Navy Times By Lance M. Bacon - Staff writer The first 19 women to serve aboard subs will be selected this summer, and will likely be officers new to the Navy, according to the Navy’s guidelines for bringing women into the undersea service. An additiona… more »

By Calvin WoodwardAssociated Press WASHINGTON For days, as an oil spill spread in the Gulf of Mexico, BP assured the government the plume was manageable, not catastrophic. Federal authorities were content to let the company handle the mess while ke… more »

  By MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- Stepping up the pressure on Goldman Sachs two days after its executives were grilled and publicly rebuked by lawmakers, the Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation of the Wall Stree… more »

Venice, Louisiana (CNN) -- Gulf Coast residents smelled a calamity Friday as the oil slick caused by the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion floated toward Louisiana. The Coast Guard was conducting a flyover Friday morning to see if oil had reached the sta… more »

Written by: Barry Secrest As we  endure the shrill protests being emitted by the Media against the Tea Party and the beleaguered citizens of Arizona, we can begin to attune ourselves to certain voices which  stand out.  The President, alo… more »

AP Calif. governor tells Leno he would run ‘without any doubt’ if he could BURBANK, Calif. - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger would love to run for president — if he could. California's actor-turned-governor was born in Austria and the U.S. Constitution pre… more »

Forbes.com by Francesca Levy In these cities, the housing crisis is expected to worsen. Since the late 1970s casino-rich Atlantic City, N.J., has been a beachfront escape for poker aficionados and Keno-loving retirees from Philadelphia, Northern Ne… more »

By Barry Secrest Releasing tomorrow... Welcome to Bizarro World Leonard Pitts   White + Republican + Male = Racist!! Barry Secrest   Liberal Versus Conservative on Race and The Tea Party   The Politics of Crying  Racism: R… more »

Associated Press   The slick is making its way toward a delicate environment of birds, marine life and some of the nation's richest seafood grounds.   AP April 29: Oil booms that were placed in preparation of the looming oil spill from las… more »

Associated Press   Former GOP darling Gov. Charlie Crist defected from the Republican Party on Thursday to run as an independent for U.S. Senate, after months of being ripped by conservatives as too supportive of President Obama.   Florida Gov… more »

 Rajesh Mirchandani BBC News Opponents of the law say anyone could be stopped simply for looking Hispanic A tough new anti-immigration law in the US state of Arizona is facing its first legal challenges. Critics say the new l… more »

Pravda The prime ministers of India and Pakistan agreed Thursday to resume peace talks between their top diplomats and work toward rebuilding trust shattered by the deadly 2008 Mumbai terror attacks that New Delhi blamed on Pakistani militants.… more »

FOXNews.com  The House voted Thursday to allow Puerto Ricans to decide their own political future and relationship with the United States.     A demonstrator marches under a Puerto Rican flag in San Juan Oct. 15, 2009. (AP Photo) The H… more »

Wired Brian X. Chen and Kim Zetter   The person who found and sold an Apple iPhone prototype says he regrets not doing more to return the device to its owner, according to a statement provided by his attorney Thursday in response to queries fr… more »

By Zachary A. Goldfarb Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, April 29, 2010; 8:25 PM   The Securities and Exchange Commission has referred its investigation of Goldman Sachs to the Justice Department for possible criminal prosecution, less tha… more »

Heritage Foundation By Amanda Reinecker Leading up to the vote on Senator Chris Dodd's 1,408 page financial reform bill, lobbyists from big labor and big finance joined forces to make sure the legislation was a Wall Street Bailout Bill. And that's e… more »

BBC news By Jonathan Fildes Yahoo Chief Executive Carol Bartz said that Google will have "a problem" if it does not diversify its business, the head of Yahoo has told BBC News. She further indicates that  Google would have to "do a lot more than se… more »

By Cristina Corbin  - FOXNews.com   Interior Secretary Ken Salazar on Wednesday approved the construction of a controversial wind farm off the coast of Cape Cod that puts the Obama administration at odds with one of the president's biggest supporters… more »

Pravda According to Symantec, the number of cyber crimes last year has increased twofold and continues to grow, while the number of hacker attacks has increased by 71%. Within the last year nearly 3 million viruses were registered. Russia shot significa… more »

By JULIE PACEAssociated Press Writer President Barack Obama answers question for members of the media aboard Air Force One entroute to Andrews Air Force Base, Wednesday, April 28, 2010. ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE President Barack… more »

BY JONATHAN J. COOPER and PAUL DAVENPORTAssociated Press Writers Andrea Mercado makes a sign in Oakland, Calif., Tuesday, April 27, 2010 in preparation for a planned May 1 immigration rally against Arizona Senate Bill 1070 P… more »

CNN Newsblog Despite some gains, more than half of the United States' population lives in cities where pollution levels make the air unhealthy to breathe, an annual report says. Cities in California dominated the most-polluted list in the American Lu… more »

By Gene J. Koprowski - FOXNews.com  A leading global warming skeptic recruited a group of concerned citizens to fact-check the sources referenced in the U.N.'s latest climate-change bible -- and gave the report an "F." Now she's planning the nail i… more »

By Barry Secrest Coming up at Conservative Refocus, we take extreme issue with Miami Herald Columnist Leonard Pitt's Broad brush stroke of painting the Tea Party as "racist" as a result of a New York Times Poll. In addition we take a brief glance at… more »

Associated Press   Nidal Hasan is accused of opening fire at the post on Nov. 5, killing 13 and wounding dozens. FORT WORTH, Texas -- Military prosecutors sent a notice Wednesday indicating they plan to seek the death penalty against the Army… more »

Navy Times By Philip Ewing - Staff writer  An Iranian maritime patrol aircraft buzzed the carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower at sea in the Middle East last week, passing within 1,000 yards of the ship, but American defense officials sought to downplay the e… more »

Huffington Post GARDEN CITY, N.Y. — A New York-based beverage company finds itself in the middle of the controversy over an Arizona immigration law simply because it shares its name with the state. An initiative apparently started on the Internet ask… more »

Image: www.kremlin.ru Businessinsider.com Gus Lubin North Korea has adopted a new war invasion strategy and shifted troop reserves accordingly, according to JoongAng Daily. The new plan calls for the immediate occupation of part of Seoul, follow… more »

Both Republicans and Democrats expect a bill to be approved eventually Republicans in the US Senate have dropped their objection to a debate on the most significant reforms to financial regulations since the 1930s. BBC News Senate Banking Committ… more »

Reuters Gordon Brown has said he is "mortified" after being caught on microphone describing a pensioner he had just spoken to as a "bigoted woman". Gillian Duffy, 65, had challenged him on issues including immigration. As he got into his car, he was… more »

People hold signs as they protest against Senate Bill 1070 outside the Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix, Arizona April 25, 2010. Credit: Reuters/Joshua Lott PHOENIX (Reuters) - U.S. Hispanics and Democratic   (Reuters) - U.S. Hispan… more »

ALBANY (CBS) ¯  New York State Senator Kevin Parker It looks like the circus and childish antics are rearing their ugly head once again in Albany. It started as an angry blow-up, and then it escalated. A state senator with a history of anger manageme… more »

By HOPE YEN, Associated Press Writer Hope Yen, Associated Press Writer – Wed Apr 28, 4:21 pm ET WASHINGTON – Five states — New York, California, Texas, Arizona and Florida — are perilously close to losing out on congressional seats because of lackl… more »

BBC News Young Arab women wait in an upmarket medical clinic for an operation that will not only change their lives, but quite possibly save it. Yet the operation is a matter of choice and not necessity. It costs about 2,000 euros (£1,700) and carries… more »

Foxnews Major Garrett What does "everything" mean when President Obama's debt commission tackles the nation's $14 trillion debt? It could mean Obama's prized health care law. The commission's co-chairs, Democrat Erskine Bowles and Republican Alan Sim… more »

Bloomberg By Jonathan J. Levin and Catherine Dodge April 27 (Bloomberg) -- Mexicans in Arizona should carry documentation and “act carefully” after the state passed a law requiring local police to determine the immigration status of anyone suspec… more »

The Baseline Scenario By Simon Johnson, co-author 13 Bankers Most days we can coast along, confident that tomorrow will be much like yesterday.  On a very few days we need to look hard at the news headlines, click through to read the whole story, and… more »

Time By Alexandra Silver During 14 years on the Comedy Central air, South Park has satirized nearly everyone and everything. But after the April 14 broadcast of the series' 200th episode—which included a Muhammad character hidden from view, thanks to… more »

By Craig Whitlock Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, April 27, 2010; 3:00 PM   The Obama administration said Tuesday it would provide more information to Congress about the Fort Hood shootings but continued to defy a subpoena request for wit… more »

  By Barry Secrest Excerpt:    Congressional Kryptonite The current budget deficit is nearly double any previous administration's budget deficit at 7.8% of GDP.  This means that every household in America will owe a budget deficit in the amo… more »

BBC News Global stock markets tumbled after Greece's debt was downgraded to "junk" by rating agency Standard & Poor's over concerns that the country may default. It makes the struggling nation the first eurozone member to have its debt downgraded… more »

Syria has dismissed the allegations that it smuggled Scuds to HezbollahThe US defence secretary has warned that Hezbollah now has more rockets and missiles than most governments.BBC NewsRobert Gates accused Syria and Iran of supplying weapons o… more »

Navy Times By Philip Ewing - Staff writer  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi praised the Navy’s decision to name an amphibious warship after Rep. John Murtha, but the formal announcement Friday added fuel to an already smoldering backlash online. Murtha —… more »

ABC News By JONATHAN J. COOPER and AMANDA LEE MYERS Associated Press Writers The frustration had been building for years in Arizona with every drug-related kidnapping, every home invasion, every "safe house" discovered crammed with illegal immigrants… more »

By Dana MilbankWednesday, April 28, 2010   Fabulous Fab was having another less-than-fabulous day.This StoryExecutives face Senate grillingPlanet Washington meets Planet Wall StreetGOP again blocks vote on regulation… more »

Drudge Report Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told a Senate hearing Tuesday that unmanned aerial drones will soon fly through Texas skies!"Big Sis" declared that over the past 15 months, federal law enforcement initiatives have made the bo… more »

NBC Connecticut By LEANNE GENDREAU AFP/Getty Images President Barack Obama has denied aid to individuals affected by March’s massive storms and Gov. M. Jodi Rell said she plans to file a formal appeal. The decision comes just days a… more »

  NAMI / AFP - Getty Images A photo from Noah's Ark Ministries International shows a member of the Chinese-Turkish evangelical exploration team looking at wooden beams inside a compartment of a structure that the team has linked to th… more »

Idahostatesman.com Dan Popkey Congressional candidate Vaughn Ward has violated a Pentagon directive prohibiting the impression that his campaign is supported by the military, according to the Marine Corps. Ward is a Marine major assigned to 28 days… more »

Associated Press  Republican Gov. Jan Brewer, who signed the bill on Friday, said Arizona must act because Washington has failed to stop the flow of illegal immigrants and drugs from Mexico. April 24: Arizona Capitol police gather as protes… more »

The Australian government has put plans for a flagship emissions trading scheme on hold until 2013 at the earliest. The move comes after the scheme was rejected twice by the Senate, where Prime Minster Kevin Rudd's government does not have a majority.… more »

Pravda,RU To some in the world it must have sounded a little strange to notice that the State Council of the Republic of Cuba will hold elections on Sunday, April 25, for the 169 delegates to municipal assemblies of People's Power.  That is perfectly u… more »

The Wall Street Journal   Goldman had a strategy of shorting the mortgage market, making $3.7 billion from the tactic, Senate investigators said, setting up a showdown with Goldman executives testifying Tuesday. WASHINGTON—Goldman Sachs Group… more »

By STEPHANIE FARRPhiladelphia Daily Newsfarrs@phillynews.com 215-854-4225How did they Nazi this coming? Three men who showed up in full Nazi regalia to a hardcore punk show at an Old City bar Friday night were attacked by as many as 50 people on th… more »

Worldnet Daily Patrick J. Buchanan With the support of 70 percent of its citizens, Arizona has ordered sheriffs and police to secure the border and remove illegal aliens, half a million of whom now reside there. Arizona acted because the U.S. gover… more »

A PowerPoint diagram meant to portray the complexity of American strategy in Afghanistan certainly succeeded in that aim.By ELISABETH BUMILLER   WASHINGTON — Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the leader of American and NATO forces in Afghanistan, was… more »

By Barry Secrest   In a huge sigh of collective nationalistic relief, we have learned that as a result of Obama's Nuclear Summit, both Canada and Mexico have made the rather difficult decision to forego any nuclear proliferation ambitions by way of s… more »

The book will centre on 14 decisions, the publisher saysThe memoir of former US President George W Bush will be a candid account of his "flaws and mistakes" as well as his achievements, his publishers said. The book, Decision Points, will… more »

By Ed Barnes - FOXNews.com  The Penn State climate professor who has silently endured investigations, hostile questioning, legislative probes and attacks by colleagues has finally spoken out. He says he'll sue the makers of a satirical video that's… more »

BBC News     Goldman chief Lloyd Blankfein will speak about the importance of trust Goldman Sachs made billions of dollars at the expense of its clients during the collapse of the housing market, a US Senate investigation has fo… more »

San Francisco Chronicle John Wildermuth, Chronicle Staff Writer San Francisco -- San Francisco's Board of Supervisors are calling for a sweeping boycott of Arizona in the wake of that state's harsh new rules aimed at illegal immigrants.… more »

The HillBy Michael O'Brien Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) voted Monday evening against beginning debate on his party's Wall Street reform bill. Nelson, a centrist Democrat who also broke with his party on healthcare legislation and several jobs bills,… more »

FOXNews.com  President Obama left white, middle-aged male voters in his rear-view mirror Monday in launching his first midterm election pitch, calling on "young people, African Americans, Latinos and women" to deliver for Democrats in November. P… more »

“I am deeply disappointed that Senate Republicans voted in a block against allowing a public debate on Wall Street reform to begin. Some of these Senators may believe that this obstruction is a good political strategy, and others may see delay as an oppo… more »

By Brady Dennis and Neil IrwinWashington Post Staff Writer   The Senate voted Monday afternoon to prevent the start of formal debate of legislation to overhaul financial regulation, creating a largely partisan standoff over a far-reaching Democratic… more »

Yahoo News Police broke into the home of Gizmodo editor Jason Chen and confiscated four computers and servers, the tech blog reports. Gizmodo broke the news last week about Apple's next-generation iPhone, after paying a source who found it in a Califor… more »

Pravda RUMargarita Troitsina Yoki.ruAccording to astrologists and prophets, the next year of the Yellow Metal Tiger will not be easy. Researchers of Nostradamus’s predictions talk about some mysterious Virgin whose death is wanted and about the appea… more »

Pravda, RU   Recent research from the New York Times / CBS News poll revealed that 18% of Americans identify themselves as supporters of the Tea Party, classify themselves "very conservative" and are very pessimistic about the direction of the countr… more »

CNN Money By Hibah YousufNEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The recovery is picking up steam as employers boost payrolls, but economists think the government's stimulus package and jobs bill had little to do with the rebound, according to a survey released M… more »

By DAMIAN PALETTA And SCOTT PATTERSON WASHINGTON—Democrats took a step toward their goal of overhauling financial regulation, reaching a tentative deal to set restrictions on trading in exotic financial instruments known as derivatives. Among the con… more »

Associated Press  An Ohio man has been charged after authorities spotted him with a gun in a North Carolina airport parking lot as Air Force One was departing Sunday afternoon.APApril 25: President Obama waves while boarding Air Force One a… more »

NY Magazine By Gabriel Sherman On the morning of July 3, 2009, a national holiday, Sarah Palin placed a call to her communications director and told her that she wanted to hold a press conference at her Wasilla, Alaska, home. She wouldn’t disclose th… more »

 photo,Leah Nash for The New York TimesNY TimesBy PETER S. GOODMAN PORTLAND, Ore. — The docks are humming again at this sprawling Pacific port, with clouds of golden dust billowing off the piles of grain spilling into the bellies of giant tanke… more »

  BBC News The UK economy continued to recover from recession in the first three months of the year, according to official estimates. GDP grew by 0.2% between January and March, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said. Th… more »

FOXNews.com  Democratic senators on Sunday called for Congress to promptly take up comprehensive immigration legislation, saying the controversial policy signed into law in Arizona this past week highlights the need for a national overhaul.  … more »

 NY TimesBy JEFF ZELENY and ADAM NAGOURNEY ASHLAND, Wis. — Representative David R. Obey has won 21 straight races, easily prevailing through wars and economic crises that have spanned presidencies from Nixon’s to Obama’s. Yet the discontent with Wa… more »

NY Times This article is by Thom Shanker, Helene Cooper and Richard A. Oppel Jr.Tim WimborneA soldier signaled to his troops as stryker-armoured vehicles patrolled near the Helmand-Kandahar border in Afghanistan on Sunday. Small bands of el… more »

CNN Wirestaff Phoenix, Arizona (CNN) -- Hundreds of people gathered outside Arizona's Capitol building on Sunday in a largely peaceful protest against the state's tough new immigration law. Chanting "Yes we can," waving American flags and holding sig… more »

CNBC With unemployment high, many people with jobs are grateful to get their weekly paychecks, but that feeling alone doesn't take the stress out of the daily grind.  More from CNBC.com: • America's Most Stressful Jobs • Paychecks: How Does t… more »

Written by: Barry Secrest Events have unfolded so rapidly and across so many fronts this past week, it has proven difficult to keep up.  While the President and Sarah Palin were verbally duking it out across the Nuclear Fruited Plain, our ene… more »

Charlotte ObserverBy Jim Morrill BurrMore Information3 GOP challengers aiming for Burr's seatRichard Burr Richard Burr Age: 54 Home: Winston-Salem Family: Wife, Brooke; two sons Occupation: In Congress sinc… more »

By WILLIAM DOUGLASMcClatchy Newspapers ALLENTOWN, Pa. Sen. Arlen Specter has outlasted many threats to his political survival - the negative publicity he earned from aggressively grilling Anita Hill during Justice Clarence Thomas' 1991 Supreme Court co… more »

Charlotte ObserverBy Tim Funktfunk@charlotteobserver.com Franklin Graham, left, walks beside his father Billy Graham as they make their way into a dinner at the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association's headquarters in Charlotte, North Caroli… more »

By Nick Triggle Health reporter, BBC News RCN Chief Executive Peter Carter: "We want an open, honest debate about NHS savings" Major cuts in NHS staffing levels which could have "disastrous" consequences are likely after the election, the le… more »

BBC News Arizona's governor has signed into law a tough bill aimed to stem the flow of illegal migrants into the US border state. The BBC's Rajesh Mirchandani travelled to Arizona to test the mood among local residents and also Mexicans who work ther… more »

BBC News Mr Hatoyama's handling of the issue could be critical ahead of polls in July Tens of thousands of people have attended a rally in Japan's southern island of Okinawa demanding that a US military base be moved off the island. Under a 2006… more »

FOXNews.com  While a family of four earning $85,000 has seen its tax burden decrease since President Obama took office thanks to the massive stimulus bill, that doesn't tell the whole story, tax analysts say. In this April 15, 20010 file ph… more »

Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — An explosion from a torpedo likely sank a South Korean warship that went down near the tense border with North Korea last month, the South's defense minister said Sunda... AP April… more »

Associated Press  Voicing regrets, Sen. John Kerry said Saturday he is postponing the much anticipated unveiling of comprehensive energy and climate change legislation scheduled for Monday. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. (AP Photo) WASHI… more »

The Sunday Times UK Tony Allen-Mills in Washington HAUNTED by the memory of a lost opportunity to kill Osama Bin Laden before he attacked the World Trade Center in New York, US military planners have won President Barack Obama’s support for a new ge… more »

By Barry Secrest Excerpt: When we then look at the number of physicians who have vowed to quit their practices altogether, rather than to become slaves to a burgeoning Government Health Bureaucracy, we can begin to see that we will soon have a who… more »

Daily Mail UK By Mail Foreign Service A white supremacist lawyer was stabbed and beaten to death by a black neighbour who had done yard work for him at his home in Pearl, Mississippi. A preliminary post mortem showed Richard Barrett, 67, was stabbe… more »

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The fight over Senate Bill 1070 took to the streets of downtown Phoenix, as riot Police were called to the Capitol to control an unruly group of protesters. Witnesses say a group protesting against SB1070 began to fight with a man who was for the contr… more »

By DANIEL WAGNER and DAN STRUMPF (AP) NEW YORK — As the U.S. housing turned downward in January 2007, a Goldman Sachs trader wrote in e-mails to a woman he apparently was courting that investments he had sold were "like Frankenstein turning against his… more »

By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- At least seven people are dead, including two children, after a tornado almost a mile wide tore through Mississippi on Saturday, the state emergency management agency said. The tornado raked cities on the central wester… more »

By JAMIE GRISWOLDMyNorthwest.com After Comedy Central cut a portion of a South Park episode following a death threat from a radical Muslim group, Seattle cartoonist Molly Norris wanted to counter the fear. She has declared May 20th "Everybody Draw Moha… more »

Winds of change seen not only in places where posts often change hands. The LedgerBy JEFF ZELENY& ADAM NAGOURNEYPublished: Saturday, April 24, 2010 at 5:06 p.m. Last Modified: Saturday, April 24, 2010 at 5:06 p.m.( page of 3 )… more »

By Barry Secrest   In a huge sigh of collective nationalistic relief, we have learned that as a result of Obama's Nuclear Summit, both Canada and Mexico have made the rather difficult decision to forego any nuclear proliferation ambitions by way of s… more »