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At Least 30 Homes Destroyed in Calif. Wildfire
About 30 to 40 homes have been lost to a wildfire about 10 miles southeast of the Mojave Desert town of Tehachapi, firefighters said Tuesday.
NY mother arrested on DWI charges after her 12-year-old daughter calls 911 from vehicle
A woman has been arrested on drunken driving charges in upstate New York after her 12-year-old daughter called 911 while in the vehicle.
Sheriff: 2 brothers, ages 10 and 12, found shot to death in ravine near California ranch
Authorities say two young brothers have been found shot to death in a ravine near a Southern California ranch.
Congress passes trade bill extending tariff relief for manufacturing components
Congress has passed legislation that temporarily reduces or suspends tariffs on 639 items, mostly components that American manufacturers use in their production processes.
Authorities investigate death of woman who was struck by police cruiser in Cincinnati park
Authorities are investigating the death of a woman who was struck by a police cruiser in a Cincinnati park.
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APNewsBreak: FBI says cyber mastermind of botnet arrested in Slovenia, more arrests planned
International authorities have arrested a computer hacker believed responsible for creating the malicious computer code that infected as many as 12 million computers, invading major banks and co...
Nebraska City Suspends Voter-Approved Ban on Renting to Illegal Immigrants
The Fremont City Council unanimously voted Tuesday night to suspend the ordinance, which is being challenged in court. Officials say the move will save the city money in its legal defense.
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18 states, D.C. are grant finalists
ATLANTA | Eighteen states and the District of Columbia have been named finalists in the second round of the federal "Race to the Top" school reform grant competition, giving them a chance to win a share of $3 billion.
Department officials provided the ...
Coburn Wins GOP Senate Nomination in Oklahoma
Incumbent Republican Tom Coburn has defeated two challengers from his own party in Tuesday's primary election for a U.S. Senate seat in Oklahoma.
Minority contract set-aside program exploited
Ambrose Oliver was strapped for cash and in need of a break when his girlfriend offered a suggestion: Move from his home in Arizona to Maryland, go into business with her uncle and his associates, and make a fortune going after minority set-aside contracts.
The Navajo tribe member, a disabled ...
Want a green car? Cough up the cash
Drivers can go green — if they have enough green.
General Motors Corp. announced Tuesday that it will start selling its first mass-market electric car, but consumers will have to shell out a bit more for environmental appeal. The Chevrolet Volt has a price tag of $41,000 before government rebates, ...
New CEO defends BP record, Hayward
NEW ORLEANS | Battered BP began reinventing itself in the shadow of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill Tuesday, naming its first American CEO as it reported a record $17 billion quarterly loss.
Its outgoing chief, meanwhile, miffed the White House anew with his parting comments.
Robert Dudley, who will ...
Negatives verified as work of Ansel Adams
BEVERLY HILLS | A trove of old glass negatives bought at a garage sale for $45 have been authenticated as the lost work of famed nature photographer Ansel Adams and are worth at least $200 million, an attorney for the owner said Tuesday.
A team of experts concluded after an ...
Utah court reverses polygamist's convictions
Warren Jeffs, the leader of a breakaway Mormon sect that practices polygamy, had his convictions for participating in child rape reversed by the Utah Supreme Court on Tuesday, but he will remain in prison until he is handed over to Texas authorities to face similar charges in that state.
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Rep. Pence: Medicare Chief Berwick ‘Not Entitled to That Job,’ Must Explain Praise for UK ‘Socialist Health Care System’
Hoyer Refuses to Rule Out Raising the Retirement Age to Address Social Security
Arizona Prepares for Immigration Law Protests
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'Open season' leaving Christians' rights unprotected
An attorney with the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) is describing the ruling in a case at Eastern Michigan University, which is challenging a Christian's rights to maintain her beliefs, as "open season on Christians." A federal court has ruled in the university's favor, but that decision is being appealed. Jordan Lorence, senior counsel with ADF, is disappointed by the federal judge's decision because, as he says, "it basically has no respect for the right of conscience of Christians or other people who have sincere beliefs about the proper definition of marriage and whether certain sexual behaviors can be immoral"....CommentsMissouri Ballot Measure Will Test Popularity of Obama's Health Care Law
Jefferson City, Mo. (AP) - More than 1 million people are expected to participate in what amounts to the largest-ever public opinion poll on the nation's new health care law. Missouri on Tuesday will become the first state to the test the popularity of President Barack Obama's top policy accomplishment with a statewide ballot proposal attempting to reject its core mandate that most Americans have health insurance. The legal effect of Missouri's measure is questionable, because federal laws generally supersede those in states. But its expected passage could send an ominous political message to Democrats seeking to hang on to their congressional majority in this year's midterm elections...CommentsMemo outlines backdoor 'amnesty' plan
With Congress gridlocked on an immigration bill, the Obama administration is considering using a back door to stop deporting many illegal immigrants - what a draft government memo said could be "a non-legislative version of amnesty." The memo, addressed to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Alejandro Mayorkas and written by four agency staffers, lists tools it says the administration has to "reduce the threat of removal" for many illegal immigrants who have run afoul of immigration authorities. "In the absence of comprehensive immigration reform, USCIS can extend benefits and/or protections to many individuals and groups by issuing new guidance and regulations, exercising discretion with regard to parole-in-place, deferred action and the issuance of Notices to Appear," the staffers wrote in the memo, which was obtained by Sen. Charles E. Grassley, Iowa Republican....CommentsNo abortion funding - 'an empty promise'
Irrespective of a presidential executive order and rule rewriting ordered by America's Health and Human Services secretary, healthcare reform does provide for tax-funded abortions. ObamaCare 3The Congressional Research Service, a government agency, confirms that abortions can be funded under "ObamaCare." The president's executive order, reports CRS, "does not specifically address high-risk pools and the funds provided under Section 1101 of [the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act]." Wendy Wright of Concerned Women for America says the CRS report proves the executive order was "an empty promise." She tells OneNewsNow that with the CRS report in hand, the president and health officials need to get into action...CommentsObama Officials Won't Apply Abortion Funding Limits to Full Health Care Program
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Although the Obama administration promised it will limit federal taxpayer funding of abortions in the new high risk health insurance programs created under the ObamaCare law President Barack Obama signed into law, officials have said the limits are temporarily and apply only to the new program. As LifeNews.com reported today, the Obama administration appears to have bowed to pressure from pro-life groups that discovered it had authorized abortion funding in three states under the new high risk health insurance programs. White House Office of Health Reform Director Nancy-Ann DeParle offered further explanation of the new regulation on the official White House blog....CommentsPro-Life Groups Seek Probe Into Kagan’s Clinton-Era Role in Partial Birth Abortion Debate
Washington (CNSNews.com) – More than 30 pro-life organizations are calling on senators to investigate Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan’s record with regards to partial-birth abortion while serving as a Clinton administration attorney. The Senate Judiciary Committee already sent Kagan’s nomination to the full Senate for a vote, which is expected next week. President Barack Obama nominated Kagan, the U.S. solicitor general, to be an associate justice on the high court in May. “The undersigned organizations are writing today to express our strong opposition to the confirmation of Elena Kagan to the United States Supreme Court,” the letter sent to all 100 senators on Wednesday said...CommentsCurrency will still carry motto
Another appeals court has upheld the national motto "In God We Trust." The ruling comes from the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals in a suit against President Obama and the Federal Reserve Board chairman that sought to replace all circulating currency with bills that carry no religious wording. "This was a solid ruling, it was a competent ruling and it was a favorable ruling for those who cherish our national motto and the importance for our government not to have to forsake the acknowledgment of the truth and the history of our nation, its founding and what we premise the whole concept of fundamental rights upon, which is the existence of God," notes Brad Dacus, founder of the Pacific Justice Institute (PJI)...CommentsHouse Democrats head for a thumping at the polls
Democratic spin doctors have set out how their side is going to hold onto a majority in the House. They'll capture four at-risk Republican seats, hold half of the next 30 or so Democratic at-risk seats, and avoid significant losses on target seats lower on the list. That's one plausible scenario. The shift of opinion away from Democrats so evident in the polls could turn out to be illusory. The widely held assumption that Republicans will turn out in greater numbers than Democrats could prove wrong. Democratic candidates do indeed have a money advantage in many close races, and their campaign committee has more cash than its Republican counterpart...CommentsCourt Upholds Expulsion of Counseling Student Who Opposes Homosexuality
A federal judge has ruled in favor of a public university that removed a Christian student from its graduate program in school counseling over her belief that homosexuality is morally wrong. Monday's ruling, according to Julea Ward's attorneys, could result in Christian students across the country being expelled from public university for similar views. “It’s a very dangerous precedent,” Jeremy Tedesco, legal counsel for the conservative Alliance Defense Fund, told FOX News Radio. “The ruling doesn’t say that explicitly, but that’s what is going to happen.” U.S. District Judge George Caram Steeh dismissed Ward’s lawsuit against Eastern Michigan University. She was removed from the school’s counseling program last year because she refused to counsel homosexual clients....CommentsFederal Judge Blocks Portions of Arizona Illegal Immigration Law
A federal judge on Wednesday blocked some of the toughest provisions in the Arizona illegal immigration law, putting on hold the state's attempt to have local police enforce federal immigration policy. Though the rest of the law is still set to go into effect Thursday, the partial injunction on SB 1070 means Arizona, for the time being, will not be able to require police officers to determine the immigration status of anyone they stop or arrest. U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton also struck down the section of law that makes it a crime not to carry immigration registration papers and the provision that makes it a crime for an illegal immigrant to seek or perform work...Comments
