Month: August 2014

U.S. airstrikes help Iraqi forces break Islamic State’s siege

WASHINGTON POST: Irbil, Iraq— Iraqi troops aided by U.S. airstrikes entered the besieged town of Amerli Sunday, residents and Iraqi officials said, after a months-long blockade by Islamic State militants that had surrounded the Shiite Turkmen village and raised fears of an impending massacre… Jihadists had surrounded the town in June, preventing food and other […]

PA Charters still an issue

….The [Center for Rural Pennsylvania] study found that more than 80 percent of the students who leave a traditional public school to attend a charter school enroll in one whose performance on the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment tests is inferior to the school they left.

Salt studies present conundrums for food industry

FORTUNE: New studies say too little salt might be as harmful as too much. What is the food industry supposed to do with this information? Take it with a grain of… …Three studies were published. Two of them concluded that underconsumption of salt might be harmful. A third basically matched the findings of earlier research, […]

“Romney Will Run Again in 2016”

NEWSMAX: Democratic strategist James Carville believes two-time presidential candidate Mitt Romney will go for a third try in 2016, even though the 2012 GOP nominee has said he won’t seek the nation’s top office again. “He’s run for president twice. I once noted that running for president was like having sex: No one did it […]

Obama Urges Calm in Face of Crises in Ukraine and Syria

NEW YORK TIMES: President Obama confronted a pair of volatile international crises with restraint on Thursday as he said he was not close to authorizing airstrikes against Islamic extremists in Syria and played down the latest escalation of Russia’s military intervention in Ukraine. With tensions rising in Europe and the Middle East, Mr. Obama emphasized […]

US economic growth exceeds expectations in 2nd quarter

ALJAZEERA: The U.S. economy rebounded more strongly than initially thought in the second quarter, and details of a government report released Thursday pointed to sustainable underlying strength. Gross domestic product — the nation’s total output of goods and services — expanded at a 4.2 percent annual rate instead of the previously reported 4 percent pace, […]

AOL.COM

“A New York University professor revealed Monday hotels are expected to charge $2.25 billion in hotel feesthis year, surcharges so devoid of customer value they often make the hotels a 90 percent profit.