Lucianne.com News Forum - HomePage - RSS (http://www.lucianne.com/) http://www.lucianne.com/rssfeed/ Thu, 17 May 2012 02:45:01 GMT Thu, 17 May 2012 02:45:01 GMT Lucianne.com Thu, 17 May 2012 02:30:57 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=681305 FBC796CB58B86D81136D82988FB2136C60E8C6C1BF4513AACA74B75CBEA89EEE Investor's Business Daily, by Editorial Posted By: earlybird- Thu, 17 May 2012 02:30:57 GMT Regulation: A leftist movement to pass local "responsible banking ordinances" is sweeping the nation. Now banks will be harassed into making risky loans by city, not just federal, diversity cops. The two largest cities this week approved laws requiring banks doing business with them to meet race'based quotas for mortgage and small'business lending. They'll also have to stop foreclosures on previous bad loans and vow to open new branches in urban neighborhoods. New York and Los Angeles officials who voted for the laws say they're trying to "build on the Community Reinvestment Act." This is the same federal banking regulation Thu, 17 May 2012 02:28:21 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=681304 C005AA1030FC59D56EAD4DC7165C3EC2F32653729F72DE0F97CB58C20A1E668C Investor's Business Daily, by Editorial Posted By: earlybird- Thu, 17 May 2012 02:28:21 GMT Politics: The victory of the little'known Deb Fischer in Nebraska's Republican Senate primary is a reminder that the Tea Party is alive, well and volatile. And so is the phenomenon named Sarah Palin. Deb who? That was the reaction Tuesday after the state senator and her modestly funded campaign scored a huge upset against the GOP establishment candidate for the U.S. Senate nomination, Attorney General Jon Bruning, and state Treasurer Don Stenberg, on whom the "smart" conservative money was bet. Thu, 17 May 2012 02:27:37 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=681303 34B7A02E4415A0E448862869A944DB126DD64D7500DB8310F47CF4091440FA36 Express'News [San Antonio], by David Hendricks Posted By: hondo310- Thu, 17 May 2012 02:27:37 GMT The deepening and widening of the Panama Canal will have a ripple effect on shipping throughout the world, but what happens in Texas depends on the various ports, officials said Monday. When larger ships start routinely crossing the canal in 2015, long'haul container ship routes will change because they will be able to make more all'water deliveries, said Rodolfo Sabonge, the canal's vice president for market research and analysis. Thu, 17 May 2012 02:26:47 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=681302 72D4AF694F28921A7F1AE3E59AD2711E18E61E3FFA2932551849B64D361332AA Investor's Business Daily, by Editorial Posted By: earlybird- Thu, 17 May 2012 02:26:47 GMT Health Reform: Faced with being forced to abandon its conscience while emptying its bank account, a Catholic university finds its students can't keep the health insurance they like as it becomes prohibitively expensive. Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio, finding itself at the nexus of cost and conscience regarding the demands and expenses imposed on it and other Catholic institutions by the onslaught of ObamaCare, has announced it will neither comply nor participate in the nationalization of health care and drop the health coverage it offers to its students. It's the first shoe to drop in what will be a cascade of such Thu, 17 May 2012 02:02:56 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=681301 DAEEEA73DC97276101A8E3E50A576CB1A4A8ACA2E67198F79056C5BCE80FBE2A Mediaite, by Jon Bershad Posted By: cap MarineTet68- Thu, 17 May 2012 02:02:56 GMT Last Sunday on HBO’s Girls (The show which everyone needs to debate! Needs to!), the character Marnie was having sex with her long'term boyfriend Charlie, who she’s grown to despise but is unable to break up with. Not even wanting to look at him, the bored Marnie tells Charlie to flip her over and have sex with her from behind, pretending that he misheard her every previous time she’d said she didn’t like that. He complies and, while Marnie stares off into space bored, Charlie happily exclaims how good it all feels. Thu, 17 May 2012 01:57:22 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=681300 C474E5D5ACA9D82092C3C5D0AAA1391101642028157904CFE06DCB88D3FBE467 Daily Mail (UK), by Liz Thomas Posted By: abuela10- Thu, 17 May 2012 01:57:22 GMT Evergreen Jane Fonda put Hollywood stars half her age in the shade at the Cannes Film Festival today. The 74'year'old looked decades younger in an Atelier Versace bronze gown that showed off decolletage and her slim frame. She sashayed down the rest carpet with plenty of grace and stopped to exchange air kisses with fellow stars, including Alec Baldwin. Thu, 17 May 2012 01:48:48 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=681299 693A8C2C0AFBE43F5AB4C6F33A46CC1FA03916E534AB0937C9AAABAF98EE132F Yahoo! Finance, by Aaron Task Posted By: earlybird- Thu, 17 May 2012 01:48:48 GMT J.C. Penney (JCP) shares tumbled Wednesday after the retailer reported a much wider'than'expected first'quarter loss, suspended its dividend and saw weakness across all core metrics. In an apparent rebuke to new CEO Ron Johnson's strategy to change the company's focus from discounts to everyday low prices, total sales fell 20% while same'store sales declined 19% and gross margins fell to 37.6% from 40.5% as foot traffic in the stores dropped 10%. "Our marketing isn't doing the work," Johnson said in a conference call. "We've got to get our pricing across. Coupons were a drug, they really drove traffic. [Customers] need to understand Thu, 17 May 2012 01:42:48 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=681298 BC590A99816C4A74FD92726712C1701D4E666DB27DA299419696C46823E470CB Yahoo! News, by Dylan Stableford Posted By: earlybird- Thu, 17 May 2012 01:42:48 GMT Jimmy Kimmel delivered a barrage of edgy jokes at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner (WHCD) late last month in Washington. But after consulting with ABC News senior White House correspondent Jake Tapper, Kimmel decided several were too over'the'top to make the cut. "I had some jokes about Rick Santorum," Kimmel told Howard Stern in an interview on Sirius radio. "I said something like—well, I didn't say it, but, 'Newt Gingrich's campaign is so dead Mitt Romney wants to baptize it and Rick Santorum wants to put it in a jar and show it to his kids.' People went, 'Uh'oh.' Thu, 17 May 2012 01:39:51 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=681297 1D527CC88FDC77B05ACB55377A5606B90B691CBA11C4BF9669BF30BD63952776 Yahoo! News, by Rachel Rose Hartman Posted By: earlybird- Thu, 17 May 2012 01:39:51 GMT Ohio Rep. Dennis Kucinich announced Wednesday he has decided against running for Congress in Washington state, where activists had urged him to launch a campaign. In a statement, Kucinich signaled the end of his 16'year congressional career: Because of my love of public service, I have given a great deal of time and much thought to the advice and encouragement I have received from so many people of good will in Washington State. I certainly want to continue to be of service to our country and to the working men and women who have built it. After careful consideration and discussions with Thu, 17 May 2012 00:40:23 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=681296 2742778D09DF16F425DDE82A294605389CFD3DF9D5A38FEAC48E22532A836900 The Hill [Washington, DC], by Jordy Yager Posted By: KarenJ1- Thu, 17 May 2012 00:40:23 GMT The Senate Intelligence Committee plans to finish a long'awaited report on “enhanced interrogation techniques” this summer, reviving the debate over whether the United States has engaged in torture. The panel’s lengthy report has been more than three years in the making and examines controversial interrogation techniques such as water boarding and sleep deprivation. “We expect to finish the work and bring it to the committee this summer and the committee will act,” David Grannis, the committee’s Democratic staff director, told The Hill. “I wouldn’t want to speculate as to Thu, 17 May 2012 00:34:52 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=681295 80C0F302B9EA14D59F31C316CF85AA82A84F5F79B101E8509E87DEAED86AE32A Washington Free Beacon, by CJ Ciaramella Posted By: Photoonist- Thu, 17 May 2012 00:34:52 GMT New emails obtained by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform show a direct link between the Department of Energy’s controversial green energy loan program and the White House, Republicans on the committee said Wednesday. The White House and Energy Department have long held there was no political influence in the decision'making process that awarded billions of dollars in federal loan guarantees to renewable energy companies. However, emails disclosed at the hearing reference to communications with the White House. Thu, 17 May 2012 00:32:06 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=681294 83CBD740EDB990473D5E01A1E7E5880ECAD6F2E581FE2C5607786315A5545457 Washington Free Beacon, by Adam Kredo Posted By: KarenJ1- Thu, 17 May 2012 00:32:06 GMT Former government attorneys and defense experts fear that foreign terrorists could capitalize on a new House proposal that would afford them full protection under the U.S. legal system, potentially spurring a domestic influx of would'be terrorists who may seek to exploit the legal loophole. The amendment, spearheaded by Reps. Justin Amash (R., Mich.) and Adam Smith (D., Wash), would implement an unprecedented reversal in longstanding U.S. policy by requiring that terrorists be prosecuted in civilian courts—a shift that would also allow them to be housed among general inmates in American prisons. Thu, 17 May 2012 00:26:24 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=681293 B48A7C5ADECA2AE508B71109FFFA6860C6A78B0C4A3D3FDF6CC309EC61C2A1DB Associated Press, by Staff Posted By: Photoonist- Thu, 17 May 2012 00:26:24 GMT Vermont's governor has signed into law the first state ban on a hotly debated natural gas drilling technique called hydraulic fracturing. There's no drilling currently happening in Vermont, which is believed to have little to no reserves of oil or natural gas. Democratic Gov. Peter Shumlin signed the law Wednesday in a ceremony at the Statehouse in Montpelier. He says it may help Vermont set an example for other states. Thu, 17 May 2012 00:23:19 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=681292 0717F2F297220FA33534BF4980D0EB1B261EA253C0B05E836D0DD39B03A08408 Fox News, by Arthur Herman Posted By: KarenJ1- Thu, 17 May 2012 00:23:19 GMT Everyone knows presidents have larger'than'life size egos. It goes with the job. But changes on the official White House website reveal that we’ve never had a self'regarding narcissist quite like the Oval Office’s current occupant. They also reveal a fatal flaw in the Obama presidency, which is bad news for the rest of us if Barack Obama wins a second term. It seems the Obama team has been taking the website’s standard biographies of past presidents and inserting gratuitous references to our Beloved Leader. That’s led to entries like, “On February 22, 1924 Calvin Thu, 17 May 2012 00:16:03 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=681291 F6441A96ED03C25DAA2523BA312DA4DDB8892AF798503036C103C369BC4BF666 Associated Press, by Staff Posted By: PLPointer67- Thu, 17 May 2012 00:16:03 GMT NEW YORK — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s estranged wife, Mary Kennedy, who had fought drug and alcohol problems, was found dead in her home Wednesday. Attorney Kerry Lawrence, who had represented her in a drunken'driving case, said he didn't know the cause of her death at age 52. Police confirmed a body was found on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s property in Bedford, north of New York City, but wouldn't release the dead person's name. Mary Kennedy's family cited her devotion to her four children in remembering her. Thu, 17 May 2012 00:12:41 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=681290 7F47A28FD5BE768A2AB717E8AB73605570A30A22CE39BAC64E14EBAA72C7F5B7 Yahoo! News, by Pueng Vongs Posted By: earlybird- Thu, 17 May 2012 00:12:41 GMT Mary Kennedy, ex'wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., was found dead at her New York home Wednesday, a source told the Associated Press. Kerry Lawrence, an attorney, confirmed her death, but did not know the cause. The Bedford, N.Y. police department said that at approximately 1:36 p.m. they responded to a call about a deceased individual found at the Kennedys' home. They are investigating an "unattended death." Thu, 17 May 2012 00:05:02 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=681289 7152A7BB03CDE90E298A3D56EEC684224E2E42BFECECD7A4E2B8541A60DC4C52 New York Daily News, by Jonathan Lemire Posted By: Photoonist- Thu, 17 May 2012 00:05:02 GMT Mitt Romney would be by far the wealthiest man ever to call the White House home, according to a new analysis. Romney has assets of approximately $230 million, dwarfing those of President Obama and most of his predecessors, according to a study by Forbes Magazine. Mitt’s money is spread among a series of holdings — but he owns very few stocks, according to the report. (Snip) His biggest rivals for richest President would likely be John F. Kennedy or a plantation'owning founding father like George Washington or Thomas Jefferson, according to Forbes. Wed, 16 May 2012 23:59:27 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=681288 431ECAED2CE2F4F700450A9740595A7DB97F9464C2F1342E2E719FC194BB6112 Associated Press, by Lolita C. Baldor Posted By: Photoonist- Wed, 16 May 2012 23:59:27 GMT Washington ' U.S. Army leaders have begun to study the prospect of sending female soldiers to the service's prestigious Ranger school '' another step in the effort to broaden opportunities for women in the military. Gen. Raymond Odierno, Army chief of staff, said Monday that he's asked senior commanders to provide him with recommendations and a plan this summer. And while he stressed that no decisions have been made, he suggested that Ranger school may be a logical next step for women as they move into more jobs closer to the combat lines. Wed, 16 May 2012 23:56:39 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=681287 E40B7987AF4A7EADA55118476B48318AEE521E1412D8CCB5F109FD67D790255C Chicago Tribune, by Julie Deardorff Posted By: Photoonist- Wed, 16 May 2012 23:56:39 GMT If you bought Skechers Shape'ups or the company’s other toning shoes but still, somehow, have a flabby rear end, here’s your chance to apply for a refund. Skechers USA Inc.has agreed to pay $40 million to settle charges by federal officials that it deceived consumers by making unfounded claims about the health benefits of its rocker'bottomed shoes, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said Wednesday. Besides Shape'ups, the FTC alleged that Skechers also made misleading claims about its Resistance Runner, Toners, and Tone'ups shoes, which cost between $60 and $100 a pair. Wed, 16 May 2012 23:46:59 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=681286 E7EB6D39D9E0CCC1A2E695C8DE6D09FD66781ABB06D9885BE96DF412E85384B3 New York Daily News, by Aliyah Shahid Posted By: Photoonist- Wed, 16 May 2012 23:46:59 GMT President Obama may be struggling to turn around the floundering economy — but that doesn't mean his wife can't help fix a broken business. First Lady Michelle Obama will appear on the popular Food Network show "Restaurant Impossible" in June, the station announced on Wednesday. The show is centered around celeb chef Robert Irvine, who goes to failing restaurants and is tasked with turning them into successful businesses in two days on a $10,000 budget. The episode featuring Obama will center on Horton's Kids, a children's community center in D.C. that serves after'school meals. Wed, 16 May 2012 23:42:27 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=681285 AD5557F25018021A548B7C6A0519ABB0E41BB6B05769CFC3963A4E26B14F6588 Fox News, by Justin Fishel Posted By: Photoonist- Wed, 16 May 2012 23:42:27 GMT The U.S. intelligence community wheeled out one of its prized possessions Wednesday '' a scale model of the notorious Pakistan compound where Usama bin Laden spent the last few years of his life in hiding. The model made its public debut in one of the Pentagon's busiest hallways, drawing the attention of gawkers and passers'by. It was built in six weeks by the National Geospatial'Intelligence Agency and used by military and intelligence leaders to plan the daring nighttime raid on May 2, 2010, that killed the Al Qaeda leader. And this model is not short on detail. Wed, 16 May 2012 23:37:05 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=681284 AE96311871AB12CA214623898D1A299336D55FE8022517CA5157BF19C2209065 Associated Press, by Steve Peoples & Thomas Beaumont Posted By: Photoonist- Wed, 16 May 2012 23:37:05 GMT Belmont, Mass. ' Don't bet on Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney winning his home state or even trying. "That's not been a topic of discussion," Romney campaign adviser Kevin Madden said when asked if the former Massachusetts governor would compete in the heavily Democratic state. (Snip) That political reality illustrates the degree to which Romney's efforts to curry favor with conservative Republicans in the primaries has alienated the moderate base that launched his political career. Wed, 16 May 2012 23:22:00 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=681283 C6885929C349B87E559B91030E42D0FA341ACFBE9B363CF9430CB887CF383792 Politico, by Emily Schultheis Posted By: Photoonist- Wed, 16 May 2012 23:22:00 GMT A new poll from Marquette University Law School — which had Scott Walker and Tom Barrett in a dead heat two weeks ago — now shows Walker pulling ahead in the Wisconsin gubernatorial recall election: [W]ith three weeks to go until the recall election Gov. Scott Walker has taken a 6'percentage point lead over Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, 50'44 percent, among likely voters. Just 3 percent say they are undecided. In the previous poll, taken April 26'29, Walker held a 1'percentage'point lead among likely voters (Snip) Republicans are more likely to say they are “absolutely certain” to vote on June Wed, 16 May 2012 23:20:59 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=681282 679AD9DD4E15E113C9BD61FE38DAB71B5AD9860016396CC7A1C90707BA066096 Real Clear Politics, by Reed Galen Posted By: KarenJ1- Wed, 16 May 2012 23:20:59 GMT The defeated Dick Lugar, in an impassioned and striking condemnation of the continuing polarization of American politics, blamed the Tea Party and his Republican primary opponent for demanding he submit to a "purification" exercise. Indeed, while the good Indiana senator admits he knew there would be “political headwinds” while facing re'election, he determined that his long years of service '' and the many policy challenges yet to be overcome '' were reason enough to step back into the arena. For that, we should applaud Lugar. We should also thank him for his nearly four decades of Wed, 16 May 2012 23:17:37 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=681281 D59DD4CCA01EC80BB99987C889FC8F3E107DDCCCB9463E3FBEAE334ABAA23F88 National Public Radio, by Jon Hamilton Posted By: PageTurner- Wed, 16 May 2012 23:17:37 GMT Quite a few of the 225 people who live in Dish, Texas, think the nation's natural gas boom is making them sick. They blame the chemicals used in gas production for health problems ranging from nosebleeds to cancer. And the mayor of Dish, Bill Sciscoe, has a message for people who live in places where gas drilling is about to start: "Run. Run as fast as you can. Grab up your family and your belongings, and get out." But scientists say it's just not clear whether pollutants from gas wells are hurting people in Dish or anywhere else. Wed, 16 May 2012 23:15:54 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=681280 0063604FD639C6DBA95A0E3830DDCDF0259F55E227EB23E2CCC5F45DDA2EB6C1 Associated Press, by Staff Posted By: JoniTx- Wed, 16 May 2012 23:15:54 GMT WASHINGTON — Commercial air travel is at risk from terrorists who quietly get jobs at airports so that they can attack from within sensitive areas, a senior Homeland Security Department official told lawmakers Wednesday. There has never been such an instance, but a security supervisor at Newark Liberty Airport is facing criminal charges that nearly 20 years ago he assumed the identity of a New York man who was later murdered. This incident raised questions about whether the Transportation Security Administration knows the true identities of people who work in secure areas at airports around the country.