“We will never forget.” There is a banner that says that on the entrance to the Lincoln Tunnel. It is dirty and part of it is caught and rolled up so that you can’t really read it. But you know what it says. You see it on bumper stickers and …
Read More »Researchers Reach Conclusion
Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: A report in Wednesday’s Journal of the American Medical Association (search) by five researchers at the University of California-San Francisco concludes that fetuses likely don’t feel pain until the seventh month of pregnancy. But what the report and much of the subsequent …
Read More »Everybody Loves the Reverend?
Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: FBI’s Fake Candidate Two West Virginia men charged with buying votes have asked a judge to thrown out the case since the candidate they cheated for was actually an FBI informant. The Washington Post reports that Democrat Thomas Esposito ran for the …
Read More »FEMA Battles Negative Image
WASHINGTON – The four successive hurricanes that hit Florida last fall not only left an aftermath of death, property destruction and uncertain futures, but also created a political strain on the Federal Emergency Management Agency. FEMA’s job is to provide a safety net for people whose lives have been left …
Read More »Americans are Being Let Down by Certain People…
To watch “The Memo” click here. Hi, I’m Bill O’Reilly, reporting tonight from Indianapolis. Thank you for watching us. I’m here to give a speech to the Library Association of Indiana about how Americans are being let down by certain people in the federal government. And that is the subject …
Read More »Doctors Scramble Amid Medical Uranium Shortage
Medical providers are scrambling to find medical uranium after an unplanned shutdown of a Canadian nuclear reactor in May sparked a global uranium shortage, making clear the need for a domestic supply of medical isotopes. The shortage has forced some doctors to delay patient care or shift to more costly …
Read More »Israel Blasts 'Shameful' Gaza War Crimes Report; U.N. Expert Defends
GENEVA – A U.N. investigator defended a report Tuesday that accuses Israel and Palestinian militants of war crimes during their conflict in Gaza, an allegation Israel condemns and claims is the result of bias against the Jewish state. Former South African Judge Richard Goldstone said he and his fellow investigators …
Read More »Britain's Foreign Office Denies 'Secret' Deal With Libya
LONDON – Britain’s Foreign Office took the unusual step Sunday of denying a newspaper report that diplomats had reached a secret agreement with Libya that would prevent the killer of a British policewoman from being tried in Britain. A spokesman who asked not to be identified because of departmental policy …
Read More »Cops: Robber Came Back to Ask Victim for Date
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio police say a suspect in a robbery was arrested when he returned to the home about two hours later to ask the victim out on a date. Police say 20-year-old Stephfon Bennett was among three men who robbed a couple late Sunday. Columbus police Sgt. Sean …
Read More »Space Shuttle Discovery Begins Flight to Florida
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida – The space shuttle Discovery is on a cross-country flight to Florida after landing from space earlier this month in Southern California. The Discovery departed from Edwards Air Force Base north of Los Angeles at about 6:20 a.m. Sunday. It is being ferried atop a modified 747 …
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