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Phil Mickelson barely misses
59 at Phoenix Open

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: BuckeyeRon- 1/31/2013 6:34:20 PM Post Reply

Scottsdale, Ariz.-Phil Mickelson missed out on a 59 by a fraction of an inch Thursday in the Phoenix Open. Mickelson had a chance to become only the sixth player in PGA Tour history to break 60 with a 25-foot birdie attempt on his last hole, the par-4 ninth at the TPC Scottsdale. The putt looked good all the way, and Mickelson pointed his putter at the cup as he prepared to celebrate. Right at the end, though, the ball caught the right edge of the cup, curled 180 degrees to the other side of the hole and stayed out.

Latinos to make up plurality
of Californians by 2014,
report finds

Los Angeles Times, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: BuckeyeRon- 1/31/2013 6:09:19 PM Post Reply

For the first time since California became a state, Latinos will become a plurality in 2014 and they are set to become a crucial part of the workforce as baby boomers retire, according to the Department of Finance. The figures released Thursday found Latinos will be even with the white population by mid-2013. Each is expected to be about 39% of the population, with Latinos gaining more numbers by the end of the year. As the white baby boomer population ages into retirement, Latinos and Asians will maintain the labor force and economy in California, according to the study.

Lautenberg calls Menendez
controversy ‘a terrible tragedy’

Washington Post, by Aaron Blake Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 1/31/2013 6:03:42 PM Post Reply

Sen. Bob Menendez’s (D-N.J.) New Jersey colleague has responded to the growing controversy surrounding the senator’s ties to a doctor who was recently raided, and he’s not exactly doing Menendez any favors. Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.), in comments reported by the Star-Ledger, left open the possibility that the allegations against Menendez could have merit: “If there are infractions as they are reported, it’s too bad,” Lautenberg told reporters. “There a lot that’s said and covered, but I for one know Bob as a very capable United States senator, and I’m sorry to see him in this position,”

Mexican oil giant Pemex´s
headquarters evacuated after explosion

Reuters, by Gabriel Stargardter Original Article

Posted By: BuckeyeRon- 1/31/2013 6:00:51 PM Post Reply

Mexico City, Jan 31 - The Mexico City headquarters of Mexican state oil monopoly Pemex was evacuated on Thursday after an explosion there, the company said. Pemex did not say what caused the explosion, which damaged the ground floor and injured an unspecified number of people. Local television images showed a cloud of smoke emanating from the skyscraper.

Obama’s Library is Not
Taking Down Reagan’s House

ABC News, by Sarah Parnass Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 1/31/2013 5:51:10 PM Post Reply

Late Wednesday afternoon a story exploded across the Internet, pitting two historic presidents from opposite ends of the political spectrum against each other in Chicago. The Daily Mail reported the Illinois boyhood home of Ronald Reagan, 40th U.S. president, was being demolished to make way for parking outside the prospective spot for President Obama’s presidential library. Other media outlets soon picked up the story. (Snip) First, there’s the part about its being Reagan’s boyhood home. While it’s true the iconic Republican president lived there as a young child, he didn’t spend more than a year there.

Geraldo Rivera Mulls NJ
Senate Run

Breitbart Big Journalism, by Ben Shapiro Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 1/31/2013 5:44:41 PM Post Reply

Because nothing says serious political candidate like a famous mustache and a bizarre history of covering faux Satanic ritual popularity, Geraldo Rivera is prepping for a New Jersey senatorial run, the radio and television host said Thursday. “I mention this only briefly, fasten your seatbelt,” he stated. “I am and I’ve been in touch with some people in the Republican Party in New Jersey. I am truly contemplating running for Senate against Frank Lautenberg or Cory Booker in New Jersey.” A word of warning: he should double check to make sure he’s running in New Jersey,

Chuck Hagel´s Independent
Streak Backfires

National Journal, by Matt Vasilogambros Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 1/31/2013 5:38:06 PM Post Reply

It was Sen. Lindsey Graham’s turn. Republican senator after Republican senator had grilled Chuck Hagel over his comments in 2008 that “the Jewish lobby intimidates a lot of people” to do “dumb things.” The South Carolina Republican jumped right in. “Name one person, in your opinion, who is intimidated by the Israeli lobby in the United States Senate,” Graham asked Hagel, a former senator and President Obama´s nominee to head the Defense Department, in the fourth hour of his confirmation hearing. “Well, uh, first,” Hagel stumbled. “Name one,” Graham shot back. “I don’t know,” Hagel responded.

Beyonce admits Inauguration
Day pre-recording

Associated Press, by Nekesa Mumbi Moody Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 1/31/2013 5:30:00 PM Post Reply

NEW ORLEANS- Beyonce answered critics of her Inauguration Day performance the best way could - with another sterling performance of the national anthem. The difference? On Thursday, it was live: She admitted during her Super Bowl news conference that when she performed for President Barack Obama and the nation, she decided to sing to a prerecorded track because she didn´t have time to practice. Calling herself a self-proclaimed "perfectionist," she said wanted the day to go off without a hitch. "I practice until my feet bleed and I did not have time to rehearse with the orchestra,"

Panetta expected to testify
on Libya after senator threatens
to hold up nomination

Fox News, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 1/31/2013 5:26:29 PM Post Reply

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is expected to testify at an upcoming Senate hearing on the Libya terror attack, a source tells Fox News -- after Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham threatened to hold up Chuck Hagel´s confirmation to replace Panetta over the issue. At the start of Hagel´s confirmation hearing Thursday, Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin, D-Mich., announced that the panel would hold a hearing on Benghazi next month. He did not specify whether Panetta would testify, but a committee aide told Fox News he is expected to. Another aide said Graham is "happy as a clam"

New England fishermen say
new regulations may lead to
collapse of the industry

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 1/31/2013 5:21:58 PM Post Reply

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. –Minutes after New England fishery managers took a vote that cast doubt on the historic industry´s future, the prospects most clear to Gloucester fishermen Paul Vitale were his own. "I´m bankrupt. That´s it," said the 40-year-old father of three. "I´m all done. The boat´s going up for sale." The New England Fishery Management Council on Wednesday approved a year-to-year cut of 77 percent on the Gulf of Maine cod limit and 61 percent for Georges Bank cod. The cuts come on top of a slew of other reductions, ranging from 10 to 71 percent, on the catch of other

20th Century Man

Wall Street Journal, by James Taranto Original Article

Posted By: Desert Fox- 1/31/2013 5:13:28 PM Post Reply

"Is the Supreme Court about to declare war on the twentieth century?" asks Bruce Ackerman, a law professor at Yale, in a Puffington Host post. If so, it would seem a little late, as we are almost one-eighth of the way through the 21st century. But his claim is that the court is stuck too far back in the past--in the 18th and 19th centuries rather than the 20th, which Ackerman regards as some sort of progressive golden era.

Second victim won´t survive
Phoenix office shooting

Arizona Republic [Phoenix], by JJ Hensley* Original Article

Posted By: BuckeyeRon- 1/31/2013 4:57:27 PM Post Reply

Authorities identified the body found Thursday morning in a Mesa shopping center as Arthur Douglas Harmon, the suspect in the killing of one person and the wounding of two others at a Phoenix office complex on Wednesday. “The body discovered in Mesa this morning has been identified as Arthur Douglas Harmon, the suspect in yesterday´s shooting,” Phoenix police Sgt. Tommy Thompson said in a news release. Mesa police Sgt. Tony Landato said Harmon, who appeared to have died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, was found in some bushes by a landscaper before 8 a.m.

If Guilty, Menendez Could
Face 30 Years in Prison

Weekly Standard, by Daniel Halper Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 1/31/2013 4:15:03 PM Post Reply

If Senator Bob Menendez of New Jersey is found guilty of traveling to the Dominican Republic to engage in sexual intercourse with underage prostitutes, he could face up to 30 years prison. The appropriate law, which would seem to apply in this instance, is the Prosecutorial Remedies And Other Tools To End The Exploitation Of Children Today (or the Protect Act). Menendez voted for the law when he was a member of the House of Representatives. “TRAVEL WITH INTENT TO ENGAGE IN ILLICIT SEXUAL CONDUCT,” the law reads. “A person who travels in interstate

Dems ask NFL, NBA for suggestions
on how to battle climate change

The Hill [Washington, DC], by Ben Geman Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 1/31/2013 4:08:39 PM Post Reply

A new Capitol Hill climate task force wants a wide range of parties — including energy companies, green groups, sports leagues and plenty in-between — to submit suggestions for federal actions to battle global warming. The letter to 300-plus companies and groups is among the first actions of the Bicameral Task Force on Climate Change that Democrats unveiled last week. Recipients of the letter include oil and power companies such as Exxon and Southern Co., think tanks, environmentalists, defense contractors, retailers like Wal-Mart, financial companies like Goldman Sachs, food companies and many other sectors. Also on the list:

Is Chuck Hagel Failing?

National Journal, by Michael Hirsh Original Article

Posted By: Oblio- 1/31/2013 4:06:09 PM Post Reply

First things first: Chuck Hagel makes a poor witness for himself. That’s clear. He’s always been this way, of course: deliberative and slow of speech, stubbornly stating his positions without concern as to who else joined with him in them. When Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., attacked the Defense secretary designee over his opposition to the surge in Iraq, and he responded simply, “I’ll let history decide,” that was classic Hagel. He’s confident that historians will judge the diversion into Iraq after 9/11 as a major strategic error, and he’s probably right.

Jay Carney grills reporters

Politico, by Dylan Byers Original Article

Posted By: Oblio- 1/31/2013 4:02:19 PM Post Reply

White House press secretary Jay Carney was particularly sharp-tongued with reporters at today´s briefing.When Wall Street Journal reporter Jared Favole informed Carney that he was in college during the George W. Bush administration, the press secretary shot back: "which explains a lot." To the Washington Post´s Zachary Goldfarb, who asked an economics question: "Zach, I know you´re kind of new to the beat..."

Republicans get lessons on how not
to sound racist when talking about
immigration. I see trouble ahead…

Telegraph [UK], by Tim Stanley Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 1/31/2013 3:56:20 PM Post Reply

It looks like the GOP leadership is staking its future on immigration reform. They’ve run the numbers and are convinced that America is trending towards a Democratic majority thanks to the Hispanic Diaspora. Ergo, they hope that by embracing “earned legal status” then they might soften their conservative image and steal enough votes from the Democrats to win the next election. But the Republican establishment has just one small problem: the Republican Party. Worried that congressional Republicans might muddy the GOP’s message with, well, racism, a lobby chaired by Jeb Bush has issued a guide to how to talk about

Atlanta school shooting:
14-year-old shot in head

CBS News, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: liblady- 1/31/2013 3:40:59 PM Post Reply

Authorities say a 14-year-old has been wounded in a shooting at an Atlanta middle school and a suspect has been taken into custody. Atlanta police spokesman Carlos Campos says the wounded student has been taken "alert, conscious and breathing" to Grady Hospital. He says the suspect has been tentatively identified as a student and all other students at the school are safe. Campos says the teen was shot outside of the school building. Atlanta Fire Cpt. Marian McDaniel says the teen was shot in the head. McDaniel says a teacher suffered minor cuts and bruises, but was treated on the scene about 2 miles south of downtown. Stephen Alford, a spokesman for Atlanta Public Schools, confirmed that the suspect in the shooting was another student, but did not say whether that student attended Price Middle Schoo, reports CBS Atlanta.
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Chicago Police Department to
reassign 200 officers to patrol

Chicago Tribune, by John Byrne & Hal Dardick Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 1/31/2013 3:28:39 PM Post Reply

Following a deadly start to the year that included the murder of 15-year-old band majorette Hadiya Pendleton, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and police Superintendent Garry McCarthy announced today that 200 police officers will be reassigned to patrol work. The officers, who had been performing administrative duties will be replaced by civilians, according to an announcement from the mayor’s office. The first officers will be reassigned this weekend and the changes are expected to be completed by the end of March, city officials said. Emanuel said the officers will help saturate areas where trouble is brewing, hopefully quashing violence.

Daimler Trucks sees 1,300
layoffs at 3 NC plants

Associated Press, by Emery P. Dalesio Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 1/31/2013 3:24:00 PM Post Reply

RALEIGH, N.C. —Daimler Trucks North America is warning 1,300 jobs could be lost at three North Carolina factories, reversing course a year after announcing plans to rehire more than a thousand workers there. The company said Thursday the layoffs could hit in April if other efforts fail to address lower demand. Portland, Ore.-based Daimler Trucks said it could cut 715 jobs at a factory in Cleveland, N.C., that builds Freightliner long-distance trucks, 400 at a Mount Holly plant that builds smaller Freightliner delivery trucks, and 80 at a Gastonia parts plant.

Dawn attack shook
Damascus military complex

Reuters, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 1/31/2013 3:19:51 PM Post Reply

The force of the dawn attack on a Syrian military site outside Damascus on Wednesday shook the ground, waking nearby residents from their slumber with up to a dozen blasts, two sources in the area said. (Snip) Syria said Israeli warplanes, flying low to avoid detection by radar, crossed into its airspace from Lebanon and struck the Jamraya military research center. But diplomats, Syrian rebels and regional security sources said the planes hit a weapons convoy heading from Syria to Lebanon, apparently destined for President Bashar Assad´s ally Hezbollah, and the rebels said they - not Israel -

Hagel´s Disastrous Hearing
Ought to Make ´No´ Vote
a No-Brainer

Breitbart Big Peace, by Joel B. Pollak Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 1/31/2013 3:19:45 PM Post Reply

Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) has vindicated his critics thus far today in his confirmation hearings before the Senate Armed Service Committee for the post of Secretary of Defense. He has stumbled in attempting to explain his positions on Iran, nuclear disarmament, Israel, the Iraq "surge," and the "Jewish lobby." He has failed to explain contradictions between his voting record and his past statements on the one hand, and the positions he professes today on the other. Even liberals and supporters of Hagel are openly lamenting his poor performance. Democrats on the committee are

Latino Immigrants Want Salsa.
Are We Giving Them Ketchup?

Forbes, by Alejandro Chafuen Original Article

Posted By: PageTurner- 1/31/2013 3:06:13 PM Post Reply

My first arrival and final anchoring in the United States was through Pittsburgh. Downtown Pittsburgh has changed considerably, but at the time, in the late ’70s, the brick building and tall chimney of Heinz & Co, was always a guiding post. For most of us who lived outside the United States, Heinz was synonymous with ketchup. After mayonnaise, ketchup had been the leading condiment in the United States for decades, but during the early ’90s—due to the increase in the Latino population in the United States—sales of tomato salsa surpassed those of ketchup.
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“Dead, Dead, Dead”-
Wrong Reporting on Scalia

National Review Online, by Ed Whelan Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 1/31/2013 2:55:57 PM Post Reply

Watching a television news show the other night, I was surprised to see the news crawl report on the bottom of the screen that Justice Scalia had declared in Dallas that the Constitution is “dead, dead, dead.” That riposte to the “living Constitution” nonsense contains a troubling ambiguity that will confuse many listeners (is Justice Scalia saying that the Constitution is no longer in effect?), and I had thought that Scalia had therefore stopped using that shorthand. Fortunately, I have learned from an e-mail from Bryan Garner, the co-author with Scalia of Reading Law:

Midweek Whisper

Tribune-Review [Pittsburgh], by Staff Original Article

Posted By: mainelysane- 1/31/2013 2:52:28 PM Post Reply

Consider it an opportunity overlooked. It´s surprising that Jose Pedro Simoes Ferreira´s name didn´t surface during John Kerry´s confirmation hearings for Secretary of State. Mr. Ferreira, 78, is the older brother of Mr. Kerry´s wife, Fox Chapel ketchup heiress Teresa Heinz. Ferreira also is a former Portuguese naval officer linked to leftist Portuguese politics and reportedly backed a 1974 coup against Portuguese Prime Minister Marcello Caetano. According to Allegheny County voter registration records, Ferreira lives in a four-bedroom, 3½ bathroom $628,000 home on Squaw Run Road in Fox Chapel on property adjacent to the sprawling 87-acre Heinz estate.
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Hagel: Iran’s Government
‘Elected’ and ‘Legitimate’

National Review Online, by Andrew Stiles Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 1/31/2013 2:46:58 PM Post Reply

Former senator Chuck Hagel defended his vote against designating the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist group, claiming it would have been unprecedented and potentially harmful to give that designation to a representative of a “legitimate” government. The Islamist regime in Iran, Hagel said, was “an elected, legitimate government, whether we agree or not.” The Iranian government is currently gearing up for elections by arresting “anti-revolutionary” journalists, and deciding whether or not to allow pro-reform candidates to participate, many of whom have been living under house arrest for years.

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