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Flu shot did poor job
against worst bug in seniors

Associated Press, by Mike Stobbe Original Article

Posted By: Ribicon- 2/21/2013 2:57:29 PM Post Reply

Atlanta — For those 65 and older, this season´s flu shot is only 9 percent effective against the most common and dangerous flu bug, according to a startling new government report. Flu vaccine tends to protect younger people better than older ones and never works as well as other kinds of vaccines. But experts say the preliminary results for seniors are disappointing and highlight the need for a better vaccine. For all age groups, the vaccine´s effectiveness is moderate at 56 percent, which is nearly as well as other flu seasons, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday.

Proposal to strip taxing power from
school board draws racism charge

Telegraph [Macon, GA], by Maggie Lee Original Article

Posted By: Ribicon- 2/21/2013 2:40:00 PM Post Reply

Atlanta — A new proposal by state Sen. Cecil Staton would take taxing power away from a Bibb County school board beset by “dysfunction” and give the county commission oversight of education funding. The move drew immediate charges of racism and circumventing the will of voters. “We do know that we have too much dysfunction on our school board. We do know that we have way too much money being spent on administration,” and too much spending is pushing the budget into the red, said Staton, R-Macon. (Snip) The Bibb County school system is now entangled in two lawsuits

Shocking Confession By
Cleric: Iranians Paid Me
To Kill IBB, Dasuki, Others

Leadership [Nigeria], by Chika Otuchikere Original Article

Posted By: BuckeyeRon- 2/21/2013 2:27:28 PM Post Reply

A Nigerian Islamic scholar has told how an insurgent group based in Iran contracted him to spy on and assassinate prominent Nigerians including former military president General Ibrahim Babangida and former Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Ibrahim Dasuki as well as American and Jewish citizens.(Snip)Berenda relocated from Ilorin to Lagos and with money running into several millions gotten from the Iranian insurgents planned to expand his tentacles to other South West states. Briefing newsmen on the development, deputy director (Public Relations) of the SSS, Marilyn Ogar, explained that for six months, the service was on the trail of the suspects

AVI likely to take a big toll
on small businesses

Philadelphia Inquirer, by Jan Ransom Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 2/21/2013 2:23:56 PM Post Reply

East Passyunk Avenue was not always the vibrant South Philly commercial corridor it is today, with its chic boutiques, cafes and trendy restaurants. Just ask chef Lynn Rinaldi. Rinaldi, 48, grew up on 12th Street near Tasker, not too far from the bustling strip where she and her husband own two restaurants, Izumi and Paradiso. And she could be hit particularly hard under the Actual Value Initiative, a new property-tax system based on market values. The three-story building where Paradiso is situated, on Passyunk near Tasker Street, was assessed at $100,000 for 2013 and valued at $505,000 for 2014.

´It makes sex great´: Meet the
woman who stings herself with bees
over 100 times a week for pleasure

Daily Mail [UK], by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Ribicon- 2/21/2013 2:13:25 PM Post Reply

A woman has described how she stings herself with bees up to 100 times a week, in large part, for sexual pleasure. In the latest episode of TLC´s My Strange Addiction, Margaret, 53, from Morningview, Kentucky, admits that ten stings ´makes sex great´. The couple do not elaborate on this bizarre detail, though Margaret speaks unapologetically about her love of the bee sting sensation. ´I sting myself on my hip, my elbows, on a finger, my ankle, my forehead, on the tip of my nose,´ she says on the show. ´The most I´ve ever given myself was between 15 and 20

SC native featured in
´Glory Hounds´ TV special

Charlotte Observer (NC), by Sue Manning Original Article

Posted By: muncssister- 2/21/2013 2:12:48 PM Post Reply

It’s been almost seven months since a bomb exploded on a strip of dirt in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Leonard Anderson can only remember a reassuring voice. The Chester native and Northwestern High graduate has seen the ambush and its aftermath on film, though: The man behind the voice putting a tourniquet on Anderson’s leg as a medic tended to the other, listening to his own cries for help and his dog’s whines of worry. The blast that severely wounded the military dog handler was captured on film by one of four camera crews that were embedded with front line troops last year.

Understanding the GOP’s
Benghazi Obsession

Time Magazine, by Michael Crowley Original Article

Posted By: Scottyboy- 2/21/2013 2:08:19 PM Post Reply

For the past five months, the Republican message on foreign policy message has been defined by a single word: Benghazi. Ever since the deadly September 11 attack on the U.S. compound in that Libyan city, Republicans have obsessed over the episode. Mitt Romney made Benghazi a favorite talking point in the 2012 campaign home stretch. More recently, Republicans have invoked Benghazi to shoot down one would-be cabinet nominee, Susan Rice, and delay two others, Chuck Hagel and John Brennan. They have dragged a parade of administration officials, including Hillary Clinton

What George W. Bush did right

Chicago Tribune, by Christian Caryl Original Article

Posted By: Rat Patrol- 2/21/2013 2:07:55 PM Post Reply

Which United States president will go down in history as the greatest humanitarian to have served in the office? The Republican Herbert Hoover is often known as the "Great Humanitarian" for his work administering famine relief in post-World War I Europe (and Bolshevik Russia) in the 1920s — but he did all that before he actually became president. Others might make the case for Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the Democrat who succeeded Hoover in the White House, whose New Deal initiatives relieved poverty and sickness on a grand scale within the United States.

Cut role of feds in local police,
fire and education

Washington Examiner [DC], by Editorial Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 2/21/2013 2:01:21 PM Post Reply

Flanked by state and local police officers and firefighters in full uniform, President Obama predicted Tuesday that even a 1 percent cut in overall government spending would have dire consequences. "Emergency responders like the ones who are here today -- their ability to help communities respond to and recover from disasters will be degraded," Obama warned. "Thousands of teachers and educators will be laid off," he continued. "I know that sometimes all this squabbling in Washington seems very abstract, and in the abstract, people like the idea, there must be some spending we can cut,

Morning Joe Diagnoses
GOP’s Problem: ‘They Resent
Everything’ And Need A
Leader To Take On ‘The Crazies’

Mediaite, by Meenal Vamburkar Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 2/21/2013 1:55:38 PM Post Reply

Morning Joe ventured into well-trodden territory on Thursday when they discussed the current state of the GOP and the type of leader the party needs to revitalize itself. One strong leader is all the party needs, the panel agreed. Specifically, one who’s unafraid of confronting members of the party who make outrageous remarks (a là Allen West). “If I’m a Republican, I want everybody to run for president,” James Carville asserted, noting that someone needs to stand out after beating everyone else. But if congressional Republicans keeping “saying stuff, you’re just going to have your

Ohio Woman Patricia Kunkle Claims
She Was Fired For Voting For Obama

International Business Times (UK), by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Scottyboy- 2/21/2013 1:38:20 PM Post Reply

An Ohio woman filed a $25,000 lawsuit against her employer, alleging she was fired for voting for President Obama. Patricia Kunkle of Kettering, Ohio, claimed that Dayton-based Q-Mark, Inc., threatened to fire employees of the defense contractor if Obama won re-election, with the president’s supporters to be the first to receive pink slips, the Dayton Daily News reported. Kunkle said she had a conversation the day after Election Day that indicated she voted for Obama. She was fired three days later.

Top Dem calls for tax increase
on 99 percent of Americans

Washington Examiner, by Joel Gehrke Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 2/21/2013 1:23:04 PM Post Reply

House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, D-Md., called for an income tax increase on the 99 percent of Americans whose rates did not go up under the fiscal cliff deal, a hike that he proposed alongside entitlement reforms as part of a “balanced” plan to resolve the country’s fiscal crisis. “Closing loopholes is like getting rid of fraud, waste, and abuse — it sounds nice, until you’ve got to deal with it politically,” Hoyer said on MSNBC. “I was for the Clinton rates. I’m for the Clinton rates, today. Now, I wouldn’t phase in the Clinton rates

Al-Qaida tipsheet on avoiding
drones found in Mali

Associated Press, by Rukmini Callimachi Original Article

Posted By: Scottyboy- 2/21/2013 1:19:01 PM Post Reply

TIMBUKTU, Mali - One of the last things the bearded fighters did before leaving this city was to drive to the market where traders lay their carpets out in the sand. The al-Qaida extremists bypassed the brightly-colored, high-end synthetic floor coverings and stopped their pickup truck in front of a man selling more modest mats woven from desert grass, priced at $1.40 apiece. There they bought two bales of 25 mats each, and asked him to bundle them on top of the car, along with a stack of sticks.

Mexico admits 27,000 missing;
Human Rights Watch protests crisis
of ‘disappeared’

McClatchy, by Tim Johnson Original Article

Posted By: draggingtree- 2/21/2013 1:13:17 PM Post Reply

MEXICO CITY — Mexico said Wednesday that it had records of more than 27,000 cases of “disappeared people” that it would make public soon in an effort to clarify the circumstances under which they vanished. Lia Limon, the country’s deputy interior secretary for human rights, acknowledged the cases hours after Human Rights Watch issued a scathing report that called Mexico the Western Hemisphere’s hot spot for “enforced disappearances,”

Senators in Immigration Talks
Mull Federal IDs for All Workers

Wall Street Journal, by Danny Yadron Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 2/21/2013 1:12:46 PM Post Reply

Key senators are exploring an immigration bill that would force every U.S. worker—citizen or not—to carry a high-tech identity card that could use fingerprints or other personal markers to prove a person´s legal eligibility to work. The idea, signaled only in vaguely worded language from senators crafting a bipartisan immigration bill, has privacy advocates and others concerned that the law would create a national identity card that, in time, could track Americans at airports, hospitals and through other facets of their lives. The lawmakers haven´t committed to the "biometric" ID card, and are wary of any element

Abortion provider to
close 2 clinics in Iowa

Des Moines Register (IA), by Tony Leys Original Article

Posted By: Scottyboy- 2/21/2013 1:09:04 PM Post Reply

Anti-abortion activists are cheering Planned Parenthood of the Heartland’s decision to close clinics in Spencer and Fort Madison. The news comes after the private agency closed clinics in Storm Lake, Knoxville and Newton last year. A Planned Parenthood spokeswoman confirmed Wednesday that the agency plans to close two more of its 21 Iowa clinics. (snip)Jenifer Bowen, executive director of Iowa Right to Life, said it was ironic to hear Planned Parenthood cite the health care law as a reason for cuts. “They supported it so strongly, and they’re feeling the crunch of it,” she said.

Fox News Host Bill O´Reilly
to Tackle ´Killing Jesus´ Story

Breitbart´s Big Hollywood, by Breitbart News Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 2/21/2013 1:01:04 PM Post Reply

Bill O´Reilly scored two best sellers detailing the final moments of Presidents John F. Kennedy and Abraham Lincoln. The Fox News host´s next project promises to raise the stakes far beyond presidential politics. Bill O´Reilly, the Fox News anchor and author, has signed to write Killing Jesus: A History, as a follow-up to his best-selling books Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot and Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination That Changed America Forever. The book will be published Sept. 24 by Henry Holt and Co. Martin Dugard, O´Reilly´s co-author on the Kennedy and

Water in LA hotel tasted
funny for weeks, decomposed
body found in roof tower

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 2/21/2013 12:56:23 PM Post Reply

LOS ANGELES — British tourist Michael Baugh and his wife said water had only trickled for days as they brushed their teeth, showered and drank from the taps at the Cecil Hotel in downtown Los Angeles, but they could not have imagined the disturbing reason. The body of a Canadian woman was later discovered at the bottom of one of four cisterns on the roof of the historic hotel near Skid Row. The tanks provide water for hotel taps and would have been used by guests for washing and drinking.

GOP Senators Urge White House
to Withdraw Hagel Nomination

Breitbart´s Big Government, by Mike Flynn Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 2/21/2013 12:54:29 PM Post Reply

The acrimony surrounding Chuck Hagel´s confirmation to lead the Defense Department has caused a handful of Senators to formally ask the White House to withdraw his nomination. The almost unprecedented step has capped weeks of debate over Hagel´s fitness for the job. In an effort led by TX Sen. John Cornyn, 11 GOP Senators have signed a letter asking the White House to drop Hagel´s nomination. While other Senators are likely to add their names to the letter, the current 11 signers make a symbolic point. In the history of the office,

Kerry To Meet Russian Foreign
Minister In Berlin Next Week - Thread Closed

RTT News (NY), by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Scottyboy- 2/21/2013 12:52:46 PM Post Reply

A meeting between the new U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart will take place next week in German capital Berlin. Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov have agreed to meet in Berlin on February 26, US State Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland said in a statement on Thursday. "Secretary Kerry and Foreign Minister Lavrov will discuss a wide range of bilateral and international issues," she added. The statement did not specify the agenda of talks. It will be Kerry´s first meeting with Lavrov in his new capacity as US Secretary of State.

House Dems: Give Peace
a Chance, Talk to Iran

Breitbart´s Big Peace, by AWR Hawkins Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 2/21/2013 12:51:33 PM Post Reply

House Democrats have put forth a bill to create a "diplomatic envoy" to Iran to try to "convince that country to abandon its nuclear ambitions." Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) sponsored the legislation, which will require the envoy to pursue "direct, sustained... negotiations with Iran in order to prevent war and support human rights." The darkening clouds surrounding Iran´s nuclear program are troubling. We must use all diplomatic tools available, including engaging in direct bilateral and multilateral diplomacy. To do that we must lift the "no contact" policy and begin negotiations. The bill has little chance

Organic tomatoes really ARE healthier
because they contain more vitamin C

Daily Mail [UK], by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 2/21/2013 12:49:34 PM Post Reply

Organic tomatoes really are healthier than their conventionally grown counterparts, new research suggests. Despite being smaller, they are packed with higher amounts of vitamin C and compounds that may combat chronic diseases, the findings show. The reason for the difference is down to the organic plants´ tough upbringing, it is claimed. While conventionally grown tomatoes are are treated with pesticides and artificial fertilisers, organic farming forces the fruits to fend for themselves. The stress they suffer as a result promotes greater concentrations of health-giving chemicals, according to the scientists.[Snip] A U.S. review of research studies published last year found

600,000 move out in decade
of ´white flight´ from London:
White Britons are now in
minority in the capital

Daily Mail [UK], by Jack Doyle Original Article

Posted By: BuckeyeRon- 2/21/2013 12:46:24 PM Post Reply

More than 600,000 white British Londoners have left the capital in a decade. Census figures show that between 2001 and 2011 the level of ‘white flight’ reached 620,000. It is the equivalent of a city the size of Glasgow, made up entirely of white Britons, moving out of the capital. The figures, reported by the BBC yesterday, mean that for the first time, white Britons are now in a minority in the country’s largest city. At the same time, the census shows, some rural areas have seen a rise in the proportion of people who describe their ethnicity as

Ted Cruz deserves
cheers, not jeers

Politico, by Jim DeMint Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 2/21/2013 12:40:51 PM Post Reply

Imagine a new senator who ran a campaign of “no more business as usual.” No more special interest politics, no more backroom deals — and he won. He came to Washington, and he delivered. He didn’t stay quiet, he spoke passionately for what he believed in, and he made it clear he planned to shake up the status quo. How would the media react to a senator like that? Nothing but praise for standing his ground, right? Surely editorials lauding his boldness, his vision, his courage would be his reward. He would be held

Three young British Muslims
plotted attack ´bigger
than 7/7´ in Al Qaeda-backed
atrocity in shopping centres
and stations with team of
eight suicide bombers after
terror training in Pakistan

Daily Mail (UK), by Martin Robinson Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 2/21/2013 12:40:40 PM Post Reply

Three Al Qaeda-backed British Muslims have been found guilty of planning the worst-ever terror attack on British soil by using eight suicide bombers to cause ´mass death´ and ´carnage´. Irfan Naseer, 31, Irfan Khalid, 27, and Ashik Ali, 27, all from Birmingham, were today convicted of plotting the ´spectacular campaign´ designed to claim as many lives as the 2005 London Underground bombs that killed 52 innocent people. Inspired by hate preacher Anwar al-Awlaki´s online sermons, the homegrown jihadis led an extremist plot to set off bombs and other deadly weapons in crowded shopping centres and railway stations across Britain.

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