HUFFINGTON POST: …In the letter sent Tuesday to Congress, DeMarco said that projected benefit to taxpayers is $500 million in the best case, and that most of this aid would go to homeowners who haven’t made a mortgage payment in more than a year… “This could give borrowers who are current on their mortgages a […]
Month: July 2012
Romney fails to impress
ALJAZEERA: …The former Massachusetts governor’s first stop was in the UK, where he managed to earn the ire of the city’s mayor, Boris Johnson, after Romney said he had heard “disconcerting” reports about the city’s preparations to host the 2012 Summer Olympic Games. Then in Israel, another long-time US ally, Romney said that the country’s […]
Congressional leaders reach budget deal
From the FINANCIAL TIMES: …News of the six-month funding deal came in statements from John Boehner, the Republican speaker of the House of Representatives, and Harry Reid, the Democratic Senate majority leader. The budget deal does not resolve the bigger issue of the so-called “fiscal cliff” looming at the end of the year, when Congress will face a series of difficult and costly budget decisions.
Postal Service To Default On $5.5 Billion Payment
HUFFINGTON POST: …The agency’s failure to make good on a $5.5 billion payment toward retiree health benefits comes as no surprise, and the default won’t have any immediate effects on the postal service’s day-to-day operations, the agency assured in a statement. But the missed payment — reportedly the first of its kind in the post […]
American Irony: “Gun Control” or “Drug Control?”
By Doctor Tom More than a week later, the mass shootings at an Aurora, CO theater are still attracting the attention of a world that was already overflowing with bad news. As more information on James Eagan Holmes trickles in, he strikes me all the more as a typical schizophrenic of the type housed in […]
Suburban Reading merger talk could mean good news for eastern suburbs
READING EAGLE: Merger talk is coming from all directions in Reading’s eastern suburbs, and we can only hope that it goes beyond talk and into action. Mount Penn and Lower Alsace Township have agreed to move forward with a study weighing the pros and cons of a merger or consolidation. The Pennsylvania Economy League will […]
Penn State faces federal penalties as Education Dept. probes Sandusky case
PHILADELPIA INQUIRER: In 2002, when a Pennsylvania State University football standout was accused of a dorm-room rape, the details were easy to come by… The only place the curious couldn’t find notice of the case was Penn State’s federally mandated campus crime report… The incident is just one example of what former FBI Director Louis […]
Financials show liquor board not as profitable as state claims
PENNSYLVANIA INDEPENDENT: Pennsylvania’s politicians may be saddling the state-owned liquor monopoly with obligations that it can’t long fulfill. As two separate GOP privatization plans — one in the House and one in the Senate — lay in wait, public documents make clear that the state has consistently overestimated how much the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, […]
EDITORIAL: Does NCAA have authority to “kill” Penn State football?
The editor is not a lawyer. However, he has had over half a century of dealing with legal matters and he knows the importance of going back to the original source when doing research. Therefore we have downloaded and read NCAA Constitution, Operating Bylaws, Administrative Bylaws
High Court Weighs In on Police Taking DNA
WALL STREET JOURNAL: The Supreme Court on Monday signaled its interest in resolving a clash over the constitutionality of laws that authorize police to take DNA samples from people who have been arrested but haven’t been convicted of a crime… Chief Justice Roberts suggested the odds of the Supreme Court considering the case were good, […]
Syrian army pounds Aleppo, rebels claim successes
REUTERS: Syrian helicopter gunships and artillery pounded two key areas of Aleppo on Tuesday, extending the army’s campaign to control the country’s biggest city, but rebel fighters said troops loyal to President Bashar al-Assad had been forced to retreat. Heavy gunfire sounded from the Salaheddine district in the southwest of the city, where rebels denied […]
Arizona Law Criminalizing Some Abortions Not Halted by Judge
From NEWSMAX: U.S. District Judge James Teilborg in Phoenix said the measure “does not impose a substantial obstacle in previability abortions,” according to his ruling upholding the law. A challenge to the law was brought by three doctors who said it’s preempted by the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision.
Official says India’s power grid fails for second day
From USA TODAY / AP: …grids collapsed, leaving more than 600 million people without government-supplied electricity in one of the world’s biggest-ever blackouts. Hundreds of trains stalled across the country and traffic lights went out, causing widespread traffic jams in New Delhi. Electric crematoria stopped operating, some with bodies half burnt, power officials said. The […]
Bloomberg’s Breastfeeding Program, ‘Latch On NYC,’ Wants Hospitals To Change Baby Formula Protocol
From the HUFFINGTON POST: Starting in September, Mayor Bloomberg’s push to encourage breastfeeding will incorporate a new program urging hospitals to keep baby formula under lockdown. The New York Post reports new mothers will not be denied formula, but if requested, they’ll receive a mandated talk from staffers and nurses on why they should opt out.