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Colorado Communities Take On
Fight Against Energy Land Leases

New York Times, by Jack Healy Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 2/2/2013 10:14:01 PM Post Reply

Paonia , CO - For a glimpse into the complications of President Obama’s “all of the above” energy policy, follow a curling mountain road through the aspens and into central Colorado’s North Fork Valley, where billboards promote “gently grown” fruits and farmers sell fresh milk and raw honey from pay-what-you-can donation boxes. (Snip) Officials from the Bureau of Land Management explained the situation: Under 90-year-old laws, companies and people can nominate public lands for drilling, and the government is obliged to auction them off after months of review and public comment.

Chris Culliver to work at crisis center

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: MGMEE- 2/2/2013 10:04:19 PM Post Reply

New Orleans - San Francisco 49ers cornerback Chris Culliver will begin sensitivity training and education immediately after the Super Bowl following his anti-gay remarks this week, then likely start volunteer work with at-risk homosexual youth nationwide. Culliver is scheduled to begin working with "The Trevor Project," an organization that provides crisis and suicide intervention to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth, according to his public relations representative, Theodore Palmer. "He's so passionate about youth and people being comfortable with who they are and accepted by all,"

Al-Qaida-linked militants
free 2 Filipino hostages

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 2/2/2013 9:59:56 PM Post Reply

Abu Sayyaf gunmen have freed two Filipino members of a Jordanian TV journalist´s crew believed to have been kidnapped by the al-Qaida-linked militants in June as they set out to interview the extremists in their jungle lairs in the southern Philippines, police said Sunday. Policemen found frail-looking cameraman Ramel Vela and audio technician Roland Letriro late Saturday and brought them to a hospital in southern Sulu province, where they were kidnapped in June along with Jordanian Baker Abdulla Atyani, provincial police chief Senior Superintendent Antonio Freyra said. Atyani is believed to

Biden raises possibility
of direct U.S.-Iran talks

Reuters, by Adrian Croft * Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 2/2/2013 9:49:11 PM Post Reply

Munich - The United States is ready for direct talks with Iran if it is serious about negotiations, Vice President Joe Biden said on Saturday, backing bilateral contact many see as crucial to easing a dispute over Tehran´s nuclear program. (Snip) Israel, which describes the prospect of Iran being able to weaponize enriched uranium as an existential threat, has made clear it would be ready to bomb the nuclear sites of its arch-enemy to prevent that outcome. The United States has also said it would not rule out the use of military force. Speaking at the Munich conference,

French army to stay in Mali until
"sovereignty restored:" Hollande

Reuters, by Richard Valdmanis Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 2/2/2013 9:28:24 PM Post Reply

Bamako - France will withdraw its troops from Mali once the Sahel state has restored sovereignty over its national territory and a U.N.-backed African military force can take over from the French soldiers, French President Francois Hollande said on Saturday. "We have not yet finished our mission. But we do not foresee staying indefinitely. Once the sovereignty of Mali is restored, once MISMA (the African force) can replace our own troops, we will withdraw," he told a news conference in Bamako during a one-day visit to Mali. Hollande said shortly afterwards in a public speech

Report: Missing NYC woman
found dead in Turkey

Associated Press, by Suzan Fraser Original Article

Posted By: earlybird- 2/2/2013 7:18:46 PM Post Reply

ANKARA, Turkey — A New York City woman who went missing while vacationing alone in Istanbul was found dead on Saturday, and police were questioning 11 people in connection with the case, Turkey´s state-run news agency said. Sarai Sierra, a 33-year-old mother of two, was last heard from on Jan. 21, the day she was to fly home. Her disappearance attracted a lot of interest in Turkey, where the disappearance of tourists is rare, and Istanbul police had set up a special unit to find her. The state-run Anadolu Agency said the body of a woman was discovered Saturday evening near the remnants

Farewell to a Mentor and Friend:
RIP Lee Rodgers

Fox News Radio, by Spencer Hughes Original Article

Posted By: dman- 2/2/2013 7:06:50 PM Post Reply

I was having a really good day yesterday when it call came crashing down when I read a post on a friend and colleague’s Facebook page. We had lost a mutual friend and colleague. Lee Rodgers died early yesterday morning after many long hours of heart surgery and attempts to save his life. I immediately began to shake and then the tears flowed and flowed as I buried my face in my hands. He was not only a friend of mine and a former co-worker. Lee was instrumental in my pursuit of talk radio as a career.

´We Are Undocumented And
Unafraid, Because This Is
What We Learned In School´

Newsbusters, by Mark Finkelstein Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 2/2/2013 7:00:32 PM Post Reply

The most disturbing thing is that she´s probably right . . .On Melissa Harris-Perry´s MSNBC show this morning, Cristina Jiménez, leader of United We Dream, an organization that advocates on behalf of illegal immigrant youth, declared "we are undocumented and unafraid, because this is what we learned in school." In American schools of today, dominated by government employee unions, she´s likely only too accurate about what´s being taught. View the video after the jump. Jiménez, whose bio states that she attended high school and college as an "undocumented" student, continued:

Report shows UN admitting solar
activity may play significant
role in global warming

Fox News, by Maxim Lott Original Article

Posted By: geoguy- 2/2/2013 6:07:26 PM Post Reply

The Earth has been getting warmer -- but how much of that heat is due to greenhouse gas emissions and how much is due to natural causes? A leaked report by a United Nations’ group dedicated to climate studies says that heat from the sun may play a larger role than previously thought. “[Results] do suggest the possibility of a much larger impact of solar variations on the stratosphere than previously thought, and some studies have suggested that this may lead to significant regional impacts on climate,” reads a draft copy of a major, upcoming report from the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel

Motorcycle pilgrims pay
homage to Guatemala´s
´Black Christ´

Agence France-Presse, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: BuckeyeRon- 2/2/2013 6:02:52 PM Post Reply

Some 35,000 motorcyclists roared through the streets of Guatemala City Saturday for an annual pilgrimage to the Cristo Negro -- the shrine of the Black Christ -- one of this country´s most venerated icons. (Snip) Once referred to as the "spiritual center of Central America" by Pope John Paul II, the Basilica of Esquipulas attracts thousands of pilgrims each year to to pay homage to the Black Christ statue, which was carved in 1595. It is seen as so much a part of Guatemala´s heritage that a postage stamp has been minted to commemorate the pilgrimage.

Johanns: ´Chuck earned
his endorsement´

Lincoln Journal Star [Neb], by Don Walton Original Article

Posted By: BuckeyeRon- 2/2/2013 5:52:57 PM Post Reply

Sen. Mike Johanns said Saturday he will vote to confirm Chuck Hagel´s nomination for secretary of defense. In the wake of Hagel´s contentious confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday, the green light from Nebraska´s senior Republican senator could be timely and pivotal in helping pave the way for additional Republican support in the Senate. As Johanns noted in a telephone interview, he is the member of the Senate who knows Nebraska´s former Republican senator best. But, Johanns said, "do not think he got a pass from me because he´s a friend."

White House releases photo of Obama
shooting at Camp David

Fox News, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: charliecoconut- 2/2/2013 5:46:12 PM Post Reply

The White House has released a photograph of President Obama skeet shooting at Camp David -- some proof for critics skeptical about whether Obama, amid efforts to tighten gun control, saying he takes target practice at the presidential retreat and that he has a “profound respect” of the tradition of hunting. The official photo apparently depicts Obama – wearing protective glasses and earmuffs -- firing the shotgun Aug. 4, 2012. It was released Friday on the White House’s Flickr account.

In Hard Economy for All Ages,
Older Isn’t Better ... It’s Brutal

New York Times, by Catherine Rampell Original Article

Posted By: NorthernDog- 2/2/2013 5:46:01 PM Post Reply

Young graduates are in debt, out of work and on their parents’ couches. People in their 30s and 40s can’t afford to buy homes or have children. Retirees are earning near-zero interest on their savings. In the current listless economy, every generation has a claim to having been most injured. But the Labor Department’s latest jobs snapshot and other recent data reports present a strong case for crowning baby boomers as the greatest victims of the recession and its grim aftermath. These Americans in their 50s and early 60s — those near retirement age who do not yet

Mother, sister found
stabbed in Monticello

Pharos-Tribune [Logansport, IN], by Staff Original Article

Posted By: BuckeyeRon- 2/2/2013 4:41:06 PM Post Reply

Monticello — State police and White County law enforcement arrested a man Saturday after finding his mother and 7-year-old sister stabbed at a Monticello home. At about 1:23 a.m. Saturday, Indiana State Police, Monticello Police and the White County Sheriff´s Department responded to a 911 call about possible stabbings at 5642 E. Richey Park, Monticello. Police allege that David Scott Rodenbarger, 20, stabbed his mother, Michelle Haskins, 41, and his half-sister, Jillian Haskins, 7, all whom resided at the above address, for unknown reasons. Michelle was able to make the 911 call before

The Anti-Snobbery of ´Downton Abbey´

Wall Street Journal, by Raymond Zhong Original Article

Posted By: FlyRight- 2/2/2013 4:29:37 PM Post Reply

London - The Anti-Snobbery of ´Downton Abbey´ The creator of the hit television series on class and comfort in our increasingly uncertain times. Julian Fellowes, the creator and writer of "Downton Abbey," doesn´t take long to say what he thinks is the message of his smash television drama. "I think the—well, not even the subtext, the supertext—of ´Downton,´ " he says not five minutes after we sit down for coffee Monday morning at the Savoy Hotel in central London, "is that it is possible for us all to get on, that we don´t have to be ranged in class warfare permanently—that for the general public,

Shootings leave 1 dead, 3 hurt

Chicago Tribune, by Adam Sege Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 2/2/2013 4:12:28 PM Post Reply

Three shootings in the city since Friday night have left a 21-year-old man dead and three people hurt, Chicago police said. The fatal shooting happened about 8:30 p.m., Chicago Police Department News Affairs Officer Ron Gaines said. Officers found the man in a hallway of a three-story apartment building in the 3900 block of North Central Avenue, in the Northwest Side´s Portage Park neighborhood. He was taken to Our Lady of the Resurrection Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 8:58 p.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner´s office.

Turkey: US Embassy bomber
had terror conviction

Associated Press, by Suzan Fraser Original Article

Posted By: BuckeyeRon- 2/2/2013 3:57:30 PM Post Reply

Ankara, Turkey-The suicide bomber who struck the U.S. Embassy in Ankara spent several years in prison on terrorism charges but was released on probation after being diagnosed with a hunger strike-related brain disorder, officials said Saturday. The bomber, identified as 40-year-old leftist militant Ecevit Sanli, killed himself and a Turkish security guard on Friday, in what U.S. officials said was a terrorist attack. Sanli was armed with enough TNT to blow up a two-story building and also detonated a hand grenade, officials said. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday that

Yemen says intercepted ship
carrying weapons was Iranian

Reuters, by Mohammed Ghobari* Original Article

Posted By: BuckeyeRon- 2/2/2013 3:48:59 PM Post Reply

Sanaa-Yemen confirmed on Saturday that a ship intercepted last month off its coast was an Iranian vessel trying to smuggle explosives and surface-to-air missiles to the country, the state news agency Saba reported. Officials in Washington said earlier this week that the seizure of the ship on January 23 had been coordinated with the U.S. Navy and that the intercepted shipment was believed to have been from Iran and destined for insurgents, likely to be Shi´ite Muslim Houthi rebels mainly based in northern Yemen.(Snip)"The source said that the ship, with its cargo, was handed over to eight Yemeni

Obama Eliminates Breakfast for US
Troops in Afghanistan, Stuffs Own Face

FrontPage Magazine, by Daniel Greenfield Original Article

Posted By: happywarrior- 2/2/2013 3:40:11 PM Post Reply

If only American soldiers in Afghanistan were unemployed Democratic voters in Chicago, then they might be getting three square meals a day from the government. But the military is the one place that Obama feels comfortable slashing expenses. While spending at an uncontrollable rate unseen since the last days of the Roman Empire in every other area, Obama has been cutting “waste” in the military like 20,000 Marines, Tricare healthcare for veterans and breakfast for soldiers serving in areas where he would only venture accompanied by heavy firepower. Warren Buffett and other

Macworld: Double Robotics + iPad
= Never leave your house again

Los Angeles Times, by Chris O´Brien Original Article

Posted By: LOL Thomas- 2/2/2013 2:53:07 PM Post Reply

Stand by the Double Robotics booth at the Macworld trade show, and you hear the same thing over and over again as people walk by: "I would never have to leave the house again." Or: "I would never have to go to the office again." That´s the reaction to the Double, a remote-controlled robot stand that will be available this spring for $2,000. (Snip) Insert an iPad on top of the Double and download the company's app on that iPad and another iOS device. Use the second iOS device to steer the Double from miles away. The robot uses sensors and gyroscopes (much like the Segway) to stay balanced.

Super Bowl XLVII ads to
watch for: Football just fills
time between commercials
featuring Kate Upton, the
E*Trade Baby and a nerd-
kissing Bar Refaeli

New York Daily News, by Don Kaplan Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 2/2/2013 2:35:46 PM Post Reply

Without a horse in the race for Sunday night´s big game, New Yorkers may pay more attention to the Super ads. Here are ten we think are worth watching for: 1. Anheiser Busch bought a whopping four and a half minutes of airtime at $3.8 million per 30 seconds, including the first commercial of the game which features its new, more alcoholic beer, Black Crown.[Video] 2. Audi is offering a 60-second spot about a boy who “embarks on one of the most pivotal moments of his adolescence: prom night.”

Alabama hostage crisis
stretches into day 5: Suspect
holding a young boy hostage
has holed up in bunker
for days on end in the past

New York Daily News, by Victoria Cavaliere Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 2/2/2013 2:30:04 PM Post Reply

An Alabama man holding a terrified young boy hostage in an underground bunker might not be giving up any time soon, authorities said. Police were negotiating through a 4-inch ventilation pipe with the man, believed to be Jimmy Lee Dykes, 65,a Vietnam veteran and retired truck driver with a wicked temper and a history of threatening neighbors. Authorities were tight lipped about the conversation with Dykes but said the hostage situation, which entered its fifth day on Saturday, might stretch on for a while. Dykes is holding a 5-year-old boy identified as Ethan

Missing New York mother Sarai Sierra
found ´stabbed to death´ in Turkey

Daily Mail [UK], by Lydia Warren & Nina Golgowski Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 2/2/2013 2:15:00 PM Post Reply

A missing New York City woman has been found stabbed to death in Istanbul. Sarai Sierra, a 33-year-old mother of two, went missing while vacationing alone in Istanbul. She was last heard from on Jan. 21, the day she was due back home. The Anadolu Agency says residents discovered the body of a woman near some ancient city walls in a low-income district and that police later identified it as Sierra´s. In its report, the private NTV news channel said Sierra was stabbed to death. It said police identified her through her driver license. In its report, the private NTV news channel said Sierra was stabbed

Antonio Villaraigosa rules
out Ray LaHood´s job

Politico, by Burgess Everett Original Article

Posted By: BuckeyeRon- 2/2/2013 2:07:05 PM Post Reply

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa late Friday shot down speculation in California and Washington about his candidacy for an Obama Cabinet position—at least until the summer. Villaraigosa for months has been the subject of buzz he would be selected to succeed Secretary Ray LaHood at the Transportation Department or as a nominee to head the Department of Commerce. But he said in a statement that he is focused on the last five months of his second term as mayor of Los Angeles. “I have said many times I will be focused on my job as mayor of Los Angeles until 11:59 and 59 seconds on

Nina Totenberg: ´Conservatives
Want To Take a Knife To
Hillary Clinton´s Throat´

NewsBusters, by Noel Sheppard Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 2/2/2013 1:55:39 PM Post Reply

Remember all that talk about civility in political discourse after the shooting of Arizona Congresswoman Gabby Giffords? NPR´s Nina Totenberg apparently doesn´t, for on PBS´s Inside Washington Friday, she said of Hillary Clinton, "Any time conservatives can they want to take a knife to her throat": NINA TOTENBERG, NPR: I want to say a word about Hillary Clinton. Every time, you see how great her presence has really been, what a successful Secretary of State she’s been, by the fact that any time conservatives can they want to take a knife to her throat. And guess what?

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