Los Angeles police chief says more than 200 Occupy LA protesters arrested during camp raid – AP Occupy LA: LAPD on tactical alert; protesters say eviction imminent – @LANow
@NBCPhiladelphia: RT @lou_dubois: RT @JimMacMillan: Most if not all of the #OccupyPhilly protesters marched away on the final arrest warning just now. @phillydotcom: Second warning given to #Occupy Philly protesters. “Leave immediately and you will not be arrested.” #BreakingNews @NBCPhiladelphia: Remaining #OccupyPhilly proesters on Dilworth Plaza given final warning. More: Reports of police nearing the [...]
Actual photo of Eric Holder telling Daily Caller reporter to “Stop this!” on Fast and Furious stories The Daily Caller: Embattled Attorney General Eric Holder today demanded The Daily Caller stop publishing articles about the growing calls in Congress for his resignation because of the failed Operation Fast and Furious gun-walking program. As Holder’s aide [...]
@CBSLA BREAKING: LAPD officers are loading into dozens of buses outside Dodgers stadium as Occupy LA protesters prepare for their arrival.
The State Column: After reports surfaced Tuesday morning that pizza magnate Herman Cain is reassessing his 2012 Republican presidential nomination bid, POLITICO obtained a statement from a Cain campaign spokesman regarding his candidates’ consideration of dropping out of the race. “Yes,” the campaign spokesman said Tuesday when asked whether Cain would “definitely” remain in the [...]
Rasmussen: Holiday shoppers, as they have for several years, would prefer to be greeted with signs reading “Merry Christmas” rather than “Happy Holidays” this season. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of American Adults shows that 70% prefer that stores use signs that say “Merry Christmas.”
Beltway Confidential: Stryker Corporation, a Michigan-based medical device company with operations around the world, is laying off five percent of its employees in order to offset the cost of a tax passed as part of Obamacare in 2009 and scheduled to take effect in 2013. “The targeted [employee] reductions and other restructuring activities are being [...]
Health Watch: The Obama administration on Monday rejected two states’ requests for waivers from the healthcare reform law. The decision could rekindle the controversy over the waiver process, as the two states that were turned down, Indiana and Louisiana, have Republican governors. GOP leaders at the state level have been extremely critical of the healthcare [...]
Washington Post: Romney on Tuesday lodged his first attack on his surging rival, Newt Gingrich, by labeling the former House speaker “a lifelong politician” and suggesting he lacks credibility on the economy. Asked by Fox News’s Bret Baier in an interview Tuesday whether Gingrich could beat President Obama, Romney said: “I think to get President [...]
Financial Times: International companies are preparing contingency plans for a possible break-up of the eurozone, according to interviews with dozens of multinational executives. Concerned that Europe’s political leaders are failing to control the spreading sovereign debt crisis, business executives say they feel compelled to protect their companies against a crash that can no longer be [...]
Haaretz: British Prime Minister David Cameron on Tuesday labeled an attack by Iranian protesters on the British embassy in Tehran “outrageous and indefensible” and called on the Islamic republic to prosecute those responsible. Echoing earlier comments from Foreign Secretary William Hague, Cameron also warned of “serious consequences” for Iran, adding that Britain would consider what [...]
