myfoxny TUXTLA GUTIERREZ, Mexico – Police on Tuesday detained 513 undocumented migrants from Latin America and Asia who were crammed into two trucks bound for the United States, prosecutors in southeast Mexico said. The migrants, from Latin America, Japan, China, India and Nepal, “were traveling in inhuman conditions” in the southeastern state of Chiapas, near [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) – The nation’s push to computerize medical records has failed to fully address long-standing security gaps that expose patients’ most sensitive information to hackers and snoops, government investigators warn. Two reports released today by the inspector general of the Health and Human Services Department have found that the drive to connect hospitals and [...]
National Journal: Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., is staying in the House, and won’t run for the U.S. Senate, two well-placed GOP sources tell National Journal. Ryan began informing close friends of his decision Tuesday and is expected to announce later in the day. Three GOP sources tell National Journal as soon as Ryan officially announces [...]
Virtual Jerusalem “Israel must return to its 1967 borders,” US President Barack Obama is expected to declare on Thursday in his Middle East policy speech, Israeli daily newspaper “Yediot Ahronot” reports this morning. Obama will propose dividing Jerusalem between Israel and the Palestinian Authority but will rule out supporting any unilateral declaration of Palestinian independence. [...]
“Us minorities should stick together” – Against who? Oh, yes, white Christians, I suppose, since Adler is Jewish. This is the worst case of blatant racism I’ve seen in a political campaign in awhile. At least Obama invented clever code for his race-baiting. Dan’s description of himself from his website: Adler, an entertainment industry executive [...]
Lawyer: ‘The evidence will not be consistent with a forcible encounter’ Victim called her brother an hour after alleged assault Claimed IMF chief ‘twice forced himself on her’ Banker is denied $1million bail by New York court Spends his first night in cell at Rikers Island prison Police reportedly found blood on sheets in suite [...]
Daily Caller: Of the 204 new Obamacare waivers President Barack Obama’s administration approved in April, 38 are for fancy eateries, hip nightclubs and decadent hotels in House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s Northern California district. That’s in addition to the 27 new waivers for health care or drug companies and the 31 new union waivers Obama’s [...]
Jerusalem Post: BERLIN – The Iranian government is moving forward with the construction of rocket launch bases in Venezuela, the German daily Die Welt wrote in its Thursday edition. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is Teheran’s most important South American ally. Iran is building intermediate- range missile launch pads on the Paraguaná Peninsula, and engineers from [...]
I’d like to know if these were U.S. helicopters and troops. New York Times: ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistani ground troops opened fire on two NATO helicopters that crossed into Pakistan’s airspace from Afghanistan early Tuesday morning, the Pakistani Army said in a statement. A firefight then briefly erupted between NATO forces and the troops, the [...]
Los Angeles Times: Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and his wife, Maria Shriver, separated after she learned he had fathered a child more than a decade ago — before his first run for office — with a longtime member of their household staff. Shriver moved out of the family’s Brentwood mansion earlier this year, after [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) – Those who planned the secret mission to get Osama bin Laden in Pakistan knew it was a one-shot deal, and it nearly went terribly wrong. The U.S. deliberately hid the operation from Pakistan, and predicted that national outrage over the breach of Pakistani sovereignty would make it impossible to try again if [...]
NEW YORK (AP) – Two leading makers of lighting products are showcasing LED bulbs that are bright enough to replace energy-guzzling 100-watt light bulbs set to disappear from stores in January. Their demonstrations at the LightFair trade show in Philadelphia this week mean that brighter LED bulbs will likely go on sale next year, but [...]
