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Panel Says Candidate (Rand)Paul Not Board Certified
Post Date: 2010-06-13 20:13:58 by Brian S
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updated 2:26 p.m. ET June 13, 2010 LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The national panel that approves doctors as board certified said U.S. Senate candidate Rand Paul isn't on the list, even though he has campaigned as holding the endorsement. The Louisville Courier-Journal reports that the American Board of Medical Specialties, which works with the American Medical Association, doesn't recognize certification by a group Paul founded in 1991 and heads. Paul, a Republican from Bowling Green and an opthamologist, says he's certified by the National Board of Opthamology. But, Lori Boukas, a spokeswoman for the American Board of Medical Specialties, said the organization considers certifications ...
Forecasters Tracking Disturbance In Central Atlantic
Post Date: 2010-06-13 19:57:28 by Brian S
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TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 800 PM EDT SUN JUN 13 2010 FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO... A LARGE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LOCATED ABOUT 975 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS IS PRODUCING WIDESPREAD CLOUDINESS ALONG WITH SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THIS DISTURBANCE CONTINUES TO BE WELL-ORGANIZED AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN CONDUCIVE FOR ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SYSTEM AS IT MOVES WEST-NORTHWESTWARD OR NORTHWESTWARD AT 10 TO 15 MPH. THERE IS A HIGH CHANCE...60 PERCENT...OF THIS SYSTEM BECOMING A TROPICAL CYCLONE DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS. ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION ...
Miley scared of getting dumped
Post Date: 2010-06-13 19:36:33 by WhiteSands
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Teen sensation Miley Cyrus fears that her Australian boyfriend Liam Hemsworth could leave her, as he is planning to leave US soon. "I don't want to be heartbroken. He could go back to Australia any second. But I'm happy. It's different from anyone else because he really is just an awesome friend too," femalefirst.com quoted her as saying. The pair has been dating for a year after meeting on the set of movie "The Last Song". Follow us on Twitter for more stories
Some Oil Spill Events From Sunday, June 13, 2010
Post Date: 2010-06-13 19:34:51 by Brian S
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A summary of events on Sunday, June 13, Day 54 of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill that began with the April 20 explosion and fire on the drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, owned by Transocean Ltd. and leased by BP PLC, which is in charge of cleanup and containment. The blast killed 11 workers. Since then, oil has been pouring into the Gulf from a blown-out undersea well. OIL SPILL FUND President Barack Obama will demand that BP create a special account with "substantial" reserves to pay oil claims and will take other steps aimed at aiding the region, his top political adviser said. Obama, set to visit the Gulf Coast on Monday and Tuesday, also plans an Oval Office address Tuesday ...
President Obama Plans Speech, Victims Fund For Gulf
Post Date: 2010-06-13 19:33:28 by Brian S
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama demanded that BP set up a compensation fund for the oil-tainted Gulf Coast and prepared for his first Oval Office address to the nation as he tried to wrest control of the environmental disaster threatening to overwhelm his administration. White House officials announced the steps Sunday as Obama prepared for his fourth visit to the tortured Gulf. They came at a pivotal moment in the catastrophe, with the enormity of the oil spill in sharper focus from more accurate measurements and no end in sight until relief wells are completed in August. That means the nation must settle in for a long, hot summer of oil and gas spewing relentlessly from the ...
BP Deploys Deepsea Sensors To Better Measure Spill
Post Date: 2010-06-13 19:31:55 by Brian S
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- BP mounted a more aggressive response to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday as it deployed undersea sensors to better measure the ferocious flow of crude while drawing up new plans to meet a government demand that it speed up the containment effort ahead of President Barack Obama's visit to the coast. The financial ramifications of the disaster are growing by the day as the White House and states put pressure on BP to set aside billions of dollars to pay spill-related claims in a move that could quickly drain the company's cash reserves and hasten its path toward possible bankruptcy. BP was also trying to meet a Sunday deadline to respond to a letter ...
Justin Bieber is no flash in the pan
Post Date: 2010-06-13 18:08:41 by WhiteSands
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NEW TEEN AND “TWEEN” idol, Justin Bieber, is this season’s Lady Gaga. —Not that he comes across like the ga-ga-galloping diva of punk and funk (they’re different as night from day), but because like her, he established himself as a full-blown multimedia phenomenon in seemingly no time at all. Last year, he was practically a nobody—now, he’s the cool cat’s whiskers, spawning a number of similarly young and fresh-faced clones. Unlike his instant imitators, however, Justin looks like he’s going to last for more than just a season or two. We got zapped by this bolt from the blue after we caught his latest performance stint on NBC’s popular ...
Kim Kardashian Brings Her Bikini to Chill Poolside With Christina!
Post Date: 2010-06-13 17:13:40 by WhiteSands
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Kim Kardashian was in her bikini once again on Saturday to soak up the sun in Miami with friends like Christina Aguilera. The girls were in Florida for the bachelorette party of their pal Simone Harouche, though Kim got a head start on two piece time on Friday. Xtina traveled to the bash from NYC, where she spent the past week promoting her new album Bionic with concerts and interviews. You aren't exactly feeling her comback, but that didn't seem to diminish Christina's afternoon of fun with her girls and a few cocktails.
Rabbi who filmed Helen Thomas told to 'go back in the oven'
Post Date: 2010-06-13 16:51:16 by no gnu taxes
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"Hitler was right. Time for you to go back in the oven," is one of the more subdued expressions to be found in the thousands of missives received by the rabbi whose interview with Helen Thomas included the veteran White House correspondent sending the Jews back to Poland and Germany. "I asked everyone the same question about Israel, since I wanted to make a video supporting Israel," Rabbi David Nesenoff told Haaretz, saying his encounter with Thomas on May 27, too place as the White House celebrated Jewish Heritage Month, the first such event to organized by U.S. President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle. "I was very surprised when Thomas told me that not only ...
Lindsay Lohan Parties Until 3am, Leaves Her Bra Behind
Post Date: 2010-06-13 15:27:42 by WhiteSands
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After partying it up with Gerard Butler and company in the Hollywood Hills yesterday afternoon, a very perked up Lindsay Lohan hit the clubs and didn't come home until 3am! Lindsay started off her night at the Tea Room at H-Wood, and 1am she left for a house party in Beverly Hills. We're not sure if she ran into an ex or if the party was lame, but she left with several friends at 1:45am and then headed to Bardot, where she stayed until 3 in the morning. Lindsay looked surprisingly well-rested when we snapped her leaving Bardot, so we're not sure what she's doing, but kudos to her for not looking like a hot mess!
The LAW REQUIRES that the Federal Government and Obama take responsibility for this spill
Post Date: 2010-06-13 12:37:13 by no gnu taxes
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Obama is simply derelict in his duties: Clean Water Act §311(c)(1) The President shall institute means for the removal of an oil discharge and mitigation or prevention of the threat of a discharge (1) into the navigable water of the U.S. or adjoining shorelines; (2) into or on the waters of the exclusive economic zone; or (3) that may affect natural resources of the U.S. In doing so the President has the authority to make any arrangements for removal or prevention, direct removal actions, and remove or destroy a vessel releasing or that has the threat of releasing. §311(c)(2) The President shall direct all Federal, State, and private actions to remove a discharge or mitigate ...
Obama Blames Tea Partiers for Oil Spill -- Obama ignores the fact that his Administration failed in their oversight duties of BP!
Post Date: 2010-06-13 12:14:26 by no gnu taxes
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In a Politico interview Friday, Obama blamed members of congress “who will not be named” that might have resisted calls for stronger regulation of oil companies. Not that Obama had any intention of introducing stronger regulations. This is another pathetic attempt by Obama to place blame for his failures and those of his Administration. Obama also blamed the Tea Partiers. Redstate has the full story, but here’s the essential quote: “Some of the same folks who have been hollering and saying ‘do something’ are the same folks who, just two or three months ago, were suggesting that government needs to stop doing so much,” Obama said. “Some of the same ...
The Gulf Oil Spill Crisis is a Deliberate Act of Obama
Post Date: 2010-06-13 09:46:46 by no gnu taxes
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I wonder how long it is going to take the good people like Sean Hannity to stop saying Obama is incompetent in handling the Gulf Gusher, because literally Sean Hannity is too good of a soul to ever conclude that anyone would take a disaster and turn it into a catastrophe as Obama did in the natural gas explosion and pressure pipe fissure off Louisiana. For goodness reasons, Sean Hannity can not link that Rahm Emanuel was using the economic crisis, broadening it to strangle America after Bush 43 had the situation stabilized in January 2009, to as the evidence reveals gut GM and turn it over to union thugs, just like the stimulus was an economic bribe to Obama's cronies, but linking it ...
4 bodies found on plane that crashed into school [ Phoenix ]
Post Date: 2010-06-12 22:07:47 by WhiteSands
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PHOENIX — Authorities searching through the wreckage of a small plane that nosedived into an Arizona high school and exploded found four bodies Saturday. Officials had previously thought only two people were aboard the single-engine Piper that crashed Friday afternoon into a two-story building at the school Friday afternoon in the small eastern Arizona town of Eagar. Officials were working to identify the bodies, Apache County sheriff's Sgt. Richard Guinn said. No one was in the building when the plane hit, Guinn said. Classes are out for the summer at the school. The plane circled the area two or three times before it suddenly crashed into the main building at Round Valley ...
Suspect's mom: Son 'stupid kid,' not a terrorist [ one of the two New Jersey men ]
Post Date: 2010-06-12 22:03:34 by WhiteSands
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New York (CNN) -- The mother of one of the two New Jersey men arrested last week at a New York airport allegedly on their way to fight with an al Qaeda-affiliated group in Somalia says the two men are guilty of stupidity -- but not of the sinister plan described by authorities. "Anything makes him angry. But he's not a terrorist; he's a stupid kid," Nadia Alessa said of her U.S.-born son, Mahmood. Mohamed Mahmood Alessa, 20, of North Bergen, New Jersey, and Carlos Eduardo Almonte, 24, of Elmwood Park, New Jersey, are charged with one count each of conspiracy to kill, maim and murder persons outside of the United States, which carries a maximum sentence of life in prison. ...
Will Homegrown Terrorists Turn the Big Apple Into 'New Yorkistan'?
Post Date: 2010-06-12 21:58:48 by WhiteSands
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They had ambitious dreams, these guys. They would astonish the world, making it big by killing lots of American soldiers overseas in Somalia or at home in America. Worst case: they would die as holy warriors and become, if not rich, famous. “My soul cannot rest till I shed blood,” Mohamed Mahmood Alessa, the 20-year-old, American-born son of Palestinian parents, told his putative partner in crime, Eduardo Almonte, 24, according to the criminal complaint filed in federal district court this week. Alessa considered fellow Muslim Major Nidal Malik Hasan, the naturalized U.S. Army psychiatrist who gunned down 13 fellow soldiers and civilians at Fort Hood last November, a nut and an ...
Search for flood victims goes from frantic to grim [ Arkansas Flood 18 dead and 22 missing ]
Post Date: 2010-06-12 21:54:10 by WhiteSands
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LANGLEY, Ark. — The search for nearly two dozen people who disappeared after flash floods swept through a popular campground went from desperate to grim on Saturday, after teams that scoured miles of river and rugged wilderness found just two bodies. The last time someone was found alive was late Friday morning, hours after a pre-dawn wall of water surprised sleeping campers at the Albert Pike Recreation Area, leaving them frantically trying to scramble up the steep terrain in the dark. As the swollen rivers subsided and the hours ticked by Saturday, anguished relatives waiting for word of loved ones grew more and more frustrated, lashing out at reporters, knowing that at some point ...
Police: About 2 dozen still missing after flash floods that swept through Ark. campground
Post Date: 2010-06-12 17:33:41 by WhiteSands
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LANGLEY, Ark. (AP) — Rescue crews took to kayaks, horseback and ATVs on Saturday to resume the desperate search for about two dozen campers still missing after flash floods swept through a popular campground, killing at least 17 people. The pre-dawn Friday surge along the Caddo and Little Missouri rivers caught sleeping campers in and around the Albert Pike Recreation Area by surprise, leaving them little time to try to scramble in the darkness to higher ground and safety. The last person found alive was rescued late Friday morning. Arkansas State Police Capt. Mike Fletcher said there were about two dozen people still unaccounted for as of Saturday morning — a number far lower ...
At least 6 children killed [ Did the IDF kill them ? ]
Post Date: 2010-06-12 17:16:19 by WhiteSands
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — At least six children age 7 years old and younger are among the 17 people confirmed killed in devastating flash floods that swept through a popular Arkansas campground. Gov. Mike Beebe's office on Saturday released the identities of 15 of the 17 people who are known to have been killed in the pre-dawn Friday floods at the Albert Pike Recreation Area near Langley. Five victims, including three children, were from Gloster, La. Three other victims were from Louisiana and six others were from Texas. Only one of the 15 was from Arkansas. Search and rescue crews have been scouring the wilderness in and around the park for survivors and bodies.
Obama and GOP bicker over doctors' Medicare pay
Post Date: 2010-06-12 14:56:43 by Skip Intro
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Obama and GOP bicker over doctors' Medicare pay WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is asking Republican lawmakers to approve billions of dollars in new spending to avert a scheduled 21 percent cut in payments to doctors who treat Medicare patients. If GOP senators don't allow the stalled proposal to pass, some doctors will stop treating Medicare recipients, Obama said in his weekly radio and Internet address Saturday. The Senate's top Republican , Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, said his party wants to avoid reducing physicians ' fees, but do it without adding to the deficit — meaning spending cuts elsewhere. The president noted that since 2003, Congresses led ...
Soldier accused of leaking classified info
Post Date: 2010-06-11 22:22:12 by WhiteSands
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Washington (CNN) -- Federal officials arrested a 22-year-old U.S. Army intelligence analyst for allegedly leaking classified military information, the U.S. military announced Monday. According to Wired.com, Spc. Bradley Manning of Potomac, Maryland, leaked the classified 2007 video of an American helicopter strike that killed several civilians in Baghdad to the whistle-blower website WikiLeaks.com, which posted the video in April. Wired.com reported that Manning confessed to the leak in a series of online chats with a former computer hacker. He allegedly owned up to leaking other items to WikiLeaks, including a classified Army document assessing the threat level of the website, according ...
Police Say 16 Dead, Dozens Missing in Arkansas Floods
Post Date: 2010-06-11 17:43:10 by WhiteSands
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CADDO GAP, Ark. -- Flash floods swamped valley campgrounds along a pair of southwestern Arkansas rivers early Friday, killing 16 and leaving anguished families pleading with emergency workers for help in finding dozens of missing people. More than 40 people were unaccounted for after the Caddo and Little Missouri rivers rose quickly overnight -- at times faster than 8 feet per hour, said Gary Fox, a retired emergency medical technician who was coordinating with families to determine who had died and who had yet to be found. "This is not a one- or two-day thing," Fox said outside a command post near Langley next to the Little Missouri. "This is going to be a week or two- or ...
TARP Repayments Surpass Loans
Post Date: 2010-06-11 13:26:20 by go65
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WASHINGTON—The Treasury Department on Friday said the money repaid to taxpayers for government funds used to bail out U.S. companies has for the first time surpassed the amount of loans. The Treasury, in its May report to Congress on the Troubled Asset Relief Program, said TARP repayments reached $194 billion, $4 billion more than the outstanding debt of $190 billion. In a statement, the Treasury's assistant secretary for financial stability, Herb Allison, described this as a milestone and said it is "further evidence that TARP is achieving its intended objectives: stabilizing our financial system and laying the groundwork for economic recovery." The benchmark was ...
Somethinh For Obama Supporters to Brag About
Post Date: 2010-06-11 11:54:37 by no gnu taxes
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President Obama has already appointed more openly LGBT staffers to his administration than the administrations of George W. Bush and Bill Clinton combined, according to Shin Inouye, director of specialty media in the White House communications office. Inouye made the observation at a panel discussion about LGBT presidential appointees held last night at the National Press Club in Washington. The discussion was sponsored by the National Gay & Lesbian Journalists Association and the Washington Blade. Other appointees on the panel included Elaine Kaplan (pictured), General Counsel at the Office of Personnel Management, and Matt Nosanchuk, Senior Counselor to the Assistant Attorney ...
Retail Sales Drop 1.2 Percent in May, Biggest Plunge in 8 Months
Post Date: 2010-06-11 11:42:55 by Badeye
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Retail Sales Drop 1.2 Percent in May, Biggest Plunge in 8 Months Published June 11, 2010 | Associated Press Print Email Share Comments (15) Text Size WASHINGTON -- Retail sales plunged in May by the largest amount in eight months as consumers slashed spending on everything from cars to clothing. The big drop raises new worries about the durability of the economic recovery. The Commerce Department says that spending fell 1.2 percent last month. Auto sales were down 1.7 percent but there was widespread weakness in a number of areas. Excluding autos, sales fell 1.1 percent. The big decline cast new doubts about the strength of the economic recovery. Consumer spending accounts for 70 ...
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