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Exclusive: A baby for former
first daughter Jenna Bush
Hager: Delight for former
President George W Bush
and his wife Laura who were
desperate for grandchildren

Daily Mail (UK), by Sara Nathan Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 12/11/2012 6:00:09 PM Post Reply

She has become a hit on the Today Show with her warm on-air presence, but Jenna Bush Hager will be taking time off from the small screen to have her first child, MailOnline can reveal. The daughter of former President George W Bush is expecting a baby with her husband Henry Hager - and debuted her bump on the NBC show on Tuesday morning. The pretty blonde, 31, looked blooming as she showed off her fuller figure as she joined her twin sister Barbara at the UNICEF Snowflake ball in Manhattan last month.

White House’s business adviser says
China’s ‘state-run communism’ works

Daily Caller, by Neil Munro Original Article

Posted By: earlybird- 12/11/2012 5:46:15 PM Post Reply

The chairman of President Barack Obama’s job council has endorsed China’s style of crony capitalism, saying “state-run communism may not be your cup of tea, but their government works.” Jeff Immelt is the dual-hatted chairman of the President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, and of General Electric, a huge company with businesses in many domestic and international sectors, including China. He used a Dec. 10 television interview to suggest that China’s type of state-run capitalism has been great for business while lamenting the state of the American economy.

Lawmakers question gift of
20 F-16s to Morsi´s Egypt

Fox News, by Maxim Lott Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 12/11/2012 5:42:36 PM Post Reply

Key lawmakers expressing concerns about the Obama administration´s plan to send 20 F-16 fighter jets to Egypt, where new President Mohamed Morsi´s allegiances are as uncertain as his grip on power. Under a foreign aid deal signed in 2010, when Morsi´s U.S.-friendly predecessor Hosni Mubarak was in charge, the U.S. is giving the planes to Egypt´s air force, which already has more than 200 of the aircraft. The first four jets are to be delivered beginning Jan. 22, a source at the naval air base in Fort Worth, where the planes have been undergoing testing, told FoxNews.com.

Police release photo,
video of suspect wanted
in brazen execution of
law student

New York Daily News, by Joe Kemp , Barry Paddock* Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 12/11/2012 5:26:46 PM Post Reply

Police released a picture Tuesday of the suspect wanted for shooting a man on a busy midtown street — taken just as he pulled out a handgun and fired. The brazen gunman, wearing a black hoodie and khakis, fired the fatal shot as Brandon Woodard was text messaging on his phone while walking on a rain-slicked W. 58th St. about 2 p.m. Monday. “The shooter walked up behind him and shot him at close range,” said Paul Browne, the NYPD’s top spokesman. “He just walked up, shot him and walked away.” Cops also released footage from a surveillance camera

GOP throws Obama´s old
deficit stands back at him

Associated Press, by Charles Babington Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 12/11/2012 5:21:19 PM Post Reply

WASHINGTON- Some of the best Republican arguments against President Barack Obama´s proposals to avoid a "fiscal cliff" come from the president himself, in comments he made months or years before his re-election. Stung by the GOP´s midterm election gains in 2010, Obama took stands that differ from his current positions on raising tax rates, adjusting Social Security and other topics now dominating Washington as a Dec. 31 deadline nears. Sometimes gleefully, Republicans throw Obama´s old words back at him. They portray him as inconsistent at best, insincere at worst. The strategy has limits, however. Elections make a difference.

Ancient Extinct Lizard Named
After President Obama

US News&WorldReport, by JasonKoebler Original Article

Posted By: KanCreeper- 12/11/2012 5:18:57 PM Post Reply

A newly discovered lizard that went extinct during prehistoric times now shares a name with President Barack Obama. A new study by Yale researcher Nicholas Longrich published Monday has found that 85 percent of lizard and snake species, long thought to have survived an asteroid blast that wiped out dinosaurs some 65 million years ago, went extinct at the same time. Among the casualties was a foot-long lizard that lived in Montana, that Longrich has named "The Obamadon." The Obamadon was probably a foot long, with these tall, slender teeth it used to eat insects and plant matter,

75 Percent of Obama´s Proposed Tax
Hikes to Go Toward New Spending

Weekly Standard, by Daniel Halper Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 12/11/2012 5:05:55 PM Post Reply

Seventy-five percent of the new revenue pulled in by President Barack Obama´s "fiscal cliff" plan would go toward new spending, not toward deficit reduction, the Republican side of the Senate Budget Committee contends. Here´s a chart, detailing how money from the new tax hikes would be distributed: (Snip for graphic)According to the minority side of the Senate Budget Committee, $1.2 trillion of the proposed $1.6 trillion in tax hikes would go toward new spending, while only $400 billion would go toward deficit reduction. "The [president´s] plan called for $1.6 trillion in new taxes,

Tennis player Caroline
Wozniacki accused of
´racist´ impersonation of Serena Williams
by stuffing bra and pants

UK Daily Mail, by Daily Mail Reporter Original Article

Posted By: SourKraut- 12/11/2012 4:27:46 PM Post Reply

Caroline Wozniacki has been accused of doing a ´racist´ impersonation of fellow tennis player Serena Williams after stuffing her bra and shorts. At a recent exhibition against Maria Sharapova in Brazil, the former world No. 1 stuffed courtside towels down her kit to replicate the body of the curvaceous Grand Slam champion. But now the 22-year-old Dane, whose boyfriend golfer Rory McIlroy was in the crowd, has now been accused of racism by some observers.

Reid: ´Fiscal Cliff´ Deal
Unlikely Before Christmas

CNBC News, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: SourKraut- 12/11/2012 4:20:53 PM Post Reply

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Tuesday Democrats aren´t going to make an offer on spending cuts for Republicans and that it will be hard to reach a "fiscal cliff" deal before Christmas. "Until we hear something from Republicans, there´s nothing to draft," Reid told reporters in the Capitol, referring to writing legislation to implement a deal.

GOP senator slams USDA for not
answering questions on policies
contributing to record food stamp use

Daily Caller, by Caroline May Original Article

Posted By: sparky86- 12/11/2012 3:57:42 PM Post Reply

Following news that participation in the food stamp program hit another record high in September, Alabama Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions took to the Senate floor Tuesday to lambast the Department of Agriculture for failing to respond to an oversight request regarding USDA policies that have likely contributed to the expansion of the program. “America is a generous and compassionate nation. We do not want to have people hungry in our country,” Sessions, the Ranking Member on the Senate Budget Committee said.

Boys, 14, ´pose with guns
on Facebook hours after gunning
down young mother´

Daily Mail, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Muncsdad- 12/11/2012 3:46:32 PM Post Reply

Two 14-year-old boys who allegedly shot dead a young mother in an argument over a packet of cigarettes posted pictures of themselves brandishing guns on Facebook hours after the crime. Police are still searching for Todavia Cleckley and Marcus Velasquez, who will be tried as adults for the murder in Beaver Hills, Pennsylvania on Saturday afternoon. A third boy, 13-year-old Kyle Goosby, is already in custody and has been charged with conspiracy to commit homicide.

Scientists May Have Finally Unlocked
Puzzle of Why People Are Gay

U.S. News & World Report, by Jason Koebler Original Article

Posted By: Hermoine- 12/11/2012 3:25:51 PM Post Reply

Scientists may have finally solved the puzzle of what makes a person gay, and how it is passed from parents to their children. A group of scientists suggested Tuesday that homosexuals get that trait from their opposite-sex parents: A lesbian will almost always get the trait from her father, while a gay man will get the trait from his mother. The hereditary link of homosexuality has long been established, but scientists knew it was not a strictly genetic link, because there are many pairs of identical twins who have differing sexualities.

George Zimmerman case:
Judge denies motion to
take him off GPS

Orlando Sentinel [FL], by Jeff Weiner & Arelis R. Hernández Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 12/11/2012 3:08:09 PM Post Reply

George Zimmerman must remain on GPS monitoring and stay in Seminole County as he continues to await trial a judge ruled Tuesday, rejecting the second-degree murder defendant´s latest request for greater freedom. At a wide-ranging hearing, Circuit Judge Debra Nelson heard argument on an array of issues, including defense requests for greater access to evidence from state and federal investigations into the Feb. 26 shooting of Trayvon Martin. On the bond issue, the defense argued Zimmerman has been well-behaved: Since his current, $1 million bond was put in place, Zimmerman has not violated

Federal appeals court tosses state
ban on carrying concealed weapons

Chicago Sun-Times, by Dave McKinney Original Article

Posted By: SourKraut- 12/11/2012 2:48:21 PM Post Reply

SPRINGFIELD-In a huge win for gun-rights groups, a federal appeals court in Chicago Tuesday tossed the state´s ban on carrying concealed weapons and gave Illinois´ Legislature 180 days to craft a law legalizing concealed carry. "The debate is over. We won. And there will be a statewide carry law in 2013," said Todd Vandermyde, a lobbyist for the National Rifle Association.
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Venezuela´s Maduro: from bus
driver to president-in-waiting

Reuters, by Brian Ellsworth Original Article

Posted By: PageTurner- 12/11/2012 2:34:58 PM Post Reply

CARACAS - After rising from bus driver to union leader to vice president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro could soon be at the helm of the South American OPEC nation if a third bout of cancer pulls President Hugo Chavez out of office. Anointed as the former soldier´s successor, Maduro is the most popular of Chavez´s inner circle and the most qualified to carry on his oil-financed socialism. Maduro, who is seen as a moderate who has developed alliances around the world during six years as foreign minister, would assume power if Chavez has to step aside.

South Carolina Gov. Haley
finalizes shortlist for Sen.
DeMint replacement

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

Posted By: JoniTx- 12/11/2012 2:29:03 PM Post Reply

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R) has finalized her shortlist of candidates to replace outgoing Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.), according to a source close to the governor. The list includes five Republican South Carolina politicians who are close to Haley: Rep. Tim Scott, Rep. Trey Gowdy, former state Attorney General Henry McMaster, former first lady Jenny Sanford and Catherine Templeton, a conservative attorney Haley has picked to head the state Department of Health and Environmental Control. One name notably not on the list: Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-S.C.), who said last week he thought he was in the mix

Okay, President Obama,
Let´s be Fair

American Thinker, by Bruce Johnson Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 12/11/2012 2:20:09 PM Post Reply

Let´s be fair. Present federal spending levels is damaging to future generations. It steals from those that are coming after us and also shaves value from the currency. Let us be fair to future generations and those who hold dollars. Let´s be fair. People who are taking money from the Social Security fund under the guise of being disabled, when they are not, are essentially stealing the money from the people who obediently paid into Social Security. Let´s be fair. Those who paid in to the fund should not be subject to fraudulent

Ceremony to honor
S.F.´s namesake ship

San Francisco Chronicle, by Carl Nolte Original Article

Posted By: Ribicon- 12/11/2012 2:14:47 PM Post Reply

It´s the 70th anniversary of a lustrous day in San Francisco´s maritime history. On this day in 1942, the cruiser San Francisco came home from the war, scarred, battered and victorious. The arrival of the San Francisco set off a big celebration in the city - a parade up Market Street, a solemn Mass at St. Mary´s cathedral to honor those who died, and a ceremony honoring the heroes of the big naval battle off the Solomon Islands and Guadalcanal. "It was a great day," said Johnny Johnson, who was aboard the San Francisco in the battle and served on the ship

National Grid walloped
with $18M fine for botched
’11 storm response

Boston Herald, by Christine McConville Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 12/11/2012 2:03:48 PM Post Reply

National Grid is being slapped with a whopping $18.7 million fine for a “fundamental failure” in its response to Tropical Storm Irene and the October 2011 snowstorm — and must undergo a comprehensive management audit, the Department of Public Utilities announced this morning. The utility’s response to the storms represented a “systematic and fundamental failure,” said DPU chair Ann Berwick. Thousands of Bay Staters lost power for days last year, first in the aftermath of Irene and then a freak blizzard.

Florida Democrats Wary as
National Party Embraces Crist

National Journal, by Beth Reinhard Original Article

Posted By: snapper451- 12/11/2012 1:57:13 PM Post Reply

Former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist joined the Democratic Party with trademark panache, posting a picture of himself brandishing the signed paperwork on Twitter--from a White House Christmas party. Florida newspapers reported that President Obama responded to the news with a fist pump. That was Friday. Two days later, the newly elected chairman of the Democratic Governors Association said that Crist was “certainly high on the list” of recruits for the 2014 governor’s race. Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin also called Crist “an incredibly capable leader ... a great governor … and a very strong candidate,” although he said he wasn’t ruling out other potential candidates.
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At least 2 arrested as
anger grows among protesters;
pepper spray used outside Capitol

Detroit Free Press [MI], by David Jesse & Lori Higgins Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 12/11/2012 1:52:43 PM Post Reply

What began as a peaceful protest this morning became testy this afternoon, prompting Michigan State Police officers to don their riot gear to control an increasingly angry crowd. Tear gas was sprayed at least once. And Captain Harold Love of the Michigan State Police confirmed police used pepper spray on at least one demonstrator. He said police were positioned around the Capitol trying to keep people away from the building when one demonstrator grabbed a trooper and tried to pull her into the crowd. The trooper beside her reacted with pepper spray and the man let go of the trooper,

Michigan Dem on right-to-work
law: There will be blood

Human Events, by John Hayward Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 12/11/2012 1:35:22 PM Post Reply

As protests against Michigan’s right-to-work laws swelled, pro-union Democrat legislator Douglas Geiss took to the state House floor – and Twitter – to promise violence. “We are going to undo 100 years of labor relations,” said Geiss. “And there will be blood. We will relive the Battle of the Overpass.” The Battle of the Overpass was a 1937 clash between the United Auto Workers and security troops for the Ford Motor Company, in which dozens of union activists were beaten up. It has long been considered one of the worst examples of corporate-stooge union busting.

Noah´s Ark Great Flood
may have happened, says
Robert Ballard

Telegraph [UK], by Staff Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 12/11/2012 1:20:32 PM Post Reply

In an interview with ABC News´s Christiane Amanpour, Mr Ballard explains that he investigated a theory proposed by two scientists from Columbia University that there was a massive flood in the Black Sea region. They believe that the Black Sea was once an isolated freshwater lake surrounded by farmland until it was flooded by a torrent of water. "We went in there to look for the flood," he told ABC News. "Not just a slow moving, advancing rise of sea level, but a really big flood that then stayed ... The land that went under stayed under."

Peter Singer Falls for Immortality Quest

National Review Online, by Wesley J. Smith Original Article

Posted By: Drive- 12/11/2012 1:11:34 PM Post Reply

Oh good grief. Peter Singer has embraced Aubrey de Gray’s quest to defeat human aging. For those who don’t know, de Gray–who looks like a long-lost member of ZZ Top–believes that his research is so important that it should be funded ahead of providing healthcare for destitute Africans. Indeed, I saw him give a wild-eyed speech in which he explicitly compared under funding his work to a terrorist blowing up a car. Singer first questions whether depriving people of needed healthcare now in the (vain, in both senses of the word,

NJ Transit boss vows:
Mistake that led to flooded
trains won´t happen again

Star-Ledger [Newark, NJ], by Mike Frassinelli Original Article

Posted By: Ribicon- 12/11/2012 12:38:57 PM Post Reply

Trenton — Questioned by the state Assembly Transportation Committee over the ill-fated decision to leave locomotives and train cars in rail yards that ended up flooding during Hurricane Sandy, the executive director of NJ Transit said yesterday the agency will not make the same mistake twice. NJ Transit sustained $100 million worth of damage to its rail equipment, including 62 waterlogged locomotives and 261 sopped train cars. NJ Transit Executive Director Jim Weinstein said the decision was based on the agency’s forecasts and history of no floods at the rail yards in Kearny and Hoboken, but after the worst storm

Australian radio station
cancels Christmas party
and vows to donate half
a million dollars to family
of nurse who died after
taking hoax call

Daily Mail (UK), by Richard Shears Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 12/11/2012 12:22:41 PM Post Reply

The Australian radio station that made the hoax call that preceded the apparent suicide of nurse Jacintha Saldanha is to donate $500,000 (£326,000) from its advertising profits to her family. Sydney-based 2Day FM again expressed ´deep regret´ over the death of Miss Saldanha, which took place shortly after she fell for the trick by two DJs at King Edward VII Hospital in London. The radio station´s owners had cancelled all of its advertising after broadcasting the call, in which Mel Greig and Michael Christian pretended to be royals

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