BLOOMBERG: Gross domestic product fell at a 2.9 percent annualized rate, more than forecast and the worst reading since the same three months in 2009, after a previously reported 1 percent drop, the Commerce Department said today inWashington. It marked the biggest downward revision from the agency’s second GDP estimate since records began in 1976. […]
Kane admits error in Sandusky statement
PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER: On Monday, Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane said there were “inexplicable delays” in the Jerry Sandusky investigation and suggested that may have set the stage for two more young men to be victimized. She said the two told prosecutors they had been abused while the state was undertaking its 33-month investigation. Kane said […]
Penn State alumni resentment hangs over Corbett
Corbett at the time also publicly backed the NCAA sanctions imposed on the university, including limits on football scholarships and the erasure of 111 of Paterno’s 409 victories, the most ever for a coach, from the record books.
PSP’s craven, Wells-Fargo’s smart, and PDCVB’s dumb end games re Martin Plan
From ‘word on the street’, here is some commentary assuming the Pennsylvania Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau (PDCVB) pulls its support for the Martin Plan:
Another Bridge Scandal Is Rocking Chris Christie’s Administration
HUFFINGTON POST / REUTERS: …In bond documents, the Port Authority said the project was part of “Lincoln Tunnel Access Infrastructure Improvements,” although the Skyway is more than 9 miles (14 kilometers) south of the Lincoln Tunnel connecting Weehawken, New Jersey and midtown Manhattan in New York City. The Christie administration had relentlessly lobbied to use […]
Kane report on Corbett, Sandusky investigation produces no bombshell but … :
Most mystifying of all – why didn’t investigators check sooner with police at State College and Penn State about other potential reports involving Sandusky?
Report shows three year lapse in stopping serial sexual predator Jerry Sandusky
“The facts show an inexcusable lack of urgency in charging and stopping a serial sexual predator,” said Kane, a Democrat who had vowed to conduct a review of the investigation while running for office.
‘Morning Joe’ Host Brzezinski Challenges Obama on Iraq
NEWSMAX: …President Obama] explained the “forces that have always possibly pulled Iraq apart are stronger now.” He said it was up to “the Iraqi leadership to try to pull the politics of the country back together again.” Had the United States gotten involved in the conflict in neighboring Syria, there was not a “simple solution” […]
Over-fortified cereals may pose risks to kids
USA TODAY: Young children who dig into a bowl of fortified breakfast cereal may be getting too much of a good thing. A new report says that “millions of children are ingesting potentially unhealthy amounts” of vitamin A, zinc and niacin, with fortified breakfast cereals the leading source of the excessive intake because all three […]
Breakaway regions agree to observe Ukrainian ceasefire
ALJAZEERA: A pro-Russian rebel leader in Ukraine’s breakaway east said Monday that separatist groups would observe a weeklong ceasefire, a move that raises hope of a breakthrough in the crisis but could nonetheless be undone by fighting on the ground. Alexander Borodai, the self-proclaimed prime minister of the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic, said rebels would […]
Justices, With Limits, Let E.P.A. Curb Power-Plant Gases
NEW YORK TIMES: The Supreme Court on Monday handed President Obama’s Environmental Protection Agency a victory in its efforts to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from stationary sources like power plants, even as it criticized what it called the agency’s overreaching. “E.P.A. is getting almost everything it wanted in this case,” Justice Antonin Scalia said in […]
Tom Corbett responds to Kane’s investigation of his handling of Jerry Sandusky case
“I appreciate Mr. Moulton’s professional approach, thoughtful review and his recommendations…
Kane did not seek Corbett campaign emails during Sandusky investigation review
“It was beyond the scope of looking at the office’s management of the investigation and he [Moulton] did not have subpoena power to compel them,” said OAG spokesman J.J. Abbott. “The scope of the report was to find out why it took so long and what could be done differently in the future.”
Al Jazeera English Journalists Sentenced to Seven Years
WALL STREET JOURNAL: An Egyptian court Monday sentenced three journalists from the Qatar-based Al Jazeera English news network to between seven and 10 years in prison, on charges that they manipulated footage to tarnish Egypt’s image. The journalists, two Egyptians and an Australian, have been detained since late December when police raided two hotel suites […]