Fox News: WASHINGTON – Conservative groups preparing to fight President Barack Obama over his next Supreme Court nomination are trying to recruit tea party activists to their cause, hoping their enthusiasm will help them beat back any nominee they consider too liberal for their taste. Bringing in the tea party movement — known for its [...]
BEIJING (AP) – Chinese authorities say a strong earthquake in a western province has killed at least 67 people. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake measured a magnitude of 6.9. The China Earthquake Administration announced the initial death toll in a brief statement on its Web site, saying that Wednesday’s quake had caused many [...]
Boston Globe: Barney Frank has enemies, even 30,000 feet in the air. Flying back to Boston from LA yesterday, the congressman was assailed by a pair of ophthalmologists upset about the health care reform bill. An argument ensued that prompted some passengers to wonder if the plane might be forced to land. “No one was [...]
CHICAGO (AP)– A nurse may soon be your doctor. With a looming shortage of primary care doctors, 28 states are considering expanding the authority of nurse practitioners. These nurses with advanced degrees want the right to practice without a doctor’s watchful eye and to prescribe narcotics. And if they hold a doctorate, they want to [...]
Politico: President Barack Obama acknowledged Tuesday that despite his full-court press for tough sanctions aimed at persuading Iran to abandon its suspected nuclear weapons program, he could not promise that China and other major powers would go along. “I am going to push as hard as I can to make sure that we get strong [...]
Joe Brown and Allee Bautsch And how shall this be answered? With more talk or hope that someone else will answer it? Free Republic: Allee Bautsch, chief campaign fundraiser for Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, and her boyfriend Joe Brown, were savagely beaten Friday night in New Orleans after leaving a Republican party fundraising dinner by [...]
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New York Times: WASHINGTON — It is often said that the new health care law will affect almost every American in some way. And, perhaps fittingly if unintentionally, no one may be more affected than members of Congress themselves. In a new report, the Congressional Research Service says the law may have significant unintended consequences [...]
Politico: Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) are putting the final touches on a bill that would restrict the types of companies that could air campaign ads and require those that did to disclose precisely how much they spent on such ads – and possibly force their CEO’s to appear in [...]
Daily Mail: The Russian government prevented the Polish president’s plane from landing four times to divert him from a ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the Katyn massacre, according to an MP. Artur Gorski said the Russians ‘came up with some dubious reasons’ that the aircraft couldn’t land because they feared President Leck Kaczynski’s [...]
Bloomberg: April 13 (Bloomberg) — Confidence among U.S. small businesses fell in March to the lowest level since July 2009 as executives grew more concerned about earnings and sales, a private survey found. The National Federation of Independent Business’s optimism index dropped to 86.8 last month from 88 in February, the Washington-based group said today. [...]
Some suggested styles for elementary school boys at a fashion show at New Jersey’s Maude Wilkins Elementary. I say sort of, because boys still have to dress like women, but now have to do it as women dressed as boys. Here’s the new directive sent home to parents: “If your child is a young man, [...]
Telegraph: The book, the brainchild of Lisa Murphy and called Tactile Minds, is designed to be ‘enjoyed’ by the blind and visually impaired – and is on sale for £150. Among the 17 raised images include a naked woman in a ‘disco pose’, a woman with ‘perfect breasts’ and a ‘male love robot’. Canadian Lisa [...]
