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Justice Dept. Sues Arizona Sheriff in Civil Rights Probe
The U.S. Justice Department sues Sheriff Joe Arpaio, saying the Arizona lawman refused for more than a year to turn over records in an investigation into allegations of discrimination in his department
Fox
U.S. Files Discrimination Lawsuits On Behalf Of Muslims
The Obama Administration’s taxpayer-funded Islamic defense program has been quite busy this week, filing several discrimination lawsuits on behalf of Muslims in different parts of the country and holding Justice Department meetings to discuss prosecuting “anti-Muslim hate speech.”
Judicial Watch
Oil Sheen Spreading From Gulf Platform Explosion
The Coast Guard is saying that a mile-long oil sheen is spreading from the site off an offshore petroleum platform that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana.
AP
Calls For USA To Shore Up Afghanistan Bank
As depositors thronged branches of Afghanistan's biggest bank, Mahmoud Karzai, the brother of the Afghan president called for intervention by the U.S. to head off a financial meltdown
Washington Post
NY Muslim Groups Decry Hostile Atmosphere
It is "unethical, insensitive and inhumane" to oppose the planned mosque near ground zero, more than 50 leading Muslim organizations said Wednesday
AP
Family Insurance Costs Skyrocket 14%
American workers are taking yet another blow to their wallets this year -- a whopping 14% jump in costs to insure their families
CNN
Hurricane Warning Expanded as Earl Charges Up East Coast
Earl weakens to a Category 3 storm as it bears down on North Carolina and hurricane warnings are expanded to include Rhode Island, Cape Cod and the islands of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket
Track
Muslim GI: Koran Says I Can't Fight For U.S.
Pfc. Naser Abdo, a Muslim soldier from Texas, says he wants to leave the U.S. Army as a conscientious objector because his faith and the military simply don't mix
Fox
Union 'Mobilization' Plans to Blast GOP, Stump For Democrats
Union leaders will unleash a concerted attack against Republican candidates and their "right-wing agenda" beginning this Labor Day weekend as they rally to stem expected Democratic losses
Washington Times
Government Wants Your 401(k)
The Obama administration appears to be proceeding with a novel way of financing trillion-dollar budget deficits by forcing IRA and 401(k) holders to buy Treasury bonds
Worldnetdaily
CAIR Suggests Tea Party, GOP Are Behind Anti-Muslim Campaign
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is putting some of the blame on both the Tea Party and the Republican Party for what it sees as a growing tide of anti-Muslim anger.
CNSNews
Army Birther Seeks Obama School Records
An Army doctor charged with disobeying a deployment order because he doubts President Obama's credentials as commander in chief is asking a military judge for access to the president's school and college records
AP
Italy Refuses Tax Revenue to Fund Mosques
The Italian government has refused to grant official recognition to Islam in the tax code, citing polygamy that is sanctioned by Muslims and the religion’s failure to uphold women’s rights
Life Site
Fed Buys $900 Million in Treasury Buyback
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York purchased $900 million in Treasury debt maturing from 2012 to 2013 on Wednesday,
Market Watch
Stephen Hawking: GOD Did Not Create Universe
The Big Bang was the result of the inevitable laws of physics and did not need God to spark the creation of the Universe, Stephen Hawking has concluded.
Telegraph
Gaddafi: Europe Will 'Turn Black' Unless EU Pays Libya £4bn A Year
Col Muammar Gaddafi has warned that Europe runs the risk of turning "black" unless the EU pays Libya at least €5 billion (£4.1 billion) a year to block the arrival of illegal immigrants from Africa
Telegraph UK
Felon Ex-Pol Makes Ballot in Ohio
Outspoken former Democratic congressman Jim Traficant, who served time in federal prison for corruption, has fought his way back onto the Nov. 2 ballot to again run for a U.S. House seat
Yahoo
Vanity Fair On Sarah Palin: She Has A Terrible Temper, Is A Bad Tipper
Two years after entering the nation’s klieg lights Sarah Palin is the subject of a detailed and sometimes scathing profile in next month’s Vanity Fair
Mediaite
Court: Ladies Nights Aren't Sexist To Men
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals rejected claims by a self-proclaimed "anti-feminist lawyer" that letting women past the velvet rope for free or half price on "Ladies Nights" violates the Constitution
New York Daily
BBC Had "Massive Bias to Left:" Director General
The director general of the BBC admitted Thursday that his organisation had been guilty of a "massive bias to the left" but said "a completely different generation" of journalists now works at the broadcaster
Breitbart
Employees File Suit Against Coke for Cancelling Their Health Care
Attorneys representing 500 striking employees at Coke filed a class action lawsuit against the Company yesterday after Coke canceled the employees' health care
Fox Business
Swift Plant Sued Over Treatment of Muslim Workers
Federal officials say a JBS Swift & Co. meatpacking plant should give Muslim employees prayer time and not retaliate against workers who ask to pray
Denver Post
Russia Sees First Population Increase in 15 Years
Russia has bucked a long-term trend of population decline by recording its first annual increase in 15 years, its health minister has announced.
BBC
Italian Society being "Seriously Mutilated" by Negative Fertility Rates
The head of the Italian Catholic bishops’ conference said this week that Italian society is being "seriously mutilated" by its negative growth birth rate.
Life Site
Swing Sets Removed At Some W.Va. Schools
Swings are being removed from Cabell County schools in southern West Virginia in part because of lawsuits over injuries
Denver Post
RightBias Idiot Awards
Celebrity Idiot: John Cusack In Meltdown
Actor John Cusack went on a caustic Twitter rampage Sunday evening, attacking former House Majority Leader Dick Armey, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Fox News.
RightBias
Thursday
Daily Presidential Tracking Poll: Obama At -13
29% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way Obama is performing his role as President. 42% Strongly Disapprove giving him a Presidential Approval Index rating of -13
Rasmussen
Memo To NOW
Young, Single Women Out-Earn Male Counterparts
Single, childless women in their twenties are finding success in the city: They're out-earning their male counterparts in the USA's biggest metropolitan areas.
USA Today
Dallas Wants To Charge $25 Fee For Garage Sales
Two Dallas City Council members have proposed charging a $25 fee next year to anyone who wants to have a garage sale in city limits.
Dallas News
Many Liberals Reject Markos Moulitsas's Anti-Conservative Book
A number of liberal writers are condemning American Taliban, the just-released book by prominent liberal blogger and political organizer Markos Moulitsas.
Yahoo
Abercrombie & Fitch Sued Over Muslim Scarf
A federal civil rights agency sued Abercrombie & Fitch on Wednesday on behalf of an 18-year-old woman who said she applied for her first job at the company and was turned down because she wore a Muslim headscarf
San Francisco Chronicle
Paris Hilton Busted By Twitter
A photograph posted by Paris Hilton more than a month prior to her drug arrest in Las Vegas could blow up her claim that the purse she was carrying, which contained cocaine, did not belong to her
Radar
Gender: Optional
Transsexuals Not 'Men,' Aussie Court Rules
A Western Australia court, in a landmark decision, has ruled that transsexual "men" are, in fact, women. The ruling came on an appeal of gender legislation by Attorney General Christian Porter
UPI
Strange Stuff
Japan: Real Men Go to a Hotel With Virtual Girlfriends
A resort town in Japan, once popular with honeymooners, is turning to a new breed of romance seekers—virtual sweethearts
WSJ
Zsa Zsa Gabor Husband Wants To Plastinate Wife's Body
The German husband of ailing 93-year-old Hollywood actress and socialite Zsa Zsa Gabor said he wanted preserve her body by plastination after she dies
Breitbart
Late Show Top Ten
Top Ten Signs Your Monkey Has A Drinking Problem
3. You smell liquor on his breath while he's picking the nits out of your hair 4. Been hanging out with David Hasselhoff ...
RightBias Humor
France: Fast Food Outlets Tailored For Muslim Community
The bacon is gone from the bacon burgers, replaced by smoked turkey. At a fast food restaurant outside Paris, a new certificate on the wall proclaims that its beef comes from cows slaughtered in line with Islamic law
AP
Epic China Traffic Jam Returns!
A huge traffic jam stretching at least 120 kilometres (75 miles) reappeared in northern China Thursday, with thousands of cargo trucks stuck in a bottleneck
Breitbart
Study
Men Who Don't Sleep May Die Sooner
Men who complain of chronic insomnia and who sleep less than 6 hours a night have an increased risk of dying, U.S. researchers say
UPI
Man to 9-1-1: 'I Need A Hug And A Warm Cup of Hot Chocolate'
Mark Eskelsen had a couple of demands of a 9-1-1 dispatcher last weekend, telling the dispatcher, "I need a hug and a warm cup of hot chocolate."
Oregonian
Angry Dad Pulls Taser on School Bully
An angry dad whose son was having problems with a fifth grader at his Hollywood elementary school decided to take matters into his own hands and pulled a stun gun on the frightened 11-year-old
NBC
Switzerland Confidential: Behold the Legal Sex Drive-Thru
Prostitution has become such a problem in Switzerland that Zurich officials have made proposals to add "sex boxes" to the city.
Time
Facebook Wants To Control The Words "Face" and "Book"
If you have any interest in starting a social network of your own, or pretty much any online venture, you better think twice before you try to use the words "Face" or "Book" in your name
Tech Blorge
National Unemployment Map Over Time
This will open your eyes! and scare the beegeebees out of you! Unemployment Map. Viewing the map only takes a few seconds. Click on arrow and watch changes from 2007 - 2010
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Golfer's Swing Sparks 25-Acre California Blaze
You can use a golf club for all kinds of non-golfy purposes -- walking stick, fishing rod, club, to name three. And now we can add to that list -- firestarter
Yahoo
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