Ten states are being granted waivers to free them from some requirements of the No Child Left Behind education reform law, with President Barack Obama explaining Thursday that the move aims to "combine greater freedom with greater accountability."
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, following a recent anti-piracy legislative debacle with SOPA and PIPA, will lead his second effort of 2012 to push Internet-regulating legislation, this time in the form of a new cybersecurity bill. The expected bill is the latest attempt by the Democrats to broadly expand the authority of executive branch agencies over the Internet.
London, England-In yet another outrageous piece of social engineering from our coalition government, pensioners will be encouraged to downsize to smaller properties allowing local councils to rent their homes out as council houses and manage the tenancy.
Two elections supervisors are taking action after an NBC2 investigation uncovers flawed record keeping and human error allowing people who are not citizens of the United States to vote.
Not only is Barack Obama\'s Department of Justice pleased to file suit against states which seek to legally ensure only registered voters who are American citizens will vote in the upcoming election; it is now actively working with ACORN\'s \"Project Vote\" to register voters revealed to be quite illegal!
The Fast and Furious investigation in Congress is becoming even more fast and furious with Congressional Chairman Issa threatening a contempt citation against Attorney General Eric Holder. Last week's Friday document dump by the DoJ once again added to the widely held belief that that the AG and his minions are hiding something from Congress and the American people, but what? Each of these Friday dumps has so far provided mounting evidence that the highest echelons of federal government were clued in to this ill-fated, probably criminal endeavor from the get-go. But while we are learning more and more with each disclosure as to the how's and when's of this fiasco, we are still completely in the dark as to the why?
The pace of job creation surged in January, with the US economy generating 243,000 new positions while the unemployment rate dropped to 8.3 percent, according to government data released Friday. Both numbers were far better than consensus, which expected a growth of 150,000 jobs and a steady unemployment rate of 8.5 percent.
Strip clubs, casinos, and liquor stores to be eliminated from welfare debit card
Talk about a rude awakening. Early last Thursday morning, a woman in Fitchburg, Mass., discovered that the FBI was sawing through her front door with a chainsaw. Judy Sanchez told local reporters that a team of FBI agents had swarmed her apartment building, broke down her door, and held her at gunpoint for at least 30 minutes while her 3-year-old daughter cried in the background-until they realized they were at the wrong apartment. Police had intended to saw down the door of another apartment on the same floor as part of a drug and weapons raid tied to a gang in the city. The FBI has apologized to Sanchez and is paying for her damaged door.
It's good news in the sense that a state going broke is one way to stop the spending. A better way, of course, is to cut the budget.
Where was the public outcry for justice when Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry bled to death at the hands of a drug cartel in cahoots with the U.S. government? It happened in the Peck Canyon corridor northwest of Nogales, Arizona -- nowhere. The general public didn't hear about it.
President Barack Obama is launching a full-court press to make it easier for companies to bring jobs back to the U.S., including eliminating certain tax breaks that the administration says gives advantages to companies moving jobs overseas, the White House announced Wednesday. The administration said it will also put forward in coming weeks new tax proposals to reward companies that bring back jobs. To draw attention to the issue, Obama is hosting a group of business leaders including executives from Ford Motor Co
ATLANTA (AP) - For the first time in 45 years, homicide has fallen off the list of the nation\'s top causes of death.
January 11, 2012 12:48pm 0 Comments Gayle King: No secret I'm friends with First Lady byCharlie Spiering Commentary Staff Writer Follow on Twitter: Gayle King recently sat down with Michelle Obama for an interview that aired on CBS's "This Morning." When asking questions about Jodi Kantor's book "The Obamas," -- which paints an unflattering picture of the First Lady -- King was rather sympathetic.rnrn"I think we should say, it's no secret at the table, that we're friends." King said.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - San Diego, which has been touted as having one of the best climates in the United States, is also the luckiest, according to a new ranking.
If you already think your pet is a fussy eater, be prepared for an even pickier pooch as pet food makers have launched a TV ad only dogs can hear........
Autism rates quadruple in local schools over last decade
The crew of a US B-1 bomber aircraft are safe after their plane caught fire in an incident in Qatar, the US air force has said. The long-range bomber was "involved in a ground incident and caught fire" at Al-Udeid Air Base, Qatar, an air force statement said. The incident occurred while the plane was taxiing after landing, the statement said.
A small explosion caused minor damage to a U.S. military recruiting center in New York's Times Square area in the early hours of Thursday but there were no injuries, police said. Police said a small improvised explosive device caused minor damage to the building around 3:45 a.m. (0845 GMT). The thick glass door was cracked and the lower part of its metal frame was twisted. The blast also shattered a window encasing the classic recruiting poster of Uncle Sam saying, "I want you." The explosion, which authorities said appeared to have been directed at the recruiting center, occurred in the early hours of the morning, when there are few people in the often bustling area in the heart of Manhattan.
China's first home-grown ARJ21-700 regional jet "Xiang Feng" (Flying Phoenix) is unveiled at the Shanghai Aircraft Manufacturing Factory in Shanghai.
A POPULAR children's toy found to contain a chemical that the human body turns into the party drug "fantasy", or "GHB", has been banned in three states and is being recalled by its Melbourne creator. With the Melbourne Cup holiday yesterday, the Brumby Government is yet to decide whether it will follow NSW, ACT, South Australia, Western Australia and the Northern Territory in banning the award-winning craft toy called Bindeez. Three children, two in NSW and one in Queensland, have been admitted to hospital in the past 10 days after ingesting the toy's beads.
According to the Union-Tribune, Southwest airlines objected to an outfit worn by a 23 year-old Hooters waitress. Southwest went so far as to ask the woman the leave the airplane. So what was she wearing? A "white denim miniskirt, high-heel sandals, and a turquoise summer sweater over a tank top over a bra." My god! Alert the TSA and the local police! We can see leg!
The French foreign minister paid an unannounced and highly symbolic visit to Baghdad on Sunday - a gesture to the American effort in Iraq after years of icy relations over the U.S.-led invasion. Bernard Kouchner said Paris wanted to "turn the page" and look to the future.
Sapped by nearly six years of war, the Army has nearly exhausted its fighting force and its options if the Bush administration decides to extend the Iraq buildup beyond next spring. The Army's 38 available combat units are deployed, just returning home or already tapped to go to Iraq, Afghanistan or elsewhere, leaving no fresh troops to replace five extra brigades that President Bush sent to Baghdad this year, according to interviews and military documents reviewed by The Associated Press.
A car on fire has been driven at the main terminal building at Glasgow Airport, police have confirmed. Eyewitnesses have described a Jeep Cherokee being driven at speed towards the building with flames coming out from underneath. They have also described seeing two Asian men, one of whom was on fire, who had been in the car. Strathclyde Police said two people had been arrested and detained in connection with the incident.
In an effort to tackle issues that sometimes get lost in the day-to-day hustle of police work, the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department is conducting weekly community forums in the north area during which it tells residents how it is dealing with their complaints. The program designed to make the Sheriff's Department more responsive has been so successful, officials said, that it may be expanded to other patrol areas.
A New Zealand woman on an oxygen machine died after an energy firm switched off her power supply because of unpaid bills, her family claims. Folole Muliaga, a 44-year-old mother of four, died within two hours of the electricity being switched off at her home in the northern city of Auckland.
A section of I-580 at I-80 is completely destroyed after an oil tanker overturned, caught fire and exploded just before 4 a.m. Sunday. Only the driver of the truck was hurt. He was able to climb out of the passenger side of the cab and hail a taxi to the hospital. He was treated for second-degree burns. The tanker was carrying 8,600 gallons of gasoline. The CHP said speed was a factor in the accident, which started with an explosion on the upper deck of a connector ramp. The ramp collapsed onto the lower deck after heat from the explosion and fire melted through the upper roadway, according to the CHP.
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