Hat Trick? Santorum Tries to Trip Romney
Rick Santorum won his second and third voting contests in the chase for the Republican presidential nomination Tuesday night, breaking Mitt Romney's winning streak and denying him the image of an unstoppable front-runner. Based on ABC News projections, Santorum won the Missouri primary and the Minnesota caucus.
01:26 AM ABC Politics Sierra Club fights gas cash aftermath
The acceptance of $26 million from gas industry interests has left some long-time supporters angry.
12:55 AM Politico Top Stories AT & T shareholders demand answers
They want to know how company money is being spent to influence politics.
12:55 AM Politico Top Stories Forecasts often trouble finance pros
The last jobs report showed again that projections are about as reliable as Punxsutawney Phil.
12:55 AM Politico Top Stories GOPers split over minimum wage
Romney wants to peg rate to inflation; Gingrich says that would contribute to unemployment.
12:55 AM Politico Top Stories Tax panel gets supercommittee look
Partisan rifts keep a payroll tax cut deal elusive.
12:55 AM Politico Top Stories Interception: McConnell still mad at Manchin
There's still fallout from the two senators' bitter lobbying battle over their alma maters.
12:55 AM Politico Top Stories Paul scores second in Minnesota
He has his best night of the year there, validating his strategy of focusing on caucus states.
12:55 AM Politico Top Stories Watch: Romney Keeps Focus on Obama
Despite losses, Romney confident he will still land GOP nomination.
12:44 AM ABC Politics Romney Is Rebuked With Losses in Minnesota, Missouri
Make no mistake, victories by Rick Santorum tonight in Minnesota and Missouri represent a rebuke of the ? Mitt Romney will sail to the nomination? narrative. It also highlights Romney?s continued struggle to win over skeptical conservative GOP voters and energize the base. After big...
12:44 AM ABC Politics Rick Santorum Takes Minnesota and Missouri, Says 'We are in the Fight'
SAINT CHARLES, Mo. ? ?Conservatism is alive and well,? Rick Santorum triumphantly announced to supporters Tuesday night after winning the states of Minnesota and Missouri. Although no delegates are awarded in Missouri, it was his first head-to-head matchup against Mitt Romney and he came out...
12:44 AM ABC Politics Investors and Economists Slap Bernanke Over QE2
In today's edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss the wild swing of commodities, a QE2 revolt from investors and economists, and the merger of Newsweek and the Daily Beast.
12:20 AM The New Ledger For Love And The Game, A Star Shines In Delaware
Four years ago, Elena Delle Donne was the top basketball recruit in the country. But Delle Donne walked away from an elite college program ? so she could be with her severely disabled sister and the rest of their family. Now she's the best college player in America.
12:20 AM NPR News - Politics Some Dems seeking reversal on contraception decision
Some congressional Democrats were working behind the scenes Tuesday to persuade Obama to reverse course; some warned of a potential threat to the president?s re-election chances in states with large Catholic populations.
12:20 AM MSNBC Politics Watch: Santorum: 'Conservatism Is Alive and Well'
GOP candidate scores big wins in Missouri and Minnesota.
12:17 AM ABC Politics Watch: Ron Paul Attacks Federal Reserve
Republican candidate pushes for changes to the country's monetary policies.
12:17 AM ABC Politics Quotes of the day; Update: Santorum speech added
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12:17 AM Hot Air Japan: TEPCO Struggles to Cool Fukushima Plant's No. 2 Reactor
Tokyo Electric Power Co. is taking steps to prevent a possible self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.
Readings from a thermometer at the bottom of the No. 2 reactor's pressure vessel rose from 50.8 degrees at 5 a.m. on Feb. 1 to 73.3 degrees at 7 a.m. on Feb. 6.
Melted fuel is believed to have accumulated at the bottom of the reactor, but high radiation levels have prevented workers from checking the exact situation within the reactor.
After the flow of cooling water was increased to 10.6 tons per hour on Feb. 6, up from 8.6 tons two days earlier, the temperature fell to 69.2 degrees at 5 p.m. on Feb. 6. That night, TEPCO injected boric acid into the reactor to prevent criticality, the point at which a nuclear fission reaction becomes self-sustaining. Boric acid absorbs neutrons, which induce nuclear fission.
The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) instructed the company to consider injecting boric acid earlier in the day.
12:09 AM Sign Of The Times Three Charts That Confirm Greece's Death Even After Restructuring11:47 PM on 02/07/2012 Zero Hedge Uganda Bill Punishes Homosexuality with Life in Prison
A Ugandan member of parliament has reintroduced a bill that increases criminal penalties for some homosexual acts, but dropped a provision that allows homosexuals to be executed by the state.
Parliamentarian David Bahati on Tuesday reintroduced the so-called "kill the gays" bill that he had first introduced in 2009. It was later shelved in 2011 after an international outcry.
Homosexuality is already illegal in Uganda, but under the original bill, some homosexual acts would have been punishable by death. The latest iteration of the bill increases current punishments for certain acts to life in prison.
Ugandans would also face criminal prosecution if they failed to report homosexuals to authorities.
In 2010, President Barack Obama called the first version of the bill "odious."
11:26 PM on 02/07/2012 Sign Of The Times US: The Department of Homeland Security Defends Globalism, Not America
The Department Of Homeland Security is the very epitome of unnecessary bureaucracy. Its formation was predicated on the existence of terrorist threats, many of which the U.S. government and orbiting alphabet agencies either created through acts of war, or fabricated out of thin air. Its policies of centralization were sold to the public as necessary to prevent systemic "miscommunications" that never actually took place. Throughout our history, it has been a rare occasion indeed when an attack falls upon American infrastructure or interests that was not influenced, directly or indirectly, by the actions of agencies which were supposedly employed to prevent such events from ever occurring. Whether through 'blowback', or through 'false flag', frankly, most of the harm that comes to our nation is perpetrated by the guiding hand of our inexorably corrupt government.
Knowing that the DHS was established on false pretenses forces us to question the agency's true intentions, especially when a professional fear-monger like Secretary Janet Napolitano announces that the globalization of the world economy falls within her jurisdiction:
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Average citizens would assume that the DHS is a U.S.-centric institution, and regardless of its Orwellian behavior, is at the very least a distinctly American brand of tyranny. However, under encroaching strategies enforced since 2006 through the National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP), it is becoming very apparent that the Department Of Homeland Security is quickly taking on an "all-of-nation" role, most prominently in the defense of globalization:
National Infrastructure Protection Plan (pdf)
10:55 PM on 02/07/2012 Sign Of The Times Guest Post: The Fed Resumes Printing10:45 PM on 02/07/2012 Zero Hedge Chairsatan Isn't Worried About Inflation - Should You Be?10:45 PM on 02/07/2012 Zero Hedge Santorum wins Minn., Mo., boosting campaign
Rick Santorum scored victories in Minnesota and Missouri nominating contests Tuesday night, winning him no actual delegates, but allowing the former Pennsylvania senator to stymie Mitt Romney's bid to keep alive a streak of victories in the Republican presidential primary.
10:36 PM on 02/07/2012 MSNBC Politics Empowering Burma's voice of change
Opinion: Burma is now sending signals that it is ready to change direction.
10:36 PM on 02/07/2012 Politico Top Stories Proposed rules coule stifle research
Opinion: U.S. security and prosperity rests on our technological innovation and creativity.
10:36 PM on 02/07/2012 Politico Top Stories End these health mandates now
Opinion: The contraception mandate violates religious liberty.
10:36 PM on 02/07/2012 Politico Top Stories Paul: Mitt 'someone I could talk to'10:36 PM on 02/07/2012 Politico Top Stories A rout in Missouri10:36 PM on 02/07/2012 Politico Top Stories Jim DeMint: Why Republicans Must Become More Libertarian
“The new debate in the Republican party needs to be between conservatives and libertarians,” says Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.). “A lot of the libertarian ideas that Ron Paul is talking about…should not be alien to any Republican.”
Yet right after the 2010 midterm elections, the influential Tea Party favorite proclaimed that “you can’t be [...]
10:35 PM on 02/07/2012 Big Government Santorum Leads Early Minnesota Returns, Wins Missouri
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Sen. Rick Santorum jumped ahead Tuesday night in Minnesota’s Republican caucuses, hoping to extinguish front-runner Mitt Romney’s modest campaign winning streak and launch a comeback of his own in the race for the party’s presidential nomination.
Colorado Republicans held caucuses as well, and [...]
10:35 PM on 02/07/2012 Big Government What it takes to reach young people: A late-night comedian
A look at millennials' news habits.
10:25 PM on 02/07/2012 Hot Air Ninth Circuit Ruling Nullifying Prop 8 is a Narrow 'Attack on Marriage,' Attorneys Say'10:24 PM on 02/07/2012 CNS News Network Santorum wins Missouri primary, giving boost to campaign
Rick Santorum won a non-binding primary in Missouri on Tuesday, breaking Mitt Romney's streak of victories in nominating contests, though the former Pennsylvania will not be awarded any delegates.
10:05 PM on 02/07/2012 MSNBC Politics VIDEO - Our World News Report on the Contraception Controversy
President Obama is under attack for a new rule requiring most employers to provide health insurance that provides full coverage of birth control: -Jake Tapper
10:04 PM on 02/07/2012 ABC Politics Report: Occupy D.C. preparing to crash CPAC
?Speakers be physically assaulted, not just verbally confronted.?
09:54 PM on 02/07/2012 Hot Air A Global History of Debt By Region: Map from 1970-2010
We all read about the U.S. national debt, and whether we should be concerned that it's in the $12 trillion range these days. But the United States isn't the only country carrying a huge amount of debt. In fact, it seems that operating just about any country is a money losing proposition.
According to the CIA's Worldbank data, the majority of countries carry huge sums of national debt. And for most countries - although there are exceptions - that debt is constantly rising.
Look at Mexico: In 2000, the country had a $150.3 billion national debt. That's miniscule by U.S. standards, yes, but, like the United States, Mexico's debt is growing. Worldbank estimates that the country's national debt has risen to $189.4 billion in 2010.
And Mexico is far from alone: Poland's national debt has risen from $65.8 billion in 2000 to a much higher $185.2 billion in 2010. Hungary's debt has jumped from $29.5 billion to $134.7 billion during the same time, a rather large bump.
Turkey, too, has seen its national debt soar. The country's debt stood at $117.3 billion in 2000, but is estimated to be at $310.6 billion now. In India, the national debt has risen from $99.1 billion in 2000 to an estimated $204.5 billion in 2010.
09:54 PM on 02/07/2012 Sign Of The Times Israel: Ethiopian students? Not in our school
Students of Ethiopian descent living in Netanya are sent to 'their own' school; municipality: Registration areas determined years ago
In the Azorim neighborhood in Netanya 40% or residents are of Ethiopian descent. Most of them live on Motzkin and Eshkol Streets. The local Rambam elementary school is on Eshkol Street. The school has a student body that consists of mostly Ethiopian students.
In its website, the municipality made a statement that more than anything underscores the separation that exists within schools. On the same street, but in different 'blocks' there are two separate registration areas.
09:54 PM on 02/07/2012 Sign Of The Times US: Anti-Government Extremists Defined by FBI
These extremists, sometimes known as "sovereign citizens," believe they can live outside any type of government authority, FBI agents said at a news conference.
The extremists may refuse to pay taxes, defy government environmental regulations and believe the United States went bankrupt by going off the gold standard.
Routine encounters with police can turn violent "at the drop of a hat," said Stuart McArthur, deputy assistant director in the FBI's counter terrorism division.
"We thought it was important to increase the visibility of the threat with state and local law enforcement," he said.
In May 2010, two West Memphis, Arkansas, police officers were shot and killed in an argument that developed after they pulled over a "sovereign citizen" in traffic.
09:54 PM on 02/07/2012 Sign Of The Times UK: Government 'may sanction nerve-agent use on rioters', scientists fear
Leading neuroscientists believe that the UK Government may be about to sanction the development of nerve agents for British police that would be banned in warfare under an international treaty on chemical weapons.
A high-level group of experts has asked the Government to clarify its position on whether it intends to develop "incapacitating chemical agents" for a range of domestic uses that go beyond the limited use of chemical irritants such as CS gas for riot control.
The experts were commissioned by the Royal Society, the UK's national academy of sciences, to investigate new developments in neuroscience that could be of use to the military. They concluded that the Government may be preparing to exploit a loophole in the Chemical Weapons Convention allowing the use of incapacitating chemical agents for domestic law enforcement.
09:54 PM on 02/07/2012 Sign Of The Times
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