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Gov't Workers Feel No Economic Pain
The recession and the ongoing jobless recovery devastated much of the private-sector work force last year, sending unemployment soaring, but government workers emerged essentially unscathed
Washington Times
Va OKs 1st Bill Banning Mandated Health Coverage
Virginia's General Assembly has become the first in the nation to approve legislation that bucks any attempt by Obama and Congress to implement a national health care overhaul in individual states
AP
Arizona School District Sues Taxpayers To Stop Questions
A handful of taxpayers in a small community in Arizona are being targeted by the local school district in a lawsuit that asks a judge to declare they have no right to request public records, sue the district, or complain to outside agencies
Goldwater Institute
Captured Taliban Chief 'Singing Like a Canary'
The former operations chief and second in command of the Afghan Taliban has been "singing like a male canary" since his arrest last month in Karachi, Pakistan, counterintelligence officials said
Fox
Find The Tea Party In Your Area
Obama: No Offshore Drilling While He’s In Office
The Obama administration’s six-month delay in approving new offshore drilling leases in federal waters will become a new three-year ban, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar quietly told reporters last Friday
Washington Examiner
Judge Rules Gov't Can't Block Money to ACORN
U.S. District Judge Nina Gershon made permanent her conclusion last year that the cutoff of funding to ACORN was unconstitutional. She ordered all federal agencies to put the word out
Fox
House Nixes Call For Speedy Afghanistan Withdrawal
In an overwhelming show of bipartisan support for President Obama's troop surge in Afghanistan, the House on Wednesday soundly defeated a resolution setting a timetable for withdrawal.
Washington Times
Congressman Conyer's Wife Gets Prison For Taking Bribes
A federal judge has denied ex-Detroit Councilwoman Monica Conyers' request to withdraw her guilty plea in a corruption case and sentenced her to three years and one month in prison
Breitbart
Utah Plans To Take US Land Through Eminent Domain
Utah lawmakers angry over federal ownership of land in the state approved the use of eminent domain Tuesday to take some of the most valuable parcels
Business Week
Senators Push Plan To Require Universal ID
Requiring all U.S. citizens to carry a worker ID card before getting a job is part of a major overhaul of immigration policy, and the plan could go before Obama as soon as this week
Fox 59
Mob Tactics Used To Push Health-Care Through
President Obama's attempts to ram health- care reform through an increasingly reluctant Congress are starting to resemble a really eventful episode of "The Sopranos."
New York Post
Kennedy Meltdown
Patrick Kennedy Rips Media Coverage Of War
An enraged Rep. Patrick Kennedy ripped into media coverage today on the House floor shouting so loudly at times about the war in Afghanistan he went hoarse until he was finally gaveled quiet
Boston Herald
Romney Tops Bestseller List
Source: Mitt Romney's new book, "No Apology: The Case for American Greatness," will debut on top of the New York Times bestseller list due out March 21
Politico
Drudge Report Malware Accusation Coincides With Cybersecurity Agenda
Democrats in the Senate are attempting to scare people away from alternative news websites by falsely claiming the sites contain dangerous software viruses.
Prison Planet
Obama to Launch Civil Rights Probes in Schools
The Obama administration plans to toughen civil rights enforcement in the nation's schools with a broad review touching on everything from academics to discipline.
Newsmax
Some Democrats Shun Obama Event In St. Louis
On Wednesday, some prominent Missouri Democrats decided they'd rather be somewhere else when President Obama came to push his massive health care overhaul plan.
Washington Times
White House Spars With the Chief Justice
The simmering feud between the White House and the Supreme Court is getting a little hotter - and lawmakers on Capitol Hill are helping fan the flames
New York Times
China Orders Reporters Trained In Marxist Theory
China will toughen requirements for reporters by launching a new certification system that requires training in Marxist and communist theories of news, a media official said
Breitbart
Chefs Call Proposed New York Salt Ban 'Absurd'
Some New York City chefs and restaurant owners are taking aim at a bill introduced in the New York Legislature that, if passed, would ban the use of salt in restaurant cooking.
Fox
Eric Massa Story Gets Uglier: "Unwanted Advances" in Navy
The strange story of House Democrat Eric Massa has gone from bad to worse: The Atlantic reports that Massa was "notorious for making unwanted advances toward subordinates"
The Atlantic
Fishermen’s Fear: Public's'Right To Fish Shifting Under Obama?
The Obama administration has proposed using United Nations-guided principles to expand a type of zoning to coastal and even some inland waters. That’s raising concerns among fishermen
Christian Science Monitor
Mass School Closures Approved In Kansas City, Mo.
The Kansas City school board narrowly approved a plan Wednesday night to close nearly half the district's schools in a desperate bid to avoid a potential bankruptcy
Townhall
Idiot Awards
RightBias - Top Idiots Of The Week Awards
So many idiots, so little space. RightBias adds yet another category to our Idiot Awards: Deadly Idiots. And the winner is...
Idiot Awards
A Start
Shell Stops Selling Gasoline To Iran
Royal Dutch Shell Plc said Wednesday it has stopped selling gasoline to Iran, the latest company to cease business with a country that is increasingly targeted by US-encouraged sanctions
YNet
Los Angeles
One-Fourth Of Welfare Payments Go To Illegals
Nearly one-quarter of state welfare payments and food stamps issued in Los Angeles County go to children whose parents are in the U.S. illegally, according to January figures released today
Daily Breeze
Un Report: Food Aid Being Diverted
Up to half the food aid intended for the millions of hungry people in Somalia is being diverted to corrupt contractors, radical Islamic militants and local U.N. workers, according to a U.N. report
Washington Times
Thursday
Daily Presidential Tracking Poll: Obama At -18
24% 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 -18
Rasmussen
Bush's Union Transparency Rules Retracted Under Obama
The Obama administration has rolled back rules proposed by the Bush administration that expanded the financial disclosure statements required of labor unions and their leaders
Washington Times
48 Hawaii-Only Species Given Endangered Listing
The Obama administration declared 48 species as endangered and announced plans to set aside more than 40 square miles on Kauai as critical habitat to allow the plants and animals to flourish.
Breitbart
Airlines Threaten To Cancel Flights
Airlines are threatening to cancel scores of flights in response to a new rule that would prohibit airlines from keeping passengers on the tarmac for more than three hours
Wall Street Journal
Mexico's Slim Becomes 'World's Richest' Person
With an estimated fortune of $53.5 billion, Slim jumped past Microsoft founder Bill Gates and investor Warren Buffett when Forbes magazine released its 2010 list of the world's wealthiest
AP
Alert
Data On 24,000 Swiss Account Holders Stolen
Information on 24,000 HSBC customers with Swiss accounts has been stolen, potentially exposing large numbers of international clients to prosecution by tax authorities in their home countries.
Yahoo
Romania's Fix to Alcohol Accidents? Drunk X-ing Signs
Road signs warning drivers that intoxicated people may be in the road have been put up as Romania tries to reduce the number of accidents.
Fox
Man Marries Pillow
True love can take many forms. In this case, it has taken the form of a Korean man falling in love with, and eventually marrying, a large pillow with a picture of a woman on it
Metro UK
Flying Assassin Robot Enters Final Development Stage
Now the never-ending but perhaps futile quest to attain zero collateral damage may take another step forward, with a small micro-drone missile that can kill individual targets from afar
Popular Science
Late Show Top Ten
Top Ten Signs Rahm Emanuel Is Nuts
1. Even Andy Dick is telling him to chill 2. You mean, besides walking around D.C. naked? 3. Recently got into a heated policy debate with his stapler
RightBias Humor
Real Hope
Obama: Half Of My Letters Brand Me An Idiot
President Barack Obama has joked that half of the 40,000 letters that pour into the White House each day brand him an "idiot''.
News au
Miss. School Prom Off After Lesbian's Date Request
A northern Mississippi school district decided Wednesday not to host a high school prom after a lesbian student demanded she be able to attend with her girlfriend and wear a tuxedo
AP
Media
2-Second Video Causes Headache For ABC News
For the want of a better two-second picture of a tachometer, ABC News has called into question its reporting on acceleration problems with Toyota vehicles
My Way
Study
Women Outlive Men, But Men Outsex Women
Women may live longer, but dudes pack more sex into their shorter lives aand they remain randy until much later in life, according to a new University of Chicago study
NBC
Glenn Beck: 'I've Wasted An Hour Of Your Time'
Near the conclusion of his chat with Rep. Eric Massa, host Glenn Beck said, "I think I've wasted your time. I think this is the first time I have wasted an hour of your time. I apologize for that."
Media Bistro
PETA Flies Banner Over SeaWorld
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, better known as PETA, flew a banner over the park Tuesday with the message: "Let the whales and dolphins out of prison."
Palm Beach Post
Trivia
Video: World Record House of Playing Cards
A 34-year-old American has broken his own world record by building the largest free-standing house of playing cards ever recorded.
CBS
Your Brain On Drugs
Man Attacked For Trying To Buy Drugs With Monopoly Money
A Kansas man told police officers that he had been beaten and left with a head wound after he tried to buy drugs using Monopoly money.
Metro UK
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