Pat Dollard

Miami-Herald: The war of words between Broward Reps Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Allen West hit the cable air waves Wednesday, with West telling conservative-leaning Fox this morning (I missed it, driving to work) that Wasserman Schultz was “not a victim” “I think it’s important to stake my ground,” West told Fox News when asked about [...]

NewsMax: Thousands of Iranian Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) troops crossed into northern Iraq over the weekend, bombarding Iraqi Kurdish villages. The Iraqi government has quietly acknowledged the Iranian military operation on Iraqi soil, but has not called it an invasion. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and the prime minister of the Kurdish regional government, Dr. Barham [...]

MSNBC: A U.S. military judge Wednesday set a March 2012 court martial date for a U.S. Army psychiatrist charged in a 2009 killing rampage at a Texas military base. At an arraignment that lasted only about 15 minutes, Major Nidal Malik Hasan declined to enter a plea before Fort Hood Chief Circuit Judge Colonel Gregory [...]

Military.com: Just over a century after taking in its first patients, Walter Reed Army Medical Center will close its doors at the end of August and move patients, staff and health care operations to new and expanded facilities at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., and DeWitt Army Community Hospital at Fort Belvoir, [...]

Seattle PI: There is no such thing as a high-class pimp. Those were the words of Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes on Wednesday, announcing charges against what he said was a high-end prostitution ring that charged clients more than $10,000 a night. Five corporations and 17 people were indicted on prostitution and drug charges in [...]

Related: Coburn Abandons Own Plan, Throws Support Behind Obama’s “Big Deal”, Probably Ensuring Obama’s Re-Election Fox News: WASHINGTON – The bipartisan Senate plan — which in a span of 24 hours has emerged as the leading proposal to lift lawmakers out of their debt-ceiling quagmire — is now running into doubts about whether there’s enough [...]

Excerpt From Fox News: Texas congressman and Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul — who is campaigning as a critic of congressional overspending — has revealed that he is requesting $400 million worth of earmarks this year. The Wall Street Journal reports Paul’s office says those requests include $8 million for the marketing of wild American [...]

(Reuters) – Dozens of police departments nationwide are gearing up to use a tech company’s already controversial iris- and facial-scanning device that slides over an iPhone and helps identify a person or track criminal suspects. The so-called “biometric” technology, which seems to take a page from TV shows like “MI-5″ or “CSI,” could improve speed [...]

CBS 4: LONGMONT, Colo. (CBS4) – No felony charges will be filed against the Colorado woman who allegedly sexually assaulted a Transportation Security Administration agent in Phoenix. On Tuesday the Maricopa County district attorney decided to turn the case of Yukari Miyamae, 61, of Longmont over to city prosecutors. She could still be charged with [...]