French Press Agency: Forensic scientists could soon use hand germs to help identify criminals and victims, a study said Monday. Researchers led by Noah Fierer of the University of Colorado at Boulder swabbed individual keys on three personal computer keyboards, extracted bacterial DNA from the swabs and compared the results with bacteria on the fingertips [...]
Politico: Barack Obama faces the stiffest test of his first-term agenda — and a defining moment in his presidency — as Democratic Party leaders mount a fevered campaign this week to round up votes for a historic health care bill. Two top aides — senior adviser David Axelrod and press secretary Robert Gibbs — said [...]
The Hill: President Barack Obama on Monday made an impassioned plea for lawmakers to show “courage†and vote for healthcare reform. In a speech in Strongsville, Ohio, Obama told lawmakers to focus not on political opinion polls or the November election, but rather, the people who would be positively impacted by healthcare reform. Too many [...]
The Hill: The Hill’s survey/tracking of House Democrats’ positions on healthcare reform legislation. UPDATED: 3/15/10 at 2:16 p.m. RECENT UPDATES: Reps. Dennis Kucinich, Marcia Fudge, Chris Carney, Jason Altmire, Brian Baird, Bart Gordon and John Boccieri House Democrats not on this list are expected to vote yes. However, some members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus [...]
Times Online: The White House is refusing to back down today in a bitter dispute with Israel over settlements in Jerusalem that has stalled peace talks, split Jewish lobbyists in Washington and which the Pentagon believes is threatening the lives of American soldiers in the broader Middle East. As Palestinians threatened to boycott future talks, [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Combining Obama administration and Republican priorities, the leading Senate author of a sweeping rewrite of the nation’s financial regulations is looking for consensus with a proposal that neither side of the political spectrum is ready to embrace. Sen. Christopher Dodd, the chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, plans to unveil a proposal [...]
ABC News: With thousands of American teenagers and college students revving up for spring break, the government and some universities have a message for those looking to venture south of the border: Be careful. As drug-related violence in Mexico surges, most recently with the brutal murder of a U.S. consulate employee and her husband this [...]
It was back in 32 when times were hard He had a Colt 45 and a deck of cards, Stagger Lee He wore rat drawn shoes and an old Stetson hat Had a 28 Ford, had payments on that, Stagger Lee His woman threw him out in the ice and snow And told him “Never [...]
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) – Gunmen in the drug war-plagued Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez killed two Americans and a Mexican from the local U.S. consulate, an attack U.S. President Barack Obama said “outraged” him. An American woman working at the consulate in Ciudad Juarez, just over the border from El Paso, Texas, and her [...]
Wired’s Threat Level: Josh Gerstein over at Politico sent Threat Level his piece underscoring once again President Barack Obama is not the civil-liberties knight in shining armor many were expecting. Gerstein posts a televised interview of Obama and John Walsh of America’s Most Wanted. The nation’s chief executive extols the virtues of mandatory DNA testing [...]
Works and Days: by Victor Davis Hanson Much has been written of the recent Tom Hanks remarks to Douglas Brinkley in a Time magazine interview about his upcoming HBO series on World War II in the Pacific. Here is the explosive excerpt that is making the rounds today. “Back in World War II, we viewed [...]
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Politico: Moderate House Democrats facing potentially difficult reelections this fall have a message for President Barack Obama: Don’t call us; we’ll call you. Interviews with nearly a dozen congressional Democrats on the ballot this year reveal a decided lack of enthusiasm for having Obama come to their districts to campaign for them — the most [...]
