Politico: Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.), who played a central role in the health reform fight as the leader of anti-abortion Democrats, announced Friday afternoon that he will not run for reelection, saying he wanted to spend more time with his family. Without Stupak on the ballot, the seat becomes an immediate pickup opportunity for Republicans. [...]
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Who Runs Gov: In a shot across the bow of Dems, the labor powerhouse SEIU is starting a new third party in North Carolina that hopes to field its own slate of candidates, part of an effort to make the Democratic Party more reliable on issues important to labor, I’m told. SEIU officials setting up [...]
Daily Mail: A young Muslim woman had died after her burkha became snagged in a go-kart. The 24-year-old woman, who has not yet been named, died a terrifying death today
New York (AP) – – Mind reading may no longer be the domain of psychics and fortune tellers – now some computers can do it, too. Software that uses brain scans to determine what items people are thinking about was among the technological innovations showcased Wednesday by Intel Corp., which drew back the curtain on [...]
Times Online: A top US special forces commander visited a family in rural Afghanistan yesterday to plead for forgiveness after finally admitting that his troops killed five innocent people in a botched raid, which, Afghan officials said, the soldiers then tried to cover up. Vice-Admiral William H. McRaven went to Paktia in eastern Afghanistan to [...]
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, a potential presidential candidate in 2012, called Barack Obama on Thursday “the most radical president in American history” who oversees a “secular, socialist machine.” Gingrich reminded conservative activists why he was one of the nation’s most polarizing leaders in the 1990s, opening the Southern Republican Leadership [...]
BAGHDAD (AP) – Al-Qaida’s umbrella group in Iraq has claimed responsibility for a triple suicide bombing outside foreign embassies in Baghdad, which killed more than 40 people. The group, known as the Islamic State of Iraq, posted a statement on Friday on a Web site that carries al-Qaida and other militant statements. The statement says [...]
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By Mark J. Fitzgibbons in American Thinker: Measured just by the number of victims, there is no close second place to government as the biggest lawbreaker. Measured in terms of impact, government lawbreaking is disabling our entire society. When an individual or collection of individuals (such as a business) violates the law, there are victims [...]
ABC News: In Prague to sign a nuclear disarmament treaty with Russia, President Obama pushed back against Republican critics, including Sarah Palin, who say that his new nuclear stance is too soft and leaves the United States vulnerable to attacks. The scene Thursday at the historic Prague Castle in the capital of the Czech Republic [...]
