Uruguay: Vazquez favored in presidential election

Ruling party candidate and former president Tabare Vazquez is favored to win Uruguay's runoff election Sunday on the back of a strong economy, a result that would help secure the country's pioneering marijuana laws. Five polls show the left-leaning Vazquez, 74, ahead of center-right challenger Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou by a roughly 10 percentage point margin.

http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/8ef15e9ea95a46e5ab672ebb574afeaf/LT--Uruguay-Election

Sanford stops by Summerville for 'Pancakes and Politics'

About a dozen area residents gathered at Alex's Restaurant in Summerville Monday for Congressman Mark Sanford's 'Pancakes and Politics' session. The stop in Summerville was one of several outreach events the First Congressional District representative had scheduled; Sanford periodically goes out into the district to invite constituents to ask questions and discuss issues.

http://www.journalscene.com/article/20141130/SJ01/141139989/1059/

Humanik-Albano

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Humanik of Wilkes-Barre announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of their daughter, Holly A. Humanik, to Joseph F. Albano Jr., son of Sandra and Joseph F. Albano Sr. of Dalton, Mass. The bride-to-be is a 2008 graduate of Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania with a bachelor's degree in business management and a dual minor in international business and Spanish.

http://citizensvoice.com/arts-living/humanik-albano-1.1792720

Quest for the Perfect Cup of Coffee--Finally fulfilled

I admit that I have been partial to Starbucks' Pumpkin Spice Soy Lattes this time of year, but now that Starbucks has teamed up with Monsanto, that latte seems much less appetizing. What's a girl to do? Not that I bought that much Starbucks coffee before, it's pricey.

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Quest-for-the-Perfect-Cup-by-Meryl-Ann-Butler-Breakfast_Coffee_Monsanto_Pumpkin-141129-639.html

Israel's Jewish state bill: assessing the wider impact

NAZARETH, Israel: There could hardly have been a more fitting piece of political theater this week as Palestinian legislators in the Israeli Parliament criticized a controversial new bill defining Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people. The proposed legislation, which was approved by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government on Sunday, is expected to get its first reading in the parliament, or Knesset, next week.

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Israel-s-Jewish-state-bill-by-Jonathan-Cook-Israel_Israel-And-Palestine_Israeli_intransigence_Netanyahu-141129-557.html

Palmetto Politics

U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham first floated the idea that he might run for president in 2016 a month ago, and he recently got encouragement from a likely place: his close friend and political ally Sen. John McCain. "I think he is looking at it, and I am strongly encouraging him to take a look at it," McCain, an Arizona Republican, told ABC News last week.

http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20141130/PC1603/141139990/1177

Justice delayed is public safety denied

Few things enrage people more than a violent crime committed by someone who is out on bail for another crime. But the scenario plays itself out in South Carolina again and again.

http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20141130/PC1002/141139960/1022/justice-delayed-is-public-safety-denied

Ben Carson Presidential Campaign Limps Behind Even Mitt Romney's

It is a time of fear in the face of freedom, a time of an emptying country and swelling cities, a time for the widening of previous roads and the opening of new paths, yet a time when these paths are mined by knowing algorithms of the all-seeing eye. It is the time of the warrior's peace and the miser's charity, when the planting of a seed is an act of conscientious objection.

http://irregulartimes.com/2014/11/30/ben-carson-presidential-campaign-limps-behind-even-mitt-romneys/

Why have we all forgotten to say - thank you'?

Boil away all the romance of the Thanksgiving origin story and what you get is this: a band of religious separatists on the brink of starvation who celebrated their first successful harvest with a feast. A century and a half later, George Washington proclaimed a day of "public thanksgiving" to acknowledge the "Signal Favours of Almighty God," by which he meant not being annihilated by the British.

http://www.bostonglobe.com/magazine/2014/11/30/why-have-all-forgotten-say-thank-you/lm8SiwHcu1cX8T4uaKlflO/story.html

Annual Long Island Toys For Tots Drive

Hundreds of civic, business, community and elected officials gathered in Baldwin at the Coral House to support the annual kick-off of the Long Island Toys for Tots Drive on Monday, Oct. 27. The toy drive is the nation's largest gift program for children during the holidays. Marine Corps Major Chuck Kilbride gave special recognition to the many people who make Toys For Tots possible locally, including U.S. Postal Service workers, marines, legislators, and the police and fire departments, who work tirelessly to collect toys each year.

http://www.antonnews.com/plainviewoldbethpageherald/80-plainviewnews/40634-annual-long-island-toys-for-tots-drive-.html

U.S. Retailers Seek to Sustain Holiday Shopping Momentum

Customers are seen through a glass window waiting in line outside a Macy's Inc. store ahead of Black Friday in New York, U.S., on Thursday, Nov. 27, 2014. Close

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-11-30/u-s-retailers-seek-to-sustain-holiday-shopping-momentum.html

Revamp VA disability benefits

The United States owes an incalculable debt of gratitude to its military veterans.

http://www.loganbanner.com/news/opinion/150664310/Revamp-VA-disability-benefits

New London honors USS Thresher crew at memorial dedication

A New London High School Navy Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps Color Guard posts the colors during the Pledge of Allegiance at the start of the dedication ceremony for etchings by Stoimen Stoilov commemorating the loss of the submarine USS Thresher during the ceremony at the New London Public Library Saturday Nov. 29, 2014. The etchings will be incorporated into a permanent memorial to the Thresher at New London City Hall.

http://www.theday.com/article/20141129/NWS09/141129782/1047

Naval Submarine Base bomb threat appears to be hoax, officials say

Fire apparatus from the Naval Submarine Base Fire Department are seen staging on the lower base during a bomb threat security lockdown at Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton Saturday, Nov. 29, 2014. A Naval Submarine Base official said the bomb threat appeared to be a hoax and that there was no immediate threat to the base.

http://www.theday.com/article/20141129/NWS09/141129784/1047

Is CAIR a Terror Group?

We who follow the Islamist movement fell off our collective chair on Nov. 15 when the news came that the United Arab Emirates' ministerial cabinet had listed the Council on American-Islamic Relations as one of 83 proscribed terrorist organizations, up there with the Taliban, Al-Qaeda, and ISIS. This came as a surprise because the UAE authorities themselves have a record of promoting Islamism; because CAIR has a history of raising funds in the UAE; and because the UAE embassy in Washington had previously praised CAIR.

http://townhall.com/columnists/danielpipes/2014/11/30/is-cair-a-terror-group-n1925010

Savings Blacks from Liberal Leaders

I get why Blacks turned out in force to elect Barack Obama president. He was their guy - the first Black man to have a shot at the position of most powerful person in the world.

http://townhall.com/columnists/brucebialosky/2014/11/30/savings-blacks-from-liberal-leaders-n1924272

Lower Oil Prices Are a Free-Market Victory

Seldom has so much good news been portrayed so negatively. Oil prices continue to fall in the U.S. and around the world, but near everyone in the media is grumpy about it.

http://finance.townhall.com/columnists/larrykudlow/2014/11/30/lower-oil-prices-are-a-freemarket-victory-n1925232

Write your Congressman

In my last letter, I stated that our government operates with four branches of government, not three as commonly believed.

http://www.loganbanner.com/news/letters/150704308/Write-your-Congressman

Obama Buys 17 Titles At Independent Bookstore

President Barack Obama tried to draw attention to independently owned businesses on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, a day that is increasingly being marketed as one for deal-hungry consumers to remember to patronize these mom-and-pop outlets while doing their holiday shopping. He bought bags of books - 17 titles in all - during a stop at Politics and Prose, a popular Washington bookstore now owned by a former Washington Post reporter and his wife, also a former Post reporter who also worked for Hillary Rodham Clinton at the White House and State Department.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/29/obama-bookstore_n_6242454.html

Rep. Fincher's Communications Director Under Fire for Scolding Obama Daughters

A Tennessee congressman's head of communications was under fire Saturday after scolding President Obama's daughters Sasha and Malia on Facebook for how they behaved at the turkey pardonning ceremony. Elizabeth Lauten, spokeswoman for Republican Rep. Stephen Fincher, took to Facebook after screenshots of Sasha and Malia Obama -- who are 13 and 16 years old -- looking bored at Wednesday's turkey pardoning emerged online.

http://www.wtma.com/common/more.php?m=58&ts=1417323902&article=B7BFB99377FC11E4B51EFEFDADE6840A&mode=2

China leader vows to protect territorial interests

Chinese President Xi Jinping said in a key foreign policy speech that the rising Asian nation would protect its sovereign territory, the Xinhua news agency reported, as it faces maritime disputes with several neighbours. "We should firmly uphold China's territorial sovereignty, maritime rights and interests and national unity," Xi told a Communist Party meeting on foreign affairs held on Friday and Saturday, according to excerpts of his speech released by Xinhua on Sunday.

https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/world/a/25648706/china-leader-vows-to-protect-territorial-interests/

For Obama and the Pentagon, an uneasy relationship

On a trip to Afghanistan during President Barack Obama's first term, Defense Secretary Robert Gates was stunned to find a telephone line at the military's special operations headquarters that linked directly back to a top White House national security official. "I had them tear it out while I was standing there," Gates said earlier this month as he recounted his discovery.

http://www.goerie.com/for-obama-and-the-pentagon-an-uneasy-relationship

Immigrants' chances tied to their state's policies

If Christian Avila lived a few hundred miles to the west, he would have a driver's license and qualify for in-state college tuition and a host of other opportunities available to young people granted legal status by President Barack Obama two years ago. But Avila lives in Phoenix, and the 24-year-old immigrant who was brought here from Mexico by his parents at age 9 still has to navigate the sprawling city in fear as he drives to school or work.

http://www.goerie.com/immigrants-chances-tied-to-their-states-policies

US top court debates if onlinedeath threats are free speech

The US Supreme Court will consider a groundbreaking case Monday about whether death threats posted on Facebook are liable to prosecution or whether threatening comments are protected by constitutional rights to free speech. It will be the first time the top courtA s nine justice -- who are not known to have Facebook accounts of their own -- will consider the limits of First Amendment protections on free speech on social media.

http://lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=811403

US lawmaker s aide drawsire over first daughter scolding

Washington - A US lawmakerA s communications director was facing social media calls she be sacked after her Facebook rant about President Barack ObamaA s daughters prompted widespread anger. Elizabeth Lauten, spokeswoman for Republican Congressman Stephen Fincher of Tennessee, wrote a scathing post to her Facebook account scolding Malia and Sasha Obama, 16 and 13, for looking bored while attending a public event with their father on Wednesday.

http://lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=811402

US lawmaker's aide draws ire over first...

A US lawmaker's communications director was facing social media calls she be sacked after her Facebook rant about President Barack Obama's daughters prompted widespread anger. US President Barack Obama pardons the National Thanksgiving Turkey "Cheese" during the annual ceremony in the Grand Foyer of the White House on November 26, 2014 in Washington, DC Elizabeth Lauten, spokeswoman for Republican Congressman Stephen Fincher of Tennessee, wrote a scathing post to her Facebook account scolding Malia and Sasha Obama, 16 and 13, for looking bored while attending a public event with their father on Wednesday.

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/world/446240/us-lawmaker-aide-draws-ire-over-first-daughter-scolding

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During this normally happy holiday period I've been watching some seriously disappointing events unfold around the country. They have to do with the quickly evolving and mind bogglingly incomprehensible protests breaking out across the nation in support of the activists in Ferguson.

http://lucianne.com/main2/?fcnt=811354

US top court debates if online death...

The US Supreme Court will consider a groundbreaking case Monday about whether death threats posted on Facebook are liable to prosecution or whether threatening comments are protected by constitutional rights to free speech. The US Supreme Court will consider a groundbreaking case Monday about whether death threats posted on Facebook are liable to prosecution or whether threatening comments are protected by constitutional rights to free speech It will be the first time the top court's nine justice -- who are not known to have Facebook accounts of their own -- will consider the limits of First Amendment protections on free speech on social media.

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/world/446239/us-top-court-debates-if-online-death-threats-are-free-speech

Former Gov. Mario Cuomo spends Thanksgiving in hospital

Former Gov. Mario Cuomo spends Thanksgiving in hospital - The former governor spent the Thanksgiving holiday in the hospital with a heart condition. Son Andrew and wife Matilda were at his side.

http://www.memeorandum.com/141129/p22#a141129p22

visit|article-5925250|interleaved-5924842-tab4|1Feds look at expansion to rail routes

In 25 years, a commuter living in Fairfield County might be able to get on a train in Greenwich and go to Long Island, through a tunnel under Long Island Sound. Or ride to Bradley Airport.

http://m.ctpost.com/local/article/Feds-look-at-big-expansion-to-Connecticut-rail-5925250.php

Ann McFeatters: Perks of the presidency

With President Barack Obama giddily professing his love for Meryl Streep as he fastened the Medal of Freedom around the famous actress's neck, we wondered what other perks of office this president enjoys. The news has been so wretched lately and his hair so much grayer, it's hard not to wonder how anybody could enjoy the high-pressure White House fishbowl existence for a day, let alone eight years.

http://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/Op-Ed/2014/11/30/Ann-McFeatters-Perks-of-the-presidency/stories/201411300099

Made, and bought, in Pittsburgh

If you're in need of an antidote to big box stores and mass-produced gifts, Pittsburgh has the remedy. The nomadic I Made It Market is an indie event for artists and small business owners to bring out their handmade wares.

http://www.post-gazette.com/local/city/2014/11/30/Made-and-bought-in-Pittsburgh-The-I-Made-It-Market-shows-up-Downtown/stories/201411300106

Asides: Salvation Army kettles, Goodfellows toys, food bank incentives

GENEROSITY IS characteristic of this season of gift giving, and charitable organizations depend on contributions they receive in the key weeks between Thanksgiving and Jan. 1 to sustain them all year. The most visible representation is the Salvation Army's Red Kettle campaign, with bell ringers in abundance just as holiday shopping gets into high gear.

http://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2014/11/30/Asides-Salvation-Army-kettles-Goodfellows-toys-food-bank-incentives/stories/201411300100

Fossil-fueled Republicanism: The GOP agenda will be great for Big Energy, terrible for everybody else

Pop the champagne corks in Washington! It's party time for Big Energy. In the wake of the midterm elections, Republican energy hawks are ascendant.

http://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/2014/11/30/Fossil-fueled-Republicanism-The-GOP-agenda-will-be-great-for-Big-Energy-terrible-for-everybody-else/stories/201411250052

Lovett's fall mirrors department ills

W hen retired Savannah-Chatham police chief Willie Lovett walked out of the federal courthouse on Nov. 21 as a convicted felon, it was only the latest in a series of courtroom and/or administrative defeats for veteran officers linked to Lovett's inner circle. Twelve jurors in U.S. District Court determined that Lovett, first as a police major and later as chief, spent 10 years running interference from law enforcement for a traveling gambling operation headed by Randall Wayne "Red" Roach and extorted payoffs from Roach to make it happen.

http://savannahnow.com/news/2014-11-29/lovetts-fall-mirrors-department-ills-shame

George Will: We don't need a Caesar as president

America's Newtonian Constitution might again function according to Madisonian expectations if a provoked Congress regains its spine and self-respect, thereby returning our constitutional architecture to equipoise. But this is more to be hoped for than expected.

http://savannahnow.com/column/2014-11-29/george-will-we-dont-need-caesar-president

David M. Shribman: The colors of politics

In autumn, the faraway hills here are so ablaze with color - shimmering reds, deep oranges - that no single hue or tint stands out. But in winter, the North Country becomes a portrait in black and white, and this November, the contrasts already seem to have sharpened.

http://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/david-shribman/2014/11/30/David-M-Shribman-The-colors-of-politics/stories/201411300061

For Obama and the Pentagon, relations are uneasy

On a trip to Afghanistan during President Barack Obama's first term, Defense Secretary Robert Gates was stunned to find a telephone line at the military's special operations headquarters that linked directly back to a top White House national security official. "I had them tear it out while I was standing there," Gates said this month as he recounted his discovery.

http://www.columbian.com/news/2014/nov/29/for-obama-and-the-pentagon-relations-are-uneasy/

Mona Charen: Obama Regulations Jamming Sticks Into Spokes of U.S. Economy

During the 2012 campaign, President Barack Obama often resorted to his favorite substitute for thinking: ridicule. Before enthusiastic audiences , Obama would mock Republicans by suggesting that "they have the same prescription they've had for the past 30 years.

http://www.noozhawk.com/article/mona_charen_obama_regulations_20141129

Op-ed: Internet sales tax would hurt many small businesses in Utah

In 2008, I started Jester's Jerseys, a small online retailer of jerseys and other athletic apparel. At the time, I was just looking for a way to earn some extra cash to supplement my income as a call center manager.

http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/1873367-155/op-ed-internet-sales-tax-would-hurt

GPS Source, Inc.: Aerospace and Defense - Company Profile and SWOT...

The profile contains a company overview, key facts, major products and services, SWOT analysis, business description, company history, key employees as well as company locations and subsidiaries. Summary This report is a crucial resource for industry executives and anyone looking to access key information about "GPS Source, Inc. The report utilizes a wide range of primary and secondary sources, which are analyzed and presented in a consistent and easily accessible format.

http://reports.pr-inside.com/gps-source-inc-aerospace-and-defense-r4160283.htm

Flying car nears mass production liftoff

The Terrafugia Transition emerges from a garage. More than a hundred people have paid deposits for the Transition, which will be capable of 70 mph on the road and 100 mph in the sky when it finally comes to market sometime within the next three years.

http://www.sunjournal.com/news/0001/11/30/wirflyingcars113014/1624812?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sunjournaltopheadlines+%28Latest+news%29

Longest-serving Maine lawmaker back for 24th term

John Martin, who once ruled the Statehouse with an iron fist, will be sworn in alongside 150 other newly elected House members next week. The Democrat was sidelined for the last two years after losing to a political newcomer in 2012.

http://www.sunjournal.com/news/0001/11/30/wir24thterm113014/1624780?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sunjournaltopheadlines+%28Latest+news%29

GOP aide's dig at Obama daughters sparks backlash

The communications director for a Republican member of Congress ignited a firestorm this weekend when she criticized President Barack Obama's teenage daughters in a Facebook post that touched a nerve even for Americans accustomed to political mudslinging. "Try showing a little class," Elizabeth Lauten, communications director for Rep. Stephen Lee Fincher, R-Tenn., wrote Friday in a Facebook posting addressed to Sasha and Malia Obama, both teenagers, chastising them for their comportment during last week's annual turkey pardoning event at the White House.

http://www.sunjournal.com/news/0001/11/30/wirobamadaughters113014/1624815?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sunjournaltopheadlines+%28Latest+news%29

Republican Lawmaker's Aide Draws Ire for Scolding Obama's Daughters

A US lawmaker's communications director was facing social media calls she be sacked after her Facebook rant about President Barack Obama's daughters prompted widespread anger. Elizabeth Lauten, spokeswoman for Republican Congressman Stephen Fincher of Tennessee, wrote a scathing post to her Facebook account scolding Malia and Sasha Obama, 16 and 13, for looking bored while attending a public event with their father on Wednesday.

http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/republican-aide-scolds-obama/2014/11/29/id/610103/

From the wishful thinking department: images and products for Holiday cheer

Worser and worser -- as Jed Clampett might say -- following the news from the island prison can leave anyone but a Stalinist or a psychopath immensely depressed. So, if the present is bad and the future is bleak, maybe some lightness can be found in the past? I remember staring at this image below for hours on end back in November 1963 and all through the so-called Holiday Season, as I pondered the meaining of Fa la la la la, la la la la.

http://babalublog.com/2014/11/29/from-the-wishful-thinking-department-images-for-holiday-cheer/

'PNoy not downplaying ISIS threat'

President Aquino is not downplaying the threats posed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria , Malacaang said yesterday as it defended the government's anti-terrorism efforts. "I think anyone who would go back and review the pronouncements of the President on ISIS would not come to the conclusion that the President is downplaying the situation.we know that it's a serious concern and we continue to act," deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte said over radio dzRB.

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/11/30/14/pnoy-not-downplaying-isis-threat

Shoppers find plenty of holiday bargains

To business owners, Black Friday is one of the biggest and best days of the year. To shoppers, it is one of the best for deals.

http://columbiadailyherald.com/news/local-news/shoppers-find-plenty-holiday-bargains

Keeping Credit Card Information Safe During Cyber Monday

It's the most wonderful time of the year... until your credit card information is compromised. An estimated 140 million American shoppers are expected to start their holiday shopping in stores and online over Thanksgiving weekend, according to the National Retail Federation.

http://www.newschannel9.com/news/top-stories/stories/keeping-credit-card-information-safe-during-cyber-monday-14002.shtml

Xi Jinping says China will protect its 'sovereign territory', amid disputes with neighbours

Chinese President Xi Jinping said in a key foreign policy speech that the rising Asian nation would protect its sovereign territory, the Xinhua news agency reported, as it faces maritime disputes with several neighbours. "We should firmly uphold China's territorial sovereignty, maritime rights and interests and national unity," Xi told a Communist Party meeting on foreign affairs held on Friday and Saturday, according to excerpts of his speech released by Xinhua on Sunday.

http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1652296/xi-jinping-says-china-will-protect-its-sovereign-territory-amid-disputes

Unions Hold Black Friday Protests

"Tens of thousands of Americans are protesting at 1,600 Walmart stores across the country today, calling on the company to pay associates a minimum of $15 an hour and provide full-time work," a press release from the United Food and Commercial Workers Union declared. The press release went on to say, "The broad group says the country's largest employer and the Waltons-Walmart's majority owners-are abusing their power and hurting American families by allowing Walmart to violate workers' rights."

http://ift.tt/1ynsap9

visit|article-5923507|interleaved-5923137-tab2|1Despite gains, gender gap remains

In Connecticut's richest towns, women who work full time make half as much as men. Statewide, women who work as physicians earn 56 percent as much as a man in the same job.

http://ift.tt/1w31vzv

Obama's immigration goal: enrage Republicans

For those who don't know, in Internet parlance, trolling is an effort to elicit outrage from a specific group or the public generally. As the always useful - but not always G-rated, or spell-checked - Urban Dictionary explains, "Trolling requires deceiving [sic]; any trolling that doesn't involve decieving [sic] someone isn't trolling at all; it's just stupid."

http://ift.tt/1rG10oC

Have an attitude of gratitude

If Thomas Jefferson could be faulted for one thing in composing the Declaration of Independence, it might be his inclusion of the words "the pursuit of happiness" in the text. Happiness is a vapor that cannot be grasped; a temporary feeling based on transitory circumstances akin to the euphoria of a full-on sugar rush.

http://ift.tt/1rG0XJk

Hagel's departure bad news

President Barack Obama does not seem to have very good luck in keeping secretaries of defense. The third one of his administration, Chuck Hagel, is resigning.

http://ift.tt/1w31vj7

Find out why the Ferguson Missouri Grand Jury decision was hopelessly corrupted

Across the nation, people waited until 9 p.m. EST on Monday night, November 24th, 2014 for the Ferguson grand jury announcement. Did the Ferguson Missouri grand jury indict police officer Darren Wilson for the killing of unarmed Michael Brown? Or would he escape a trial for the killing? Well, we now know that he escaped.

http://ift.tt/1rG108d

Colton welcomes home servicemen brothers Saturday

The Colton community will be out in full force Saturday to welcome back two brothers returning home from military service. Corporal Nicholas Monast, a 2010 graduate of Potsdam Central School, and Specialist Jason Monast, class of 2012, have recently returned to the north country, after serving in Afghanistan, Japan and South Korea, among other locations.

http://ift.tt/125H6NV

David Allen

He was born September 9, 1949, in New Lexington, OH, a son of Alberta McGhee Allen and the late Floyd Allen.

http://ift.tt/1y2lNsA

Rare Optimism Ahead of Climate Talks in Lima

In this Nov. 14, 2007 file photo, the 6,010-meter Huayna Potosi is seen above La Paz. El Alto and its sister city of La Paz, the world's highest capital, depend on glaciers for at least a third of their water, more than any other urban sprawl.

http://ift.tt/1B1co6U

Mia Love's Immigrant Rhetoric

Mia Love's first race was close. Two years ago, Love, a Haitian-American who was then thirty-six years old and a Republican rising star, finished seven hundred and sixty-eight votes behind her opponent, Jim Matheson, a six-term Democratic incumbent, in a hard-fought battle for Utah's newly minted Fourth Congressional District, which was created after redistricting in 2011.

http://ift.tt/1rEmFTU

Opinion: Obama's - Horrible Bosses 3' Audition

Vice President Joe Biden lamented earlier this year that there were too many Americans stuck in a "dead-end job." If only he had noted how many work near his office.

http://ift.tt/1xUUi0d

Mona Charen: Sticks in spokes of economic wheel

During the 2012 campaign, President Obama often resorted to his favorite substitute for thinking: ridicule. Before enthusiastic audiences , the president would mock Republicans by suggesting that "they have the same prescription they've had for the past 30 years.

http://ift.tt/1rEqxEm

Prospect of Real Immigration Solution Dimmed By President's Unilateral Action

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Fast-Food Workers Fighting for Higher Wages Plan Strike

Fast-food workers in dozens of U.S. cities are planning to walk off the job next week as they continue pushing for higher wages and union rights. Workers at fast-food restaurants in 160 cities will strike Dec. 4 in their latest attempt to pressure companies including McDonald's Corp. , Burger King Worldwide Inc. and Wendy's Co.

http://ift.tt/1ytJ8Dl

Homeless woman's stun gun spurs 2nd Amendment case

Jaime Caetano was beaten so badly by her ex-boyfriend that she ended up in the hospital. So when a friend offered her a stun gun to protect herself, she took it.

http://ift.tt/1xUUht8

Insomniacs' Vent Hole with Craig Ferguson

SPOILER WARNING: A latenight gathering for non-serious palaver that does not speak of that night's show. Posting a spoiler will get you brollywhacked.

http://ift.tt/1ytJiL2

Reopened thread on municipal pensions

Hello! I started a thread on municipal pensions and cities a while back when I wasn't able to respond to comments ... wanted to repost with some additional questions because the comments were so good... more feedback welcome! On Election Day, while canvassing, it happened again - good solid liberal Democrat. He comes to the door, and we start talking about things to work on.

http://ift.tt/1ytJhXu

Rare optimism ahead of climate talks in Lima

Energized by new targets set by China and the United States, the world's top climate polluters, U.N. global warming talks resume Monday with unusual optimism despite evidence that human-generated climate change is already happening and bound to get worse. Negotiators from more than 190 countries will meet in the Peruvian capital for two weeks to work on drafts for a global climate deal that is supposed to be adopted next year in Paris.

http://ift.tt/12evuY1

GOP to Review Immigration Bill

Republican leaders may respond to President Obama's executive order next week, which could curb deportations for millions of immigrants living in this country illegally. Leaders have encouraged house Speaker John Boehner to bar the Obama administration from carrying out the immigration bill.

http://ift.tt/12evuXS

Mitt Romney is out front, but says he's not running again

There's no clear Republican presidential front-runner for 2016 - except, maybe, Romney.

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Conrad Black settles lawsuits involving Hollinger

The unravelling of Conrad Black's onetime media empire led to hundreds of millions of dollars in lawsuits, as well as prison time in the U.S. for Black. Inc. says it has entered into court approved settlement agreements with Conrad Black and his wife, as well as with Black's onetime business partner David The announcement issued Friday by the litigation trustee for Hollinger, which was created by Black as a holding company for his media interests, said the settlement agreements were approved "in their entirety" on Nov. 13 by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice.

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Energized by new targets set by China and the United States, the world's top climate polluters, U.N. global warming talks resume Monday with unusual optimism despite evidence that human-generated climate change is already happening and bound to get worse. Negotiators from more than 190 countries will meet in the Peruvian capital for two weeks to work on drafts for a global climate deal that is supposed to be adopted next year in Paris.

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Annoyed Neighbor Gets the Short End of the Stick After His Attempt at ...

A man who broke into his neighbor's apartment to silence a barking dog ended up getting bitten and arrested, New Hampshire police said. They said a brawl erupted Friday morning when Roger Pelletier forced his way into the Portsmouth apartment because he was frustrated by the constant barking of his neighbor's Shih Tzu, Oreo.

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Is Rick Perry Readying a 2016 Run?

Texas Gov. Rick Perry is inviting hundreds of well-known Republican donors and policy experts to meetings next month for the purpose of sprucing up his image and setting up a possible 2016 presidential campaign, Politico reported , citing fundraisers and organizers. This Nov. 19, 2014, file photo shows Texas Gov. Rick Perry at the Republican Governors Association annual conference.

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Dominic J. "Fat" Spitale

Dominic J. "Fat" Spitale, 92, formerly of Falconer, passed away Thursday , in Heritage Park Rehab and Skilled Nursing.

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Demonstrators Deploy Mass 'Die In' Tactics at Major U.S. Malls

Several stores lowered their security doors or locked entrances as at least 200 protesters sprawled onto the floor while chanting, "Stop shopping and join the movement" at the Galleria mall in Richmond Heights a few miles south of Ferguson, where officer Darren Wilson fatally shot Brown, who was unarmed, in August. Protesters lie on the floor at the St. Louis Galleria, Friday, Nov. 28, 2014, in St. Louis.

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Kid Holding 'Free Hugs' Sign at Protest Attracts...

Kid Holding 'Free Hugs' Sign at Protest Attracts Cop's Attention. What Happens at the End of Their Encounter Goes Viral.

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Anti-American: Barack Obama says only Native Americans can decide U.S. immigration policy

Speaking in Chicago yesterday, Barack Obama said that U.S. citizens have no right to control who comes into the U.S. and that the only people who can rightfully control that are Native Americans. In so doing, Obama denied the sovereignty of the United States and denied the very laws and structures that made him president in the first place.

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Government Studies Sexual Habits Of Obese Girls

While most Americans put on a few pounds for Thanksgiving, the federal government has been spending hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars researching why obese girls don't have sex. The National Institute for Health grant allocated $466,642 to the Magee-Women's Research Institute to study the sexual habits of obese girls, including how often they have sex and why they are less likely to use protection when they do.

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Corps puts sediment to use

The sediment that builds up in the bed of the Mississippi River has long been a challenge, requiring constant dredging by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to keep the channels clear for maritime traffic. But that sediment also has been an underutilized resource, the very material that should be building and sustaining the wetlands and coastline in southeast Louisiana.

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Rabbi's 'savages' blog post draws ire

Several major U.S. Orthodox Jewish figures this week slammed a leading Orthodox rabbi who called Israeli Arabs "enemies," said stone-throwing Palestinians should be shot and proposed that a contested Muslim holy place in Jerusalem should be moved. Rabbi Steven Pruzansky, leader of an 800-member modern Orthodox synagogue in Teaneck, N.J., published last week on his blog a post, "Dealing With Savages," that focused on the recent murders at a Jerusalem synagogue.

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USDA opens 9,600 more acres in Indiana for program

A federal program that rewards farmers for turning some of their land into wildlife habitat has opened up another 9,600 acres of Indiana farmland.

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Obama doesn't deserve my respect

Why shouldn't I disrespect Barack Obama? The man took an oath to honor the most ingenious governing document ever devised by inherently flawed humans, then spent six years spitting on it. Obam-nesty is just his latest slap in our collective face.

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Paul Krugman: Pollution and politics

Earlier this week, the Environmental Protection Agency announced proposed regulations to curb emissions of ozone, which causes smog, not to mention asthma, heart disease and premature death. You know what happened: Republicans went on the attack, claiming that the new rules would impose enormous costs.

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Immigrants' chances tied to their state's policies

If Christian Avila lived a few hundred miles to the west, he would have a driver's license and qualify for in-state college tuition and a host of other opportunities available to young people granted legal status by President Obama two years ago. Immigrants' chances tied to their state's policies If Christian Avila lived a few hundred miles to the west, he would have a driver's license and qualify for in-state college tuition and a host of other opportunities available to young people granted legal status by President Obama two years ago.

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NY dinner puts wealthy and homeless at same tables

In this photo provided by Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness, some of New York City's wealthier residents sit down to a holiday dinner with some of the city's homeless at St. Bartholomew's Church in New York, Friday, Nov. 28, 2014. Wealthier New Yorkers paid $100 a plate to sit with some of their less fortunate neighbors to a dinner, which included roasted turkey, buttered mashed potatoes, red velvet cake and pumpkin cheesecake.

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Russia: Navy Tests a NewIntercontinental Missile, Officials Say

The Russian Navy has successfully test-fired a new intercontinental ballistic missile for a second time in recent months, proving its reliability after decades of failures, the Defense Ministry said Friday. The nuclear submarine Aleksandr Nevsky test-fired a Bulava missile from an underwater position in the Barents Sea, the ministry said.

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IRS accused of sharing 2,500private taxpayer documentswith White House

The Internal Revenue Service may have given thousands of confidential filings from private taxpayers to the White House to review, a lawsuit against the Treasury Department just revealed. The suit, filed against Treasury's inspector general by Cause of Action, a legal advocacy outfit, reveals a steady stream of communication went on between the White House and the IRS - a potentially "improper" stream, the group alleged, The Daily Caller reported.

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Republicans closing in on ninthSenate pickup in Louisiana

The Republican Party stands on the brink of putting an exclamation point on its hugely successful midterm election with the GOP challenger for U.S. Senate in Louisiana well-positioned to dislodge the Democratic incumbent in a runoff election early next month. A Dec. 6 win by front-running Rep. Bill Cassidy over Sen. Mary Landrieu would give Senate Republicans their ninth pickup and stretch their advantage in the chamber to 54-46 over Democrats when the new Congress is sworn in next year.

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Exactly 18 percent of all pregnancies ended in abortion, for a total of 730,322, with most to unmarried women, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But that is good news, the agency added, because it was an "historic low."

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GOP Govs Starting To Strut Their Stuff For 2016

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GOP May Increase Government Surveillance in Lame Duck

A lame duck Congress is always fraught with danger for those who want to restrain government. Inevitably there will be one or two pieces of legislation that "must pass" before the end of the year.

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2016: Mag Issues Casting Call for Hillary Alternative

One of the top progressive magazines has put out an open casting call for a left-wing primary challenger to Hillary Clinton in 2016. even the most ardent Hillary supporters should acknowledge that the Democratic Party, and the country, will be better served if she has real competition in the primaries."

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Deal with Iran would adorn Obama's legacy as a Nixon-to-China moment: FT

In an article published on the Financial Times website on November 27, the writer David Gardner said a comprehensive nuclear deal with Iran would "adorn" President Barack Obama's "legacy as a Nixon-to-China moment". Following is an excerpt of the article entitled End to Middle East turmoil depends on bringing Iran in from the cold: The failure to meet this week's deadline for a definitive nuclear deal between Iran and the so-called P5+1 is ominous.

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Immigrants' opportunities depend on states' policiesvisit|article-5923645|river-40364-1col-hp-12|1

If Christian Avila lived a few hundred miles to the west, he would have a driver's license and qualify for in-state college tuition and a host of other opportunities available to young people granted legal status by President Obama two years ago. But Avila lives in Phoenix, and the 24-year-old immigrant who was brought here from Mexico by his parents at age 9 still has to navigate the sprawling city in fear as he drives to school or work.

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Controversial Tweet

VIDEO: A number of local groups are calling out the Republican Party of Duval County to take action against a volunteer who posted a controversial tweet about protesters in Ferguson, Missouri. THE ACCIDENT.

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Criminals find ways to get personal info

Credit cards got a big workout on Black Friday. Just because that plastic is in your wallet doesn't mean you're safe from identity thieves.

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#Ferguson Mob Targets St. Louis Blues Game - Scottrade Center on Lockdown

Earlier today Ferguson protesters and communist sympathizers shut down the St. Louis Galleria , the West County Mall, and Chesterfield Mall . Tonight the protesters targeted the St. Louis Blues hockey game.

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Pentagon imposes standards on security firms

The Pentagon is for the first time requiring private security contractors to meet a series of certifiable standards that govern how their businesses are run and how they operate overseas, a move that some say is long overdue. Sparked in part by the fatal shooting of 14 unarmed Iraqis in 2007 by Blackwater Worldwide guards, the effort gives the Pentagon the ability to more easily hold accountable companies that go rogue and is designed to improve the performance and image of an industry often seen as run by mercenaries.

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One dead, another critical after shooting in Chicago Nordstrom

An investigator enters the Michigan Avenue Nordstrom store as Chicago police guard the entrance at Grand and Wabash avenues in downtown Chicago. Two people were shot, one fatally, in the store.

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India's Defence PSUs: Political interference and 'Chalta Hai'...

Recently answering a question in the Parliament, defence minister Manohar Parrikar disclosed that in the last three years the Indian Air Force has witnessed 30 accidents involving jet fighters and helicopters. Apart from the loss of human lives, which stands paramount, it is also the monetary loss worth around Rs.

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No Decision Yet in Arizona Lawsuit Over Vote Tally in Very Close U.S. House Race

This article describes the arguments on both sides in federal court on Wednesday, November 26, in Congressman Ron Barber's lawsuit over whether certain voters unlawfully had their ballots rejected. A decision might come on Friday, November 28.

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Southern Democrats trying to recover lost ground

In this Nov. 4, 2014 file photo, Democratic Georgia U.S. Senatorial candidate Michelle Nunn concedes the election to Republican David Perdue during her election night in Atlanta. Many Democrats say the way to recover lost ground in the conservative South is to reclaim the partyis lost identity as a champion of the middle class.

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Obamaa s immigration action fuels worrying

SAN DIEGO – Advocacy groups barely waited for President Barack Obama to finish speaking about sweeping changes to the U.S. immigration system to start warning about scams. “We hear horror stories about people getting taken advantage of horribly,” attorney Ginger Jacobs told several dozen people who watched the president's speech at Alliance San Diego offices.

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Burma Constitution Summit - Impractical': Presidential Spokesman

A summit of political leaders proposed by Burma's parliament to debate constitutional change is "impractical" and unlikely to happen, the president's spokesman said in a further setback to hopes for full democracy after 49 years of military rule. A semi-civilian government took office in 2011 and undertook a rapid series of reforms but the pace of change has slowed, raising international concern that the military is not yet ready to submit to the authority of a parliamentary democracy.

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President Obama pardons Ohio turkeys Mac and Cheese

Two Ohio turkeys lived it up in Washington this week before finding out which one would receive a presidential pardon. Cooper Farms in Mercer County provided the turkeys to the White House this year because owner Gary Cooper is chairman of the National Turkey Federation.

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Ohio lawmakers work toward map-making compromise

Republicans and Democrats in the Ohio Legislature are working to coalesce around a new redistricting system before year's end. The state alters legislative and U.S. House district boundaries every 10 years to reflect population shifts identified by the U.S. Census.

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg Released from Hospital After Heart Procedure

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was released from a Washington, D.C. hospital on Thursday. Ginsburg was admitted at MedStar Washington Hospital Center on Wednesday after experiencing discomfort.

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Enviro Meltdown Over "Unpatriotic" and "Irrational" Republicans

Uh oh The evil, hate filled, GOP now has control of the US Senate. Clearly the world will soon end.

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The Blackest of Fridays Planned by Fidel Castro and Che Guevara

"We must keep our hatred alive and fan it to paroxysm!" raved Che Guevara in his Message to the Tri-Continental Conference in 1966. "The imperialist enemy must feel like a hunted animal wherever he moves.

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Get Ready for a Two-Year Brawl Between GOP Congress, Obama, and the Last of the Left

If you thought the bare knuckled, no-holds-barred, midterm elections were rough, the last two years of Barack Obama's presidency will make that look like a Frustrated by the slow, plodding pace of democracy, the Constitution's checks and balances, and the pertinence of Republicans to want a say in their government, Obama's preparing for all out war in next year's GOP Congress. He has taken to writing his own immigration laws, and by implication, erased Article I, Section 1 of our governing document that says "All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States" And he has been sharpening his veto pen, vowing that the job-creating Keystone XL pipeline won't be completed as long as he is president.

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Somebody's tracking you

GPS devices in motor vehicles tell you where to turn to reach your desired destinations. But those new-fangled gadgets can also tell strangers where you're going - and where you've been.

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Obama gets the bill for White House Thanksgiving

There's no free lunch - or breakfast or dinner - for President Barack Obama on Thanksgiving Day. Or any other day for that matter.

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Immigrants Social Security eligible in Obama plan

Many immigrants in the United States illegally who apply for work permits under President Barack Obama's new executive actions would be eligible for Social Security and Medicare benefits upon reaching retirement age, according to the White House. Under Obama's actions, immigrants who are spared deportation could obtain work permits and a Social Security number.

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Race for Democratic chairman intensifies

A former Toledo and Perrysburg resident has entered the contest for Ohio Democratic Party chairman, claiming a successful record of getting Democrats elected. Antoinette Wilson, a Columbus political consultant and former Ohio assistant secretary of state who got her start working on the 1988 campaign of Ohio Supreme Court Justice Alice Robie Resnick, joins an already crowded field.

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Hagel goes, dysfunction stays

Barack Obama's decision to replace Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel raises once again a question about this president's continuously strained relationship with the Department of Defense and the U.S. military establishment. That relationship, now testified to by Mr. Obama's three previous choices to head the Pentagon, will make the choice, and the role, of a new defense secretary particularly difficult.

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Runway close calls on decline locally

Runway close calls on decline locally The number of close calls on area runways is on decline compared with national rates Check out this story on cincinnati.com: http://cin.ci/1rsKWvX Incursions, or close calls on airport runways, are down locally at both CVG and Lunken airports. That's in stark contrast to national numbers, where such incidents are rising.

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'Special' waste raises stink near Boone County landfill

'Special' waste raises stink near Boone County landfill Odor complaints at landfill skyrocket, state authorities step in Check out this story on cincinnati.com: http://cin.ci/1xNXaMe A truck arrives at Bavarian Waste landfill. Odor complaints about the facility have increased dramatically the past few years after Bavarian began accepting greater quantities of what is called "special" waste, including sewage sludge and oil drilling mud.

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Executive orders a courageous way to protect people's rights

Presidential executive orders are hardly the way to change laws and build consensus, or goodwill, with the legislative branch or allow states a say in policy through their elected leaders. They're unilateral directives to federal agencies to enforce measures never voted into law.

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Black Friday, Black Ice - Extended Pacific Thaw Second Week of December?

Paul Douglas is a nationally respected meteorologist with 33 years of television and radio experience. A serial entrepreneur, Douglas is Senior Meteorologist for WeatherNation TV , a new, national 24/7 weather channel with studios in Denver and Minneapolis.

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Ayotte, Shaheen, join conservation fund effort

A group of U.S. Senate members, including New Hampshire's Kelly Ayotte and Jeanne Shaheen, is seeking a way to find a permanent funding solution for the Land and Water Conservation Fund before the end of the year. The fund, which has helped preserve thousands of acres of land in New Hampshire and across the country for 50 years without using taxpayer dollars, is scheduled to expire in 2015.

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Cornel West: The Age of Obama Is Over

On CNN Wednesday, leftist Professor Cornel West, given the chance to bloviate about the non-indictment of Officer Darren Wilson in the shooting of Michael Brown, decided to impart his perspective with a vengeance, even targeting President Barack Obama and blurting that the Ferguson affair signaled the "end of the age of Obama." West began, "Ferguson signifies the end of the age of Obama.

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Hendra Putra said a final prayer at a Christmas vigil Mass on Sunday evening and offered a friend a ride home. Talking quietly, the two men headed to Putra's small Honda motorbike in a little parking area fenced with chicken wire, part of a Catholic school compound next to Jakarta's Church of St. Joseph.

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National briefs: U.S. marks the holiday amid woes

Millions of Americans across the country Thursday marked the Thanksgiving holiday with lots of turkey, football and parades, while many were overcoming some nasty weather and power outages. Power outages from a major Northeast snowstorm were particularly bad in northern New England, where about 200,000 customers remained without power in New Hampshire on Thursday afternoon and about 80,000 were without electricity in Maine.

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Calm comes to troubled Ferguson

Tensions eased in the St Louis suburb of Ferguson on Thursday after two nights of violence and looting sparked by racially charged anger over a grand jury's decision not to charge a white police officer for fatally shooting an unarmed black teenager. In New York, where protesters had vowed on social media to disrupt the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade through Manhattan, at least seven people were arrested during the event, police said.

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Filipino Politician's Graft Probe Draws...

A high-profile corruption investigation has put a national spotlight on the Philippines' vice president, but it has done little so far to dampen his political prospects. A Senate committee, the Department of Justice and the national Ombudsman are investigating allegations that Vice President Jejomar Binay misused his power as mayor of Manila's main business district to enrich himself.

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Democratic Rifts Surface in Wake of Midterm Election Defeat

Long-muted tensions within the Democratic Party over policy and strategy are beginning to surface publicly, a sign of leaders looking beyond President Barack Obama's tenure in the aftermath of the party's midterm election defeat. A prominent example came this week, when Sen. Chuck Schumer , a member of the Senate leadership, gave a rare public rebuke to Mr. Obama over the centerpiece of his presidency: the health-care overhaul of 2010.

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Calm comes to troubled Ferguson; protests dwindle in other US cities

Tensions eased in the St Louis suburb of Ferguson on Thursday after two nights of violence and looting sparked by racially charged anger over a grand jury's decision not to charge a white police officer for fatally shooting an unarmed black teenager. Protests also dwindled elsewhere in the United States as the Thanksgiving Day holiday and wintry weather kept many indoors.

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SD producers: Keystone XL pipeline not a cure-all for rail delays that have plagued farmers

South Dakota farmers are nearing the end of a record corn harvest this week, but they have serious concerns about grain prices, storage options and rail congestion heading into spring. And they're looking for more options than the Keystone XL pipeline to help.

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Along the border, fear and hope run high

For others, nothing will be any different - except perhaps a renewed sense of being left out or left behind. President Obama's decision to lift the threat of deportation from nearly 4 million illegal immigrants, arguably his most aggressive use of executive power, has deeply divided the nation.

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Make My DayKARL the Curmudgeon Journals his Feelings

ATLANTA, Ga., Ga., Nov. 7, 2011 -- I am a serious person, seeking the opportunity to do a serious and very important job. Our nation has very serious problems, particularly of an economic nature, and Barack Obama does not have the skill, knowledge or will to solve them.

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Thanksgiving volunteers come through in Paterson, Englewood

The mood was festive Thursday as local and federal lawmakers carted plates crammed with traditional Thanksgiving fixings to rows of talkative diners at Eva's Village, an anti-poverty non-profit in Paterson with a full-time staff of 90 people and a budget of $10 million. But meanwhile at a senior citizen low-rise 15 miles east in Englewood, where the much smaller non-profit Bergen County Resource Center hosted its annual holiday meal, some wondered where the politicians were this Thanksgiving.

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On Native GroundVERMONT Shows How to Keep Alive the Lost Art of Civility in Politics

BRADENTON, Fla., Jan. 10, 2011 -- It was just about this time last Sunday night when I tuned into WFLA 970-AM here in Tampa Bay to hear George Noory and got Bill Cunningham instead. Seconds later, his guest was saying of President Obama, "He's a Marxist! He's a socialist! He's a Communist!" I was shocked.

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Forest Pest Informational Session Set For Thursday

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Chautauqua County and the Roger Tory Peterson Institute are teaming up for a proactive Forest Pest Outreach Project that will empower residents and winter outdoor enthusiasts to report possible sightings and potentially prevent pest infestations.

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Market MoverGIVE Me Liberty or Give Me Vodafone

BRADENTON, Fla., Updated Jan. 29, 2011-- Americans don't ask their country to get involved in the internal political struggles of the nations it interacts with, and the general rule is that we don't. But prior to the last decade, we were surely too involved in such struggles.

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Obama's action fuels worry about immigration scams

Advocacy groups barely waited for President Barack Obama to finish speaking about sweeping changes to the U.S. immigration system to start warning about scams. "We hear horror stories about people getting taken advantage of horribly," attorney Ginger Jacobs told several dozen people who watched the president's speech at Alliance San Diego offices.

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Federalism Can Still Save Religious Liberty

We live in a post-Christian America , broods the insightful "natural pessimist" on morality and religion, Rod Dreher, writing two long pieces on his The American Conservative blog that feature theologian Peter Leithart coming to this dramatic conclusion about government and Christianity in America today: We've fooled ourselves for decades into believing that Christian America was derailed recently and by a small elite. It's tough medicine to realize that principles inimical to traditional Christian morals are now deeply embedded in our laws, institutions and culture.

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Untouched World back in the White House

New Zealand lifestyle brand Untouched World is finding favour in the US. Their Ecopossuma fine Merino and possum fibre clothing was worn by none other than US President Barack Obama, as he made Thanksgiving Day calls to US troops from the Oval Office this morning.

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Focus on immigrant youth suspect and other letters to the Editors

President Obama is showing great sympathy for the children of the 5 million illegal immigrants in this country.

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Market MoverTHIS High School 'Signing Day' is for the Academic Stars

DUMMERSTON, Vt., May 4, 2012 -- "To all of the thousands of good and decent Americans I've met who want nothing more than a better chance, a fighting chance, to all of you, I have a simple message: Hold on a little longer. A better America begins tonight."

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Justice Ginsburg sent home after heart stent...

In this Dec. 17, 2013 file photo, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg smiles while speaking to the Northern Virginia Technology Council in Reston, Va. A Supreme Court spokeswoman says Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been released from the hospital after having a heart stent implanted to clear a blocked artery.

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On Native GroundYOU Can't Negotiate with Reality

In an impressive if demeaning display of Israel's power to shape America's political destiny, the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte today was forced to adopt a once-discarded platform plank that names Jerusalem as Israel's capital over the objections of thousands of delegates. The short-lived battle over the issue threatens to derail the entire Democratic presidential campaign and alienate its most generous donors.

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Nancy Grace Goes Off on Darren Wilson: 'It Doesn't Add Up!'

What do the newly released witness statements tell us about the Michael Brown shooting? - In the grand jury case against Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson, the prosecution revealed that physical evidence weighed in Wilson's favor and that he had not unlawfully shot 18-year-old Michael Brown to death.

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On Native GroundTHE Real Victor in the 2012 Election? Math

COCOA BEACH, Fla., Nov. 6, 2012, 12:37am ET -- Today is Obama Day. In the distant future, when the history books present their record of this time, this nation may be judged by the decision we make at the polls today .

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Thanksgiving Gratitude

This morning I went to liturgy to give thanks to God for all His blessings to me. I was disappointed that the church was not packed, because surely others must be grateful to God in this same way, but sadly they were conspicuously missing here today.

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Turkish President: The West Wants Muslims Dead

The hardline president of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, declared that the West doesn't like Muslims and wants to see them dead in a Thursday address in Istanbul. "Believe me, they don't like us," Erdogan stated at a meeting of the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation , Agence France-Presse reports .

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Afghanistan was never an easy country to leave

It was one of the longest continual stints I spent with the mujahideen during their decade of resistance against the Red Army in the 1980s. Exhausted and desperate to get out, I recall asking the commander of the group - who later became the governor of Herat Province - when he could arrange to smuggle me back over the border into Pakistan from where I could begin my journey home.

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After 2-year wait, Nashville family brings home adopted kids

As many celebrate Thanksgiving and recognize why they are thankful, a Nashville family is giving thanks for being able to add to their family. Jim and MaryAnn Sokolowski arrived from the Congo Thursday with newly adopted two-year-old twins Tris and Cora and big brother James.

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I have a question about psychiatry

As someone who is a medical student and has had a passion about the brain since childhood, what do you think makes a successful psychiatrist versus one that has a bad reputation? I would appreciate an honest insight from psychiatrists who love their job and are content despite obvious emotional, financial, and mental challenges from all angles What would be important challenges I will go through regardless of where I would go for a psychiatry residency and regardless of where I would practice? I have a huge passion for mental health having gone through undiagnosed Asperger's syndrome and the undiagnosed mental health issues that came with it for 24 years . I never had behavior problems or academic problems.

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More Detainees Set for Release From Guantanamo

More detainees are slowly and quietly being released from U.S. detention in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, The Wall Street Journal reports. Five captives were released last week and more are set for December, although defense officials have been vague about numbers, the Journal said.

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Near collisions of drones, airliners surging, FAA says

Pilots around the United States have reported a surge in near-collisions and other dangerous encounters with small drones in the past six months, at a time when the Federal Aviation Administration is gradually opening the nation's skies to remotely controlled aircraft, according to FAA records. Since June 1, commercial airlines, private pilots and air-traffic controllers have alerted the FAA about at least 25 episodes in which small drones came within a few seconds or a few feet of crashing into much larger aircraft, the records show.

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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg recovering after stent implant

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who vowed this year to stay on the Supreme Court as long as she could go "full steam," announced Wednesday that she had undergone a "coronary catheterization procedure" to have a stent put in her right coronary artery. Justice Ginsburg, 81, was said to be resting comfortably at MedStar Washington Hospital Center and was expected to be discharged within 48 hours.

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In the midst of our overflowing tables, hunger remains a hidden problem

Today, as on any Thanksgiving, there will be cooking chaos and calming chats, turkey platters and turkey bowls, family fun and TV football. And amid the bounty for which we set aside a national holiday to give thanks there is this non sequitur -- Americans who don't have enough to eat.

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Thanksgiving was once more of a sober, moral reflection

"We look back to the days of our infancy and admire the heroic virtues and christian integrity of our pilgrim fathers, and the happy adaptation of their laws and manners for the rapid and amazing developments which have placed us, like the young giant in the full vigor of his manhood, among the nations of the earth. Would that no symptoms of disease had made their appearance."

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Probation, jail time for mom who faked son's cancer

Probation, jail time for mom who faked son's cancer - Probation, jail time for mom who faked son's cancer. 9NEWS at 5 p.m. 11/25/14. - CONNECT - AURORA - The mom who admitted to faking her 6-year-old son's cancer was sentenced to five years probation and 90 days in jail Tuesday in Arapahoe County.

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Ferguson: Small Group Of Protesters Gathers At Police Station

It was freezing, wet and a busy travel day before a holiday, but a few dozen protesters showed up outside police headquarters in Ferguson on Wednesday night. Standing underneath a "Seasons Greetings" sign stretching over the road, the demonstrators fired obscenities at National Guard members who stood on watch outside the police department's offices.

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Texas Congressman Frustrated by WTU Complaints

An NBC 5 Investigation found hundreds of injured soldiers have complained of mistreatment, harassment and verbal abuse inside the Army's Warrior Transition Units that were designed to help active duty soldiers heal. Republican Congressman Michael Burgess says he's frustrated to see the hundreds of active soldiers complain of harassment and abuse at the Army's WTU.

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The Grove before a home football game at Ole Miss (Source: WMC Action News 5).

"Right now, all we know is an individual threatened our university in the name of another university - that's all we know," Ole Miss spokesman Danny Blanton said. The Federal Bureau of Investigation is looking into the note signed "Hail State," which threatened to damage the trees and shrubs at The Grove.

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George F. Will: Government's legitimacy falls short given recent Wisconsin raids

The early-morning paramilitary-style raids on citizens' homes were conducted by law enforcement officers, sometimes wearing bulletproof vests and lugging battering rams, pounding on doors and issuing threats. Spouses were separated as the police seized computers, including those of children still in pajamas.

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Bizarre US tradition: Turkey pardoning

US President Barack Obama symbolically "pardoned" a turkey Wednesday on the eve of the US Thanksgiving holiday, in what has become an annual White House tradition. It is an odd tradition, to be sure.

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Ferguson: Small group of protesters gathers at police station

It was freezing, wet and a busy travel day before a holiday, but a few dozen protesters showed up outside police headquarters in Ferguson on Wednesday night. Standing underneath a "Seasons Greetings" sign stretching over the road, the demonstrators fired obscenities at National Guard members who stood on watch outside the police department's offices.

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Obama defends legal authority to pardon turkeys

President Barack Obama, with daughters Sasha, second from right, and Malia, right, reaches out to touch "Cheese" after pardoning the turkey as part of the annual Thanksgiving tradition, Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2014, at the Whit... . President Barack Obama, right, with daughters Sasha, third from right, and Malia, second from right, carries on the Thanksgiving tradition of saving a turkey from the dinner table with a "presidential pardon" of 'Ch... .

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Shoppers Urged to Remember Small Businesses

As the holiday shopping season gets into full swing, officials are reminding people not to forget their neighborhood businesses on Saturday. U.S. Sen. Tom Carper visited several Milford businesses on Wednesday to promote this weekend's fifth annual Small Business Saturday.

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Obama gets the bill forWhite House Thanksgiving

ThereA s no free lunch - or breakfast or dinner - for President Barack Obama on Thanksgiving Day. Or any other day for that matter.

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A perverse loophole in the Affordable Care Act will soon make illegal immigrants more affordable to hire than native-born Americans. Once millions of people living in the U.S. illegally receive resident cards and work permits, they will be eligible to hold jobs and earn wages.

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Senator Rand Paul links Ferguson tragedy to harms of the modern drug war

Regular readers know I am always interested in Senator Rand Paul's distinctive perspective on criminal justice issues. This new Time op-ed , headlined "The Politicians Are To Blame in Ferguson," has Senator Paul touching on broader themes as he connects recent events in Ferguson with his belief in the need for systemic reforms to the US criminal justice system.

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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Underwent Heart Procedure

According to a press release from the court, Ginsburg experienced discomfort while partaking in "routine exercise." Ginsburg was taken to a MedStar Washington Hospital Center, where a coronary blockage was found and a stent was placed in her right coronary artery.

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Campaign to Save Shaker Aamer from Guantanamo

In addition, the British government has been calling for his return since 2007. The campaign's launch date, 24 November 2014, is the 13th anniversary of Shaker's capture by bounty hunters in Afghanistan, where he had travelled to provide humanitarian aid.

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Everyday Heroes: Carson Magee

It's a big day for Carson Magee. On a chilly November morning, Carson is getting ready to ride 3.5 miles on his unicycle from Coeur d'Alene's McEuen Park all the way to Riverstone to raise awareness for a disease he's been living with the past four years.

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Michele Flournoy out of running to be Defense secretary: Top prospects now

MichA le Flournoy has taken herself out of the running to be the next secretary of Defense, a prospect that would have made her the first woman to hold the job. She was widely considered a top pick for the position, having previously served as the Pentagon 's undersecretary for policy for former Defense secretaries Robert Gates and Leon Panetta.

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Smog check: EPA proposes tougher regs for ground-level ozone pollution

In a controversial move that could impact the US economy as well as the health of millions of Americans, the Obama administration wants to tighten ground-level ozone pollution standards. Environmental and health advocates welcome the proposed improvement in standards for what is commonly known as smog.

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Marine's proposal accepted at Worcester football game

With snow falling, Eric Kline, a private first class in the U.S. Marine Corps, stood in his military uniform at the 50-yard line at Commerce Bank Field at Foley Stadium during halftime of the North High-South High football game Wednesday morning. Public address announcer Jim O'Donoghue said that Pfc.

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Ferguson grand jury papers full of inconsistencies

FERGUSON, Mo. >> Some witnesses said Michael Brown had been shot in the back. Another said he was face-down on the ground when officer Darren Wilson finished him off.

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Black Friday a big day for gun sales, background checks

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. - Black Friday isn't just when shoppers rush to stores for holiday sales.

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Turkey wars in Washington: Obama pardons, Boehner brines

Lots of gobbling in Washington on Wednesday. At the White House , President Obama did the traditional thing and pardoned the national Thanksgiving turkey.

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Federal judge puts Arizona 'revenge porn' law on hold

A federal judge on Wednesday put a new Arizona law against "revenge porn" on hold after civil rights groups sued over constitutional grounds. The order from U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton came as part of an agreement between the Arizona attorney general's office and the groups that sued.

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The Short List: Ginsburg's stent; the truth about indictments; winter weather

The Short List: Ginsburg's stent; the truth about indictments; winter weather Out of the loop today? We've got what you missed. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/1xI0mco The 81-year-old Supreme Court Justice is a trouper.

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Prayer in School Debate: 4 Cases Where Moment of Silence Solved Prayer Issue

The moment of silence has taken the place of prayer in school in some areas of the United States. While some consider the moment of silence to be a useful alternative to prayer in school, others characterize it as a back-door attempt or ploy to get prayer in school.

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Cops Arrest Man for Ripping Them on Facebook

A man arrested for posting Facebook comments calling a Wisconsin police department racist has filed a federal lawsuit alleging a violation of his constitutional rights. Thomas G. Smith posted profane comments on Facebook that called Arena police officers racists in July 2012.

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Obama's Executive Amnesty: Dragging Schools Down Academically?

The impact of illegal immigration on US public schools is a topic largely broached from a dollars and cents perspective. Breitbart News quoted Heritage Foundation's Robert Rector projecting that with the President's executive action, it will cost taxpayers nationwide upwards of $2 trillion over these amnesty recipients lifetimes.

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Ferguson: Small band of protesters gathers

It was freezing, wet and a busy travel day before a holiday, but a few dozen protesters showed up outside police headquarters in Ferguson on Wednesday night. Standing underneath a "Seasons Greetings" sign stretching over the road, the demonstrators fired obscenities at National Guard members who stood on watch outside the police department's offices.

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Hillary Clinton Equates Unfriendly Media to Cows

Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is saying "moo" to reporters who fail to write propaganda stories to support her bid for the White House. She refused to invite a Washington Free Beacon reporter to a press conference, because it was not a "cattle call."

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Fournier: 'Asinine' Schumer Trying to Help Hillary on O-Care

National Journal Senior Political Columnist and Editorial Director Ron Fournier said that Sen. Chuck Schumer's attempts to distance himself Obamacare were "asinine" attempts to help Hillary Clinton on Wednesday's "Special Report" on the Fox News Channel. "It's asinine...First, have they forgotten that we now all have videotape we don't have to rely on Fox News that we can just on YouTube ourselves and see what he said? He's obviously contradicting himself" he stated.

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Tom Hanks And Rita Wilson To Co-Host National Tree Lighting

The Hollywood power couple will be in Washington D.C. to host annual ceremony which takes place on December 4th. The National Christmas Tree Lighting event will this year be co-hosted by actor Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson.

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Pomona forum focuses on President Obamaa s immigration program

POMONA >> President Barack Obama's recent announcement that he would move forward with an executive action that would provide some immigration relief for about 4 million undocumented immigrants was welcome news to Juan Rojas. But before getting too excited, Rojas and his wife want to make sure he qualifies for the president's immigration program.

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Jerry Brown Nominates Obama Admin Lawyer to Serve on CA Supreme Court

Governor Jerry Brown has named Leondra Kruger, a former deputy assistant attorney general with the Obama administration, to replace California's longest-serving Supreme Court justice, Joyce L. Kennard. Kruger is a Los Angeles native and a Democrat like Brown.

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Happy Thanksgiving from the kitty's

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Ferguson grand jury papers full of inconsistencies

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Affidavit: US man kept Syria travel plot secret

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The Hate Of The Union Address: Right-Wing Nutjobs Want To Ban Obama From Congress

You may have thought that you've seen it all, but when it comes to overt expressions of rancid hatred today's Republican politicians and pundits are just getting started. It's apparently not enough that they have spent the last six years breaking all records for partisan obstructionism and openly displayed racist attitudes toward President Obama.

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My Facebook Status

After all of the bullshit I've seen on Facebook since Michael Brown died, today I finally just had it, and decided to address the racism, and hypocrisy in a status update. I think it may have worked, because even the usual "conservative" bomb-throwers on my friend list that comment on every single political post I ever make haven't even attempted to argue with me... Mostly because I think they can't.

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What some other Witnesses testified to about where the Hands were

Funny how "Prosecutor" Bob McCullough never mentioned any of these witnesses , but rather the County "Prosecutor" abruptly dismissed them, because they did not conveniently corroborate the Defense Case he had just weaved for his kindred-soul "in Blue." Only Witness 10 was worth highlighting in McCullough's mind -- even though his story was as "faulty" as as any of the other Witnesses that McCullough was ALL too quick to dismiss -- in one Witness 10 instead got 'gently coached' by a "Detective with the St. Louis County Police Department's Bureau of Crimes Against Persons" -- Witness 10 DID NOT have to endure the Cross-Examination from FBI " Special Agents ," as so many of the "other" Witnesses had to endure.

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Looking at the Fault Lines, Reading the Tremors - Is a Split Coming in the Democratic Party?

Over at Digby's Place , Gaius Publius has a couple of recent postings looking at the Senate and speculating over schisms on the Democratic side. It's of interest, I suspect, to many here at Daily Kos because a number of us are torn over where to put our energies and loyalties when we have a putatively Democratic Party that time and time again asks for our money, and then turns around and slaps us in the face, or pats us on the head while telling us to keep quiet while the adults are making deals.

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Blast from the Past

One of the most amazing episodes in modern American journalism has emerged from a flagrantly inaccurate and misguided Time magazine column by Joe Klein. He's a political writer whose work in this case may become Exhibit A for what's wrong with the craft today.

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Thanksgiving food safety tips

Thanksgiving food safety tips! Food safety experts from the USDA have a list of tips for avoiding food-borne illness for Thanksgiving. Check out this story on wtsp.com: http://on.wtsp.com/1rnFx9y ST.

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EJ Dionne: Thank a politician today

It's a mistake to be nostalgic for some golden age in politics when everyone was nice to each other. Such a time never existed.

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Charles Schumer's prescription for the Democratic Party

Never one to shun the spotlight, New York Sen. Charles Schumer made himself the center of attention this week by delivering a scathing critique of recent Democratic Party political strategy, including his blunt view that it was disastrous to push for health-care reform early in President Obama's first term. "It wasn't the change we were hired to make," Schumer said in a 50-minute speech at the National Press Club.

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Obama defends legal authority _ to pardon turkeys

President Barack Obama has issued an executive action that some of his Republican opponents may be hard-pressed to disagree with - sparing Thanksgiving turkeys from the dinner table. In the spirit of the holiday, Obama on Wednesday took "action fully within my legal authority, the same kind of action taken by Democrats and Republican presidents before me," to pardon the National Thanksgiving Turkey, a 49-pound bird named Cheese.

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Ferguson grand jury documents contain inconsistencies, fabrications and provably wron...

Some witnesses said Michael Brown had been shot in the back. Another said he was face-down on the ground when officer Darren Wilson finished him off.

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Does the Name "Strauss-Kahn" Ring a Bell? -- Trotsky at the IMF

The International Monetary Fund has finally admitted that it was wrong to recommend austerity as early as it did in 2010-2011. The IMF now agrees that it should have waited until the US and EU economies were on a sustainable growth-path before advising them to trim their budget deficits and reduce public spending.

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Obama appears to be seeking a more forceful Defense secretary

Two leading prospects - former Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Michele Flournoy and Sen. Jack Reed - took themselves out of the running to replace Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel. Ashton Carter, right, a former deputy Defense secretary, appears to be a likely... Two leading prospects - former Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Michele Flournoy and Sen. Jack Reed - took themselves out of the running to replace Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel.

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Shorten lays out Labor vision

THE loss of jobs at the nation's internationally renown research centre, CSIRO, will "lobotomise" Australia, says a leading science writer. THERE are calls for Defence Minister David Johnston to resign after his attack on government owned shipbuilders - including from one high-profile Liberal.

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Obama tackles Immigration, Ferguson at Chicago rally

President Barack Obama traveled to his adopted hometown of Chicago on Tuesday to continue his week-long campaign of garnering support for his executive action on immigration reform, but he led his speech by remarking on the deadly riots in Ferguson . "The frustrations that we've seen are not just about a particular incident.

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10 Things to Know for Wednesday

Demonstrators in Ferguson, Mo., New York City, Seattle and elsewhere shut down bridges and roads one day after a grand jury's decision not to indict a white police officer in the shooting death of a black 18-year-old. Their attorneys vow to push for federal charges against Officer Darren Wilson who killed Michael Brown, saying the grand jury process was rigged.

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Schumer: Election Results Show That Dems Need to Go Further Left

An Associated Press story late this afternoon has New York Senator Chuck Schumer saying the darnedest things, with only a tiny bit of pushback from reporter Charles Babington. In the wake of a midterm election rout which saw Republicans win at least eight Senate seats, increase their House majority, and take gubernatorial races in at least three deep blue states , Schumer now says that Democrats erred in pushing passage of the Affordable Care act, aka Obamacare, at the supposed expense of economic issues.

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Tough to make a case against police in shootings

A Missouri grand jury's decision not to indict a policeman for the killing of Michael Brown illustrates the difficulty of bringing criminal charges against officers in fatal shootings and points to the likelihood of a similar outcome for a federal civil rights probe of the case. The panel concluded Monday that the Aug. 9 shooting of the unarmed black 18-year-old was legally justified and that no charges were warranted against Officer Darren Wilson.

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First Georgetown County same-sex couple married

Clayton Stairs/South Strand News Erica Vongrumbkow, left, and Michelle Shoemaker were the first same sex couple to receive a marriage license in Georgetown County on Nov. 21. They were married in Conway the same day. The first same-sex couple to receive a marriage license in Georgetown County was married on Nov. 21 in Conway.

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Call for Parliamentary Select Committee to mobilise support for...

Call for Parliamentary Select Committee to mobilise support for moderation and draft laws and measures to deal with the Islamic State threat DAP welcomes the White Paper "Ke Arah Menangani Ancaman Kumpulan Islamic State" and the Prime Minister's motion seeking Parliament's support with Government's efforts to deal with the Islamic State threat and to " menyeru semua lapisan rakyat Malaysia mempergiatkan usaha dan komitmen mereka untuk bersama-sama menyokong Kerajaan menangani ancaman berkenaan ". Before I proceed further, let me state that the White Paper on the Islamic State is one of the three unfinished business which Najib should have completed in the present meeting of Parliament which ends tomorrow.

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Kennedy, Breen hired as lawyers for government in HMP riot case

Former finance minister Jerome Kennedy has been hired to represent a worker in Her Majesty's Penitentiary as part of an ongoing criminal trial. Government House Leader Darin King revealed that both Kennedy and lawyer Erin Breen have been retained in relation to the trial unfolding in provincial court.

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U.S. Supreme Court to review EPA power-plant standards

The U.S. Supreme Court is stepping into a new case about Obama administration environmental rules, agreeing to review a ruling that upholds emission standards for mercury and other hazardous air pollutants from coal- and oil-fired power plants.

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Officer Darren Wilson Speaks Out on Ferguson Shooting for the Very...

Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson has broken his silence and is speaking out about the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown for the very first time. In a captivating interview with ABC News, Wilson explained how he feared for his life as Brown allegedly assaulted him.

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New York Times Defends Decision to Publish Street Name of Officer...

The New York Times defended on Tuesday their decision to publish the street name of Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson's home, contending the information had already been reported on. "The story mentions only the name of the street where the couple have a house and that street has been widely reported on," the Times' head of communications Eileen Murphy told the Washington Examiner .

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In blow to tax negotiators, Obama threatens veto

President Barack Obama pledged on Tuesday to veto a deal still under negotiation in Congress that would make several expiring business tax breaks permanent. The warning marks a major setback to House and Senate negotiators who were trying to reach a deal on so-called "tax extender" breaks worth some $440 billion over 10 years.

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Is Chuck Schumer cutting Republicans' attack ads for them?

Sen. Charles Schumer of New York says his party made a mistake by pushing to pass Obamacare in 2010. That's right: The third-ranking Democrat in the Senate says that expending legislative energy on President Obama 's health-care bill was an unforced error.

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Peter King: Obama Should Meet With Darren Wilson

Representative Peter King said it would be "very helpful if President Obama went and met with the police officer [Darren Wilson], or invited him to the White House" on Tuesday's "Opening Bell" on the Fox Business Network. He stated "I think it would be very helpful if President Obama went and met with the police officer, or invited him to the White House and said, 'you've gone through four months of smear and slander, and the least we can do is tell you that it's unfortunate that it happened and thank you for doing your job.'

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Stricter smog standards coming soon, say sources

A layer of smog can be seen above Manhattan through the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in New York, in this file photo taken May 21, 2009. Coming full circle on a campaign promise, the Obama administration will propose Wednesday to reduce the amount of smog-forming pollution allowed in the air.

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Boeing Delivers Sixth P8I Maritime Patrol Aircraft to India

US aviation manufacturer Boeing has delivered the sixth P-8I maritime patrol aircraft to India on schedule, a media release has said. The P-8I, which is part of a contract of eight awarded in 2009, arrived at Naval Air Station Rajali to join five others being used by the Indian Navy.

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Federal judge overturns Mississippi same-sex marriage ban, state to appeal

A federal judge on Tuesday overturned Mississippi's ban on same-sex marriage, but put his order on hold for two weeks so the state can appeal. State attorneys have already said they will ask the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to block Reeves' order.

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Colorado: Senators Udall and Bennet ask President Obama to use...

Citing gridlock in Congress, Colorado's U.S. Senators Mark Udall and Michael Bennet have asked President Obama to consider designating Browns Canyon, in Chaffee County, as a national monument under the Antiquities Act. The request comes as Congress has all but ignored a huge backlog of public lands bills primarily based on ideological opposition to land protection measures by House Republican committee chairs.

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NBA Commissioner Adam Silver meets with Milwaukee officials about new arena for Bucks

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver met with Milwaukee officials and local business leaders on Tuesday about a new arena for the Bucks. Silver and Wes Edens, one of two New York billionaires who bought the Bucks from Former Sen. Herb Kohl last April, said they were optimistic that progress was being made.

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Jason Riley On Ferguson: Black-On-Black Crime Issue At Hand, 'It's Not About The Cops' [VIDEO]

In an appearance on "The Kelly File" Tuesday night, The Wall Street Journal's Jason Riley said he believes the real issue at hand, after no indictment was handed down in the death of Michael Brown, is black-on-black crime and not the cops involvement at large. "The issue here is black criminality, not the behavior of cops," Riley told Kelly, noting the homicide of African-Americans is too high, and the "leading cause of death for young black men."

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Your VP photos and videos wanted

Vice president Joe Biden and his family arrived on the island Tuesday night for their annual Thanksgiving visit. If you happen to see the VP out and about during his stay, the I&M would like to know about it.

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Mississippi Marriage Ban Struck Down

A federal judge today struck down Mississippi's ban on same-sex marriage but put his decision on hold for 14 days, meaning gay and lesbian couples can't marry yet and giving the state time to appeal. "Mississippi continues to change in ways its people could not anticipate even 10 years ago," U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves wrote in his ruling, ordering the state to cease enforcing the ban.

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Supreme Court Ruling on Prayer in Public Schools: Gray Areas Remain After Rulings

The U.S. Supreme Court's rulings on prayer in public schools have increasingly restricted this activity in American schools over the last 50 years. However, many public school districts have continued in different ways to endorse prayer in school.

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Supreme Court Ruling on Prayer in Public Schools: Exactly What Did They Rule?

Prayer in public schools is an ongoing hot-button issue. While the individual right of a student to pray at school is legal, the influence and authority of school leaders and school environments makes religious expression and rules about it a complicated matter.

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JROTC shares pride and tradition at Marine Corps Birthday celebration

Most students at Indian River High School aren't old enough to join the armed forces. But that doesn't mean the Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps can't celebrate the ideals and 239th birthday of the United States Marine Corps.

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Stile: Christie pressured by Iowa interests to veto N.J. ban on pig crates

Animal-welfare advocates have tried virtually every lobbying tactic at their disposal to get Governor Christie to outlaw the practice of locking pregnant pigs in metal "gestation" crates for most of their child-bearing lives. They commissioned polls.

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Obama's approval rating falls to 39 percent

Voters were very divided about the executive action measures he has taken to suspend the deportation of millions of undocumented foreigners. The survey, carried out by Quinnipiac University by interviewing 1,623 registered voters between Nov 18-23, found that Obama's approval rating stands at 39 percent, just one point above the 38 percent he obtained in December 2013.

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Woman and family lose RM42,000 to get-rich-quick scammers

A 29-year-old woman and her family lost about RM42,000 to an online syndicate after participating in a get-rich-quick scheme. The victim said a couple lured her into participating in the scheme through social media.

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Savannah Council contracts for crime prevention planning services

The Savannah City Council on Tuesday followed through with a promise to start the Project Ceasefire Initiative and implement a strategic plan for fighting back against violent crime in area neighborhoods. The council approved a one-year contract with the New York-based National Network for Safe Communities to consult with Savannah-Chatham police in developing a strategic plan using research, evidence, local data and community resources.

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Obama Confronts Pro-Immigration Protests as he Promotes Plan

Immigration rights protesters disrupted President Barack Obama as he delivered a speech promoting his action to defer deportations for some 5 million undocumented workers in the U.S. As Obama told a crowd at Chicago's Copernicus Community Center that his administration would focus on deporting criminals rather than families, a woman in the crowd began accusing him of breaking up families and chanting "Not one more. Stop deportations."

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Notebook: Obama condemns violence in Ferguson

President Barack Obama sharply rebuked protesters Tuesday night for racially charged violence in Missouri, saying there was no excuse for burning buildings, torching cars and destroying other property after a grand jury declined to indict the white police officer who shot a black teenager. Obama said destructive actions are criminal acts and those who responsible should be prosecuted.

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The IRS Scandal Rears Its Head

The Obama Administration's IRS scandal is multi-faceted. In addition to the persecution of conservative non-profits by Lois Lerner et al. , the question has been percolating for some years whether Obama's IRS has transferred confidential taxpayer information to Obama's White House in violation of federal criminal laws.

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Ferguson protests spread across US

Nationwide protests over the ruling have continued for a second day Protesters are removed from blocking the Lincoln Tunnel by the New York Police in New York, 25 November 2014. Crowds have gathered across the US to protest against Monday's decision not to charge a police officer over the killing of black teen Michael Brown.

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Highlights of testimony in Michael Brown shooting

Michael Brown became so angry when he was stopped by Officer Darren Wilson on Canfield Drive here on Aug. 9, his face looked "like a demon," the officer would later tell a grand jury. He testified that when Brown reached into the officer's vehicle and fought him for his gun, Brown was so physically overpowering that the officer "felt like a 5-year-old holding onto Hulk Hogan."

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