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(Detroit Free Press) Walk or stay home? As the Detroit Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure approaches Saturday, women are struggling with torn loyalties in the wake of the Planned Parenthood funding controversy.
NAACP Endorses Marriage Equality
(Think Progress) The board of the NAACP, the “nation’s oldest and largest civil rights organization,” endorsed marriage equality at a meeting this afternoon. The move comes 10 days after President Obama announced his support of same-sex marriage.
88% of Baptist University’s Staff Quit Over Mandatory Anti-Gay Pledge
Shorter University stepped in it big time when they forced faculty members to sign a pledge vowing to swear off homosexuality, premarital sex and drinking. In an anonymous survey in April, only 12 percent of faculty and staff said that they planned to stay at Shorter University, a 139-year-old Baptist school, reports Inside Higher Ed. More than 50 resigned before the new contracts were even distributed, and certain departments, such as science and fine arts, have been “eviscerated,” according to Michael Wilson, a tenured librarian for the university who’s worked there for 14 years.
"This guy really needs a new research team."
(Steve Benen) Mitt Romney's campaign, eager to attack the Recovery Act that pulled the economy bank from the brink of collapse, thought it had come up with a brilliant idea. The former governor would go to New Hampshire and mock the 19th century Sawyer Bridge, which was restored with public funds, but which is closed to traffic. It'd be a new "bridge to nowhere" that proves the stimulus was wasteful. Obama spent a quarter of a million dollars on a bridge no one can drive on? Outrageous, right? Wrong.
Media Turns Its Back On Experts Who Blame GOP For Political Gridlock
(Media Matters) Thomas E. Mann, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, and Norman J. Ornstein, resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, are well-respected centrist congressional experts who are often cited by the media. But their recent conclusion that Republicans are responsible for political dysfunction -- laid out in an April 29 Washington Post op-ed and their recently released book -- has been largely ignored, with the top five national newspapers writing a total of zero news articles on their thesis.
Donations to Scott Walker Flagged as Credit Card Fraud
(Atlantic Wire) When MaryAnn Nellis tried to pay for groceries on April 14, her credit card was declined. Later, she said, she found out why: Her credit card company, Capital One, had flagged an earlier purchase as potentially fraudulent. The problem? A $5 donation to Friends of Scott Walker, the Wisconsin governor's campaign committee, Nellis said. Nellis told a Capital One representative she had not made the donation to Walker, who is fighting an effort to recall him as governor in a closely watched, expensive election set for June 5.
Man charged with alleged threat to blow up Dem Party offices
(Wisconsin State Journal) Federal authorities charged a Madison man Friday with making a telephone threat in February to blow up the offices of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, among more than 100 calls he allegedly placed to the office this year.
Arizona Goes Birther: Secretary Of State Says It’s ‘Possible’ Obama Won’t Be On Ballot
(TPM) The man in charge of running Arizona’s elections has gone to the birthers. Secretary of State Ken Bennett now says he’s not convinced Barack Obama was really born in the United States and so he is threatening to keep the president off the ballot in November.
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A 17-year-old girl is visiting her Dad and his girlfriend, and goes for a quick run down to the 7-11, just as it's getting dark, to buy a Coke and a Twix. She's hurrying back home so she doesn't miss the start of "Bridezilla when she notices some guy in an SUV cruising her, which really creeps her out. She walks faster, and calls her best friend on her cell to tell about the creepy guy...
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RNC Chairman Says Republican Proposal For Race-Baiting Anti-Obama Attack Ads Is Obama’s Fault
54 min ago - In an interview on CNN’s State of the Union with Candy Crowley this morning, host Crowley asked RNC Chairman Reince Priebus about a widely-denounced proposal for a pro-Mitt Romney outside group to run millions of dollars in race-baiting attack ads hi ... (ThinkProgress)
Romney Blames Obama For Bipartisan Military Spending Cuts
1 hr ago - In a new op-ed in the Chicago Tribune ahead of the NATO meetings today in the Second City, Mitt Romney attacked President Obama, claiming he hasn’t showed sufficient American leadership in the Atlantic Alliance because of the administration’s cuts in ... (ThinkProgress)
NATO shifts to help an elusive Afghanistan peace
2 hrs ago - President Barack Obama and NATO allies declared Sunday that the end of the long and unpopular Afghanistan war is in sight even as they struggled to hold their fighting force together in the face of dwindling patience and shaky unity. From his hometo ... (Associated Press)
Source: Attack victims white supremacists
2 hrs ago - TINLEY PARK, Ill., May 20 (UPI) -- A group attacked at a Tinley Park, Ill., restaurant was made up of white supremacists, a law enforcement source told the Chicago Sun-Times Sunday. Tinley Park Mayor Ed Zabrocki said police do not know if attackers ... (UPI)
Bee Gees' singer Robin Gibb dies after cancer battle.
3 hrs ago - Bee Gees' singer Robin Gibb has died following a lengthy battle with cancer, his family have said. British-born Gibb, 62, had been battling colon and liver cancer. Gibb's musical career began when he formed the Bee Gees with his brothers Barry and ... (BBC News)
Protestors and police clashing at NATO summit Chicago
4 hrs ago - Protesters trying to push their way through a police line clashed with officers at the end of the anti-NATO march near McCormick Place. The protesters threw items at officers and hit them with sticks. Police officers used batons to respond. At least ... (WGN news Local news)
Tony Blair heckled during graduation address at Maine college
5 hrs ago - Former British prime minister Tony Blair was heckled by protesters as he tried to issue a plea for world unity during a college commencement speech. Blair was interrupted by a small group of demonstrators as he attempted to deliver a speech in front ... (The Guardian)
Heartland Institute facing uncertain future as staff depart and cash dries up
5 hrs ago - The first Heartland Institute conference on climate change in 2008 had all the trappings of a major scientific conclave – minus large numbers of real scientists. Hundreds of climate change contrarians, with a few academics among them, descended into ... (The Guardian)
Israel PM: illegal African immigrants threaten identity of Jewish state
5 hrs ago - The Israeli prime minister has stoked a volatile debate about refugees and migrant workers from Africa, warning that "illegal infiltrators flooding the country" were threatening the security and identity of the Jewish state. "If we do ... (The Guardian)
Alleged perpetrator of mass beheadings in Mexico arrested
6 hrs ago - MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican soldiers have arrested an alleged perpetrator of the massacre of 49 people whose corpses were decapitated, dismembered and dumped on a highway last week. Daniel Elizondo, alias "The Madman," a leader of the ... (CNBC)
Arctic melt releasing ancient methane
6 hrs ago - Scientists have identified thousands of sites in the Arctic where methane that has been stored for many millennia is bubbling into the atmosphere. The methane has been trapped by ice, but is able to escape as the ice melts. Writing in the journal N ... (BBC World Edition)
In aftermath of Komen funding flap, fewer sign up for race
9 hrs ago - In aftermath of Komen funding flap, fewer sign up for race May 20, 2012 By Ellen Creager Detroit Free Press Staff Writer Walk or stay home? As the Detroit Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure approaches Saturday, women are struggling with torn loya ... (Detroit Free Press)
Pakistan blocks Twitter because of 'offensive material'
9 hrs ago - Pakistani authorities have blocked access to the social media website Twitter because of messages they say are offensive to Islam. They talked of "blasphemous and inflammatory" material although it is not clear exactly what the tweets said ... (BBC)
Vanderbilt poll: Obama closes gap with Romney Tennesseans don't like focus of legislature
9 hrs ago - President Barack Obama has pulled into a virtual tie with presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney in traditionally conservative Tennessee, according to a new Vanderbilt University pol.. The poll also found that Tennesseans weren’t thrilled with t ... (The Tennessean)
WRAPUP 1-NATO leaders map strategy for Afghanistan exit
11 hrs ago - CHICAGO, May 20 (Reuters) - NATO leaders gathered in Chicago on Sunday to chart a path out of Afghanistan as war-weary Western nations seek to fend off dissent in their alliance and ensure Afghanistan can hold a still-potent Taliban at bay when forei ... (Reuters)
Nancy Pelosi Confident Of Taking Back House
12 hrs ago - WASHINGTON -- Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) struck a confident chord Sunday in an interview with ABC's George Stephanopoulos. "If the election were held today, you think the Democrats would win?" Stephanopoulos asked. " ... (Huffington Post)
Chicago police accused of planting evidence in ‘Molotov cocktail’ plot
12 hrs ago - Police say men planned to target Barack Obama’s election headquarters but lawyers claim evidence was planted. Lawyers for three protesters arrested on terrorist-related charges ahead of the NATO summit have accused police of entrapping them and enco ... (Raw Story)
Lockerbie bomber Megrahi 'dead'
13 hrs ago - Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, the only person convicted over the 1988 Lockerbie bombing above Scotland which killed 270 people, has died at home in Libya, his brother has told news agencies. Megrahi, 59, was convicted by a special court in the Netherlands ... (BBC News)
Police, protesters clash in Loop
14 hrs ago - 6:24 a.m. CDT, May 20, 2012 Chicago Police and NATO protesters clashed repeatedly in a series of pushing and shoving confrontations Saturday night in the Loop following a day of cat-and-mouse marches that tested the physical and mental stamina of bo ... (Chicago Tribune)
Italy earthquake kills three in country's north
19 hrs ago - At least three people have died in a strong earthquake that rocked northern Italy on Sunday morning. The quake struck at 4am local time (2am GMT) and had a magnitude of 5.9. It was centred in the plains near Modena and felt throughout nearby regions ... (The Guardian)
(Sanders') ‘Radical’ bill seeks to reduce cost of AIDS drugs by awarding prizes instead of patents
19 hrs ago - Treating AIDS costs tens of thousands of dollars per patient annually in the United States, and more and more patients are unable to afford the life-saving drugs, according to figures from the AIDS Drug Assistance Program. The waiting list for the pr ... (washington post)
Silence of the lambs:US government authorized killing of endangered bighorns in path of wind project
19 hrs ago - May 19, 2012 (Ocotillo) -- In a precedent that has horrified wildlife experts, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service has authorized the “take” (meaning harassment, displacement or even death) of 10 endangered Peninsular Bighorn Sheep – five ewes a ... (East County Magazine)
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg marries long-time girlfriend Priscilla Chan in a surprise ceremony
Yesterday - Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg marries long-time girlfriend Priscilla Chan in a surprise ceremony Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has ended a hectic week which saw his company valued at £106bn after a stock market flotation by getting married. H ... (BBC)
Google gets China OK to buy Motorola
Yesterday - Google gets China OK to buy Motorola Updated 10m ago NEW YORK (AP) – Authorities in China have approved Google Inc.'s bid to buy phone maker Motorola Mobility, clearing the way for the $12.5 billion deal to close early next week. But Chinese regula ... (Associated Press)
Youth protest former Mexican ruling party's rise
Yesterday - Youth protest former Mexican ruling party's rise 19 May 2012 21:45 Source: reuters // Reuters By Noe Torres and Mica Rosenberg MEXICO CITY, May 19 (Reuters) - Thousands of demonstrators protested in Mexico City on Saturday against opposition presi ... (Reuters)
2 Americans locked up as Haiti gov’t cracks down on pro-army advocates
Yesterday - 2 Americans locked up as Haiti gov’t cracks down on pro-army advocates By Associated Press, Updated: Saturday, May 19, 8:05 PM PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haiti moved to crack down on a band of former and would-be soldiers who had been staging protests ... (Associated Press)
Cops: Protesters threatened that 'city will never be the same'
Yesterday - Three out-of-state men arrested in a Bridgeport apartment raid days before the NATO summit considered hitting President Obama's campaign headquarters, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's house and police stations with "incendiary devices," according to co ... (Chicago Tribune)
Billionaire Has Millions To Smear Obama, Demands Massive Taxpayer Subsidy For Baseball Stadium
Yesterday - This week, the New York Times reported that Joe Ricketts, a right-wing billionaire and founder of TD Ameritrade, is soliciting multi-million dollar ad proposals to attack President Obama. One such proposal, leaked to the paper, was a $10 million, rac ... (ThinkProgress)
World Leaders at U.S. Meeting Urge Growth, Not Austerity
Yesterday - World Leaders at U.S. Meeting Urge Growth, Not Austerity By HELENE COOPER Published: May 19, 2012 CAMP DAVID, Md. — Leaders of the world’s richest countries banded together on Saturday to press Germany to back more pro-growth policies to halt the d ... (New York Times)
Statement by G8 Leaders on the Global Economy
Yesterday - Our imperative is to promote growth and jobs. The global economic recovery shows signs of promise, but significant headwinds persist. Against this background, we commit to take all necessary steps to strengthen and reinvigorate our economies and ... (US Department of State)
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