REUTERS – Plans to save Big Bird, the fuzzy yellow character on U.S. public television’s “Sesame Street,” from possible extinction are taking shape in the form of a puppet-based protest next month dubbed the “Million Muppet March.” The demonstration is
A global survey released on Thursday found that President Barack Obama would beat Mitt Romney in a landslide, 65%-18%, if the international community could vote in U.S. presidential elections. This poll not only validates Obama’s popularity abroad. It also raises
As polls showed Mitt Romney overtaking Obama across the nation and in key swing states like Colorado and Virginia, David Simas, President Barack Obama’s polling director, said Wednesday that if the election were held today, Obama would be “absolutely reelected.”
Masked gunmen have attacked and killed a security official at the U.S. embassy in Sanaa, Yemen, Reuters reported early this morning. The official, Qassem Aqlan, was a Yemeni who led a security team at the U.S. diplomatic mission. He was attacked
(Reuters) – Masked gunmen shot dead a Yemeni man on his way to work at the U.S. embassy in Sanaa on Thursday, a security source said, the latest in a wave of assassinations in the Arab state where Washington is
(Reuters) – Turkey scrambled fighter planes to force a Syrian passenger jet to land and seized what it suspected was military equipment being ferried from Russia to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s forces. The interception of the Syrian Air plane came
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In 2008, singer will.i.am provided Barack Obama’s presidential campaign with music for its signature anthem, “Yes We Can.” On Tuesday, at a rally for Obama in Columbus, Ohio, the performer chose to play something new: the theme
Officials in Cook Country Illinois have found the answer to gun violence. It’s not stepping up enforcement of existing laws on the books or reducing regulations to make it easier for law-abiding citizens to defend themselves from criminals. No, the
A U.S. security officer asked the State Dept. for more security in Libya — he received no response. When security officer Eric Nordstrom asked for more security in Libya in light of more than 200 security breaches from July 2011
(AP) Top 10 states in new citizen votersBy The Associated PressThe top 10 states where people who naturalized as American citizens since 2000 represent a sizable percentage of the voting-age citizen population, as well their estimated raw numbers, according to
SIERRA VISTA, Arizona (Reuters) – Friends, family members and law enforcement colleagues of a U.S. Border Patrol agent killed last week near the Mexico border by what authorities say may have been friendly fire gathered in a small Arizona town
(Reuters) – China’s top telecoms gear makers should be shut out of the U.S. market as potential Chinese state influence on them poses a security threat, the U.S. House of Representatives’ Intelligence Committee said in a draft of a report
President Barack Obama will have to do some serious acting tonight. Obama returns to Hollywood for yet another star-studded fundraiser, but this time he’ll have to sell his minions on the notion that his disastrous debate performance Wednesday in Denver
(Reuters) – Syrian rebels have seized a government army outpost near the Turkish border province of Hatay and a rebel flag flew over the building on Sunday, while clashes could be heard in the area of a nearby Syrian village,
A PPP poll released October 6 reports Romney advancing in Wisconsin, as Obama’s 7% lead is reduced to a mere 2%. The poll was conducted on October 4-6 among 979 likely voters with a margin of error of 3%. The
As part of its “benchmark” health care plan to satisfy ObamaCare’s requirement of the establishment of Essential Health Benefits (EHB’s) in each state, the state of New York has requested that annual doctor visit limits be substituted for lifetime and
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: Turkey issues new military threats to Syria Greece warns that Greece’s democracy is in danger from neo-Nazi party Greece warns that Greece’s democracy is in danger from neo-Nazi party Greece’s prime minister Antonis Samaras
A new Reuters analysis finds that between 2006 and 2010, the federal government — through Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac — guaranteed about three in four mortgages in some of the nation’s most exclusive zip codes such as Santa Clara
Because of oil refinery stoppages in California, gas prices have risen so high that independent gas stations are shutting down because they can’t make a profit. Exxon’s Torrance refinery lost power Oct. 1 and is only starting to recover now;
Border Patrol Agent Nicholas Ivie and two other agents were investigating an area 6 miles west of Bisbee, AZ when shots were fired at them. Agent Ivie died and another agent was wounded. Ivie was murdered in the same area
This is a huge gaffe on Vice President Joe Biden’s part. Instead of using the dishonest language of “letting the Bush tax cuts expire,” Biden finally comes straight out and tells the truth: – — BIDEN: You know the
LONDON (Reuters) – A leading media watchdog has accused Iran of trying to cow journalists into silence and self-censorship, adding to international pressure on Tehran over its treatment of activists and the press. The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists
(Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez faces the toughest election of his 14-year rule on Sunday in a vote pitting his charisma and oil-financed largesse against fresh-faced challenger Henrique Capriles’ promise of jobs, safer streets and an end to cronyism.
The Obama campaign arm, Organizing for America, is telling voters in Pasco County, Florida that early voting starts today. Early voting in Florida doesn’t start until October 27th. The thousands of robo-calls and door-to-door outreach from the Obama campaign, however,
(Reuters) – Libya and the United States have yet to agree how a U.S. investigative team will cooperate in a probe into a deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, a senior Libyan official said on Tuesday. FBI
