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Ala. loses workers as immigration law takes effect
Wed,5 Oct 2011 06:21 PM PDT
AP -  Alabama's strict new immigration law may be backfiring. Intended to force illegal workers out of jobs, it is also driving away many construction workers, roofers and field hands in the country legally who do backbreaking jobs that Americans generally won't.
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Westboro announces protest of Steve Jobs' funeral–with an iPhone
Thu,6 Oct 2011 07:15 AM PDT
The Lookout - Westboro Baptist Church--best known for its reviled anti-gay protests of American soldiers' funerals--announced last night on Twitter that its members will be picketing the funeral of Apple founder Steve Jobs. "He had a huge platform; gave God no glory & taught sin," Westboro leader Margie Phelps tweeted--from her iPhone. Let's hope that Phelps has managed to [...] Full Story | Top |
Secret panel can put Americans on "kill list'
Thu,6 Oct 2011 05:26 AM PDT
Reuters -  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - American militants like Anwar al-Awlaki are placed on a kill or capture list by a secretive panel of senior government officials, which then informs the president of its decisions, according to officials.
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Research Reveals Oral Sex May Be Leading Cause of Mouth, Throat Cancers
Tue,4 Oct 2011 12:58 PM PDT
Yahoo! Contributor Network - Mouth and throat cancer, called oropharynx cancer, used to be a disease seen most commonly in elderly persons. Tobacco smoking and alcohol use were known to be the leading causes of oropharyngeal cancer. Today, oral sex is listed as the leading cause of cancer of the mouth and throat. Full Story | Top |
Beating Butter: Denmark Imposes the World's First Fat Tax
Thu,6 Oct 2011 01:39 PM PDT
Time.com - Are the Danish facing an era of dry toast? On Oct. 1, consumers in Denmark saw a sudden jump in the cost of many of their favorite bread-friendly products. The average price of a half-pound package of butter increased by 2.5 krone (or 45 U.S. cents). A pound of cheese rose from 34.5 krone ($6) to 36 krone ($6.50). And don't even think about lard. In a single day, the cost of a half-pound block of pork fat skyrocketed from 12 krone ($2.15) to 16 krone ($2.85) — a 35% increase. Thanks to a new fat tax, Danes are paying more for just about anything they might want to slather on a piece of bread. ... Full Story | Top |
Biden: Wall Street protesters have a lot in common with the tea party
Thu,6 Oct 2011 10:42 AM PDT
The Ticket - Vice President Joe Biden likened the protesters who have camped out on Wall Street in New York City to the tea party movement Thursday, citing anger over the federal program that spent hundreds of millions of dollars to bail out private banks in 2008. "There's a lot in common with the tea party," Biden said [...] Full Story | Top |
Obama acknowledges Wall Street protests as a sign
Thu,6 Oct 2011 06:12 PM PDT
AP -  Concerns over Wall Street practices and economic inequality that have led to sit-ins and rallies in New York and elsewhere reverberated up to the White House on Thursday, with President Barack Obama saying the protesters are expressing the frustrations of the American public.
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Obama pressures Republicans, Congress to pass Jobs Act
Thu,6 Oct 2011 11:22 AM PDT
The Ticket - As reporters grilled President Obama during a Thursday press conference on the chances that Congress will deliver his jobs bill to be signed into law, he replied with not-so-subtle threats that lawmakers could suffer serious political fallout from blocking the measure. In the televised late-morning press event, Obama warned that legislators who oppose his "American [...] Full Story | Top |
Rich Spanish duchess weds for third time at age 85
Thu,6 Oct 2011 07:08 AM PDT
AP -  A wealthy, 85-year-old Spanish duchess considered the world's most title-laden noble married a civil servant 25 years her junior on Wednesday, shrugging off her children's qualms and celebrating by kicking off her shoes and dancing a bit of flamenco.
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Democrats mobilize over Clarence Thomas ethics investigation
Thu,6 Oct 2011 02:34 PM PDT
The Ticket - Forty-six House Democrats have joined forces this week to ask the chamber's Judiciary Committee to investigate Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas for ethics violations. The Democratic lawmakers' complaint argues that reports of Thomas' actions--including those related to the high-profile political activism of his wife, Virginia "Ginni" Thomas--have raised concerns about potential conflicts of interest. "Public [...] Full Story | Top |
Palin apologizes to supporters, but most never wanted her to run
Thu,6 Oct 2011 07:59 AM PDT
The Ticket - Sarah Palin went on Fox News Wednesday night to explain her decision not to run for president in 2012 and apologize publicly to her supporters. "I apologize to those whom are disappointed in this decision," Palin, a Fox contributor, said on "On the Record with Greta Van Susteren." "I've been hearing from them in the last [...] Full Story | Top |
Scott Brown, Elizabeth Warren spar over nude photo shoots
Thu,6 Oct 2011 01:09 PM PDT
The Ticket - It took all of five minutes for a nude photo shoot Republican Sen. Scott Brown did back in 1982 for Cosmopolitan magazine to become a talking point in the Massachusetts Senate race. At a debate co-sponsored by the Boston Herald and the University of Massachusetts at Lowell Tuesday, panelists asked Democratic senate candidates to comment [...] Full Story | Top |
APNewsBreak: Feds target pot dispensaries
Thu,6 Oct 2011 01:28 PM PDT
AP - Federal prosecutors have launched a crackdown on pot dispensaries in California, warning the stores they must shut down in 45 days or face criminal charges and confiscation of their property even if they are operating legally under the state's 15-year-old medical marijuana law. Full Story | Top |
Energy loans official leaves in wake of Solyndra
Thu,6 Oct 2011 04:01 PM PDT
Reuters -  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration said on Thursday its top energy loans official was stepping down, following a widening probe into the embarrassing collapse of a solar panel company that got $535 million in federal support.
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Obama to GOP: Act on jobs or get run out of town
Thu,6 Oct 2011 06:33 PM PDT
AP -  A combative President Barack Obama challenged a divided Congress on Thursday to unite behind his jobs bill or get ready to be run "out of town" by angry voters. Hoping to use public frustration and economic worry as leverage, he called his proposal an insurance plan against a painful return to recession.
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A lucky Lotto mistake
Wed,5 Oct 2011 12:12 PM PDT
The Lookout - What's better than winning $25 million in the lottery? How about winning $25 million when you never even intended to play? That's exactly what happened to Kathy Scruggs, 44, of Lithonia, Georgia. Scruggs, who won the state's Powerball jackpot last month, recently told lotto officials that she never meant to buy the ticket. The convenience-store [...] Full Story | Top |
Reluctant slackers: economy leads young Americans to put adulthood on hold
Thu,6 Oct 2011 01:27 PM PDT
The Lookout - The slackers of the 1990s are remembered as listless MTV watchers and basement dwellers who opted out of America's striving, mercenary ethos. Many young adults today look similar at first glance. They're in their 20s or early 30s, they don't have jobs or spouses, and many live with mom and dad. But that's not by [...] Full Story | Top |
Reliance on government benefits even higher than during depth of recession
Thu,6 Oct 2011 07:58 AM PDT
The Lookout - More evidence that for many, the "recovery" hasn't been much better than the recession. Nearly half of all Americans lived in a household that received some kind of government benefit during the first three months of last year, the Wall Street Journal reports, based on new Census data. That's even higher than the figure recorded [...] Full Story | Top |
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