Earlier this year, Politico reported that Sarah Palin would base her campaign in Scottsdale, Arizona if she were to run for the GOP nomination. Arizona Republic: Has Sarah Palin bought a house in north Scottsdale? For months, rumors have circulated in Arizona political circles that the former Alaska governor and possible 2012 presidential contender either [...]
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Many Jewish Americans are rethinking their support for President Barack Obama’s 2012 re-election bid after he effectively called on Israel to give back territory it has occupied since 1967 to Palestinians. The backlash after Obama’s keynote speech on the Middle East has Democratic Party operatives scrambling to mollify the Jewish community as [...]
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – With no sign his forecast of Judgment Day arriving on Saturday has come true, the 89-year-old California evangelical broadcaster and former civil engineer behind the pronouncement seemed to have gone silent. Family Radio, the Christian stations network headed by Harold Camping which had spread his message of an approaching doomsday, was [...]
ATLANTA (AP) – “Zombie apocalypse.” That blog posting headline is all it took for a behind-the-scenes public health doctor to set off an Internet frenzy over tired old advice about keeping water and flashlights on hand in case of a hurricane. “You may laugh now, but when it happens you’ll be happy you read this, [...]
Boston.com Who’d ever think you could do a good deed by drinking beer? Paige Haley and Kimberly Rogers of Pepperell, who grew up in military families, created 50 Back American Lager for that very purpose. Every time they sell a beer, they give half of the profits to groups supporting veterans, active service members, and [...]
The Hill: Former Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Michael Steele is in negotiations with MSNBC to be a political analyst, according to sources. Steele would be a prominent Republican voice on a network known for its liberal television hosts. If the deal goes through, he would join the cable network in time to offer commentary [...]
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — A man who called himself “Dr. Hunter” recruited teenage boys and young men for a fake intelligence agency, then “trained” them by whipping them and placing needles under their fingernails, a prosecutor said Friday. Westchester District Attorney Janet DiFiore said Lawrence Bottone of Stamford, Conn., was indicted on 29 charges [...]
New York — Ray Capuana paces the rows of cubicles in a haggard high-rise a stone’s throw from Wall Street as his people hustle the phones and hope for a bonus check. His employees are not bond traders, though. They are call center workers. Many are African Americans without college degrees. Some lack high school [...]
The Cable In just over a week, 60 days will have passed since the war in Libya began. But Congress has no plans to exercise its rights under the War Powers Act to either approve or stop the administration’s use of U.S. military forces to fight the army of Col. Muammar al-Qaddafi. The War Powers [...]
Aboard Air Force Aleph (Reuters) – Speaking to reporters accompanying Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on his long flight to the United States tonight, Netanyahu spoke of the injustice and hardship Mexicans have endured since American forces annexed Texas in 1845. “Tens of thousands of ordinary Mexicans were driven out of their homes – the [...]
It’s stories like these that remind me that some in this nation are grateful.. Happy Armed Forces Day. WCF Courier He knew it wouldn’t be easy, getting out of Afghanistan. Staff Sgt. Nathan Rose, of the 113th Cavalry, Iowa National Guard, knows about the toils of travel, having also served in Iraq. But familiarity doesn’t [...]
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“The borders of Israel and Palestine should be based on the 1967 lines with mutually agreed swaps, so that secure and recognized borders are established for both states. The Palestinian people must have the right to govern themselves, and reach their potential, in a sovereign and contiguous state.” – What Obama actually said.
The Daily Caller: A very large proportion of recent university graduates have soured on President Barack Obama, and many will vote GOP or stay at home in the 2012 election, according to two new surveys of younger voters. Read the whole thing
Related: Caught On Tape: Mother Attempting To Smother Her Baby To Death DAYTON, Ohio (AP) – An Ohio woman convicted of killing her month-old baby daughter in a microwave oven was spared the death penalty and sentenced Friday to life in prison without parole. Montgomery County Common Pleas Judge Mary Wiseman sentenced China Arnold, 31, [...]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – A bill passed Friday by the Tennessee Senate would forbid public school teachers and students in grades kindergarten through eight from discussing the fact that some people are gay. Opponents deride the measure as the “don’t say gay bill.” They say it’s unfair to the children of gay parents and could [...]
DETROIT (AP) – Two parents were arrested Friday for allegedly beating up several students, teachers and the principal at a Detroit school, a school district official confirmed. The mother and father of a student at Parker Elementary on the city’s west side arrived at the school Friday to follow up on an alleged fight involving [...]
