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Supreme Court to Decide
if Drug Dogs Pass
Constitutional Smell Test

Wired News, by David Kravets Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/31/2012 6:53:32 PM Post Reply

The Supreme Court on Wednesday is set to hold oral arguments concerning the novel question of whether judges may issue search warrants for private residences when a drug-sniffing dog outside the home reacts as if it smells drugs inside. In a second case involving drug-sniffing dogs, the justices also will entertain arguments Wednesday concerning a Florida Supreme Court decision allowing defendants to challenge the authenticity of a drug sniff, by bringing up past evidence of false alerts and how well-trained the dog and handler were.

New Yorkers in fuel scramble
as storm-hit pumps dry up

Reuters, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/31/2012 6:49:46 PM Post Reply

NEW YORK- Drivers and homeowners scrambled to secure fuel for their cars and generators in the U.S. Northeast on Wednesday as storm-hit gasoline stations started to run dry. More than half of all gasoline service stations in the New York City area and New Jersey were shut because of depleted fuel supplies and power outages, frustrating attempts to restore normal life, industry officials said. Reports of long lines, dark stations and empty tanks circulated across the region. Some station owners were unable to pump fuel due to a lack of power, while others quickly ran their tanks dry because

Fox News Poll: Race For
White House a Dead Heat

Fox News, by Dana Blanton Original Article

Posted By: The Slammer- 10/31/2012 6:40:56 PM Post Reply

With less than a week before the election, the race for the White House is dead even: Barack Obama and Mitt Romney receive 46 percent each, according to a Fox News poll of likely voters. Romney had a razor-thin 46-45 percent edge earlier this month, after the first presidential debate (October 7-9). Interviews in areas affected by Hurricane Sandy were completed before Monday evening, when the hurricane made landfall. Independents give the edge to Romney by seven percentage points (46-39 percent). That’s down from a 12-point advantage in early October. There’s a gender gap in vote

Democrat Mayor: Obama Losing
Early Voting in Wisconsin

Breitbart's Big Government, by John Nolte Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/31/2012 6:38:36 PM Post Reply

Denver, Colorado, Mayor Michael Hancock went off-script at a Milwaukee, Wisconsin, rally yesterday when he told a crowd of Obama supporters, "If the election was held today, President Barack Obama would lose the state of Wisconsin because where his base is, we have not turned out the vote early." Of course, when pressed on it, Hancock took it back and said, “We expect clearly that President Obama will win the state of Wisconsin.” The Obama campaign disputed Hancock's statement outright, (Snip) While I can't find any hard data for what the actual early voting breakdown looks like, what we

Exclusive: Rumsfeld on Benghazi's
Knowns and Unknowns

Breitbart's Big Peace, by AWR Hawkins Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/31/2012 6:35:09 PM Post Reply

Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld spoke to Breitbart News about the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, and the apparent cover-up that has followed as the administration struggled to spin the story. (Snip) But the information flow into the Situation Room in the White House is massive. Basically, anything of significance that is known and forwarded to the State Department, the CIA, or the Department of Defense ends up available in the Situation Room in reasonably rapid manner. They have excellent communications capabilities. Does it go directly to the Oval Office? No. It goes into the

Graham threatens Tunisia over
U.S. access to Benghazi suspect

Foreign Affairs, by Josh Rogin Original Article

Posted By: earlybird- 10/31/2012 6:32:16 PM Post Reply

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) is threatening to cut U.S. aid to Tunisia if the American government is not given access to Ali Ani al-Harzi, a Tunisian suspected of being involved in the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi. (Snip) Graham, the top Republican on the Senate Appropriations State and Foreign Operations subcommittee, has been a huge supporter of sending U.S. aid to Tunisia, where the Arab Spring began last year after a fruit vendor lit himself on fire, sparking widespread outrage. But in his letter Wednesday to the Tunisian chargé d'affaires in Washington, Tarek Amri,

Obama administration works to
launch new Syrian opposition council

Foreign Policy [Washington, DC], by Josh Rogin Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/31/2012 6:30:54 PM Post Reply

Syrian opposition leaders of all stripes will convene in Qatar next week to form a new leadership body to subsume the opposition Syrian National Council, which is widely viewed as ineffective, consumed by infighting, and little respected on the ground, The Cable has learned. The State Department has been heavily involved in crafting the new council as part of its effort oust Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and build a more viable and unified opposition. In September, for instance, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met with a group of Syrian activists who were flown in to New York for a

David Cameron suffers Commons
defeat on EU budget

Guardian [UK], by Nicholas Watt Original Article

Posted By: earlybird- 10/31/2012 6:24:23 PM Post Reply

David Cameron will face a battle to secure parliamentary backing for any EU budget deal that falls short of a real terms cut after he suffered his first major Commons defeat on EU spending. Senior Conservative MPs, who stopped short of joining 53 Eurosceptic rebels in the division lobbies, served notice that they will turn against the government if Cameron refuses to harden his position (Snip)at an EU summit later this month. Downing Street moved to reach out to the rebels by dispatching William Hague to declare that the government would "take note" after 51 rebel Tories

Americans Slip From Minnesota
to Somali Terror Group: FBI

ABC News, by Lee Ferran Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/31/2012 6:20:24 PM Post Reply

Young American men continue to slip through a terrorist recruiting pipeline from the homeland to join the ranks of jihadists half a world away in East Africa, with two going as recently as three months ago, according to federal officials. The FBI confirmed a report by Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) that in July two young men disappeared from their neighborhoods in Minneapolis and are believed to have traveled to Somalia to join al-Shabaab, the embattled al Qaeda-affiliated terrorist group. Under "Operation Rhino," for years the FBI has been investigating what has been described as a recruiting pipeline

What was Obama told at the
September 10, 2012, NSC
meeting on ‘9/11 threats’?

Washington Post, by Marc Thiessen Original Article

Posted By: earlybird- 10/31/2012 6:16:47 PM Post Reply

On the White House Web site, the president’s calendar for September 10, 2012 — the day before the Benghazi, Libya, attack — is blank and and the daily press guidance says “The President has no public events scheduled.” But the president did have an important meeting that day. In an e-mail exchange over President Obama’s record of skipping his daily intelligence meetings, National Security Council spokesman Tommy Vietor wrote me the following: (Snip) For example, the President had a briefing with the Principals Committee to review 9/11 threats and mitigation efforts on September 10th.

Iowa is second state to forbid
international observers at elections

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

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/31/2012 6:14:52 PM Post Reply

Iowa on Wednesday became the second state to warn international election observers to stay away from its polling sites or face arrest, following Texas. The 56-member Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) is planning on sending 150 election observers to monitor polls across the country, as it has since 2002. (Snip) “My office met with two delegation representatives last week to discuss Iowa’s election process and it was explained to them that they are not permitted at the polls,” Iowa Secretary of State Matt Schultz, a Republican, said in a statement. “Iowa law is very

Obama tells New Jersey:
"We are here for you"

CBS News, by Stephanie Condon Original Article

Posted By: earlybird- 10/31/2012 5:58:00 PM Post Reply

President Obama and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie today flew over the Jersey Shore to assess the devastation that Superstorm Sandy left in its wake, stopping at a community center to reassure the storm's victims that state and federal officials are working together to help the state recover. "We are here for you," Mr. Obama told residents during a news conference following their tour. (Snip) "We will not quit until this is done," Mr. Obama said. "We are not going to tolerate red tape, we are not going to tolerate bureaucracy." Christie praised the president's response to the storm, saying "he has sprung into action

Jesse Jackson Jr. votes absentee,
plans no election-night event

Chicago Tribune, by Katherine Skiba Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/31/2012 5:55:12 PM Post Reply

Washington - Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., who has been on a medical leave since June and is seeking re-election next Tuesday, has voted by absentee ballot and has no plans for an election-night event, a spokesman said today. Kevin Lampe, a Chicago political consultant, made those facts known in answer to questions from the Tribune. Jackson, 47, suffers from bipolar depression and gastrointestinal issues. The South Side Democrat began his leave June 10 and has not staged a public appearance or campaign event since. After taking the leave, Jackson on June 15 entered Sierra Tucson,

Reversal of fortunes sends
Spaniards to Latin America

Reuters, by Gabriel Stargardter and Paul Day Original Article

Posted By: PageTurner- 10/31/2012 5:29:02 PM Post Reply

MEXICO CITY/MADRID - After joining the euro in 1999, Spain's economic boom made it the land of opportunity for millions of Latin American migrant workers. But since the decade-long boom turned to bust roughly four years ago, many of those immigrants have returned, joined by a growing number of disillusioned Spaniards who hope that Latin America, with its developing economies and low cost of living, has more to offer. Spaniards are traditionally reluctant to emigrate and they are among the least likely in Europe to go abroad for work.

Sen. Charles Schumer: Feds Can't
Nickle-and-Dime New York
Over Hurricane Sandy

New York Daily News, by Ken Lovett Original Article

Posted By: NorthernDog- 10/31/2012 5:24:38 PM Post Reply

Sen. Charles Schumer called the fallout from Hurricane Sandy a “national disaster” and called on a federal government to cover at least 90% of the costs. “This is one of the biggest disasters to have ever struck this state and even this country,” Schumer said at an afternoon briefing with Gov. Cuomo. “The federal response has to measure that scope and be equal to that that scope.” “We cannot cut corners. We cannot count nickels and dimes. This isn’t a New York disaster, a Connecticut disaster, a Jersey disaster. It is national disaster. It needs to be treated that way by every member of Congress,

GM cuts thousands of
jobs, expects to lose up to
$1.8 billion in Europe this year

MLive [Ann Arbor, MI], by Michael Wayland Original Article

Posted By: NorthernDog- 10/31/2012 5:08:00 PM Post Reply

Detroit, MI- General Motors Co. has cut thousands of jobs in Europe with more on the way, officials announced today. The Detroit-based automaker said it has cut 2,300 jobs in Europe this year and wants to trim 300 more by year’s end in an effort to cut $300 million in costs this year and an additional $500 million by mid-decade, when GM expects to break even. “This is not new news to the people internally,” said Vice Chairman Steve Girsky, who is leading the restructuring in Europe, during a conference call to discuss third-quarter earnings. “We’re not in the habit on announcing things and

No big bad wolf behind
Lance Armstrong investigation

Indianapolis Business Journal, by Anthony Schoettle Original Article

Posted By: bldrrepub- 10/31/2012 5:05:59 PM Post Reply

When I arrived at attorney Bill Bock’s office in the Chase Tower on Oct. 22, I didn’t meet the person I expected. Yes, it was Bock, the lead attorney for the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency and one of two people chiefly responsible for stripping Lance Armstrong of seven Tour de France titles. But it wasn’t the aggressive, vindictive ax grinder that I thought might sit across the table from me in his ninth-floor office overlooking Monument Circle. And he wasn’t glowing even though just four hours before our meeting, the International Cycling Union had upheld USADA’s Armstrong findings.

It Wasn’t Just Four Americans
Abandoned in Benghazi

PJ Media, by Bob Owens Original Article

Posted By: MissMolly- 10/31/2012 4:50:59 PM Post Reply

The few media that are covering the abandonment of Americans in Benghazi have focused — and not without merit — on the four Americans that perished over the course of the seven-hour battle. Ambassador Chris Stevens and diplomat Sean Smith were not the only Americans in the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, however, a fact some of us have lost sight of in our focus on the dead. Nor were Glen Doherty and Ty Woods the only casualties among the forces that disobeyed orders from the Obama administration not to rescue the consulate staff. When terrorists surrounded the consulate

Nobody better tell the NYT editorial
board about the Waffle House Index

Hot Air, by Mary Katharine Hame Original Article

Posted By: MissMolly- 10/31/2012 4:48:13 PM Post Reply

As flood waters were pouring into every low point in New York City Monday night, the New York Times took the opportunity to knock Mitt Romney for remarks he made during the Republican primary about federal disaster assistance in an editorial entitled, “A Big Storm Requires Big Government.” (Snip) The restaurant chain has a guide for serving limited menus if there is “gas but no electricity, or a generator but no ice,” which allows the company to keep the supply chain fine-tuned and perishables headed where they’re used, not wasted. It becomes, literally, a port in a storm

Romney slammed by MSNBC's Mitchell
for collecting storm supplies

Fox News, by Tim Graham Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/31/2012 4:44:45 PM Post Reply

Even when Mitt Romney cancels campaigning and works to provide Hurricane Sandy relief, the media elites are still dropping bombs on him. The hurricane has given Obama "invaluable imagery and opportunity to be seen in command,“ said CNN’s Dana Bash. Meanwhile, Washington Post columnist Al Kamen cracked that Romney is “finding that, unlike franks and beans, charity and politics can be a tricky mix.” The “tricky” part of the mix is the media. Their opportunistic bashing of Romney’s food drive shows it doesn’t matter what the Republicans will do, the media will stick to anti-Romney talking

The Tea Party gets a news site

Politico, by Dylan Byers Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/31/2012 4:43:40 PM Post Reply

Tea Party conservatives are getting their very own news site. The Tea Party News Network, self-described as "the only trusted news source and the antidote to mainstream media bias," is already live but will announce its launch tomorrow morning, with plans to start live video on election day. TPNN claims to have a "war room of 40-plus volunteers" who will operate out of the Venetian Resort in Las Vegas, and has established partnerships with the Talk Radio Network and radio host Rusty Humphries, who will be co-anchoring the election night coverage. "There are plenty of news

Valerie Jarrett: If Re-Elected, Obama's
'Going to Spend a Lot More Time
Traveling Around the Country'

Cybercast News Service, by Susan Jones Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/31/2012 4:36:11 PM Post Reply

Valerie Jarrett, the senior adviser to President Barack Obama, says her boss wants to spend more time on the road if he's re-elected. Obama, who has campaigned practically non-stop for months, finds it "energizing," Jarrett said Saturday in an interview with MSNBC's "Morning Joe" in Nashua, N.H. "Everybody has always said that you really can't be prepared to be the president, and then until you're the president, you don't know exactly what it's going to be like," Jarrett said. "And so I think one of the things that he (Obama) has said, upon reflection, is that he's going to spend a lot more time traveling

Obama Tells Americans,
'We Leave Nobody Behind'

Cybercast News Service, by Susan Jones Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/31/2012 4:36:06 PM Post Reply

When President Obama said on Tuesday that America leaves nobody behind, he was talking about the storm that devastated the East Coast. But in light of the terror attack in Benghazi -- and reports that his administration didn't do enough to defend the Americans who were still fighting for their lives hours after the initial attack -- his remark is resonating on Wednesday. "This is a tough time for a lot of people -- millions of folks all across the Eastern Seaboard," President Barack Obama said Tuesday when he dropped by the American Red Cross in Washington. "But America is tougher,

He** in Hoboken: National Guard
moves into flood-stricken city
after 25,000 residents are
trapped by flood waters filled
with live wires and raw sewage

Daily Mail (UK), by Peter Rugg & Mark Duell Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/31/2012 4:32:36 PM Post Reply

The scale of the mammoth challenge facing authorities in the US following Superstorm Sandy was clear to see today in the flood-hit state of New Jersey. National Guard troops arrived in the devastated city of Hoboken to help evacuate thousands of people still stuck in their homes. Trucks were delivering ready-to-eat meals and evacuating the area, across the Hudson River from New York City - half of which remains flooded two days after the storm struck. Thousands of people are still holed up in their brownstones, condos, and other housing in the square city.

Your Favorite Army
General Actually Sucks

Wired News, by Spencer Ackerman Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/31/2012 4:29:25 PM Post Reply

The U.S. Army only seems impressive. Yes, it’s got plenty of tactically competent and physically heroic enlisted soldiers and low-ranking officers. But its generals are, on the whole, crappy, according to a new book that’s sure to spark teeth-gnashing within the Army. That book is The Generals, the third book about the post-9/11 military by Tom Ricks, a fellow at the Center for a New American Security and the Washington Post’s former chief military correspondent. Scheduled to be released on Tuesday, The Generals is a surprisingly scathing historical look into the unmaking of American generalship over

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