WAPO: The millions of blue forms being mailed this month in the first census count since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, do not ask about religion. But the idea of answering any questions posed by the government makes some Muslims uneasy, so community leaders are worried that many may avoid the Census altogether. [...]
Washington (AP) – – House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer on Tuesday denied assertions by former Rep. Eric Massa that he was pushed out of office because he voted no on health care. “That’s absurd. Absolutely untrue,” Hoyer said. “Definitively untrue.” Massa on Monday resigned his seat in the House after a male staffer accused him [...]
News Busters: At the end of a discussion of Haiti on HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher, actor Sean Penn went on a rant in defense of Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chavez, suggesting prison time for American journalists: “every day, this elected leader is called a dictator here, and we just accept it! And accept it. [...]
NBC: Sen. Roy Ashburn (R-Bakersfield) said he felt compelled to address the rumors. He did so Monday morning in a radio interview. “I am gay. And so, those are the words that have been so difficult for me for so long,” Ashburn said during an interview on AM1180 KERN in Bakersfield (Scroll down for complete [...]
AL.com: MONTGOMERY — The Rev. Jesse Jackson led a march of about 200 people down Dexter Avenue to the Alabama Capitol to rally supporting bingo jobs in the state.
NewsBusters: HDNet’s Dan Rather stepped on one mine after another in the racial minefield that exists when talking about the nation’s first black President as the former CBS anchor, on the syndicated Chris Matthews Show on March 8th, uttered the following take on the President’s ability to get health care passed and how the GOP [...]
Politico: House Democrats have found a way to address Republicans’ polling advantage on national security: Teach candidates a better way to talk about the issue. While President Barack Obama still outpolls congressional Republicans on national security, a new Third Way/Greenberg Quinlan Rosner poll out Monday gives the GOP the edge in a generic Republican vs. [...]
The Daily Mail: In the world of haute cuisine, pushing the boundaries of taste has become commonplace. But in a move that has delighted some and disgusted others, a chef has made cheese out of his wife’s breast milk. The idea struck chef Daniel Angerer eight weeks ago after his wife gave birth and she [...]
Politico: Rep. Eric Massa (D-N.Y.) says the House ethics committee is investigating him for inappropriate comments he made to a male staffer on New Year’s Eve — and that he’s the victim of a power play by Democratic leaders who want him out of Congress because he’s a “no” vote on health care reform. “Mine [...]
Michele Bachmann calls for investigation of the White Houseby therightscoop
WESTMORELAND, N.H. (AP) – Mary Josephine Ray, the New Hampshire woman who was certified as the oldest person living in the United States, has died at age 114 years, 294 days. She died Sunday at a nursing home in Westmoreland but was active until about two weeks before her death, her granddaughter Katherine Ray said. [...]
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The Heritage Foundation: The same ethical advice for doctors also makes sense for Congress as it considers several pending global warming bills – first do no harm. Given serious questions about global warming science as well as the efficacy of costly proposals to address it, the best choice for Washington is none of the above. [...]
Telegraph: It is a universal political truth that administrations do not begin to fragment when things are going well: it only happens when they go badly, and those who think they know better begin to attack those who manifestly do not. The descent of Barack Obama’s regime, characterised now by factionalism in the Democratic Party [...]
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Kathryn Bigelow played field commander to bring her raw, relentless Iraq War thriller “The Hurt Locker” to the screen. After her film triumphed at the Academy Awards with six prizes and made her the first woman ever to win the directing Oscar, she graduated to diplomat with her deft handling of [...]
OWENSBORO, Ky. (AP) – A woman in jail for public intoxication was accused of assaulting a jailer by squirting
