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A Cool Airline Tray Table
You Wish You'd Invented

CNBC, by Darren Booth Original Article

Posted By: schnapps- 10/25/2012 3:41:15 PM Post Reply

It's a common problem. You're squeezed into a tight economy-class seat trying to eat a snack while working on your iPad or other personal electronic device. SmartTray X1 With tray table space limited, you often have to power down and eat first. But one company has an ingenious and simple solution both airlines and travelers will love. (snip) With more passengers using mobile devices while traveling, the patented design of SmartTray couldn't be more timely. Most tray tables have a short, three- to four-year life cycle as they're the most abused item on an aircraft, said CEO Nick Pajic of Smart Tray International
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For America's future, The Post
endorses Mitt Romney for president

New York Post, by Editorial Staff Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/25/2012 3:39:09 PM Post Reply

Four frustratingly long years ago, a war-weary and economically battered America took a flier on a savior. It didn’t work out. Now, in 12 days, the nation will return to the polls — to reject, or to ratify, the results of the great Barack Obama experiment. That is, to reject or to ratify the notion that hoping for change is a sound footing for productive national policy. But, by the evidence, it is not. It cannot create jobs. (Snip) America needs more than hope. It needs leadership. That is why The Post today endorses the candidacy of Mitt Romney for

Obama's EPA Plans for 2013

American Thinker, by S. Fred Singer Original Article

Posted By: mickturn- 10/25/2012 3:32:38 PM Post Reply

The November elections will determine the direction of US climate policy -- and therefore also energy policy and the pace of economic growth: jobs, standards of living, budget deficits and inflation. Obama has already promised to make climate change the centerpiece of his concern -- with all that implies: "Green" energy policy, linked to loss of jobs (Keystone pipeline disapproval), rising gas prices (ethanol mandates), and crony capitalism (Solyndra).

Obama talks Trump, debates,
baseball on 'Tonight'

Associated Press, by Ben Feller Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/25/2012 3:31:21 PM Post Reply

Burbank, Calif. - What’s real estate mogul Donald Trump got against President Barack Obama? The president says it’s an old grudge that goes back — way, way back — to their childhood days in Kenya. ‘‘We had constant run-ins on the soccer fields,’’ Obama told ‘‘Tonight Show’’ host Jay Leno during a tongue-in-cheek knock on Trump Wednesday night. ‘‘He wasn’t very good and resented it. When we finally moved to America, I thought it would be over.’’ (Snip) Wisecracks aside, Obama told Leno that he has never actually met Trump. When Leno asked Obama if he was glad the presidential debates

Obama’s Anti-Israel Bundler

Washington Free Beacon, by Andrew Evans Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/25/2012 3:19:23 PM Post Reply

A top bundler for President Barack Obama has intimate connections to the controversial liberal advocacy group J Street as well as the secretive liberal donor network known as the Democracy Alliance. Deborah Sagner has pledged to raise more than $500,000 for Obama’s reelection campaign (Snip) The Washington Free Beacon wrote in May: The self-described “pro-Israel, pro-peace” liberal advocacy group J Street is soliciting funds for congressional candidates who are openly hostile to Israel while simultaneously targeting for defeat explicitly pro-Israel lawmakers who do not agree with its radical Middle East agenda

Georgia store offers gun
raffle tickets to voters

Associated Press, by Jeff Martin Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/25/2012 3:12:41 PM Post Reply

Atlanta - Want a chance to win a rifle or handgun? Go vote. That's the message from an Atlanta-area sporting goods store. The promotion caught the attention of the secretary of state's office last week and drew a complaint from a state senator who said it may break the law. Georgia law prohibits anyone from giving or receiving money or gifts in exchange for voting, and felony charges could be brought if the law were broken, Secretary of State Brian Kemp said in a statement.

Bam $ite unplugged

New York Post, by Carl Campanile Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/25/2012 3:09:42 PM Post Reply

The Chinese government has blocked access to a Web site used as a conduit for donations to President Obama’s re-election, The Post has learned. The action comes following a report in Sunday’s Post that the Obama.com site had been registered to Robert Roche, an Obama campaign bundler who lives and works in China. An analysis by the Government Accountability Institute found that Obama.com gets almost half its traffic from foreign computer addresses. GAI sources used more than 100 different Chinese proxies to get on Obama.com. Each time, the effort produced an “error” message that is consistent with sites blocked by the Chinese government.

Unprecedented 'black mold'
meningitis a challenge

Associated Press, by Lauran Neergaard Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/25/2012 3:07:38 PM Post Reply

Washington - The black mold creeping into the spines of hundreds of people who got tainted shots for back pain marks uncharted medical territory. Never before has this particular fungus been found to cause meningitis. It's incredibly hard to diagnose, and to kill — requiring at least three months of a treatment that can cause hallucinations. There's no good way to predict survival, or when it's safe to stop treating, or exactly how to monitor those who fear the fungus may be festering silently in their bodies. (Snip) The fungus' brown-black color signals an armor that — along with being

Firings Highest Since 2010
as Ford to Dow Face Slump

Bloomberg News, by Chris Burritt Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/25/2012 3:03:43 PM Post Reply

Greensboro - Ford Motor Co. (F) and Dow Chemical Co. (DOW) joined a growing number of companies firing thousands of workers as sluggish U.S. growth and Europe’s deepening recession lead to a persisting slump in sales. North American companies have announced plans to eliminate more than 62,600 positions at home and abroad since Sept. 1, the biggest two-month drop since the start of 2010, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Firings total 158,100 so far this year, more than the 129,000 job cuts in the same period in 2011.

The Dishonorable Colin Powell

American Spectator, by Quin Hillyer Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/25/2012 3:02:34 PM Post Reply

So.... Colin Powell, fulminating about the economy (as if he is an expert on that!) and avoiding all discussion of the incompetence and dishonesty of the Obama administration's handling of Libya, has endorsed Barack Obama again. Gee, what a surprise. This is a man still playing out his personal picque at some imagined sleights during the administration of Bush 43. But this is a man without honor. This is a man who allowed the spending of millions of dollars in a witch-hunt of a law-enforcement investigation even while personally knowing that his own top aide had been the one

A pot-loving billionaire
joins the Giving Pledge

Fortune, by Carol J. Loomis Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/25/2012 3:01:12 PM Post Reply

In September, the number of signers of the Giving Pledge (founded by Warren Buffett and Bill and Melinda Gates) grew by 11, to a new total of 92. That's impressive—92 billionaires each promising (some co-signing with their spouse) to give away at least half of their fortune to charity. But forget about the raw numbers. The most interesting thing about the expanded list is one of its new members: With the addition of Peter Benjamin Lewis, the 78-year-old chairman of Cleveland auto-insurer Progressive (PGR), this assembly of very rich and philanthropic souls got its most eccentric participant. Don't even think

California man’s hanged Obama
effigy brings surprise trick
or treat visit from the Secret Service

New York Daily News, by Anthony Bartkewicz Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/25/2012 2:57:26 PM Post Reply

A southern California man’s Halloween decoration of a hanged President Obama brought the Secret Service to his door. Eddie Million of Moreno Valley now admits it was a bad idea to hang the president in effigy by a noose as a halloween prank from a tree in his front yard, the Press-Enterprise reported. But he said the whole thing was “just a misunderstanding.” (Snip) Million said his only intent was to put up “something spooky” before his big Halloween party. “A noose is scary.” He bought the Obama mask last year at a clearance sale.

2 US troops die in apparent
Afghan insider attack

Associated Press, by Hedi Vogt Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/25/2012 2:55:01 PM Post Reply

Kabul, Afghanistan - A man in an Afghan police uniform shot and killed two American service members Thursday, the U.S. military said, in what appeared to be the latest in a rash of attacks on international forces this year by their Afghan partners. The so-called insider attacks have stretched to the breaking point a partnership that U.S. and NATO officials consider a key part their exit plan — preparing the Afghans to take over responsibility for their country's security in just over two years' time. (Snip) In Thursday's shooting, authorities had yet to determine if the attacker was an Afghan

The Decency of Mitt

National Review Online, by Deroy Murdock Original Article

Posted By: supersid- 10/25/2012 2:47:22 PM Post Reply

Why is Mitt Romney rising? Americans who watched the GOP nominee debate President Obama never met the cold, greedy, sexist, racist, carcinogenic tax cheat that Team Obama promised would appear. The calm, steady, and reasonable gentleman who opposed Obama was no Gordon Gekko. Americans might like Romney even more if they understood his random acts of kindness and significant feats of bravery.

The year of living biblically:
Tenn. woman lives for one
year in STRICT accordance
to the Bible

New York Daily News, by Meena Hart Duerson Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/25/2012 2:31:37 PM Post Reply

For a full year Rachel Held Evans did not cut her hair. She covered her head when she prayed. She publicly praised her husband— even calling him "Master" for a week. No, she did not lose a bet. Even though Evans lives in the "buckle of the Bible belt," in Dayton, Tenn., she says didn't know how hard it would be to truly live biblically until she spent a year following all the rules of the Good Book - literally. Evans who was raised an evangelical Christian, started her experiment in 2010, when she realized she

Taylor Swift, Conor Kennedy
break up, friend says
'it was just a distance thing'

New York Daily News, by Joyce Chen Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/25/2012 2:24:07 PM Post Reply

Are they never, ever, ever getting back together? Taylor Swift and beau Conor Kennedy have officially parted ways, a source close to the bubbly singer confirmed to Us Weekly. The pair, who first sparked rumors of a summer romance in late July, have been growing apart in recent weeks and, according to the source, distance ultimately put a damper on the relationship. "They quietly parted ways a while ago," the pal told the magazine. "It was just a distance thing. No hard feelings. They're fine."

Best Buy stock plunges

CNN Money, by Aaron Smith Original Article

Posted By: NorthernDog- 10/25/2012 2:16:48 PM Post Reply

NEW YORK -- Best Buy's stock plummeted, one day after the retailer unveiled a management shakeup and reduced its profit expectations for the third quarter. Best Buy's (BBY, Fortune 500)stock dropped 10% in Thursday afternoon trading. The company, which operates 1,400 stores selling electronics goods, warned Wednesday that it expects profits to drop by at least 10% in the third quarter, compared to last year. Best Buy also expects sales to decline at a similar pace to what it has experienced earlier this year. Its sales fell 5.3% in the first quarter and 3.2% in the second quarter.

Former Obama adviser says US back
where it was '3 or 4 years ago'
with Mideast, Iran

Fox News, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/25/2012 2:13:24 PM Post Reply

Shortly after President Obama claimed the U.S. has made significant progress in isolating Iran, his former national security adviser suggested the administration is actually back to the drawing board with the entire region. Retired Gen. James Jones, who served as the president's first security adviser, discussed the changing Middle East in an interview with PBS' Charlie Rose Tuesday night. He talked about coming into office and addressing those actors who historically were "causing us difficulties," and claimed "in some cases we made some progress." (Snip) "On the other hand," he continued, "with the Middle East and Iran,
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Obama makes phone call to Colin
Powell for endorsement thanks

Yahoo! News, by Chris Moody Original Article

Posted By: NorthernDog- 10/25/2012 2:13:09 PM Post Reply

RICHMOND, Va. -- President Barack Obama phoned Colin Powell Thursday to thank him for endorsing him for a second term, a White House official said. Powell, the former Secretary of State under Republican president George W. Bush, endorsed Obama in 2008 and told CBS in an interview Thursday morning that he still supports him. "The president is very appreciative of the endorsement," White House spokesman Dan Pfeiffer told reporters on a plane ride from Tampa, Florida, where Obama held a rally. "He called Colin Powell this morning before the event to thank him." The president did not discuss

Goods Orders Point to U.S. Business
Spending Slump: Economy

Bloomberg News, by Shobhana Chandra Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/25/2012 2:08:59 PM Post Reply

Washington - Orders for business equipment such as computers and communications gear stalled in September, signaling a slowdown in investment that may curb U.S. economic growth. Bookings for non-defense capital goods excluding aircraft, considered a proxy for future spending, were little changed after rising 0.2 percent in August, a Commerce Department report showed today in Washington. Other data showed consumer confidence is climbing even as the labor market makes limited progress.

Romney camp kicked off
October with a bang,
collecting $111.8 million in
the first half of the month

New York Daily News, by Kristen A. Lee Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/25/2012 2:04:29 PM Post Reply

Mitt Romney’s team and the GOP raised more than $111.8 million in the first half of October alone — kicking off the campaign’s last full month with a bang. Romney spokesperson Andrea Saul announced the massive fundraising haul in a tweet on Thursday morning: "BOOM: In first half of October alone, @MittRomney effort raised $111.8 million. #RomneyRyan2012." (Snip) The Romney camp said about 92 percent of the donations it received between Oct. 1 and Oct. 17 were $250 or less — amounting to $38.2 million in total.

East Coast braces for '$1B' storm
as Hurricane Sandy barrels
through Bahamas

Fox News, by Joshua Rhett Miller Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 10/25/2012 2:03:24 PM Post Reply

Emergency management teams and utilities along the East Coast are bracing for what could be a $1 billion punch as Hurricane Sandy's 100 mph winds barrel toward the heavily populated region between the Carolina coast and Cape Cod. The Category 2 storm, which has killed two in the Caribbean as it swept through Cuba and blew toward the Bahamas, may combine with other, rain-heavy weather systems to create what meteorologists are calling a "perfect storm" that could wreak havoc from North Carolina to Massachusetts early next week. Sandy will likely maintain its hurricane status as it passes over the Bahamas

Paul Ryan presents Republican
ticket as solution to
poverty woes in speech
at Cleveland State (updated)

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

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/25/2012 2:02:24 PM Post Reply

CLEVELAND, Ohio- As the race for the White House continued its constant orbit around Ohio on Wednesday, poverty -- a rarely broached subject on this year's campaign trail -- made a brief cameo. In an afternoon speech at Cleveland State University, Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan said he and Mitt Romney would improve prospects for the less-fortunate by keeping the federal government at arm's length. The Wisconsin congressman, who proposed no new programs to combat poverty,
Author's name corrected by staff.

Court allows testimony by Mitt
Romney in Stemberg divorce
case to be unsealed

Boston Globe, by Callum Borchers Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/25/2012 1:59:12 PM Post Reply

Canton - Mitt Romney’s sworn testimony in a post-divorce lawsuit against Staples founder Tom Stemberg was unsealed on Thursday at Norfolk Probate and Family Court. The suit was filed in 1990 by Stemberg’s ex-wife, Maureen Sullivan Stemberg, who sought to amend the couple’s financial agreement after Staples went public in 1989 and began trading at 10 times the stock value she had received in the divorce a year earlier. (Snip) The court ruled that because the Globe was no longer petitioning to modify the confidentiality order, and was satisfied by the release of Romney’s testimony, that Sullivan Stemberg would have

U.N. Human Rights Council Calls
for Boycott of U.S. Companies

Washington Free Beacon, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Calvinesq- 10/25/2012 1:57:48 PM Post Reply

The Washington Free Beacon has obtained a report soon to be released by the United Nations that calls for an international campaign of legal attacks and economic warfare on a group of American companies that do business in Israel, including Hewlett-Packard, Caterpillar Inc., and Motorola Solutions Inc. The Human Rights Council (HRC), a body dominated by Islamic countries and known for its hostility to, and heavy focus on, the Jewish State, issued the report. The George W. Bush administration refused to participate in the HRC, but President Barack Obama joined it soon after taking office.

Two Big Shifts In This New
Poll Should Frighten Obama

Business Insider, by Brett LoGiurato Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/25/2012 1:55:44 PM Post Reply

A new Associated Press/GfK poll released Thursday shows some disconcerting signs for President Barack Obama just 12 days before Election Day. Republican nominee Mitt Romney has flipped two crucial issues in the poll and is gaining in another measure, driving an overall 47% to 45% lead among likely voters. (Snip) Among registered voters, Obama has lost 13 and 10 points to Romney on the two issues, according to the poll. The flips are significant. A recent Gallup poll showed the overall economy (plus unemployment) and the federal deficit remain the top two issues for voters this election.

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