QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Gunmen armed with a rocket torched 29 NATO oil tankers in southwestern Pakistan before dawn Saturday, the latest attack on the supply line for international troops in Afghanistan since Pakistani authorities closed a key border crossing amid a dispute with the United States. Two responding police officers were wounded. Local government [...]
Jon Runyan MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. (AP) – A New Jersey Republican congressional candidate criticized his Democratic opponent Friday amid mounting evidence that Democratic officials planted a tea-party candidate in the race to siphon off conservative votes. “My opponent, John Adler, represents everything that is wrong with politics in our country today,” Republican Jon Runyan said. [...]
CNN: Washington (CNN) — When he got his hands on an advance copy of Bob Woodward’s new book “Obama’s Wars” before it hit stores and started reading it earlier this month, I’m told that White House National Security Adviser Jim Jones simply blew a gasket. Jones was so furious about his portrayal in the book [...]
Fox News: In a rare public appearance, former President George W. Bush talked about life out of the limelight and took a jab at what the “elites” might be thinking of his upcoming book. “I have written a book. This will come as a shock to some of the elites. They didn’t think I could [...]
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CNN: Americans are divided over whether President Barack Obama or his predecessor has performed better in the White House, according to a new national poll. And a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Friday also indicates in the battle for Congress, Republicans hold large advantages over the Democrats among independents, men and blue-collar whites. The poll [...]
CARLSBAD, Calif. (AP) — Two students were injured Friday when a man fired several shots at an elementary school before he was tackled by bystanders, authorities said. The injuries were not life-threatening, said Carlsbad police spokeswoman Fiona Everett, who did not know the nature of the wounds. The North County Times reported the students were [...]
MENTOR, Ohio (AP) – Sladjana Vidovic’s body lay in an open casket, dressed in the sparkly pink dress she had planned to wear to the prom. Days earlier, she had tied one end of a rope around her neck and the other around a bed post before jumping out her bedroom window. The 16-year-old’s last [...]
BRANFORD, Conn. (AP) – The FBI says that a tractor-trailer that agents and police officers had surrounded at a travel stop on Interstate 95 in Connecticut is carrying no explosive devices. Spokesman William Reiner said Friday that the truck is not a danger to the public. Branford first selectman Anthony DaRos had said earlier that [...]
Politico: Week One of the Pete Rouse era in the White House is in the books — and West Wingers already notice the difference from the Rahm Emanuel days: The interim chief of staff e-mails when he wants to summon a staffer — no more hollering for them to get the hell in here right [...]
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