Fox News: Senate Republicans are making a last-ditch effort Wednesday to derail health care legislation by forcing Democrats to vote on a series of politically dicey matters relating to the health care “fixes” sent over by the House this week. The “fix-it” bill makes adjustments to the legislation President Obama signed into law Tuesday. Republicans [...]
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Racist Presidents tend to engender these things… KMBC: NORTH MIAMI BEACH, Fla. –Buckwheat, the Little Rascal from the 1920s series of film shorts called “Our Gang,” is now center stage in a foot-in-mouth moment for a South Florida candidate for the U.S. Congress. Corey Poitier, who is running for U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek’s seat, delivered [...]
Politico: House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer is warning that some of his Democratic colleagues are being threatened with violence when they go back to their districts — and he wants Republicans to stand up and condemn the threats. The Maryland Democrat said more than 10 House Democrats have reported incidents of threats or other forms [...]
CBS News: Rep. Darrell Issa, the top Republican on the House Oversight committee, told CBS News Wednesday that he will call for a special prosecutor to investigate the White House if it does not address Rep. Joe Sestak’s claim that he was offered a federal job in exchange for dropping out of the Pennsylvania Senate [...]
Examiner: After Tea Party activists posted the supposed address of Rep. Tom Perriello’s (D-VA) home, a gas line was cut at his brother’s property. The activists posted the wrong address in Virginia on the internet. The FBI and local authorities are investigating the incident. Threats and acts of violence have escalated after President Barack Obama [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) – In the war of wills between the Obama administration and Israel over settlement construction, Israel has weathered—if not won—another round. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s awkwardly timed visit to Washington this week closed with a meeting with President Barack Obama that seemed intended to pull the curtain on the dispute without resolving it. [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) – More than 1 million baby slings made by Infantino are being recalled because the products have been linked to three infant deaths. The Consumer Product Safety Commission says babies can suffocate in the soft fabric slings. The agency is urging parents to immediately stop using the slings for babies under 4 months. [...]
The Independent: Its authenticity might be in doubt, but it’s hard to deny the Turin Shroud’s near-miraculous powers of longevity as the Catholic Church prepares once again to roll out the world’s most famous relic – and to cash in on the unique mixture of devotion, speculation and ridicule that it generates. This spring the [...]
Politico: Rep. Randy Neugebauer said this afternoon that his shout of “baby killer” amid Congressional debate over health care legislation Sunday night has drawn a “tremendous outpouring” of phone calls, emails, and financial contributions “telling me, ‘Congressman, thank you for taking a stand.’” “You wouldn’t believe the emails and the phone calls of people calling [...]
The Hill: Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner says a plan for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will be out in months. Geither told a House panel that the plan won’t call for the government-backed mortgage lenders to be abolished, but that they will need to curb their risk taking. The remarks come as the federal government [...]
Fox News: On June 28, 1984, a young man broke into the home of 79-year-old Jennie Vincow in Los Angeles. Over the course of a few hours he ransacked the elderly woman’s apartment, raped her and repeatedly stabbed her. He then slashed her throat so badly that she was nearly decapitated. Her son found her [...]
Jerusalem Post: Air raid comes after another rocket hits southern Israel IAF fighter jets bombed a weapons warehouse in the northern Gaza Strip overnight Tuesday. The jets hit their target directly, causing no collateral damage, the army said. According to the IDF Spokesperson, the operation was a response to the continued launching of rockets from [...]
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