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| Gun trusts provide legal loophole: Report Monday, Feb 25, 2013 04:28 PM PST The concern among gun enthusiasts that machine guns could be outlawed or further restricted in the future has led some to seek out gun trusts. The New York Times reports that gun trusts are intended to allow the owner of a firearm to pass down his or her weapons to family members in a responsible [...] Full Story | Top |
| Group aims to drive up turnout among faith voters Monday, Feb 25, 2013 03:17 PM PST A group of top evangelical leaders is launching a new voter initiative in hopes of increasing turnout among Christian voters in next year’s midterm elections. The American Renewal Project, an arm of the conservative American Family Association, is launching “Pastors and Pews,†which will offer policy briefings to church leaders and their congregations in hopes [...] Full Story | Top |
| Nikki Haley slams Washington after meeting with Obama Monday, Feb 25, 2013 01:52 PM PST During President Barack Obama's meeting with U.S. governors at the White House Monday, the president dismissed members of the press to hold a private, hourlong discussion with the visiting state executives. Whatever was said after the cameras left the room especially incensed South Carolina Republican Gov. Nikki Haley. Haley went across the street to the [...] Full Story | Top |
| Administration faces question: Are donors paying for Obama access? Monday, Feb 25, 2013 12:42 PM PST White House spokesman Jay Carney on Monday answered growing questions about whether big donors to President Barack Obama's nonprofit Organizing for America (OFA) are being promised access to the president. His answer? Well, kind of. While Carney had responded "no" when Fox News' Ed Henry asked if a recent report "suggests that access to the [...] Full Story | Top |
| On sequestration, lawmakers wail while some conservatives hail Monday, Feb 25, 2013 10:13 AM PST Washington is in panic mode over the so-called sequesterâ€"automatic, across-the-board spending cuts set to be triggered March 1 if Congress and the White House can't reach a deficit reduction deal. Just days before the federal budget will be forced to shave less than 3 percent from its annual budget, politicos from President Barack Obama to [...] Full Story | Top |
| The Onion apologizes for offensive Oscar tweet about Quvenzhané Wallis Monday, Feb 25, 2013 09:58 AM PST The Onion issued a lengthy apology on Monday for publishing an offensive tweet during Sunday's Oscars telecast about Quvenzhané Wallis, the 9-year-old actress nominated for an Academy Award for her performance in “Beasts of the Southern Wild.†“On behalf of The Onion, I offer my personal apology to Quvenzhané Wallis and the Academy of Motion [...] Full Story | Top |
| Sotomayor, Breyer reprimand Texas prosecutor for race comment Monday, Feb 25, 2013 09:41 AM PST Supreme Court Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Stephen Breyer sternly admonished a federal prosecutor in Texas for a racially charged comment he made while cross examining a black defendant in a drug trial two years ago. The justices released the statement as part of the court's decision to decline to hear the defendant's appeal. The prosecutor, [...] Full Story | Top |
| Lost continent found at the bottom of the sea Monday, Feb 25, 2013 09:34 AM PST Maybe Atlantis -- or at least the cousin to Atlantis -- does exist after all. Researchers have announced a discovery of a continent hidden deep beneath the Indian Ocean. The finding was reported in the journal Nature Geoscience. The scientists, led by Trond Torsvik from the University of Oslo, say that a micro-continent may have [...] Full Story | Top |
| Iranians attack! Target: Michelle Obama’s Oscars gown Monday, Feb 25, 2013 09:04 AM PST Apparently missile launches and stealth fighters aren’t the only things keeping Iranian Photoshoppers busy these days: First lady Michelle Obama’s shoulder-baring Oscars dress got some digital tailoring to meet Tehran’s standards, as well. First lady Michelle Obama, appearing on screen at the Oscars. (Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP) Obama wore the shiny Naeem Khan number at the White [...] Full Story | Top |
| How will spending cuts affect you?: A Yahoo! News/ABC News chat Monday, Feb 25, 2013 08:11 AM PST Join Yahoo! News' Olivier Knox and ABC News' Zach Wolf as we discuss federal budget cutsâ€"from state parks to airportsâ€"that Americans may face under the sequester in the coming weeks. Yahoo! News reporter Chris Moody will also join us to discuss activists who are lobbying in favor of the sequester. How will [...] Full Story | Top |
| Lawyer visiting client forgotten for hours inside jail Monday, Feb 25, 2013 07:56 AM PST A California lawyer said guards in a San Diego jail forget about himâ€"and that he was trapped for hours inside a locked waiting room. Erubey Lopez, the attorney, told NBC's San Diego affiliate that he was visiting a client at the downtown jail last week, arriving at 8:20 p.m. local time. “I know it takes [...] Full Story | Top |
| Obama urges nation’s governors to pressure Congress on sequester Monday, Feb 25, 2013 06:35 AM PST President Barack Obama on Monday, addressing members of the National Governors Association gathered at the White House, implored the nation's governors to put pressure on Congress to avoid the sequester. "While you're in town, I hope that you speak with your congressional delegation and remind them in no uncertain terms exactly what's at stake, exactly [...] Full Story | Top |
| Billboard converts desert air into drinking water Monday, Feb 25, 2013 06:21 AM PST An advertising agency has created what it's calling the world's first billboard that converts air into drinking water. The billboardâ€"a collaboration between agency Mayo DraftFCB and Peru's University of Engineering and Technologyâ€"was placed in Peru's rain-starved desert capital, Lima. Lima gets less than an inch of rain per year on average, but since the city's [...] Full Story | Top |
| Progressives attack Mitch McConnell again on guns Monday, Feb 25, 2013 03:58 AM PST Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is on the wrong side of an assault weapons ban, a progressive group argues Monday in a new attack ad released in the congressman’s home state of Kentucky. Gary Nutt, a Vietnam veteran and hunter from Cub Run, Ky., says in the commercial, paid for by the Progressive Change Campaign [...] Full Story | Top |
| Monday in politics: Obama meets with governors on sequester, and more Monday, Feb 25, 2013 03:34 AM PST The House and Senate are back in session on Monday, and the governors are still in Washington for the National Governors Association winter meeting and the top topic for the day â€" and this week â€" is the sequester. The sequester is the $85 billion in automatic, across-the-board spending cuts set to kick in Friday [...] Full Story | Top |
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