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NHS and US health system
'should share ideas'

BBC News [UK], by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 10/14/2012 7:32:24 PM Post Reply

The US health system and the NHS have much to learn from each other, experts say. The academics - from Harvard University in the US and the UK-based Nuffield Trust think tank - suggested the two systems should share ideas as they were both going through major reforms. Their Lancet review acknowledged there were a lot of differences. But in terms of finance, organisation and IT there was also some common ground they could learn from, it added. For instance, the experts point out that the NHS, which is in the middle of a £20bn savings drive in England, could

Obama White House Sharpens
Blade Upon The Neck Of
Clinton State Department

Ulsterman Report, by Ulsterman Original Article

Posted By: Emerson- 10/14/2012 7:28:42 PM Post Reply

A highly defensive and finger pointing David Axelrod pushed off claims President Obama knew the real story of the Benghazi Massacre before the president and his administration repeatedly told the American people and members of Congress otherwise. The question now appears to be who within the State Department will be given up as the sacrificial lamb – all in the effort to insulate Barack Obama himself from any and all responsibility for the deaths of four Americans - including the first U.S. ambassador to be killed since the Carter administration. During on interview with Fox News

President will be ‘more
energetic’ in second debate,
but Romney campaign says
Obama ‘can’t change his record’

Boston Globe, by Callum Borchers Original Article

Posted By: BuckeyeRon- 10/14/2012 7:20:39 PM Post Reply

Two days ahead of the second presidential debate of the general election, the Obama campaign promised a more animated president, but the Romney campaign said it won’t matter because the Republican nominee has seized the momentum. (Snip)“Well, the president can change his style,” Romney campaign adviser Ed Gillespie said on the same program. “He can change his tactics. He can’t change his record. And he can’t change his policies. And that’s what this election is about.” Obama was disappointed by his own performance in the first presidential debate two weeks ago, according to campaign aides, while Romney has enjoyed

Bo helps with the diplomacy!
White House releases new
behind-the-scenes photos

Daily Mail (UK), by Helen Pow Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/14/2012 7:19:02 PM Post Reply

The White House has released a selection of images from September, including an adorable shot of the President introducing his dog Bo to Burmese Opposition Leader Aung San Suu Kyi. In the behind-the-scenes photograph, taken on September 19, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton watches on with a grin as the shaggy black pet gets some affection. Mr Obama famously promised his daughters the dog after the 2008 presidential race. The puppy is now all grown up and, like its powerful master, is rubbing shoulders with the world's most influential leaders. Scroll down for video

Faster than the speed
of sound: Supersonic skydiver
Fearless Felix hits mach
1.24 in terrifying plummet
to Earth from 128,000ft

Daily Mail (UK), by Staff Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/14/2012 7:15:26 PM Post Reply

Extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner dropped to Earth from more than 24.5 miles in the air in a historic fall from the edge of space in his attempt to become the world's first supersonic skydiver. Baumgartner stepped out of a capsule pulled by a 55-story helium balloon after it had reached the height of 127,718 feet. As he softly landed on Earth with the help of a parachute about five minutes later, Baumgartner raised his hands in victory. Scroll down to see the jump from leap to landing

Koch Industries, other
CEOs warn employees of
layoffs if Obama is reelected

Yahoo News, by Dylan Stableford Original Article

Posted By: Scottyboy- 10/14/2012 7:01:13 PM Post Reply

Koch Industries, the Wichita, Kan.-based company run by the billionaire Koch brothers, sent a voter information packet to 45,000 employees of its Georgia Pacific subsidiary earlier this month. In it was a letter, dated Oct. 1, from Koch Industries president Dave Robertson implicitly warning that "many of our more than 50,000 U.S. employees and contractors may suffer the consequences" of voting for President Obama and other Democrats in the 2012 elections, a list of conservative candidates the company's political action committee endorses and a pair of editorials:

Two teens killed,
24 others wounded across city

Chicago Tribune, by Adam Sege, Carlos Sadovi & Peter Nickeas Original Article

Posted By: greggojo- 10/14/2012 6:21:17 PM Post Reply

Two teenagers were killed and 24 others were wounded during a city night filled with gun violence. The youngest victim, Richard Modell, 17, died from his wounds after being shot along with a friend as the two went to meet a girl in the West Woodlawn neighborhood on the South Side Saturday night. Richard Modell, 17, may have been targeted due to a feud between two rival gangs, one of which police say he belonged to. He and the 18-year-old were on their way to meet a girl when someone walked up and opened fire...

Why One Bad Debate
Sapped Obama's Strength

BloombergBusinessweek, by Joshua Green Original Article

Posted By: nhchemist- 10/14/2012 6:16:37 PM Post Reply

Until just over a week ago, President Obama’s campaign was on the cusp of doing something unprecedented in modern presidential politics: turning the election into a referendum on the challenger, Mitt Romney. Why is that so special? Because every prior example of an incumbent running for reelection in recent times has wound up being a referendum on the guy in the White House. (Snip) “Elections are not referendums, elections are choices,” said David Axelrod, his chief strategist, over the summer. But studies of what compels voters to go to the polls make it clear that Axelrod is wrong.

Armstrong Aide Talks of
Doping and Price Paid

New York Times, by Mary Pilon Original Article

Posted By: Toledo- 10/14/2012 5:59:24 PM Post Reply

The job title is soigneur, an elegant sounding name for the person on a professional cycling team who is assigned some unglamorous work: massaging the muscles of the cyclists, laundering their clothes, booking their hotel rooms and preparing their food. Discretion and loyalty are also part of the job. Emma O’Reilly was a masseuse for Lance Armstrong. Emma O’Reilly tending Lance Armstrong of the Postal Service cycling team after the fifth stage of the 1999 Tour de France

Ohio crowd greets
Paul Ryan enthusiastically

Post-Gazette [Pittsburgh, PA], by Tim Grant Original Article

Posted By: NorthernDog- 10/14/2012 5:53:19 PM Post Reply

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan received several standing ovations from a crowd of about 500 Saturday at Youngstown State University as he doubled down on positions he has held on key issues for much of his political career and throughout the campaign. "We have a big choice to make," said Mr. Ryan, a congressman from Wisconsin. "This isn't an ordinary election. We're not just deciding who's going to be president for the next four years. We're deciding what kind of country are we going to have for the next generation." Mr. Ryan

Key Qaeda militant killed
in Algeria: security

Agence France Presse, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: BuckeyeRon- 10/14/2012 5:46:29 PM Post Reply

A militant charged with liaising between Al-Qaeda and its North African branch Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) has been killed in an ambush by Algerian forces, security officials said on Sunday. Boualem Bekai, who was known as Khaled El Mig, was killed on Friday at Azrou some 50 kilometres (30 miles) from the Tizi Ouzou region east of the capital, the APS news agency cited the officials as saying. His identity was confirmed on Sunday by his family who collected his body from the hospital at Tizi Ouzou, the sources said. The 45-year-old AQIM member became an Islamist

Libya Struggles to Curb
Militias, the Only Police

New York Times, by David Kirkpatrick* Original Article

Posted By: SoCalGal- 10/14/2012 5:40:43 PM Post Reply

BENGHAZI, Libya — A month after the killing of the American ambassador ignited a public outcry for civilian control of Libya’s fractious militias, that hope has been all but lost in a tangle of grudges, rivalries and egos. Scores of disparate militias remain Libya’s only effective police force but have stubbornly resisted government control, a dynamic that is making it difficult for either the Libyan authorities or the United States to catch the attackers who killed Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens.

Five Royal Marines are charged
with MURDER after 'video emerges
showing patrol discussing if
injured Taliban insurgent should
be given aid'

Daily Mail (UK), by Ian Drury Original Article

Posted By: galloglass- 10/14/2012 5:07:15 PM Post Reply

Five Royal Marines have been charged with murder over the alleged slaying of an injured Taliban fighter. Another four have been released without charge, pending further inquiries over the incident in Afghanistan in 2011. The five men charged remain in custody. The next stage of the process is likely to be trial by Court Martial. The Royal Military arrested the troops after video footage on a Marine’s laptop allegedly showed members of 3 Commando Brigade discussing what to do with a wounded gunman inside a compound in Helmand more than a year ago.

Censors Snip Obama
'Communist' Line from
Tim Allen Sitcom

Breitbart, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: jackburton- 10/14/2012 4:58:35 PM Post Reply

Television censors labor to strip away naughty bits from your favorite television shows. Do they also exist to protect President Obama's reelection chances? The fall premiere of ABC's "Last Man Standing" sitcom starring Tim Allen felt the censor's sting, and the censoring had nothing to do with George Carlin's infamous seven dirty words. On Last Man Standing’s Season 2 premiere, set to air November 2...

Obama to ‘Come Out
Swinging’ in Second Debate

Bloomberg News, by Tom Schoenberg Original Article

Posted By: Scottyboy- 10/14/2012 4:51:41 PM Post Reply

President Barack Obama is likely to “come out swinging” when he debates Mitt Romney this week in an effort to curb his Republican challenger’s momentum about three weeks before the Nov. 6 election, Republican Senator Rob Portman of Ohio said today. Surrogates for the candidates on the Sunday talk shows predicted a more aggressive Obama will show up for the second presidential debate in New York on Oct. 16. “I think President Obama is going to come out swinging,” Portman, a Romney supporter, said on ABC’s “This Week” program.

'Saturday Night Live' spoofs the VP
debate with Usain Bolt cameo [VIDEO]

United Press International, by Kate Stanton Original Article

Posted By: earlybird- 10/14/2012 4:25:35 PM Post Reply

Saturday Night Live's opener took on the vice presidential debate, with Jason Sudeikis as an overly enthusiastic Joe Biden and Taran Killam as his thirsty, "shark-eyed" opponent Paul Ryan. The skit poked fun at Biden's fantastically over-the-top debate performance, his laughter and incredulous facial expressions. (Snip)"A reminder that your performance tonight is extremely likely to affect the outcome of the election, so just have fun with it," Raddatz begins the skit. "Do I sound like Jim Lehrer? Do I look like Jim Lehrer? Then don't try and f*** me like I'm Jim Lehrer," she told the two candidates.

Sen. Graham: Libya is "exhibit A
of a failed foreign policy"

CBS News, by Leigh Ann Caldwell Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/14/2012 4:20:21 PM Post Reply

As the investigation into the U.S. Consulate attacks in Libya continues, Senator Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., accused the Obama administration of either "misleading" Americans about the nature of the attack, or of being "incredibly incompetent." Graham said that evidence is "overwhelming" that there was no riot. He said he was briefed by members of the intelligence community who are on the ground in Libya and was told that it was a "sustained attack that lasted for six or eight hours, using heaving weapons." (Snip) "They're trying to sell a narrative, quite frankly, that the Middle East, the wars are receding and

Even Palin's Ghostwriter
Questions Palin Pick

BuzzFeed, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: MissMolly- 10/14/2012 3:58:46 PM Post Reply

Add the ghostwriter of Sarah Palin's 2009 memoir, "Going Rogue" to the already swollen ranks of conservatives still shaking their heads over Palin's vice presidential nomination. "Whatever anyone's opinion of her faults and failings, to tap someone to be a Veep candidate a few days before the Convention was really not the best plan," Lynn Vincent, a veteran ghostwriter of Christian memoirs who is credited as a collaborator on Palin's book, told The New Yorker in this week's issue. Vincent's comment came in the course of a profile of the ghostwriter, a wildly successful author

Libyan Ambassador’s Death
Not a Political Issue, Says Dad

Bloomberg News, by Margaret Talev Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/14/2012 3:44:54 PM Post Reply

Washington - The father of Christopher Stevens, the U.S. ambassador to Libya who was killed in the attack in Benghazi last month, said his son’s death shouldn’t be politicized in the presidential campaign. “It would really be abhorrent to make this into a campaign issue,” Jan Stevens, 77, said in a telephone interview from his home in Loomis, California, as he prepares for a memorial service for his son next week. (Snip) The ambassador’s father, a lawyer, said politicians should await the findings of a formal investigation before making accusations or judgments.

Retail Sales Probably Rose on Auto
Demand: U.S. Economy Preview

Bloomberg News, by Shobhana Chandra Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/14/2012 3:28:48 PM Post Reply

Washington - Retail sales in the U.S. probably rose in September as demand for automobiles kept improving and discounters benefitted from a final rush of back-to-school shopping, economists said before reports this week. The 0.8 percent increase would follow a 0.9 percent gain in August, according to the median forecast of 63 economists surveyed by Bloomberg ahead of Commerce Department figures tomorrow. Other reports may show fuel prices pushed up the cost of living and manufacturing stabilized. (Snip) “There was a modest pickup in retail sales, but I wouldn’t expect an acceleration,” said Yelena Shulyatyeva, a U.S. economist at BNP

'Post' poll finds Obama
loses support among Israelis

Jerusalem Post [Israel], by Gil Hoffman Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/14/2012 3:25:16 PM Post Reply

The gap between the percentage of Jewish Israelis who consider US President Barack Obama’s administration more pro-Palestinian and those who deem it more pro-Israel rose by 10 percentage points over the past six months, according to a Smith Research poll sponsored by The Jerusalem Post. The poll found that 28% believe the Obama administration is more pro-Palestinian, 18% find it more pro-Israel and 40% call it neutral, with 14% declining to participate. (Snip) Israelis who identify themselves as right-wing were four times as likely to deem the Obama administration more pro-Palestinian than were leftwing Israelis, at 44% to 11%.

Longtime GOP Senate
moderate Arlen Specter dies

Associated Press, by PETER JACKSON Original Article

Posted By: Periwinkel- 10/14/2012 3:21:06 PM Post Reply

HARRISBURG, Pa. -- For most of his 30 years as Pennsylvania's longest-serving U.S. senator and prominent moderate in Congress, Arlen Specter was a Republican, though often at odds with the GOP leadership. He helped end the Supreme Court hopes of former federal appeals Judge Robert H. Bork, who was nominated by Ronald Reagan. Decades later, he was one of only three Republicans in Congress to vote for President Barack Obama's stimulus.
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Vince Cable: Europe could be
plunged into war if Euro collapses

Telegraph [UK], by Rosa Prince Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/14/2012 3:18:18 PM Post Reply

Vince Cable has warned that Europe could be plunged into war if the crisis in the eurozone results in the collapse of the currency. The Liberal Democrat Business Secretary said that the potential consequences of the failure of the Euro were "incalculable" and that there was "no automatic guarantee" that the continent would not disintegrate into conflict. (Snip) "We tend to forget, until we were reminded last week of that Nobel Prize, the European project was constructed in order to rescue Europe from extreme nationalism and conflict. There is no automatic guarantee that won't return."

What Did Hillary Tell Obama on 9/11?

Commentary Magazine, by Rick Richman Original Article

Posted By: jpundit- 10/14/2012 3:18:04 PM Post Reply

Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Charlene Lamb testified that on September 11, after the “full-scale assault” in Libya — “unprecedented in its size and intensity” — began about 9:40 p.m. Libyan time (4:40 p.m. Washington time), she was “in our Diplomatic Security Command Center [in Washington] monitoring multiple open lines with our agents [in Libya] for much of the attack.” On Friday, a CNN reporter asked Hillary Clinton what she was doing as the attack occurred, and Clinton responded with a 400-word answer that avoided the question. Here was the colloquy:

Florida Passes Plan For
Racially-Based Academic Goals

CBS Tampa [FL], by Staff Original Article

Posted By: earlybird- 10/14/2012 3:12:52 PM Post Reply

Palm Beach, Fla. (CBS TAMPA) – The Florida State Board of Education passed a plan that sets goals for students in math and reading based upon their race. On Tuesday, the board passed a revised strategic plan that says that by 2018, it wants 90 percent of Asian students, 88 percent of white students, 81 percent of Hispanics and 74 percent of black students to be reading at or above grade level. For math, the goals are 92 percent of Asian kids to be proficient, whites at 86 percent, Hispanics at 80 percent and blacks at 74 percent.

Romney’s plan to dump Bernanke
sparking anxiety on Wall Street

The Hill [Washington, DC], by Peter Schroeder Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/14/2012 3:06:54 PM Post Reply

Mitt Romney’s promise to replace Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke if elected president is stirring anxiety among some financial analysts — who fear such a move could send the nation’s markets tumbling. Romney, throughout his White House campaign, has argued he knows what needs to be done to get the economy running at full steam. But the concern among market watchers is that if Romney dumps Bernanke, whose term expires at the beginning of 2014, he would remove the person who some believe is the weak economy's primary lifeline.

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