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  • Marines Recapture Ship From Pirates
    U.S. Marines today stormed a German-owned commercial vessel that had been captured by Somali pirates, in what appears to be the first U.S.-led military boarding off the coast of East Africa. The MV Magellan Star was located in the Gulf of Aden, about 85 miles south of the Yemeni town of al Mukalla, when U.S. Marines from the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit's Maritime Raiding Force boarded and seized control of the ship.

  • Stimulus Spending Goes to Black Holes
    There was an $835,000 Michigan State University study on the ecology of plankton, a $440,000 University of Michigan study on galaxies with black holes and a $322,000 Eastern Michigan University study on languages of the Arctic. All were paid for by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act — the federal stimulus program that Congress approved in 2009 to help jump-start the economy. While shovel-ready construction jobs got most of the media attention, there was $3 billion given out by the National Science Foundation to support academic research as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. “There is no doubt...

  • Jail tells lawyers to remove bras
    FEMALE lawyers are being ordered to take off their bras for prison visits to clients — because they set off the metal detectors. Strict search rules at Hasselt prison, Belgium, say nobody is allowed through security if they trigger the alarm. But under-wiring and clasps are enough to set off the new system. Barrister Joseph Rowies said: "The alarm goes off rather easily and prison staff apply the rules to the letter, so there is sometimes no alternative for women but to enter the prison without support." According to a statement from the Directorate General of Corrections, the scanners have...

  • The Rush Limbaugh LIVE Radio Show - Thursday, September 9, 2010
    AND NOW . . . amidst billowing clouds of fragrant, aromatic first- and second-hand premium cigar smoke. . . it is time for . . . that harmless, lovable little fuzz ball, the highly-trained broadcast specialist, having more fun than a human being should be allowed to have, from behind the golden EIB microphone, firmly ensconced in the prestigious Attila-the-Hun chair at the Limbaugh Institute of Advanced Conservative Studies, serving humanity simply by showing up, and he’s not retiring until every American agrees with him, do NOT doubt him, with shrieks of joy at the mere mention of his name...

  • Federal prosecutors charge Auditor Frank Russo in 21-count iformation(surprise!)
    CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Federal prosecutors charged County Auditor Frank Russo in a 21-count information filed this morning in U.S. District Court in Cleveland. Russo, 60, of Bratenahl, resigned early today. He is expected to plead guilty to bribery and obstruction charges, according to sources, based on an agreement that would resolve all issues related to both the longtime Democratic politician and his son, Vince. Although the plea agreement has not been made public, it will include a substantial sentence for Russo that could have been cut in half had he agreed to cooperate with the government against others, according to...

  • Congress Goes for Rationing
    “Democrats choose Death Panels…” announces the Comedy Channel’s Jon Stewart with mock horror, “…for themselves!” It’s a very funny bit. The Washington Post’s Karen Tumulty plays it straight as she reports: “Ultimately, some candidates, including incumbents, will have to be left for dead so that the parties can spend where it might still make a difference.” Then, there’s Michael Barone in the Washington Examiner. Mr. Barone has probably forgotten more about American politics than most political commentators will ever know. The editor for 40 years of the Almanac of American Politics knows political panic when he sees it. He nails...

  • Guest opinion: Paperwork nightmare: New 1099 mandate must be repealed
    For the non-business owners out there — here is how 1099 paperwork is filed currently. Form 1099s are like a W-2 for contractors — people who do work for a business but aren’t employees — designed to inform the IRS that a business has paid someone to do some work. Today, two limitations keep the flow of 1099s to a manageable level. First, businesses have to send 1099s only to unincorporated contractors, not to corporations. Second, 1099s only reflect the purchase of services, not goods. The flood begins in 2012 In 2012, Section 9006 erases both of these limitations, and...

  • (Video) Hillary Clinton: United Nations Is ‘Single Most Important Global Institution’
    Speaking at the Council of Foreign Relations in Washington, D.C., Hillary Clinton said that the United Nations is the “single most important global institution.” “Now the U.N. remains the single most important global institution. We are constantly reminded of its value: The Security Council enacting sanctions against Iran and North Korea. Peacekeepers patrolling the streets of Monrovia and Port-au-Prince. Aid workers assisting flood victims in Pakistan and displaced people in Darfur”, Clinton said.

  • Here's The #1 Threat To The Economy At Least Until 2012
    Here's The #1 Threat To The Economy At Least Until 2012 Joe Weisenthal Sep. 9, 2010, 6:30 AM Image: Deutsche BankDeleveraging.You've heard this term a lot because it's a huge deal, and the fact that households are still deeply in debt (though not as bad as they were two years ago) is a major drag on consumer spending. In a new report from Deutsche Bank's Peter Hooper and Torsten Slok, this issue is examined more deeply -- how much deleveraging has been done, why it's ongoing, and how much more there is. Their conclusion -- yes, we've already made substantial...

  • City to Charge Dove for Security (More Gov't Intimidation Over Koran Burning Protest)
    The city of Gainesville's top administrator said Wednesday that he will send Terry Jones, the senior pastor at the Dove World Outreach Center, a bill for the estimated tens of thousands of dollars it will cost to police the area if the church goes through with its plan to burn the Quran on Saturday. "We definitely plan on sending him a bill," City Manager Russ Blackburn said at City Hall. Blackburn declined to say how much he anticipates the event will cost the city, but he said it will be substantial because of the personnel and equipment it will take...

  • Leave the Kids Alone: ‘Tonight Show’ Seats Crude Sarah Palin Hater Next to Her Daughter
    It’s no secret in show business comedy circles or to anyone with access to Twitter that comedian and television star Louis C.K. is crudely and sexually obsessed with former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin — so much so that he sends her direct tweets calling her the vilest of names [NSFW screen shot below]. The star of the FX series “Louie” not only savages the former Governor in such a way that I’m forced to publish the evidence below the fold with a strong warning, but his breathtakingly vicious attack on Trig Palin is quite popular on YouTube. So infamous is...

  • Facebook users 'are insecure, narcissistic and have low self-esteem'
    Using Facebook is the online equivalent of staring at yourself in the mirror, according to a study. Those who spent more time updating their profile on the social networking site were more likely to be narcissists, said researchers. Facebook provides an ideal setting for narcissists to monitor their appearance and how many ‘friends’ they have, the study said, as it allows them to thrive on ‘shallow’ relationships while avoiding genuine warmth and empathy.

  • Vanity--Nye County , Nevada news--(former home of Art Bell, present home of Heidi Fleiss)
    --while I can't find a non-Stephens publication from which to post a link, the DA of Nye County, Nevada who is seeking re-election, was discovered passed out in a county vehicle. --the good Samaritan who happened to call the sheriff's dep't who arrested him was the noted Nye County resident Heidi Fleiss---

  • Computer expert nails down Jewish New Year
    SAN FRANCISCO, - A San Francisco-based computer scientist says he has solved the mystery of dating Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year. Year 5771 begins at sundown Wednesday. Steve Morse's interest in the Jewish calendar began when he was a teenager, more than 50 years ago, The Denver Post reported. He tried to figure out his grandmother's birth date in the Gregorian calendar -- the one commonly used in most of the world now -- from the one in the Jewish calendar used on her records from Europe. The Jewish calendar is a difficult one, based on the movements of...

  • Can the Tea Party Cross the Delaware?
    In any other election cycle, at any other moment in Delaware's political history, Mike Castle would be coasting to victory. A two-time governor and longtime member of Congress, Castle, 71, has $2.6 million in the bank, a statewide approval rating in the high 60s and the backing of just about every official Republican institution in the country, including the Delaware state party, which in May endorsed him to run for Vice President Joe Biden's old Senate seat. But in Castle's more than 40 years as a politician, he has never had to deal with someone quite like Amy Kremer, a...