Lucianne.com News Forum - HomePage - RSS (http://www.lucianne.com/) http://www.lucianne.com/rssfeed/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:30:52 GMT Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:30:52 GMT Lucianne.com Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:24:20 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=562960 E0F9D9B1B4A396D6A8194C5451945DBE297602215041375318DBBAA9C4D45D25 Agence France'Presse, by Staff Posted By: Photoonist- Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:24:20 GMT The adult son of an Iranian woman sentenced to be stoned to death for adultery says he fears she will be executed shortly after this week's end to the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani's 22'year'old son Sajjad Mohammadi Ashtiani was speaking by telephone to a news conference organised in Paris by the French philosopher Bernard'Henri Levy. &#34;Ramadan is coming to an end and, according to Islamic law, executions can resume,&#34; the young man warned. Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:21:34 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=562959 75C44FB7B1750D58500C4225812B86479EEDDA9FA90A9B9F57393CE18D710A3F Australian Associated Press, by Staff Posted By: Photoonist- Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:21:34 GMT Aukland ' A magnitude'5.2 earthquake has hit New Zealand's North Island, the US Geological Survey says. The quake struck the east coast of the North Island, near Palmerston North, at 10.48am local time today (8.48am AEST), the USGS reported on its website. New Zealand's GeoNet monitoring system said the quake struck at a depth of 15 kilometres, while the USGS put it at 16.7km. The quake was widely felt in the Hawkes Bay region, GeoNet said on its website. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre did not issue a tsunami alert Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:20:54 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=562958 A569E57F364370BFF653C73911B2AA9861925DD0CCC910ED7BD612E9AAF06643 The Detroit News, by Christine MacDonald Posted By: Chippewa- Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:20:54 GMT A man survived four hours in Lake Huron near Alpena today, clinging only to his cooler. The 46'year'old man was rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard off of Stone Port in Alpena after his 22'foot fiberglass fishing boat capsized around 10 a.m., said Nathan Mathis, Coast Guard petty officer. Authorities were alerted by another passenger in the boat who swam the nearly 10.5 miles to shore. &#34;He said his buddy was still out there and that last thing he saw was him swimming toward the cooler,&#34; said Mathis. The rescued man did not have a life jacket and was found holding on to his cooler, Mathis said. He was conscious when rescuers arrived but suffering from hypothermia from the 60'degree water. <b>Staff added text and split headline. Please see site rules before posting next time Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:17:50 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=562957 E46B18D02E721E2C1E23F524CF0C7E729D27EC6BD63A3B5AF940C1D64A593E47 Buffalo News, by Richard E. Baldwin Posted By: Photoonist- Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:17:50 GMT Niagara Falls ' Imagine a school with no more assignment sheets, no more attendance books, no more paper towels in the rest rooms. No test papers, written transcripts or library cards. In short, an almost paperless society. This is what students will begin to experience when they return to classes Tuesday in Niagara Falls public schools and step into a higher'tech environment where &#34;going green&#34; is one of the key objectives. Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:16:56 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=562956 73B2F2ED3A757C17532861C7B4795CC80DF478C9D17EAE5DF196A7BEF3DA3352 Jakarta Globe [Indonesia], by Ulma Haryanto Posted By: PageTurner- Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:16:56 GMT Jakarta. As the weekend saw protests in different parts of the country against an American church’s plan to mark the anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks by burning copies of the Koran, pluralism advocates on Sunday called for cooler heads to prevail and violence to be avoided. The Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Florida, said it will burn the Islamic holy book on the ninth anniversary of the terror attacks. Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:07:52 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=562955 E4C354684E4F791638EB9422DC5932F6F8445B495BD245DF228B178F4A6B0D55 New York Post, by Chuck Bennett Posted By: Photoonist- Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:07:52 GMT Major city infrastructure projects undertaken as part of the federal stimulus package have yet to generate even a fraction of the thousands of promised jobs, a Post analysis has found. Meanwhile, about $4.7 billion of the $7.3 billion in stimulus money has been earmarked for &#34;budget relief&#34; '' feeding the city's own payroll and allowing it to continue to fund entitlement programs, such as food stamps. (Snip) &#34;We're continuing to put federal stimulus dollars to work, with some projects near completion and others still ramping up,&#34; said Andrew Brent, a spokesman for Mayor Bloomberg. Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:06:40 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=562954 8FF7567D838686E874F36D5D4B99283B2022D0173F6A43F7002AA67208AC59EC Associated Press, by Staff Posted By: PageTurner- Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:06:40 GMT Thousands of Indonesian Muslims rallied outside the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta on Saturday to denounce an American church's plan to mark the anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks by burning copies of the Quran. The Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Florida, said it will burn the Islamic holy book Wednesday, the ninth anniversary of the terror attacks. Local officials have denied a permit for the bonfire on the church's grounds, but the center ' which made headlines last year by distributing T'shirts that said &#34;Islam is of the Devil&#34; ' insists it will go ahead with the plan. Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:01:55 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=562953 99C809299BBF18046CABD67D5A6CB0DAAE75775E250DC2D561AF3DB3FD8C9399 Agence France'Presse, by Staff Posted By: Photoonist- Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:01:55 GMT Strikes have broken out in France as unions gear up for a nationwide stoppage to protest plans to raise the minimum retirement age from 60 to 62. Some secondary school teachers began the protest early with their own strike to protest the slashing of 7000 jobs in education and other reform plans in the sector, on the eve of the larger showdown. Other private and public sector workers were to join protests today that unions said would see hundreds of thousands take to the streets to fight pension plans that are a cornerstone of President Nicolas Sarkozy's reforms. Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:53:18 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=562952 40DEB856C93ABDEFB2D3995D3F987194B94F99CA2645C7B73CDE94AB8CD2B996 Associated Press, by Olga R. Rodriguez and Mark Walsh Posted By: Dreadnought- Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:53:18 GMT MONTERREY, Mexico — Soldiers opened fire on a family's car at a military checkpoint in northern Mexico, killing a 15'year'old boy and his father, authorities and relatives said Monday. It is at least the second time this year that a family has been caught up in a shooting involving Mexico's military, which has come under intense criticism for human rights abuses as soldiers fight brutal drug cartels. Javier Trevino, Nuevo Leon state lieutenant governor, said soldiers apparently shot at the car when the driver failed to stop at the checkpoint Sunday on the highway connecting Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:51:10 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=562951 D824DE06171F41A29ACA7E3287662CC164C37AE03A321DEB90F2AE3AA9EBDB68 Associated Press, by Jorge Vargas Posted By: Dreadnought- Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:51:10 GMT NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico — Mexican authorities urged people to move to shelters while officials in Texas distributed sandbags and warned of flash floods as Tropical Storm Hermine strengthened and headed toward the northwestern Gulf coast on Monday. Hermine will probably make landfall around midnight just south of the U.S.'Mexico border, threatening to bring as much as one foot of rainfall to some areas battered by Hurricane Alex in June. Remnant rains from Alex killed at least 12 people in flooding in Mexico. Hermine &#34;will briefly be over Mexico, and then Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:46:49 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=562950 77A6F53A2B829157BC6864E9AD6A0B4563D6BDA648A11DFB3E3D4640162C0A60 New York Daily News, by Michael Sheridan Posted By: Photoonist- Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:46:49 GMT An Iranian widow sentenced to be stoned to death may have received 99 lashings over a photo mix'up. According to Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani's lawyer, Javid Houtan Kian, another woman who had been in prison with her claims the mother of two received the additional punishment after a British newspaper published a photo of a woman without a veil, or hijab, covering her hair, which it indicated was Ashtiani. The Times of London later admitted the photo mistakenly identified her, and was actually a different woman. Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:43:33 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=562949 56D1A85B1E89C032E13D3E9CBB2EC7AE5BCF714FBC8AB9A6385C2A1A03EC3EB8 Golf Magazine, by Staff Posted By: James Leyva- Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:43:33 GMT Golf'wise, you were a late bloomer, right? Yeah, when I moved from Florida to New York in 1997, a lot of my friends down there played golf. So in order to hang around them, I took up the game. I was 46 years old, and that’s when I really got into it and became obsessed, as most people who play the game are. I’m busier than I’ve ever been, so I don’t play as often as I’d like. I probably get out three to four times per month, mostly on weekends. Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:42:45 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=562948 00905B9D6A769E35E88B54040190BFD037704375DF426744FDE7950D68E40BBD Washington Post, by Karen Tumulty Posted By: Dreadnought- Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:42:45 GMT MILWAUKEE ' Democrats in Congress are no longer asking themselves if this is going to be a bad election year for them and their party. They are asking if it is going to be a disaster. The answer will probably be found in states such as Wisconsin, one of a growing number of spots on the map where Democrats accustomed to winning reelection with ease are unexpectedly in trouble. The GOP pushed deep into Democratic'held territory over the summer, to the point where as many as 80 House seats could be at risk. Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:12:54 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=562947 DF0AD2D0B90BF45DC853DD80EBA425F1462C7C723214A47E4C828DAF185A2FE7 Reuters, by Silvia Aloisi Posted By: Judy W.- Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:12:54 GMT VENICE – A powerful Chinese film on the plight of political prisoners condemned to forced labor camps in the late 1950s wooed critics in Venice on Monday, with some tipping it as a strong contender for the festival's top prize. &#34;The Ditch&#34; tells the little'known story of some 3,000 people deported for &#34;re'education&#34; to labor camps on the edge of the Gobi desert, in western China, and struggling to survive extreme climate and acute food shortages. Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:09:59 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=562946 D4C24F0DD8F40BF38B599A6A6F419C3D90857FAAECC0D820C25871EC2143D97F WITI'TV [Milwaukee WI], by Sarah Platt Posted By: GaGardener- Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:09:59 GMT US Senator Russ Feingold did not appear with President Obama at Laborfest, instead he campaigned in three Labor Day parades. FOX6 caught up with the senator to see if this was a political move. (Snip) He walked in Milwaukee's Laborfest parade, then a parade in Janesville, and then Kenosha. With polls showing his election race so close, FOX6 asked Senator Feingold if he was trying to distance himself from the President by not appearing with Obama at Laborfest. He said, &#34;I didn't want to break my commitment to all the families and friends I grew up with. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:49:32 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=562945 AEC83D992D4D0785E87167152772BF4441C95891FA2B8E4C2F67977DB83C2624 FrontPage Magazine, by Michelle Malkin Posted By: MichaelvdGalien- Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:49:32 GMT To mark Labor Day 2010, President Obama will join hands with AFL'CIO President Richard Trumka in Milwaukee and pose as champions of the working class. Bad move. Trumka’s organizing record is a shameful reminder of the union movement’s violent and corrupt foundations. The new Obama/AFL'CIO power alliance — underwritten with $40 million in hard'earned worker dues — is a midterm shotgun marriage of Beltway brass knuckles and Big Labor brawn. Trumka warmed up his rhetorical muscles this past week with full'frontal attacks on former GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:48:57 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=562944 145908E25861CBDA91D6BADC50B39A82FB5A2D1D525E7E5AC445F5F599EE2696 FrontPage Magazine, by Alan M. Dershowitz Posted By: MichaelvdGalien- Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:48:57 GMT As President Obama, Secretary of State Clinton, Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Abbas now assemble to try to make peace between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, the 600 pound gorilla in the room will be Richard Goldstone. Although he was not invited to the meetings, his presence will be felt. It will send the following message to the Israeli government: If you end your military occupation of the West Bank, and the Palestinians use their new territory to launch rockets and other attacks against Israel, Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:47:58 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=562943 05EF9779502339F156D3CCC932AA489FA06191B676F26CE216EA18123F11643B Fox News, by Staff Posted By: Scottyboy- Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:47:58 GMT Union leaders will tell you organized labor is vital to the nation's economic health. But in this brutal economy, there are plenty of folks who bristle when they hear about unions demanding pay raises or fighting against health care co'pays. New polling from Rasmussen shows 45 percent of adults view unions favorably' and that includes the 16'percent who view them very favorably. But 46'percent have a generally unfavorable view of union and that includes 21'percent with a very unfavorable view. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:47:56 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=562942 B7520D4B554019A92AE09CAD03711717F5A01C2FE1C1F6B5C7F2F4B305125B4F Pasadena Star'News, by Beige Luciano Adams, Staff Posted By: Sloopy- Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:47:56 GMT When a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department task force followed a tip about illegal fireworks in San Pedro on the fourth of July, a stash of 10,000 live baby turtles was the last thing they expected to find. &#34;There were about 500 turtles in each box ' and they literally exploded out of the boxes,&#34; said Linda Crawford, the adoption chairwoman of the California Turtle and Tortoise Club's Foothill chapter Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:47:07 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=562941 04E2E7A65F25DA9EF2DD3E8177729205038FFD364DC1DB68C1E2A381BE2412CB FrontPage Magazine, by Rich Trzupek Posted By: MichaelvdGalien- Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:47:07 GMT It’s been nearly two years since Palestinian representatives and Israelis sat across a table from each other to talk about peace. As the latest round of talks got under way yesterday, it’s hard to imagine that the results this time will be much different than any other time. Has anything changed that might lead to a different outcome? Gaza is still being run by Hamas. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:18:46 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=562940 BF94DF58C483E08D0D8E612A4B0A00C058CA4A32E5564185613266061B6A7823 Dayton Tribune (OH), by Robert Blain Posted By: Scottyboy- Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:18:46 GMT On Thursday Eric Holder and the Department of Justice filed suit against Arizona’s Maricopa County Sheriff’s office run by the outspoken and flamboyant Joe Arpaio who’s made it a personal crusade to uphold U.S. immigrations laws when the feds won’t.(Snip)The DOJ then got caught with its pants down when more government documents were uncovered under the Freedom of Information Act that suggests politics may be at the root of the investigation. Sheriff Arpaio’s lawyers found a March 11, 09 e'mail, that was sent just after the Justice Department investigation was announced, from an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency employee Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:04:08 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=562939 8BC1EF08716E7C49CA6E30B705D225C588E209CF69FD9D8FD93F9075E21A3DB9 Washington Post, by Staff Posted By: James Leyva- Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:04:08 GMT PRESIDENT OBAMA'S 2008 campaign raised roughly $40 million from the financial sector, 50 percent more than did Republican John McCain. But now, it seems, Wall Street is suffering a massive case of buyer's remorse. Irked by the president's anti'business rhetoric and by financial regulations he and a Democratic Congress have imposed, many erstwhile pro'Obama financiers '' as well as other business people '' blame him for destroying the investor confidence without which growth cannot resume. They are shifting their campaign cash to Republicans. <b> Please split wide headlines. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 22:50:35 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=562938 D7537A0875554B342939C4800CDC0B1277602A9D2D2E5FD466151AAC358D2A3C Telegraph [U.K.], by Staff Posted By: PageTurner- Mon, 06 Sep 2010 22:50:35 GMT In a heated exchange, Ms Rice had to argue with the US President in Florida not to return to the White House because it was a potential terrorist target. She told the Channel 4 documentary: &#34;The President got on the phone and he said: 'I'm coming back'. &#34;I said: 'You cannot come back here. The United States of America is under attack, you have to go to safety. We don't know what is going on here'. &#34;He said: 'I'm coming back'. I said: 'You can't'. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 22:47:28 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=562936 2D9AB3891A95177A33D78925830D0C58608142DD0FF38AEF5BF469E642B54930 Daily Telegraph [Australia], by Marcus Casey Posted By: PageTurner- Mon, 06 Sep 2010 22:47:28 GMT THEY present as the sweetest girls in the world, preaching peace, love and goodwill ' but it can be a real (Snip) backstage at the Miss Universe pageant, with Australia's latest entrant claiming dirty tricks and sabotage. Miss Universe Australia Jesinta Campbell revealed yesterday one of her 82 competitors ' or someone associated with them ' booby'trapped an outfit by sticking pins in delicate places at the Las Vegas event three weeks ago. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 22:43:31 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=562935 827A1584E80FBADB83985981D4A50E0B6BE473E95AE1E7CB1646973A9940C357 Fox News, by Staff Posted By: Photoonist- Mon, 06 Sep 2010 22:43:31 GMT In a speech that was part Democratic campaign push, part policy prescription, President Obama on Monday proposed a $50 billion investment in long'term infrastructure projects that he claimed will stimulate the flailing economy, create jobs and refill the exhausted federal highway trust fund. Speaking to a crowd of union employees at Laborfest in Milwaukee, the president offered a six'year, front'loaded plan to rebuild 150,000 miles of our roads, lay 4,000 miles of railways and restore 150 miles of airport runways.