Print William Bigelow Read Full Bio Before AP: DOJ Targeted Fox News' James Rosen The Obama Administration, which has pursued more cases involving leaks from the government to the press than all other administrations combined, has been acting in this fashion since 2009, well before the current AP scandal. 20 May 2013 Two Special Agents with Elite Rescue Team Killed in Training Accident Two men, Special Agent Christopher Lorek, 41, and Special Agent Stephen Shaw, 40, who served with the FBI’s ultra-elite Hostage Rescue Team (HRT) were killed on Friday because of an accident during training in Virginia Beach. A helicopter was involved. 20 May 2013 Legendary City of Central America Found? The famed Honduran city called Ciudad Blanca (or The White City in English), which inspired explorers as famous as Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés to search for it, may have been found at last. 20 May 2013 WH: 'Irrelevant' Who Edited Benghazi Talking Points Appearing on CBS’ Face the Nation, White House senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer said that it was “largely irrelevant” who edited the talking points the Obama administration trotted out in the aftermath of the terrorist attack in Benghazi on September 11, 2012. 19 May 2013 Poll: 59% Agree with GOP on Benghazi Despite the spate of scandals hitting the Obama administration, a new CNN/ORC poll shows that the American people still largely approve of President Obama. His personal approval ratings remain solid at 53 percent, with just 45 percent disapproving. That’s actually up two points since April. 19 May 2013 IRS Targeted Pro-Life Group Earlier than Claimed Contrary to the official version of events told by the IRS, the targeting of conservative groups did not begin in 2010, but started at least as early as 2009. The Coalition For Life, a pro-life group from Cedar Rapids, Iowa was questioned by an IRS agent in Cincinnati named “Ms. Richards” as early as April, 2009. 19 May 2013 'Crazy' Ants Spread Through Southeast U.S. A different species of ants, called “crazy ants,” is taking the Southeastern United states by storm. They are called “crazy” by researchers because their movement is not consistent, but much more irregular than fire ants, whose presence has been threatened by the incoming species. 19 May 2013 Bloomberg: Most High School Students Should Become Plumbers New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has some advice for high-school students who are mediocre students: skip college and become plumbers. Bloomberg said on Friday that teenagers who aren’t in the upper echelon should learn how to be plumbers rather that envision a career starting at a prestigious university and obtaining a college degree. 19 May 2013 8,000 Households in France Paid More than 100% in Taxes The new rule from the socialist government of France is: we’re not going to take most of the money you earn, we’re going to take all of it and your savings, too. The business newspaper Les Echos said more than 8,000 households in France paid more than 100% of their income last year to the government in taxes. 19 May 2013 New York Times Lauds Jay Carney The New York Times, ever eager to leap to the defense of embattled Obama Administration officials, has a puff piece extolling the virtues of White House Spokesman Jay Carney amid the slings and arrows he must suffer. 18 May 2013 Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Next
Before AP: DOJ Targeted Fox News' James Rosen The Obama Administration, which has pursued more cases involving leaks from the government to the press than all other administrations combined, has been acting in this fashion since 2009, well before the current AP scandal. 20 May 2013
Two Special Agents with Elite Rescue Team Killed in Training Accident Two men, Special Agent Christopher Lorek, 41, and Special Agent Stephen Shaw, 40, who served with the FBI’s ultra-elite Hostage Rescue Team (HRT) were killed on Friday because of an accident during training in Virginia Beach. A helicopter was involved. 20 May 2013
Legendary City of Central America Found? The famed Honduran city called Ciudad Blanca (or The White City in English), which inspired explorers as famous as Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés to search for it, may have been found at last. 20 May 2013
WH: 'Irrelevant' Who Edited Benghazi Talking Points Appearing on CBS’ Face the Nation, White House senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer said that it was “largely irrelevant” who edited the talking points the Obama administration trotted out in the aftermath of the terrorist attack in Benghazi on September 11, 2012. 19 May 2013
Poll: 59% Agree with GOP on Benghazi Despite the spate of scandals hitting the Obama administration, a new CNN/ORC poll shows that the American people still largely approve of President Obama. His personal approval ratings remain solid at 53 percent, with just 45 percent disapproving. That’s actually up two points since April. 19 May 2013
IRS Targeted Pro-Life Group Earlier than Claimed Contrary to the official version of events told by the IRS, the targeting of conservative groups did not begin in 2010, but started at least as early as 2009. The Coalition For Life, a pro-life group from Cedar Rapids, Iowa was questioned by an IRS agent in Cincinnati named “Ms. Richards” as early as April, 2009. 19 May 2013
'Crazy' Ants Spread Through Southeast U.S. A different species of ants, called “crazy ants,” is taking the Southeastern United states by storm. They are called “crazy” by researchers because their movement is not consistent, but much more irregular than fire ants, whose presence has been threatened by the incoming species. 19 May 2013
Bloomberg: Most High School Students Should Become Plumbers New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has some advice for high-school students who are mediocre students: skip college and become plumbers. Bloomberg said on Friday that teenagers who aren’t in the upper echelon should learn how to be plumbers rather that envision a career starting at a prestigious university and obtaining a college degree. 19 May 2013
8,000 Households in France Paid More than 100% in Taxes The new rule from the socialist government of France is: we’re not going to take most of the money you earn, we’re going to take all of it and your savings, too. The business newspaper Les Echos said more than 8,000 households in France paid more than 100% of their income last year to the government in taxes. 19 May 2013
New York Times Lauds Jay Carney The New York Times, ever eager to leap to the defense of embattled Obama Administration officials, has a puff piece extolling the virtues of White House Spokesman Jay Carney amid the slings and arrows he must suffer. 18 May 2013
Unions, the reliable Democratic supporters, split from president on ObamaCare25 May 2013, 10:55 AM PDT