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New York's Trinity Church
forced to cancel Halloween
fest over Occupy Wall Street camp

Fox News, by Joshua Rhett Miller Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/16/2012 7:54:55 PM Post Reply

Occupy Wall Street campers have made Halloween at a church in lower Manhattan simply too scary, church officials told FoxNews.com. Citing an “abundance of caution,” the Rev. James Cooper of Trinity Church said the Episcopal parish at Broadway and Wall Street in Manhattan has canceled it popular Halloween activities due to safety issues arising from a sidewalk encampment in front of the place of worship. “Canceling a beloved family event is not a decision taken lightly,” Cooper said in a statement issued Sunday. “Last year, more than 1,200 people took part. However, we are deeply concerned about the escalating illegal

Here's What Obama Did To Prepare
For Tonight's Presidential Debate

Business Insider, by Grace Wyler Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/16/2012 7:47:06 PM Post Reply

President Barack Obama will face off against his Republican challenger Mitt Romney tonight in what is arguably the most high-stakes debate of his re-election campaign. After his poor showing at the first presidential debate, Obama faces serious pressure to put up a strong performance during Tuesday's rematch. (Snip) Here's a rundown of Obama's pre-debate schedule, courtesy of the White House pool report: 1. The POTUS worked out this morning and then met up with his team to do a short 45 minute review this morning. He had pasta with chicken for lunch. 2. This afternoon he will do last minute

Iranian military official claims
'dozens' of Iran's drones have
reached Israel since 2006

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/16/2012 7:43:57 PM Post Reply

Tehran, Iran - A senior Iranian military official claimed Tuesday that Iranian-made surveillance drones have made dozens of apparently undetected flights into Israeli airspace from Lebanon in recent years to probe air defenses and collect reconnaissance data. An Israeli official rejected the account. The Iranian official declined to give further details on the purported missions or the capabilities of the drones, including whether they were similar to the unmanned aircraft launched last week by Lebanon's Hezbollah and downed by Israeli warplanes. It also was impossible to independently verify the claims

Exclusive: Secret Service director
suspected of lying to Congress
about prostitution scandal

Fox News, by Jana Winter Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/16/2012 7:29:21 PM Post Reply

An investigation for the agency that oversees the U.S. Secret Service suggests Director Mark Sullivan lied during his congressional testimony in the Colombia prostitution scandal that ensnared 13 of his agents, multiple law enforcement officials and congressional sources tell FoxNews.com. Investigators with the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Inspector General (DHS OIG) have completed their investigative report, which will be referred to the Department of Justice along with a memorandum of activity that lists potential criminal actions. The report

Debate Audience Selected by Firm
Squeezed by Obama Justice Department

American Thinker, by William Tate Original Article

Posted By: Lost in Santa Fe- 10/16/2012 7:29:02 PM Post Reply

Think the deck for Tuesday's town hall debate might have been stacked? The firm hired to select the audience asking questions is under pressure from the Obama Justice Department, and some observers suggest may have already succumbed to that bullying. After the Gallup Organization refused to cave to Chicago-style pressure from the Obama gang -- which according to internal memos published by the Daily Caller had company officials comparing it to a "Godfather situation" -- the Obama Justice Department suddenly joined a three-year-old lawsuit against Gallup. Within weeks,

Vatican in strife over
'anti-Muslim' video

Guardian [UK], by Tom Kington Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/16/2012 7:26:16 PM Post Reply

The Vatican has distanced itself from a row over Muslim immigrants in Europe triggered by the showing at a synod of a video that claims "Europe as we know it will cease to exist." Cardinal Peter Turkson, the president of the Vatican's council for justice and peace – and seen as a possible future pope – played the disputed video in a discussion period on Saturday during a synod attended by 262 bishops from across the world. Titled Muslim Demographics, and viewed more than 13 million times on YouTube since its release in 2009, the seven-minute long video claims Muslim

Candy Crowley: I won't
be a debate spectator

CBS News, by Brian Montopoli Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/16/2012 7:24:24 PM Post Reply

Moderator Candy Crowley promised Tuesday that she won't be afraid to insert herself into the conversation at tonight's town hall debate despite pressure from the campaigns to largely keep quiet. (Snip) After Crowley said last week that she planned to assert herself during the town hall debate - telling CNN that "[o]nce the table is kind of set by the town hall questioner, there is then time for me to say, 'Hey, wait a second, what about x, y, z?'" - the campaigns complained to the Commission on Presidential Debates that she wasn't following their script. While the Commission is

Shot Pakistani girl a spy
of the West, says Taliban

Irish Times [Dublin, Ireland], by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Scottyboy- 10/16/2012 7:21:38 PM Post Reply

The militant Islamic fundamentalist Taliban who shot a 14-year-old Pakistani school girl described her yesterday as a “spy of the West” whom they attacked, not because she favoured education for girls, but because she defamed them and their war. “She used to propagate against mujahideen [holy warriors] to defame [the] Taliban. The Quran says that people propagating against Islam and Islamic forces would be killed,” the Taliban said in a statement. “We targeted her because she would speak against the Taliban while sitting with shameless strangers and idealised the biggest enemy of Islam,

Election can be predicted by
stock market, researchers say

NBC News, by Roland Jones Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/16/2012 7:18:47 PM Post Reply

If you want to know who’s going to win the White House this November, your best bet might be to fire up your laptop and download some stock market tables. According to a new study posted on the Social Science Research Network (SSRN), which distributes social science research from specialized research institutions, the stock market is a much better predictor of presidential re-election bids than the gauges investors have traditionally consulted, such as the nation’s unemployment rate. In their study, titled “Social Mood, Stock Market Performance and U.S. Presidential Elections,”

Clinton Visits Lima For Conference
on Women’s Financial Inclusion

Peruvian Times [Lima, Peru], by Staff Original Article

Posted By: John c- 10/16/2012 7:18:39 PM Post Reply

United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton returned to Washington D.C. Tuesday after a brief visit that included a meeting with President Ollanta Humala. She was met by President Humala and First Lady Nadine Heredia at the government palace on her arrival in Lima on Monday. Clinton was to discuss with Humala bilateral and regional cooperation, (Snip) “She will also participate in an international conference on women’s financial inclusion – Power: Women as Drivers of Growth and Social Inclusion,” the statement said. The international meeting on women’s empowerment is a

Millionaire TV Star Tom Brokaw longs
for simpler life: no more 'McMansions'

Newsbusters, by Scott Whitlock Original Article

Posted By: Fiesta del sol- 10/16/2012 7:16:31 PM Post Reply

Tom Brokaw had his Jimmy Carter moment on Tuesday. The veteran journalist appeared on MSNBC's The Cycle to call for Americans to accept a permanent lowering of their standard of living. Speaking of the next generation, Brokaw blithely insisted that "they probably won't have as much disposable income." He added, "They won't live in homes that are McMansions. We gotta get real." The former Nightly News anchor, estimated to be worth about $70 million, didn't seem to find this a bad thing: "It doesn't mean we can't have everything that we need." Brokaw lobbied for Americans to "get proportion."

Both female officers drop out of
grueling Marine Corps infantry course

NBC News, by Jeff Black Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/16/2012 7:09:10 PM Post Reply

Both volunteers in a study to see if women could become Marine ground combat leaders have dropped out of the rigorous Infantry Officer Course, with the second failing because of a medical reason late last week, the Marine Corps Times reported. A second lieutenant was unable to complete the required training and left the program on Friday because of unreported medical reasons, the newspaper reported on its website. It was unknown if she became ill or injured or had other medical issues. (Snip) The other female volunteer, who was also a second lieutenant, was unable to complete the

Exclusive: Chelsea Clinton
steps up to fight diarrhea
deaths in Nigeria

Reuters, by Julie Steenhuysen Original Article

Posted By: Scottyboy- 10/16/2012 7:08:35 PM Post Reply

CHICAGO - Chelsea Clinton is taking on the discomforting issue of diarrhea, throwing her family's philanthropic heft behind a sweeping effort in Nigeria to prevent the deaths of 1 million mothers and children each year from preventable causes, including 100,000 deaths from diarrhea. The 32-year-old daughter of President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton joined Nigerian officials, the prime minister of Norway and other leaders on Tuesday in promoting expanded access to zinc and oral rehydration solutions or ORS, a treatment that could prevent more than 90 percent of diarrhea-related deaths in the country.

Critics slam White House
on Benghazi attack

USA Today, by Donna Leinwand Leger Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/16/2012 7:03:23 PM Post Reply

Washington - Critics assailed the White House on Tuesday for repeatedly refusing to explain lax security at the consulate in Libya and whether it deliberately withheld information from the public indicating the attack there had ties to a terror group. "There are still questions about judgments and improper reporting left unanswered from both before and after the attack," Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., said. (Snip) Issa and other Republicans said U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's statement on Monday that she is ultimately responsible for security failures at embassies did not answer why President Obama and top aides blamed the

Should Africa be growing more wheat?

Associated Press, by Jason Straziuso & Kirubel Tadesse Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/16/2012 7:00:10 PM Post Reply

Debre Zeit, Ethiopia - Bedlu Mamo stood in middle of his field in Ethiopia and cast a wary eye at the new variety of wheat he planted for the first time. "The price is good, better than what we get for other crops. But the companies that buy the wheat may not come to buy," Bedlu said. (Snip) Wheat production in sub-Saharan Africa dropped sharply in the 1980s after an influx of food aid made the crop unprofitable, said the maize and wheat improvement center, which is known by the initials CIMMYT. At the same time, the focus of international

NHPR producer: Hassan edit a mistake

Union Leader [Manchester, NH], by Staff Original Article

Posted By: nhchemist- 10/16/2012 6:58:10 PM Post Reply

An executive producer at New Hampshire Public Radio said Monday he made a mistake by editing the word “tax” out of a key answer given by Democrat Maggie Hassan during a September debate in a recent partial rebroadcast. Hassan supported RGGI, saying, “I was proud to be a sponsor of that tax — eh — the energy efficiency program because it has saved businesses millions and millions of dollars and created over 400 jobs.”

Aide: Obama takes
responsibility for Libya attack

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Scottyboy- 10/16/2012 6:51:33 PM Post Reply

DENVER - A top campaign aide says that President Barack Obama takes responsibility for the consulate attack in Libya that killed four Americans. Deputy campaign manager Stephanie Cutter tells The Associated Press in a phone interview Tuesday that, quote, "every time an American dies abroad, everybody takes responsibility, from the top down." Asked whether that includes Obama, Cutter says, quote, "Absolutely ... He's the president of the United States." Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday that she was responsible for security at the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi.

Ohio: Historically Redder
than National Polls

Breitbart's Big Government, by William Bigelow Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/16/2012 6:44:04 PM Post Reply

The Obama campaign, realizing that they are trailing in the national polls, is trotting out a new meme: Romney may be ahead nationally, but he’s losing in the swing states, particularly Ohio. Really? That’s curious. In every presidential election since 1980 except one, the state of Ohio has voted in higher numbers for the Republican candidate, sometimes significantly higher, than the national average. The only exception was in 2004, when George W. Bush had a 3.5% edge nationally, and a 2.1% edge in Ohio.Let’s look at the numbers: 2008: National average: Obama 52.87, McCain 45.60. Obama ahead 7.27 Ohio: Obama

Police called to break up violent
cat fight in Downing Street

Telegraph [UK], by Rosa Prince Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/16/2012 6:32:00 PM Post Reply

Police have been forced to step in to break up a cat fight between Larry the Downing Street cat and Freya, First Moggy of the Treasury. The two felines were separated after engaging in a full-scale cat fight outside No 10, and retreated spitting to their respective political fiefdoms. Freyer the silver tabby appeared to have the best of the confrontation, when Larry, who has white and tabby markings, was ordered back inside No 10 to consider his behaviour, leaving the street free for his rival to stalk. It is not known what caused fur to fly between the feline

The internet vigilantes: Anonymous
hackers' group outs man, 32,
'who drove girl, 15, to suicide
by spreading topless photos of her'

Daily Mail [UK], by Lydia Warren & Meghan Keneally Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/16/2012 6:27:58 PM Post Reply

Anonymous has named a man it claims posted topless pictures of a 15-year-old girl online and harassed her so relentlessly that she killed herself. Amanda Todd, from Vancouver, Canada, was found hanged in her home on October 10, just weeks after she uploaded a video to YouTube detailing her horrific treatment at the hands of cyber bullies. (Snip) Now in a vigilante move, Anonymous, the world's largest hacking group, has named the man allegedly responsible for the picture. The group claims that he is a 32-year-old from British Columbia, but MailOnline has chosen not to identify him for legal reasons.

Ukraine navy to deploy Dolphins
with guns on their heads

Register [London, UK], by Lewis Page Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/16/2012 6:24:14 PM Post Reply

The Ukrainian navy is to deploy specially trained dolphins equipped with "pistols fixed to their heads" against possible enemy frogmen, according to reports. Russian newswire RIA Novosti broke the news last week, reporting from the naval base of Sevastopol on the Black Sea. This was formerly home to the Soviet Black Sea Fleet, which was acrimoniously divvied up between Russia and the new Ukrainian government on the fall of the Soviet Union. (Snip) RIA Novosti tells us: The killer-dolphins will be trained to attack enemy combat swimmers using special knives or pistols fixed to their heads Several exercises have reportedly

Obama feels ‘fabulous’
about second debate

The Hill [Washington, DC], by Amie Parnes Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/16/2012 6:19:18 PM Post Reply

President Obama said Tuesday he is feeling “fabulous” about the prospects of the second presidential debate — a far cry from before the first debate, when he described preparations as “a drag.” During a photo-op with reporters just hours ahead of his face-off with GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney, Obama was much more upbeat about their second showdown. “I feel fabulous,” Obama said, standing between his senior adviser David Plouffe and his former communications director, Anita Dunn. “Look at this beautiful day.”

Gallup's daily poll finds 50 percent
of likely voters prefer Romney

The Hill [Washington, DC], by Daniel Strauss Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/16/2012 6:16:32 PM Post Reply

About half of all likely voters would pick Mitt Romney for president if the 2012 presidential election were held today, while a little less than half would reelect President Obama, according to Gallup's daily tracking poll. In a new poll released Tuesday, Gallup found 50 percent of those polled said they would vote for Romney if the election were held today, and that 46 percent would vote for Obama. The pollster noted that Romney has consistently kept a small lead over the president in the Gallup seven-day rolling average in the aftermath of the first presidential debate at the beginning

In VP Debate, Biden Seemed
to Overstate His Role
in Social Security Reform

ABC News, by Jake Tapper Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/16/2012 6:10:30 PM Post Reply

During the vice presidential debate last week, Vice President Joe Biden seemed to significantly overstate his role in the 1983 negotiations over Social Security. Asked about Medicare reform, the vice president said, “Look, I was there when we did that with Social Security in 1983. I was one of eight people sitting in the room that included Tip O’Neill negotiating with President Reagan. '' (Snip) But according to the historical record, Biden was not one of the small group of people in “the room,” or in “the meeting” — nor was he even a key player in reforms.

What Women Want
In a President

ABC News, by Matthew Dowd Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/16/2012 6:00:36 PM Post Reply

Mel Gibson played a chauvinistic advertising executive in the movie “What Women Want” who had an accident that gave him the power to hear women’s thoughts and feelings. I don’t have that power, but I am going to speculate on what many women might want in a man — in this election cycle and more broadly. Again, this is just the humble opinion of one man (and I emphasize man) who grew up with four sisters, has a daughter, two ex-wives and three sons who have dated a broad variety of women. Figuring out what women want isn’t

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