Friday, March 18, 2011

Massacre: Yemini Forces Open Fire on Protesters Killing 30+ | The Blaze

Massacre: Yemini Forces Open Fire on Protesters Killing 30+ | The Blaze: "SANAA, Yemen (AP / THE BLAZE) — Yemeni doctors say at least 31 people have been killed by security forces who opened fire on an anti-government demonstration in the Yemeni capital and that dozens have been wounded."

Nuke Fallout Reaches US…And Radiation Levels are a ‘Billion Times’ Below ‘Health Threatening’ | The Blaze

Nuke Fallout Reaches US…And Radiation Levels are a ‘Billion Times’ Below ‘Health Threatening’ | The Blaze: "LOS ANGELES (AP) — The first radioactive fallout from Japan’s crippled nuclear plant reached Southern California early Friday, but the readings indicate levels far below a level that could endanger people, according to a diplomat"

Japan Quake Moment #12: Car’s Dash Cam Captures Tsunami Moment of Impact | The Blaze

Japan Quake Moment #12: Car’s Dash Cam Captures Tsunami Moment of Impact | The Blaze: "Editor’s note: This video is part of an ongoing series on The Blaze featuring some of the Japan earthquake’s most breathtaking videos. We have numbered them sequentially so that it is easier to keep track. We will post them throughout our coverage."

Nuclear Crisis in Japan Follows Decades of Faked Safety Reports, Accidents - Bloomberg

Nuclear Crisis in Japan Follows Decades of Faked Safety Reports, Accidents - Bloomberg: "The unfolding disaster at the Fukushima nuclear plant follows decades of falsified safety reports, fatal accidents and underestimated earthquake risk in Japan’s atomic power industry."

Dane County judge halts collective bargaining law - JSOnline

Dane County judge halts collective bargaining law - JSOnline: "Madison -- Dane County Circuit Judge Maryann Sumi issued a temporary restraining order Friday, barring the publication of a controversial new law that would sharply curtail collective bargaining for public employees."

Japan tsunami and earthquake: 30 children sit silent in classroom after parents vanish | Mail Online

Japan tsunami and earthquake: 30 children sit silent in classroom after parents vanish | Mail Online: "Even amid the carnage and despair of Japan's tsunami victims, the plight of the 30 children at Kama Elementary School is heartbreaking.

They sit quietly in the corner of a third-floor classroom where they have waited each day since the tsunami swept into the town of Ishinomaki for their parents to collect them. So far, no one has come and few at the school now believe they will.

Teachers think that some of the boys and girls, aged between eight and 12, know their fathers and mothers are among the missing and will never again turn up at the gates of the school on the eastern outskirts of the town, but they are saying nothing."

CNBC's Fast Money: US Cost of Living Hits Record, Passing Pre-Crisis High - CNBC

CNBC's Fast Money: US Cost of Living Hits Record, Passing Pre-Crisis High - CNBC: "One would think that after the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, Americans could at least catch a break for a while with deflationary forces keeping the cost of living relatively low. That’s not the case."

Express.co.uk - Home of the Daily and Sunday Express | Express Yourself :: Barack Obama: The Weakest President in history?

Express.co.uk - Home of the Daily and Sunday Express | Express Yourself :: Barack Obama: The Weakest President in history?: "INEFFECTUAL, invisible, unable to honour pledges and now blamed for letting Gaddafi off the hook. Why Obama’s gone from ‘Yes we can’ to ‘Er, maybe we shouldn’t’..."

Barack H. Obama Elementary to close - Yahoo! News

Barack H. Obama Elementary to close - Yahoo! News: "The Barack H. Obama Elementary School in Asbury Park, N.J. will be shuttered this summer, largely due to low enrollment, the Asbury Park Press reports."

Palin Doctrine Emerges as Arab League Echoes Her Demarche on Libya - March 16, 2011 - The New York Sun

Palin Doctrine Emerges as Arab League Echoes Her Demarche on Libya - March 16, 2011 - The New York Sun: " The call by the Arab League for Western military intervention in an Arab state — in this case asking that a UN “no-fly zone” be imposed over Libya – is not only without precedent but it puts in formal terms what Governor Palin stated three weeks ago should have been America’s response to the political and humanitarian crisis now unfolding there."

Gaddafi forces shell west Libya's Misrata, 25 dead | Reuters

Gaddafi forces shell west Libya's Misrata, 25 dead | Reuters: "'Gaddafi's forces are bombing the city with artillery shells and tanks. We now have 25 people dead at the hospital, including several little girls,' Dr Khaled Abou Selha told Reuters by satellite phone."

UPDATE 1-Clinton: U.N. resolution on Libya only one step | News by Country | Reuters

UPDATE 1-Clinton: U.N. resolution on Libya only one step | News by Country | Reuters: "WASHINGTON, March 18 (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Friday the United States was not impressed by words of cease-fire from the Libyan government and would keep pressing for leader Muammar Gaddafi to step down"

Budget-busting station named for Biden - Washington Times

Budget-busting station named for Biden - Washington Times: "As a thank-you to its most famous customer, Amtrak is renaming the train station in Wilmington, Del., after stimulus “sheriff” Vice President Joseph R. Biden — after the project received $20 million in stimulus money and came in $5.7 million over the initial announced budge"