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Jobs Report Sparks (Extended) 200-Point Selloff
the Dow suffered its worst day in more than two months on Thursday amid economic fears that were bolstered by a disappointing jobs report.
Fox
U.S. Marines Launch Major Operation In Afghanistan
Thousands of U.S. Marines are mounting an operation that represents the first large-scale test of the U.S. military's new counterinsurgency strategy in Afghanistan.
Washington Post
N. Korea Fires 4 Short-Range Missiles
North Korea test-fired four short-range missiles on Thursday, further stoking tension in the region that was already high due to Pyongyang's nuclear test and threats to boost its nuclear arsenal
Reuters
Taliban Buying Children For Suicide Bombers
Pakistan's top Taliban leader, Baitullah Mehsud, is buying children as young as 7 to serve as suicide bombers in the growing spate of attacks against Pakistani, Afghan and U.S. targets
Washington Times
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American Soldier Captured in Afghanistan
Insurgents have captured an American soldier in eastern Afghanistan, the U.S. military said Thursday.
Fox
Washington Post Cancels Lobbyist Event Amid Uproar
Washington Post publisher Katharine Weymouth said today she was canceling plans for an exclusive "salon" at her home where for as much as $250,000, the Post offered lobbyists access to "those powerful few"
Politico
467K Jobs Cut In June; Jobless Rate At 9.5 Percent
Employers cut a larger-than-expected 467,000 jobs in June and the unemployment rate climbed to a 26-year high of 9.5 percent.
Yahoo
ICE Launches Workplace Immigration Crackdown
The Obama administration has launched investigations of hundreds of businesses as part of its strategy to focus immigration enforcement on the employers who hire illegal workers
AP
Lawmakers Want All Presidential Candidates To Prove U.S. Citizenship
A group of House Republican lawmakers want all future aspirants for the White House to produce a U.S. birth certificate to prove they meet constitutional requirements to be president
Scripps - Howard
John Stossel: ABC Don't Know Jacko
Stossel is telling his own network "Give me a break!" after it pulled his health-case insurance segment off the air to give more time to the death of Michael Jackson.
New York Post
Biden Makes Surprise Visit To Iraq
Vice President Joe Biden made a surprise visit to Iraq today, where he'll meet with Iraqi leaders and visit U.S. troops in advance of the Fourth of July
The Hill
Sharia Creep
Dow Jones Launches Islamic Index
The first American ETF to adhere to centuries-old Islamic beliefs about investing and finance is to begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange today under the ticker symbol JVS.
Breitbart
Congress's Travel Tab Swells
The spending on overseas travel is up almost tenfold since 1995, and has nearly tripled since 2001. That's a 50% jump since Democrats took control of Congress two years ago.
WSJ
Utah's Bars Ready To Let Booze Flow
Utah has ditched a 40-year-old requirement that customers fill out an application, pay a fee and become a member of a private club before setting foot in a bar.
Washington Times
Washington Post Sells Access, $25,000+
The Washington Post has offered lobbyists off-the-record, non-confrontational access to "those powerful few" — Obama administration officials, members of Congress, and even the paper’s own reporters and editors
Politico
Media Mum
Duke's Homosexual Rape Case Elicits Silence
A professor of criminology at the UNC-Wilmington says the outrage over a homosexual statutory rape case at Duke University is a deafening sound of silence
One News Now
Cap-and-Trade Bill Creates ‘Retrofit’ Policy for Homes and Businesses
Homeowners could be required to retrofit their homes to meet federal "green" guidelines in order to sell their homes, if the cap-and-trade bill becomes law
CNSNews
Muslim Mob Burns Down 100 Christian Homes in Pakistan
This morning 100 Christian houses and churches were set on fire by local Muslims in the city of Kasur South, Pakistan. The riots were incited by broadcasts from local mosques
Persecution.org
Feds May Take Possession Of Some California Parks
The federal government is threatening to take possession of several of California's most prominent state parks if Sacramento lawmakers close them to balance the budget
Mercury News
State Rules In Favor Of Young Transgender
The Maine Human Rights Commission ruled Monday that the Orono School Department discriminated against a transgender child by denying her access to the girls bathroom.
Bangor Daily News
10th Amendment
Florida Sovereignty Resolution Introduced
Florida is now the 37th state where a resolution declaring state sovereignty against the federal government has been introduced
Tenth Amendment Center
Saddam Said He Faked Having WMDs
Saddam Hussein told an FBI interviewer before he was hanged that he led the world to believe that his country had weapons of mass destruction because he did not want to appear weak to Iran
Jerusalem Post
Ouch
Delinquencies On Prime Mortgages Double
Delinquency rates on prime mortgages, the least risky category, more than doubled in the first quarter from a year earlier
Business Insider
Amnesty Charges Israel With War Crimes in Gaza
Israeli forces killed hundreds of Palestinian civilians and destroyed thousands of Gaza Strip homes in attacks that amounted to war crimes, Amnesty International charged Thursday
Fox
Court Decriminalizes Gay Sex In Indian Capital
New Delhi's gay community celebrated a landmark court ruling Thursday that decriminalizes homosexuality
Breitbart
Owls Over Jobs
Judge Overturns Bush-Era Logging Rule
A federal judge has struck down the Bush administration's change to a rule designed to protect the northern spotted owl from logging in national forests
MSNBC
New York Gay Newspaper Suspends Publication
The New York Blade, one of the two major gay and lesbian newspapers in New York City, has laid off its editor in chief and suspended publication
New York Times
Mississippi's Still Fattest But Alabama Closing In
Mississippi's still king of cellulite, but an ominous tide is rolling toward the Medicare doctors in neighboring Alabama: obese baby boomers.
My Way
States Fire Shots In Internet Sales Tax War
A battle is brewing over state sales taxes on online purchases, with Amazon.com and Overstock.com scaling back their operations in states that demand they collect these taxes
CNN
Is Obama Laundering Federal Money To GE Through Michigan?
General Electric is getting yet more taxpayer money, possibly laundered federal money, to subsidize its business.
Steve Milloy
Refinance Rules Expanding to 125% Loan-to-Value
Homeowners taking part in the Obama administration's housing rescue program through Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will now be eligible even if their loan-to-value ratio is up to 125 percent.
CNBC
Helen Thomas: Not Even Nixon Tried to Control the Media Like Obama
Liberal White House correspondent Helen Thomas says that not even Richard Nixon tried to control the press the way President Obama is trying to control the press.
CNSNews
Japanese Scientists To Breed 'Super Tuna'
Japanese scientists will have bred a new "super-tuna" within a decade that will be stronger, more resistant to disease and taste better than the bluefin presently in the oceans.
Telegraph
Arizona Approves Bill Allowing Guns In Bars
The Arizona Senate has given final approval to a bill that would allow people with concealed weapons permits to carry a gun into a business that serves alcohol
MSNBC
Father Who Ditched Nine Kids Has Twins On The Way
The Nebraska man who abandoned his nine children under the state's Safe Haven law last year is expecting to become the father of twins,
Fox
Top 10 Worst States For Personal Freedom
The Mercatus Center uses a wide swath of comparative data to determine personal freedoms, including alcohol and drug laws, asset-forfeiture rules, and education regulations
Human Events
Inhofe Says Climate Change Bill Will Be "Dead In The Water" In Senate
Sen. Inhofe stood by his prediction that a historic climate change bill narrowly approved by the House last week faces certain defeat in the Senate. "It’s dead in the water,’’
Tulsa World
Study
Men Told Have Sex Daily to Boost Sperm Quality, Fertility
Daily sex can improve the genetic quality of a man’s sperm and could enhance his chances of fathering a child, new research has suggested.
Fox
Nazi Stealth Jet Could Have Won War for Hitler
Meet the "wonder weapon" that could have won the war for Hitler. Called the Horten 229, the radical "flying wing" fighter-bomber looked and acted a lot like the U.S. Air Force's current B-2
Fox
Michael Jackson Breaks Billboard Charts Records
The entire top nine positions on Billboard's Top Pop Catalog Albums chart will house Jackson-related titles when the tally is released today
Billboard
5 Most And Least Intelligent Dogs
"Over 200 professional dog obedience judges, ranked 110 dog breeds on the basis of their intelligence."
The Star
Jackson/Rowe Not the Biological Parents
Michael Jackson was not the biological father of any of his children. And Debbie Rowe is not the biological mother of the two kids she bore for Michael. All three children were conceived in vitro
TMZ
Record Breaking 79-Pound Carp Pulled from Cedar River
Tracy Seaton, 47, of Shellsburg, Iowa pulled in a 79 pound 4 ounce Bighead Carp from the banks of the Cedar River in Cedar Rapids Thursday evening.
KCRG
Memory Lane
Images Of The Past
Take a break from reality and check out what life was like back in the good old days. How soon we forget..
Retrolife
Michael Jackson Age Progression Photos
Here is a forensic artist's drawing of what Michael Jackson would have looked like at age 45 (and presumably today) without all that plastic surgery and skin bleaching
Forensic artist
Gallup
More Americans View Democrats As 'Too Liberal'
Some interesting numbers out of Gallup this afternoon: There has been a statistically significant uptick in the percentage of Americans who view the Democratic Party as "too liberal."
The Hill
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