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Morning headlines brought to you by Carolyn Kay MakeThemAccountable.com Top Story Nora: The Sequel
Features all-new footage of Nora at the piano, with more duets, more smiles, more mewsic...
Have a little fun this morning. Click the title, above, to watch the latest performance of Nora, the piano-playing cat. —Caro
The WorldIraq Suicide Attacks Kill 12
Suicide bombers have attacked a police checkpoint in Iraq's dangerous Diyala province, killing at least nine people, and separate blasts at the office of a Kurdish political party in northern Iraq left three more people dead.
Baghdad residents pick holes in security push
More than two months after the United States and Iraq launched a new plan to stanch the capital's violence, life for residents has become a game of choices dictated by concrete barriers, traffic-choking checkpoints and the latest market bombing.
Iran says near unity with EU in some nuclear areas
ANKARA (Reuters) - Iranian nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani said on Thursday Iran and the EU were nearing "a united view" in some areas of their talks to break an international impasse over Tehran's nuclear fuel program.
Putin calls for freeze on military treaty with Europe
MOSCOW (AFP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin called Thursday for a freeze on Russian compliance with the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) treaty limiting military deployments across the continent.
N. Korea Preparing For Inspectors?
South Korean intelligence officials say there are signs that North Korea may be preparing to admit U.N. weapons inspectors at the communist nation's primary nuclear reactor, which was supposed to have been shut down on April 14.
Official: Missile hits Mogadishu hospital
A missile hit the roof of a children’s hospital that was packed with civilians wounded in fighting between Islamic insurgents and Ethiopian troops allied to the Somali government, an official said. The NationWar Bill Passes House, Requiring an Iraq Pullout
WASHINGTON, April 25 — The House on Wednesday narrowly approved a $124 billion war spending bill that would require American troops to begin withdrawing from Iraq by Oct. 1, setting the stage for the first veto fight between President Bush and majority Democrats.
Americans siding with Dems against Bush
As the Democrat-controlled Congress and the White House clash over an Iraq spending bill, with President Bush vowing to veto it because it contains withdrawal deadlines, the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll finds that a solid majority of Americans side with the Democrats.
Democrats say Giuliani fear-mongers
WASHINGTON - The top two Democratic presidential contenders rebuked Republican rival Rudy Giuliani Wednesday for suggesting the United States could face another major terrorist attack if a Democrat is elected in 2008.
Clinton: US might have to confront Iran
Democratic presidential candidate and New York Senator Hillary Clinton said Tuesday that it might be necessary for America to confront Iran militarily… Clinton first said that the US should be engaging directly with Iran to foil any effort to gain nuclear weapons and faulted the Bush administration for "considerably narrowing" the options available to America in countering Iran.
Democrats prepare for 2008 campaign's first debate
Front-runners Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama go face to face along with six other Democratic presidential contenders on Thursday at the opening debate of the fast-starting 2008 campaign.
Tenet Defends High Value Detainee Program
(CBS) Ex-CIA Director George Tenet says the intelligence extracted from terror suspects in the agency's "High Value Detainee" program, which … saved lives and allowed the government to foil terror plots… The High Value Detainee program uses "enhanced" techniques said to include sleep deprivation, exposure to extreme temperatures, and water boarding, in which suspects reportedly are restrained as a steady stream of water is poured over their faces, causing a severe gag reflex and a terrifying fear of drowning.
Up is down. Black is white. Torture is good. —Caro MediaPermanent link to MTA daily media news
STEPHANIE MILLER TO HOST ON MSNBC NEXT WEEK
MSNBC is going to give Keith Olbermann some competition next week when they will present the Stephanie Miller Show, Monday through Wednesday, in the slot formerly occupied by Imus. Liberal Talk radio fans do not want to miss this rare opportunity to catch one of its top stars on the teevee. According to Stephanie's co-host Chris Lavioe, details of her appearance will be spelled out on (today’s) radio show. – 9 am to 12 noon (ET).
AAR Reveals New Program Line-up and Ad Sales Arrangement
AAR confirmed today that they ended their ad sales arrangement with Jones Media Group and started one with an even bigger company --Westwood One… Serving more than 5,000 radio stations, Westwood One is the nation’s leading provider of audio content… AAR also announced the addition of three new shows on weekdays and five on weekends.
Click through to see the new lineup. —Caro
Safire, Ailes, others refuse to talk to Moyers for PBS show
Tom Shales says Tim Russert looks intimidated by Bill Moyers and somewhat unnerved by his questions, but at least he agreed to be interviewed for "Buying the War," which (aired last night) on PBS. "Among those who declined -- and thus became a part of the story more than they already were -- are Judith Miller… William Safire… Charles Krauthammer… and Fox boss Roger Ailes."
Mourning the Loss of My Mother the Car
Austin Goolsbee tells us in his NYT column that the proliferation of reality TV shows is the price that we pay for the greater diversity of television offerings… (A)s someone who grew up watching such acts of creative genius as "Mr. Ed," "I Dream of Jeanie," and "My Mother the Car," I have always assumed that the main qualification for producing a television show was being a friend or relative of someone in the business… Television production was an area of outrageous rents (the sort of thing that really bothers economsts when they go to autoworkers or textiles workers), with people routinely pulling down high six figure and even seven figure salaries for jobs that hardly fit most people's definition of work.
The same is true of news media stars. They're way overpaid to obtain the common wisdom from the cocktail party circuit, and then pontificate it in front of the cameras. —Caro
Stewart Confronts McCain, Calls Administration ‘Almost Criminal’
Jon Stewart did not pull his punches with recent guest John McCain, for what was more of a showdown than an interview. At one point the audience applauded Stewart and McCain said wryly, “I think I know whose side they’re on.” The host replied: “They’re on America’s side, because they’re patriots.”
The audience went wild when Stewart said that. Click through to watch the video. —Caro
UK scientists want changes to climate documentary
LONDON -- A group of British climate scientists is demanding changes to a skeptical documentary about global warming, saying there are grave errors in the program billed as a response to Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth." "Free speech does not extend to misleading the public by making factually inaccurate statements,'' (Bob Ward, the former spokesman for the Royal Society) said. "Somebody has to stand up for the public interest here." Technology & ScienceIn-flight texts may take off on JetBlue
U.S. budget airline JetBlue is considering an in-flight text messaging service but does not want noisy mobile phone calls on its aircraft.
Thank you, JetBlue. Thank you SO much. —Caro
Record-Setting Spam Effort Turns Computers into Zombies
Unseen, unnamed forces are barraging you with lies, and if you weaken and believe them your computer will be turned into a zombie. No, that’s not a blurb for a bad sci-fi movie—it’s a description of what’s happening on any desktop containing an Internet-connected PC.
Take this job, and compare the pay online
Ever wonder how your pay compares with that of people doing the same job across the street, or even across the country? That information, previously available only through word-of-mouth or expensive surveys of human resources managers supplied to your employer, is now readily available at your fingertips.
Rocker Townshend unveils song composing software
LONDON (Reuters) - British rocker Pete Townshend on Wednesday unveiled an Internet-based software program that will help music fans compose personalized tracks at the click of a button.
If You Want to Know if Spot Loves You So, It’s in His Tail
A newly discovered feature of dog body language may surprise attentive pet owners and experts in canine behavior.
Search for Life Gets Serious
GENEVA (AP) -- Swiss scientist Michel Mayor, who heads the European team that announced the discovery of a new potentially habitable planet, has his sights set on an even bigger target, detecting signs of extraterrestrial life. Mayor predicts that top researchers are less than two decades away from being able to detect real signs of such life -- if it exists. EnvironmentCalifornia To Sue EPA Over Air Standards
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's administration will sue the Environmental Protection Agency for acting too slowly on California's request to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from automobiles.
China moves to curb carbon footprint
Beijing - With China's carbon footprint expected to outsize America's within a year, officials in Beijing appear to be backing away from their view that global warming is a Western problem that developed countries must solve. While still insisting on their right to industrialize hundreds of millions of Chinese out of poverty, Chinese leaders are showing the first tentative signs of readiness to accept mandatory emissions-reductions targets. And they are setting themselves all kinds of green goals. For more headlines, visit MakeThemAccountable.com. |
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