Friday, December 30, 2011

Strait of Hormuz standoff: Iran films US aircraft carrier - Telegraph

Strait of Hormuz standoff: Iran films US aircraft carrier - Telegraph: "Iran claimed to have taken surveillance footage of a US aircraft carrier near the Strait of Hormuz as both countries raised the stakes in their standoff over the key oil route."

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Cecil County Police Charge Abortion Doctors With Murder « CBS Baltimore

Cecil County Police Charge Abortion Doctors With Murder « CBS Baltimore: "Two abortion doctors face murder charges. The allegations follow a long investigation into a botched abortion in Elkton, Cecil County.

Adam May has more on the case making national headlines."

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PETA Seeks Memorials to Cows Killed on Ill. Roads

PETA Seeks Memorials to Cows Killed on Ill. Roads: "Chicago - An animal rights group wants Illinois to install highway signs in memory of cattle that died when trucks hauling them flipped in two separate wrecks."

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On a $4M Vacation, Michelle Seeks $3 From Backers | The Blog on Obama: White House Dossier

On a $4M Vacation, Michelle Seeks $3 From Backers | The Blog on Obama: White House Dossier: "Speaking from her paradisical $4 million Hawaii vacation, Mrs. Obama wants to know: Do any of President Obama’s supporters have $3 to spare for his reelection?"

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Christie: "After Three Years Of Obama, We Are Hopeless And Changeless" | RealClearPolitics

Christie: "After Three Years Of Obama, We Are Hopeless And Changeless" | RealClearPolitics: ""Let's be real clear. Let's be real clear. President Barack Obama came out to Iowa three years ago, and he talked to you about hope and change. Well, let me tell you, after three years of Obama, we are hopeless and changeless, and we need Mitt Romney to bring us back, to bring America back," Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ) said in Iowa today at a Romney rally."

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Elderly driver, 70, killed in car crash after severed deer head flies through her windscreen | Mail Online

Elderly driver, 70, killed in car crash after severed deer head flies through her windscreen | Mail Online: "An elderly motorist was killed in a freak road accident after she was hit by the severed head of a deer that was hit by another car."

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U.S. mulls transfer of Taliban prisoner in perilous peace bid - Yahoo! News

U.S. mulls transfer of Taliban prisoner in perilous peace bid - Yahoo! News: "WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration is considering transferring to Afghan custody a senior Taliban official suspected of major human rights abuses as part of a long-shot bid to improve the prospects of a peace deal in Afghanistan, Reuters has learned."

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RealClearPolitics - Media Abet Obama's Aloofness on Tough Issues

RealClearPolitics - Media Abet Obama's Aloofness on Tough Issues: "Over the past five months, the Republican presidential candidates participated in 13 debates where they fielded dozens of penetrating questions on every major issue facing the nation, and some not so major."

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New Hampshire looks like Romney’s granite fortress - The Washington Post

New Hampshire looks like Romney’s granite fortress - The Washington Post: "And that could rank as the year’s most perilous sentence. Why shouldn’t Romney be surprised in the state that temporarily derailed Barack Obama’s supposedly rapid march toward nomination four years ago? Hillary Clinton humbled many a pundit here in 2008, reason enough to challenge the rapidly jelling conventional wisdom about the Republican presidential campaign."

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In Des Moines Newt Gingrich cries when asked about his mom | Iowa Caucuses

In Des Moines Newt Gingrich cries when asked about his mom | Iowa Caucuses: "Republican presidential candidate, former House speaker Newt Gingrich wipes a tear away from his eye as he speaks about his mother during a Moms Matter campaign stop at Java Joe's in Des Moines on Friday, December. 30, 2011. (David Purdy/The Des Moines Register)"

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