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The latest from Candice Choi (I cover the food & beverage industry for the Associated Press. Interested in NYC media and politics. New York

A 2-year-old boy died Wednesday after accidentally shooting himself in the head in the Texas town of Corsicana, the Associated Press reported. The child reportedly found a handgun in a bedroom while his father was in another room. This came a day after a Florida 3-year-old fatally shot himself with…

Montana Gov. Steve Bullock (D) vetoed a bill Monday that would have allowed guns on college campuses in the state, the Associated Press reported.

There'sA Sheep Born Every Second Itwas reported by the Associated Press that last July, near the town ofGavas, eastern Turkey, one sheep among a large flock walked to theedge of cliff and jumped to its death.  A second sheep quicklyimitated the first, also leaping off the cliff to its death. Then a third sheep followed.  Then a fourth.  Then afifth.  The AP reported that "stunnedTurkish shepherds, who had left the herd to graze while they hadbreakfast, watched as nearly 1,500 others followed, each leaping offthe same cliff." Whenit was all over, 450 sheep had died and 1,050 survived, but onlybecause those sheep that jumped later were saved as the pile of sheepgot higher and the fall more cushioned.  Imagine the peerpressure that last sheep must have felt.  Surely 1,499 sheepcan't be wrong, can they? Thereis no such thing as a sheep that possesses leadership qualities. All are born followers.  Consequently, any sheep that doesanything out of the ordinary, regardless of how foolish it is,becomes a ...

Soldier says she faced harassment over Muslim name Associated Press - 12 mins ago RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Sgt. 1st Class Naida Hosan is not a Muslim — she's a Catholic. But her name sounded Islamic to fellow U.S. soldiers in Iraq, and they would taunt her, calling her "Sgt. Hussein" and asking what God she prayed to. So before deploying to Afghanistan last year for her second war tour, she legally changed her name — to Nadia Christian Nova. This did not solve her problems. Instead, matters escalated. Nova complained to her superiors about constant anti-Muslim slurs and jokes. She says they responded with a series of reprisals intended to drive her out of the Army, leading her to consider suicide. "My complaints fell on deaf ears every time," said Nova, 41, a member of the Army's 82nd Airborne Division based at Fort Bragg, N.C. "Any time I would say something about it I was treated like I didn't know what I was talking about or that I'm an *** or that I was a Muslim sympathizer. It was just a very lon . ...

Records from the estate in Cuba where Ernest Hemingway wrote many of his most famous books have been digitized and brought to the United States, the Associated Press reports . The materials will be held at Boston's John F. Kennedy Library, which holds a Hemingway collection of over 100,000 pages.

Good morning everyone... Could you please take a second to vote for MIT's student newspaper, The Tech their religion issue is going up against BBC, the Associated Press, Newsweek, etc (which is just an honor in itself!). Feel free to distribute this link to as ) My niece Maggie was responsible for getting religion going at MIT...please vote...go down the page until you see MIT TECH then hit that...thanks so much...God bless you all...

Southern California Edison is considering retiring both of its Pacific coast nuclear reactors, the Associated Press reports.

The latest from Jim Kuhnhenn (White House and politics reporter in the Washington Bureau of the Associated Press. It's like trying to get a sip from a firehose. Washington, DC

Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford (R) has won the race for the state's 1st District congressional seat, CNN and the Associated Press reported. Sanford, who served as governor of the Palmetto State from 2003 to 2011, defeated businesswoman Elizabeth Colbert Busch (D).

HITLER GERMANY WW II SAID IN 1935 SAME THING NOW ITS ABOUT HOMICIDES OFFICE HAS TO BE CLEARED AS THERE IS A TERRORIST IN THE OFFICE Government Study: Gun-Related Homicides Down 39 Percent BY: Washington Free Beacon Staff May 7, 2013 1:37 pm A new federal government study says gun-related homicides fell 39 percent between 1993 and 2011, the Associated Press reports: The government says firearm-related homicides have fallen 39 percent since the mid-1990s, from 18,253 in 1993 to 11,101 in 2011. [...] The report by the Bureau of Justice Statistics also found that non-fatal firearm crimes have declined 69 percent since the mid-1990s, from 1.5 million in 1993 to 467,300 in 2011. The trend in firearm-related homicides is part of a broad nationwide decline in violent crime, which has fallen by 65 percent in that period, from 16.8 million in 1963 to 5.8 million in 2011. According to the study, approximately 70 percent of homicides in 2011 were committed with a firearm; more than 70 percent of the weapons used to c ...

April 30, Associated Press – (Illinois) Tainted well water case ends in guilty verdict. A former suburban Chicago water official was convicted April 29 on 11 counts of lying about mixing carcinogen-tainted well water into the village of Crestwood’s drinking supply from 1982 until 2008 in order to cut costs. Source:

Associated Press reporter Matt Lee pointed out to State Department Deputy Spokesman Patrick Ventrell that the U.S. has not been moving quickly on their threats to Bashir Al-Assad's regime in Syria. "We’ve long said that the Assad regime’s days are numbered," Ventrell stated during Monday's press bri...

Remember that petition most of us signed? "We put out press releases as soon as we heard from you in Australia, Indonesia and Thailand. We're also trying to get the story into the international wire services like Associated Press." Nick Allardice Managing Director, Asia Pacific Change.org

Native-born and naturalized Americans who are currently seeking work are already competing with illegal immigrants – a term that the Associated Press says it will no longer use – or standing in line behind them as they sign up for all manner of welfare benefits. The official estimate of…

UPDATE: Here are the latest developments with the rising tensions between Israel and Syria since this story was first published Sunday morning (original story can be seen below): • A senior Israeli official confirmed to the Associated Press that Israel carried out the strike and that the target was.

Ducks-Red Wings Preview (The Associated Press): DETROIT (AP) -- Less than 24 hours after his team...

Despite the mariachis, tequila and folkloric dances, Cinco de Mayo is celebrated more in the U.S. than Mexico. Subscribe to the Associated Press:

The Rothschilds own 80% of Israel, according to Simon Schama. They built the Israeli Supreme Court. They own Reuters and the Associated Press (AP), the two biggest media agencies in the world. They have a controlling share in the Royal Dutch oil ...

The suicide rate is skyrocketing, particularly for whites. [CDC finds suicide rates among middle-aged adults increased from 1999-2010, Centers For Disease Control, May 2, 2013 My local media outlet completely ignored the white angle, but the Associated Press didn't: Suicide rate up sharply for middl...

Press Trust of India(PTI) is the largest news agency in India. It is headquartered in Delhi and is a nonprofit cooperative among more than 450 Indian newspapers and has a staff of about 2,000 writers spread across 150 offices nationwide.It took over the Indian operations of the Associated Press and...

Hundreds dead, tragedy in Bangladesh This week over 300 died when an eight-story building that housed a garment factory collapsed in Savar district on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh. The death toll continues to rise as rescuers dig through the heaps of twisted metal and debris. It is possible that over 3,000 workers to have been in the crowded factory when it collapsed, many are still trapped inside the prison of debris suffering from injuries, but also dehydration and heat. One rescuer stated: “They are alive, they are trapped, but most of them are safe. We need to cut through debris and walls to bring them out.� Remaining trapped survivors face dehydration and exposure, with daytime temperatures soaring to 35 degrees Celsius (95 degrees Fahrenheit) and about 24 degrees Celsius (75 degrees Fahrenheit) overnight. Many have been freed only at great cost. One woman told Associated Press on Friday: “First a machine fell over my hand, and I was crushed under the debris. … Then the roof collapsed o ...

In this video from the Associated Press, stars of the new J. J. Abrams film, “Star Trek Into Darkness� discuss the film and the experience of making it at its gala premiere in London.

John Williamson, the founder of the sexually liberal Sandstone Retreat, has died at the age of 80. According to an Associated Press report on his death, …

(AP) -- The Homeland Security Department ordered its border agents "effective immediately" to verify that every international student who arrives in the U.S. has a valid student visa, according to an internal memorandum obtained Friday by the Associated Press. The new procedure is the government's f...

By Associated Press, Updated: Wednesday, May 1, 7:26 AM ROME — It was hailed as a giant step forward for racial integration in a country that has long been ill at ease with its growing immigrant classes. But Cecile Kyenge’s appointment as Italy’s first black Cabinet minister has instead exposed the…

The U.S. Marshals service auctioned off $2.2 million worth of jewelry, shoes, and other possessions that once belonged to disgraced financier Bernie Madoff on Saturday. According to the Associated Press, an auctioneer rattled off lots "at a tongue-twisting speed." That reminds the Explainer of one o...

On Tuesday the Associated Press eliminated the phrases "illegal immigrant" and "undocumented" from its stylebook. Previous OTM guest Jose Antonio Vargas has been campaigning for this change for months on the grounds that “actions are illegal – not people.� The AP has conceded…

Updated: Pepsi Pulls Mountain Dew Ad Helmed by Tyler, the Creator NewsBy Associated Press, and Andrew Hampp | May 01, 2013 12:38 PM EDT0PepsiCo pulled an online ad for Mountain Dew that was criticized for portraying racial stereotypes and making light of violence toward women.In the 60-second spo...

Thoughts? Typically, African-American students across the country are involved in speaking out against the display of the Confederate Flag, but at one South Carolina university, a young Black man sees the flag as a positive symbol and is speaking out in support of his own right to hang it proudly. "When I look at this flag, I don't see racism. I see respect, Southern pride," 19-year-old Byron Thomas, an African-American student at the University of South Carolina Beaufort, told the Associated Press. "This flag was seen as a communication symbol" during the Civil War. Thomas sparked a campus controversy when he decided to display a Confederate Flag in his dorm window, but was asked to remove it by university officials in late November after about two dozen students complained. Although Thomas initially removed the flag, the school has since sent an email to students and staff stating that "the university cannot and will not prohibit these flags or other symbols that our students choose to display," citing ...

Maryland became the 18th state to abolish the death penalty Thursday, as Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) signed the bill he vied for into law. The law will not affect five prisoners currently on death row, but O’Malley will consider whether to commute their sentences, according to the Associated Press. Whi...

Feds: Many causes for dramatic bee disappearance By SETH BORENSTEIN | Associated Press – 3 hours ago WASHINGTON (AP) — A new federal report blames a combination of problems for a mysterious and dramatic disappearance of U.S. honeybees since 2006. The intertwined factors cited include a parasitic mite, multiple viruses, bacteria, poor nutrition, genetics, habitat loss and pesticides. The multiple causes make it harder to do something about what's called colony collapse disorder, experts say. The disorder has caused as much as one-third of the nation's bees to just disappear each winter since 2006. Bees, especially honeybees, are needed to pollinate crops. The federal report, issued Thursday by the Agriculture Department and the Environmental Protection Agency, said the biggest culprit is the parasitic mite varroa destructor, calling it "the single most detrimental pest of honeybees." The problem has also hit bee colonies in Europe, where regulators are considering a ban on a type of pesticides known as ...

US Navy gets their first squadron of drones On Thursday the Navy inaugurated the Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 35, or the “Magicians,� a fleet made up of both manned and unmanned vehicles that will accompany US warships into battle across the world. Included in that fleet are eight traditionally piloted helicopters and a yet to be determined number of Fire Scout MQ-8 B drones, each capable of being operated at a distance of 110 miles away and maintaining flight for half-a-day straight. Until this week, the Pentagon has only allocated unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, to the US Air Force. According to the AP, most Navy drones in use until this point have been operated by contractors overseen by military personnel. The Navy’s brand new fleet will be unveiled at the Naval Air Station North Island base on Coronado, near San Diego, California on Thursday, but the Associated Press quotes Lt. Aaron Kakiel as saying that the “Magicians� will only start appearing on one of the force’s new litt ...

Associated Press reporting that David Kahn is out as president; Flip Saunders is in.

UN report wants moratorium on killer robots Associated Press - 43 mins ago UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Killer robots that can attack targets without any human input "should not have the power of life and death over human beings," a new draft U.N. report says. The report for the U.N. Human Rights Commission posted online this week deals with legal and philosophical issues involved in giving robots lethal powers over humans, echoing countless science-fiction novels and films. The debate dates to author Isaac Asimov's first rule for robots in the 1942 story "Runaround:" ''A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm." Report author Christof Heyns, a South African professor of human rights law, calls for a worldwide moratorium on the "testing, production, assembly, transfer, acquisition, deployment and use" of killer robots until an international conference can develop rules for their use. His findings are due to be debated at the Human Rights Council in Geneva on ...

Political coalition formed to corner PPP: Rehman Malik - Associated Press of Pakistan: Political coalition for...

In another attempt by the GOP to repeal the Affordable Healthcare Act, House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell released a joint statement to the Associated Press - and...

Frank Eltman for Associated Press: Today, the award-winning film and television star Alan Alda is on a mission to teach physicians, physicists and scientists of all types to ditch the jargon and get their points across in clear, simple language.

U.S. doctors write enough prescriptions each year to provide antibiotics to 4 out of 5 Americans, a new study shows. That's so many that the drugs probably are being overused, experts told the Associated Press (AP). Excess use helps bacteria to become resistant to the drugs. The new study used a national drug database. Numbers come from 2010. In that year, health care professionals wrote 258 million prescriptions for antibiotics. The population was about 309 million. That's about 833 prescriptions for every 1,000 people. But the numbers varied greatly from state to state. West Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee had the highest rates. About 1,200 prescriptions were written for every 1,000 people in those states. In Alaska, Oregon and California, the numbers were 600 or below. Experts said Southern states may have more infections than other states. They do have the highest rates of diabetes. Diabetics tend to have more infections than others. What Is the Doctor's Reaction? How many antibiotic prescriptions do ...

Food stamps accounted for 72 BILLION DOLLARS of our tax funds in one year Obama Discovers Reelection Super Weapon: Food Stamps! And we pay for it. Many millions of people are still scratching their heads over how Obama won the 2012 presidential election in the face of so many contrary polls. To those who credit his victory to simple witchcraft there are many who would agree. But it may have been much simpler than voodoo and witchcraft; it appears to be just a case of numbers. And yes, I am counting those numbers where the polls show more recorded votes for Obama than there were total registered voters, which I gather are “still being investigated.� But the numbers I’m talking about are those such as the ones shown by FoxNews.com online as reported by the Associated Press (huge friends of Obama) where they showed in an article titled, “In a first, black voters turnout rate passes whites�. That is a little more significant than just a “first�; it is an overwhelming feat based on nothing m ...

Classic Hits Report with TJ Michaels 3-2-13 Keith Richards – NO IPOD!, CSNY Live album delayed, Eddie Money drugs fueled biggest hits, Lou Graham - Foreigner REUNION?, U2 Wishes Willie Well with unreleased video. Keith Richards has always been old school, but unbelievably, he doesn't own an iPod. Richards, along with the Rolling Stones kick off their 2013 dates on Friday (May 3rd) at L.A.'s Staples Center. The Associated Press quoted Richards talking about how he listens to music these days, explaining, "I don't have an iPod. . . I still use CDs or records actually. Sometimes cassettes. It has much better sound; a much better sound than digital. My old lady's got one. My kids have got them. I say, 'Look me up this.' Or, 'Oh I like that. Check me that.' I know what these things can do. I'm not totally anti-them." Richards says that he accepts that the music business is digitally driven -- but he's still not crazy about it: "They're sucked into it and they can't get out of it, nor can we; so is the public ...

Horse slaughter back in the USA: New Mexico horse slaughter plant rounds third base to open. PLEASE TAKE THE ACTION! Please call the Secretary of Agriculture's Office at (202) 720-3631 and respectfully request the government to reinstate the ban on horse slaughter. Americans don't eat horsemeat. The meat will be sent to Europe for human consumption. Horse slaughter may very well be happening in the United States in the near future. On Tuesday, the Associated Press in a telephone interview with Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, reported the United States Department of Agriculture has made final inspections at the Roswell plant making certain the process will be handled according to regulations. In 2006 Congress eliminated the funding for inspections at horse slaughter plants, thus shutting all domestic horse slaughterhouses, however horses from the United States continue to travel to Canada and Mexico to be slaughtered for human consumption. The funding was slipped into the 2011 fiscal budget which bro ...

Judge gives major sentencing break to ex-engineer in GM theft case: Associated Press - A former General Motors...

The Los Angeles Times today followed Associated Press and nixed usage of the term "illegal immigrant" in its stories. This...

US officials make U-turn on visa, allowing daughter of Cuban president to attend Equality Forum in Philadelphia, the Associated Press reports. The daughter of Cuban president, Raul Castro, will be allowed to travel to the US to accept an award for her *** €¦

Ohio set to execute man in baby girl's death (Associated Press): Share With Friends: | | Top News - Top Stor...

Got my first TN Associated Press award over the weekend: Best Light Feature for a radio story on Bill Anderson.

The Charlotte Bobcats say they have fired first-year coach Mike Dunlap (The Associated Press)

Associated Press awards in Orlando listening to key note speakers, the attorneys for Travon Martin family and George Zimmerman defense team

Review Roundup: PIPPIN Opens on Broadway - All the Reviews!: Mark Kennedy, Associated Press: Paulus has transf...

Associated Press reports that President William McKinley has been assassinated 112 years ago. Day of mourning to commence.

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Social media editor in court on hacking charges (Associated Press): Share With Friends: | | Top News - Top S...

France's embassy in the Libyan capital of Tripoli has been hit by a car bomb, Libyan security officials told the Associated Press...

Themba now an Associated Press, grew up in a township near

NFL draft: 10 things to watch for during draft (The Associated Press): NEW YORK (AP) -- Since 1936... (per Yahoo)

US hospitals send hundreds of immigrants back home: DAVID PITT Associated Press= DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) —...

Pakistan set for historic democratic transition: UN told - - Associated Press of Pakistan: Pakistan set for hi...

Another hearing in Afghanistan rampage case (Associated Press): Share With Friends: | | Arte - Pintura News,...

Rangers-Angels Preview (The Associated Press): Just as the Los Angeles Angels seemed to be on the...

Pacers hoping to regain momentum in playoffs (The Associated Press)

Coaching carousel starts to spin in NBA (The Associated Press)

Sabres-Penguins Preview (The Associated Press): Jarome Iginla thinks winning is fun, and the...

5 things to watch in the NBA's first round (The Associated Press)

Pirates-Phillies Preview (The Associated Press): The Philadelphia Phillies have lost all four of Cole Hamels' ...

LA Lakers News: Spurs' Ginobili 'feeling good' day after Game 1 (The Associated Press): SAN ANTONIO (A...

Canucks clinch Northwest with win over Blackhawks (The Associated Press): VANCOUVER, British Columbia...

Marlins-Twins Preview (The Associated Press): The Minnesota Twins and Miami Marlins finished at the bottom of ...

Mostly, although Associated Press & Chicago Manual style prefer the old abbreviations in running text, and speech varies...

"In a recent survey conducted by the Associated Press, Soulja Boy, the much-maligned Atlanta rapper garnered over...

Las Vegas Strip to get New York-style public park: Associated Press via

The NRCC’s move comes hours after Tuesday night’s report by the Associated Press that Sanford’s ex-wife, Jenny...

Giants-Brewers Preview (The Associated Press): After Milwaukee broke out for its most runs of the season, Kyle...

Cavaliers-Bobcats Preview (The Associated Press): It didn't take long for the Charlotte Bobcats to match last ...

Violent backdrop in sports to Jackie Robinson Day (The Associated Press): MIAMI (AP) -- Lin...

Associated Press reports two more explosive devices have been found at the Boston Marathon and are being dismantled.

Margaret Thatcher funeral: Michele Bachmann, Marsha Blackburn and George Holding to attend - Associated Press -

Tigers-Athletics Preview (The Associated Press): While the Detroit Tigers are happy to see Prince Fielder has ...

Don't u think it's ironic that Associated Press doesn't want to label people & yet that's all socialists do

Associated Press: Your new definition of Islamism is just as wrong as the old one! Not all Islamists are members of "political movmts'

Bulls-Raptors Preview (The Associated Press): The Chicago Bulls have wins over all four teams ahead of them in...

PC market grim as consumers go mobile PC market grim as consumers go mobile Associated Press Copyright 2013 Associated Press. All rights

Gun control bill clears its first hurdle in Senate: By ALAN FRAM, Associated Press | April 11, 2013 | Up...

Here's throwing out the first pitch at the Cubs - Giants game. Courtesy of the Associated Press.

10.04.2013 - Finnish police included "President" Vladimir Putin in list of wanted criminals, the Associated Press...

.story about visit to the Eastern Panhandle is a full member pickup by the Associated Press.

Just read an Associated Press headline, "IRS Takes Steps to Combat Identity Theft." Y'all are just starting that?

by Associated Press view bio » HUNTINGDON, Tenn. — A Carroll County sheriff’s investigation will be sent to the district attorney after a toddler shot and wounded his mother with a handgun. According to The Jackson Sun, Sheriff Andy Dickson said 22-year-old Re’kia Kidd shot in the abdomen Sunday. The sheriff said Kidd’s partner, Jamal Gray, later told authorities Kidd was in fair condition after surgery at the Regional Medical Center in Memphis. Gray said he sleeps with the 9 mm Glock under his pillow and usually locks it up during the day. But on Sunday, Kidd’s 2-year-old son found it and picked it up, causing it to discharge. The boy and a 3-week-old baby were not wounded. The Children’s Services Department was called to look into the children’s welfare.

Key defendant in mortgage fraud case sentenced: Associated Press - The U.S. attorney's office in Detroit says...

(A quote from Yahoo's Associated Press) "Blowing dust forced the California Highway Patrol to close State Route 14...

Robert Remini, House historian and scholar, dies at 91 - Associated Press - via

Here's a cool piece from the Associated Press, in the WaPo about my upcoming debut of I Lombardi.

Magic-Bulls Preview (The Associated Press): Despite being short-handed for weeks, the Chicago Bulls have remai...

Joseph Goebbels would be proud. // Associated Press under scrutiny for nixing term 'illegal immigrant' from Stylebook

Congrats to Victor Oladipo on being named an Associated Press first team All-American!

Maple Leafs-Senators Preview (The Associated Press): It may not be surprising the Toronto Maple...

March 29th, 2013 Robert Zildjian, Sabian cymbal manufacturer, dies Robert Zildjian, founder of musical cymbal manufacturing company Sabian Inc., dies at age 89 Associated Press – 8 mins ago... BOSTON (AP) -- Robert "RZ" Zildjian, founder of the Sabian Inc. musical cymbal manufacturing company, has died. He was 89. Sabian announced Zildjian's death on its website Thursday. The firm was closed until Monday and the company announcement had no details about his death. Zildjian founded Sabian in 1981 after a legal battle with his brother, Armand, over their inheritance of the family business, Avedis Zildjian Co., a major cymbal maker. The companies remain competitors. The family's U.S. business was founded in the Boston area in 1928 by their father, Armenian immigrant Avedis Zildjian, and a great-uncle. The rock 'n' roll era brought an expanding demand for its percussion products. RZ Zildjian began working for his father as a teenager and set up a subsidiary, AZCO, in Meductic, New Brunswick, Canada, in 1968 ...

(Josh Reynolds/Associated Press) The City of Vancouver is helping fund new research into growing the local shari ...

It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact. ~ Edmund Burke, quoted in the Associated Press

Hamlin says Logano exchange unproductive: Roger Penske told the Associated Press on Wednesday that Joey Logano...

Web poll results for Wednesday, March 27: According to the Associated Press: “Battle lines are being drawn ove...

James reveling in monster dunk over Terry (The Associated Press)

*** marriage equality box spreads on social media: Associated Press NEW YORK — Bud Light said it with beer can...

Press Alert: "Exercise Ruby" tests Government response to outbreak of Severe Respiratory Disease associated ...

Streaking Penguins winning with defense (The Associated Press): PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Look out, the NHL's...

Police reports in Tucson shooting rampage released: JACQUES BILLEAUD,Associated Press read more

Press Alert: DH closely monitors additional fatal overseas case of Severe Respiratory Disease associated ...

Pacers will be without 4 starters vs. Hawks (The Associated Press)

Press Alert: Genes associated with the cis-regulatory functions of intragenic LINE-1 elements ...

Publisher speeds up e-book access for libraries: Penguin Group (USA) tells The Associated Press that starting ...

Brilliant anti-hunger idea! Panera trying new pay-what-you-want experiment: Associated Press via

Press Alert: Impact of diuretic therapy-associated electrolyte disorders present on admission to the ...

Rebuilt Blue Jays ready for resurgence (The Associated Press): TORONTO (AP) -- Back on that October night in 1...

Oklahoma's M'Baye says he'll enter NBA draft (The Associated Press)

Duke ready to return to Indy for Midwest Regional (The Associated Press)

Garnett to miss at least a week with ankle injury (The Associated Press)

The paragraph below is from an Associated Press news item, not an opinion column. Pretty self-explanatory: Re...

(Navy Times) N. Korea says it has cut last military hotline: (The Associated Press) SEOUL, South Kor...

Second 2013 set for New York City, June 6-7, at Associated Press headquarters.

Business partner to be sentenced in Zumba prostitution scandal in Maine: Associated Press. PORTLAND, Maine – A...

Obama pledges to keep Iran from nuclear weapons: JULIE PACE,Associated Press MATTHEW LEE,Associated Press read more

Home News National President condoles with Sheikh Hasina over death of ... - Associated Press of Pakistan

Oberlin dean named next Kenyon College president (Associated Press): A dean at Oberlin College has been named ...

According to Associated Press, the Central Bank of Cyprus has decided that the country's banks will remain closed until Thursday.

Obama looked to Frank Marshall Davis (his bio father) not merely for "advice on living" but also as a "father" figure (Associated Press).

Grizzlies-Jazz Preview (The Associated Press): While the Memphis Grizzlies managed to slow down the ...

Wild-Avalanche Preview (The Associated Press): Zach Parise and Ryan Suter are clicking at the same...

President hosts dinner for Prime Minister and ministers - Associated Press of Pakistan -

NYC's New Law To Help The Unemployed Could Backfire: Jennifer Peltz at the Associated Press reports that givin...

Texans meeting with safety Ed Reed (The Associated Press): HOUSTON (AP) -- The Houston Texans will meet with f...

DAILY POST: Do you know WILLY MUTUNGA wanted RAILA ODINGA as the PRESIDENT - Associated Press

Ethiopia's paranoid regime tries to plant spyware in computers belonging to its critics by elias» Yesterday, 22:39 While most Ethiopian children do not have enough food to eat, the *** who are currently ruling Ethiopia spend money on spyware to hack into computers that belong to their critics, as reported below by Associated Press: LONDON (AP) - The discovery of a group of servers linked to an elusive espionage campaign is providing new details about a high-tech piece of spy software that some fear may be targeting dissidents living under oppressive regimes. A Canadian research center said Wednesday that it had identified 25 different countries that host servers linked to FinFisher, a Trojan horse program which can dodge anti-virus protections to steal data, log keystrokes, eavesdrop on Skype calls, and turn microphones and webcams into live surveillance devices. Citizen Lab, based at the University of Toronto's Munk School of Global Affairs, said that Canada, Mexico, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Serbia, and .. ...

Associated Press reports Jorge Cardinal Bergoglio of Buenos Aires as the next Pope!

Except Karachi entire country is peaceful: Rehman Malik - Associated Press of Pakistan

Flyers-Bruins Preview (The Associated Press): The Boston Bruins have had plenty of chances for revenge si...

acquire WR Anquan Boldin from for a 6th rd. draft pick pending him passing a physical. (via Associated Press)

What's wrong with us ? Two headlines on the same day Same issue = Tuition assistance Taxpayer money for : Protectors vs Trespassers This should be a " No Brainer " and is ... By Mark Patton Stars and Stripes Published: March 8, 2013 Army suspends tuition assistance program for troops “This suspension is necessary given the significant budget execution challenges caused by the combined effects of a possible year-long continuing resolution and sequestration,� Paul Prince, an army personnel spokesman at the Pentagon, wrote in an email to Stars and Stripes. “The Army understands the impacts of this action and will re-evaluate should the budgetary situation improve.� The Army’s announcement follows a similar move by the Marine Corps. Colo. immigrant tuition rate gets final House OK By IVAN MORENO | Associated Press – Fri, Mar 8, 2013 DENVER (AP) — The cheers of immigrant students echoed through the Colorado Capitol on Friday after the House passed a bill allowing students who entered the U.S. ...

also, the Associated Press has released an official apology to Paula Deen. Sorry about that, Paula. You were right all along.

Conclave to elect next pope opens amid uncertainty Associated Press - 6 hrs ago VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cardinals enter the Sistine Chapel on Tuesday to elect the next pope amid more upheaval and uncertainty than the Catholic Church has seen in decades: There's no front-runner, no indication how long voting will last and no sense that a single man has what it takes to fix the many problems. On the eve of the vote, cardinals offered wildly different assessments of what they're looking for in the next pontiff and how close they are to a decision. It was evidence that Benedict XVI's surprise resignation has continued to destabilize the church leadership and that his final appeal for unity may go unheeded, at least in the early rounds of voting. Cardinals held their final closed-door debate Monday over whether the church needs more of a manager to clean up the Vatican's bureaucratic mess or a pastor to inspire the 1.2 billion faithful in times of crisis. The fact that not everyone got a chance to speak was a cl ...

(Forbes) – The Denver Post, on February 15th, ran an Associated Press article entitled Homeland Security aims to buy 1.6b rounds of ammo, so far to little notice. It confirmed that the Department of Homeland Security has issued an open purchase order for 1.6 billion rounds of ammunition. As report...

In a story headlined "Little Reaction In Oil Market To Chavez Death", Pamela Sampson, a business reporter for the Associated Press, offers her take on the legacy of the Venezuelan president [2]: Chavez invested Venezuela's oil wealth into social programs including state-run food markets, cash benefits for poor families, free health clinics and education programs. But those gains were meager compared with the spectacular construction projects that oil riches spurred in glittering Middle Eastern cities, including the world's tallest building in Dubai and plans for branches of the Louvre and Guggenheim museums in Abu Dhabi.

Cornerback DeAngelo Hall has been released from the Washington Redskins. The Associated Press reports that Hall had two years remaining on the six-year, $54 million deal he signed at the end of the...

Military Attorney Sterling Deramus of Tully Rinckey PLLC sat down with the Associated Press to discuss the conspiracy charge of Sulaiman Abu Ghaith

(Sent by Scott Bray. This story is from the LA Times on 3/10/13.) Blind legislator now fights for services that helped him. Washington state Rep. Cyrus Habib says he wouldn't have made it from "Braille to Yale" without such support. By Mike Baker, Baker writes for the Associated Press.. OLYMPIA, WASH.-- Behind his sunglasses, Rep. Cyrus Habib is reaching back in memory, trying to recall the name of another fully blind politician who came before him. This was someone who served many years ago, Habib recalls. In the U.S. Senate. The grandfather of writer Gore Vidal. Habib rattles off a few details before surrendering: "Let me look him up. Turning to a laptop that provides him constant audio feedback, Habib needs just 23 seconds to launch his Internet browser, run a query and find what he's looking for -- a biographical overview of former Oklahoma Sen. Thomas Gore. There's a picture of him here from 1908," he says. How does he look? At just 31 years old, Habib has mastered skills to bypass the limitations of ...

Do we need this in Florida? Guns for Hire sounds like the wild west. South Dakota enacts law allowing armed teachers and staff on school grounds According to an Associated Press (AP) report, South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard signed a bill allowing the state’s school districts to arm teachers and other personnel with guns. The bill’s main sponsor, Representative Scott Craig, said that he had received messages from a growing number of school board members and administrators who back it. Craig said rural districts do not have the money to hire full-time law officers, so they are interested in arming teachers or volunteers.

'God particle': Confirmation is 'achingly close' By SETH BORENSTEIN | Associated Press – Wed, Mar 6, 2013 WASHINGTON (AP) — Physicists in Italy said Wednesday they are achingly close to concluding that what they found last year was the Higgs boson, the elusive "God particle." They need to eliminate one last remote possibility that it's something else. The long theorized subatomic particle would explain why matter has mass and has been called a missing cornerstone of physics. With new analyses, scientists are closer to being certain they found the crucial Higgs boson. But they want to be 99.9 percent positive, said Pauline Gagnon, a physicist with the European Center for Nuclear Research. Last July scientists with the world's largest atom smasher, the $10 billion Large Hadron Collider on the Swiss-French border, announced finding a particle they described as Higgs-like, but wouldn't say it was conclusively the particle. Now thousands of checks show them even closer. "It looks more and more like a Higgs ...

Pistorius lawyers appeal bail conditions 0 Oscar Pistorius bolts from the blocks for the 400-meter race during the Prefontaine Classic track and field meet in Eugene, Ore., earlier this month. The South African with prosthetics would finish eighth. (Rick Bowmer / Associated Press / June 4, 2011) Also From the Associated Press AP March 11, 2013, 4:15 a.m. Lawyers for Oscar Pistorius have filed an appeal in a South African court against bail restrictions imposed on the Olympian, who is charged with murdering his girlfriend, according to papers released by the Pistorius family on Monday.

•Indians manager Terry Francona has named Zach McAllister as the team's fourth starter, the Associated Press reports (via the Boston Herald). If the Indians choose to start Carlos Carrasco, Trevor Bauer, and Corey Kluber in the minors, the leading veteran candidates for the final spot are Scott Kazmir and Daisuke Matsuzaka, according to Paul Hoynes of the Cleveland Plain Dealer who would put his money on Kazmir.

Conclave chatter dominates Vatican soccer league By ANDREW DAMPF (Associated Press) | The Associated Press – 8 hours ago ROME (AP) -- Vatican-sponsored soccer league matches went ahead as scheduled this weekend on a hill overlooking St. Peter's Basilica. For the 16 teams of seminaries, missionaries and oratories, however, the pre- and postgame talk veered from purely sports and spiritual topics to the coming conclave to elect a new pope. The conclave directly affected the tournament, with the coach of a Brazilian team absent because he was chosen to drive two cardinals to Assisi on Sunday - one of the final days of respite before the cardinals enter the conclave Tuesday. ''It didn't go so well today,'' Aldemir Francisco Belaver, the captain of the Collegio Pio Brasiliano seminary said after a 4-1 loss to Redemptoris Mater, a team featuring seminarians and priests with the Mater Neocatechumenal movement. ''It wasn't easy without our coach.'' Redemptoris fans - which consisted exclusively of priests and s ...

NEWS FROM WWW.ONIBOKUN.COM - March 10, 2013 Hostage killings a new, dangerous turn for Nigeria - By JON GAMBRELL | Associated Press – KANO, Nigeria (AP) - Radical Islamic fighters killed seven foreign hostages in Nigeria, European diplomats said Sunday, making it the worst such kidnapping violence in decades for a country beset by extremist guerrilla attacks. Nigeria's police, military, domestic spy service and presidency remained silent over the killings of the construction company workers, kidnapped Feb. 16 from northern Bauchi state. The government's silence only led to more questions about the nation's continued inability to halt attacks that have seen hundreds killed in shootings, church bombings and an attack on the United Nations. The latest victims were four Lebanese and one citizen apiece from Britain, Greece and Italy. Britain and Italy said all seven of those taken from the Setraco construction company compound had died at the hands of Ansaru, a previously little-known splinter group of the . ...

in Pakistan: Shi'ite leaders call Sunni jihad attacks genocide And the Sunni Pakistani leaders don't want to rein in the jihadist attackers. Yet to examine the ideology behind these murderous attacks would be "Islamophobic." "Shiite Leader: Sectarian Attacks Are 'Genocide,'" by Kathy Gannon for the Associated Press, March 9: Pakistan's minority Shiite Muslims have started using the word "genocide" to describe a violent spike in attacks against them by a militant Sunni group with suspected links to the country's security agencies and a mainstream political party that governs the largest province. Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, a group of radical Sunni Muslims, who revile Shiites as heretics, has claimed responsibility for dozens of attacks throughout Pakistan. Linked to al-Qaida, it has been declared a foreign terrorist organization by the U.S., yet it operates with relative ease in Pakistan's populous Punjab province, where Lashkar-e-Jhangvi and several other violent jihadi groups are based. The violence against Shii ...

Nation Ansaru: We’ve killed 7 foreign hostages Posted by: Our Reporter on March 10, 2013 in Featured, News • Victims from Britain, Lebanon, Greece, Italy and the Phillipines • Why we killed hostages –sect The Islamic group, Jama’atu Ansaril Muslimina fi Biladis Sudan better known as Ansaru, confirmed at the weekend that it executed the seven foreign construction workers abducted last month in Jama’are, Bauchi State. The victims—three Lebanese citizens and one each from Britain, Greece, Italy and the Philippines – are all employees of Setraco, a Lebanese construction company. Ansaru, a splinter group from Boko Haram, said on its website that it executed the seven Christians because Nigerian and British forces had killed some Muslims while trying to free the hostages. Army spokesman Col. Mohammed Yerima told the Associated Press he had no information about any Nigerian/British military operation. The announcement of the execution was accompanied by screen shots of a video purporting to show ...

The suicide rate among U.S. troops continues to climb, despite a sharp drop in combat activity. Some experts fear the problem will grow even worse this year. New Pentagon numbers obtained by the Associated Press show military members committed suicide at a rate of almost one per day in 2012, 349 last year among active-duty troops. That's up from 301 the year before and exceeds the Pentagon's own internal projection of 325. The Pentagon has made it a priority but is admittedly struggling with what Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and others call an epidemic. "They're really trying to put their fingers on what exactly it could be," said retired Army Maj. and CBS military analyst Mike Lyons in an interview Tuesday with Seattle's Morning News. "There's really no silver answer, no silver bullet so to speak." Last year's total is the highest since the Pentagon began closely tracking suicides in 2001. It exceeds the 295 Americans who died in Afghanistan last year, by the AP's count. According to Lyons, many troops ...

Bankers Get Death Penalty After $2.6B Scandal AFP - The outcome of the biggest banking fraud case in Iran's history was made official on February 18. According to Associated Press, four bankers have been sentenced to death in Iran for their role in a $2.6B scandal, while two more bankers were given life sentences, and 33 more accomplices will spend up to 25 years in jail, the chief prosecutor was quoted as saying.

I agree...these zero tolerance policies are BS and its a lazy cop out by lazy principals who use them. Kids' suspensions renew debate over zero tolerance By By MICHAEL RUBINKAM, Associated Press – Feb 18, 2013 Waiting in line for the bus, a Pennsylvania kindergartener tells her pals she's going to shoot them with a Hello Kitty toy that makes soap bubbles. In Maryland, a 6-year-old boy pretends his fingers are a gun during a playground game of cops and robbers. In Massachusetts, a 5-year-old boy attending an after-school program makes a gun out of Legos and points it at other students while "simulating the sound of gunfire," as one school official put it. Kids with active imaginations? Or potential threats to school safety? Some school officials are taking the latter view, suspending or threatening to suspend small children over behavior their parents consider perfectly normal and age-appropriate — even now, with schools in a state of heightened sensitivity following the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Ele ...

This is the Associated Press story that just came across the wire down here at the Times-Record in Fort Smith, Ark. . . . DES MOINES -- Riley Francis scored 20 points and Boyden-Hull shook off its early shooting woes to beat Storm Lake St. Mary's 49-45 Friday night and win its second straight Class 1A boys basketball championship. Boyden-Hull (25-3) built a seven-point lead early in the fourth quarter and held off a St. Mary's charge led by sharp-shooting guard Luke Lenhart. Brandt Van Roekel added 10 points and 10 rebounds for the Comets and made a critical block late in the game. Colin Bolkema and J.C. Koerselman each scored eight points, and Koerselman made a key hustle play during the run that put his team ahead to stay. Boyden-Hull scored the first six points of the fourth quarter and that gave the Comets just enough of a cushion. Koerselman made a big play for the Comets when he dove into the St. Mary's bench to bat the ball off a St. Mary's player and give his team possession. He then fed Van Roeke ...

The four reunited Rascals, who played their first gigs in 40 years a couple months ago, will perform 15 concerts on Broadway from April 15-May 5 at the Richard Rodgers Theatre, the Associated Press reports.

Greenfield - Freshman Carly Graverson started Franklin's rally, and junior Morgan McCuen finished it for a stunning 58-53 girls basketball victory over Oak Creek on Thursday. The Sabers closed out the Division 1 sectional semifinal on an 18-4 run, and Graverson and McCuen combined to score all the points to send their team to a state-qualifying game against Milwaukee Riverside on Saturday. Franklin was ninth in the final area rankings by the Journal Sentinel and is 21-4 after winning its 10th straight game. "We do not give up," Franklin coach Tony Kathrens said. "We don't do it. I've coached teams that have. Last year might have been one of them. But this year, we don't ever get too rattled." Oak Creek (23-2), No. 1 in the area and No. 2 in the last Associated Press state poll, had a 23-game winning streak and held a 10-point lead early in the final quarter. But shortly before Katie Finn's basket gave the Knights a 48-38 lead with 7 minutes 40 seconds left, senior point guard Morgan Kokta injured her righ ...

Associated Press changes guidelines on mental illness BY ILIA BLINDERMAN In the wake of the Newtown shootings, the media have had a field day speculating about the shooter’s mental illness. Immediately, calls emerged to reign in gun access for the mentally ill. Dr. Mehmet Oz, by no means an expert on mental illness, came on CNN and waxed scientific about the shooter’s condition. The frenzy reached its apex in a letter written by Liza Long, entitled “I Am Adam Lanza’s Mother,� where the mother of a boy with severe behavioral issues proceeded to conflate her son’s fate with that of the shooter. The lack of nuance afforded to the topic of mental health was ignorant, shameful and bordering on vile. The mental health lobby, it seems, fails to carry quite the same heft as the National Rifle Association. In a welcome development, the Associated Press has now issued a set of guidelines to address coverage of mental illness. “When is such information relevant to a story? Who is an authoritative sourc ...

CANDICE CHOI, Associated Press, By CANDICE CHOI and MATTHEW PERRONE, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Whole Foods says all products in its North American stores that contain genetically modified in...

Elmwood Place is a village in Ohio with only about 2,100 residents. In September of last year, the town just north of Cincinnati had two traffic cameras installed to nab speeding drivers, mostly as they made their way to I-75 . According to the Associated Press (AP), the cameras...

As a member of the New Jersey State Society, so excited to have been asked to "represent" this Sunday at the Gridiron Club event. For those who've never heard of this historic, musicial, satirical performance, you can't go through life without seeing it at least once! I fully expect to rub elbows with well-known Gridiron Club members such as: Bob Schieffer of CBS, Dan Balz of The Washington Post, Chuck Todd and Andrea Mitchell of NBC, Jim Angle of Fox News, Susan Page, Chuck Raasch & Ron Cohen of Gannett, Carl Leubsdorf of Dallas Morning News, Mark Shields, columnist & NewsHour, David Espo of the Associated Press, Al Hunt of Bloomberg, Jerry Seib and Janet Hook of The Wall Street Journal, Todd Purdam of Vanity Fair, Jeanne Cummings of Politico and others before they don their costumes and entertain the crowd. Stay tuned!!

On the Fox News Sunday Panel this week: Kimberley Strassel of The Wall Street Journal, Julie Pace of the Associated Press, radio talk show host Laura Ingraham,and Fox News political analyst Juan Williams.

Lion killed intern as she was cleaning enclosure By By TRACIE CONE and GOSIA WOZNIACKA, Associated Press – 15 hours ago DUNLAP, Calif. (AP) — Authorities said Thursday they believe a lion killed a 24-year-old volunteer at a Central California animal park after it escaped from a feeding cage and attacked her while she was cleaning its larger enclosure area. Fresno County Coroner David Hadden said Dianna Hanson died instantly when the 550-pound lion broke her neck, apparently with a swipe of a paw. Investigators believe the 5-year-old male African lion used a paw to lift a partially open door that was meant to keep him in a cage and out of the enclosure while Hanson cleaned, Hadden said. "The lion had been fed, the young woman was cleaning the large enclosure, and the lion was in the small cage. The gate of the cage was partially open, which allowed the lion called Cous Cous to lift it up with his paw," Hadden said. "He ran at the young lady." Hadden said Hanson was talking with a co-worker on a cellpho ...

UN sanctions may play into North Korean propaganda By FOSTER KLUG and DAVID GUTTENFELDER | Associated Press – 6 mins ago * Email0 * Share25 * * Share0 * * Print * In this March 7, 2013 photo released by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) and distributed March 8, 2013 by the Korea News Service, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, uses binoculars to look at the South's territory from an observation post at the military unit on Jangjae islet, located in the southernmost part of the southwestern sector of North Korea's border with South Korea. Seven years of U.N. sanctions against North Korea have done nothing to derail Pyongyang’s drive for a nuclear weapon capable of hitting the United States. They may have even bolstered the Kim family by giving their propaganda maestros ammunition to whip up anti-U.S. sentiment and direct attention away from government failures. (AP Photo/KCNA via KNS) JAPAN OUT UNTIL 14 DAYS AFTER THE DAY OF TRANSMISSION View Photo Associated Press/KCNA via KNS - In this Marc ...

Mar 07, 2013 Associated Press | by Edith M. Lederer and Hyung-Jin Kim UNITED NATIONS - The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Thursday for tough new sanctions to punish North Korea for its latest nuclear test, and a furious Pyongyang threatened a nuclear strike against the United States. The sanctions drafted by North Korea's closest ally, China, and the United States send a powerful message that the international community condemns the ballistic missile and nuclear tests - and repeated violation of Security Council resolutions. "Adoption of the resolution itself is not enough," China's U.N. Ambassador Li Baodong said. "We want to see full implementation of the resolution." Li also urged calm and a resumption of the stalled six-party talks aimed at denuclearizing the Korean peninsula. "The top priority now is to defuse the tensions, bring down heat ... bring the situation back on the track of diplomacy, on negotiations." Immediately before the vote, an unidentified spokesman for Pyongyang's Foreign . ...

"Ten years and $60 BILLION in our taxpayer funds later, Iraq is still so unstable and broken that even its leaders question whether U.S efforts to rebuild the war-torn nation were worth the cost. Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee, top Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, called the findings 'appalling.'" Associated Press.

OMG!! OMG!! Justin Beiber is recovering after fainting backstage after a concert in London.! Just when ya think AP Associated Press couldn't get much lower, they report this as breaking news.

“UN: Drones killed more Afghan civilians in 2012,� says the Associated Press headline. The article begins: “The number of U.S. drone strikes in Afghanistan jumped 72 percent in 2012, killing at least 16 civilians in a sharp increase from the previous year.� The message seems clear: More Afghans are…

Twenty-five years ago Temple was atop the college basketball polls as the team in the nation. Sunday, at halftime of Temple's game against VCU, presented by Temple University Alumni Association, the University will honor its 1987-88 men's basketball team that finished as the Associated Press' ranked team and advanced to the NCAA Elite 8 with a 32-2 overall record.

Afghanistan: U.S.-NATO to Stop Reporting Number of Taliban Attacks March 6th, 2013 Via: Wired: One of the major metrics for the decade-long Afghanistan war is seriously flawed. Rather than fix the problem, the U.S.-NATO military command in Kabul has decided that you simply shouldn’t see the data. Late last month, the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) conceded that it misreported the 2012 statistics on Taliban attacks. Its explanation was that a data-entry error had discounted attacks reported by Afghan forces — so much so that a statistically insignificant change in the level of so-called “enemy initiated attacks� became a seven percent decline from 2011 levels. ISAF’s response, the Associated Press recounts, is to end public reporting on enemy-initiated attacks. It’ll still record attack levels, according to spokesman Jamie Graybeal, but it won’t publish any of the data it collects — all because it’s losing confidence in the veracity of its information. As Afghan forces tak ...

First Lady's Anti-Obesity Campaign Having an Effect Michelle Obama's campaign against childhood obesity appears to be prompting changes meant to improve children's eating habits and help them maintain or achieve a healthy weight. For example, millions of schoolchildren now eat vegetables from salad bars in school lunchrooms and children's meals at Olive Garden and Red Lobster restaurants include a side of fruit or vegetables and a glass of low-fat milk, the Associated Press reported. The first lady launched her "Let's Move" campaign in February 2010. On Wednesday, she began a two-day promotional tour with stops in Mississippi, Illinois and Missouri. She's also been promoting the program on TV shows, on the radio, and in public service announcements. "We're starting to see some shifts in the trend lines and the data where we're starting to show some improvement," Mrs. Obama told SiriusXM host B. Smith in an interview broadcast Tuesday, the AP reported. "We've been spending a lot of time educating and re-ed ...

Medicare Pays Billions for Poor Nursing Home Care Nursing homes that failed to meet quality of care standards received $5.1 billion in payments from Medicare in 2009, according to a report released Thursday by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' inspector general. In some cases, the failure to meet those standards resulted in dangerous and neglectful conditions for patients, the Associated Press reported. The investigators estimated that for every one in three times a patient was admitted to a nursing home that year, they ended up in facilities that did not meet the basic care requirements stipulated by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). In one out of five nursing home stays, patients' health issues weren't addressed in their care plans. In other cases, patients received therapy they didn't require. The investigators said this benefited the nursing homes financially because they were reimbursed at a higher rate by Medicare, the AP said. "These findings raise concerns about w ...

"I'm sorry, I didn't think I was going to talk about 'man on dog' with a United States senator, it's sort of freaking me out." -Associated Press interviewer, to Rick Santorum

Marijuana Legalization is a Terrible Idea If you want to know why drug legalization is folly just look at what is happening in Colorado which legalized marijuana in November 2012. Here are excerpts from an Associated Press article called Pot tourism in Colo.? Marijuana regulators OK idea with a (IAKA) comment after each: AP reports: DENVER (AP) — Marijuana tourism is on the way to Colorado, under a recommendation made Tuesday by a state task force to regulate the drug made legal by voters last year. Comment: Marijuana tourism is a terrible idea. The last thing Americans need to be thinking about in these bad economic times is traveling to Colorado to get stoned. But this is liberalism – pleasure before business. Always. AP reports: Colorado's marijuana task force was assembled to suggest regulations for pot after voters chose to flout federal drug law and allow its use without a doctor's recommendation. Made up of lawmakers, law enforcement authorities and marijuana activists, the task force agreed Tu ...

Senator ends long floor speech blocking CIA pick By RICHARD LARDNER | Associated Press – 4 hrs ago WASHINGTON (AP) — A tea party senator from Kentucky used an old-style filibuster lasting nearly 13 hours to block Senate confirmation of John Brennan's nomination to be CIA director. Sen. Rand Paul ended his filibuster shortly after midnight, but Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, also a Kentucky Republican, said he would continue to oppose Brennan's confirmation and try to keep the debate going. After Paul yielded the floor, Sen. *** Durbin, D-Ill., filed a motion to cut off debate on Brennan's nomination and bring it up for a vote. Paul ended his lengthy speech with a joke. He said that he was tempted to go another 12 hours and try to break former South Carolina Sen. Strom Thurmond's filibuster record of 24 hours, but he needed to use the bathroom. "I discovered that there are some limits to filibustering and I'm going to have to go and take care of one of those in a few minutes," Paul said. But . ...

Dorsey said in a phone interview with The  Associated Press late Wednesday that the decision to sign wide receiver Dwayne  Bowe and punter Dustin Colquitt to long-term deals Cheap  NFL T-shirt, and place the franchise tag on  left tackle Branden Albert, are all part of a plan he set out upon his arrival.   "Just wanted to confirm that I have  been released," he wrote. "Even though it was an incredibly tough year  on and off the field last year, I wouldn't trade the relationships I made in KC  and the overall experience I had for anything. It was an honor to be a Chief  and I wish them nothing but the best in the future. ... On to the next  adventure!"   NFL.com's Ian Rapoport reported Wednesday  that Bradshaw received a positive update on the status of his surgically  repaired right foot during a visit with Dr. Robert Anderson in North Carolina.   The cheap  Nike Atlanta Falcons Game jerseys are focusing  on their own free agents, while a Niners source gave a succinct summation of  the re ...

One of the more bizarre takes on Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's death comes from Associated Press business reporter Pamela Sampson (3/5/13): Chavez invested Venezuela's oil wealth into social p...

Editor's note: The following report was written by the Associated Press. The article is based on a study published in the medical journal JAMA Internal Medicine. The study utilizes information from the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, an outspoken anti-gun group. – CHICAGO (AP) -- States...

Arrest in NYC crash that killed expectant parents By COLLEEN LONG | Associated Press – 1 hr 0 mins ago Email Share471 Print View Gallery Suspect arrested in NYC crash NEW YORK (AP) — A man suspected of fleeing the scene of a grisly crash in New York City that killed a pregnant woman and her husband was arrested at a convenience store in northeastern Pennsylvania on Wednesday after a friend arranged his surrender with New York authorities. Julio Acevedo, 44, walked to officers waiting in cars in the parking lot in Bethlehem, Pa., and was arrested on charges of leaving the scene of an accident, said Paul Browne, chief spokesman for the New York Police Department. Acevedo, wearing a hooded sweatshirt, said nothing to officers who took him into custody, Browne said. The surrender, which occurred shortly after 5 p.m., was brokered by a friend who had been in touch with police earlier in the day. The friend met officers at New York's Grand Central Station, then led them to Acevedo in Bethlehem, about 80 mil ...

The real invasion of Africa is not news A full-scale invasion of Africa is under way. The United States is deploying troops in 35 African countries, beginning with Libya, Sudan, Algeria and Niger. Reported by Associated Press on Christmas Day, this was missing from most Anglo-American media. The invasion has almost nothing to do with "Islamism", and almost everything to do with the acquisition of resources, notably minerals, and an accelerating rivalry with China. Unlike China, the US and its allies are prepared to use a degree of violence demonstrated in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen and Palestine. As in the cold war, a division of labour requires that western journalism and popular culture provide the cover of a holy war against a "menacing arc" of Islamic extremism, no different from the bogus "red menace" of a worldwide communist conspiracy.

Alaska legislature strips salmon stream protection in way that will help mining industry SEAFOOD.COM NEWS [Associated Press] by Becky Bohrer - March 6, 2013 The Alaska House has passed a measure that critics say could hurt public participation in state permitting decisions. The 23-14 vote late Monday followed debate on water rights and whether to amend the bill to allow Native entities to apply for water reservations, along with federal or state agencies and political subdivisions. The vote on that amendment was tied at 18-18, with Rep. Peggy Wilson, R-Wrangell, seemingly agonizing over how to cast her vote. The House took a short break, and when the vote was held on the amendment again, Wilson was no longer a deciding vote but part of the majority in voting against the amendment. HB77, from Gov. Sean Parnell, is aimed at improving the permitting process in Alaska and seeks to build upon efforts in recent years to make the process more efficient. The measure is extensive, dealing with issues such as land ...

Your chances of dying by 2023? Test offers a clue By LINDSEY TANNER | Associated Press – 2 hrs 45 mins ago View Photo Associated Press/Jeff Chiu - In this March 1, 2013 photo, Dr. Marisa Cruz is photographed at the University of San Francisco VA Medical Center in San Francisco. Cruz is the lead author of a study showing that …more CHICAGO (AP) — Want to know your chances of dying in the next 10 years? Here are some bad signs: getting winded walking several blocks, smoking, and having trouble pushing a chair across the room. That's according to a "mortality index" developed by San Francisco researchers for people older than 50. The test scores may satisfy people's morbid curiosity, but the researchers say their 12-item index is mostly for use by doctors. It can help them decide whether costly health screenings or medical procedures are worth the risk for patients unlikely to live 10 more years. It's best to take the test with a doctor, who can discuss what the score means in the context of patients' ...

watched Argo two nights ago and then had to watch something inane in order to get off the edge of our seats. The movie reminded me that I started listening to for the first time during the Iran Hostage Crisis. NPR started broadcasting the AP feed during that horrible time. I wrote the head AP editor thanking him for the wonderful and quoted Mark Twain. "There are only two forces that can carry light to all the corners of the globe—the sun in the heavens and the Associated Press down here." The editor replied replied that he thought he was the only one who remembered Twain's remark, and then wrote, "Now I know there are two of us."

Blackhawks (20-0-3) extend points streak, win 10th consecutive game Associated Press | March 6, 2013 CHICAGO -- With each point, the pressure grows. The wins are piling up, increasing the expectations. And the Chicago Blackhawks just keep going and going. Looking down on the rest of the NHL, Marian Hossa and Co. show no signs of slowing down. The Blackhawks set a franchise record with their 10th consecutive victory and extended their points streak to 29 games with a 5-3 win against the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday night. "It's a great time right now," said Hossa, who scored after he was honored in a pregame ceremony for playing in his 1,000th NHL game Sunday at Detroit. "Everybody is hungry. We have a strong lineup and the guys are playing well." Bryan Bickell scored twice in the first period and Patrick Kane added a big goal in the third as Chicago (20-0-3) remained the only team in the league without a regulation loss. It also snapped a tie with the 1977-78 Montreal Canadiens for the second longest points ...

US scientists report big jump in heat-trapping CO2 Carbon dioxide levels rose by second highest rate; reaching global warming limits unlikely By Seth Borenstein, AP Science Writer | Associated Press – 7 hrs ago. WASHINGTON (AP) -- The amount of heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the air jumped dramatically in 2012, making it very unlikely that global warming can be limited to another 2 degrees as many global leaders have hoped, new federal figures show. Scientists say the rise in CO2 reflects the world's economy revving up and burning more fossil fuels, especially in China. Carbon dioxide levels jumped by 2.67 parts per million since 2011 to total just under 395 parts per million, says Pieter Tans, who leads the greenhouse gas measurement team for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. That's the second highest rise in carbon emissions since record-keeping began in 1959. The measurements are taken from air samples captured away from civilization near a volcano in Mauna Loa, Hawaii. More coal- ...

“Life span declines for some U.S. women,� By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press, New York , Herald, Tuesday, 03.05.13, Pg. A2. A new study offers more compelling evidence that life expectancy for some U.S. women is actually falling, a disturbing trend that experts can’t explain. The latest research found that women age 75 and younger are dying at higher rates than previous years in nearly half of the nation’s counties – many of them rural and in the South and West. Curiously, for men, life expectancy has held steady or improved in nearly all counties. The study is the latest to spot this pattern, especially among disadvantaged white women. Some leading theories blame higher smoking rates, obesity and less education, but several experts said they simply don’t know why. Women have long outlived men, and the latest numbers show the average life span for a baby girl born today is 81, and for a baby boy, it’s 76. But the gap has been narrowing and data from the Centers for Disease Control and Preve .. ...

Indiana’s new Superintent of Public Instruction Glenda Ritz came into office in January opposing the grading system, and earlier pointed out in an Associated Press report that using it wasn’t effective when trying to track both student performance and whether or not they were improving.

Just in from the Associated Press: Snow-meggedon expected to blanket the D.C. area overnight, with accumulations of 12-18 inches anticipated. A spokesman for the White House says that due to the "reckless cutbacks from the sequester" snowfalls will be curtailed sharply. Instead the area should expect brimstone and fire to rain down. Speaker Boehner's office issued the following statement, "We are monitoring the situation, and stand ready to work with the President on any reasonable solution. We have invited him to join us over the next days in the caverns of the Shenandoah Valley. We find the best course of actions is to clear our heads, meet as a caucus, and spend time caving."

According to the Associated Press, Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet is a top contender for Pope. A Canadian Pope...

It's 'Duck Dynasty' season as A&E hit flies high Associated Press By FRAZIER MOORE | Associated Press – 1 hour 4 minutes ago NEW YORK (AP) — When "Duck Dynasty" returned for its third season last week, it was greeted by an audience of 8.6 million viewers. Pretty good for an A&E reality series about bearded bayou brethren who manufacture duck calls and love to go bird hunting. Except that's not what "Duck Dynasty" really is. Viewers who have ducked this show thus far, assuming it's just another mocking redneck display on the order of "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo," have it all wrong. And they're missing out. Nor, by the way, is this a show that has much to do with the duck-call business (life has many distractions for the Robertson clan), nor is it a show that dwells on people killing animals (are you listening, Morrissey?). Instead, "Duck Dynasty" (airing two half-hours at 10 p.m. EST Wednesday) is a warm and witty family show that is more akin to a classic sitcom than it is to the likes of "Buckwild." Ty ...

Mexican police have confiscated an improvised cannon that they say was used to fire packages of marijuana across a border fence into California. The makeshift cannon was made of plastic pipe and powered by compressed air sourced from an old car engine, police in the border city of Mexicali said. The device was able to fire cylinders packed with up to 30 pounds of pot. The cannon was discovered on Tuesday after U.S. officers told Mexican police that they had been confiscating a large number of drug packages that appeared to have been fired over the border, the Associated Press said. It's not the first time drug traffickers have used a cannon to transport marijuana across the border. In December, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials recovered more than 30 cans of marijuana scattered in Yuma, Ariz., near the Colorado River. According to NBC, an investigation of the area "determined that the cans were fired from about 500 feet away with a pneumatic-powered cannon" and that a "carbon-dioxide tank was f ...

Gwadar Port pain awaits China: - Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has formally handed over the country's prized port at Gwadar to China. Simultaneously, China becomes the builder, financer and operator of the Arabian Sea port near the Strait of Hormuz, through which more than half of the oil imports for the the second-largest economy after the United States now pass. State-run China Overseas Port Holdings Limited will purchase all the shares in Gwadar Port from the Port of Singapore Authority (PSA) and its local partners under a deal approved by Pakistani government on January 30. PSA sold 60% of shares in the the port, while Aqeel Kareem Dedhi (AKD) Group and the National Logistic Cell (NCL) controlled by the Pakistani army sold their 20% stakes. "Handing over of the operation of Gwadar Port to China is manifestation of our growing ties and also shows the trust Pakistan has in the Chinese ability to deliver on our infrastructure projects," Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) reported Zardari as sayin . ...

LAWYER: ACCUSATIONS AGAINST US SENATOR ARE FALSE By EZEQUIEL ABIU LOPEZ — Mar. 4 8:51 PM EST You are here Home » Robert Menendez » Lawyer: Accusations against US senator are false In this Friday, March 1, 2013 photograph, Sen. Robert Menendez, D-NJ, listens during a news conference at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, N.J. In the past, Sen. Robert Menendez sponsored legislation with incentives for natural gas vehicle conversions that would benefit the biggest political donor to his re-election, the same eye doctor whose private jet Menendez used for two personal trips to the Dominican Republic, an Associated Press investigation found. The disclosure reflects the latest intersection between Menendez, who is the subject of an ethics inquiry on Capitol Hill, and Florida doctor Dr. Salomon Melgen, who is involved in a federal criminal investigation. (AP Photo/Mel Evans) SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — A Dominican woman who once said in a video that she had sex with a New Jersey se ...

According to the Star-Gazette, the latest worry for the automotive experts: that drivers might be lulled into thinking they can drive faster because newer speedometers read up to 120, 140 and even 160 MPH. If I may ... if you run across someone that stupid, pleze take away their keys AND driver's license (send same to their current guardian or parent) and call them a cab! STAT! In the Associated Press (Tom Krisher) article, Mr. Fawaz Baltaji of Yazaki North America is quoted as saying, "People really want to see higher numbers. It is indicative of a more powerful engine. There's a marketing pitch to it." What people? Morons? 6-year-olds? Pot-heads? Surely no one of driving age thinks that bigger numbers on the speedometer is related to horsepower under the hood. That's just patently stupid. [Gee whiz I wish I had the patent on stupid ... I could retire to my island tomorrow!]

"I don't pay rent. I don't pay utilities," Casey Anthony said, according to the Associated Press. "I guess you could say I'm living free off the kindness of others."

Sabres-Hurricanes Preview (The Associated Press): While the Carolina Hurricanes have climbed to...

It was more than just a few hundred. The Homeland Security Department released more than 2,000 illegal immigrants facing deportation over the past few weeks as the sequester approached. The department even planned to release 3,000 more during March, according to the Associated Press. Earlier this we...

Secretary of State John Kerry announced on Sunday the release of a quarter of a billion dollars in aid to Egypt. The Associated Press reports: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday rewarded Egypt for President Mohammed Morsi's pledges of political and economic reforms by releasing $250 milli...

Who is Barry Obama II aka Barry Hussein Soebarkah etc. As WND has reported, the Associated Press released Obama’s school registration form from St. Francis Assisi School in Jakarta show him listed officially as Barry Soetoro, an Indonesian citizen. WND has also reported that in a passport amendment submitted Aug. 13, 1968, Ann Dunham, Obama’s mother, identified her son with an Indonesian surname, Barack Hussein Obama II Soebarkah. She asked the State Department to drop him from her U.S. passport, bolstering evidence Barack Obama Jr. became a citizen of Indonesia when he moved to the Southeast Asian nation with his stepmother and stepfather in the late 1960s. Until Dunham’s passport amendment surfaced in State Department documents released July 29, the name “Soebarkah� had never been referenced or documented in any discussion of Obama in the public record. In Obama’s home state, Illinois, Sankey tracked down 16 different addresses for a Barack Obama or a Barack H. Obama, of which all are addres ...

Violent start in Kenyan election; police killed By RODNEY MUHUMUZA | Associated Press – 3 hrs ago NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Five years after more than 1,000 people were killed in election-related violence, Kenyans on Monday began casting votes in a nationwide election seen as the country's most important — and complicated — in its 50-year history. Police issued alerts late Sunday of impending attacks, and the violence began even before the voting. Police in the coastal city of Mombasa reported a 2 a.m. attack by a gang of dozens; early reports indicated several officers — perhaps four or five — were killed. Multiple factors indicated violence was likely: The police said late Sunday that criminals were planning to dress in police uniforms and disrupt voting in some locations. In addition, intelligence on the Somali-Kenya border indicated Somali militants planned to launch attacks; a secessionist group on the coast threatened — and perhaps already carried out — attacks; the tribes of the top two ...

Interfaith Outreach in Egypt: Muslims throw firebombs at police, try to storm church in search of woman suspected of converting to Christianity Muhammad said: "Whoever changed his Islamic religion, then kill him" (Bukhari 9.84.57). The death penalty for apostasy is part of Islamic law according to all the schools of Islamic jurisprudence. Yet Muslim spokesmen such as Harris Zafar, Mustafa Akyol, Salam al-Marayati, M. Cherif Bassiouni, and Ali Eteraz (among many others) have assured us that Islam doesn't punish apostasy. I am confident that Zafar, Akyol, al-Marayati, Bassiouni, and Eteraz are making their way to Luxor as we speak, so as to explain to these enraged Muslim mobs that they are getting Islam all wrong, wrong, wrong. "Christian-Muslim tension flares in southern Egypt," by Haggag Salama for the Associated Press, March 1 (thanks to all who sent this in): LUXOR, Egypt (AP) — Dozens of Muslim residents threw firebombs and rocks at police on Friday as they tried to storm a church in southern Egypt ...

Six of the top 10 teams in the Associated Press rankings have lost two or three straight games this season.

I am not a Crook! Posted on March 30, 2010 by Teevtee Well actually I really am not a crook, outside of trying to shoplift a fruit roll up when I was about 12 (and being caught doing so) crime has never been my thing. But I’m not talking about myself; I’m talking about one of the most infamous presidential quotes ever. It was near the end of 1973, November 17th to be exact and Richard Nixon was deeply embroiled in the Watergate scandal. The accusations against Nixon were mounting when he took the podium to address 400 managing editors from the Associated Press. Defiantly President Nixon proclaimed, “People have got to know whether or not their President is a crook. Well, I’m not a crook.� A few months later he would become the first and only president to resign from office. Not everyone believed Nixon’s declaration This line has been repeated many times since then, parodied in movies and TV shows and in many ways became a lasting legacy of the Nixon Administration. However what has been ne ...

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II was hospitalized Sunday due to an apparent stomach infection, marking the first time in a decade that the 86-year old queen has been admitted to a hospital, the Associated Press reported. Buckingham Palace said the queen had experienced Gastroenteritis. She will cancel…

GOP Governors Continue Caving In to ObamaCare Mandates Republican governors once so ferocious in their fight against ObamaCare now seem content to roll over and play dead. Perhaps their new agreeable attitude is inspired by the fact that President Obama was reelected in November while their own political futures remain in jeopardy. As the Associated Press reported last Sunday, “nearly two dozen GOP governors elected in 2009 and 2010 could face the voters again.� The conciliatory spirit among the GOP executives was strong at the annual winter meeting of the National Governors Association held February 22-25 in Washington, D.C. Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker (shown), once one of the most brazen bulldogs in the Republican kennel, reflects the new pragmatism prevalent among the GOP governors in comments he made at the governors meeting. "People may agree or disagree with my position on this social issue or that social issue, but as long as I'm not rubbing it in their face all the time and instead talking ...

Associated Press is reporting that officials say Elizabeth II in London due to apparent infection

Donald Trump talks All-Star Celebrity Apprentice: In an interview with the Associated Press to talk up All-Sta...

Benedict's obedience to new pope part of tradition By NICOLE WINFIELD | Associated Press – 13 hrs ago View Photo Associated Press/Alessandra Tarantino - Pope Benedict XVI leaves after greeting the faithful from the balcony window of the papal summer residence of Castel Gandolfo, the scenic town where he will spend his …more VATICAN CITY (AP) — He slipped it in at the end of his speech, and said it so quickly and softly it almost sounded like an afterthought. But in pledging his "unconditional reverence and obedience" to the next pope, Benedict XVI took a critical step toward ensuring that his decision to break with 600 years of tradition and retire as pope doesn't create a schism within the church. It was also a very personal expression of one of the tenets of Christian tradition that dates back to Jesus' crucifixion: obedience to a higher authority. In the two weeks since Benedict announced he would resign, questions have mounted about how much influence he would still wield and exert over the new ...

Ryan Seacrest wedding rumors are flying around despite him dodging the question while talking about "American Idol." The television host dodged wedding rumors during an interview with the Associated Press.

Associated Press, Feb. 27: Radioactive waste tanks may be leaking some 1,000 gallons per year at Hanford Nuclear Reservation, and Washington Gov. Jay Inslee said Wednesday officials are still evaluating how to effectively remove the remaining material from the problematic tanks. The 1,000-gallon fig...

GH NEWS (From SOAPZONE.COM) News for the week of 25-Feb-2013 BY CAROL BANKS WEBER Genie Francis (Laura) gets to be a part of history — twice in her lifetime. Thirty-five years ago, she was just an ingénue on a soap opera scheduled for cancellation. Sound familiar? Back then, TPTB hired maverick executive producer Gloria Monty to save GH, and she did, like Rambo, lifting up Francis’ character to the stratosphere with a theater actor named Tony Geary (Luke). Francis told Associated Press in a February 22nd interview that Monty changed GH for the better. When Monty took it over, she worked a miracle, made ratings happen, and saved GH from cancellation. “Cut to today, and all of the shows are losing some popularity. Then they bring in [new executive producer] Frank Valentini. I tell you I got chills when I met him,� Francis explained. “I was so happy to see this wonderful show get its fearless leader, get the person who really can guide it. We didn’t have that person for way too long but now we d ...

"Former University History Prof. Julian Bond, also known for his civil rights activism, was arrested on February 13, 2013, while protesting the construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline along with 47 other people. Other prominent activists placed under arrest included Robert Kennedy, Jr. and actress Daryl Hannah. The Keystone XL pipeline, intended to run from Canada to oil refineries along the Gulf Coast of Texas, has generated controversy among environmental activists across the nation due to a heightened risk of oil spills and increased emissions. Plus the fact that the oil is for EXPORT - it will not lower the price of our gas. Bond, who has a history of civil disobedience dating back to his forming of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee during the civil rights movement, has been a spokesman for a variety of causes, including *** rights, ending the Vietnam War and most prominently the advancement of civil rights for African-Americans.According to an Associated Press report, the activists w ...

Facing intense criticism, the Associated Press announced Thursday that it would revise its influential stylebook to include a single standard when referring to *** and straight spouses.

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What led up to the shooting and killing spree by Kip Kinkel at Thurston High School in Springfield, Oregon on Thursday 21 May 1998? What led him to kill his parents? These are two of the major questions that many people are asking since that fatal day that left 4 people dead and 22 others injured. William McCall, an Associated Press writer says, "that there may be no good explanation." He concludes that despite whatever influence violence in our movies, television, and video games may have upon our youth, "some kids are just born to be bad." I personally don't believe that this is a correct answer. It does, however, have a strong Biblical or religious aspect to it. It addresses the concept of "original sin", in that we are all born in sin, but it doesn't answer the question why this particular youth did what he did, and that the vast majority of other youth don't react in this way. The other conclusion which William McCall's explanation presents is that it's God's fault, because this particular child was ...

Syria Update, Mar.1 2013. (Institute of Middle Eastern, Islamic and Strategic Studies. By Sherifa Zuhur) Early death toll: 70 reported killed including 21 unarmed civilians. Yesterday’s death toll (2/28/13): 140 killed including 57 unarmed civilians. Moaz al-Khatib claims the Syrian opposition is committed to peace and to protecting minorities in Syria. Salim Idriss, the chief of staff of the Syrian opposition's supreme military council, told the Associated Press that the opposition needs weapons. Food rations and medical supplies will not help them win against Assad's forces who have superior air power. Syrians meet challenges in trying to find basic resources – food and electricity. Civilians play a role as well as the fighting groups. and Relief: The number of refugees fleeing Syria increased by more than 13,000 people in a single day, which means that one million Syrians will have fled their country by next week. The total number of registered refugees and individuals awaiting registration ...

Downton Abbey’: Another Key Cast Member Not Returning for Season 4 by Tracy Phillips | March 1, 2013 at 2:08 PM | Downton Abbey, XFINITY Streampix Siobhan Finneran of "Downton Abbey" (Photo: PBS) Here’s another blow for “Downton Abbey� fans. Siobhan Finneran will not be returning for Season 4 of the smash hit British series, the actress revealed to The U.K.’s Associated Press. Yes, dear “Abbey� fans, O’Brien is packing her bags. The devious maid viewers love to hate will be gone when the upcoming season returns, picking up six months after the tragic third-season finale. “I’m not doing any more,� Finneran says. “O’Brien is a thoroughly despicable human being — that was great to play.� A spokesperson for “Downton� confirmed Finneran’s exit, and also added that the door is open should the actress choose to return. Watch the First Two Seasons of “Downton Abbey� on XFINITY Streampix! Watch Season 3 of “Downton Abbey� Now Available on XFINITY On Demand Finneran’s u ...

By:Jason StraziusoThe Associated Press, Published on Wed Feb 27 2013   NAIROBI, KENYA—Dozens of shack homes have been burned to the ground in recent weeks in Mathare, Nairobi’s most dangerous slum. Families are moving into zones controlled by their own clans, fearful of attacks between the tribes of Kenya’s top two presidential candidates. ‘We will set you on fire’ Kenya on Monday holds its first presidential election since the 2007 vote devolved into months of tribal violence that killed more than 1,000 people and displaced 600,000 from their homes. In a hopeful sign, this year’s presidential candidates pledged at a weekend prayer rally to accept the outcome of the election and ensure violence doesn’t again break out. But the government-funded Kenya National Commission on Human Rights on Wednesday released a long list of physical attacks, hate speech and cases of ethnic intimidation Kenya has seen in recent weeks, exposing an undercurrent of tribal tension. Those strains are on high displa ...

How budget cuts could affect you A look at how the cuts could affect government operations and you By Pauline Jelinek, Associated Press | Associated Press – 8 minutes ago Email 8 Print Automatic spending cuts scheduled to take effect Friday are expected to touch a vast range of government services. Some examples: DEFENSE One of the Navy's premiere warships, the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman, sits pier-side in Norfolk, Va., its tour of duty delayed. The carrier and its 5,000-person crew were to leave for the Persian Gulf on Feb. 8, along with the guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg. Veterans' funerals at Arlington National Cemetery could be cut to 24 a day from 31, meaning delays in burials for troops from past wars. Troops killed in action in Afghanistan will be the priority — they are usually laid to rest within two weeks, Army spokesman George Wright said. But overall funerals would be reduced by about 160 a month because of furloughs among civilian employees who work with families to sched ...

Mushers, dogs line up for Alaska's Iditarod race: RACHEL D'ORO,Associated Press read more

Day 26 – LSMI African American Sports Executive Showcase: Kevin Maurice Johnson (born March 4, 1966) is the current mayor of Sacramento, the capital city of the U.S. state of California. Elected in 2008 and reelected in 2012, Johnson is the first African American to serve in that office. Prior to entering politics, Johnson was a professional basketball player in the NBA, playing point guard for the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Phoenix Suns. During his 12-year playing career, Johnson was a three-time NBA All-Star and four-time second team All-NBA selection, along with holding numerous records for the Phoenix Suns organization. At the University of California, Berkeley, Johnson was named a two-time All-Pac-10 Conference player and an honorable-mention All-American by the Associated Press. Johnson was a 2000 graduate of the Harvard Divinity School Summer Leadership Institute, a program that prepares students for work in faith-based urban economic revitalization. He also has a B.A. in Political Science from ...

Read this, then ask yourself just one question - why try to seal public records, unless there is a problem with those records? The Newtown, Connecticut Town Clerk is seeking to deny newspapers from viewing public record death certificates of Sandy Hook victims, according to the Newtown Bee. The Clerk maintains that access to vital records such as death and marriage certificates should be limited to immediate family members or their representatives, and has undertaken to change present law. The New York Post, the Connecticut Post, the Associated Press, the Hartford Courant, and other media have put forth requests for official death certificates of Sandy Hook victims, the Newton Bee report says. Newtown Town Clerk Debbie Aurelia says she is working with State Representatives Dan Carter, Mitch Bolinsky, and the leadership of the state association of town clerks to craft state legislation: "that would provide the press and public with limited directory information from death and marriage records, but would wi ...

The Scourge by Rex Ellingwood Beach Coming down coast from the Kotzebue country they stumbled onto the little camp in the early winter, and as there was food a plenty, of its kind, whereas they had subsisted for some days on puree of seal oil and short ribs of dog, Captain and Big George decided to winter. A maxim of the north teaches to cabin by a grub-pile. It was an odd village they beheld that first day. Instead of the clean moss-chinked log shelters men were wont to build in this land, they found the community housed like marmots in holes and burrows. It seemed that the troop had landed, fresh from the States, a hundred and a quarter strong, hot with the lust for gold, yet shaken by the newspaper horrors of Alaska's rigorous hardships and forbidding climate. Debouching in the early fall, they had hastily prepared for an Associated Press-painted Arctic winter. Had they been forced to winter in the mountains of Idaho, or among Montana's passes, they would have prepared simply and effectively. Here, how ...

Boeing reports 787 battery fix to Japan regulators Boeing CEO explains 787 battery fix plan to Japanese regulators, airlines By Elaine Kurtenbach, AP Business Writer | Associated Press – Thu, Feb 28, 2013 View Photo Associated Press - FILE- In this Jan. 11, 2013 file photo, Boeing Commercial Airplanes President and CEO Ray Conner speaks during a news conference at the Transportation …more TOKYO (AP) -- Boeing CEO Ray Conner met with Japan's transport minister and other officials in Tokyo on Thursday to explain his company's proposal for resolving problems with the 787 Dreamliner's lithium-ion batteries that have kept the aircraft grounded for over a month. Conner met with Akihiro Ota, who heads the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, and with the director general of the Civil Aviation Bureau, to explain the proposed solution to the problem of the batteries overheating. "I just want to reiterate that the 787 is still the game-changing aircraft it is meant to be," Conner told report ...

Way to go Julie! Still making Mishicot Proud!! Mishicot grad Wojta signs with WNBA’s Silver Stars Julie Wojta, the former Mishicot and University of Wisconsin-Green Bay star, will go to training camp with the WNBA’s San Antonio Silver Stars. It will be the third stint in the top U.S. professional league for Wojta, 23, a 6-foot guard-forward. She was selected by the Minnesota Lynx in the second round of last year’s draft and was released before the season. The Lynx re-signed Wojta to a seven-day contract last July, but she played in only one game, getting two rebounds in four minutes. Since then, Wojta has played professionally in Belgium. She’s the secondleading scorer for Belfius Namur, the firstplace team in Belgium’s top league, averaging 15.6 points, 10.8 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game. Wojta was the Horizon League player and defensive player of the year in 2011-12, her senior season at UWGB. She also an Associated Press secondteam all-America selection and a finalist for the John R. Woo ...

Pope Benedict XVI's appeared at Castel Gandolfo for what was his final public address. The transcript of his words, according to the Associated Press, is below: Dear friends, I'm happy to be with y...

The United States Army will be deploying troops to nearly three-dozen African nations in the coming year. Soldiers based out of Fort Riley, Kansas’ 2nd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division will begin training in March 2013 in order to prepare for a project that will send troops to as many as 35 African nations, the Associated Press reports. Citing a growing threat from extremist groups, including those with ties to al-Qaeda, the Department of Defense is hoping to install American soldiers overseas in order to prepare local troops there for any future crises as tensions escalate. Earlier this month, DoD sources with insider knowledge told the Washington Post that US troops will soon be en route to the nation of Mali in order to thwart the emerging threat of Islamic extremists, including al-Qaeda aligned insurgents. With the latest news from the Pentagon, though, Mali will be just one of many African nations hosting US troops in the coming year. According to the AP’s update this week, soldiers will be sent ov ...

The latest from Jean H. Lee (Korea bureau chief for the Associated Press, based in Seoul and back and forth to Pyongyang. Korean Peninsula

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Dale Robertson, best remembered for his roles in television and movie Westerns, has died. His niece Nancy Robertson tells the Associated Press her uncle di

Info on medgift.com At 23 years old, Diem Brown faced the greatest challenge of her life: she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. She coped with this devastating news just as her professional life was coming together. In addition to recently landing her dream job as a reporter freelancing for the Associated Press, she had also been casted to compete on MTV’s Real World/Road Rules Challenge show. Determined not to let fear or cancer stop her from achieving her goals, Diem decided to go ahead and participate in Real World/Road Rules Challenge. But after the show concluded, Diem experienced depression and a sense of helplessness as she coped with chemotherapy, expensive medical bills and new challenges such as finding an affordable human hair wig. Friends, family and co-workers all offered to help, but Diem didn’t have a way to accept, organize and keep track of the many kind offers of assistance. It was this specific situation that was the inspiration for her to create MedGift. A unique gift registry tha ...

WND EXCLUSIVE See police confiscate guns from Americans From Katrina to Seattle to small-town Alabama, watch the unthinkable Published: 2 days ago by Bob Unruh Email | Archive Subscribe to feed Bob Unruh joined WND in 2006 after nearly three decades with the Associated Press, as well as several Upper Midwest newspapers, where he covered everything from legislative battles and sports to tornadoes and homicidal survivalists. He is also a photographer whose scenic work has been used commercially.More ↓Less ↑ Ads by GoogleApache HadoopBig Insight, Big Foresight. Intel Helps Big Data Work for You. Intel.com/BigData Text smaller Text bigger3028Is it possible – or even imaginable – that in the United States of America, police could go door to door and confiscate citizens’ legally owned firearms? To many, such a concern is conspiratorial and evidence of paranoia. They might be surprised to learn that not only has outright gun confiscation of legally purchased weapons already occurred in a major way in . ...

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Santa Cruz shooting Santa Cruz hit hard by officers' deaths Beach town is stunned by the slayings of two detectives investigating an alleged sexual assault, the first officer deaths in the department's 150-year history. Sky Hall leaves flowers in front of the Santa Cruz Police Department on Wednesday at a memorial for two police detectives who were killed Tuesday. Suspect Jeremy Goulet, 35, was shot and killed by officers. (Thomas Mendoza / Associated Press / February 27, 2013) Photos: Two Santa Cruz police officers killed 2 Santa Cruz officers die in shootout; suspect killed Early news reports worried Dorner victim's father, document shows Photos: Remembering a deputy By Lee Romney and Maria L. La Ganga, Los Angeles Times February 27, 2013, 6:32 p.m. SANTA CRUZ — Flags throughout this sparkling beach town flew at half-staff Wednesday. The entire Police Department was meeting with grief counselors. Handmade signs cropped up, sympathy cards to a stunned city. "Thank you for your service Santa Cruz Police ...

Just a little info for the blind Obama supporters out there.here's a little food for thought: Progressives and the Liberal Media are bashing the NRA and it's CEO Wayne LaPierre for the suggestion made in his speech today that trained armed guards be placed in every school in the country. Many critics point to the fact that Columbine High School had an armed guard during it's horrible tragedy (but the guard was having a cigarette at the time). Perhaps these critics should have done a touch of research before they spoke, In April 2000 as part of his commemoration of the first anniversary of deaths at Columbine High School in his weekly radio speech President Clinton announced $120 million in grants, much of it for a program to place armed police officers in schools. As the Associated Press reported at the time: "In our national struggle against youth violence we must not fail our children; our future depends on it," the president said in his weekly radio address. Parents, teens, teachers, youth workers and ...

A tribute to the Pope. This is the Pope's last Holy Mass. A must-see. Thank you and may God bless you and keep you, Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI. We'll miss you! From 100% Katolikong Pinoy! Web Ministry in our 6th Anniversary. Video copyright of Catholic News Service, superimposed with videos from Associated Press, Rome Reports, Receive the Power etc. Background Music: Tabasamu (OST Bakhita)

Van Cliburn dies; American classical pianist was 78 Published February 27, 2013 Associated Press * [Van Cliburn AP 660.JPG] This Sept. 18, 2008 file photo shows pianist Van Cliburn at the presentation ceremony of the Liberty Medal that was presented to former President of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev in Philadelphia. (AP) Van Cliburn, the internationally celebrated pianist whose triumph at a 1958 Moscow competition helped thaw the Cold War and launched a spectacular career that made him the rare classical musician to enjoy rock star status, has died. He was 78. Cliburn died early Wednesday at his Fort Worth home surrounded by loved ones following a battle with bone cancer, said his publicist and longtime friend Mary Lou Falcone. Cliburn made what would be his last public appearance in September at the 50th anniversary of the prestigious piano competition named for him. Speaking to the audience in Fort Worth, he saluted the many past contestants, the orchestra and the city. "Never forget: I love you ...

NEW YORK — New York City's ban on flavored tobacco products has been upheld. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday sided with a lower court's decision upholding an ordinance restricting the sale of the tobacco products except in a tobacco bar. The ordinance was approved by the city council and signed into law in October, 2009 in an effort to reduce teen smoking. Council Speaker Christine Quinn lauded the ruling, saying the city remains committed to "protecting children and young adults from these harmful products disguised with sweet flavors and brightly colored packaging." U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Manufacturing Company LLC, whose brands include Copenhagen and Skoal, and U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Brands Inc. had sought to overturn the ban. A telephone message seeking comment was not immediately returned. —Copyright 2013 Associated Press

'Whale Wars' Stars Called Pirates By Federal Judge As Anti-Whaling Advocates Dealt Blow A group of anti-whaling advocates were dealt a harsh rebuke Monday after a United States federal appeals court labeled them pirates. On Feb. 25, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned an earlier decision by a Seattle trial judge that sided with the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, the Associated Press reports. In his ruling, Chief Judge Alex Kozinski agreed with the Japanese groups who originally filed suit against Sea Shepherd in 2011, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer notes. The society, founded by Paul Watson, has long been known for its aggressive tactics in working to disrupt whaling vessels, according to USA Today. (Sea Shepherd ships are featured in the popular Animal Planet... ~greenies

Here is another case of the Gingerbread Man escapes still again. It's four more years of this *** face it, he will never be punished or penalized, no matter what he does. HE IS YOUR KING! 'Supreme Court denies Obama birther eligibility case Noonan v. Bowen' On Tuesday, the Supreme Court of the United States rejected a birther eligibility case against President Barack Obama. Docket No. 12A606 entitled Noonan v. Bowen is listed on the SCOTUS website. On Feb. 19, the nation's highest court stated: The plaintiffs contend that Obama used forged government IDs and a fake social security number in order to run for political office. (See YouTube video at the bottom on CNN's 2008 story on Obama's alleged real father Frank Marshall Davis, a card-carrying communist who the president mentions in his autobiography Dreams from My Father.) In 2008, the Associated Press obtained Obama's Indonesian grade school registration which, when translated into English, identifies him as an Indonesian citizen. In 2008, the Assoc .. ...

Home Web Exclusive W.Va. Gov. Tomblin introduces prison reform bill Story Comments Print Create a hardcopy of this page Font Size: Default font size Larger font size Posted: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 6:59 pm | Updated: 12:07 pm, Wed Feb 27, 2013. Associated Press | 0 comments West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin introduced a bill Tuesday intended to lower costs and ease overcrowding in the state's filled-to-capacity prison system. The Democratic governor's bill would increase supervision and drug treatment programs for inmates upon release and reduce the number of parolees who are returned to prison for minor violations. A main provision would mandate that non-violent offenders be released six months early into supervised programs. The bill also provides for one year of mandatory supervision for violent offenders after their regularly scheduled release. Jim Rubenstein, the state prison commissioner, has said repeatedly that overcrowding in the prisons is at a crisis state. All 5,400 beds in West Virginia ...

Associated Press article on Bill 7 and 6:   ACLU says they will challenge Bill 6 and 7 in the Federal Courts vigorously if it is passed then signed by the Mayor.   Here is ACLU's interpretation of...

Thousands of Drones to be Launched in U.S. It's a bird, it's a plane, no, it's… a drone. Get ready, America. Drones are no longer something that happens in other countries. The U.S. is on the verge of having thousands of drones deployed in our skies, raising major concerns about privacy, safety and civil liberties. "The FAA… forecasts an estimated 10,000 civilian drones will be in use in the U.S. within five years," reports Associated Press, February 14. "The Defense Department says the demand for drones and their expanding missions requires routine and unfettered access to domestic airspace, including around airports and cities, for military testing and training… "And the FAA has granted several hundred permits to universities, police departments and other government agencies to use small, low-flying drones. For example, the sheriff's department in Montgomery County, Texas, has a 50-pound ShadowHawk helicopter drone intended to supplement its SWAT team. "The sheriff's department hasn't armed its dr ...

Fans who were injured at a NASCAR race last weekend are considering taking legal action, the Associated Press reports. Debris and tires were sent flying into the stands as the result of a major wreck. More than 30 people were injured. Do they have a case? Would you file a lawsuit if this were to happen at an event or should attendees of auto-racing events like this accept potential risk associated with the sport?

Dennis Rodman worms his way into North Korea (The Associated Press)

Who's the strongest boy?! Casey the Saint Bernard bows to his owner, Jeff Nelson, as Nelson coaxes him on in the World Championship Dog Weight Pull in Anchorage. Casey pulled a sled carrying 1,190 pounds to claim the heavyweight division title. Photo: Marc Lester, Associated Press

BREAKING: Senate votes to confirm Chuck Hagel to be the nation's defense secretary (via Associated Press)

Father Of French Montana Affiliate Lil Poopy Investigated By Child Welfare Officials The father of nine-year-old rapper Luie “Lil Poopy� Rivera Jr., who’s linked with Bad Boy Records/Maybach Music Group artist French Montana, has found himself under investigation due to the content featured in several music videos from the young artist. According to the Associated Press, police in Brocktown, Massachusetts have requested that child welfare officials investigate any possible instances of child abuse or neglect in the home or Rivera and his family. The music video to Lil Poopy’s “Stay Schemin (Remix)� seems to have been the primary motivator in the investigation against the young rapper’s father. In the video, the fourth grader is seen slapping a woman’s behind and performing on stage with a champagne-wielding French Montana. On top of his various music videos, Lil Poopy has also released his Coke Ain’t A Bad Word mixtape which features remixes to “Pop That,� “Cashin Out,� and more.

From the Associated Press comes this...New Jersey's Supreme Court is considering whether a municipal court judge can continue to work as a stand-up comic. A state ethics board has said Vince Sicari should be barred from comedy work. Sicari's attorney says the South Hackensack judge keeps both professions separate and does comedy work to supplement his part-time income. Sicari has a successful career as a stand-up comic under the name Vince August, appearing on network television and as a warm-up for "The Colbert Report."

'New Girl' star not worried about being typecast Associated Press - 2 hrs ago NEW YORK (AP) — Max Greenfield, who's been nominated for an Emmy and a Golden Globe for his role as Schmidt on the Fox comedy "New Girl," says he isn't worried about being typecast. The idea makes him laugh. "I don't think anybody was ever gonna put me in like 'Winter's Bone' anyway," the 32-year-old actor said in a recent interview. "You know what I mean? I don't think like if they were making a very dramatic, serious movie, they were gonna think, 'You know, I really like Max Greenfield, but Schmidt is just ... it's too much of a THING to put him in that movie.'" He even took the bit further. "I don't think they're trying to put me in 'Saving Private Ryan. 'We're looking for Ryan. (Pauses.) Is that Schmidt?'" he said. "I'm fine. I'm getting to do everything I want to do on this show." "New Girl" stars Zooey Deschanel as a young woman with three male roommates, played by Greenfield, Jake Johnson and Lamorne Morris. Schmidt is ...

Michael Kamber, a writer and photojournalist for over 25 years, who covered the Iraq War for the New York Times between 2003 and 2012, interviewed thirty-nine colleagues for the book, many of them from leading news organizations including Agence France-Presse, the Associated Press, the Guardian, the...

From my Aunt, Doris Garis: "Our local newspaper the Tulsa World has been owned by the same family for over 100 years until today when it was sold to who else but George Sorris (sp ?). Who would have believed in our Red State that this man would ever have a chance to buy our paper." Yep - that's George Soros - the man has ties to more than 30 mainstream news outlets – including The New York Times, Washington Post, the Associated Press, NBC and ABC. He who controls the media controls the mind of the people.

Overview: Set the ACC and NC State single-season record for interceptions with 13 last season, that mark ties for second in FBS history ... A Walter Camp and ESPN first-team All-American, he also won second-team honors from Sports Illustrated, the Associated Press, Yahoo, CBSSports.com, Rivals, Phil...

Messi scores as Barca rebounds for Madrid clash (JOSEPH WILSON,Associated Press) 2013/02/24 — BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona's Lionel Messi extended his league- record scoring run to 15 straight games in a 2-1 win over Sevilla on Saturday, three days before the Spanish leaders' Copa del Rey clash with Real Madrid. Barcelona striker David Villa canceled out Alberto Botia's opener with a header in the 52nd before Messi grabbed the winner in the 60th with his league-best 38th goal through 25 rounds. Madrid, meanwhile, needed Kaka to score his first goal in the Spanish league this season and cue Gonzalo Higuain's late winner to come from behind and win 2-1 at last-placed Deportivo La Coruna. With the Spanish title all but secured, Barcelona's priorities are the Champions League — where they lost the first leg of the round-of-16 clash at Milan 2-0 last week — and the domestic cup. It meets Madrid at Camp Nou Stadium on Tuesday for the second leg of their Copa del Rey semifinal. The first leg in Madr ...

Charles Everett Koop, MD (October 14, 1916 – February 25, 2013)[1] was an American pediatric surgeon and public health administrator. He was a vice admiral in the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, and served as the 13th Surgeon General of the United States under President Ronald Reagan from 1982 to 1989.[2] According to the Associated Press, "Koop was the only surgeon general to become a household name. My sis-in law worked w/ him at CHOP

The subject of a conversation was Johnny Donovan, the WABC DJ who later became Rush Limbaugh's announcer and is sometimes referred to as the "Voice Of God". Here is my Johnny Donovan story - He was Large Sarge at WHVW in Poughkeepsie and he was why I got into radio. It was November of 1963 and I was working a job at a hospital just to have something to do during the day. My night job was as a drummer for a Four Seasons sound alike band called The Thunderbirds. The day gig was back in the hospital stockroom where we kept track of the incoming medical supplies and got them to where they needed to be. We did not have a TV back there but the radio was on all day. I had always thought I might like radio but hadn't really done anything about it. Large Sarge was doing a noon to 5 shift on WHVW Live 95 when the AP wire service went absolutely nuts. I still remember what Sarge said: "According to the Associated Press, the President has been shot in Dallas. Details as they become available". That was it. That's al ...

25 February 2013, Associated Press, "Self-Defense Guide against American Killer Drones" (by Roi Tov) Helicopter Surveillance 2006: I took the picture of a black helicopter above while visiting the USA in 2006. One weekend, I was invited to participate in a peace rally at the city’s central park. While sitting there with a few friends, I looked around. It looked like a huge picnic. People sitting in small groups, far enough from each other to allow privacy. Suddenly, I heard a helicopter. It was a noise foreign to the place. Instinctively, I stood up and moved next to the nearest tree; from the improvised stronghold I looked around. The noise was everywhere and seemed to originate nowhere. Looking upwards, I readied my camera. Suddenly a black chopper approached us. At its lower front side was a surveillance pod. It travelled above the people filming them; it looked like a scene taken from George Orwell’s 1984. I kept walking around the tree so that the iron-beast won’t have a direct sightline with m ...

A nationally televised Labor Day matchup between defending ACC champion Florida State and league newcomer Pittsburgh will kick off what is the largest -- and arguably the most difficult -- schedule in ACC history.   The ACC schedule, which was released on Monday, includes Pittsburgh and Syracuse, which will both officially join the league on July 1, but the national spotlight will focus on the league's heavyweight nonconference lineup.Cheap Gucci Belts   ACC teams will play nine games against nonconference teams that finished 2012 ranked in the final Associated Press top 10. No other BCS conference will play more than four nonconference games against 2012 top 10 opponents.   Virginia Tech will face defending national champion Alabama, Virginia will play No. 2 Oregon, both Georgia Tech and Clemson will face No. 3 Georgia, Pitt will play No. 4 Notre Dame and both Clemson and North Carolina will play No. 7 South Carolina.Gucci Belts Replica   Both Miami and FSU will also face No. 9 Florida.   Nine games ...

Denton OFF Fossil Fuels and numerous organizations signed a letter written by EarthWorks calling on the Inspector General of the EPA to investigate a decision to drop legal action against natural gas driller Range Resources despite evidence that it had polluted residents’ well water near Fort Worth, Texas.  You may have read about this story as recently reported by the Associated Press.  See General Arthur A. Elkins, Jr. USEPA Headquarters Ariel Rios Building 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W. Mail Code: 2410T Washington, DC 20460 Dear Inspector General Elkins, Jr.:   We, the undersigned organizations and public stakeholders, call on you to investigate the Environmental Protection Agency for its withdrawal of legal action against Range Resources in a case of apparent water contamination from hydraulic fracturing in Fort Worth, Texas. We understand that you are currently conducting an investigation of this incident at the request of six U.S. Senators.  We want to ensure that your investigation ...

SA beat Pakistan by an innings for a3-0 whitewash Associated Press | 24-Feb 21:00 PM Centurion: South Africa beat Pakistan by an innings and 18 runs on Sunday for a 3-0series whitewash as the world's top-ranked team ended their test season in utterly dominant form. The Proteas bowled out the tourists for 235 in their second innings late on the third day of the final Test. South Africa had made 409 batting first at Supersport Park and then bowled Pakistan out for 156 in its first innings, with debutant seam bowler Kyle Abbott taking 7-29. Dale Steyn took 4-80 in the second inningsand was backed up by Abbott (2-39) and Rory Kleinveldt (2-33), ensuring the South Africans didn't have to bat again. South Africa have won six series and now six matches in a row and last lost a test series in March 2009. They are unbeaten in 12 series, and underlined their top ranking in their final test of the 2012-13 season, having claimed the No. 1 position with an away win in England and defended it with a series victory in A ...

Hello everyone! I just found out that the Associated Press has picked up my couponing story that was originally written by the Morning Sun in Mt Pleasant, MI. Where have you seen my article? Please let me know what newspaper, online source, blogs, and anywhere else you have seen it. I've been getting messages of links from people across the USA, and would LOVE to get my hands on some of the actual newspapers, as well as see more online copies! I just can't believe how many people this story has reached, and am SO excited to share my tips and couponing story with everyone, and continue to learn together! Happy Couponing!!! :)

Interesting read. History Shows What's at Risk with Budget Cuts Feb 16, 2013 Associated Press | by Alan Fram WASHINGTON - Get ready for two weeks of intensifying warnings about how crucial, popular government services are about to wither - including many threats that could eventually come true. President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans made no progress last week in heading off $85 billion in budget-wide cuts that automatically start taking effect March 1. Lacking a bipartisan deal to avoid them and hoping to heap blame and pressure on GOP lawmakers, the administration is offering vivid details about the cuts' consequences: trimmed defense contracts, less secure U.S. embassies, furloughed air traffic controllers. Past administrations have seldom hesitated to spotlight how budget standoffs would wilt programs the public values. When a budget fight between President Bill Clinton and congressional Republicans led to two government shutdowns, in 1995 and 1996, some threats came true, like padlocke . ...

Horsemeat found in Ikea meatballs in Czech Republic Ikea has withdrawn meatballs from sale in 14 European countries after tests in the Czech Republic found traces of horsemeat in a batch made in Sweden. Ikea's announcement came after the Czech State Veterinary Administration said horsemeat had been found in 1kg (2.2lb) packs of meatballs manufactured in Sweden and shipped to the Czech Republic for sale in Ikea stores there. A total of 760kg (1,675lb) of the meatballs have been intercepted and stopped from reaching Czech shelves, according to the Associated Press. The company announced that meatballs from the affected batch of meatballs had also been sent to Ikea stores in Slovakia, Hungary, France, the UK, Portugal, the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Greece, Cyprus and the Republic of Ireland. AND NOW IKEA What we are proud of We want to offer quality food products at low prices. At the same time we want you to know that we source food products in a responsible manner. We are working in all parts of ...

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***Subject: LBJ The first Jewish President ? A few months ago, the Associated Press reported that newly released tapes from US president Lyndon Johnson's White House office showed LBJ's "personal and often emotional connection to Israel.� The news agency pointed out that during the Johnson presidency (1963-1969), "the United States became Israel’s chief diplomatic ally and primary arms supplier." But the news report does little to reveal the full historical extent of Johnson's actions on behalf of the Jewish people and the State of Israel. Most students of the Arab-Israeli conflict can identify Johnson as the president during the 1967 war. But few know about LBJ's actions to rescue hundreds of endangered Jews during the Holocaust - actions that could have thrown him out of Congress and into jail. Indeed, the title of "Righteous Gentile" is certainly appropriate in the case of the Texan, whose centennial year is being commemorated this year. Appropriately enough, the annual Jerusalem Conference announc ...

The National Rifle Association (NRA) has obtained an internal Justice Department memo that suggests President Obama's gun-control measures would be largely useless unless “coupled with a ban,� the Associated Press reports . The gun lobby is citing the nine-page memo in ads running in 15 states, i...

Robert Swift, Ex-Seattle SuperSonics Star, Refuses to Leave His Foreclosed Home under: News, Celebrity Homes A former NBA star whose career on the basketball court ended pretty quickly won't play ball with the new owner of his foreclosed home in Seattle. Now Robert Swift could be forcibly evicted from his once-pristine $1 million home, KOMO News in Seattle reported. Swift, who was drafted straight out of high school to the Seattle SuperSonics in 2004, bought the home in 2006, according to the Associated Press. But it fell into foreclosure last July. A new owner bought the foreclosed home in January for half the original price, but Swift is reportedly still living there and refuses to leave.Swift went on to play short stints with the Oklahoma City Thunder and Tokyo Apache. But after a string of injuries and a less-than-impressive run on the court, his career fizzled. KOMO News said Swift earned about $20 million during his career, but Basketball-Reference.com puts that number lower, at about $11.5 million. ...

This story is a couple weeks old but in case you missed it: An Arizona appeals court has ruled that motorists don’t actually have to be under the influence to be prosecuted for driving under the influence. Via the Associated Press: An appea...

Work with UNICEF In October 2008, Gomez was named UNICEF's spokesperson for the Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF campaign, which encouraged children to raise money on Halloween to help children around the world.[4] She said that she was "extremely excited" to "encourage other kids to make a difference in the world."[4] In August 2009, a 17-year-old Gomez became the youngest UNICEF ambassador ever, passing fellow songstress Hayley Westenra, who was 18 when she was chosen. In her first official field mission, Gomez traveled to Ghana on September 4, 2009 for a week to witness first-hand the stark conditions of vulnerable children that lack vital necessities including clean water, nourishment, education and healthcare.[82][83] Gomez explained during an interview with Associated Press that she wanted to use her star power to bring awareness to Ghana: “That's why I feel very honored to have a voice that kids listen to and take into consideration [...] I had people on my tour asking me where IS Ghana, and they Google ...

On this day in history... 1945 - During the bloody Battle for Iwo Jima, U.S. Marines from the 3rd Platoon, E Company, 2nd Battalion, 28th Regiment of the 5th Division take the crest of Mount Suribachi, the island's highest peak and most strategic position, and raise the U.S. flag. Marine photographer Louis Lowery was with them and recorded the event. American soldiers fighting for control of Suribachi's slopes cheered the raising of the flag, and several hours later more Marines headed up to the crest with a larger flag. Joe Rosenthal, a photographer with the Associated Press, met them along the way and recorded the raising of the second flag along with a Marine still photographer and a motion-picture cameraman. Rosenthal took three photographs atop Suribachi. The first, which showed five Marines and one Navy corpsman struggling to hoist the heavy flag pole, became the most reproduced photograph in history and won him a Pulitzer Prize. The accompanying motion-picture footage attests to the fact that the p ...

Via: Diana Nottingham In a staggering announcement an Associated Press report declared: “President Barack Obama violated the Constitution when he bypassed the Senate last year to appoint three members of the National Labor Relations Board, a federal appeals court ruled Friday.�

Bringing In Un-Skilled Workers Posted: 22 Feb 2013 05:16 PM PST By Aaron Cantor USAF (ret) According to an article by Erica Werner of Associated Press, Business and Labor groups announced an agreement Thursday on the principles of a key priority for a COMPREHENSIVE immigration bill: a new system to bring lower- skilled workers to the United States. The Chamber of Commerce and the AFL-CIO reached a consensus after weeks of closed-door negotiations they were conducting at the request of Senator Chuck You Schumer, D-NY and a Republican weasel Senator Lindsey Graham R-SC, two of the Senators involved in crafting an immigration deal on Capitol Hill. Are you people in D.C. out of your minds we are flooded to overflowing with illegal border jumping *** now, and we sure as *** don’t need any more of them. This AP article went on to say; the principles include agreement on the need for a mechanism to let businesses more easily hire foreign workers when Americans aren’t available to fill jobs. (Advertise ...

(Yahoo) – According to an article from the Associated Press , in an extremely divided decision on Friday, the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has denied Illinois State Attorney General Lisa Madigan’s request to reconsider a ruling that decided that the state’s concealed carry firearms ban was unco...

Ruff has itch to continue coaching after being fired Associated Press - 2/22/2013 1:40:57 PM BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Lindy Ruff is finding it difficult being a spectator after his 16-year run as Buffalo Sabres head coach came to an abrupt end this week. "Ah, god, I miss it already," Ruff said Friday. "Most people wouldn't, but I watched hockey the first night. It's hard. It's a tough feeling. It's been a strange feeling. But I've got to keep going. I love the game." Speaking publicly for the first time since he was fired on Wednesday, Ruff said it's his intention to pursue another job because he's not lost his passion for coaching. He also made clear that he'll never lose his affection for Buffalo or the Sabres. "It's a place I always will call home. I don't feel like I have anything to be ashamed of or any regrets," Ruff said. "I've had a lot of great memories." Those memories came to an end this week, when Ruff was fired after the Sabres struggled in getting off to a 6-10-1 start. The breaking point came after ...

NATO is strongly considering a proposal to continue funding a security force of 352,000 Afghan troops through 2018, as part of an effort to maintain security and help convince Afghanistan that America and its allies will not abandon it once combat troops leave in 2014.Such a change, if NATO endorses it, could increase the costs to the U.S. and allies by more than $2 billion a year, at a time when most are struggling with budget cuts and fiscal woes. Maintaining the larger troop strength could bolster the confidence of the Afghan forces and make it clear that NATO is committed to an enduring relationship with Afghanistan, a senior NATO official said.The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the plan publicly. Asked about the plan, NATO Secretary-General Fogh Rasmussen confirmed to reporters that it was under consideration. Associated Press, USA

February 22, 1983 ... * The Supreme Court says Parker Brothers has no monopoly on Monopoly. The game makers tried to stop another company from producing a game called Anti-Monopoly as a copyright infringement. But no, say the Justices, Monopoly has now become a generic term for all board games ... so Parker Brothers can't protect it any longer. Can Parcheesi be far behind?... * In other news ... the federal government has agreed to spend more than $33 million to buy the entire dioxin-contaminated town of Times Beach, Missouri, and move everyone in it to new homes elsewhere... * The Virginia Cavaliers are Number 3 in the latest Associated Press basketball poll ... behind Nevada-Las Vegas and Houston. The only other ACC team in the top 20 is North Carolina at Number 11... * At the movies ... Dudley Moore and Elizabeth McGovern are "Lovesick" at West Tower and Chesterfield ... a desperate search for a missing child in "Without a Trace" at Ridge and Cloverleaf ... and Meryl Streep stars in "Sophie's Choice" ...

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