USA News, Sep 21, 2011

Man apprehended after climbing fence, running toward White House USA Today By Michael Winter, USA TODAY Secret Service officers apprehended a man who climbed over theWhite House fence near the western entrance gate and ran toward the presidential residence this evening, the Associated Press reports. About 6:35 pm ET, ... See all stories on this topic »

Author defends book on Obama, 2008 economic crisis USA Today Obama officials say errors and questionable quotes undermine author Ron Suskind's claims of a dysfunctional White House. Suskind says the administration is reacting the way most institutions do "when the curtain is pulled back. ... See all stories on this topic » USA Today

House Republicans Challenge US Effort To Block AT&T Deal Wall Street Journal s (T) $39 billion purchase of Deutsche Telekom AG's T-Mobile USA, drawing a contrast with the Democratic White House as both parties gear up for the 2012 elections. "As House Republicans, we have both called for and supported your efforts to require ... See all stories on this topic »

White House's Hispanic Heritage Month Activities, the Week of September 19 – 23rd Texas Insider As a part of the week's activities, the White House will host a special screening of Citizen USA: A 50 State Road Trip, directed by Alexandra Pelosi and recently featured on HBO. In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, the US Department of State's ... See all stories on this topic » Texas Insider

Obama Debt Plan Faces Divided Congress Voice of America “The White House asserts two dollars in cuts for every one dollar in tax hikes. The true figure is nowhere close to that. The president's plan is comprised of tax hikes alone, in reality,” Sessions said. White House officials dispute those accusations. ... See all stories on this topic »

Carville predicts Obama personnel changes USA Today (blog) By David Jackson, USA TODAY Democratic consultant James Carville is happy with President Obama's new aggressiveness on taxing the rich but says more White House changes are needed -- and he predicts there will be some regarding personnel.... See all stories on this topic » USA Today (blog)

Obama hits new low in another poll -- 39% USA Today (blog) By David Jackson, USA TODAY And the 39% job approval rating is just the start of the bad news for the White House in the new survey from from The Marist College Institute for Public Opinion. "The president's job approval rating, his favorability, ... See all stories on this topic » USA Today (blog)

Keystone pipeline will mean more jobs - for Americans Edmonton Journal We have seen celebrities seeking arrest in front of the White House this summer, and an open letter to Obama from Nobel laureates, including the Dalai Lama. Opposition to the pipeline has been based almost entirely on environmental grounds, ... See all stories on this topic »

Party's unanimity over 2012 candidate disintegrating WND.com The world (and the USA) cannot afford to have this buffoon in the White House one more day past his current term. Let's hope history repeats itself and we have Jimmy Carter, Part Deux," added another. New York Times columnist David Brooks called ... See all stories on this topic » WND.com

The Note's Must-Reads for Wednesday, September 21, 2011 ABC News (blog) LINK The Wall Street Journal's Laura Meckler: “White House Faces Mideast Test” President Barack Obama set out early in his presidency to repair a tattered US relationship with the Muslim world and rekindle the Middle East peace process. ... See all stories on this topic »

Housing starts drop underscores economic woes Reuters The ongoing weakness in housing keeps pressure on the White House to provide more support. Obama, who is struggling with a 9.1 percent unemployment rate that imperils his re-election bid next year, has proposed a $447 billion stimulus package combining... See all stories on this topic » Reuters

Fashion Week USA Today The Temperley London show, held at Somerset House, featured glam neutrals like this romper/duster combo in muted rose. Some of the Temperley models wore white headwraps, and all of the girls sported scarlet lips. Which look would look best on Pippa's ... See all stories on this topic »

Bachmann: Campaign is 'alive and well' USA Today Rick Perry joined the White House race last month -- on the same day she won the Iowa straw poll. She's now at 5% in the latest USA TODAY/Gallup Poll released yesterday, well behind Perry, Mitt Romney and Ron Paul. Rollins, who stepped down as ... See all stories on this topic » USA Today

Fact check: The wealthy already pay more taxes USA Today In his White House address on Monday, Obama called on Congress to increase taxes by $1.5 trillion as part of a 10-year deficit reduction package totaling more than $3 trillion. He proposed that Congress overhaul the tax code and impose what he called ... See all stories on this topic » USA Today

Obama Has High Stakes in Mideast Showdown at UN Voice of America But sensing trouble, the Obama White House now is making an effort to shore up support among Jewish groups and affirm the president's support of Israel. Presidential spokesman Jay Carney was asked about the issue at a recent news briefing. ... See all stories on this topic »

'Children's Crusade' explores superhero family matters USA Today By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY In a jam-packed miniseries with Avengers, X-Men, X-Factor and others, writer Allan Heinberg makes sure he keeps his focus on what really matters in Avengers: The Children's Crusade: family and a group of friends who might as ... See all stories on this topic » USA Today

Pat Boone Maintains Obama Was Born in Kenya, Not USA Christian Post By Herbert Pinnock | Christian Post Contributor Pat Boone is convinced that President Barack Obama is a Kenyan and does not believe the veracity of the famous - or infamous - birth certificate released by the White House to quell allegations of Obama's ... See all stories on this topic »

USA Deports 1.5 Million Immigrants Radio Cadena Agramonet Obama's current policy faces criticism not only from Democrats and Republicans, but also from Latinos, considered the largest and fastest-growing ethnic minority in theUnited States. On Aug. 18, the White House announced an initiative to reduce ... See all stories on this topic » Radio Cadena Agramonet

George Kaiser 2009: “There's never been more money shoved out of the ... Reason Online (blog) George Kaiser, who visited the White House repeatedly during the period when the Obama Department of Energy decided to grant Solyndra a half-billion-dollar taxpayer-guaranteed loan, spoke to the Rotary Club of Tulsa on July 8, 2009, highlighting his ... See all stories on this topic » Reason Online (blog)

Medicaid quietly dodges deficit reduction battle Washington Post (blog) Medicare, the health insurance program serving 50 million seniors, could face big cuts from theWhite House and Congress. Under the deficit reduction proposal that President Obama outlined yesterday, seniors would pay more for the Medicare benefits ... See all stories on this topic »

EDITORIAL: Use care on changes to benefits Clarksville Leaf Chronicle Another $6.7 billion in government spending over 10 years would be saved, according to the White House, if a $200 annual fee were charged to retired military families who wish to continue with the Tricare-for-Life program that supplements Medicare for ... See all stories on this topic »

Mr. Obama, Can You Spare a Dime ('s Worth of Commonsense)? The Fiscal Times This is not a new proposal from the Obama White House. The president suggested virtually the same plan in 2009 as part of his 2010 budget; then it was targeted at paying for health-care expenses. The nonprofit community mobilized to squash the measure, ... See all stories on this topic » The Fiscal Times

Presidents of USA and Turkey discuss retaliation for Syrian government vestnik kavkaza Spokeswoman of the White House Liz-Sherwood Randall said that Obama wants reduction of tensions in the Middle East region as a whole. The UN published an official report on the incident with the Freedom Flotilla that had happened in May 2010. ... See all stories on this topic »

Stopping the Perry Steamroller Daily Beast But a memo to the White House and other Democrats salivating at the thought of running against a man who questions climate change and evolution: Be careful what you wish for. If the economy is in the toilet and President Obama continues to be seen as a ... See all stories on this topic » Daily Beast

Must Visit North American Capitals Toronto Sun From the national monuments and the White House to the Smithsonian Museum's and the National Archives - there's something for every tourist. (Shutterstock) Canada's largest city is one of its most spectacular. Toronto, Ontario's capital, is situated on ... See all stories on this topic »

Protesters continue to flood Wall Street msnbc.com (blog) Nothing is going to change, the guy in the whitehouse needs corporate money and the union vote there is an election next year. Sounds like a bunch of useless scumbags clogging up the streets, annoying citizens that actually work for a living and pay ... See all stories on this topic »

San Jose Mariachi Festival is underway Metroblogging.com (blog) Saturday's film, “The Harvest” explores the hard world of immigrant child labor in theUnited States, and will be preceded by a keynote address by White House official Jose Rico. The musical highlights are a Friday night concert and Saturday's outdoor... See all stories on this topic » Metroblogging.com (blog)

The Strange Tale Of Ron Suskind's Confidence Men, CNN's Erin Burnett And A ... Mediaite by Alex Alvarez | 5:00 pm, September 20th, 2011 Ron Suskind's new book Confidence Men has been making waves for its unflattering portrayal of an Obama White House replete with sexism and incompetence. Now, Suskind himself is in the spotlight… along ... See all stories on this topic »

FBI is on your cell phone. Do you care? WND.com I'm not aware of any signs of even small-scale angry protests from citizens that will add to his already formidable obstacles to remaining in the White House. But maybe what follows could begin to awaken some of us to the continual eroding of our ... See all stories on this topic » WND.com

Troy Davis on Georgia Death Row loses final appeal San Francisco Chronicle As his scheduled execution today neared, his backers resorted to far-fetched measures: urging prison workers to strike or call in sick, asking prosecutors to block the execution - even considering a desperate appeal for White House intervention. ... See all stories on this topic »

Barack Obama is history's least convincing class warrior Telegraph.co.uk (blog) Cleaver said, "If (former President) Bill Clinton had been in the White House and had failed to address this problem, we probably would be marching on the White House.” They haven't because they don't want to undermine America's first black president. ... See all stories on this topic »

What's going on today Chicago Sun-Times For costumed volunteers, an informational meeting will be held from 4 to 8 pm in the Meeting Houseat Naper Settlement, 523 S. Webster St. Volunteers must be at least 16 years old. For more information, call 630-420-6773 or email ... See all stories on this topic »

The return of the prodigal son Times.am Besides this Western experts are sure that the White House is able to restore the authority over Turkey when it is needed. I had an impression that the West was waiting for the moment when Turkey would itself have a rebuff with the neighboring ... See all stories on this topic »

The World's Biggest Carbon Bomb Greenpeace International (blog) “A movement is being born right here in front of the White House,” said Bill McKibben, 350.org founder, who helped organize the protest. “We're at the White House because Keystone is the pipeline Americans have a real hope of stopping, ... See all stories on this topic » Greenpeace International (blog)

Yemen, the family war The Guardian John Brennan, the White House counterterrorism adviser, stated this month that "counterterrorism co-operation with Yemen is better than it's been in years". But the Pentagon's reliance on Ahmed and his cousins is distorting Yemen's domestic politics,... See all stories on this topic » The Guardian

Nicholson says crime bill not based on 'latest stats' CTV.ca NDP justice critic Joe Comartin speaks tot he media in the foyer of the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011. Liberal Interim Leader Bob Rae asks a question during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament ... See all stories on this topic » CTV.ca

The President of Sierra Leone, His Excellency Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma is coming ... Cocorioko On Monday September, Governor Deval Patrick will Officially welcome President Ernest Bai Koroma at the Massachusetts State House, Beacon Street in Downtown Boston starting at 9 am prompt. The ceremony at the Boston Marriot Copley was put together by ... See all stories on this topic » Cocorioko

Accuracy of newly-installed red light cameras questioned Denver Post (blog) The video clearly showed me stopping for the light, then proceeding with my turn. The snapshot photos showed me stopped at the white line. The ticket mailed to me was for a “white line violation”. There is no “No Right Turn on Red” restriction at the ... See all stories on this topic »

US building drone bases in Africa, Arab Peninsula - media report gulfnews.com The White House declined comment on the report. The United States and Seychellois officials have previously acknowledged the drones' presence in the island but have said that their primary mission was to track pirates. But classified US diplomatic ... See all stories on this topic »

Catapult Consultants Wins Recompetition of a Multi-Million Dollar Contract ... Citybizlist (press release) ... providing multiple standard weekly reports, and compiling many ad-hoc requests for reporting and statistical analysis from Congress, The White House, The Inspector General, publications, lenders, other government agencies, and internal stakeholders ... See all stories on this topic »

Del. towns transplant adult trees Houston Chronicle Species planted so far include bald cypress, London plane, eastern white pine, sweet bay magnolia, swamp white oak, willow oak, snow goose cherry, and kwanzan cherry. The next round of trees will include thundercloud plum, golden rain tree, ... See all stories on this topic »

Sideshow: Taylor Armstrong: He said 'I'll kill you' | Philadelphia Inquirer ... Philadelphia Inquirer And it's 3.6 mil more than the previous record, set by the May 2005 season finale, says USA Today. Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Times reports that Charlie is ready to accept $25 mil to settle his $100 mil lawsuit against Warner Bros. and Chuck Lorre for ... See all stories on this topic »

Coyote Football Returns to the Big Ten at No. 6/7 Wisconsin Saturday University of South Dakota Coyotes Live stats, audio and subscription video will also be available for all Coyote homegames through USDCoyotes.com. The University of South Dakota's Coyote Coaches Corner continues all season long and the next Coaches Corner is scheduled for Sept.... See all stories on this topic » University of South Dakota Coyotes

Prescription Drugs Now Top Auto Accidents In Death Toll InjuryBoard.com In April of this year, the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy issued a Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention Plan. One part of that Plan is the prevention of improper presription practices. The Plan, however, fails to address what roll the ... See all stories on this topic »

New book blasts Obama administration — RT By RT It's time to do what's right.” With those words, President Obama ended a 20-minute-long speech from the White House this morning in which he outlined how the US will afford the $4 trillion needed for his American Jobs Act. People look at a list ... News RSS : Today

James Carville To White House: Panic (VIDEO) | Roland S. Martin ... In a CNN.com article, James Carville warns the White House that the ... Gov. Patrick: Racism In Birther Movement (VIDEO). Source: CNN New York – In an interview ... Source: Melanie Eversley /USA Today A social media campaign to stop an ... www.rolandsmartin.com/.../james-carville-to-white-house-pani...

Obama's ineligibility: Muslim-leftist radical in the White House ... Barack Hussein Obama is the most successful enemy penetration of the US Government in ....News » · Video: Michelle Malkin on Solyndra. September 20, 2011 ... usjf.net/.../obama’s-ineligibility-muslim-leftist-radical-in-the-w...

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