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CBO Senate bill still allows illegal immigration
2013. The committee in the Republican-led House is preparing to cast its first votes on immigration this year, on a tough enforcement-focused measure that Democrats and immigrant groups are protesting loudly. (AP Photo/Carolyn ...
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Two men charged with conspiracy to support terrorists
york and said he was looking for people to provide them money and support so he could develop this device that he would mount in a car and drive around and aim it at people that he considered to be enemies of israel, possibly muslims and others ...
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Rep. Grijalva Obama contradicting himself on NSA programs
Rep. Raul Grijalva discusses the president's stance on NSA programs as Obama defended the programs on the world stage on Wednesday during a speech in Berlin saying it's "saved ...
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Cornyn Amnesty in Gang of Eights bill like 1986 on steroids
Sen. John Cornyn, pushing for his border security amendment Wednesday, compares the Gang of Eight's immigration plan to an illegal immigrant amnesty ruling from ...
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Obama proposes reducing nuclear arsenal
i've determined that we can ensure the security of america and our allies and maintain a strong and credible strategic deterrence while reducing our ...
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Former WH Press Secretary Issa is making a fool of himself
the administration is still -- their paid liar, their spokesperson, picture behind, he's still making up things about what happens in calling this local rogue. there's no indication. the reason that lois lerner tried to take the fifth is not because there's a rogue ...
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Three months until open enrollment for the Affordable Care Act begins
Non-profit groups have begun major campaigns to engage Americans sign up for healthcare backed by the Affordable Care Act. One group easing the transition into the new legislation is the National Association of Free and Charitable Clinics. The association's director, Dr. Rani Whitfield, joins Now guest host Reid from Baton Rouge ...
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Albert White Hat American Indian who championed the Lakota language
The endangered Lakota language has lost one of its greatest supporters. Albert White Hat, who died in South Dakota on 11 June at the age of 74 of prostate cancer, was instrumental in teaching and preserving the American Indian language and translated the Hollywood film Dances with Wolves into Lakota for its ...
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T Magazine On View | An All-American Roadside Attraction in West Texas
Over the next few months, motorists speeding through the West Texas desert on Highway 90, just outside the arts town of Marfa, will encounter an unexpected roadside attraction: a white neon Playboy logo hovering above a matte-black 1972 Dodge Charger perched at an 18-degree angle atop a concrete plinth. Playboy Marfa, as it’s being called, is the first in a series of art projects ...
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Read the full Federal Reserve statement
Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in May suggests that economic activity has been expanding at a moderate pace. Labor market conditions have shown further improvement in recent months, on balance, but the unemployment rate remains elevated. Household spending and business fixed investment advanced, and the housing sector has strengthened further, but fiscal policy ...
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Alleged Irish-American mob boss ex-enforcer grilled about varying stories about gang killings
FILE - This undated file photo shown during court proceedings in the Miami Courthouse, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008 shows John Martorano, who was questioned about his plea agreement in exchange for testifying against former FBI agent John Connolly. Connolly was accused of helping the Boston mob murder Miami gambling executive John Callahan in 1982. Martorano testified for a second day during the ...
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Are you confident in newspapers and TV news Most Americans arent Gallup poll says
Reporters raise their hands as White House press secretary Jay Carney takes questions during his daily news briefing at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, May, 14, ...
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Chainsaw-Wielding Tree Trimmer Helps Nab Oakland Carjacking Suspect
OAKLAND (KPIX 5) – An East Bay tree-trimmer is being credited with helping police nab a suspected carjacker Tuesday using his wits, and a chainsaw. At 5:30 p.m. Tuesday two juveniles displaying handguns ordered a man and his daughter out of their car near the intersection of Castro St. and San Leandro Blvd. in San Leandro, according to police. Shortly after officers spotted the vehicle ...
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Gun Safety Tips For Safely Keeping A Gun In Your Home
Over a third of American households currently contain at least one working firearm. With so many homes containing weapons, gun-related accidents make all-too familiar tragic headlines, compounded by the knowledge that most could have been avoided had added safety precautions been taken. Benjamin Nuzzi is a family man and former active duty United States Marine Corp. Sergeant marksmanship ...
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Man Found Near Death After SF Market Street Beating
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – A man was found critically injured after an apparent attack near Market and Mason streets in San Francisco on Tuesday evening. The 49-year-old victim was found half-conscious in the street and possibly having a seizure about 7:30 p.m., police ...
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49ers Sign Defensive Standout Justin Smith To 2-Year Extension
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) The San Francisco 49ers have signed defensive end Justin Smith to a two-year contract extension that will keep him with the team through the 2015 ...
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Gameday Who Has The Edge In The MLB Vs. SJ Court Battle
San Jose's mayor shocked Major League Baseball Tuesday by filing a lawsuit against Bud and his so-called "Blue Ribbon Committee." Here is the meat of the lawsuit. ';For years, MLB has unlawfully conspired to control the location and relocation of major league men’s professional baseball clubs under the guise of an ‘antitrust exemption’ applied to the ...
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TABLE-Federal Reserve economic forecasts
June 19 | Wed Jun 19, 2013 2:00pm EDT June 19 (Reuters) - Following are U.S. economic forecasts issued by the Federal Reserve on Wednesday. (All figures Q4 over Q4, except jobless rate, which is Q4 average, and all figures in percent) APPROPRIATE TIMING OF FIRST FED FUNDS RATE HIKE (NUMBER OF POLICYMAKERS) JUNE MARCH DEC'12 SEPT'12 2013 ...
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McDreamy part of all-American team at Le Mans
FILE - In this June 9, 2011 file photo, U.S actor and auto racing driver Patrick Dempsey poses for photographs in Le Mans, France. The only all-American lineup at the 24 Hours of Le Mans might very well be the one that draws the most interest from non-racing fans. The No. 77 Dempsey Del Piero-Proton Porsche will be headlined by Patrick Dempsey. (AP Photo/Vincent Michel, ...
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Polls Show American People Hate Almost Everything About Politics
in an article published in The Economist (December 4, 1990: 50-53), "In the 1990 midterm election in the U.S., the American electorate sent two clear signals to politicians: that political parties are increasingly irrelevant to solving the nation's problems and that voters are losing confidence in the capacity of government to address the fundamental issues facing the country." ...
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Video Car crash in New York City injures eight
A car rocketing down an avenue in Manhattan's dense East Village swerved out of control, plowed down a sidewalk and smashed through a storefront flower stand Wednesday morning, injuring eight ...
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What U.S. learned from surveillance
>Editor's note: Peter Bergen is CNN's national security analyst and a director at the New America Foundation. David Sterman is a graduate student at Georgetown University's National Security Studies Program.(CNN) -- Sometime in late 2007, Basaaly Saeed Moalin, a cabdriver living in San Diego, began to have a series of phone conversations with Aden Hashi Ayrow, one of the leaders of ...
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Mueller FBI uses drones but very seldom
FBI Director Robert Mueller testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 19, 2013, before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on national security matters. As Mueller nears the end of his 12 years as head of the law enforcement agency, lawmakers questioned him about the IRS, surveillance activities, and the Boston Marathon bombing. (AP Photo/J. Scott ...
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CSX sues truck driver in Baltimore-area derailment
BALTIMORE -; CSX is suing a garbage truck driver and his company for negligence in the explosive derailment of a freight train near ...
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Nobel recipient among winners of Jefferson Awards
WASHINGTON -; Two U.S. Senators, the winner of a Nobel Prize for peace, a labor leader and the owner of a professional tennis team are among the people being honored with a national prize for public ...
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