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Christians 'flee Egypt town after
death threats'

Agence France Press, by staff Original Article

Posted By: crimea river- 9/28/2012 3:00:09 PM Post Reply

Several Christian families have fled their homes in Egypt's Sinai peninsula after receiving death threats from suspected Islamist militants, officials and residents told AFP on Friday. Last week, flyers began circulating in the town of Rafah on the Gaza Strip border demanding that its tiny Coptic population move out, residents said. Officials at the local church informed the authorities of the threats, but no action was taken, they added. Days later, a shop belonging to one of the families was fired on with automatic rifles, witnesses said.

Harper to PM: Your UN speech
'reverberating' around world

Jerusalem Post [Israel] & Reuters, by Herb Keinon Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/28/2012 2:55:24 PM Post Reply

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper told Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu that his speech at the UN is now "reverberating" around the world, Netanyahu said Friday.(Snip) Harper said that Canada wanted to see a peaceful resolution to the Iranian crisis, "and we work closely with our allies to try and alert the world to the danger this presents and the necessity of dealing with it." Netanyahu said his speech was an attempt to translate the principle of stopping Iran into practice."In practice, that means setting red lines on their enrichment process. It's their only discernible and vulnerable part of their nuclear
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NJ Students Plan Strike to
Protest Obama Food Rules

Fox News Radio, by Todd Starnes Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/28/2012 2:51:54 PM Post Reply

As many as 1,000 students at a New Jersey high school are expected to boycott their cafeteria today to protest the Obama administration’s new lunch guidelines that many teenagers say are leaving them hungry. Instead of purchasing their lunch in the cafeteria, many students at Parsippany Hills High School are brown-bagging it – upset over smaller portions and higher prices. “We’re asking everybody not to buy lunch or anything from the cafeteria,” student Brandon Faris told the Parsippany Patch. Faris, a 17-year-old senior and junior Nicholas Caccavale, organized the strike and more than 1,000 of their classmates have joined a

Business Activity in U.S.
Shrinks for First Time Since 2009

Bloomberg News, by Michelle Jamrisko Original Article

Posted By: NorthernDog- 9/28/2012 2:50:52 PM Post Reply

Business activity in the U.S. unexpectedly contracted in September for the first time in three years, adding to signs manufacturing will contribute less to the economic recovery. The Institute for Supply Management-Chicago Inc. said today its business barometer fell 49.7 this month from 53 in August. A reading of 50 is the dividing line between expansion and contraction. Uncertainties surrounding domestic fiscal policy and weakening economies in Europe and China may prevent companies from adding to headcount and ramping up production. Slow growth prospects prompted the Federal Reserve to announce more

Stocks lower on consumer
spending worries

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/28/2012 2:49:34 PM Post Reply

Stocks fell on Friday after news that U.S. consumers spent more last month only because higher gas prices forced them to. Even with the declines on the last trading day of the quarter, stocks were set to post small gains for the three-month period. (Snip) Americans spent more in August even though their income barely grew, the Commerce Department said. But the spending increase was driven by higher gasoline prices.Investors were also worried about Spain’s economy. The Spanish government announced big spending cuts on Thursday aimed at convincing potential bailout creditors and investors that it has a rock-solid plan to

France budget: Taxes
favoured over spending cuts

BBC News, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/28/2012 2:47:05 PM Post Reply

France has unveiled its budget for 2013, avoiding big austerity spending cuts in favour of higher taxes on the wealthy and big businesses. French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault confirmed that there is to be a new 75% tax rate for people earning more than 1m euros (£800,000; $1.3m) a year. But he insisted that nine out of 10 citizens will not see their income taxes rise in the new budget. The government plans to raise 20bn euros in extra revenue. That compares to 10bn euros in spending cuts.

Prosecutors: University banned
Colorado theater shooting
suspect for threat

Associated Press, by P. Solomon Banda Original Article

Posted By: Ribicon- 9/28/2012 2:43:04 PM Post Reply

Denver — The suspect in Colorado's deadly movie theater attack was barred from university property for threatening a professor, prosecutors said in court documents released Friday, raising more questions about why campus police didn't report his actions to other authorities. The revelation conflicts with the university's statements that James Holmes was denied access to non-public parts of the campus because he had withdrawn from school. The name of the person Holmes allegedly threatened has been blacked out. In court testimony Aug. 30, University of Colorado psychiatrist Lynne Fenton, also a professor at the school, said she contacted campus police after meeting
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Voter registration problems
widening in Florida

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/28/2012 2:42:37 PM Post Reply

Tallahassee, Fla. - The Republican Party of Florida is filing an election fraud complaint against a vendor suspected of submitting questionable voter registration forms. The move comes as counties across Florida are turning over to prosecutors registration forms the vendor collected for the state party. Election officials in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties on Thursday handed over more than 100 suspect forms to local prosecutors. They did so days after officials in Palm Beach County also alerted prosecutors.

Should Tuna Be Banned
from School Lunches?

US News and World Report, by Melinda Johnson Original Article

Posted By: NorthernDog- 9/28/2012 2:40:21 PM Post Reply

Canned tuna made news last week as the star in a scandalous debate: A coalition of consumer groups is reportedly urging schools to take tuna off the lunch menu. The reason? A recently published study that reported higher amounts of mercury than expected, as well as large variances in the levels of mercury, based on tests of several different brands and types of canned tuna. The problem with these headlines is that they aren't exactly true. The report, titled Tuna Surprise: Mercury in School Lunches, doesn't actually call for tuna to be banished from the lunch menu.

George Soros Panics About Romney
Win, Mother Jones Scrubs Story

Breitbart's Big Journalism, by RB Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/28/2012 2:40:02 PM Post Reply

On Thursday, Mother Jones reported that billionaire financier George Soros was "panicked" that Mitt Romney would win the election--and then scrubbed the story without explanation. Mother Jones--the left-wing outlet that published the incomplete "47 percent" video of Romney--was reporting on Soros's reasons for donating $1 million to the Paul Begala / Bill Burton run Priorities USA Action PAC on Sep. 27. (Snip) The donation is significant because Soros has always tried to play, at least in public, the role of the rich guy trying to "give back" by supporting "grassroots" movements--and not hack operations like Priorities USA, which are more

Obama Cabinet Flunks Disclosure
Test With 19 in 20 Ignoring Law

Bloomberg News, by Jim Snyder & Danielle Ivory Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/28/2012 2:37:11 PM Post Reply

Washington - On his first full day in office, President Barack Obama ordered federal officials to “usher in a new era of open government” and “act promptly” to make information public. As Obama nears the end of his term, his administration hasn’t met those goals, failing to follow the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act, according to an analysis of open-government requests filed by Bloomberg News. (Snip) The travel costs generated by some other Obama officials --Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, Energy Secretary Steven Chu, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson, and Homeland Security chief Janet Napolitano -- also remain

Progressive Media Run with Two
Fake Anti-Romney Stories

Breitbart's Big Journalism, by John Sexton Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/28/2012 2:31:58 PM Post Reply

Twice this week, progressive media outlets have embarrassed themselves by jumping on stories that looked like promising anti-Republican material only to discover hours later they'd been fooled. In one case, the mistake was a piece of satire, the other a joke mistaken for a serious comment. Tuesday morning Politico's Roger Simon posted an article which was clearly not meant to be taken seriously. The thrust of the piece was that Paul Ryan had become unhinged and was "marching around his campaign bus, saying things like, 'If Stench calls, take a message' and 'Tell Stench I’m having finger sandwiches with Peggy

UN council bid aimed at gun control

Australian, by Sid Maher Original Article

Posted By: jhp- 9/28/2012 2:24:31 PM Post Reply

AUSTRALIA will push harder for a tough new international gun control regime if it wins a seat at the UN Security Council, in a move to crack down on civil unrest, gang violence and criminal activity. Foreign Minister Bob Carr told The Weekend Australian that under a draft treaty being pushed by Australia, all states would be held responsible for what happened to their weapons after they left their shores. The Arms Trade Treaty failed to win the necessary backing last month amid opposition from the US and Russia.

Man behind anti-Islamic
film reveals new 'real' name

New York Post, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 9/28/2012 2:21:56 PM Post Reply

LOS ANGELES — The mystery surrounding the man behind the crudely produced anti-Islamic video that sparked violence in the Middle East deepened when he appeared in court and identified himself by yet another name. Arrested on Thursday in Los Angeles after authorities said he violated his probation from a 2010 check fraud conviction, Nakoula Basseley Nakoula told a judge his real name was Mark Basseley Youssef. He said he had been using that name since 2002, even though he went by Nakoula in his fraud case. Court documents filed in Orange County Superior Court show he was granted

Napolitano Orders Same-Sex
Couples' Immigration Rights
To Be Put In Writing

Buzzfeed, by Chris Geidner Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 9/28/2012 2:19:11 PM Post Reply

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Thursday that she has ordered written guidance be issued that same-sex couples' relationships be considered "family relationships." The move is the most tangible proof yet that the Department is taking action urging field offices not to pursue deportation cases against a foreign same-sex partner of an American citizen who would be able to obtain a green card if in an opposite-sex relationship. The news came in a letter from Napolitano to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi on Thursday, where she stated that "the phrase 'family relationships' includes long-term, same-sex partners"

Free healthcare clinic at L.A.
Sports Arena draws 4,800

Los Angeles Times, by Anna Gorman Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 9/28/2012 2:04:06 PM Post Reply

On one side of the Los Angeles Sports Arena on Thursday morning, doctors treated patients for swollen feet, breathing problems and high blood pressure. On the other side, county health workers began enrolling them in a free coverage program in preparation for the federal healthcare overhaul. Many of the 4,800 people seeking care at the annual massive free clinic this weekend will become eligible for health insurance in 2014 when the national law takes effect. Organizers said raising awareness about the healthcare changes is crucial. "It's as important as the care being delivered this year,"

Katie Couric Voted ‘The Worst
Reporter in History of Man’

Cybercast News Service, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 9/28/2012 2:02:27 PM Post Reply

At the Media Research Center's 25th Anniversary Gala in Washington, D.C., on Thursday night, former CBS News anchor Katie Couric was voted "The Worst Reporter in the History of Man." Couric barely edged out fellow former CBS News anchor Dan Rather. A crowd of more than 1,000 people attending the gala chose Couric for the honor. The other nominees were Rather, Bryant Gumbel and Brian Williams. The crowd made its choice known through a voice vote--which required a second-round run-off between Couric and Rather. Couric won the distinction as part of the MRC's at annual "Dishonors Awards."

Support slips for Brown's tax hike

Los Angeles Times, by Chris Megerian & Evan Halper Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 9/28/2012 1:59:39 PM Post Reply

SACRAMENTO — Support for Gov. Jerry Brown's plan for billions of dollars in tax hikes on the November ballot is slipping amid public anxiety about how politicians spend money, but voters still favor the proposal, according to a new USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times poll. The findings suggest that voters are leery of sending more cash to Sacramento in the wake of a financial scandal at the parks department, spiraling costs for a multibillion-dollar high-speed rail project to connect Northern and Southern California and ill-timed legislative pay raises. Brown's measure would

Wasserman Schultz On Debate: Can't
Discount That Romney Is "An
Experienced And Skilled Debater"

Real Clear Politics, by Ian Schwartz Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 9/28/2012 1:50:56 PM Post Reply

On MSNBC's "The Ed Show" tonight, DNC chairwoman Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) severely downplayed any expectations one might have of President Obama at his first debate with Mitt Romney. Wasserman Schultz called Romney an "experienced and skilled debater," that he has done severe debate prep and that the incumbent has lost to his challenger in the first debate in previous election cycles. "Let's not discount the fact that Mitt Romney is an experienced and skilled debater," Wasserman Schultz said to Ed while discussing the upcoming debate next week.

Now Obama Administration Caught
Lying About Investigation Into
Benghazi Attack

The Ulsterman Report, by Ulsterman Original Article

Posted By: Bubbasuncle- 9/28/2012 1:34:47 PM Post Reply

A great clip of Obama White House Press Secretary Jay Carney clearly upset at having to actually try and answer a question from an almost aggressive member of the media regarding the deadly attacks in Libya that killed four Americans including a United States ambassador. Note Carney’s repeated assertion the Obama administration is undergoing an investigation into the attacks. The Obama Administration is lying about this supposed "investigation" into the Benghazi attacks.(snip)What Barack Obama has done is run to Eric Holder, the very same man who recently was found in contempt of Congress for refusing to turn
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Chemist in massive drug
lab scandal arrested

Boston Herald, by Erin Smith And Joe Dwinell Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 9/28/2012 1:34:40 PM Post Reply

Annie Dookhan, the former state chemist at the center of a lab scandal which could overturn hundreds of drug convictions, was arrested by state police this morning. Dookhan, 34, was brought out of her Franklin home in handcuffs and put into an unmarked cruiser shortly before noon. She did not speak and kept her head down as she was led down her walkway in front of reporters. Dookhan is charged with two counts of obstruction of justice and falsely pretending to hold a degree from a college or university. She will be arraigned at Boston Municipal Court this afternoon.

Stimulated Algae: Slime Blooms in
Reflecting Pool After Feds Spend
$34M to 'Improve Quality and
Appearance of the Water'

Cybercast News Service, by Patrick Burke Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 9/28/2012 1:33:36 PM Post Reply

Massive quantities of algae are now blooming in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, where the federal government has just spent $34 million in stimulus money to make the pool "sustainable" and "improve the quality and appearance of the water." "Action is needed at this time to address substantial repairs and structural deficiencies at the Reflecting Pool," said an environmental assessment published by the Department of Interior in 2009. "Engineering analysis has shown that differential soil settlement has compromised its structural system," said the assessment. "The stress on the foundation, joints, and coping has caused pervasive

Iranian press fooled by The Onion

The Hill [Washington DC], by Julian Pecquet Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 9/28/2012 1:27:49 PM Post Reply

Iran's semi-official FARS news agency has been fooled by an Onion story that found rural white voters prefer Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to President Obama. The agency on Friday republished, without attribution, a bogus Gallup poll from the satirical U.S. newspaper showing Obama badly trailing Ahmadinejad among rural white voters. According to the story, “77 percent of rural Caucasian voters ... would much rather go to a baseball game or have a drink with Ahmadinejad than spend time with Obama.” The story says rural whites prefer the Iranian leader because he “takes national defense seriously,”

Joint U.S.-Afghan
Operations Resuming

National Journal, by Matt Vasilogambros Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 9/28/2012 1:18:16 PM Post Reply

A week after NATO announced it was halting joint operations between Western and Afghan forces, the Pentagon said on Thursday the U.S. would resume small-unit patrols, The Wall Street Journal reports. The initial ban came after a sharp increase in insider attacks, where Afghan security forces turn their weapons on NATO troops tasked with training them. More than 50 NATO troops have been killed from such attacks this year. The risk became exponentially higher in the wake of Muslim protests stemming from an anti-Islamic film produced in the U.S. Patrols were reinstated after

Charlie Crist fundraising
against Allen West

The Hill [Washington, DC], by Cameron Joseph Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 9/28/2012 1:07:51 PM Post Reply

Former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist (R) is supporting Rep. Allen West's (R-Fla.) Democratic opponent, the latest sign he's trying to ingratiate himself with the state's Democrats ahead of a possible run for governor in 2014. "In this age of extremist politics, being willing to work with the other side is too often labeled a sign of weakness. It's just wrong," he says in a Thursday afternoon fundraising email to supporters of Democrat Patrick Murphy, who's running against West in the Palm Beach-based swing district. "I'm supporting Patrick Murphy because he is exactly

Exclusive: As the UN opens its
General Assembly session, it is
already thinking up new global taxes

Fox News, by George Russell Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 9/28/2012 1:03:49 PM Post Reply

A 1 percent tax on billionaires around the world. A tax on all currency trading in the U.S. dollar, the euro, the Japanese yen and the British pound sterling. Another “tiny” tax on all financial transactions, including stock and bond trading, and trading in financial derivatives. New taxes on carbon emissions and on airline tickets. A royalty on all undersea mineral resources extracted more than 100 miles offshore of any nation’s territory. The United Nations is at it again: finding new and “innovative” ways to create global taxes that

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