L.A. Times: It was another bruising year for the liberal judges of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals as the Supreme Court overturned the majority of their decisions, at times sharply criticizing their legal reasoning. Appeals from the nine Western states of the circuit dominated the high court’s docket, as usual, supplying more than [...]
Wall Street Pit: Cutting a credit rating is significantly different that placing it on ‘watch’ or ‘under review’. Most readers are likely fully aware that Standard and Poor’s and Moody’s have sent out serious warning signals about the potential downgrade of the United States AAA credit rating. That said, another SEC officially recognized ratings entity [...]
PRNewswire TheTeaParty.net announced that the Presidential Twitter Debate scheduled for 3:00 – 4:30 p.m. ET on July 20 will be followed by a reception for activists traveling from all over New England to the Grappone Conference Center in Concord NH. TheTeaParty.net has received a deluge of requests for use of their groundbreaking Twitter debate platform [...]
Chicago Tribune: President Obama endorsed a bill Tuesday that would repeal the Defense of Marriage Act, a 15-year-old law denying federal benefits for same-sex couples. “The president has long called for a legislative repeal of the so-called Defense of Marriage Act, which continues to have a real impact on the lives of real people – [...]
The Hill: President Obama on Tuesday hailed as “good news” a deficit-reduction package unveiled by the Senate’s Gang of Six. Obama, making his third appearance in eight days in the White House briefing room, appeared to endorse the plan that would reduce the deficit by $3.7 trillion over the next decade and eliminate $1 million [...]
ABC: A 25-year veteran Denver air traffic controller was recently removed from duty after he tested positive for alcohol while on the job, according to a report from ABC News affiliate KMGH. The report has been confirmed by ABC News. The controller was six hours into an eight-hour shift at the Denver Center, which oversees [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Leaders of a bipartisan “Gang of Six” senators said Tuesday that they’ve reached agreement on a major plan to cut the deficit by more than $4 trillion over the coming decade in what could be a bold entry into a debate on the deficit long bogged-down by bitter partisanship. More than $1 [...]
Fox News: More than a dozen suspected members of “Anonymous” were arrested this morning in states including Florida, New Jersey and California, in what appears to be a nationwide takedown of the notorious hacking group, FoxNews.com has exclusively learned. The arrests are part of an ongoing investigation into Anonymous, which has claimed responsibility for numerous [...]
