The statement says: “Mr. McCord will be pleading guilty to certain federal charges to be filed arising out of his attempts in the spring of 2014 to raise campaign contributions from two potential contributors by communicating that if they failed to make campaign contributions, he could make it difficult for them to do business with the Commonwealth… (more)
China Further Tightens Grip on the Internet
NEW YORK TIMES: … The move to disable some of the most widely used V.P.N.s has provoked a torrent of outrage among video artists, entrepreneurs and professors who complain that in its quest for so-called cybersovereignty — Beijing’s euphemism for online filtering — the Communist Party is stifling the innovation and productivity needed to revive […]
Dartmouth Cites Student Misconduct in Its Ban on Hard Liquor
The sexual assaults, fraternity hazing and hospitalizations that have rocked campuses around the nation have often involved extreme intoxication, like the case of the former Vanderbilt football players convicted this week of raping an unconscious woman, or that of a Stanford swimmer accused of rape this week.
Obama to Propose $215M to Fight Diseases
NEWSMAX / AFP: President Barack Obama will propose Friday that the US spend $215 million into “precision medicine” research, a field proponents say can advance the treatment of diseases like cancer and diabetes. The funding would be used in part to collect gene, chemical, lifestyle and other data from one million volunteers. Scientists believe that […]
Obama calls for spending surge, buoyed by rising economy
DAILY BEAST / AP: Declaring an end to “mindless austerity,” President Barack Obama called for a surge in government spending Thursday, and asked Congress to throw out the sweeping budget cuts both parties agreed to four years ago when deficits were spiraling out of control. Obama’s proposed $74 billion in added spending — about 7 […]
Eurozone falls deeper into deflation
FINANCIAL TIMES: High quality global journalism requires investment. Please share this article with others using the link below, do not cut & paste the article. See our Ts&Cs and Copyright Policy for more detail. Email [email protected] to buy additional rights. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3172b7bc-a868-11e4-bd17-00144feab7de.html#ixzz3QIwifpvJ The eurozone fell deeper into deflation this month, with prices falling by 0.6 per […]
LETTER: Sarah Palin and the GOP
I don’t know, I personally have always found Palin to be a shallow phony but that pretty much reflects the rank and file of the GOP who support any of the empty suits they have running that party.
Wolf to restore ban on new gas drilling leases
PENN LIVE / AP: Gov. Tom Wolf plans to sign an executive order ending a short-lived effort by his predecessor to expand the extraction of natural gas from rock buried deep below Pennsylvania’s state parks and forests, his office said Wednesday… It will supersede an order that Republican Gov. Tom Corbett signed in May and […]
Penn State president says Freeh report painted ‘absurd’ picture of school
“I have to say, I’m not a fan of the report,” Barron said during a half-hour interview in his office in Old Main, the school’s administrative headquarters. “There’s no doubt in my mind, Freeh steered everything as if he were a prosecutor trying to convince a court to take the case.”
Administration Official Criticizes Israeli Ambassador Over Netanyahu Visit
NEW YORK TIMES: The Obama administration, after days of mounting tension, signaled on Wednesday how angry it is with Israel that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accepted Republican leaders’ invitation to address Congress on Iran without consulting the White House. The outrage the episode has incited within President Obama’s inner circle became clear in unusually sharp […]
Sarah Palin and her onetime fans on the right: It’s so over
WASHINGTON POST: Sarah Palin’s odd, rambling speech last weekend before an audience of committed conservative activists in Des Moines has many influential voices on the right saying that the time has come to acknowledge that the romance has gone cold and the marriage is dead. This is despite the fact that the 2008 GOP vice-presidential […]
Rieder: Keep government out of the news business
USA TODAY: … The news service would feature news articles by state press secretaries that would be published on a website and made available for use by news outlets around the state, according to documents obtained by The Indianapolis Star and published on IndyStar.com Monday night. It would be directed by a former Star reporter. […]
Study of Retirees Links Youth Football to Brain Problems
Those former N.F.L. players who started playing before 12 years old performed “significantly worse” on every test measure after accounting for the total number of years played and the age of the players when they took the tests.
Picking a fight with Hezbollah carries risks for Netanyahu
ALJAZEERA: Everything about Hezbollah’s attack on an Israeli border patrol on Wednesday seemed precisely calibrated to send a message of “deterrence” while signaling a desire to avoid a full-blown war. What’s less clear, however, are the motivations behind the Israeli helicopter strike 10 days ago that provoked Hezbollah’s retaliation. Six anti-tank missiles were fired at […]