2012年6月28日星期四

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Jaw-dropping switch saves 'Obamacare'

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 01:01 PM PDT

RobertsIn his White House memoir, "Courage and Consequence," Karl Rove recalls being the lone non-lawyer among the group of George W. Bush aides who initially interviewed John Roberts for the Supreme Court in 2005. Rove asked Roberts to go back in history to name the justice whom he most revered. Roberts' answer, Robert Jackson, intrigued and reassured Rove. When appointed in 1941, Jackson was serving as Franklin Roosevelt's attorney general and had been expected to be a pro-New Deal rubber-stamp on the court. But, as Rove put it, Jackson "instead demonstrated a fidelity to the Constitution that Roberts admired."


GOP: Ruling will hurt swing-state Dems in November

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 11:22 AM PDT

Supporters of President Barack Obama's health care law celebrate outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Thursday, June 28, 2012, after the court's ruling. AP Photo/David Goldman)The Supreme Court's decision Thursday to uphold the individual mandate in the president's health care law solidified health care as the cornerstone for President Barack Obama's 2012 campaign. But it remains a tricky issue for Democrats running for Senate in conservative and competitive states. Already facing attacks over their ties to and alleged support for "Obamacare," [...]


House holds Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 01:49 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 12, 2012 file photo, Attorney General Eric Holder testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. In email exchanges with subordinates in February and March 2011, Attorney General Eric Holder and the department's second-highest official expressed growing concern that something might have gone wrong in a federal gun-smuggling probe called Operation Fast and Furious. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)The full House of Representatives voted on Thursday to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress over the Justice Department's decision to withhold documents related to the failed Fast and Furious gunwalking operation. By a vote of 255 to 67, House members voted to hold Holder in contempt, disregarding a protest walkout led [...]


How the health care ruling could affect hiring

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 04:34 PM PDT

Get America workingFor American businesses, uncertainty over the health care law is anything but over.


Wildfires hit close to home for author: That's where I grew up

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 12:52 PM PDT

Some of the hundreds of totally destroyed homes are seen in the aftermath of the Waldo Canyon fire in Colorado SpringsBy my estimation, my boyhood home is roughly 1½ miles from the leading edge of a fire that has scorched more than 15,000 acres, with no sign of being extinguished. If the conflagration keeps coming east, the four-bedroom wooden house on Buckeye Drive will almost certainly be destroyed along with the rest of the Rockrimmon, Colo., neighborhood where I was raised.


Asteroid hunters announce first private deep space mission

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 12:40 PM PDT

Asteroid Hunters Announce First Private Deep Space MissionAsteroids could be heading for Earth right now, and the world should not have to live in fear. At least that's the message of a group of scientists and former astronauts working on the issue.  They announced plans today to launch the first privately funded...


Rep. Gutierrez uses Bieber to rip Ariz. immigration law

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 12:18 PM PDT

Justin Bieber Is the Biggest Boy On the blockJustin Bieber is many things: Singer, actor ... Canadian? It's true! And Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez (D-Ill.) used the Bieb's Canadian ancestry to make a point about the controversial Arizona immigration law. [Related: Arizona implements immigration law as feds push back] Gutierrez, who is against the law that allows Arizona law enforcement officials to ask [...]


Plane, crew missing for 60 years discovered on Alaska glacier

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 11:47 AM PDT

A U.S. Air Force plane that disappeared 60 years ago in Alaska has been found on a glacier, 14 miles from where it originally crashed into a mountain. The C-124 Globemaster and its crew of 52 servicemen were lost when the plane crashed in November 1952. A military spokeswoman said that a recovery team is [...]

Audio: Two little girls explain the ‘worst haircut ever’

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 01:14 PM PDT

When five-year-old Sadie Cohen decided to give her younger sister a free haircut, the results weren't quite what either of the girls expected. Not only did they get screamed at by their parents, but they also were then interviewed by their journalist father. After Sadie emerged from "hiding under the radiator," WNPR reporter Jeff Cohen [...]

‘Dewey Defeats Truman’ moment for CNN, Fox News

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 08:43 AM PDT

(Photo illustration by Gary He)Both CNN and Fox News reported the Supreme Court struck the individual mandate from the health law.


Ann Curry breaks down in tears in ‘Today’ show goodbye

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 06:04 AM PDT

"Today" show hosts Curry and Lauer appear on set during the show in New YorkAfter more than a week of furious speculation about her future, Ann Curry broke down in tears on Thursday as she told viewers she would be leaving the "Today" show after a little more than a year as co-host. "I am so grateful to all of you," Curry said at the end of the show's [...]


Colorado wildfire destroys hundreds of homes

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 03:00 PM PDT

The Waldo Canyon wildfire burns on the side of a mountain above a housing development at the U.S. Air Force Academy north of Colorado Springs, Colo., on Thursday, June 28, 2012. Hundreds of homes have been destroyed by an out-of-control Colorado wildfire that has forced more than 30,000 people to flee, officials said Thursday. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)Colorado Springs officials said Thursday that hundreds of homes have been destroyed by a raging wildfire that has encroached on the state's second-largest city and threatened the U.S. Air Force Academy.


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