Archive for September, 2010

Washington Post: Delaware Republican Rep. Mike Castle has opted against against running as a write-in candidate for Senate, a decision that strengthens Democrats’ chances of holding the seat on Nov. 2. “While I would have been honored to represent Delaware in the U.S. Senate, I do not believe that seeking office in this manner is [...]

Politico: New York Republican gubernatorial nominee Carl Paladino alleged Tuesday that Democrat Andrew Cuomo was unfaithful to his ex-wife years ago, a stunning accusation that validated his earlier prediction that the race would be getting nastier. Paladino offered no proof of his claim, despite requests for substantiation, and he made it minutes after angrily declaring [...]

PARACHINAR, Pakistan — A NATO helicopter attacked a Pakistani border post near Afghanistan on Thursday, killing three troops, security officials in Pakistan said. Later, government officials said they were ordered to stop trucks carrying supplies for international forces from entering Afghanistan at a major border crossing. NATO said it was investigating the allegations and whether [...]

Time: After Matthew Snyder, a U.S. Marine, was killed in Anbar province in Iraq in 2006, some uninvited guests showed up at his funeral at St. John’s Catholic Church in Westminster, Md. The Rev. Fred W. Phelps Sr. of the Westboro Baptist Church and several family members came from Kansas holding signs reading “Thank God [...]

MEXICO CITY (AP) – Mexican marines captured 30 suspected Gulf cartel members and seized an arsenal of weapons during two days of raids in a northern border state torn by drug gang battles, officials announced Wednesday. The arrests came as Mexico’s government said organized crime-related killings have fallen so far in September compared to previous [...]

Wall Street Journal: McDonald’s Corp. has warned federal regulators that it could drop its health insurance plan for nearly 30,000 hourly restaurant workers unless regulators waive a new requirement of the U.S. health overhaul. The move is one of the clearest indications that new rules may disrupt workers’ health plans as the law ripples through [...]

Scientists Report Most Earth-Like Planet Ever
First Gitmo Civilian Trial Underway In New York
Will The “Weary Working Women” Swing 2010 Elections?

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FBI Releases Video Of Times Square Bomb Simulation

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<b>Paladino Threatens To “Take Out” Top NY Post Editor For Continued Stalking Of His 10 Year-Old Daughter</b>

Captial Tonight: CapTon’s Kaitlyn Ross just sent this explosive video shot with her cell phone outside the Business Council’s annual meeting in Bolton Landing tonight. As Kaitlyn reported at the top of Capital Tonight, the exchange is between Carl Paladino and NY Post State Editor Fred Dicker, who nearly came to blows and had to [...]

NY Cabbie Catches Savage Beating On Phone Cam

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Nassau County Police are thanking a quick thinking cab driver who they said helped catch two men accused of a brutal beating and robbery on Long Island. Christian Cruz of Lynbrook and Steven Wilhemsen of East Rockway were arrested and are accused in an attack on a 30-year-old man trying to [...]

<b>Bill O’Reilly And Bill Maher Duke It Out Over Obama, Makeup Of American Politics</b>

Background On Pigford From NLPC: Demanding large financial settlements on behalf of black farmers has been a cottage industry for litigators in this country for more than a dozen years. It has flourished because few in Congress or in successive administrations have chosen to challenge this juggernaut. It appears now, however, that this passivity is [...]

Frontiersman: Sarah Palin obtained a protective order Monday against an 18-year-old Pennsylvania man who sent her receipts from a gun purchase, along with a letter saying “he tried to follow the Bible but had evil and wickedness in him.” Palin, 46, filed the request in Anchorage District Court against Shawn R. Christy, a man she [...]

The Hill: House Democrats on Wednesday barely won a 210-209 vote to adjourn the House without extending the Bush tax cuts. Thirty-nine House Democrats voted against adjournment after Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) urged opposition to the motion in a floor speech that said it would be irresponsible for Congress to leave without providing certainty [...]

The Upshot: And here you thought bedbugs were the biggest source of anxiety for hotel guests. Yes, guests at Vdara hotel in Las Vegas now have something else to worry about: being burned alive by the glare of the building’s “death ray.” What the heck’s a “death ray,” you ask? Well, first off, it’s not [...]

Poll: Bill Clinton Most Popular U.S. Politician

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Politico: Thirty-nine Democrats, many of them in tight races, broke ranks Wednesday to vote against adjourning the House, a direct rebuke to Democratic leaders’ decision not to hold a tax cut vote before adjourning for elections. The vote was so close, 210-209, that Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who rarely votes on day to day legislation, had [...]

Raw Video: Not Guilty Plea In Acid Attack Hoax