The attorney of a former Port Authority official who oversaw the George Washington Bridge lane closures has sent a letter claiming that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) was aware of the closures.
Month: January 2014
Downtown Wilkes-Barre hotel to become dormitory
Kings College has purchased and is converting the Former 105 room former Ramada Hotel on the center square in Wilkes-Barre, PA to dormitory facilities.
Study: Many will die if PA Medicaid is not expanded
“We predict that many low-income women will forego recommended breast and cervical cancer screening; diabetics will forego medications and all low-income adults will face a greater likelihood of depression, catastrophic medical expenses and death,” researchers wrote in the study, which was released on the website of the journal Health Affairs…
More first responders will carry drug that counters overdoses
Since Quincy officers began carrying a nasal form of the drug, known commonly by its trade name, Narcan, in October 2010, they have administered the drug 221 times and reversed 211 overdoses, said Lt. Detective Patrick Glynn, commander of the narcotics unit and special investigations at the Quincy Police Department
Consumer Spending Propelled Fourth-Quarter Growth
BLOOMBERG: Consumer spending that rose at the fastest pace in three years helped the U.S. economy grow at a 3.2 percent pace in the fourth quarter, overcoming government cutbacks and laying the foundation for a stronger expansion.
NFL Legend Joe Namath: I Have Brain Damage
NEWSMAX: Famed quarterback Joe Namath says he has brain damage he believes was the result of concussions he suffered during his years on the field. The former New York Jets and University of Alabama star told Fox News Channel’s “The O’Reilly Factor” on Thursday that he has had tests on his brain and has had […]
Stem cell ‘major discovery’ claimed
The finding has been described as “remarkable” by the Medical Research Council’s Prof Robin Lovell-Badge and as “a major scientific discovery” by Dr Dusko Ilic, a reader in stem cell science at Kings College London…
Poll: Grim assessment of wars in Iraq, Afghanistan
On Iraq, Americans by 52%-37% say the United States mostly failed to achieve its goals. That is a decidedly more negative view than in November 2011, when U.S. combat troops withdrew. Then, by 56%-33%, those surveyed said the U.S. had mostly succeeded.
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What Smart says would be true for a state guaranteed bond that was repaid back by the borrower…. CRIZ is repaid from future taxes that presumably would be earned by the state. So it is not the owner that pays off the debt, it is our children and grandchildren because they will not have the tax revenues from the project necessary to pay their future government costs.
Bill O’Reilly: GOP Should ‘Wise Up’ and Raise Minimum Wage
FOX NEWS: Fox News host Bill O’Reilly says the “pinheads” in the Republican Party should stop opposing the minimum wage. “The Republican Party should really wise up and stop opposing raising the minimum wage. It should be 10 bucks an hour” to keep employers from exploiting workers, O’Reilly said Wednesday during his opening “Talking Points […]
Russia Defers Aid to Ukraine, and Unrest Persists
NEW YORK TIMES: A former Ukrainian president warned on Wednesday that the country is now on “the brink of civil war,” and Russia added to the gloom by announcing the suspension of its financial aid package, which was all that had been keeping Ukraine solvent. Leonid M. Kravchuk, Ukraine’s president from 1991 to 1994, issued […]
Ukraine’s president taking sick leave amid crisis
The presidential palace issued a statement on Thursday, which said that Yanukovych would be taking leave due to acute respiratory illness and high fever, although it did not say how long he would be away or whether he would do any work during the period…
Obama Delivers Subtle Messages to Justices
WALL STREET JOURNAL: Chastened after his 2010 State of the Union address, when his explicit criticism of a Supreme Court decision sparked a rebuke from several justices, President Barack Obama took a more subtle approach Tuesday regarding a ruling he considers misguided. The reference in Tuesday’s address to Congress was so subtle, in fact, that […]
Obama Vows to Act Alone on the Economy
“I’m eager to work with all of you,” a confident Mr. Obama told lawmakers of both parties in the 65-minute nationally televised speech in the House chamber. “But America does not stand still — and neither will I. So wherever and whenever I can take steps without legislation to expand opportunity for more American families, that’s what I’m going to do.”…