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Hostess shutdown hits
Mass. workers in stomach

Boston Herald, by Ira Kantor Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 11/16/2012 2:58:00 PM Post Reply

Hostess Brands Inc., whose sweet treat roster includes Twinkies, Ding Dongs and Ho Ho’s, filed a motion today in bankruptcy court seeking permission to shut down its business and sell its assets, including its iconic brands and facilities. The company, based in Irving, Texas, is moving “promptly” to lay off most of its 18,500-member workforce, which includes nearly 300 workers at 13 Hostess facilities in Massachusetts, and has suspended bakery operations at all its plants, said company CEO Gregory F. Rayburn. The company’s board of directors authorized the wind down of Hostess Brands after one of its largest unions,

Climate change and global
warming may be affecting N.J.
public water sources

Hunterdon Democrat [Flemington, NJ], by Renée Kiriluk-Hill Original Article

Posted By: Ribicon- 11/16/2012 2:49:43 PM Post Reply

Lambertville — Climate change and global warming may be affecting our public water supply. United Water New Jersey, which serves about 812,000 customers in the northern half of the state, detected a "large" algae bloom in a West Amwell Township reservoir for the first time and now plans to step up monitoring.(Snip) In an email yesterday, Nov. 15, company director of water quality and compliance Keith Cartnick wrote that "in light of changing weather patterns and global warming considerations, we have begun discussions" with a local hydrology firm "to develop an improved reservoir monitoring plan for Lambertville, and PAC (powdered activated
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Perry Tells Feds Texas
Will Not Set Up Health
Care Exchange

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 11/16/2012 2:41:40 PM Post Reply

AUSTIN, Texas— Texas Gov. Rick Perry officially notified the federal government on Thursday that the state will not set up an exchange to help people buy health insurance. Perry sent the letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius a day before the deadline to let Washington know that the state will not set up its own exchange. President Barack Obama’s administration gave states the option of setting up their own exchanges, partnering with the federal government or letting Washington do it. The health insurance exchanges are required under the Affordable Care Act. They give people without insurance

Camden sets homicide record

Courier-Post [Cherry Hill, NJ], by Jim Walsh Original Article

Posted By: Ribicon- 11/16/2012 2:38:58 PM Post Reply

Camden — The city set a grim record today, with its 59th homicide of the year. The latest victim was shot dead on Independence Road in the city’s Fairview section around 11:30 a.m, according to the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office. Additional details were not immediately available, but radio dispatches said police were seeking a masked man. The previous high mark for homicides was 58, set in 1995.(Snip) Law enforcement officials have attributed the surge in violence in part to massive layoffs that nearly halved staffing levels at the city’s police department in early 2011. Camden currently has about 270 police

House Women Mock McCain
for NavalAcademy Grades,
Choice of Sarah Palin

CNS News, by Matt Cover Original Article

Posted By: Vastrightwingconspirator- 11/16/2012 2:38:53 PM Post Reply

At a press conference of female House Democrats pushing back against Sen. John McCain’s (R-Ariz.) criticism of Ambassador Susan Rice’s false explanation of the Benghazi terror attack, Rep. Gwen Moore (D-Wisc.) mocked McCain’s choice of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) as his running mate in 2008. “It’s very difficult to recruit qualified women, and Sen. McCain should know that,” Moore said at a Capitol Hill press conference Friday, prompting laughter from the other women members on the stage.
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The Rise and Fall
of `General Peaches’

Time, by Mark Thompson Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 11/16/2012 2:34:18 PM Post Reply

The call, from one retired four-star general to another, was somber. Just-departed CIA chief Dave Petraeus’ voice – usually assertive, buffed by optimism — was lower, slower and more subdued than his former comrade had ever heard. “I really screwed up,” he told Jack Keane, a retired four-star general — like Petraeus — who stepped down as the Army’s No. 2 officer in 2003. “This is my fault, and I’m devastated by the pain and suffering that I’ve caused.” No kidding. But this is the rest of the story of “General Peaches,” whose career reached its apogee

Civilian NYPD employee
Robert Donofrio earns whopping
$647,733 for Fiscal Year
2012 - tripling Police
Commissioner Ray Kelly’s pay

New York Daily News, by Rocco Parascandola , Denis Slattery* Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 11/16/2012 2:33:46 PM Post Reply

Robert Donofrio, a steamfitter, recently got his job back after winning a legal battle with the NYPD — and cashed in six years of back pay as a welcome-back gift. That gave him a take-home of $647,733 for Fiscal Year 2012 — meaning the civilian NYPD employee more than tripled Police Commissioner Ray Kelly’s pay. Donofrio, 62, of Bay Ridge, was fired for a host of infractions, including screaming at a supervisor, losing his keys, and driving the wrong way down a one-way street. He fought for his job back, and an arbitrator sided with him, finding most

Jill Kelley visited the White House
THREE TIMES times in last three
months with her twin sister

Daily Mail [UK], by Lydia Warren Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 11/16/2012 2:25:50 PM Post Reply

Jill Kelley, the Florida housewife whose complaint over threatening emails revealed David Petraeus´ affair, has visited the White House three times in the past three months, it has emerged. In by far the most astonishing example of her determination to reach the top, the shrewd socialite and her twin sister, Natalie Khawam, were invited to two ´courtesy´ meals in the Executive Mansion mess hall as a guest of a White House aide, an Obama administration official has revealed. She met the mid-level aide through her work with MacDill Air Force Base near Tampa, where she also rubbed shoulders with the

L.A.´s film, TV industry lost
16,100 jobs in 7 years,
study finds

Los Angeles Times, by Richard Verrier Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 11/16/2012 2:25:18 PM Post Reply

The film and television industry in Los Angeles County has lost more than 16,000 jobs since 2004, mostly due to work migrating out of state, a new report revealed. Last year, the entertainment business generated 102,100 jobs in the county, down 14% from its peak of 118,200 jobs in 2004, according to a study released Friday by the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp. During the same period, L.A.´s share of overall jobs in the motion picture and video category fell to 51% from 60%.(Snip) Where did the jobs go?

Who Is Responsible for Benghazi?

PJ Media, by Roger L. Simon Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 11/16/2012 2:24:12 PM Post Reply

Apparently, David Petraeus doesn’t just lie about his private life. He also at least airbrushes the truth when it comes to national security, telling the House Intelligence Committee that he always said Benghazi was a terrorist attack. Rep. Peter King – who attended both Petraeus’ testimony Friday and the former DCIA’s briefing to lawmakers on Sept. 14 — has a more jaundiced view: Petraeus’ testimony both challenges the Obama administration’s repeated claims that the attack was a “spontaneous” protest over an anti-Islam video, and according to King conflicts with his own briefing to lawmakers on Sept. 14.

Petraeus tells Congress
that ´Obama administration
altered CIA talking
points´ on Benghazi

Associated Press, by Toby Hardnen Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 11/16/2012 2:19:49 PM Post Reply

Former CIA Director David Petraeus has told Congress that the CIA believed almost immediately that al-Qaeda-linked terrorists were behind the September 11th attacks in Benghazi, according to a leading Republican congressman. Representative Peter King of New York, a member of the House Intelligence Committee that Petraeus briefed, said that the former general left a ´different impression´ today than he had when he testified on Capitol Hill three days after the attack. Now, King said, Petraeus insisted that the ´original talking points prepared by the CIA were different than the final ones put out´ and used by Susan Rice,

Susan Rice: Benghazi May
Be Least of Her Problems

National Journal, by Michael Hirsh Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 11/16/2012 2:19:20 PM Post Reply

For a president who rarely shows emotion, Barack Obama’s surprisingly personal blast at Republican critics of Susan Rice, his U.N ambassador, suggested two things. One, Obama genuinely admires Rice and thinks she’s being unfairly criticized for giving an controversial explanation of the Sept. 11 Benghazi attack that later didn’t hold up. And two, he may well intend to name her his second-term secretary of State, as some reports indicate. Obama made a fair point when he said Rice “had nothing to do with Benghazi and was simply making a presentation based on intelligence that she had received.”

Two Fat Ladies chef in race row
after claiming visit to Muslim area
of Leicester was ´the most frightening
experience of her life´ where she<

Daily Mail [UK], by Niamh O´Doherty Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 11/16/2012 2:06:51 PM Post Reply

Celebrity chef Clarissa Dickson Wright has caused outrage after claiming that visiting a Muslim area of Leicester was ‘the most frightening experience of her life’. Writing in her new book, Clarissa’s England, she said visiting the city--which has a large Asian population--made her feel like a ´pariah and an outcast in the middle of my own country.´ And when questioned on her description by a local newspaper, she fumed: ´I’m surprised any of the people who might object could read what I wrote as it is written in English.´[Snip] She describes coming off the ring road to

Israel may be getting
ready to invade Gaza

Telegraph [UK], by Alan Johnson Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 11/16/2012 1:51:14 PM Post Reply

Rockets fired by Hamas from Gaza exploded today in the Jewish settlement bloc of Gush Etzion, an area south of Jerusalem. The ramifications of this sharp escalation of the conflict will play out over the next 24 hours. First, we seem to have proof that despite the much-criticised blockade, Hamas has successfully smuggled more sophisticated and longer-range weapons into the Gaza Strip since 2009. It was probably an Iranian-supplied Fajr 5 rocket that exploded today. It is also thought Hamas may have smuggled some sophisticated weaponry from Libya in the fog of that country’s civil war. The Israeli drone strikes

Republican Party must remain
for life, against abortion

Washington Times, by Kristan Hawkins Original Article

Posted By: grandpa- 11/16/2012 1:45:44 PM Post Reply

Not surprisingly, in the immediate aftermath of President Obama´s win over Mitt Romney last week, many Republicans bared their fangs at the social-conservative wing of the party, either subtly or not so subtly, blaming the loss on those who vote our values. Now, more than ever, our party needs to hold onto our pro-life, pro-human-rights values. In fact, the Republican Party should become more fiercely aligned to the pro-life position than ever.

Obama aide mum on interest
in Cabinet position

USA Today, by Aamer Madhani Original Article

Posted By: earlybird- 11/16/2012 1:45:18 PM Post Reply

If National Security adviser Tom Donilon wants to be the next secretary of State, he´s not saying. After delivering a speech previewing President Obama´s upcoming trip to east Asia and detailing the administration´s "Asia pivot" on Thursday, Donilon was asked during a short question-and-answer session about his interest in the job. (Snip) When pressed on his interest in the State job, Donilon only smiled and moved on the next question.

Petraeus sneaks out of Capitol

The Hill [Washington DC], by Alexander Bolton Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 11/16/2012 1:42:41 PM Post Reply

Former CIA director David Petraeus quietly left the Capitol through the delivery entrance, avoiding reporters seeking details on his affair with author Paula Broadwell. He slipped out after testifying in a closed-door briefing with lawmakers on the attacks in Benghazi, Libya. It was a stark contrast from how the former four-star general had left from meetings with Congress in recent years, when he was accompanied by full military retinues and often paused for photo ops. A throng of reporters gathered in the basement of the Senate side of the Capitol on Friday morning in hopes of catching Petraeus

Greenpeace stunt backfires.
We mustn´t laugh

Telegraph [UK], by James Delingpole Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 11/16/2012 1:41:51 PM Post Reply

Poor Greenpeace. I owe them a huge debt of gratitude for having got me on the front page of the paper edition of the Guardian (and how many more of those will there be???), for having boosted sales of my splendid book Watermelons: How Environmentalists Are Killing The Planet, Destroying The Economy And Stealing Your Children´s Future, and for having given me an excuse to get yet another article on the evils of wind farms in the print issue of the Telegraph.[Snip] The landowner will be paid £401,000 pa, index-linked, for the next 25 years. The developer will get

Benjamin Netanyahu talks of a battle
‘ between the modern and the medi-
eval.’ He is right, and the free
world must stand with Israel

Telegraph [UK], by Nile Gardiner Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 11/16/2012 1:37:01 PM Post Reply

The Israeli prime minister’s speech before the United Nations in September is a must-read for anyone who cares about the defence of freedom in the Middle East, and the wider war against Islamist terrorism. Netanyahu laid out in stark terms what he views as an epic “battle being waged between the modern and the medieval,” between the forces of freedom and “the medieval forces of radical Islam.”[Snip]The forces of modernity seek a bright future in which the rights of all are protected, in which an ever-expanding digital library is available in the palm of every child, in which every life

Gov. Jindal is ignoring
his people´s needs

New Orleans Times-Picayune, by Editorial Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 11/16/2012 1:28:03 PM Post Reply

With every decision Gov. Bobby Jindal makes, the message becomes clearer to hundreds of thousands of Louisiana residents who are uninsured: The state has no interest in helping you. Bruce Greenstein, secretary of Louisiana´s Department of Health and Hospitals, sent a letter Wednesday to federal health officials refusing to take part in the creation of a health care exchange where uninsured residents will be able to buy affordable policies from private insurers. The state´s decision won´t stop the creation of the exchange, which is part of President Barack Obama´s health care reform plan, but will leave it to the federal

Report of shots fired at
Target building downtown

Minneapolis StarTribune, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: voxpopuli- 11/16/2012 1:22:44 PM Post Reply

Police are investigating a report of possible shots fired at a building in downtown Minneapolis that houses Target corporate employees. The shots were reported to have been fired late Friday morning at the Retek Building at Nicollet Mall and 10th St. S. Officers are on the scene, including the SWAT team, said Minneapolis Sgt. Stephen McCarty. They have been checking inside the building, but haven´t found anything yet

Branstad: Iowa will work towards
state health insurance exchange, but
questions remain

Des Moines Register, by William Petroski Original Article

Posted By: IowaDad- 11/16/2012 1:14:22 PM Post Reply

Gov. Terry Branstad today informed federal officials that Iowa will continue working to create a state-based health insurance exchange, but he said many questions are unanswered for state officials to make an informed decision (SNIP) “... I cannot provide you with a set of timelines or complete details about the exchange until our state receives clear, binding rules from your department. Forcing an exchange decision on states based on an arbitrary timetable, would be like forcing a consumer to buy a car without knowing the vehicle’s price tag or fuel economy."
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Audience member vomits
over balcony at Paul Rudd play

New York Post, by Emily Smith Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 11/16/2012 1:07:06 PM Post Reply

There was real-life drama at Paul Rudd’s Broadway play “Grace” when an audience member who appeared drunk threw up over a mezzanine railing onto theatergoers below. “A drunk guy vomited over the railing onto about a dozen audience members seated in the orchestra, right in the middle of one of Rudd’s big monologues on Wednesday,” said one disgusted witness, adding, “There was mass chaos for several minutes, but the cast played right on through, ignoring the disruption.” Spies added of the nauseous fellow, “It was very apparent that alcohol was to blame” for the incident.

2 Reported Dead, 2 Others
Missing In Gulf Oil Rig Explosion

CBS Houston/Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 11/16/2012 1:03:07 PM Post Reply

WEST COTE BLANCHE, La.— Two people are reported dead and two others missing after Coast Guard officials say an oil rig exploded off the coast of Louisiana Friday. Four workers have been hospitalized. Kirk Trascher, a spokesman for Black Elk Energy, confirmed the fatalities, injuries and missing people to KHOU-TV. Coast Guard spokesman Drake Foret said four people were taken to West Jefferson Medical Center near New Orleans. Coast Guard aircraft and boats are searching for two missing people.

Gift of toy guns at elementary
school upsets parents

WSMV-TV [Nashville, TN], by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Ribicon- 11/16/2012 1:00:37 PM Post Reply

Murfreesboro, TN - Rutherford County school leaders took steps to tighten loopholes in the district´s suspension policy Thursday. The move came two weeks after a student at Barfield Elementary School handed out several toy guns to his classmates. The toys were inside some gift bags the fourth grader gave out to celebrate Eid al-Adha, an Islamic holiday. While the school´s handbook seems to prohibit toy guns, Rutherford County´s policy does not, so the child was not suspended.(Snip) Some parents were outraged that students were allowed to celebrate the holiday in the classroom, while others were angry the child wasn´t suspended.

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