New York Daily News: The protester who burned pages from the Koran outside a planned mosque near Ground Zero has been fired from NJTransit, sources and authorities said Tuesday.
Mediaite: Another Fox News contributor Michelle Malkin slammed Rove almost immediately in a blog post. “Might as well have been Olbermann on MSNBC,†wrote Malkin (and WOW what a slam). “The establishment Beltway strategist couldn’t even bother with an obligatory word of congratulations for O’Donnell.â€
The Guardian: Banks and bankers are now potential targets for the Real IRA, leaders of the dissident republican terror group have warned in an exclusive interview with the Guardian.
Los Angeles Times; Twitter Inc. has redesigned its website for the first time in its four-year history to draw more users and get them to stay longer as it competes for advertising dollars with Internet rivals Google Inc. and Facebook Inc. The redesign, which will roll out to the website’s 160 million users over the [...]
Washington Times: A panel of national security experts who worked under Republican and Democratic presidents is urging the Obama administration to abandon its stance that Islam is not linked to terrorism, arguing that radical Muslims are using Islamic law to subvert the United States. In a report set for release today, the panel states that [...]
Zawahiri: Nine years of jihad weakened West Al-Qaeda number two insists Western forces are searching breathlessly for a way out from Afghanistan, Iraq. Al Qaeda recording appears to mark 9/11 anniversary * Zawahri urges Turks and Pakistanis to rise up (Changes source, adds details, quotes and background) DUBAI, Sept 15 (Reuters) – Al Qaeda’s number [...]
Los Angeles Times: Reporting from Howz-e-Madad, Afghanistan — Hundreds of U.S. and Afghan troops pushed into insurgent-dominated areas west of Kandahar city early Wednesday, hoping to establish a foothold not far from the area where the Taliban movement was born. The assault south of the main highway in the Zhari district by elements of the [...]
New York Times: Carl P. Paladino, a Buffalo multimillionaire who jolted the Republican Party with his bluster and belligerence, rode a wave of disgust with Albany to the nomination for governor of New York on Tuesday, toppling Rick A. Lazio, a former congressman who earned establishment support but inspired little popular enthusiasm. Mr. Paladino became [...]
The Upshot: With polls showing significant GOP momentum this fall, Republicans in recent weeks began to believe they had a real chance of retaking control of the Senate in November. But a major primary upset at the hands of a tea party insurgent on Tuesday may have put the Senate GOP’s dreams of a majority [...]
Chicago Tribune: CHICAGO – Chicago police are investigating the discovery of a burned copy of the Quran found outside the Muslim Community Center in Chicago to determine if the book was damaged in a hate crime. Some youths found the burned book on a sidewalk outside the community center on Sunday, a day after the [...]
New York Times: NEW YORK – Facing ethics charges in Washington and upstart challengers at home, Rep. Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.) won a resounding victory Tuesday to keep the Harlem-based House seat that he has easily controlled for 40 years. Rangel, the ousted Ways and Means Committee chairman who has been charged with 13 counts [...]
Washington (CNN) – Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine plans to make what’s being billed as a major announcement Wednesday about the future of the party, according to a Democratic source with knowledge of the speech. The source tells CNN that Kaine will announce something that will excite Democrats across the country. Kaine’s event comes [...]
Kansas City.com: Jackson County prosecutors today charged a student wearing a bullet-resistant vest with slashing the throat of a dean at the Metropolitan Community College-Penn Valley just 20 minutes before Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon was scheduled to speak there. Prosecutors charged Casey Brezik, of Raytown, with two counts of first-degree assault and two counts or [...]
