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Gray wolf pack in Washington
state will be shot dead
after preying on cattle

NBC News, by Miguel Llanos Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/25/2012 7:40:42 PM Post Reply

Marksmen are hunting a pack of gray wolves in northeast Washington state this week after officials decided the entire pack — believed to number at least eight wolves — needed to be killed because of repeated attacks on cattle. The major conservation group working with Washington to manage its gray wolves agreed that the pack should be culled, but also blamed a rancher in the area for not doing more to protect his cattle. (Snip) In the last decade, however, gray wolves have started to re-establish themselves in Washington due to recovery efforts in nearby states and dispersal from Canada.

Libyan militias melt into
desert, wait for another day

CNN, by Tim Lister & Suzanne Kelly Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/25/2012 7:31:42 PM Post Reply

It might seem like Libya's Islamist militias are reeling in the face of the popular backlash that followed the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi on September 11. But Libya analysts say these groups are well-entrenched and used to operating in hostile environments. They may have melted away for now - but maybe not for long. (Snip) "Violence in Libya is evolving from predictable militaristic violence characteristic of guerrilla warfare to include Salafi-jihadi terrorism," writes analyst Geoff Porter, a long-time watcher of Islamist trends in North Africa.

Progress in Identifying
the Genetic Roots of Autism

Wall Street Journal, by Melinda Beck Original Article

Posted By: SoCalGal- 9/25/2012 7:29:22 PM Post Reply

One of the most agonizing questions that parents of children with autism ask is—why? Now, a growing number of genetic tests are providing some answers. Scientists say that roughly 20% of autism cases can be linked to known genetic abnormalities, and many more may be discovered. Pinpointing a genetic explanation can help predict whether siblings are likely to have the disorder—and even point to new, targeted treatments. Last week, for example, researchers reported that an experimental drug, arbaclofen, reduced social withdrawal and challenging behaviors in children and adults with Fragile X syndrome, the single most common genetic cause of autism.

OWS protester pleads
guilty to gun rap,
sentenced to 2 years

New York Post, by Laura Italiano Original Article

Posted By: Scottyboy- 9/25/2012 7:27:03 PM Post Reply

A tattooed and pierced Occupy Wall Street protester will go to prison for two years after pleading guilty in Manhattan today to attempted weapons possession -- for the .45-caliber handgun he told cops he got because "it went with my look."(snip)"The gun was gifted" to me, at an Occupy Asheville encampment in North Carolina, Fellows told Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Carol Berkman in copping to the reduced charge. He'd faced the mandatory maximum of three and a half years prison under his original weapons possession charge for the handgun, which was recovered when cops searched his Budget rental van.

Gov. Brown gives green light
to driverless cars in California

Reuters, by Sarah McBride Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/25/2012 7:23:44 PM Post Reply

Mountain View - California took the fast lane to the future on Tuesday when Gov. Jerry Brown signed a law that lets self-driving cars onto public roads. Brown rode to the signing ceremony at Google Inc headquarters in the passenger seat of a vehicle that steered itself, a Prius modified by Google. Google co-founder Sergey Brin and State Sen. Alex Padilla, who sponsored the bill, were along for the ride. An engineer for the technology company, Chris Urmson, sat in the driver's seat, but the car drove itself.

Dow drops 100 after
Fed official's warning

Associated Press, by Matthew Craft Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/25/2012 7:18:27 PM Post Reply

New York - A quiet day on Wall Street turned into the worst sell-off in three months after a Federal Reserve official said he doubted the bank's effort to boost economic growth would work. Charles Plosser, president of the Fed's Philadelphia branch, told an audience Tuesday that the Fed's effort to support the economy would likely fall short of its goals. The speech probably startled some investors who had faith in the Fed's latest plan, said Jack Ablin, chief investment officer Harris Private Bank. The plan includes buying $40 billion in mortgage bonds each month until the economy improves. "So

Woods accepts responsibility
for U.S. Ryder Cup woes

Reuters, by Steve Keating Original Article

Posted By: SoCalGal- 9/25/2012 7:11:08 PM Post Reply

MEDINAH, Illinois - Tiger Woods may be the greatest golfer of his generation but at the Ryder Cup he has been Joe Average and on Tuesday accepted responsibility for the dismal U.S. showing for the past 15 years. During a period where Woods reigned supreme over the golf world winning 74 PGA Tour titles, including 14 majors, he has been unable to extend his dominance to the biennial competition that pits the U.S. best against Europe's best. A mediocre 13-14-2 mark from six Ryder Cups does not enhance the brilliance resume of Woods, who has been able to celebrate

Senators to Clinton: Show
us the ambassador’s cables

Foreign Policy [Washington, DC], by Josh Rogin Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/25/2012 7:06:03 PM Post Reply

Two top senators on the Foreign Relations Committee don't want to wait for the State Department to do its own investigation into the Sept. 11 attack in Benghazi that killed four Americans including Ambassador Chris Stevens; they want Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to show them Stevens's diplomatic cables and other correspondence now. (Snip) "To that end, we request that you transmit to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee all communications between the U.S. Mission to Libya and the State Department relevant to the security situation in Benghazi in the period leading up to the attacks, including, but not limited to,

Daily Presidential Tracking Poll
September 25, 2012

Rasmussen Reports, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: SoCalGal- 9/25/2012 7:04:27 PM Post Reply

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Tuesday shows President Obama attracting support from 47% of voters nationwide, while Mitt Romney earns the vote from 46%. Three percent (3%) prefer some other candidate, and four percent (4%) are undecided. See daily tracking history. When “leaners” are included, the candidates are tied at 47% apiece. Leaners are those who are initially uncommitted to the two leading candidates but lean towards one of them when asked a follow-up question. Beginning October 1, Rasmussen Reports will be basing its daily updates solely upon the results including leaners.

Todd Akin (still) staying
in Missouri Senate race

Yahoo! News, by Chris Moody Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/25/2012 7:01:06 PM Post Reply

Despite calls from Republican Party leaders to step down, Rep. Todd Akin announced he will remain in the Missouri Senate race against Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill. Tuesday marked the final day on which the embattled Republican could remove his name from the ballot. Akin has fought calls for him to exit the race since he said that victims of what he called "legitimate rape" could not become pregnant. He later apologized and said he used a poor choice of words, but not before the National Republican Senatorial Committee withdrew its support for his candidacy and outside spending groups pulled ads

Romney to campaign
with celebrities in Ohio

Yahoo! News, by Holly Bailey Original Article

Posted By: SoCalGal- 9/25/2012 6:57:29 PM Post Reply

NEW YORK—Mitt Romney is bringing out some well-known names to join him for his bus tour through Ohio Wednesday. According to his campaign, Romney will hold a rally Wednesday morning in Westerville, Ohio, with golf legend Jack Nicklaus, who is from the area. He'll follow that event in a "manufacturing round table" with Mike Rowe, host of the Discovery Channel show "Dirty Jobs." It's unclear if Rowe is backing Romney in the race, but the appearance comes just weeks after the television host sent Romney an open letter encouraging him to talk more about skilled labor jobs

'Dirty Jobs' host Mike Rowe to
appear Wednesday with Mitt
Romney at Bedford Heights event

The Plain Dealer [Cleveland, OH], by Henry J. Gomez Original Article

Posted By: earlybird- 9/25/2012 6:53:07 PM Post Reply

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Politics can be a muddy business. Enter "Dirty Jobs" host Mike Rowe. The Discovery Channel personality and Ford Motor Co. pitchman will offer his support Wednesday to Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney at a public event in Bedford Heights. (Snip)Rowe made headlines this month for an open letter he wrote to Romney, seeking a "national conversation" on skilled labor and "about what we value in the workforce." Rowe opened the letter by pledging to vote for Romney if he read the whole thing. A campaign aide later Tweeted a photo of Romney reading the letter.

Bush wraps up Warrior
Open golf tournament

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 9/25/2012 6:49:24 PM Post Reply

IRVING, Texas — Former President George W. Bush has wrapped up a two-day golf tournament for wounded U.S. military members. Bush presented the winner's trophy Tuesday to former U.S. Army Cpl. Chad Pfeifer, who also won last year's inaugural Warrior Open tournament. Bush, who had watched as Pfeifer made a hole-in-one, told him: "On behalf of a lot of grateful citizens, congratulations." Pfeifer's leg was amputated above the knee after his vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device in Iraq in 2007. He now works at a golf course in Arizona.

'2016: Obama's America'
Filmmakers Claim Organized
Disinformation Campaign

Hollywood Reporter (CA), by Paul Bond Original Article

Posted By: Scottyboy- 9/25/2012 6:47:57 PM Post Reply

The filmmakers behind 2016: Obama’s America are claiming a coordinated attack engineered by supporters of Barack Obama to suppress the box-office results of the movie, which is a critical look at the president.(snip) “Saturday morning, I started getting e-mails from groups and individuals either warning me about the piracy of 2016: Obama’s America or thanking me for allowing the movie to go online,” said Randy Slaughter, president of Rocky Mountain Pictures, the film’s distributor. Filmmakers said they notified the FBI that the movie was available illegally and that they notified YouTube of a copyright breach

Mitt Romney drops the 'nice guy'
image and talk as he launches
Ohio bus tour near Dayton

The Plain Dealer [Cleveland, OH], by Henry J. Gomez Original Article

Posted By: earlybird- 9/25/2012 6:45:29 PM Post Reply

VANDALIA, Ohio – Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney stepped off a plane here Tuesday and into what might be a make-or-break phase of his fall campaign. (Snip) Romney, who for months has prefaced criticism of President Barack Obama by calling the Democratic incumbent a nice guy, abandoned all pretense in his 18-minute speech. As the rock star Cooper once famously announced in song: "No more Mr. Nice Guy." “This is a vision of government that’s entirely foreign to anything this nation has ever known,” Romney told the crowd gathered near the edge of Dayton International Airport.

Lang Says Players Could Take
Action If NFL Refs Issue Continues

CBS [Detroit], by Staff Original Article

Posted By: BaseballFan- 9/25/2012 6:44:18 PM Post Reply

DETROIT (97.1 The Ticket) On the long flight back for the Green Bay Packers following the team’s 14-12 loss to the Seattle Seahawks, players debated going on strike or taking a knee on every play in upcoming games if the replacement referee issue isn’t solved. That’s according to Packers guard TJ Lang, a Royal Oak native who issued an infamous anti-NFL Tweet after the game that said “** It NFL. Fine me and use the money to pay the regular refs.”

Obama: 'We Recognized Our
Own Beliefs In ... Men and
Women Who Took to Streets'

Cybercast News Service, by Susan Jones Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/25/2012 6:40:03 PM Post Reply

Hailing a “season of progress” in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya, President Barack Obama told the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday that Americans see themselves in the protests that swept the Arab world: “We were inspired by the Tunisian protests that toppled a dictator, because we recognized our own beliefs in the aspirations of men and women who took to the streets,” Obama said. “We insisted on change in Egypt, because our support for democracy put us on the side of the people.” As CNSNews.com reported in March, Tunisian lawmakers -- trying to draft a new constitution -- are now

Revolt Over School Lunches?

Weekly Standard, by Daniel Halper Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 9/25/2012 6:34:27 PM Post Reply

Criticism is mounting over First Lady Michelle Obama's lunch plan, as kids are complaining they aren't getting enough to feel full after eating. "Some Kansas students and at least one political leader say new school lunch guidelines aimed at limiting calories and encouraging good nutrition are having an unintended consequence: Hungry kids," McClatchy reports. The report points to this parody video of kids complaining about the new lunch program established by First Lady Obama:

Romney/Nicklaus event switched
to Westerville South High School

Columbus Dispatch [OH], by Hallett Original Article

Posted By: earlybird- 9/25/2012 6:34:10 PM Post Reply

Due to the potential for bad weather, the venue for Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney's appearance in Westerville Wednesday morning has been switched to Westerville South High School, 330 S. Otterbein Ave. The event, featuring golf legend Jack Nicklaus, is still scheduled to begin at 8 a.m., with doors opening at 6 a.m. Originally, it was slated for the amphitheater at Alum Creek Park in Westerville. The Romney campaign advised people planning to attend the Romney rally at the high school to park at the Westerville Sports Complex lot on the corner of County Line Road and Cleveland Ave,

Obama Talks Of Slavery,
Romney Of Freedom At
Clinton Global Initiative

Alabama Public Radio, by Frank James Original Article

Posted By: Scottyboy- 9/25/2012 6:33:56 PM Post Reply

One presidential candidate talked about slavery, the other of freedom. And the speeches President Obama and Mitt Romney gave at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York on Tuesday were as different as the men themselves. Obama's topic was the tragedy of human trafficking and efforts by his administration to address a problem affecting the developing and developed world alike, including the U.S. Romney, for his part, spoke of free markets and their power to increase economic well-being in developing countries,

US election 2012: Jack Nicklaus
teeing off for Mitt Romney

The Telegraph [UK], by Staff Original Article

Posted By: earlybird- 9/25/2012 6:29:56 PM Post Reply

Golfing legend Jack Nicklaus will seek to help Mitt Romney stay on par in his quest for the White House, as he campaigns with the Republican nominee on Wednesday in Ohio. Beginning on Tuesday, Romney will spend two days on a bus tour in the battleground Midwestern state, refocusing his efforts on retail campaigning in the six weeks before the November 6 presidential election. Romney routinely brings surrogates on the road with him, but an icon like Nicklaus, who holds the record for most major golf tournament victories and is widely regarded as the greatest golfer ever,

Work halted at N Korea
rocket launch pad

Agence France-Presse, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/25/2012 6:29:19 PM Post Reply

Seoul - New satellite imagery shows North Korea has halted work at a launch pad capable of testing intercontinental missiles, possibly setting the project back by up to two years, a US website reported on Tuesday. The commercial satellite images taken on 29 August also show construction postponed on crucial fuel and oxidiser buildings designed to support future tests near the new pad, the 38 North website said. "The slowdown, barring concerted North Korean efforts to make up for lost time, could result in a 1-2 year slip in the planned completion date of the new complex," it said

Media Polls: The Newest
Negative Campaign Ad

Breitbart's Big Government, by Mike Flynn Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/25/2012 6:18:02 PM Post Reply

Over the years, I've generally had little patience when partisans make the "polls are wrong" argument. I've usually found it to be the last refuge of campaigns which were clearly struggling. (Snip) This year, however, is different. The overwhelming majority of media polling this election employ such absurd assumptions about turnout this November that they not only misrepresent the presidential race, they are actively distorting it. I also believe it is intentional. In 2008, the electorate that elected Barack Obama was 39% Democrat, 32% GOP and 29% Independent. This is what we call a D+7 electorate. Obama defeated McCain by 7

WaPo: After Controversy, Obama
Now Attending 'Nearly 100 Percent'
of Intelligence Briefings

Breitbart's Big Journalism, by Ben Shapiro Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 9/25/2012 6:16:34 PM Post Reply

Two weeks ago, Peter Schweizer’s Government Accountability Institute reported that President Obama was ditching over half of his intelligence briefings. According to their study, drawn from Obama’s own White House calendar, “During his first 1,225 days in office, Obama attended his PDB just 536 times — or 43.8 percent of the time. During 2011 and the first half of 2012, his attendance became even less frequent — falling to just over 38 percent.” Breitbart News covered Obama’s briefings shortcomings from the outset, bringing pressure to bear on the Obama administration to get their president to sit

Pennsylvania Court Reconsiders
Voter ID Availability

Bloomberg News, by Sophia Pearson Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/25/2012 6:14:57 PM Post Reply

Harrisburg - The Pennsylvania judge who last month upheld a law requiring voters to show photo identification heard testimony today from officials on whether the state’s process for implementing the statute will allow people to comply before the general election in November. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Sept. 18 ordered Commonwealth Judge Robert E. Simpson to consider whether all eligible voters will be able to obtain acceptable ID if the law is upheld. Simpson ruled Aug. 15 that plaintiffs including the American Civil Liberties Union hadn’t proved the law would disenfranchise voters. The state high court asked Simpson to submit

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