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- Woman screams frantically for help over ‘molestation’ during airport security pat down
- A Menu Of Tax Hikes: Parking, Property, And/Or Sodas
- Jobless Rate Hits 9.1%
- GALLUP: 71% of Dems favor redistributing wealth
- Federal Judge Prohibits Prayer at Texas Graduation Ceremony
- Documents show FCC coordinated ‘Net Neutrality’ effort with outside group
- Senator Pressures FDA to Finish Long-Awaited Sunscreen Label Rules
- Palin Bus Tour Collides With Romney Candidacy Announcement
- Geithner Meets with Fierce GOP Critics, Ducks the Cameras
| Woman screams frantically for help over ‘molestation’ during airport security pat down Posted: 03 Jun 2011 11:14 AM PDT By CHRIS PARSONS, Dailymail.co.uk A woman screamed frantically for help in an airport terminal after claiming she was ‘molested’ by officials during a security pat down procedure. The unidentified passenger yells hysterically that she has been molested after a female security staff member touched her breast during the screening process at Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix, Arizona. Video footage filmed by her son shows the woman burst into tears after the alleged ‘sexual assault’, while other staff members tell her son to stop filming the distressing episode. The woman, who was travelling with her son and husband, had refused to go through a full body scanner and was pulled aside to undergo the airport’s pat down procedure instead. When a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) official pats her down ‘inappropriately’, she bursts into tears and screams for help from police. As she is surrounded by airport officials, she can be heard yelling: ‘I’ve just been molested – for God’s sake somebody help me. To read more, visit: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1393824/Woman-screams-frantically-help-molestation-airport-security-pat-down.html |
| A Menu Of Tax Hikes: Parking, Property, And/Or Sodas Posted: 03 Jun 2011 11:09 AM PDT By: Philadelphia.cbslocal.com PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter is proposing a tax on soda and other sugary drinks as he and City Council continue trying to help bail out the cash-starved Philadelphia school district. On Thursday, Nutter sent City Council a revival of his soda tax idea that was soundly rejected by the lawmakers last year. This time he proposes two-cents per ounce, to bring in an estimated $80 million a year. Nutter is also expected to raise rates at parking meters and kiosks to raise an additional $6 million. Council approval of that is not needed. Also being discussed as part of the School District bailout is a hike in property taxes similar to last year's nearly 10-percent hike (see related story), which the administration says could bring in $95 million. Councilman Darrell Clarke is introducing a measure calling for a smaller increase, with provisions to make the school district accountable for how the money is spent. Council members, by and large, say they are extremely hesitant to agree to another property tax hike, and many also say they are skeptical of enacting a soda tax. The beverage industry successfully lobbied against the idea last year. To read more, visit: http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2011/06/02/philadelphia-residents-split-on-issue-of-soda-tax/ |
| Posted: 03 Jun 2011 11:05 AM PDT By Lucia Mutikani, Yahoo Finance WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. economy may be in for a prolonged period of soft growth as employers hired the fewest number of workers in eight months in May and the unemployment rate rose to 9.1 percent. Nonfarm payrolls increased 54,000 last month, the Labor Department said, fewer than the most pessimistic forecast in the Reuters survey and just over a third of what economists had expected. The employment report which showed broad weakness confirmed the loss of momentum in the economy already flagged by other data from consumer spending to manufacturing, and stoked fears the economy could be facing a more troubling stretch of weakness than had been thought. “There are plenty of reasons to expect the third quarter will be better. But the question is now becoming how much better?,” said Nigel Gault, chief U.S. economist at IHS Global Insight in Lexington, Massachusetts. Economists had pinned the economy’s sluggishness largely on high energy prices, supply chain disruptions stemming from Japan’s earthquake and tornadoes and flooding in the U.S. Midwest and South. The department said it found “no clear impact” from weather on the jobs figures. The private sector, which has shouldered the burden of job creation added just 83,000 jobs, the least since last June, while government payrolls dropped 29,000. To read more, visit: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Employment-growth-brakes-rb-325963585.html?x=0&.v=3 |
| GALLUP: 71% of Dems favor redistributing wealth Posted: 03 Jun 2011 10:57 AM PDT From: Gallup.com PRINCETON, NJ — Americans break into two roughly evenly matched camps on the question of whether the government should enact heavy taxes on the rich to redistribute wealth in the U.S. Forty-seven percent believe the government should redistribute wealth in this way, while 49% disagree, similar to views Gallup found four years ago. Republicans and Democrats have sharply different reactions to the government’s taking such an active role in equalizing economic outcomes. Seven in 10 Democrats believe the government should levy taxes on the rich to redistribute wealth, while an equal proportion of Republicans believe it should not. The slight majority of independents oppose this policy. The question also provokes different reactions from men compared with women, whites vs. nonwhites, and upper-income vs. lower-income Americans. Consistent with their more Democratic political orientation, women, nonwhites, and lower-income adults are all more supportive than their counterparts of government redistribution of wealth via taxes. These findings are from Gallup’s 2011 Economics and Finance poll, conducted April 7-11. According to the same poll, the majority of Americans — 57% — believe money and wealth in the country should be more evenly distributed among a larger population. About a third — 35% — think the current distribution is fair. Americans were slightly less likely to believe the distribution of wealth was fair from 2003 to early 2008; however, the current level is about the average for the full trend since 1984. A different question probes Americans’ perceptions about the number of rich people in the country, and finds the plurality — 42% — believing the current level is about right. However, consistent with every other time Gallup has asked this question since 1990, more believe there are too many rich people than too few, 31% vs. 21%. To read more, visit: http://www.gallup.com/poll/147881/Americans-Divided-Taxing-Rich-Redistribute-Wealth.aspx |
| Federal Judge Prohibits Prayer at Texas Graduation Ceremony Posted: 03 Jun 2011 10:53 AM PDT By Todd Starnes, FOXNews.com A federal judge has ordered a Texas school district to prohibit public prayer at a high school graduation ceremony. Chief U.S. District Judge Fred Biery's order against the Medina Valley Independent School District also forbids students from using specific religious words including "prayer" and "amen." The ruling was in response to a lawsuit filed by Christa and Danny Schultz. Their son is among those scheduled to participate in Saturday's graduation ceremony. The judge declared that the Schultz family and their son would "suffer irreparable harm" if anyone prayed at the ceremony. Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott said the school district is in the process of appealing the ruling, and his office has agreed to file a brief in their support. "Part of this goes to the very heart of the unraveling of moral values in this country," Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott told Fox News Radio, saying the judge wanted to turn school administrators into "speech police." "I've never seen such a restriction on speech issued by a court or the government," Abbott told Fox News Radio. "It seems like a trampling of the First Amendment rather than protecting the First Amendment." To read more, visit: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/06/02/prayer-prohibited-at-graduation-ceremony/?test=latestnews |
| Documents show FCC coordinated ‘Net Neutrality’ effort with outside group Posted: 03 Jun 2011 10:47 AM PDT By: Conn Carroll, Washingtonexaminer.com Documents made public yesterday by Judicial Watch describe extensive collusion by Federal Communications Commission officials with a left-wing advocacy group in a campaign to expand government regulation of the Internet. The documents, obtained by Judicial Watch in a December 2010 Freedom of Information Act request, were created after Democrat appointees solidified their 3-2 control of the agency in March 2009. Judicial Watch is a conservative nonprofit that specializes in using the FOIA and other avenues to expose corruption in government. The coordination between FCC officials and Free Press, the advocacy group, supported a proposal for the agency to regulate access to the Internet as if it were a public utility, in the interest of ensuring “Net Neutrality.” Proponents said doing so would assure equal access for all Internet users by barring companies from offering preferred rates for higher delivery speeds. Other users, especially in communities with limited Internet access, would be forced to accept poorer service. But critics said the proposal would actually give the FCC a tool to regulate content, and they argued that the FCC has no authority over the medium in the first place. It would be akin to forcing FedEx and UPS to treat all packages the same way the U.S. Postal Service does. To read more, visit: http://washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/2011/06/conn-carroll-documents-show-fcc-coordinated-net-neutrality-effort-outside |
| Senator Pressures FDA to Finish Long-Awaited Sunscreen Label Rules Posted: 03 Jun 2011 10:43 AM PDT By Judson Berger, FOXNews.com Sen. Jack Reed wants federal regulators to get off the beach and finally set new rules for sunscreen labels, pushing a bill that would force the Food and Drug Administration to implement a proposal that’s been sitting around for years. The Rhode Island senator wants sunscreen makers to be held to a higher standard, complaining that while the companies are required to slap a sun protection factor (SPF) label on their products they do not have to tell consumers about protection from UVA rays — which can damage skin and increase risk of skin cancer. The current SPF labels refer to another kind of ultraviolet light known as UVB, responsible for sunburns. “They’re getting protection from getting burned, but they’re not getting protection from skin cancer,” Reed spokesman Chip Unruh said. The FDA has been reviewing its regulations for decades and issued a proposed rule in 2007. That regulation would set up a four-star rating system to tell consumers how much UVA protection each product provides, with four stars representing the most protection. Under the plan, the FDA would conduct two tests to determine the rating and affix a new warning label — the label would explain to consumers that they should also limit time in the sun and wear protective clothing to reduce the risk of skin cancer and skin damage. But so far, the FDA has not finalized the rule. Reed’s bill, introduced last week and co-sponsored by five other senators, would force the FDA to either implement its proposed rule or issue a similar one within 180 days. To read more, visit: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/06/02/senator-pressures-fda-to-finish-long-awaited-sunscreen-label-rules/?test=latestnews |
| Palin Bus Tour Collides With Romney Candidacy Announcement Posted: 03 Jun 2011 10:39 AM PDT By Lisa Lerer, Bloomberg Businessweek.com June 3 (Bloomberg) — Sarah Palin crashed her red, white and blue bus into Mitt Romney's party yesterday, sweeping into New Hampshire for the final leg of her multiday East Coast tour as he was in the state declaring his candidacy for president. Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, formally opened his bid for the Republican nomination with an assault on President Barack Obama's economic policies. "Barack Obama has failed America," Romney said at a chili cookout doubling as a political rally in Stratham, New Hampshire. "When he took office, the economy was in recession and he made it worse and he made it last longer." Romney's effort, though, to keep the focus on Obama — and himself — was undercut by Palin. Before his official announcement, she directed some barbs at him in comments in the Boston area. The bus tour that the former Alaska governor began May 29 in Washington then crossed into New Hampshire about the same time as Romney's rally. Later in the day, at a clambake in Seabrook, New Hampshire, Palin remained coy about her political intentions. 'Plenty of Time' Asked by reporters about her plans, the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee said, "Why should everyone jump in there right now and start beating each other up in this primary process, showing the other guys our playbook? There's plenty of time for that." To read more, visit: http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-06-03/palin-bus-tour-collides-with-romney-candidacy-announcement.html |
| Geithner Meets with Fierce GOP Critics, Ducks the Cameras Posted: 03 Jun 2011 10:35 AM PDT By Trish Turner, FOXNews.com As a general rule, Cabinet secretaries don’t often speak to reporters on camera at stakeouts, so imagine the glee when a group waiting outside Treasury Sec. Tim Geithner’s hour-long, closed-door meeting with House GOP freshmen were told the administration’s top money guy would be appearing before us to give remarks. That glee was, of course, soon extinguished as Geithner blasted out a back door, bolting from the proverbial lion’s den. Not much love lost there and no “same pages” to be found. Four GOP freshmen emerged to hammer that sentiment home. “You can’t compare plans if the president doesn’t give us one,” said Kristi Noem of South Dakota, a rising GOP star. She called it a “failure of leadership.” Tennessee’s Diane Black said she plans to send a letter from the freshmen to President Obama asking for his plan and asking what Plan B. is if a deal is not struck by August 2, the date Geithner has said the U.S. can no longer pay some of its debts. “We asked specifically for a plan, a specific plan scored by CBO,” Black said, referring to the nonpartisan, number-crunchers at the Congressional Budget Office. “It’s awfully difficult to talk and have a conversation” without a White House plan, she said. To read more, visit: http://politics.blogs.foxnews.com/2011/06/02/geithner-meets-fierce-gop-critics-ducks-cameras |
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