If confirmed, the strike and capture would signal the harshest blow yet to the coalition and could affect the resolve of the Arab nations that have joined the United States in its air campaign to weaken the Islamic State — also known as ISIS or ISIL — in Iraq and Syria…
Should Christians Celebrate the Birth of Paul, Not Jesus?
DAILY BEAST: Christians all over the world celebrate the birth of Jesus while neglecting the Apostle Paul’s role as the founder of the religion everyone practices today. Scholar James D. Tabor, the author of Paul and Jesus: How the Apostle Transformed Christianity, on the more radical Christ… Historians have spent the past 175 years in […]
Sony Authorizes Screenings Of ‘The Interview’
HUFFINGTON POST: Moviegoers will be able to see “The Interview” after all. Sony announced on Tuesday that “The Interview” will have a “limited theatrical release” in the United States on Christmas Day… “We have never given up on releasing ‘The Interview’ and we’re excited our movie will be in a number of theaters on Christmas […]
Economic Vital Signs in 3rd Quarter Were Strongest in a Decade
NEW YORK TIMES: The American economy grew last quarter at its fastest rate in over a decade, providing the strongest evidence to date that the recovery is finally gaining sustained power more than five years after it began. Bolstered by robust spending among consumers and businesses alike, economic output rose at an annual rate of […]
Federal labor board decisions are a bonanza for unions
ALJAZEERA: …First, on Dec. 11, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled that employees have the right to use their work email accounts for union organizing. The board followed that decision with an update to union election rules, making it easier for workers to quickly call for a vote. Then, on Dec.16, the NLRB expanded […]
Hungarian Prosecutors ask foreign ministry to lift U. S. Embassy Chargé d’affaires immunity from prosecution
Like a bad episode from the Twilight Zone, Hungarian prosecutors today asked the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Trade to lift US Embassy Chargé d’affaires André Goodfriend’s immunity from prosecution so that he can be tried in Hungary for defamation.
(Balderdash:) President Obama’s approval rating hits 2014 high water mark but falls short of two-term predecessors
AOL: U.S. President Barack Obama’s approval rating has hit a 2014 high, but pales in comparison to Americans’ opinions of a former president during his second term. Just under 47 percent of Americans approve of the job President Obama is doing, according to a new Gallup poll. The bump comes amid a number of positive […]
Doctors respond to spread of flu in Pennsylvania
HARRISBURG PATRIOT-NEWS: Emergency rooms in some parts of Pennsylvania are getting backed up with people sick with the flu, and doctors are warning of the possibility an unusually high number of flu deaths.
Ruling opens door for cruise malpractice lawsuits
For more than 100 years, people such as Vaglio’s survivors couldn’t win medical malpractice lawsuits against cruise lines because of exemptions created through a series of court decisions.
Rolling Stone farms out review of U-Va. rape story to Columbia Journalism School
WASHINGTON POST: Rolling Stone magazine has decided to enlist the Columbia Journalism School to audit its handling of a discredited Nov. 19 story about rape on the campus of the University of Virginia, according to a just-released statement from Editor and Publisher Jann S. Wenner, which reads as follows: In RS 1223, Sabrina Rubin Erdely […]
Why the next world war will be fought over food
FORTUNE: The world has a massive food crisis on its hands. The crisis is so big that organizations like the World Bank and the United Nations say there won’t be enough food to feed the global population when it jumps from the current seven billion people to nine billion by 2050. Some research even suggests […]
LNP continues to short change Lancaster Online subscribers
We wonder what is LNP’s criteria for omitting articles from LancasterOnLine , often important ones, from the web site? Is it policy or just lack of care?
Government housing subsidies: More squandering of the public’s money
“In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, the federal government put together a disaster relief program that included about $600 million for increasing multi-family housing in areas of New Jersey hit by Sandy…
Capitolwire: PA unemployment rate drops to lowest rate in more than 6 years, but there’s ‘more work to do.’
The civilian labor force – those working or looking for work – continued to improve last month, however slightly, increasing to 6,368,000 last month. It has been higher during the last four years, but its high-water mark was 6,484,171 in November 2008 …