Los Angeles Times: Reporting from London— Look at the state of the economy from anywhere in America or Europe these days and all is gloomy: Governments deep in debt. Consumers reluctant to spend. Businesses afraid to hire. But gaze out from the vantage of some of the world’s emerging economies and the picture gets brighter. [...]
NORTHRIDGE, Calif. (AP) – Keith Nolan spent a decade applying repeatedly to the Army’s Reserve Officers Training Corps’ program before the deaf man’s tenacity paid off and a commander finally let him audit the classes. Nolan became a top performer in the ROTC program’s Bravo Company at California State University at Northridge, and his instructors [...]
Fox News: Libyan rebels have reportedly captured a major military base in their assault on Tripoli, giving them access to large stores of weapons. An Associated Press reporter with the rebels saw them take over the base of the Khamis Brigade, 16 miles west of the capital, on Sunday. The base has been defending Qaddafi’s [...]
CAIRO (AFP) – Cairo police arrested a man who allegedly ‘insulted Islam’ in postings on Facebook after they tracked him down through his internet address, state news agency MENA reported on Saturday. The agency said the 23-year-old, identified only as Ayman Y.M., posted comments ‘that were insulting to the Koran and the Prophet Mohammed and [...]
Politico: Jon Huntsman’s appearance on ABC’s “This Week,” is winning applause from one of the two major political parties. It’s not the one Huntsman’s hoping to represent as its nominee for president. The Democratic National Committee just blasted out a greatest-hits reel from Huntsman’s Sunday show appearance, wherein the former Utah governor criticized Rick Perry [...]
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The Hill: Sen. John McCain predicted that Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi would quickly lose his grip on power amid reports rebel fighters had entered the capital Tripoli. Speaking on CBS’s Face the Nation, McCain said it was a ‘matter of hours if not days’ until Gadhafi’s downfall. The conflict was “nearing the end,” he predicted. [...]
The Hill: Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) said Saturday that President Obama shouldn’t have disclosed when he planned to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq and Afghanistan. The 2012 Republican presidential candidate was on the campaign trail in South Carolina Saturday for fundraisers, endorsements and to meet with voters. Perry also criticized Obama for his proposed [...]
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Excerpted from The Daily Caller: Leading dating site Chemistry.com has a list of the top ten cities full of romantic, expressive, “high estrogen” men. Washington, D.C. is tenth on the list. Chemistry.com’s Dr. Helen Fisher told The Daily Caller that D.C. draws a lot of sensitive men. “Washington is, I suppose, a little bit surprising,” [...]
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) – Libyan rebels said they launched an attack on Tripoli in coordination with NATO, and Associated Press reporters heard unusually heavy gunfire and explosions in the capital. The fighting erupted just hours after the opposition captured the key city of Zawiya nearby. Gunbattles and mortar rounds were heard clearly at the hotel [...]
Excerpted from The Long War Journal: For the third time this summer, a Taliban suicide bomber with an explosive device hidden within his traditional Afghan headdress detonated at an Afghan government center. The Friday attack occurred during a ceremony marking Afghanistan’s Independence Day held at the Helmand Military Corps Center. Three Afghan National Policemen were [...]
New York Post: ALBANY — Nervous state Democrats are flooding voters with mailings blasting Republican candidate Bob Turner in the hotly contested 9th Congressional District, upping the ante in the closer-than-expected race to succeed disgraced ex-Rep. Anthony Weiner. With President Obama’s standing in the polls in free fall, the state Democratic Committee’s mailings to Queens [...]
“I swore an oath to uphold the laws on the books. . . I know some people want me to bypass Congress and change the laws on my own — that’s not how our system works…THAT’S NOT HOW THE CONSTITUTION IS WRITTEN.” – Barack Obama, explaining why he can’t issue the amnesty order he just [...]
