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Bill Clinton announces
contraception deal

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/27/2012 3:22:48 PM Post Reply

New York - Prices for long-acting contraception will be halved for 27 million women in the developing world through a new partnership, former President Bill Clinton and other world leaders announced on Wednesday. The deal will help avoid almost 30 million unwanted pregnancies and save an estimated $250m in health costs, the partnership said. (Snip) "It's another victory for people in the developing world, because we in the wealthier countries can now see that by putting up a modest amount of money and pooling it with others and working with the providers, we can make market forces work to help

China's First Carrier Pointed
At Japan Over Senkakus

Investor's Business Daily, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: HollowLeg- 9/27/2012 3:13:28 PM Post Reply

Far East: Wars have started over less weighty issues than the sovereignty of islands in the East China Sea called Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China. They are barely rocks above water, but they sit atop valuable resources and are rapidly becoming a flash point as a rising power confronts one whose sun has set. These islands have become involved in a three-way tug of war between China, Taiwan and Japan with each sending fishing boats, even armed vessels, to the area. Private boats from

US Soldier's Helmet Cam Shows
Him Drawing Taliban Fire
To Protect His Unit

Business Insider, by Geoffrey Ingersoll Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/27/2012 3:08:30 PM Post Reply

The U.S. Army Soldier in this video believed his unit was trapped by enemy fire, so the only solution was to draw the fire away from them. The kicker is that he had to become the target. When buddies—brothers—fellow soldiers in your unit are in danger, no action is too much, nothing goes without consideration, and in a flash you move. The description of the video, allegedly from the soldier himself, says he "got hit four times" as he made his way down the mountain. (Snip) He says he was hit four times, each time is easily identifiable, but it

As economy sinks even deeper,
Obama happy-talks--over NFL refs

Investor's Business Daily, by Andrew Malcolm Original Article

Posted By: SurferLad- 9/27/2012 3:07:31 PM Post Reply

Breaking Thursday news: You should know that President Barack Obama, who's presided over the worst national non-recovery economic recovery since before John McCain was even born, is positively delighted, even thrilled, over the contract settlement between the National Football League and its referees. Really! It is great, isn't it? Listen over here.

Report: Federal agencies
behind in paying taxes

Associated Press, by Jim Abrams Original Article

Posted By: NorthernDog- 9/27/2012 3:02:38 PM Post Reply

WASHINGTON — The IRS needs to take a closer look at the federal government in its search for tax scofflaws. That's right — a Treasury Department watchdog office said Thursday that 70 federal agencies owed about $14 million in unpaid taxes at the end of last year. (Snip) Cracking down on delinquents is complicated by IRS policies that do not allow enforcement actions against federal agencies and restrictions against penalizing or imposing interest on agencies that are behind in making their payments. Another problem is that federal law generally allows agencies to pay their current-year taxes only with current-year funds

Netanyahu: 'Clear red line' needed
to stop Iran's nuclear program

Fox News, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/27/2012 3:01:21 PM Post Reply

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a dramatic speech to the United Nations, employed a simple diagram to hammer home his plea to the international community to set a "clear red line" over Iran's nuclear program -- warning that a nuclear-armed Iran would be tantamount to a nuclear-armed Al Qaeda. Netanyahu's address before the U.N. General Assembly amounted to an appeal to the U.S. and other nations to join Israel in drawing a line that Iran cannot cross without risking a military response. Netanyahu argued that nothing less than the "security of the world" is at stake.

New High in Afghan
Attacks Suspected

Townhall, by Night Watch Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/27/2012 2:54:27 PM Post Reply

North Korea: Update. The special session of the Supreme Peoples' Assembly adjourned on 25 September without passing any significant legislation. The major achievements announced thus far are personnel changes and the extension of mandatory education for children to 12 years, as in most of the world. Comment: Reliable South Korean media sources reported that a package of agricultural reforms would be approved. That did not happen. (Snip) Afghanistan: Reports from Afghanistan indicate US forces have adopted a bunker mentality and are essentially hostages in Kabul and a few other key towns.The Afghan Taliban on Tuesday dismissed NATO figures that show

Pink Panther actor Herbert Lom
dies in his sleep aged 95

Daily Mail [UK], by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/27/2012 2:38:15 PM Post Reply

Veteran actor Herbert Lom, fondly remembered for his roles in the Pink Panther films during his half-century of movie appearances, has died at the age of 95. The Czech-born, London-based star appeared in more than 100 films including classics such as Spartacus, El Cid and The Ladykillers. He died peacefully in his sleep this morning, his family said. (Snip) 'He had many funny stories about the antics that he and Peter Sellers got up to on the set. It was a nightmare working with Peter because he was a terrible giggler and, between my father and Peter's laughter, they ruined

Student debt hits record
1 in 5 U.S. households

Associated Press, by Hope Yen Original Article

Posted By: NorthernDog- 9/27/2012 2:34:26 PM Post Reply

WASHINGTON -- With college enrollment growing, student debt has stretched to a record number of U.S. households -- nearly 1 in 5 -- with the biggest burdens falling on the young and poor. The analysis by the Pew Research Center found that 22.4 million households, or 19 percent, had college debt in 2010. That is double the share in 1989, and up from 15 percent in 2007, just prior to the recession -- representing the biggest three-year increase in student debt in more than two decades. The increase was driven by higher tuition costs

Plunge in Durables Orders May
Restrain U.S. Expansion: Economy

Bloomberg News, by Lorraine Woellert & Alex Kowalski Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/27/2012 2:31:30 PM Post Reply

Washington - Demand for U.S. durable goods other than transportation equipment unexpectedly dropped in August for a third consecutive month, signaling that slowdowns in business investment and exports will restrain the economic expansion. Orders for goods meant to last at least three years, excluding volatile demand for airplanes and automobiles, fell 1.6 percent last month after decreasing 1.3 percent in July, the Commerce Department reported today in Washington. Total bookings plunged 13 percent, the most since January 2009, as demand for civilian aircraft plunged. (Snip) “The economy is still pretty sluggish with unemployment where it is and with consumer confidence

The race card is really all
liberals have left to play

New York Daily News, by Derek Hunter Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/27/2012 2:28:12 PM Post Reply

President Obama is not running on his record. He’s running like he’s not been in the Oval Office for the last four years and barely had anything to do with the nearly $6 trillion in new debt he’s racked up (a lie even the Washington Post had to give 4 Pinocchios). Even his cheerleaders in the media spend little to no time defending or championing his time in office; all they do is attack Mitt Romney. (Snip) When you can’t run on your record, you attack your opponent personally. You have to scare voters into thinking your opponent would somehow

Drug-sniffing dog the town’s
only police officer after chief
resigns over criminal background

Associated Press, by Russell Contreras Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/27/2012 2:23:39 PM Post Reply

Vaughn, N.M. - A drug-sniffing dog now is the only certified member of the police force in the small eastern New Mexico town of Vaughn. Police Chief Ernest “Chris” Armijo decided to step down Wednesday after news stories reported that he wasn’t allowed to carry a gun because of his criminal background. “He decided the attention was distracting,” said Dave Romero, an attorney for the town. State officials said Armijo couldn’t carry a gun since acknowledging that he owed tens of thousands of dollars in delinquent child support payments in Texas. Armijo also faces new felony charges after being accused

Is the Obama administration
suppressing the military vote?

Human Events, by Hope Hodge Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/27/2012 2:18:57 PM Post Reply

Voter assistance programs for the military – specifically targeted for improvement with $75 million after low military turnout in 2008 – have been left to languish by the Obama administration and the result may be depressed military turnout. Again. The situation is especially alarming for the Mitt Romney campaign, because polls have consistently shown that Romney’s support from military voters and their families exceeds that of Barack Obama’s support by double digits. (Snip) The situation is reaching a crisis point, as members of the military face deadlines for absentee ballots in some states in just a matter of days. So

Time to Get Mad

Townhall, by Michael Reagan Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/27/2012 2:16:31 PM Post Reply

Why aren't you mad as hell yet, America? What will it take? At home, unemployment is stuck above 8 percent. Twenty-three million are out of work. Millions of others have given up looking for jobs. One American in six is on food stamps. Small businesses are terrified of Obamacare. (Snip) Obama says he didn't have time to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu or other world leaders in New York City. Yet he had plenty of time to do the Letterman show and drop in to see Whoopi and the gals at "The View." How much worse does it have

The State Worker: State worker
union has its own labor issues

Sacramento Bee, by Jon Ortiz Original Article

Posted By: wydleyred- 9/27/2012 2:12:23 PM Post Reply

A messy fight between California's largest state employee union, SEIU Local 1000, and another union that has represented 160 of its staff has spilled into public view. As they battle for those workers, the United Auto Workers is calling Local 1000 a hypocritical union-buster. An official with the National Labor Relations Board says SEIU, as an employer, has engaged in "unfair labor practices."
Headline split by staff.

Sebelius hitting Obama campaign
trail again after violation

Fox News, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/27/2012 2:12:02 PM Post Reply

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius apparently isn't taking a campaign trail time-out despite being cited for violating federal law with her politicking earlier this year. The secretary is set to speak at Obama campaign events this weekend in New Hampshire. But the campaign is trying to avoid the legal pitfalls that snagged Sebelius the last time around when she was accused of making political statements in her official capacity. An Obama campaign spokesman told FoxNews.com that in New Hampshire, "she is attending in her personal capacity."

U.S. Troops Deployed
in Iraq Again

New American, by Jack Kenny Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/27/2012 2:09:49 PM Post Reply

A unit of U.S. Army Special Operations soldiers was recently deployed to Iraq and more U.S. soldiers may soon be on their way, according to a New York Times report on the impact the civil war in neighboring Syria is having on Iraq's "fragile society and fledgling democracy." Buried in the 15th paragraph of the report in Tuesday's Times was the news that "Iraq and the United States are negotiating an agreement that could result in the return of small units of American soldiers to Iraq on training missions" and that a unit of Army Special Operations soldiers has already

NASA's Rubber Ruler Scandal

American Thinker, by Randall Hoven Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/27/2012 2:07:05 PM Post Reply

It turns out that there is no way to reliably compare current global temperatures to historical data using NASA's database. It is a scientific scandal. I wrote recently about NASA changing its entire temperature record database, just from July to September. That is, in 2012, NASA changed temperatures going back to 1880. And it did that without telling anyone or explaining it. The net effect was to make the 130-year warming trend steeper, by lowering older (pre-1963) temperatures and slightly raising recent ones. (Snip) It is what all claims of global warming are based on. And about one third of

Tiger Woods knocks out
fan with errant shot

USA Today, by Reid Cherner Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 9/27/2012 2:04:50 PM Post Reply

The Ryder Cup started on an ominous note for one of the world's greatest golfers. During a practice round for the Ryder Cup, a Tiger Woods tee shot went wild and conked a fan on the head. The drive came on No. 18 at Medinah Country Club outside of Chicago. The spectator told Woods that it wasn't his fault but Woods drew a laugh by saying yes it was. Woods ended up signing a glove for the fan who had been knocked out cold and taken to first aid.

Recession Looms: GDP Revised
Down to 1.3%, Durable
Goods Collapse 13%

Breitbart's Big Government, by John Nolte Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/27/2012 2:04:05 PM Post Reply

Because the media-narrative for the next 40 days must be, Obama can do nothing wrong and Romney can do nothing right -- the corrupt media will sure focus on the fact that today's jobless claims were lower than expected at 359,000 (which you can only celebrate on a curve). But there's potentially catastrophic news in the economy today with two leading indicators that point towards a coming recession. Our 2nd quarter GDP has just been revised downward from an already anemic 1.7% to a shockingly weak 1.3%. Moreover, orders for durable goods went -- as Hot Air's Ed Morrissey points

Pot-banging protestors follow
Cristina Fernandez to her
hotel in New York

MercoPress [Montevideo, Uruguay], by Staff Original Article

Posted By: PageTurner- 9/27/2012 1:57:46 PM Post Reply

An estimated two hundred protesters demonstrated on Tuesday in front of the hotel where President Cristina Fernández is staying at in New York, holding similar signs to the ones seen at the September 13 pot-banging massive protest in Argentina’s main cities. The protesters assured that they were not there “for the dollars,” referring to the exchange rate controls (‘dollar clamp’) set by the government, but for the corruption, the re-re-election, inflation and the pensioners. The New York pot-banging protest in front of the hotel lasted two hours and had been summoned via social networks.

AFL-CIO’s Trumka on NFL
referees: “No one does their
job better than workers
who have union training”

Washington Examiner, by Sean Higgins Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 9/27/2012 1:52:50 PM Post Reply

With the NFL referee lockout now over, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka released the following statement: A football season which started in disaster can now get back on track. Not only towards fairness and integrity, but ensuring the highest level of safety possible for the athletes who play the game. There is a lot we can learn from the past few weeks, but one thing is sure – no one does their job better than workers who have union training and a voice on the job. But let us also not forget the workers everywhere –

Mexican kingpin implicates
Venezuelan army generals
in drug traffic

El Universal [Caracas, Venezuela], by Staff Original Article

Posted By: PageTurner- 9/27/2012 1:50:01 PM Post Reply

Generals of the Venezuelan Army may have been involved in drug trafficking according to a testimony given by Mexican drug kingpin Sergio Villarreal Barragán commonly known as El Grande (The big one), who was arrested two years ago in Mexico. Villareal, who became one a major drug member of Beltran Leyva cartel, has told the Mexican authorities that Graumman aircrafts carrying as many as three tons of cocaine often departed from Maracaibo, west Venezuela, and landed in Toluca, north Mexico, DPA noted. "Several generals of the Venezuelan Army along with Venezuelan drug lord El Turco were fully aware of

Obama applauds NFL
settlement with referees

The Hill [Washington, DC], by Justin Sink Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 9/27/2012 1:47:48 PM Post Reply

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said Thursday that President Obama applauded the settlement that ended the lockout between the NFL and its referees. "The president is very pleased that the two sides [could] come together to resolve their differences and ensure that going forward, when we watch our favorite teams play in the NFL, we can focus on the players and the game rather than on the officiating," Carney said aboard Air Force One. "It’s a great day for America.” A number of controversial botched calls — including a touchdown ruling on a game-ending Hail Mary pass

Capriles: We will adopt the
Brazilian model

El Universal [Caracas, Venezuela], by Staff Original Article

Posted By: PageTurner- 9/27/2012 1:44:01 PM Post Reply

Venezuelan presidential candidate and opposition leader Henrique Capriles asserted he would rely on the Brazilian model to carry out the respective reforms of the country if he pulls out victory in the upcoming Venezuelan presidential election. Capriles said, "As much as Venezuela today, Brazil went through a similar situation" and after introducing different economic reforms and structures "the country nowadays reports economic growth, pulled out 20 million people out of poverty, and created 16 million jobs," cited Efe.

John Silber, groundbreaking
president of BU, dies at 86

Boston Herald, by Ira Kantor Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 9/27/2012 1:43:44 PM Post Reply

John R. Silber, Boston University’s seventh president for a quarter of a century, and a one-time candidate for governor of Massachusetts, died early this morning at the age of 86, the campus said today. “Boston University has lost a great leader,” said current BU president Robert A. Brown in a letter sent today. “In the seven years I have served this wonderful institution, I have come to appreciate the magnitude of John’s work. We speak of the university as a great private, residential, research institution with international reach.

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