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Drug shootout with army kills 25 in Mexico (Reuters)
→ Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 2 Sep 2010 | 7:03 pm MDT
Reuters - At least 25 suspected drug gang members were killed in an army raid in rural northeastern Mexico on Thursday, the army said in a press release.
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Hurricane Earl set to pound North Carolina - USA Today
→ Top Stories - Google News | 2 Sep 2010 | 7:00 pm MDT
CBC.caHurricane Earl set to pound North Carolina
USA Today
By Chuck Burton, AP By Oren Dorell, USA TODAY KILL DEVIL HILLS, NC — Dana Beasley and his parents have been through this before, so as Hurricane Earl approached the family crab business here on Thursday, they knew the drill. ...
Obama Signs Disaster Declaration for North Carolina as Residents Brace for ...ABC News
Big surf as Hurricane Earl swirls along eastern seaboard, set to sweep through ...New York Daily News
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FBI: 6 accused in forced labor of 400 Thai workers (AP)
→ Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 2 Sep 2010 | 6:58 pm MDT
AP - Six recruiters were accused Thursday of luring 400 laborers from Thailand to the United States and forcing them to work, according to a federal indictment that the FBI called the largest human trafficking case ever charged in U.S. history.
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Oil platform explodes off La. coast; crew rescued (AP)
→ Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 2 Sep 2010 | 6:57 pm MDT
AP - An oil platform exploded and burned off the Louisiana coast Thursday, the second such disaster in the Gulf of Mexico in less than five months. This time, the Coast Guard said there was no leak, and no one was killed.
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Mexico: Soldiers kill 25 in gunbattle near border (AP)
→ Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 2 Sep 2010 | 6:55 pm MDT
AP - A shootout between soldiers and purported drug cartel gunmen killed 25 suspects Thursday in northern Nuevo Leon state, near Mexico's border with Texas, the military said.
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Arizona governor stumbles during debate (AP)
→ Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 2 Sep 2010 | 6:47 pm MDT
AP - It will go down as one of the most painful openings to a political debate in recent memory.
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US teen Capra upsets Rezai, plays Sharapova next (AP)
→ Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 2 Sep 2010 | 6:38 pm MDT
AP - A year ago at the U.S. Open, American teenager Melanie Oudin told the world to "BELIEVE," with her sneakers and her play.
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LA police ID owner of trunk containing baby bodies (AP)
→ Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 2 Sep 2010 | 6:38 pm MDT
AP - Investigators have identified the owner of a trunk in which the mummified remains of two babies were found, bringing them a step closer to solving the intriguing international mystery.
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US sues Arizona sheriff in civil rights probe - Los Angeles Times
→ Top Stories - Google News | 2 Sep 2010 | 6:32 pm MDT
Telegraph.co.ukUS sues Arizona sheriff in civil rights probe
Los Angeles Times
The Justice Department says Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio failed to turn over documents it its investigation into whether his department discriminated against Latinos while pursuing illegal immigrants. Sheriff Joe Arpaio confronts protesters and ...
Justice files suit against Arizona sheriffWashington Times
Arpaio appeals political flier rulingEast Valley Tribune
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Hurricane Earl closes in on East Coast (Reuters)
→ Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 2 Sep 2010 | 6:27 pm MDT
Reuters - Hurricane Earl began to strafe North Carolina's barrier islands with dangerous surf and winds on Thursday as it spun parallel to the U.S. East Coast on a northward trek toward New England and Canada.
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Earl weakens but still powerful as it smacks NC (AP)
→ Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 2 Sep 2010 | 6:24 pm MDT
AP - The last ferry left for the mainland and coastal residents hunkered down at home as Hurricane Earl closed in with 110 mph winds Thursday on North Carolina's dangerously exposed Outer Banks, the first and potentially most destructive stop on the storm's projected journey up the Eastern Seaboard.
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Man in Letterman blackmail plot freed from NY jail (AP)
→ Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 2 Sep 2010 | 6:17 pm MDT
AP - The former television producer who tried to blackmail David Letterman was freed Thursday after four months in jail for a plot that put a spotlight on the comic icon's office affairs, city Correction Department records show.
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President to aides: Find economic spark - CNN
→ Top Stories - Google News | 2 Sep 2010 | 6:15 pm MDT
Reuters Blogs (blog)President to aides: Find economic spark
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Washington (CNN) -- After a week mostly focused on Iraq and Mideast diplomacy, it's back to the economy for President Barack Obama, who will deliver remarks Friday on the August unemployment numbers. ...
Obama's Cleveland trip blends economic hopes with political realitiesPlain Dealer
Obama to hold press conference next FridayReuters
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Israeli-Palestinian talks: no breakthroughs, but a way forward - Christian Science Monitor
→ Top Stories - Google News | 2 Sep 2010 | 6:05 pm MDT
Telegraph.co.ukIsraeli-Palestinian talks: no breakthroughs, but a way forward
Christian Science Monitor
The Israeli, Palestinian leaders agree to meet again in less than two weeks and to work on a 'framework agreement for permanent status.' Israeli-Palestinian talks: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (top r.) and Special Envoy George Mitchell (bottom r. ...
Mideast Experts Fear Peace Talks Are Too AmbitiousNew York Times
Small gains made in Mideast peace talksUSA Today
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Dems in power could be in peril, poll says - USA Today
→ Top Stories - Google News | 2 Sep 2010 | 6:03 pm MDT
Kansas City StarDems in power could be in peril, poll says
USA Today
WASHINGTON — Democratic congressional candidates face a political landscape even rockier than those in 1994 and 2006 that ended with election upheavals that changed control of Congress, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds. ...
GOP wary of peaking too soon despite leadWashington Times
Larry Sabato Predicts GOP Will Take Back House This FallCBS News
The Other GOP Wave: RedistrictingThe Atlantic AFP -Wall Street Journal -Politico all 758 news articles »
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White House: No second stimulus being considered - Reuters
→ Top Stories - Google News | 2 Sep 2010 | 5:27 pm MDT
msnbc.comWhite House: No second stimulus being considered
Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House stressed on Thursday that no second economic stimulus package is being considered as part of new measures under review by President Barack Obama's team. Obama said on Monday he and his advisers are discussing ...
Christina Romer's White House days endingSan Francisco Chronicle
White House considering major tax breaks for businesses, sources sayWashington Post
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White House: No second stimulus being considered (Reuters)
→ Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 2 Sep 2010 | 5:23 pm MDT
Reuters - The White House stressed on Thursday that no second economic stimulus package is being considered as part of new measures under review by President Barack Obama's team.
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Arizona Governor Stumbles During Debate - NPR
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ABC NewsArizona Governor Stumbles During Debate
NPR
by AP AP Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, Republican, looks away as democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry Goddard gestures prior to a televised Arizona gubernatorial debate Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010 in Phoenix. Enlarge Associated Press From left; ...
Brewer Says Her Performance in Gubernatorial Debate Fell ShortFOXNews
Brewer Responds to Debate DebacleKGUN
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No sign of oil after Gulf platform fire: Coast Guard (Reuters)
→ Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 2 Sep 2010 | 4:42 pm MDT
Reuters - An oil and gas platform operated by Mariner Energy burst into flames in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday, but the crew of 13 escaped and there were no signs of an oil spill, the Coast Guard said.
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Israel and Palestinians agree to more peace meetings (Reuters)
→ Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 2 Sep 2010 | 4:40 pm MDT
Reuters - Israeli and Palestinian leaders agreed to a series of direct talks on Thursday, seeking to forge the framework for a U.S.-backed peace deal within a year and end a conflict that has boiled for six decades.
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Abbas, Netanyahu vow to meet every two weeks for peace (AFP)
→ Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 2 Sep 2010 | 4:31 pm MDT
AFP - Israeli and Palestinian leaders launched their first direct negotiations in 20 months here Thursday, agreeing to meet every two weeks in a bid to settle core differences within a year.
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Offshore Oil Platform Explodes in Gulf of Mexico, But No Leak Found - ABC News
→ Top Stories - Google News | 2 Sep 2010 | 4:30 pm MDT
ReutersOffshore Oil Platform Explodes in Gulf of Mexico, But No Leak Found
ABC News
An explosion on an offshore oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico early today ignited a fire that caused workers to evacuate into the water, but the US Coast Guard said that all the workers survived and there are no oil leaks reported ...
US offshore oil fire may delay lift of drill banReuters
Mariner Has Dealt With Fires BeforeWall Street Journal
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Virginia gov announces review of computer outage - BusinessWeek
→ Top Stories - Google News | 2 Sep 2010 | 4:28 pm MDT
Augusta Free PressVirginia gov announces review of computer outage
BusinessWeek
Government contracting giant Northrop Grumman Corp. will pay for an independent inquiry into a recent computer outage that kept people from getting drivers licenses and paying their taxes and delayed some welfare services. ...
McDonnell: Some data may be lost as a result of computer outageWashington Post (blog)
Northrop Grumman takes blame for Va. IT services outageComputerworld
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EPA to issue more rules in climate fight (Reuters)
→ Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 2 Sep 2010 | 4:17 pm MDT
Reuters - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will roll out more regulations on greenhouse gases and other pollution to help fight climate change, but they will not be as strong as action by Congress, a senior administration official said.
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Afghans pull money from troubled Kabul Bank - Los Angeles Times
→ Top Stories - Google News | 2 Sep 2010 | 3:46 pm MDT
Washington PostAfghans pull money from troubled Kabul Bank
Los Angeles Times
Afghans on Thursday rushed to withdraw their savings from troubled Kabul Bank despite attempts by officials to reassure nervous depositors that their money was safe. ...
Afghans Pull Money From Weakened BankNew York Times
Kabul Bank Customers Crowd Branch Seeking Withdrawals as Managers ReplacedBloomberg
Karzai, NATO at odds over another Afghan airstrikeMiamiHerald.com Voice of America -Xinhua -Washington Post all 1,603 news articles »
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New House Polls Show More Trouble for Dems
→ RealClearPolitics - Articles | 2 Sep 2010 | 2:48 pm MDT
The Republican-oriented American Action Forum has been polling across the country, in an attempt to gauge where certain competitive House races stand. Their latest round covers districts in the West. The results: -AZ-01: Republican Paul Gosar leads Democratic incumbent Ann Kirkpatrick 47 percent to 41 percent. -AZ-05: Republican Dave Schweikert leads Democratic incumbent Harry Mitchell 50 percent to 44 percent. -AZ-08: Republican Jesse Kelly ties Democratic incumbent Gabby Giffords at 46 percent. -CA-11: Repbulican David Harmer leads Democratic incumbent Jerry McNerney 45 percent to 44...
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Obama, Abbas, Abdullah and Netanyahu at White House Dinner
→ RealClearPolitics - Articles | 2 Sep 2010 | 2:07 pm MDT
Remarks by President Obama, President Mubarak, His Majesty King Abdullah, Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Abbas Before Working Dinner 7:05 P.M. EDT PRESIDENT OBAMA: Good evening, everyone. Tomorrow, after nearly two years, Israelis and Palestinians will resume direct talks in pursuit of a goal that we all share -- two states, Israel and Palestine, living side by side in peace and security. Tonight, I'm pleased to welcome to the White House key partners in this effort, along with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the representative of our Quartet partners, former Prime...
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Secretary Clinton's Remarks With Abbas & Netanyahu
→ RealClearPolitics - Articles | 2 Sep 2010 | 2:00 pm MDT
SECRETARY CLINTON: Good morning and welcome to the State Department here in the Benjamin Franklin Room. I want to thank all of you for joining us today to re-launch negotiations to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. I know the decision to sit at this table was not easy. We understand the suspicion and skepticism that so many feel, born out of years of conflict and frustrated hopes. The tragic act of terror on Tuesday and the terrorist shooting yesterday are yet additional reminders of the human costs of this conflict. But by being here today, you each have taken an important step toward...
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Causes of the Recent Financial and Economic Crisis
→ RealClearPolitics - Articles | 2 Sep 2010 | 1:57 pm MDT
Chairman Angelides, Vice Chairman Thomas, and other members of the Commission, your charge to examine the causes of the recent financial and economic crisis is indeed important. Only by understanding the factors that led to and amplified the crisis can we hope to guard against a repetition. Appropriately, the problem of too-big-to-fail, and the policies that the government uses to address that problem, will be a particular focus of your forthcoming report and in the hearing today. In my view, the too-big-to-fail issue can best be understood in the broader context of the financial crisis...
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Rick Scott Taps "Barrier Breaker" for Lt. Governor
→ RealClearPolitics - Articles | 2 Sep 2010 | 12:46 pm MDT
Florida GOP gubernatorial nominee Rick Scott announced on Thursday that state Rep. Jennifer Carroll is his pick for lieutenant governor. Carroll becomes the first African-American Republican woman to run on a statewide ticket in Florida. Calling her "the embodiment of the American dream," the Scott campaign highlighted Carroll's compelling biography, noting that she was born in Trinidad before "legally immigrating" to the United States, where she served for 20 years in the U.S. Navy before becoming a small business owner and state legislator. "Her conservative...
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Obamacare, Genocide, and the War on the Unborn
→ Accuracy In Media | 2 Sep 2010 | 11:53 am MDT
In New Zealand, we may be seeing the future of America under national health care legislation.
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Portman Maintains Lead in Ohio Senate Race
→ RealClearPolitics - Articles | 2 Sep 2010 | 11:29 am MDT
In one of the most watched Senate races this year, Republican Rob Portman continues to lead Ohio Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher in the race for retiring Republican Sen. George Voinovich's seat, according to a new poll from Rasmussen Reports. Democrats across the country hope to tie this year's Republican candidates to George W. Bush, and Ohio Democrats see Portman, who served as budget director and trade representative in the Bush administration, as a ripe target. Fisher has been relentless in his attacks on Portman's Bush administration history, but nevertheless trails Portman by six...
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Prime Time Obama: Self-Congratulatory and Self-Delusional
→ Accuracy In Media | 2 Sep 2010 | 11:23 am MDT
On Fox News Channel’s top-rated Fox & Friends, host Gretchen Carlson would not allow the White House press secretary to do what his ilk to do best: revise history . Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs, during what he obviously believed was a Tuesday morning spin session, attempted to evade and avoid direct questions about President Barack Obama’s and Vice President Joe [...]
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Portman Grows Lead Over Fisher in Latest OH Poll
→ RealClearPolitics - Articles | 2 Sep 2010 | 11:22 am MDT
A new poll out this morning in Ohio's open Senate race from the Democratic firm Public Policy Polling (PPP) shows Republican Rob Portman opening up a lead over Democratic Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher. Portman led Fisher 45 percent to 38 percent in the poll of 475 likely Ohio voters surveyed August 27th to 29th. The margin of error was 4.5 percent. Voters have a similar lack of familiarity for both candidates: Forty-four percent said they're not sure what their opinion is of Fisher, and 43 percent said the same of Portman. But Portman's favorability rating among those with an opinion is...
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The Crystal Ball's Labor Day Predictions
→ RealClearPolitics - Articles | 2 Sep 2010 | 10:24 am MDT
For decades I've advised students to let the facts speak for themselves, while avoiding the indulgence of shouting at the facts. In other words, we should take in all the available, reliable information; process it; and let the emerging mosaic tell its story-whether the picture pleases or not. The human (and partisan) tendency to twist facts into pretzels in order to produce a desired result must be avoided at all costs. We've been patient and cautious here at the Crystal Ball as a year's worth of facts has accumulated. We've sifted the polls, cranked up the models, and...
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Down With Big Government, Big Business, Big Labor
→ RealClearPolitics - Articles | 2 Sep 2010 | 6:39 am MDT
Some of the most important things in history are things that didn't happen -- even though just about everyone thought they would. Recent example: Scads of liberals gleefully predicted that the financial crisis and deep recession would destroy Americans' faith in markets and increase their confidence in big government. Many conservatives gloomily feared they were right. Hasn't happened. If anything, public opinion has moved in the other direction, with most Americans rejecting the stimulus package and the health care bill, denying that government action is needed to address...
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Democrats Doomed? Not So Fast
→ RealClearPolitics - Articles | 2 Sep 2010 | 6:39 am MDT
Gallup is out this week with a new poll showing the generic Republican beating the generic Democrat in House contests by 10 points. The gap, Gallup points out, is the biggest one it has seen in midterm generic polls since it started doing them. It is substantially larger than the gap in 1994, when Republicans took control of the House in the first midterm election of the last Democratic president, Bill Clinton. Does that mean it's time for Republicans to start picking the drapes for their new leadership offices? Should Nancy Pelosi be packing up her gavel? Not so fast. In a choice...
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Should U.S. Military Be Nation Building?
→ RealClearPolitics - Articles | 2 Sep 2010 | 6:21 am MDT
In the 1959 film "The Mouse That Roared," an imaginary European nation called the Duchy of Grand Fenwick declares war on the U.S. "There isn't a more profitable undertaking for any country than to declare war on the United States and to be defeated," explains the nation's military leader. So it goes. The staunchly rational New York Times right-of-center columnist David Brooks asked readers this week how the nation-building reconstruction project in Iraq is working out. Remarkably well, you'll be pleased to learn. Economically, Iraq is the...
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Bigger Than 1994
→ RealClearPolitics - Articles | 2 Sep 2010 | 5:45 am MDT
There has been a flurry of political stories in recent weeks about the electoral difficulties Democrats face this fall. It seems Washington is finally catching on to the fact that the Democrats' hold on the House is in dire jeopardy, and that a 1994-style, 52-seat pickup is a real possibility. But this should not come as a surprise, as the data have been pointing to Democratic losses in the 50-seat range in the House for some time now. Washington continues to be disconnected from the political reality that the polls and the electorate have been sending consistently over the past year. ...
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Obama Touts "Moment of Opportunity" for Two-State Solution
→ RealClearPolitics - Articles | 2 Sep 2010 | 5:35 am MDT
Amid reminders of the grave stakes at hand, President Obama expressed optimism on Wednesday after embarking upon a new effort to reinvigorate talks to achieve a comprehensive peace settlement in the Middle East. "As I've said many times, our goal is a two-state solution that ends the conflict and ensures the rights and security of both Israelis and Palestinians," Obama said, appearing in the Rose Garden alongside Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and special Middle East envoy George Mitchell. "We've always made it clear that the only path to lasting peace between...
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Obama Can Turn the Page on His Troubles
→ RealClearPolitics - Articles | 2 Sep 2010 | 4:00 am MDT
WASHINGTON -- By insisting Tuesday evening that "it's time to turn the page," President Obama was talking about more than the Iraq War, and doing much more than reviving one of his most effective slogans from the 2008 campaign. He was also trying to turn the page on a period in which he has found himself on the defensive, his party in a perilous position for November's elections, and his reputation for political mastery in doubt. Obama's Oval Office speech was resolutely nonpolitical in form but profoundly political in its implications. To rescue his party, Obama had...
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Mining for Philadelphia Votes
→ RealClearPolitics - Articles | 2 Sep 2010 | 3:50 am MDT
PHILADELPHIA -- When Pennsylvanians go to the polls on Nov. 2, they will have to do more than choose a new governor to succeed term-limited Democrat Edward Rendell; they have to break one of two historical precedents. If they choose Democrat Dan Onorato, the 49-year-old elected executive of Allegheny County (Pittsburgh), they will end a 64-year period in which the governorship has alternated between the parties every eight years. On the other hand, if Republican Attorney General Tom Corbett, the early favorite, wins, he will have succeeded where every other attorney general who tried for the...
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Murkowski Concedes Alaska Primary to Tea Party Candidate
→ The New Media Journal RSS Daily Briefing | 1 Sep 2010 | 9:59 am MDT
In a major upset, Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) conceded her GOP Senate primary race Tuesday night to Tea Party Express favorite Joe Miller. Miller, a Fairbanks attorney, had the backing of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. "I don't see a scenario in which the primary will turn out in my favor," Murkowski said in her concession speech. Murkowski’s speech came a full week after the primary. Miller has never held elected office but he is now the immediate front-runner in the heavily Republican state. His win marks the first time a Tea Party candidate has defeated a sitting senator in a primary election.
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Obama Speech on Iraq War Draws GOP Fire
→ The New Media Journal RSS Daily Briefing | 1 Sep 2010 | 9:59 am MDT
President Obama's Oval Office address Tuesday evening was timed to mark the end of the US combat mission in Iraq, though it also came two months before midterm congressional elections that could hinge on the state of the domestic economy -- and Obama didn't shy from drawing links and contrasts between the two.But Republicans refused to allow Obama to move on without noting the credit they say was due to President Bush for the troop surge in 2007 that ultimately saved a losing war effort.
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Edu. Sec. Urged Employees to Attend Sharpton Rally
→ The New Media Journal RSS Daily Briefing | 1 Sep 2010 | 9:58 am MDT
President Obama's top education official urged government employees to attend a rally that the Rev. Al Sharpton organized to counter a larger conservative event on the Mall. Sharpton created the event after Glenn Beck announced a massive Tea Party "Restoring Honor" rally at the Lincoln Memorial, where King spoke in 1963. Education Department spokeswoman Sandra Abrevaya defended Duncan's decision. "This was a back-to-school event," she said.
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Gold Rallying to $1,500 as Soros's Bubble Inflates
→ The New Media Journal RSS Daily Briefing | 1 Sep 2010 | 9:58 am MDT
Investors are accumulating enough bullion to fill Switzerland’s vaults twice over as gold’s most- accurate forecasters say the longest rally in at least nine decades has further to go no matter what the economy holds. Analysts raised their 2011 forecasts more than for any other precious metal the past two months, predicting a 10th annual advance, data compiled by Bloomberg show. One of the biggest buyers has been Soros Fund Management LLC, which oversees about $25 billion.
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Sebelius on Obamacare: 'We've Got a Lot of Reeducation to Do'
→ The New Media Journal RSS Daily Briefing | 1 Sep 2010 | 9:58 am MDT
As a widely-watched survey shows support for the new healthcare reform law slipping, the leader in the reform effort says the administration has “a lot of reeducation to do” to reverse the trend. The poll, from the left-leaning Kaiser Family Foundation, shows more Americans now oppose the reform law than favor it, 45 percent to 43 percent, reflecting a seven-point drop in support from the organization’s last survey, released in late July. In an interview before the latest Kaiser results were released, Health & Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told ABC News that the sustained opposition to the Democrats’ healthcare reform efforts has mainly been a function of “misinformation.”
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USAID Funding 'Artificial Peace' Ads in Israel
→ The New Media Journal RSS Daily Briefing | 1 Sep 2010 | 9:57 am MDT
After failing for 18 months to reverse the results of the 2009 Israeli election, the Obama administration, through the US Agency for International Development (USAID), is using a small opposition group to sell artificial peace messages to Israelis. This US-sponsored campaign is based on political advertisements with the message “that there is a (Palestinian) partner, that the problem is specifically with us.” The texts are prepared by a group calling itself the “Geneva Initiative,” and include video clips of Palestinian officials telling Israelis that there is a “window of opportunity” for reaching a peace agreement.
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US Intel: Tehran Pushes Hezbollah to Attack Israel
→ The New Media Journal RSS Daily Briefing | 1 Sep 2010 | 9:57 am MDT
Western intelligence and Persian Gulf sources report that on August 30, Hezbollah put its forces on a state of war alert and issued a partial call-up of reservists. According to military sources, Hezbollah appears to be preparing a major attack on Israel straight after the ceremonial start of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks in Washington Thursday, Sept. 2. A second target date is the Jewish New Year festival starting on Sept. 8. The pressure from Tehran for the Lebanese Shiite terrorists to strike Israel has intensified in the wake of the example the Palestinian Hamas gave Tuesday night Aug. 31 in the drive-by murder of four Israeli civilians on a road near Hebron.
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Poison Gas Sickened Girls in Afghan Schools
→ The New Media Journal RSS Daily Briefing | 1 Sep 2010 | 9:57 am MDT
Blood tests have confirmed that a mysterious series of mass sickness at girls’ schools across the country over the last two years were caused by a powerful poison gas, an Afghan official said Tuesday. The admission came as a spokesman for the Ministry of Public Health was answering questions about two new episodes in the last week. Dr. Kargar Norughli, said his ministry and the World Health Organization had been testing the blood of victims in 10 mass sickenings and had confirmed the presence of organophosphates, compounds widely used in insecticides and herbicides, and also the active ingredients in chemical weapons, including sarin and VX gas.
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Report Exposes Climate Change Fraud
→ The New Media Journal RSS Daily Briefing | 1 Sep 2010 | 9:56 am MDT
The world’s leading climate change body has been accused of losing credibility after a damning report into its research practices. A high-level inquiry into the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change found there was “little evidence” for its claims about global warming. It also said the panel had emphasized the negative impacts of climate change and made “substantive findings” based on little proof. The review by the InterAcademy Council was launched after the IPCC’s hugely embarrassing 2007 benchmark climate change report, which contained exaggerated and false claims that Himalayan glaciers could melt by 2035.
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8 Dead in Cancun Bar Firebombing
→ The New Media Journal RSS Daily Briefing | 1 Sep 2010 | 9:56 am MDT
A group of men firebombed a bar in the popular Mexican resort city of Cancun early today, killing at least eight people, according to media reports. Officials said they didn't know whether the violence was connected to Mexico's drug wars. No arrests were reported. At least 10 armed men pulled up outside the Castillo del Mar bar in a black truck and a car and threatened patrons before burning down the building with Molotov cocktails, according to multiple reports.
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4 Israelis Shot Dead by Hamas Terrorists in West Bank
→ The New Media Journal RSS Daily Briefing | 1 Sep 2010 | 9:56 am MDT
In response to Tuesday night's shooting attack which killed four Israelis near Kiryat Arba, Defense Minister Ehud Barak said, “Israel will not allow terrorists to lift their heads and will exact a price from the murderers and those who sent them." Barak added that the attack "is likely an attempt by the low-life terrorists to prevent the diplomatic process and to hurt the chances of the talks opening in Washington.” Hamas military wing spokesman Abu Obeida told The Associated Press late Tuesday that Hamas carried out the attack.
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ANALYSIS: Shia Taqiyya
→ The New Media Journal RSS Daily Briefing | 1 Sep 2010 | 9:55 am MDT
Those who read my writings know that I have long called the enemy we are facing today “Islammunism,” which is the coming together of the most wicked of freedom’s enemies: Islam and communism. Look at Islamic nations and their allies—can you say Hitler/Stalin-type non-aggression pact? And like Hitler and Stalin, no evil, no horror, no hellish tactic is beneath them. In fact, it’s commanded; it’s taqiyya: the right of Muslims to lie and deceive in the advancement of Allah. So should photo lies really be a shocker anymore? We’ve been down this road before…remember the Muslim photographer from Reuters? It’s still happening, yet Reuters is still around, still treated like a legitimate news source. To the Islammunist world, that’s the stamp of approval. Why quit when they’re getting exactly what they want?
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EDITORIAL: Eternal Principle
→ The New Media Journal RSS Daily Briefing | 1 Sep 2010 | 9:54 am MDT
Marcus Tullius Cicero, who was born in 105 B.C. and was beheaded by Antony's soldiers in 43 B.C, writes in "On the Laws," “Law was neither a thing to be contrived by the genius of man, nor established by any decree of the people, but a certain eternal principle, which governs the entire universe, wisely commanding what is right and prohibiting what is wrong.” In the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson echoes this eternal truth when he explains that the function of government is to secure God-given rights. How do we know about these rights? Cicero explains that the supreme law is “the mind of God” and that from the moment of our existence, through our power of reason, God incites us to do good and deters us from evil. It is clear that Jefferson and the founders understood and believed in the eternal principle and Cicero’s interpretation.
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Polls
→ The New Media Journal RSS Daily Briefing | 1 Sep 2010 | 9:54 am MDT
Pres. Obama
Positive: 46.4%▲
Negative: 47.9%▼
Congress
Positive: 21.5%▲
Negative: 73.0%▲
Sen. Reid
Positive: 26%▲
Negative: 56%▲
US Rep. Pelosi
Positive: 34%▼
Negative: 59%▲
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National Debt
→ The New Media Journal RSS Daily Briefing | 1 Sep 2010 | 9:54 am MDT
$13.401 Trillion
National Debt
$110.223 Trillion
Unfunded Liabilities
$14.523 Trillion
GDP
92.269%
Debt to GDP Ratio
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Susan B. Anthony Revived
→ Accuracy In Media | 1 Sep 2010 | 9:09 am MDT
New York—The Susan B. Anthony List held an event on the 90th anniversary of women’s right to vote entitled “A Conversation on Pro-Life Feminism,” which attracted a wide variety of feminism enthusiasts. SBA president Marjorie Dannenfelser opened the academic discussion at the Yale Club of New York by telling guests that incidentally 2010 had been [...]
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The Muslim Brotherhood, America’s Partner in Government
→ Accuracy In Media | 1 Sep 2010 | 9:06 am MDT
Yesterday evening, President Obama made a speech from the Oval Office, in which he declared that the Combat Mission in Iraq is over. Only last month, Lt. Gen. Babakir Zebari, head of the Iraqi army, was claiming that Iraq was not able to defend itself properly. Zebari suggested that the Iraqi army would not be [...]
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Public TV Hijacked by Foreign Propagandists
→ Accuracy In Media | 31 Aug 2010 | 11:36 am MDT
About thirty non-commercial TV stations around the U.S. are airing “MHz Network Worldview,” which includes programs from Al Jazeera English, the Kremlin’s “Russia Today” and other foreign state-controlled instruments of propaganda.
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Obama Blasted for U.S.S. Cole Terrorism Trial Postponement
→ Accuracy In Media | 31 Aug 2010 | 10:08 am MDT
Employing one of the oldest political tricks in the book — releasing bad or unpopular news to the public on Friday when many Americans are starting their weekend festivities and are less likely to pay attention to news stories – President Barack Obama “pulled a fast one on Americans,” according to law enforcement officers across the nation. [...]
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Republicans Play into Obama’s Hands
→ Accuracy In Media | 30 Aug 2010 | 2:36 pm MDT
The current crisis—and the failure of Congressional Republicans to offer a viable alternative—will give President Obama the excuse he needs to nationalize the banks and further the process of socializing the U.S. economy.
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Freedom Works
→ Accuracy In Media | 30 Aug 2010 | 9:16 am MDT
Tabitha Hale and Brendan Steinhauser represented FreedomWorks, an organization that recruits and mobilizes large volunteer activists groups to fight for smaller government, fewer taxes, and more freedom at the Heritage Foundation’s Bloggers Briefing on August 24, 2010. Two national upcoming events are to take place, the Dick Armey and Matt Kibbe book tour on Give [...]
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How I Learned to Love the Bomb
→ Accuracy In Media | 30 Aug 2010 | 9:11 am MDT
As a child in the 1950s, I learned how to “duck and cover” in order to protect myself from an atomic bomb explosion. Little did I know that the instruction should have been “Kiss your asterisk goodbye.” The Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, when the Soviets wanted to put nuclear-tipped long range missiles there, led [...]
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Mixed Messages from Glenn Beck
→ Accuracy In Media | 29 Aug 2010 | 4:14 pm MDT
While Beck should not be concerned about what the Post or other liberal media think of him or his rally, the fact is that his AWOL status in the cultural war has not gone over well with conservatives who were in this battle for morality when Beck was still a Top 40 DJ and years away from national prominence.
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