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11:19:34 PM Food Network president on failed Cablevision negotiations: 'We're trying
Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly by Jennifer Armstrong Food Network President Brooke Johnson told reporters today that it was New York-area cable operator Cablevision's “hard-line” stance ... [more]

11:17:20 PM Politics Shouldn't Trump Security
True/Slant

This, despite the fact that Baker quotes President Bush's last CIA Director, Michael Hayden, saying ”there is a continuum from the Bush administration, ... [more]

11:11:48 PM Suspected Christmas Day bomber spent 2 weeks in Ghana before US flight
USA Today - McLean,VA,United States

"He got in and was processed by the immigration as any other ECOWAS citizen because we had no knowledge of any security alert on him," Agyenim-Boateng said. ... [more]

11:08:10 PM Third Person Crashed White House Dinner, Agency Says
BusinessWeek - USA

24 event “has revealed that a third individual, who was not on the White House guest list, entered the state dinner,” the statement said. ... [more]

10:42:41 PM Hip replacement won't sideline Kerry
United Press International

4 (UPI) -- US John Kerry, D-Mass., who underwent hip replacement surgery Monday is expected to be on hand when the Senate reconvenes Jan. 20, an aide said. ... [more]

10:28:14 PM U-Store-It Appoints Steve Hartman as Senior Vice President of Marketing
CNN/Money - USA

U-Store-It Trust (NYSE: YSI) today announced that Steve Hartman has joined the company as Senior Vice President of Marketing. Hartman brings more than 13 ... [more]

10:18:46 PM Northrop to move HQ to Washington area
Lobbying World

The defense company looks to “better serve our nation and customers,” said Wes Bush, who recently took over as the new CEO and president. Bush said in a ... [more]

10:11:04 PM Immigration reform this year, again
Politico - Washington,DC,USA

President Obama promised to take on immigration reform during his first year, and he didn't. The Congressional Hispanic Caucus is now reportedly making ... [more]

9:58:20 PM The Jim Zorn That I Knew
Bleacher Report - San Francisco,CA,USA

I watched as George Allen made the franchise a winner and saw Joe Gibbs make a winner a champion. So yeah, I've got a Redskins' pedigree. ... [more]

9:54:14 PM White House Spokeswoman Says Different Bertha Lewis on Visitor's Log
Big Government (blog)

by Andrew Breitbart UPDATE: According to Politico's Ben Smith, the Bertha Lewis who went to the White House is not ACORN's CEO but another woman named ... [more]

9:53:02 PM Sen. John Kerry undergoes second hip replacement
San Jose Mercury News - San Jose,CA,USA

John Kerry returned to Massachusetts General Hospital on Monday for a second hip replacement by the doctor who replaced his right hip in August. .... [more]

9:19:04 PM Dolat Ventures Inc. Appoints New President
CNN/Money - USA

Dolat Ventures Inc. (OTCBB: DOLV) announced today that it has appointed Shmuel Dovid Hauck to President and Director of the company. ... [more]

9:07:35 PM Barack Obama: A President That Wasn't
RedState

.... undermining and undoing as much of his predecessor's work as possible and blaming all the world's troubles on former President Bush under the auspices ... [more]

8:56:00 PM Security lapses continue after Christmas day terror incident
Examiner.com - San Francisco,CA,USA

CBP employees also contend they do very little background checking with Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS) and most of these people are allowed ... [more]

8:54:29 PM Redskins GM Bruce Allen Embraces The Future Now
CSNwashington.com

... a “the future is now” statement that his father, Hall of Fame Redskins coach George Allen, loved to use, but he didn't envision a long period of losing. ... [more]

8:49:06 PM Third uninvited guest attended White House dinner
Reuters - NY,USA

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A third uninvited guest made it into a White House state dinner in honor of the Indian prime minister, but there is no evidence the ... [more]

8:45:45 PM Cast of Celebrity Apprentice Confirmed, Laughable
The Hollywood Gossip - Boston,Massachusetts,USA

What's next, Tom DeLay on Dancing with the Stars? Oh, wait. That already happened. Earlier today, Donald Trump confirmed the cast of the upcoming reality ... [more]

8:45:36 PM The 49ers "do not need to draft a QB": GOP Sec. of State candidate
San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco,CA,USA

Like when then-presidential candidate John Kerry referred to Green Bay's legendary Lambeau Field as "Lambert Field." You'd think he'd have an easier time ... [more]

8:08:44 PM Arizona immigration advocate criticized for texting warnings of upcoming ...
New York Daily News - New York,NY,USA

Phoenix-area cops have been accused of stopping Hispanics for minor traffic violations to check their immigration status. "Everyone is responsible for .... [more]

8:03:31 PM President of the Iran soccer league apologizes for sending New Year's
New York Daily News - New York,NY,USA

New York Daily News By Soraya Roberts Ali Kaffashian, president of the Iran Football Federation, publicly apologized and a member of his staff resigned after a New Year's ... [more]

7:54:19 PM Third Uninvited Guest Got Into White House Dinner
Wall Street Journal - USA

AP WASHINGTON — The Secret Service says another person not on the guest list was allowed into a White House state dinner for India's prime minister in ... [more]

7:04:00 PM EPA Promises to Step Up Enforcement of SDWA Violations
Water World

Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., held hearings in early December to grill EPA on how it plans to address the issue. EPA officials told the committee that the gist ... [more]

7:03:01 PM 2010 Outlook: Better than 2009 and moderately wild
ComputerWorld - USA

He claims this will be a result of "a civil war triggered by mass immigration, economic decline, and moral degradation." I don't know about you but I don't ... [more]

7:00:52 PM Back to Work: President Begins 2010 With Many Challenges
FOXNews

(Washington) President Obama returned to Washington Monday not only to face several big ticket agenda items on his desk but with a lesson that all ... [more]

6:48:22 PM Bond On Detroit Case: Obama Didn't Learn From Bush's Mistakes
TPM - New York,NY,USA

It's worth noting that President Bush had military tribunals as an option by November 2001 when he signed an order establishing rules for tribunals. .... [more]

6:46:15 PM John Kerry undergoing hip surgery
CNN Political Ticker - USA

Washington (CNN) – Senator John Kerry, D-MA, is undergoing hip surgery Monday, his second hip procedure in five months, CNN has learned. ... [more]

6:45:17 PM “Iron Chef America” Redux: More on Those White House Honey Bees
Wall Street Journal Blogs - New York,NY,USA

Living on the White House South Lawn! (The secret ingredient should have been honey, with each chef forced to harvest their own. ... [more]

6:25:07 PM Will 2010 bring Republican gains in Florida?
Palm Beach Politics - Fort Lauderdale,FL,USA

The Senate seat abandoned by Mel Martinez and presently filled by appointee George LeMieux is “likely” to remain in Republican hands, according to the Cook ... [more]

5:47:00 PM Obama returns to the White House
Motors ...

President Obama landed at the White House just now, wrapping up the Hawaiian vacation that began on Christmas Eve, but got interrupted repeatedly over the ... [more]

5:36:48 PM Senator John Kerry undergoing 2nd hip replacement; 1st hip surgery was in
The Associated Press

The Canadian Press BOSTON — Senator John Kerry is undergoing a second hip replacement. The 2004 Democratic presidential nominee will have his left hip replaced Monday at ... [more]

5:32:24 PM Transcript: 'Fox News Watch,' January 2, 2010
FOX News - USA

I think that was, as Cal indicated, that's when the country was really united behind, among other people, President Bush. We all remember President Bush's ... [more]

5:20:57 PM Today is filing deadline for state, local elections
Dallas Morning News - Dallas,TX,USA

Rick Perry for the Republican nomination for governor. Debra Medina, a political newcomer, is also seeking the GOP nomination. On the Democratic side, ... [more]

4:59:23 PM Medical alert: We need a cure for bad faith
Beliefnet.com

When bad faith has turned into business as usual, as it did in the reign of Tom DeLay and the Iraq War, one must expect a long, long recuperation. ... [more]

4:41:25 PM Obama returns to a long list of challenges
Motors ...

President Obama will be back soon, and the mood at the White House is like the first day of winter semester in college -- a lot of tough assignments ahead. ... [more]

4:33:20 PM Statehouse Live: Moran touts opposition to immigration legislation
Lawrence Journal World - Lawrence,KS,USA

Jerry Moran, R-Hays, issued a news release staking out his opposition to immigration legislation “that would create an amnesty program rewarding illegal ... [more]

4:13:03 PM Official: South Carolina Republican US Rep. Henry Brown will not seek
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

Los Angeles Times Brown is a former farm boy who became one of South Carolina's most powerful state lawmakers before embarking on a second political career in Congress. .... [more]

3:33:39 PM 'Iran to reject Kerry visit request'
Jerusalem Post - Jerusalem,Israel

By BENJAMIN JOFFE-WALT / THE MEDIA LINE A subcommittee of the Iranian Parliament is set to reject a request by US Senator John Kerry to visit Teheran, ... [more]

3:22:20 PM Mike Shanahan expected to step in when Redskins fire Jim Zorn on Monday
Examiner.com - San Francisco,CA,USA

Allen is the son of the late Redskins and Los Angeles Rams Coach George Allen. Shanahan is still being paid by the Broncos, who fired him with three years ... [more]

3:21:11 PM Closing Gitmo, the terrorists' paradise of the West
RenewAmerica - Washington,DC,USA

By JR Dieckmann The synthetic president, Obama, never passes up an opportunity to blame President Bush for the failures of the Obama administration. ... [more]

3:19:00 PM Immigration activist texts warnings about sheriff's sweeps
AZFamily - Phoenix,AZ,USA

by 3TV and azfamily.com Staff PHOENIX -- An immigration activist is sending out text alerts to warn residents about Sheriff Joe Apraio's controversial crime ... [more]

3:03:09 PM Abbas, Mubarak discuss peace at Egyptian resort
Reuters - NY,USA

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas gave no indication on Monday of any resumption soon of peace talks with Israel, ... [more]

2:53:16 PM White House Chef Michelle Obama takes on Iron Chef America challenge
Examiner.com - San Francisco,CA,USA

In an Iron Chefs America special, airing on the Food Network this Sunday, Michelle Obama battles it out for "Worst Chef" or "White House Chef"? ... [more]

2:42:24 PM Year full of key elections kicks off today
Fresno Bee (registration) - Fresno,CA,USA

US Senate: Democrat Barbara Boxer is up for re-election. Today is the first day candidates can pick up a petition to help them reduce or eliminate their ... [more]

2:15:09 PM US Lifts Immigration Ban on HIV/Aids Patients
CBS News - USA

The US will no longer bar people with HIV/Aids from entering the country, ending a 22-year immigration ban, according to a BBC report Monday. ... [more]

2:06:21 PM Redskins fire Zorn
CBC News - Canada

Allen, the son of former Redskins coach George Allen, was hired in December. The former Tampa Bay Buccaneers general manager will try to turn around a team ... [more]

1:55:43 PM Sen. John Kerry Undergoing 2nd Hip Replacement
ABC News - United States

John Kerry of Massachusetts undergoing 2nd hip replacement; 1st hip surgery was in August The Associated Press Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts is ... [more]

1:55:40 PM South Africa's President Zuma marries for fifth time
Reuters - NY,USA

NKANDLA, South Africa (Reuters) - South African President Jacob Zuma married for the fifth time on Monday, giving the Zulu traditionalist his third current ... [more]

1:55:15 PM The Most Important Race of 2010
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA

It's also an opportunity to rid the state of the Congressional map drawn mid-decade by Tom Delay and the Republican-controlled state legislature, .... [more]

1:11:31 PM Obama's day: Back at the White House
Motors ...

He is scheduled to be back at the White House by noon, with the threat of terrorism now at the top of his agenda. Security lines at airports. ... [more]

12:55:11 PM President Obama and his family leave Isles after Hawaii vacation
Honolulu Advertiser

By Dan Nakaso During a private, sunset tour of the Honolulu Zoo earlier in the day, reporters asked the president and first lady if they were ready to fly ... [more]

12:06:13 PM Texas' US House delegation lacks serious challengers in either party
Dallas Morning News - Dallas,TX,USA

.... spring 2006 scandal-fueled resignation of House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, architect of redistricting and erstwhile Dancing With the Stars contestant. ... [more]

11:28:57 AM House immigration bill would overhaul H-1B visa program
ComputerWorld - USA

By Patrick Thibodeau Computerworld - Nearly 90 members of the US House of Representatives are co-sponsoring an immigration reform bill that would make broad ... [more]

11:26:23 AM A President for All People
Wall Street Journal - USA

Mr. Wahid threw his hat into the presidential race the following year to "be the voice of clean politics." He won after Islamic parties threw their votes ... [more]

11:21:56 AM Servicers, White House Point Fingers as Foreclosure Plan Fails
The Washington Independent

Since the Obama administration sat back last year and let mortgage cramdown legislation fail, it's also not expected the White House would suddenly turn ... [more]

10:15:53 AM Opponent of illegal immigration weighs NY gov run
Staten Island Advance - Staten Island,NY,USA

By AP NEW YORK (AP) -- Steve Levy, a suburban politician whose opposition to illegal immigration has brought him national attention, said Sunday he was ... [more]

9:50:39 AM OUR ECONOMY AND 2010: Economy in hands of politicians
Savannah Morning News

In large part this is because of the continuing massive federal budget deficits begun under President Bush with the help of Washington Democrats, .... [more]

9:42:48 AM NewsPoliticsHas-been Dick Cheney's rants vs. President Obama politicize war
New York Daily News - New York,NY,USA

New York Daily News Only this time it isn't a debate about health care showing how lousy and mean partisan politics have become in America, it is the debate over the war [more]

9:26:50 AM Too late to cry
Hampton Roads Daily Press - Newport,VA,USA

Where were you when two honorable men, Jim Gilmore and George Allen, were running for these two seats? Your paper did everything possible to defeat these ... [more]

9:20:56 AM Bam's Iran Blunder
New York Post - New York,NY,USA

.... prevail -- the fallacy, presumably, behind the trial balloon of the proposed trip to Tehran by Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry. ... [more]

9:19:24 AM Iron Chef White House:Worst Cooks In America
Spreadit

Iron Chef White House:Worst Cooks In America – White House chef/Michelle Obama appearance on “Iron Chef America” infos can be found here. ... [more]

8:46:49 AM US counter-terrorism official cites human error in airliner safety lapse
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

In his interviews, Brennan rebutted one Republican charge repeatedly: former Vice President Dick Cheney's accusation last week that Obama was "trying to ... [more]

8:39:35 AM Don't forget trade
Orlando Sentinel - Orlando,FL,USA

Mel Martinez retired this year, though his successor, George LeMieux, has taken up the cause. "Broadening our market share will strengthen our economy, ... [more]

8:30:24 AM NewsEuropean Economics Preview: Eurozone Manufacturing PMI Due
ForexTV.com - Glen Head,NY,USA

At 3:00 am ET, Spain's Ministry of Employment and Immigration is slated release unemployment data for December. Last month, the number of unemployed had ... [more]

8:01:03 AM Inside Obama's War on Terrorism
El Paso Inc

When Obama sat down to talk with the outgoing president, Bush pressed him to be vigilant every day. ”That's mostly what they talked about,” a senior Bush ... [more]

7:58:35 AM NWU student lands White House gig
Lincoln Journal Star - Lincoln,Nebraska,USA

Nebraska Wesleyan senior Laurel Johnson will be interning at the White House in the Office of Legislative Affairs during the spring semester. ... [more]

6:43:37 AM Commentary: Immigration can revive Michigan's economy
DetNews.com - Detroit,MI,USA

Much of the problem relates to our nation's convoluted, incredibly complex, slow-moving, often harsh immigration system. None of the reforms subsequent to ... [more]

6:38:35 AM White House: No matter what, we're sending Gitmo prisoners back to Yemen
Washington Examiner

As Susan notes below, a bipartisan group of lawmakers is urging the Obama White House not to go forward with plans to send a number of Yemeni terrorists now ... [more]

6:33:41 AM Year two of race for governor begins
Chattanooga Times Free Press

Bill Frist, R-Tenn., announced he was not running. That opened the doors for most of the current Republican field -- US Rep. Zach Wamp, R-Tenn.; ... [more]

6:31:19 AM Guinean Labor Unions Threaten Protests Over President's Health
Bloomberg

4, the date on which President Moussa Dadis Camara was evacuated to Morocco following an assassination attempt on Dec. 3, the people of Guinea have received ... [more]

6:13:54 AM Energy legislation sparks competing plans by lawmakers
Houston Chronicle - Houston,TX,USA

John Kerry, D-Mass., and Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., would require a 20 percent reduction in emissions from 2005 levels by 2020. It is widely viewed as too ... [more]

5:52:13 AM CBS Commentator: 00's Brought 'Intellectual' President, Also 'Blight' of
NewsBusters - USA

NewsBusters (blog) ... she also characterized “the cumulative casualties of war and the infringements of civil liberties that took place under President Bush” as “evidence of ... [more]

5:48:00 AM A Trip To the White House
West Virginia MetroNews - Charleston,WV,USA

Unemployment is far too high, too many people are unemployed and good jobs are the ones that are getting hit first." The White House meeting is scheduled ... [more]

5:43:17 AM US closes embassy in Yemen
USA Today - McLean,VA,United States

The president and his family were scheduled to leave Honolulu late Sunday after a 11-day vacation, arriving at the White House just before noon today. ... [more]

4:52:53 AM How can we win a war if we cannot even name the enemy?
Examiner.com - San Francisco,CA,USA

While Mr. Awad wasted little time in condemning President Bush for his words, the Muslim leader offered no condemnation for the terrorists who attempted to ... [more]

4:32:19 AM Brazil Steers an Independent Course
Wall Street Journal - USA

On a number of important political and security issues, Washington and Brasilia recently have not seen eye to eye. Nor has Brazil shown much leadership in ... [more]

4:21:58 AM Redskins Post-mortem
Riggo's Rag (blog)

George Allen will do some housekeeping. It's likely that a couple of veterans who can still play at a high level will be given their walking papers. ... [more]

4:13:52 AM “Iron Chef America”: Super Chef Battle with Michelle Obama and White
Wall Street Journal Blogs - New York,NY,USA

Wall Street Journal (blog) It's an Iron Chef America Smackdown, starring Mario Batali, Bobby Flay, Emeril Lagasse and the White House Executive Chef Cristeta Comerford. ... [more]

3:28:39 AM Deadlock Persists Over TSA Nominee
Wall Street Journal - USA

By YOCHI J. DREAZEN WASHINGTON -- The White House on Sunday urged senators to quickly hold a vote on its nominee to head the Transportation Security .... [more]

3:03:33 AM Celebrating a Year of Highs and Lows
Wall Street Journal - USA

The president declared that the nation had gone "off course" under President Bush by endorsing hard interrogation tactics and offshore prisons. ... [more]

3:03:32 AM Al Qaeda Threat Escalates
Wall Street Journal - USA

President Barack Obama's top counterterrorism adviser, John Brennan, used a round of television appearances Sunday to blunt Republican criticism that the ... [more]

2:11:48 AM Obama set to leave Hawaii for mainland and return to White House
Examiner.com - San Francisco,CA,USA

It was the attempted Christmas Day bombing of a Northwest Airlines flight over the skies of Detroit that still has the White House reviewing national .... [more]

1:37:27 AM Holding Obama Accountable
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA

The strategy of protecting Obama from criticism failed progressives in 2009, and will not lead the President to strongly back progressives on immigration ... [more]

1:16:39 AM In 2010, Economy Again to Crowd Domestic Stage
Wall Street Journal - USA

The White House argued for months that the recession made passing a health-care bill more important, because only changes in such a costly and inefficient ... [more]

12:47:06 AM OJ Mayo Scandal-Reggie Bush Investigation: Completely Different
Bleacher Report - San Francisco,CA,USA

The problem with this talk however is the Mayo and Bush investigations are completely unrelated. The allegations, partly admitted now by USC, regarding OJ ... [more]

12:36:55 AM Immigrant advocate uses texting to warn of Ariz. crime sweeps
USA Today - McLean,VA,United States

Deputies have been accused of stopping Hispanics, including citizens and legal immigrants, for minor traffic violations to check their immigration status. ... [more]

12:14:58 AM No "smoking gun" in airplane plot, says White House
Reuters - NY,USA

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top White House official said on Sunday the plot to bomb a Detroit-bound plane on Christmas Day exposed errors but he played down ... [more]



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