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04:15 PM Hot Air Fitch cuts Italy, Spain, other euro zone ratings
New York - Fitch Ratings on Friday downgraded the sovereign credit ratings for Italy, Spain, Slovenia, Belgium and Cyprus indicating there is a 1-in-2 chance of further downgrades in the next two years.
In its statement, Fitch said these countries have near-term vulnerability to monetary and financial shocks. "Consequently, these sovereigns do not, in Fitch's view, accrue the full benefits of the euro's reserve currency status," Fitch said.
04:06 PM Sign Of The Times Gallup National Poll: Gingrich Up 8 Points Over Romney04:06 PM CNS News Network Facebook's IPO Filing Could Come Next Week, 'Wall Street Journal' Says
The company is "looking at a deal that would value the social network between $75 billion to $100 billion," according to "people familiar with the matter."
03:46 PM NPR News - Politics Scratching An Ankle Is Hard To Beat
Scratching an itchy ankle is more satisfying than relieving an itch on your back or arm. Even if you thought you knew that, scientists now have evidence to back up your hunch.
03:46 PM NPR News - Politics Obama Vs. Gingrich? More Reasons GOP Fears The Matchup
Political analyst Stuart Rothenberg projects that President Obama would bury Newt Gingrich in the Electoral College. The president has also gained ground against Mitt Romney.
03:46 PM NPR News - Politics EXCLUSIVE: Former Clinton Accuser Kathleen Willey Whistleblowing Foreclosure Fraud
Kathleen Willey, the former White House volunteer who accused President Clinton in 1998 of sexually harassing her in 1993, is trying to expose potential robo-signing foreclosure fraud from her home state of Virginia–and she?s already gone on national television to get the word out to her fellow Americans.
Foreclosure proceedings were commenced against Willey in 2010, [...]
03:45 PM Big Government Newt Gingrich Takes A Backseat To Mitt Romney On The Florida Airwaves
Romney's campaign is spending almost four times as much as Gingrich's campaign.
03:44 PM ABC Politics ACTA = Global Internet Censorship Now Even Foreign Governments Will Be Able To Have Your Website Shut Down
Global Internet censorship is here. SOPA and PIPA have been stopped (at least for now) in the United States, but a treaty known as ACTA (the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement) is far worse than either of them. ACTA was quietly signed by Barack Obama back on October 1st, 2011 and most Americans have never even heard [...]
03:35 PM End of The American Dream Jack Welch: Be nice to Ron Paul supporters because we're gonna need em
"There can be no brush-off."
03:34 PM Hot Air Where do the GOP Candidates Stand on Drug Policy? Why Now is the Time to Discuss It
The battle for the Republican nomination has moved to Florida, which also happens to be a key battleground in an entirely different fight: the $15bn war on drugs.
03:34 PM Alternet US: Ship strikes Kentucky bridge, portion collapses
Benton, Ky. - State officials are inspecting what's left of a southwestern Kentucky bridge that collapsed after a cargo ship carrying aviation parts struck it.
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet spokesman Chuck Wolfe says inspectors began the in-depth review of the Eggner Ferry Bridge at daylight Friday.
The Delta Mariner cargo ship struck the span Thursday evening. No injuries were reported. Officials were unable to say where the ship was traveling when it struck the bridge.
They said the collapse meant vehicles needing to cross the Kentucky Lake reservoir and the Tennessee River had to be detoured for dozens of miles.
Officials say about 2,800 vehicles travel daily on the bridge, which was due to be replaced.
03:26 PM Sign Of The Times Syria rebel fighters take control the Damascus suburb of Saqba
| Saqba area that has now fallen under the control of the Free Syrian Army
03:24 PM Infowars DAVOS 2012: WoRLD PoNZiNoMiC SuMMiT C0MMEeMoRaTiVe FeBRuaRY CaLeNDaR (THe GReaT PoNZiNaMi)03:06 PM Zero Hedge Is High Yield Credit Over-Extended?03:06 PM Zero Hedge David J. Stern | Foreclosure King to Burger King, Stern buys into Five Guys Burgers03:06 PM Zero Hedge Explaining Modern Finance And Economics Using Booze And Broke Alcoholics03:06 PM Zero Hedge 'Barefoot Bandit' Gets 6 1/2 Years On Federal Charges
His crime spree stretched across the U.S. in 2010, until he was caught in the Bahamas. Colton Harris-Moore got the nickname because he committed some of his crimes while shoeless.
03:06 PM NPR News - Politics Heavy Doctors Avoid Heavy Discussions About Weight
Physicians who pack on the pounds discuss weight loss less frequently with obese patients than doctors who have normal weights, a study finds. Overweight and obese physicians expressed greater confidence in prescribing weight-loss drugs than other doctors.
03:06 PM NPR News - Politics Congressional Black Caucus Chairman Says Racist Prep Schools,' Not Teachers' Unions, Hold Back Blacks
Earlier this week, Congressmen Allen West and Tim Scott, former congressman J. C. Watts, congressional hopeful Star Parker, and other prominent black conservatives held the Black Conservative Forum to discuss blacks and the Republican Party. The forum, broadcast by C-Span, was well attended, though neither Republican Senatorial Committee and the Republican National Committee bothered to [...]
03:05 PM Big Government Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich Pressed on Puerto Rico Statehood in South Florida
The GOP candidates battle for the Latino vote in the days before Fl.'s primary.
03:04 PM ABC Politics Sarah Palin: Establishment is trying to crucify Newt Gingrich
Plus, backlash to The Drudge Report.
02:54 PM Hot Air TSA: Greatest Liars On Earth
| Habitual and pathological, the government is addicted to telling murderous lies.
02:44 PM Infowars Fitch Downgrades Credit Of 5 E.U. Countries, Including Spain, Italy
The move isn't as severe as the one taken earlier this month by S&P, because it leaves France's rating intact. The credit of Italy and Spain, however, was knocked down two notches.
02:26 PM NPR News - Politics Dengue Fever Cases Surge Worldwide
Dengue fever cases are soaring worldwide, according to the World Health Organization. They're also hitting closer to home. Two locally acquired cases were reported in Miami last year, and public health experts say we should expect more.
02:26 PM NPR News - Politics Credit Ratings Cut For Italy, 4 Other EU Nations
U.S. ratings agency Fitch also downgraded Belgium, Cyprus, Slovenia and Spain. It blamed the revisions on "the marked deterioration in the economic outlook" in Europe.
02:26 PM NPR News - Politics Why Could Romney's Father Run For President If He Was Born In Mexico?
The answer: George Romney's parents were U.S. citizens, so at birth he also became a natural-born U.S. citizen. His son, Mitt Romney, brought up George Romney's birth during Thursday's Republican presidential debate to rebut the charge that he's "anti-immigrant."
02:26 PM NPR News - Politics Biden predicts second Obama term, Dem majority in House
Vice President Biden on Friday predicted re-election for himself and President Obama, along with a regained majority for Democrats in the House of Representatives.
02:25 PM MSNBC Politics Secret Service probes photo
The image posted on Facebook shows men holding a T-shirt with Obama's face covered in bullet holes.
02:25 PM Politico Top Stories W.H. to take time on Solyndra report
Time's up on the review of DOE loan guarantees.
02:25 PM Politico Top Stories The Newt I know
Opinion: Gingrich embraces policies he once denounced and that's both fascinating and troubling.
02:25 PM Politico Top Stories Recovering Kirk 'doing quite well'02:25 PM Politico Top Stories Biden and other bad accent moments
The vice president's imitation of a foreign accent isn't the first instance of an accent faux pas.
02:25 PM Politico Top Stories Biden: Dems will win back the House
He says the GOP has a 'fundamentally different" menu of priorities that the public is rejecting.
02:25 PM Politico Top Stories Reuters laments Marco Rubio 'fiasco'02:25 PM Politico Top Stories Obama's Failing Record: The Numbers Do Not Lie
Following President Barack Obama’s self-congratulatory State of the Union address, Rep. Dave Camp (R-MI), chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, produced a simple chart that tells the real story of the Obama administration:
America Before President Obama Took Office and Now
Before
Now
Change
Number of Unemployed1
12.0 Million
13.1 Million
+9%
Long-Term Unemployed2
2.7 Million
5.6 Million
+107%
Unemployment Rate3
7.8%
8.5%
+9%
?High Unemployment? States4
22
43
+95%
Misery Index5
7.83
11.46
+46%
Price of [...]
02:24 PM Big Government Romney on Health Care Mandate: It's Not Worth Getting Angry About'
Democrats already know one issue upon which they have potential GOP nominee, Mitt Romney at a severe disadvantage, as Paul Begala points out: RomneyCare versus ObamaCare.
After 19 debates Mitt still doesn?t have a straight answer. Rick Santorum skillfully dissected Romney on the topic. If Romney is the GOP nominee, you can be sure Barack Obama will [...]
02:24 PM Big Government Watch: John McCain Against Party Crashing Gingrich Events
Senator doesn't think high profile Romney backers should attend Gingrich rallies
02:24 PM ABC Politics Watch: John McCain: Send Newt Gingrich to the Moon
Romney backer pokes fun at Gingrich's proposal for lunar colonies.
02:24 PM ABC Politics House Democrats Huddle With Biden and Obama Today
Biden says Democrats will win back the House majority this fall.
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