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Alleged killer “liked” “Find
Autumn Pasquale” Facebook page

Philadelphia Daily News, by Jason Nark Original Article

Posted By: earlybird- 10/24/2012 12:25:28 AM Post Reply

SEARCHERS returned from the forests and fields Sunday night, their voices hoarse from calling Autumn's name, and those who loved her the most huddled close together in Clayton, holding fast to hope. Meanwhile, at 8:16 p.m., a 15-year-old Clayton boy logged onto Facebook and, along with nearly 17,000 other people across the country, clicked "Like" on the FIND AUTUMN PASQUALE page. But authorities say Justin Robinson knew exactly where Pasquale was - because he allegedly had lured her to his home on East Clayton Avenue on Saturday afternoon and then beat and strangled the seventh-grader

Congress urges Pentagon
to buy American

Washington Times, by Kristina Wong Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/24/2012 12:23:10 AM Post Reply

Congressional Republicans and Democrats sent an irate letter Tuesday to a Pentagon official requesting that the U.S. military issue uniforms made in America, not China. The letter to Frank Kendall, undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, urges compliance with the Berry Amendment, which requires the Pentagon to give preference to U.S.-made goods in its procurement practices. “Recently, however, DOD has started circumventing this policy by issuing cash allowances for soldiers to purchase their own training shoes,” states the letter, which was signed by 52 members of Congress.

Graham: Fort Hood shooting
clearly an act of terror

Washington Times, by Susan Crabtree Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/24/2012 12:20:51 AM Post Reply

South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, a senior Republican member of the Armed Forces Committee, on Tuesday said he sharply disagrees with the Department of Defense's characterization of the 2009 shooting at Fort Hood as a case of workplace violence, not terrorism. "I respectfully disagree with the Department of Defense decision to classify the Fort Hood shooting as workplace violence," he said. "It's not fair to the victims, and their families, for this incident to be described in that manner." Mr. Graham, a judge advocate general in the Air Force Reserves, pledged to work with his colleagues in the Senate to

Australian to be Army
Pacific’s first foreign officer

Washington Times, by Shaun Waterman Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/24/2012 12:15:42 AM Post Reply

An Australian army general next month will become the first foreign officer to assume a senior role in the U.S. Army’s Pacific command, as the Pentagon shifts its focus to Asia and builds alliances in the region. On Nov. 4, Maj. Gen. Rick Burns will become deputy commanding general for operations, said Lt. Gen. Francis Wiercinski, commander of Army Pacific. Gen. Wiercinski was visiting Washington this week from his Hawaii headquarters. Other U.S. military commands, such as those in Europe and Afghanistan, have foreign officers in senior posts, but Gen. Burns will be the first in Army Pacific.

Beijing Shakes Up
Military Leadership

Wall Street Journal, by Jeremy Page Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/24/2012 12:12:38 AM Post Reply

Beijing - Just over two weeks before a Communist Party leadership change, China began a sweeping shuffle of its military top brass that could elevate the status of the air force and navy and determine the political powers of the country's presumptive future leader, Xi Jinping, over the next two years. (Snip) "This suggests a focus on promoting competent, professional soldiers who'll continue the modernization of the military and who are willing to stay out of politics," said Taylor Fravel, a professor of political science and expert on China's military at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Voters in Ohio village skeptical
of both Obama and Romney

Los Angeles Times, by Seema Mehta Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/24/2012 12:09:09 AM Post Reply

Wintersville, Ohio - They gather at this old watering hole every week, watching Steelers games and catching up, talking about their children and grandchildren, layoffs and job prospects, marriages and divorces. With the 2012 presidential election two weeks away and Ohio one of the most vital states on the path to the White House, talk easily turns to politics, and the salty language flows as freely as the Miller Light. (Snip) They are critical of President Obama's healthcare law, not because of high-minded debates about whether it violates the Constitution, but because they see their healthcare costs continuing to skyrocket

U.S. to study cancer risks
near 6 nuclear plants

Los Angeles Times, by Louis Sahagun Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/23/2012 11:20:19 PM Post Reply

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced plans Tuesday to launch a pilot epidemiological study of cancer risks near six nuclear power plants, including San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station in north San Diego County. The commission is acting out of growing concern that using uranium to produce electricity may be dangerous even without accidents at nuclear plants. In addition, recent epidemiological studies in Germany and France suggest that the children living near nuclear reactors are twice as likely to develop leukemia. The U.S. study will be conducted by the National Academy of Sciences, which will also help the commission determine whether

EU delays quota plan
for women on boards

The Scotsman [Scotland], by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/23/2012 11:16:25 PM Post Reply

Controversial plans for EU minimum quotas of women on company boards were postponed last night after running into tough opposition within the European Commission. EU justice commissioner Viviane Reding, seeking backing for a law obliging companies to appoint at least 40 per cent of its top-table seats to women, insisted the battle was not over, despite lawyers warning the plan might be unenforceable. “I will not give up,” Ms Reding said on Twitter, but the setback will boost the move’s opponents, including UK Business Secretary Vince Cable.

Ohio Republicans boosted by
Romney debate showing
ahead of crucial vote

Guardian [UK], by Ed Pilkington Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/23/2012 11:07:01 PM Post Reply

Mentor, Ohio - Opinions will be divided over Monday night's final presidential debate, but for Glenn Heffner, a Romney volunteer in the bellwether town of Mentor in Ohio, the take-home message was clear: his man did the job that was needed and metamorphosed on camera into a president. (Snip) "I felt strongly that night that Romney had performed great, but I didn't have any sense of how it would play on the street. But when I went knocking on doors I was amazed – people said to me 'I'm so glad to see you!' which believe me, I'm not used

'Palestinian with explosives
was heading for J'lem'

Jerusalem Post [Israel], by Yaakov Lappin Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/23/2012 11:05:20 PM Post Reply

A 19-year-old Palestinian man caught with eight pipe bombs at the Kalandiya checkpoint was trying to get to Jerusalem, the IDF said Tuesday. The man, believed to be from Nablus, got off a Palestinian bus carrying a large backpack, and tried to sneak past security checks for pedestrians at the checkpoint, which separates greater Jerusalem from the West Bank. Lt.-Col. Yuval Shenkin, commander of the Military Police’s Erez Battalion, which controls crossings in the area, said the incident was highly unusual. “To try to get this amount of explosives through is certainly exceptional,”

Romney visited Yad Vashem
in 2007, and Sderot in 2011

Times of Israel [Jerusalem], by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/23/2012 10:59:51 PM Post Reply

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney visited Israel’s Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum while on a trip to Israel in 2007, The Times of Israel established Tuesday. He also visited the rocket-battered Gaza town of Sderot and surrounding area, during his 2011 trip to the country, a Romney campaign source said. After an inquiry from The Times of Israel, the Republican Jewish Coalition confirmed the Yad Vashem visit, and provided photographs. Romney toured the exhibit, and participated in a memorial ceremony. (Snip) Asked why the Republican candidate chose not to mention his own Yad Vashem visit when the subject of the

Residents: Obama uses
Sderot as campaign tool

Ynet News [Israel], by Neri Brenner Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/23/2012 10:57:45 PM Post Reply

Sderot residents and leaders dismissed President Barack Obama's reference to their town on Tuesday, accusing the leader of using them as a campaign tool. (Snip) "The reference to the trip was a political statement and nothing more," said Kobi Harush, who heads Sderot's security division. "It's part of the internal struggle in the US. The reality is that Sderot and the entire region come under fire every day. "Someone has to remind him that the rocket fire continued since his visit," he added.

IAF strikes Gaza Strip
following volley of rockets

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

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/23/2012 10:56:18 PM Post Reply

The IAF struck rocket-launching cells in the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday evening after a volley of rockets and mortar shells fell in the Eshkol region earlier. Hamas said that three of its operatives were killed in the strikes, and another three were injured. The IDF Spokesman’s Unit said the terrorist cells were about to fire projectiles into southern Israel, but were accurately struck. The air strikes come after seven rockets and mortars bombarded the Eshkol Regional council Tuesday evening, sending local residents fleeing for cover.

Closing theme of
Campaign 2012: Who
can you really trust?

Washington Post, by Greg Sargent Original Article

Posted By: BuckeyeRon- 10/23/2012 10:54:44 PM Post Reply

A bunch of folks have argued that even if Mitt Romney lost last night, he did reassure voters by projecting a level-headedness that enabled him to pass the “commander in chief test.” I don’t know if that’s true — Romney seemed out of his depth in ways that might prove less than reassuring — but this misses something else about last night.(Snip)hat ammo, the Obama campaign hopes, will help them make their final case against Romney, i.e, that he is fundamentally untrustworthy and that Obama is the one who can be counted on to genuinely look out for you.

Temporary Medicaid pay
hike confuses doctors

Washington Post, by Phil Galewitz Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 10/23/2012 10:38:16 PM Post Reply

To recruit more doctors to treat the poor, President Obama’s health-care law took a simple approach: temporarily pay doctors more money. Starting Jan. 1, primary-care doctors when treating patients on Medicaid, (Snip) Adding to the uncertainty is that the Obama administration has not issued final rules for the pay hike and most industry officials don’t expect one until after Election Day. In addition, some states have been hesitant to promote the provision because Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has vowed to repeal the health-care law if he is elected.

How not to have an affair
like a French president

France 24, by Sophie Pilgrim Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/23/2012 10:37:11 PM Post Reply

Do the French really need help in carrying out extramarital affairs? No. But they do need help keeping them secret, according to Canadian entrepreneur Neil Biderman, who is promoting the French launch of his extramarital dating website this week with a daring billboard ad. To illustrate his argument, the poster has taken four French presidents – including current head of state François Hollande – and printed lipstick kisses on their cheeks and foreheads. “What do they all have in common?” it asks. (Snip) They were all found out for having extramarital affairs. Hence the tagline, “They should have thought

Osama Bin Laden TV Movie Recut
to More Prominently Feature
President Obama

Hollywood Reporter, by Pamela McClintock & Aaron Couch Original Article

Posted By: rbwkc- 10/23/2012 10:34:21 PM Post Reply

Harvey Weinstein, a longtime Obama supporter, has added more news and documentary footage to "SEAL Team Six: The Raid on Osama bin Laden," which airs on the National Geographic Channel two days before the presidential election. It’s expected that speeches from President Obama will be all over TV in the days before the election, but he'll also be playing a larger role in a television movie airing on Nov. 4, just two days before the presidential election. Harvey Weinstein, a longtime Obama supporter, bought U.S. rights to SEAL Team Six: The Raid on Osama bin Laden in May and recently recut

Qatar’s Emir Visits Gaza,
Pledging $400 Million to Hamas

New York Times, by Jodi Rudoren Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 10/23/2012 10:28:48 PM Post Reply

Jerusalem - The emir of Qatar on Tuesday became the first head of state to visit the Gaza Strip since Hamas took full control of it in 2007, the latest step in an ambitious campaign by the tiny Persian Gulf nation to leverage its outsize pocketbook in support of Islamists across the region — and one that threatened to widen the rift between rival Palestinian factions. The emir, Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, pledged $400 million to build two housing complexes, rehabilitate three main roads and create a prosthetic center, among other projects, a transformational infusion of cash

Bob Woodward: Obama
'mistaken' on sequester

Politico, by Leigh Munsil Original Article

Posted By: DW626- 10/23/2012 10:28:31 PM Post Reply

Bob Woodward says President Barack Obama got some of his facts wrong on sequester at Monday night’s debate. Woodward’s book, “The Price of Politics,” has been the go-to fact check source for the president’s answer, in which he claimed the idea of using deep, automatic, across-the-board domestic and defense spending cuts to force Congress to address the nation’s burgeoning federal deficit originated from Congress, not from the White House. “What the president said is not correct,” Woodward told POLITICO Tuesday. “He’s mistaken. And it’s refuted by the people who work for him.”

State Department emails from day of
Libya attack show Al Qaeda-tied
group on radar

FOX News, by Chad Pergram Original Article

Posted By: CEP- 10/23/2012 10:26:40 PM Post Reply

A series of internal State Department emails obtained by Fox News shows some some of the initial assessments of last month's deadly consulate attack in Libya, including one email within hours of the attack that noted that the group Ansar al Sharia had claimed responsibility. Ansar al Sharia has been declared by the State Department to be a an Al Qaeda-affiliated group. A member of the group suspected of participating in the Sept. 11 attack in Benghazi has been arrested and is being held in Tunisia.

US denied access to suspect held
in Libya strike, as debate
builds over nature of attack

Fox News, by Catherine Herridge Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/23/2012 10:20:49 PM Post Reply

American authorities have been denied access to a Tunisian national being held in connection with the consulate attack in Libya that killed an ambassador and three other Americans, a top Republican lawmaker told Fox News. Ali ani al-Harzi, suspected of ties to extremist groups including Al Qaeda's North Africa affiliate, was arrested in Turkey and has since been transferred to Tunisian authorities, but the U.S. has not been allowed to question him, Sen. Saxby Chambliss of Georgia said Tuesday. (Snip) Al-Harzi is one of about two-dozen individuals on a list of suspects that is being worked through by the U.S.

Officer, motorist dead in
NY gunfire; man arrested

Associated Press, by Frank Eltman Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 10/23/2012 10:15:57 PM Post Reply

BELLEROSE TERRACE, N.Y. — An ex-convict was arrested on Tuesday on charges he fatally shot a Long Island police officer in broad daylight Tuesday near the Belmont Park racetrack and then killed another driver not far away during a carjacking, authorities said. The suspect was identified as 33-year-old Darrell Fuller, who was on parole after serving time for attempted murder, authorities said. A 911 caller reported hearing gunfire in Queens amid a massive manhunt for Fuller. Responding officers found him in a vehicle — not the one carjacked

Obama Sics His Freaks On Romney:
Allred, Sullivan, Wright…

Breitbart's Big Government, by John Nolte Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/23/2012 10:13:58 PM Post Reply

Desperation is in the air, and The Chicago Machine's ugliness is just starting to get ginned up. They've already all but accused Romney of being a "felon" and of murdering Joe Soptic's wife, but now that the polls are moving against Obama – and the President's closing argument has been reduced to Big Bird, binders, and bayonets – President Obama's about launch his own personal freak show starring Jeremiah Wright, Gloria Allred, and Andrew Sullivan. (Snip) Today, things got improbably worse when the Daily Beast's Andrew Sullivan, who has reportedly been a guest of Obama's at the White House, launched

Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan
to headline Red Rocks show

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: bldrrepub- 10/23/2012 10:13:39 PM Post Reply

Move over, U2. Here comes Mitt Romney. The Republican presidential candidate will be joined by running mate Paul Ryan, Kid Rock and Rodney Atkins for a rally at Red Rocks Amphitheater Tuesday evening. The Republican ticket hopes to use the famous concert venue to juice up the GOP faithful as early voting continues in Colorado. The amphitheater is best known as the setting for the U2 concert film "Under A Blood Red Sky." President Barack Obama will swing through Denver on Wednesday for an afternoon rally in City Park.

Tagg Trutherism: NBC, Salon
Lay Track For Ohio
Vote Conspiracy Theory

Breitbart's Big Journalism, by John Nolte Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/23/2012 10:11:13 PM Post Reply

Yesterday, at the Big Journalism ObamaMedia live blog, I made note of a tweet fired off by MSNBC's Luke Russert, where he linked to a wild-eyed MSNBC story "raising questions" about Tagg Romney's connection to a Ohio voting machine company: A financial interest held by Mitt Romney’s son in a voting machine company whose systems are being used in Ohio threatens public confidence in the election’s integrity, according to Jennifer Brunner, the state’s former top elections official. (Snip) Today, NBC News itself jumped into the fever swamp: Now, the integrity of electronic voting machines is back in the spotlight. Reports

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