Almost three-fourths of Americans supports President Barack Obama’s plan to withdraw troops from Afghanistan starting this year, according to a new Gallup poll. Obama announced a plan June 22 to remove 10,000 troops this year, 20,000 by summer 2012, and the rest by the end of 2014. The June 25-26 telephone poll of about 1,000 [...]
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July 1, 2011
June 30, 2011
Casey Anthony Blood Lust
It’s the story that demands breaking live coverage on not one but two, three cable news networks. “Another day of powerful testimony in the Casey Anthony murder trial,” resounded the anchors on cable news.“Another day of disturbing testimony in the Casey Anthony murder trial.”Mainstream media is reporting and analyzing every gory detail.“There were a lot [...]
June 30, 2011
American prisons are going private
Most Americans are unaware that private prisons in the country are on the rise. Is there a reason behind this trend that isn’t going reported though? Ana Kasparian of The Young Turks says that private prisons are thriving in America right now because of the profits they are generating, which most people are unaware of. [...]
June 27, 2011
June 26, 2011
NY Gay Marriages Can Begin as Early as End of July
ALBANY, N.Y. — After days of contentious negotiations and last-minute reversals by two Republican senators, New York became the sixth and largest state in the country to legalize gay marriage, breathing life into the national gay rights movement that had stalled over a nearly identical bill here two years ago. Pending any court challenges, legal [...]
June 26, 2011
AP Poll: Americans Divided on Looming Debt Crisis
WASHINGTON — It might be time for another midnight ride by Paul Revere, this time warning “the creditors are coming.” Americans seem not to have awakened to the fast-looming debt crisis that could summon a new recession, imperil their stock market investments and shatter faith in the world’s most powerful economy. Facing an August deadline [...]
June 24, 2011
Hackers Break into Arizona Police Computers
* Arizona DPS confirms “computer issues” * Group says it hacked computer to protest immigration law WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Computer hackers who previously broke into a U.S. Senate server and brought down the CIA web site struck an Arizona police web site on Thursday. Lulz Security, saying it opposed a tough anti-immigration law in Arizona, [...]
June 24, 2011
June 23, 2011
June 23, 2011
Census shows whites lose US majority among babies…
WASHINGTON (AP) – For the first time, minorities make up a majority of babies in the U.S., part of a sweeping race change and growing age divide between mostly white, older Americans and predominantly minority youths that could reshape government policies. Preliminary census estimates also show the share of African-American households headed by women – [...]
June 23, 2011
Gallup Poll: Americans Rank Army as Top Branch
Americans believe that the Army is most important of the five branches of the U.S. military in defending our national security, a new Gallup poll shows. The survey indicates that 25 percent of Americans rank the Army as No. 1, while 24 percent see the Marines at the top, 17 percent name the Air Force, [...]
June 22, 2011
June 21, 2011
June 18, 2011
Unemployment Fell in Fewer than Half US States
WASHINGTON (AP) — Unemployment rates fell in fewer than half of U.S. states, evidence that slower hiring has affected many parts of the country. The unemployment rates in 24 states dropped, the Labor Department said Friday. Rates rose in 13 states and Washington, D.C, and were flat in 13. That’s a significant decline from April, [...]