosted Thursday by saying some of the ideas generated can be “immediately” adopted by his administration. Obama said that other ideas will become part of legislation for [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) – The House voted Thursday to permanently extend a 45 percent inheritance tax on estates larger than $3.5 million, canceling a one-year repeal of the tax set to begin next month. A similar effort is afoot in the Senate, but the health care debate there could preclude action on the estate tax before [...]
CNSNews: The principal and a teacher at Goleta Valley Junior High School in Santa Barbara County, California are apologizing to parents for not following school district policy relating to a pro-homosexual workshop given to 8th grade students in a leadership class at the school. The controversial workshop was presented by “Just Communities Central Coast†in [...]
NBC Washington: Vice President Joe Biden may be known for his foreign policy, but his public gaffes often top the cake. This week, he didn’t disappoint. On Wednesday, Biden was running late to a speech at the Marriott Hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue. He arrived just as the speaker was introducing him. But Biden was in [...]
