LAS VEGAS (AP) – O.J. Simpson’s lawyer won’t get a chance to plead for the imprisoned former football star’s freedom before the full seven-member Nevada Supreme Court. The state’s highest court issued a terse and unanimous order Tuesday declining to do what three of its members already refused to do — hear Simpson’s appeal of [...]
Fox News: Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich apologized to Rep. Paul Ryan on Tuesday after panning Ryan’s Medicare plan as “right-wing social engineering.” Gingrich and Ryan traded emails and spoke on the phone, a call that “went really well,” according to Gingrich’s spokesman Rick Tyler. The former House speaker also held two conference calls with [...]
Washington Post: BAGHDAD — American forces are facing an increasingly dangerous environment in southern Iraq, where Shiite militias trying to claim they are driving out the U.S. occupiers have stepped up attacks against bases and troops. The uptick in violence serves as a warning about what American forces could face if U.S. and Iraqi officials [...]
The Hill: Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has asked Congress for permission to reprogram more than $30 million to keep the 1,200 National Guard troops along the U.S.-Mexico border until September. The move comes as President Obama has pushed hard in recent weeks to reinvigorate the immigration debate among lawmakers on Capitol Hill, pronouncing the [...]
Breitbart.tv: In an outrageous breech of journalistic ethics, Agence France Presse conducted interviews of the building superintendent and the neighbors of the hotel maid who has accused International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of rape. The camera crew even went so far as to “interview” a neighbor through the peep hole of her door, thus [...]
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is suing Starbucks for firing a dwarf who asked for a stool to perform her job as a barista at an El Paso shop. An EEOC statement said the lawsuit was filed Monday in federal court in El Paso. It alleges that Starbucks fired Elsa [...]
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h/t @tahDeetz WFAA: SANTA TERESA, New Mexico – Drugs are not the only contraband smugglers try to sneak across the border. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers discovered nearly 400 pounds of bologna hidden in a pickup truck. SANTA TERESA, New Mexico – Drugs are not the only contraband smugglers try to sneak across the [...]
Washington Times: The United States government currently own 33% of the GM company following the auto-bailouts of 2009, and GM CEO Daniel Akerson describes China, as the “key to [GM's] success.” (h/t The Detroit Bureau) Presently, GM’s business in China is selling more autos in the Asian country than in the United States. The Washington [...]
I am posting this story not because it is life changing or politically important but because this baby boy deserves to be remembered and have his name on his grave stone. He deserves to have his story told. ~Angelia Update Watch live streaming video from necn_live at livestream.com Bangor Daily A person of interest has [...]
