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Nigeria and China sign $23bn deal for three refineries – BBC

Posted: 14 May 2010 05:33 PM PDT


8 killed, over 100 wounded as Thai troops fire on rioting protesters – Arab News

Posted: 14 May 2010 05:33 PM PDT


8 killed, over 100 wounded as Thai troops fire on rioting protesters – Arab News

Posted: 14 May 2010 05:33 PM PDT


Emergency Crews Rush to Scene of Three New Hampshire Explosions – Fox

Posted: 14 May 2010 05:32 PM PDT


Emergency Crews Rush to Scene of Three New Hampshire Explosions – Fox

Posted: 14 May 2010 05:32 PM PDT


Stocks tumble as European worries return; euro drops to 19-month low – Gold hits record – USA Today

Posted: 14 May 2010 05:28 PM PDT


Stocks tumble as European worries return; euro drops to 19-month low – Gold hits record – USA Today

Posted: 14 May 2010 05:28 PM PDT


Stocks tumble as European worries return; euro drops to 19-month low – Gold hits record – USA Today

Posted: 14 May 2010 05:28 PM PDT


Homicide Bombers Kill 10 at Iraqi Soccer Game – Fox

Posted: 14 May 2010 05:28 PM PDT


Homicide Bombers Kill 10 at Iraqi Soccer Game – Fox

Posted: 14 May 2010 05:28 PM PDT


New terror monitors: parking attendants – Program trains them to serve as the eyes and ears of law enforcement – U.S. News

Posted: 14 May 2010 05:28 PM PDT


Can a United Methodist Seminary be ‘Interfaith’

Posted: 14 May 2010 03:53 PM PDT

"Will Muslims, Hindus and Buddhists want to study theology at a declining, liberal Mainline Protestant seminary?" -- Mark Tooley, IRD President Contact: Jeff Walton, Institute on Religion and Democracy, 202-682-4131, 202-413-5639 cell, jwalton@TheIRD.org WASHINGTON, May 14 /Christian Newswire/ -- A California seminary affiliated with the United Methodist Church is planning to launch schools of ministry for non-Christians. Claremont School of Theology is developing the "Claremont Un Source: Institute on Religion & [...]


Stocks slide on concerns about global recovery – AP

Posted: 14 May 2010 03:45 PM PDT


The Obama Nashville Scandal

Posted: 14 May 2010 03:19 PM PDT

Contact: Catherine Veritas, 904-687-9804 OPINION, May 14 /Christian Newswire/ -- Randall Terry submits the following for publication and is available for comment: It is now glaringly obvious that President Obama has offered little moral support to the citizens of Nashville Tennessee and the surrounding areas that have been devastated by the recent flood. Has the President visited the area? No. Has he done a "fly by?" No. Has he held a press conference discussing this tragedy, and the Source: Society for Truth and [...]


White House’s Volcker: Future of Euro in Doubt – CNBC

Posted: 14 May 2010 02:16 PM PDT


Clinton: We won’t get a serious response from Iran without sanctions

Posted: 14 May 2010 01:10 PM PDT


Atlantis blasts off on its last space mission – 40,000 spectators turn out to watch start of shuttle’s swan song – MSNBC

Posted: 14 May 2010 12:40 PM PDT


More Fraud In Stimulus-Funded Weatherization Program

Posted: 14 May 2010 12:14 PM PDT

Weeks after rampant fraud was exposed in a welfare program to make low-income houses energy efficient in Wisconsin, a similar example of widespread corruption has surfaced in Texas.

Both states' "weatherization" projects were funded with tax dollars allocated nationwide through a $5 billion stimulus infusion. The goal is to make the homes of poor folks more efficient by offering them free insulation, sealing and even new central heating and cooling systems compliments of Uncle Sam. Some people even get new refrigerators, water heaters and furnaces.

The U.S. Department of Energy distributes the cash to local "community groups" that usually subcontract companies to do the actual work. The problem is that there is virtually no oversight and plenty of corruption has been documented in various states while the Obama Administration keeps pouring cash into the scandal-plagued program.

This week a Texas news organization reports serious problems in the workmanship of more than half of the weatherization jobs recently performed in the state. The flawed projects have so far cost taxpayers $22.3 million and were performed by a Houston nonprofit that refuses to reveal the locations of the homes it has weatherized with federal stimulus dollars.

Additionally, the so-called community group (Sheltering Arms Senior Services of Houston) illegally spent nearly half of its federal funding on administrative costs even though the legal limit is 5%. In dozens of cases the work could not be documented and in at least 33 of 53 cases, corrections must be made—at taxpayer expense—because the work was done incorrectly.

Less than a month ago a Wisconsin nonprofit called La Casa de Esperanza (The House of Hope) spent a chunk of its $20 million weatherization budget to buy gift cards for its employees, Christmas decorations, Halloween candy and to pay parking tickets. The husband of a charity employee also got $10,000 worth of U.S. taxpayer-financed work on his home and much of the weatherization done on houses that actually qualified was faulty or didn't meet the federal standards.

Texas has received the biggest chunk of stimulus cash—$327 million—for weatherization programs with Wisconsin getting $141.5 million and North Carolina $132 million. The allocations are simply a speck on the never ending list of examples of fraud and abuse in the $787 billion stimulus that Obama promised would jumpstart the economy and put Americans back to work.

Instead, tens of millions of dollars have gone to companies under criminal investigation for defrauding the government and tens of millions more have funded wasteful projects including multi million-dollar turtle crossings, abandoned train stations and Social Security stimulus checks for 10,000 dead people.

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US Delegation of Evangelicals in Morocco React to Deportations

Posted: 14 May 2010 11:42 AM PDT

Contact: Rev. David Anderson, National Clergy Council, 941-232-1621 MOROCCO, May 14 /Christian Newswire/ -- A delegation of evangelical church leaders visiting Morocco at the urging of various Christian ministry organizations working inside and outside this North African country, today commented from the capital of Rabat about recent deportations of Christians and the announcement by US Representative Frank Wolf that he will hold hearings on the matter next month. Spokesman for the delega Source: Faith and [...]


Police arrest 14 protestors in Sheikh Jarrah

Posted: 14 May 2010 11:01 AM PDT


Adderall a Miracle Drug to College Students: Highly Addictive Nature Ignored

Posted: 14 May 2010 10:32 AM PDT

Adderall is a drug widely reported to increase alertness, concentration and overall cognitive performance, while decreasing fatigue but it is also a drug widely abused across college campuses. During final exams time and throughout the year, students are consuming this highly addictive drug in order to study, as well as in many cases to lose weight due to the loss of appetite realized when Adderall is taken. Prescribed on a regular basis to treat ADHD and ADD, Adderall is being sold and ha Source: Timberline [...]


California Pastor Anticipating Largest Festival in Cayman Islands’ History

Posted: 14 May 2010 10:12 AM PDT

Contact: Trish Teves, 858-405-4385 CAYMAN ISLANDS, May 14 /Christian Newswire/ -- California Pastor Miles McPherson returned to the Caribbean this week with a large team of volunteers to "do something" for the region. McPherson, a former NFL Player, Senior Pastor of the Rock Church, San Diego and founder of Miles Ahead has produced the Cayman Islands "Do Something World Festival," to take place May 14-15. The festival is expected to be the largest of its kind in the Islands' history, Source: Miles [...]


White House’s Volcker: Future of Euro in Doubt – CNBC

Posted: 14 May 2010 09:31 AM PDT


White House’s Volcker: Future of Euro in Doubt – CNBC

Posted: 14 May 2010 09:31 AM PDT


Kyria.com Focuses on Hospitality with Open Invitation Sweepstakes

Posted: 14 May 2010 09:04 AM PDT

Contact: Ginger Kolbaba, Christianity Today, 630-260-6200 ext 4214, gkolbaba@christianitytoday.com CAROL STREAM, Ill., May 14 /Christian Newswire/ -- Kyria.com launched its first sweepstakes as an open invitation to the June issue of the Kyria digizine, which focuses on hospitality as a spiritual discipline. The Kyria.com Open Invitation Sweepstakes runs through May 26. All entries to the Kyria.com Open Invitation Sweepstakes receive a free, 30-day trial to Kyria.com, a web resource for t Source: Christianity [...]


Eagle Forum Joins Coalition Opposed to the Dodd Bank Bill

Posted: 14 May 2010 08:59 AM PDT


Ching Hai’s cult took my wife – now it’s funding a woodland in North Wales

Posted: 14 May 2010 08:39 AM PDT

Ching Hai An elderly man who lost his wife to a religious cult has pleaded with the Woodland Trust not to take money from the group.

The man said the money had been donated to "buy credibility" for Ching Hai. He urged Coed Cadw to return the money, as President Clinton and the US Red Cross did with similar donations when they learned more about the organisation.

Pelosi Launches Amnesty Campaign

Posted: 14 May 2010 08:11 AM PDT

 

A week after ordering Catholic Church leaders to push immigration reform from the pulpit, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi promises to go full throttle with legislation that will extend amnesty to the estimated 12 million illegal aliens in the United States.

Congress will continue to work for a fairer, more compassionate, more just immigration system, Madame Speaker assured a Capitol Hill audience at the Asian-American and Pacific Islanders Summit this week. It will include a path to legalization and will honor family unification, Pelosi added.

The San Francisco Democrat also committed to creating "greater diversity" in the workplace and revealed a new Capitol Hill initiative to "increase House diversity and opportunities" for minority candidates at all staff levels. She then affirmed that "the beauty is in the mix," evidently referring to mingling a variety of ethnicities.

Last week, in her ongoing push to legalize the illegal, Pelosi urged Catholic leaders to "instruct" parishioners to advocate for immigration reform. Clerics should "play a very major role" in supporting the Democrats' amnesty plans, the Speaker said at a Catholic Community conference on Capitol Hill.

Some of the people who oppose amnesty for illegal aliens are sitting in those pews, Madame Speaker told church leaders, and they must be told that immigration reform is a "manifestation of our living Gospels." She also claimed that immigration is included in the Bible's teachings on the dignity and worth of every person.

Though it's unusual for a legislator to openly encourage clergy to push a specific policy, the source of this fierce campaign is hardly surprising. Pelosi has long advocated for illegal immigrants and represents in Congress a sanctuary city (San Francisco) that proudly offers them public benefits and official government identifications.

Pelosi also opposes taking measures to secure the increasingly violent Mexican border. In 2006, she voted against legislation (Secure Fence Act) to fund construction of a 700-mile, reinforced fence along a dangerously porous stretch of the southern border. She has also long advocated for amnesty for illegal immigrants, claiming that temporary worker programs don't work.

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Holder balks at blaming ‘radical Islam’ for terror attempts – Washington Times

Posted: 14 May 2010 07:45 AM PDT


Report: Russia signs arms deal with Syria

Posted: 14 May 2010 07:45 AM PDT


Palin Says She Connects to ‘Tough, Gun-Toting, Pioneer Feminism’

Posted: 14 May 2010 07:01 AM PDT

Former Gov. Sarah Palin (R.-Alaska) said on Friday she feels a connection with what she called the "tough, gun-toting" Western feminism of Annie Oakley, which she contrasted with the feminism of "the faculty lounge at some East Coast women's [...]


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Posted: 14 May 2010 06:56 AM PDT

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Israeli Bedouins Arrested for Roadway Terror

Posted: 14 May 2010 06:38 AM PDT

Four Bedouin Israelis have been arrested for allegedly attacking motorists on Highway 40.


Israeli Bedouins Arrested for Roadway Terror

Posted: 14 May 2010 06:38 AM PDT

Four Bedouin Israelis have been arrested for allegedly attacking motorists on Highway 40.


Four Israeli Bedouin arrested for conspiracy to commit terror acts

Posted: 14 May 2010 05:56 AM PDT


EU, under threat, shows new urgency in crisis – Reuters

Posted: 14 May 2010 05:40 AM PDT


Catholic Families for America Endorses Marco Rubio

Posted: 14 May 2010 05:00 AM PDT

CFA Executive Director: "For all people of faith, but especially those who are faithful to the teachings of the Catholic Church, we strongly encourage them to support Marco Rubio." Contact: Dr. Kevin Roberts, Catholic Families for America, 512-686-3125 WASHINGTON, May 14 /Christian Newswire/ -- Today Marco Rubio picked up a major endorsement in his race for the U.S. Senate seat in Florida. Catholic Families for America (CFA), one of the largest organizations of lay Catholics in the natio Source: Catholic Families for [...]


The Islamist next door – May 14

Posted: 14 May 2010 04:44 AM PDT

A few days after the failed attempt of a Pakistani-born, naturalized American citizen to blow Times Square sky high, I bravely made my way through the returning throng of tourists and street vendors to take a look. By my calculation, had the jackal, Faisal Shahzad, 30, succeeded with his evil project in the early evening [...]


The First Amendment under ‘progressive’ siege – May 14

Posted: 14 May 2010 04:40 AM PDT

Once upon a time we could count on lawyers and law school professors to defend the First Amendment, the most important 46 words in the Constitution. Those 46 words make everything else possible. Shut up the people and the government can shut down every other freedom. View Full [...]


3 Pakistani men arrested in Northeast raids – May 14

Posted: 14 May 2010 04:38 AM PDT

WATERTOWN, Mass. | Three Pakistani men who authorities say supplied funds to Times Square car-bomb suspect Faisal Shahzad were arrested Thursday in a series of raids across the Northeast as the FBI followed the money trail in the failed attack. Investigators said it was not yet clear whether the three men knew how the money was [...]


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