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1,000 matrons jobs go
By DAVID WOODING
A THOUSAND matrons have vanished from hospitals in the past three years – despite David Cameron's pledge to give them more clout.
NHS figures show that one in six of the top nursing jobs have gone since Labour's last year in power.
It emerged just months after the PM promised to have more figures of authority on the wards.
Mr Cameron said: "Nursing needs to be about patients not paperwork. People want to see a figure of authority on the ward. Call them a matron, a ward -sister, or a team leader."
But official figures show the number of modern matrons has fallen from 5,035 to 4,157 between 2009 and August this year.
Community matron numbers were down from 1,552 to 1,391 over the same period, according to statistics published in the Commons.
Labour said the figures were a blow to moves to improve leadership and cleanliness on wards.
Shadow health minister Andrew Gwynne (pictured above) said: "David Cameron promised to back matron, but he's sacked matron instead.
"A formidable matron on a hospital ward goes a long way to reassure patients. They lead the nurses and make sure wards are spotless. Yet the Prime Minister's spending cuts have cost the NHS a thousand matrons.
"Without strong leaders on the wards patients will pay the price. Ministers are taking unacceptable risks with standards of patient care. They cannot continue to ignore the warnings from nurses' leaders."
A Department of Health spokesman said: "The NHS needs senior nurses to lead patient care at ward level. We want to see more of that – not less. But this data is wrong, as it doesn't take account of four different types of senior nurses. Looking at matron numbers alone is simplistic.
"We want to free up nurses' time so they can spend it with patients – not with paperwork."
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Poppy pride…or posing?
By DAVID WOODING
REMEMBRANCE Sunday is 17 days away and already politicians seem to be racing each other to be first to wear a poppy.
A host of MPs were proudly – and perhaps a little ostentatiously – sporting one in their lapels during Prime Minister's question time in the Commons today.
They are sold to honour brave troops killed in action since the First World War – and raise millions for the Royal British Legion's charitable work.
But in recent years, the well-observed tradition seems to have taken on an unfortunate political edge.
Etiquette dictates that the poppy should be worn in the week leading up to Remembrance Sunday – on November 13 this year.
But Labour MPs today stole a march on the Tories with nothing short of a sea poppies on Opposition benches during Prime Minister's questions in the Commons.
Stockton North MP Alex Cunningham chided: "Not a Tory on the front bench with a poppy."
He tweeted: "They have been on sale in Parliament for days and large numbers have them. Surely wearing them encourages others."
Isn't this all a little unseemly? Nobody is forced to wear a poppy yet 26 million are sold every year raising an estimated £35 million for ex-servicemen, women and their families.
I'm sure that David Cameron and his MPs will all have bought and worn one before he lays a wreath at the Cenotaph next month.
Demanding the PM pins one to his jacket now is a bit like complaining he hasn't sent his Christmas cards out by mid November.
No doubt nervous TV presenters will be pinning on a poppy fast lest they get a dressing down from righteous MPs.
Channel 4 News man Jon Snow fiercely refuses to give in to what he calls the "poppy fascists" and appears on screen with bare lapels all year round.
While some may find his stance a little extreme, many believe it is unfair to criticise MPs for being poppy-free in October.
Mr Cunningham's followers accused him of a "petty partisan attack" and "twisted point-scoring".
Amy Jackson declared: "My father spent 37 years in the Army and always taught me to start wearing poppies on November 1."
Blogger Harry Cole added: "You used the war dead to try to score a point against the government."
So what is poppy etiquette? A quick check in Debrett's guide to good manners says poppies can be worn from the end of October to Remembrance Sunday – but adds it is acceptable to wear them from November 1 or just the week leading up to that day.
The Royal British Legion would probably settle for that – and scowl at the blatant politicisation of the biggest event in their calendar. Besides, the vets' organization hasn't even launched this year's poppy appeal yet.
What is your view on the "poppy police" and "poppy etiquette?" Please leave your comments below.
Kelvin MacKenzie on Press standards
By DAVID WOODING
KELVIN MacKenzie isn't one to pull his punches – and was his usual knockabout self when he spoke to the Leveson inquiry on Press standards today.
Love him or loathe him, the former Sun editor knows how to get his point across in concise and often colourful language.
Mr MacKenzie revealed how:
– HE only checked the source of one story when he was editor of The Sun and it ended up costing him £1 million in libel damages.
- A MOLE hunt launched after a major defence exclusive was chaired by the MI6 colonel who leaked the story.
- GORDON Brown threatened to "destroy" Rupert Murdoch in a 20-minute phone tirade hours after one of his paper's endorsed the Tories.
- DAVID Cameron hired ex-News of the World editor Andy Coulson only as a gesture of political friendship to the newspaper tycoon.
Mr MacKenzie (pictured left) didn't mince his words when asked for his assessment of what should be done to reform the British media.
"Nothing," he declared bluntly.
He said the only new law needed is one to ban "under-talented" MPs from kissing the a**es of newspaper owners.
In a bravura performance, he gave both barrels to David Cameron and Education Secretary Michael Gove over their "gut-wrenching" crawling to Rupert Murdoch. He even tore into Lord Leveson himself.
Mr MacKenzie told how he had suggested Labour MPs should set their mobile phones ringing every time the PM stood up to talk in the Commons – in a jibe at his "potty" decision to hire ex-News of the World boss Andy Coulson as an aide.
Mr MacKenzie gazed around the room and asked: "Where is our great Prime Minister who ordered this ludicrous inquiry?
"After all, the only reason we are all here is due to one man's action; Cameron's obsessive a**e-kissing over the years of Rupert Murdoch. Tony Blair was pretty good, as was Brown. But Cameron was the Daddy.
"Such was his obsession with what newspapers said about him – and Rupert had three market leaders – that as party leader he issued all his senior colleagues, especially Michael Gove, with knee pads in order to protect their blue trousers when they genuflected in front of the Special Sun.
"Cameron wanted Rupert onside as he believed, quite wrongly in my view, that The Sun's endorsement would help him to victory. "When the paper did come out for Cameron the Sun's sale fell by 40,000 copies that day.
"There was never a party, a breakfast, a lunch, a cuppa or a drink that Cameron and Co would not turn up to in force if The Great Man or his handmaiden Rebekah Brooks was there. There was always a queue to kiss their rings. It was gut-wrenching."
He added: "Cameron had clearly gone quite potty. And the final proof that he was certifiable was his hiring of my friend Andy Coulson.
"I remember telling anybody who would listen that if I were Brown, every time Cameron stood up in the Commons he should arrange for mobile phones to ring on his side of the House.
"It would have killed Cameron. Nobody took me seriously. And then the phone hacking scandal erupted. Not a scandal of Rupert's making but the order went out from Cameron: stop the a**e kissing and start the a**e kicking."
Turning to "this bloody inquiry" chaired by Lord Leveson (pictured right), he continued: "God help me that free speech comes down to the thought process of a judge who couldn't win when prosecuting counsel against Ken Dodd for tax evasion and more recently robbing the Christmas Island veterans of a substantial pay-off for being told simply to turn away from nuclear test blasts in the Fifties. It's that bad.
"I have been forced by what sounds like the threat of a jail term to give a witness statement to this inquiry.
"The questions not only made me laugh through their ignorance but also that a subject as serious as free speech should be dealt with in this manner.
"Question seven basically wanted to know if an editor knew the sources of many of the stories. To be frank, I didn't bother during my 13 years with one important exception. With this particular story I got in the news editor, the legal director, the two reporters covering it and the source himself on a Friday afternoon.
"We spent two hours going through the story and I decided that it was true and we should publish it on Monday. It caused a worldwide sensation. And four months later The Sun was forced to pay out a record £1 million libel damages to Elton John for wholly untrue rent boy allegations. So much for checking a story, I never did it again. Basically my view was that if it sounded right it was probably right and therefore we should lob it in.
"How will this inquiry change that? Question six also deals with sources and I disclosed another story that happened during my 13 years as editor of The Sun. That morning we had led on a Ministry of Defence story revealing some kind of secret we felt our readers should know.
"The reporter concerned came in and said there was problem. No 10 had gone nuts and an official inquiry was starting into who had leaked the story with a colonel from MI6 being drafted in to head it. The reporter told me the MoD were determined to get to the bottom of it but it was not all bad news. Why was that I asked.
"Because the colonel heading the inquiry was the bloke who gave us the story in the first place. How will this inquiry change that? Yes there was criminal cancer at the News of The World. Yes, there were editorial and management errors as the extent of the cancer began to be revealed. But why do we need an inquiry of this kind?
"There are plenty of laws to cover what went on. After all, 16 people have already been arrested and my bet is that the number may well go to 30 once police officers are rounded up. Almost certainly they will face conspiracy laws, corruption laws, false accounting laws. There are plenty of laws that may have been broken. Lord Leveson knows them all by heart.
"Supposing these arrests didn't come from the newspaper business. Supposing they were baggage handlers at Heathrow nicking from luggage, or staff at Primark carrying out a VAT swindle, or more likely, a bunch or lawyers involved in a mortgage fraud. Would such an inquiry have ever been set up? Of course not."
Mr MacKenzie said Mr Coulson's appointment at Number 10 was down to the PM's personal lack of judgment.
"I don't blame Andy for taking the job," he said. "I do blame Cameron for offering it.
"It was clearly a gesture of political friendship aimed over Andy's head to Rupert Murdoch. If it wasn't that then Cameron is a bloody idiot. A couple of phone calls from Central Office people would have told him that there was a bad smell hanging around the News of the World.
"Rupert told me an incredible story. He was in his New York office on the day that The Sun decided to endorse Cameron for the next election. That day was important to Brown as his speech to the party faithful at the Labour party conference would have been heavily reported in the papers.
"Of course the endorsement blew Brown's speech off the front page. That night a furious Brown called Murdoch and in Rupert's words: 'Roared at me for 20 minutes'.
"At the end Brown said: 'You are trying to destroy me and my party. I will destroy you and your company.' That endorsement on that day was a terrible error.
"I can't believe it was Rupert's idea. Strangely, he is quite a cautious man. Whoever made that decision should hang their head in shame. I point the finger at a management mixture of Rebekah and James Murdoch.
"The point of my anecdotes is to show that this inquiry should decide there is nothing wrong with the Press, that we should enshrine free speech in Cameron's planned Bill of Rights and accept the scandal was simply a moment in time when low-grade criminality took over a newspaper.
"If anything, the only recommendation that should be put forward by Leveson is one banning by law over- ambitious and under-talented politicians from giving house room to proprietors who are seeking commercial gain from their contacts. In tabloid terms, a**e kissing will be illegal. Should have an interesting passage through Parliament.
"Do that and you will have my blessing – and I suspect the blessing from Rupert Murdoch, too."
See also: "Keep taking the Tabloids" – this page, October 6. 2011.
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Liam Fox survives Best Man storm…for now
By DAVID WOODING
LIAM Fox gave his stalkers the slip today – but he's not out of the woods yet.
The Defence Secretary left a string of questions unanswered in a statement to MPs about his relationship with his Best Man.
Dr Fox (pictured left) revealed close chum Adam Werritty had linked up with him 40 times on overseas trips and at the MoD – but pledged it won't happen again.
He admitted it had been a mistake to allow the lines between professional duties and personal loyalties to become "blurred".
But he failed to explain why he apparently ignored warnings from military top brass over his "improper" dealings with 34-year-old Mr Werritty.
Nor did he reveal whether his former rent-free flatmate made any financial gain from acting as a self-styled unofficial adviser.
Dr Fox now faces an extended inquiry by Cabinet Secretary Sir Gus O'Donnell, which will report within a fortnight.
But the pressure will continue to mount in the days ahead as Labour turns up the heat. They are likely to focus on a controversial meeting Dr Fox and his pal had with a military equipment salesman in Dubai last June.
Labour accused Dr Fox of "driving a coach and horses through the ministerial code" – and identified at least six breaches.
Shadow defence secretary Jim Murphy said: "We may never know what got the Secretary of State into this mess – arrogance, naivety or hubris.
"This whole crisis is self-inflicted. There have been daily revelations, which barely 36 hours ago he described as baseless. But yesterday he was forced into a partial and belated apology."
Premier David Cameron said he will not make a final decision on the minister's future until he has seen the full report on the case. He is no doubt hoping the storm will blow over by then – but if it gets worse he risks looking indecisive.
In his Commons statement, Dr Fox admitted Mr Werritty – who is not a government official and had no security clearance – had accompanied him on foreign trips and been inside the MoD on numerous occasions.
He met him 18 times on overseas trips and on 22 occasions at the Ministry of Defence in the past 16 months.
Dr Fox insisted his pal received no payment for fixing and attending a controversial meeting with a defence equipment trader inDubaiin June.
But he confirmed he was paid £5,800 for research work while he was his intern
He told MPs: "Mr Werritty was never present at regular departmental meetings. During private meetings we did not discuss either commercial or defence matters.
"He had no access to classified documents, nor was he briefed on classified matters."
Dr Fox added: "I accept, with the benefit of hindsight, I should have taken great care to ensure a more transparent separation of government, party political and private business and to ensure that meetings were properly recorded to protect myself and government from any suggestion of wrong doing."
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Labour big guns quit as Ed Miliband plans reshuffle
By DAVID WOODING
TWO former ministers have quit the shadow cabinet tonight as Ed Miliband prepares to beef up his frontbench team.
John Denham and John Healey stood down from frontline politics just hours before the Labour leader is expected to begin drawing up his new line-up.
Mr Miliband is certain to take advantage of a change in the rulebook he forced through, ending election of party spokesmen – giving him a free hand to pick who he wants.
But the departure of two big guns is a major blow to his leadership. Mr Insiders insist the departures were "civilised" and both men had indicated some time ago that they wished to stand down.
Mr Denham, 58, said he had decided some time ago not to seek re-election at the next election and it would be wrong to stay on if he had no chance of becoming a minister if Labour were to win.
The shadow business secretary, who served in Gordon Brown's cabinet, has agreed to stay on as Mr Miliband's unpaid Private Parliamentary Secretary as a sign of loyalty to his boss.
Shadow health secretary Mr Healey said his decision was made for "family reasons". But he was said to be furious over the leadership's decision to allow tobacco firms to take part in a business even at last week's Labour rally.
And critics had been whispering for some time that Mr Healey had been under-performing and had failed to make political capital out of the coalition's shambolic NHS reforms.
Fresh blood
Last night there were some nervous-looking faces on Labour front benches as they awaited the call from Mr Miliband.
Shadow education secretary Andy Burnham could be switched to the health brief – as he was secretary of state in that field in the last government.
But Mr Miliband is certain to seize the chance to inject some fresh blood into the party, with rookie Leeds West MP Rachel Reeves tipped for a place on the front benches.
Senior figures such as shadow chancellor Ed Balls and, shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper and shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander are expected to stay in place.
New talent tipped for promotion includes Michael Dugher, a former Downing Street aide and now MP for Barnsley East, Stoke MP Tristram Hunt and ex-TV reporter Gloria del Piero, the MP for Ashfield.
Suggestions that the former Lord Chancellor Charles Falconer would return to politics as shadow leader of the Lords, opposing Lord Strathclyde, were dismissed.
A Labour spokesman said: "We do not comment on reshuffle speculation."
Who would you bring into the shadow cabinet if you were Ed Miliband?
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Why Ed must make the speech of his life
By DAVID WOODING in Liverpool
ED Miliband makes the most important speech of his career tomorrow – and must convince Labour doubters he is the man to lead their party back into power.
Talking to delegates in the conference hotel bars, I've reached the conclusion that he's still got some way to go to win over even his own supporters.
Many still wonder whether they made the wrong choice when they picked him ahead of hot favourite and big brother David just a year ago.
Their mood echoes opinion polls which show Ed (pictured) still lagging behind Prime Minister David Cameron in personal ratings.
Even when asked publicly whether they picked the right Miliband, grass roots members are reluctant to say "yes".
This was illustrated to dramatic effect during a Radio 5 Live show live from the bar of Jury's Hotel in Liverpool.on Sunday night.
I was a guest on the lively show Pienaar's Politics when, for a final flourish, presenter John Pienaar grabbed a microphone, waded into a group of delegates and asked them for their views on Ed.
Of the four people he asked, not one was willing to give their own leader a full endorsement.
It's gob-smacking that support is so tepid among a group of paid-up party activists. John tried several times to coax a word or two of approval from the bar but all he got was a mood of uncertainty.
If that's the view on his home turf, what do the "silent majority" of ordinary voters he needs to win over think?
So when he stands up to make his second speech as leader tomorrow, Mr Miliband must outline his vision of Britain under a future Labour government. He needs to think not only of those doubters in the conference hall, but the millions outside.
He must do some straight talking on the economic crisis – and give a clear idea on what he will do to boost growth, create jobs and improve law and order.
With the coalition suffering problems of its own, now is the time for Ed to step up to the plate. And show us what he's made of.
Hear it for yourself: Listen to John Pienaar trying to get find an Ed Miliband supporter at the Labour conference: http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/pienaar


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CAIRO — Egyptian security forces, backed by armored cars and bulldozers, moved on Wednesday to clear two sit-in camps by supporters of the country's ousted President Mohammed Morsi, showering protesters with tear gas, state television and security officials said.
An Associated Press television video journalist at the scene of the larger of the two camps said he could hear the screams of women as a cloud of white smoke hung over the site in the eastern Cairo suburb of Nasr City.
He said an army bulldozer was removing mounds of sand bags and brick walls built by the protesters as a defense line in the Nasr City camp. Army troops, however, were not taking part in the operation.
The simultaneous actions by the Egyptian forces — at the pro-Morsi encampment in Nasr City and at the site outside the main campus of Cairo University in Giza — began at around 7 a.m.
The pan-Arab Al-Arabiya TV is showing images of collapsed tents and burning tires at the Nasr City protest site. Ambulances are also seen at the scene, as well as some protesters being arrested and led away by the troops.
The Anti-Coup Alliance, an umbrella of pro-Morsi supporters, said in a statement that there are dozens of dead and injured so far in Wednesday's attacks.
At least 250 people have died in clashes in Egypt following Morsi's ouster in a military coup that followed days of mass protests by millions of Egyptians calling for his removal.
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Elections Provide Great News for Progressives at the State Level
Matt Singer on November 10, 2006 - 12:32pm
Elections Provide Great News for Progressives at the State Level State Returns Show Voters Embracing Progressive Agenda, Rejecting Rightwing Measures Listen to audio from Progressive States' election round-up conference call. Missoula, MT "" Tuesday was a very good day for progressives. Voters put progressives in Governor's mansions, attorneys general races, secretary of state offices, and legislative chambers. Most Progressive ballot measures advanced. Conservative ballot measures got trounced. "We're back,"? says Progressive States co-chair Steve Doherty, the former minority leader of the Montana Senate. "Our message talks directly to people at their kitchen tables, over the back fences. It's talking about wages and access to health care and those issues are going to bring us back."? Doherty related that message in a post-election conference call with legislators, journalists, bloggers, and activists from across the country. He was joined by PSN executive director Joel Barkin and policy director Nathan Newman, as well as Lisa Seitz Gruwell, an experienced state-level political operative and chief operating officer of Skyline Public Works, and journalist Christopher Hayes. The overwhelming theme of the conversation? State elections prove that progressive policy priorities "" even beyond the Iraq War "" are connecting with American voters, even as conservative messages are utterly failing. Hayes noted that two of the biggest determining factors in the election "" Iraq and corruption "" were less likely to affect state races, as state candidates have little ability to impact foreign policy and corruption in the states is less partisan of an issue than it has been in Washington. Thus, analyzing the state results is a useful way of analyzing the domestic policy desires of the country: "In terms of teasing out what this election was about, the state results are a strong data point in favor of the fact that ["¦] there was a kind of philosophical shift among the electorate and it wasn't just a referendum on the war."? Gruwell rattled off an explanation of major Democratic pick-ups in statewide offices and legislative chambers, noting that no chamber in the country saw the defeat of more than two Democrats. Democrats now control "the trifecta"? "" both legislative chambers and the Governor's office "" in 15 states, compared to just 10 for the Republicans. She also specifically noted that heightened youth turnout, with young people voting overwhelmingly for change, was a key factor in the victory. Even these victories understate the extent of the progressive victory on Tuesday. According to Joel Barkin, "Even where Republicans did win, many of these Republicans were actually running on, in some cases, very progressive platforms"? citing Governors Arnold Schwarzenegger of California and Jodi Rell of Connecticut as examples. In fact, conservative messages utterly failed, not just among candidates, but when voters were simply given a clear policy choice. A tax revolt utterly failed to materialize when anti-taxing-and-spending measures went down to defeat everywhere they were on the ballot. "One of the most dramatic parts of what happened was this almost complete collapse of many of the rightwing ballot initiative campaigns, especially those coming out of the tax revolt wing of the party,"? said Nathan Newman. Key Election Stats: * Democrats picked up six Governors' seats, leaving 28 Democratic Governors and 22 Republican Governors. * Democrats won three net Secretary of State seats. Republicans won three seats. Democrats won four. Incoming Governors in Maryland and New York will appoint new Secretaries of State, assumedly Democrats. That will leave the nation with 27 Democratic Secretaries and 23 Republican. * Democrats already had a large lead among Attorneys General, with 29 of the 50 states. Democrats won seats in Kansas, Nevada, and Ohio on election day, losing Wisconsin, leaving the balance at 31 Democratic Attorneys General and 19 Republican. * Democrats now control a majority of state legislative seats nationwide. At most recent count (from the National Conference of State Legislatures), Democrats controlled 3,986 seats to the Republicans' 3,323 "" a net gain of 321 seats. Democrats now control both chambers in 23 states, up from 19. Republicans control both chambers in 15 states, down from 20. Key Ballot Issue Results: * The minimum wage was hugely popular, winning in all six states where it was considered. * Health care issues proved popular, with Missouri approving its stem cell initiative, Oregon approving an expansion of its prescription drug program, and tobacco tax increases faring well in several states. * Rightwing tax-and-spending initiatives failed in all six states where they were put on the ballot, indicating a rejection of the rightwing tax narrative. * Arizona became the first state to reject a same-sex marriage ban. Seven other states passed bans, but Wisconsin conservatives now blame the measure for unexpected statehouse setbacks. * Kelo reform was popular, regulatory takings are not. Eight states passed Kelo/eminent domaint reform. Three states rejected regulatory takings measures. Only one (in Arizona) passed. * Rhode Island voters extended voting rights to felons upon release from prison. * Voters indicated ballot issue fatigue, voting down 60% of ballot measures, including some great progressive measures that may have failed due to voter unfamiliarity with the central premise, including Massachusetts' fusion voting measure and Arizona's vote-by-mail initiative. Speakers on the Progressive States Network conference call included: Steve Doherty, co-chair of the Progressive States Network currently serves as the Chairman of Montana's Fish, Wildlife, and Parks Commission and has been a practicing attorney since 1984. Steve is a partner at Smith, Doherty & Belcourt, PC, in Great Falls. He served in the Montana State Senate from 1991-2003, including four years as Minority Leader. He is also a former Fleming Fellow for the Center for Policy Alternatives. Steve is also a member of the Montana Trial Lawyers Association. Joel Barkin is the executive director of the Progressive States Network. He recently left the office of New York State Assemblyman Adriano Espaillat. Prior to working with Espaillat, Joel served as Communications Director and Special Advisor to Congressman Bernie Sanders (I-VT). Joel has worked on a number of campaigns and progressive initiatives. He has also worked in the Communications Department for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). Nathan Newman is the policy director of the Progressive States Network. He has an extensive history of supporting local policy campaigns, from coalition organizing work to drafting legislation. Previous to coming to Progressive States, he was Associate Counsel at the Brennan Center for Justice, Program Director of NetAction's Consumer Choice Campaign, co-director of the UC-Berkeley Center for Community Economic Research, and a labor and employment lawyer. He received his J.D. from Yale Law School and his Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of California at Berkeley. Lisa Seitz Gruwell is the Chief Operating Officer of Skyline Public Works, an organization that blends political philanthropy with a venture capital investment strategy. Lisa has an extensive political career in California, Montana, Michigan, Connecticut, and Oregon, including experience managing legislative and statewide officer races. Christopher Hayes is a senior editor of In These Times and contributing writer to The Nation in addition to being a Puffin Foundation writing fellow at The Nation Institute. His in-depth reporting and essays have gained him a strong reputation since starting his writing career in 2004. His understanding of politics is aided by experience working on the ground with grassroots electoral organizations. The Progressive States Network was founded in 2005 to drive public policy debates and change the political landscape in the United States by focusing on attainable and progressive state level actions. It recently changed its name from the Progressive Legislative Action Network (PLAN).


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Sam Leccia, the creator of the NUb and Cain cigar brands, is out on tour promoting his newest creation. The Cain F Tour began on March 10, and it showcases a cigar that brings together both of Leccia's cigar brands: the Cain F NUb.
Originally a promotional cigar, Cain F's higher percentages of Nicaraguan ligero from Estelí make it stronger than the Cain Habano or Maduro varieties. Leccia took that powerful blend and not only turned it into an entire line, but fashioned it into a 4 inch by 60 ring gauge promotional NUb.
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'Two Heads are Better Than One'
Fans of American theater are invited on a nostalgic ride to
discover some of the behind-the-scenes secrets of popular productions from the 1940s, during a
special presentation at Lees-McRae College Friday.
Titled "Two Heads Are Better Than One," the special in-depth presentation by Amy Lezberg will focus on the work of Danny Kaye, Sylvia Fine, Adolph Green and Betty Comden.
The theatrical breakdown will also focus on some of the lesser-known facts about "Singin' in the Rain," which is the third production of the college's summer theater season.
The presentation will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. Friday, July 19, at the Student Services Center at Lees-McRae College.
"I think it will be very amusing and interesting to people to hear the kind of obstacles they (the actors in the film, 'Singin' in the Rain') faced and how well they worked," Lezberg said.
There is no charge for admission, but donations are encouraged, Lezberg said, adding that proceeds will help future interns of the college's theater department.
"I think this would be of interest to anyone who remembers Kaye's movies," Lezberg said. "A lot of people have fond memories of listening to him and watching his dancing."
Lezberg said those with "interest in the development of American theater" might also be interested in the presentation.
"I'm doing this because the internship program is really important, and it is a delight to give any way I can," Lezberg said.
"This year, we have 24 interns — college students training with a professional company," said Janet Speer, artistic director for Lees-McRae Summer Theatre, in a news release. "This is not only a hands-on experience, but academic, as well, with writing and analytical skills applied. Your donations will go to support this worthwhile cause."
For more information, call the Lees-McRae box office at (828) 898-8709 or contact Speer at (firstname.lastname@example.com)


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The Sauber F1 Team is launching a new interactive cutaway Formula One car video on its YouTube channel. The video shows the cutaway model and enables users to click on the different sections of it, which then takes them directly to the relevant footage explaining the purpose of the selected part.
SportsCars: Petition Gaining Support For Sean Edwards Championship
Posted by Matthew Clontz at 2:26 pm
Members of the racing community are attempting to honor the memory of Sean Edwards by petitioning the governing body of Porsche SuperCup to hold the remaining two races of the 2013 season as "non-points scoring rounds."
View full petition at Change.org
If successful, the initiative would allow Edwards to maintain his lead in the overall points standings and award him the Porsche SuperCup Championship posthumously. Jon Miller, petition organizer, has stated that within the first 36 hours of the petition posting that over 3000 signatures have been gathered.
This is gaining momentum and would be wonderful to see. If you were a Sean Edwards fan, check this out. http://t.co/GAvrmgRG6o
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Plenty of drama played out this weekend for the Australia GP.
Take a look at the events leading up to Marc Marquez receiving a disqualification after failing to pit within the designated rules as outlined by Race Direction. The disqualification for Marquez was simply a worst case scenario for the Repsol Honda rider as Jorge Lorenzo earned the total possible points -25- for his first place finish.
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A Danish newspaper has looked into the future and spotted Kevin Magnussen, the brand new Formula Renault 3.5 champion, at McLaren in 2015.
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G'Day People. I just purchased a used N95-1 and have no network conection. I live in rural QLD and I was wondering if this phone is Telstra "Bluetick" compatable?? Any advice would be helpful. I have been told by some friends it should work, so I'm not sure if I have a setting wrong or something. I have just installed all the latest updates available.
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February 27th, 2013 7:15pm EST
Breasts: is there anything they can't do? Nothing brings more attention to a good cause that flaunting what you've got, especially for Jersey Shore & Snooki & JWoww star Jenni 'JWoww' Farley
The 27-year-old recently posed for a new NOH8 campaign and posted a few images from the shoot, along with the official photo for the campaign to her Instagram page on Tuesday.
Adding to the campaign's signature piece of silver duct tape over the mouths of celebrity , JWoww added her own touch by going topless, save for a duct tape bra (that must've been fun to get off).
The campaign is a silent protest in response to California's passage of Proposition 8 and promotes marriage equality. It was founded by celebrity photographer Adam Bouska and has featured several celebrity participants, including Lindsay Lohan , Kim Kardashian and LeAnn Rimes. The stars are photographed with a piece of duct tape over their mouths and the NOH8 logo painted on one cheek.
Speaking of marriages, JWoww is set to wed long time boyfriend Roger Matthews later this year, something she would love to do in Las Vegas -- but not that kind of Vegas wedding.
"I just know I want to take everyone and go to Vegas," she told People magazine last fall. "Have, like, kind of a traditional wedding there, but the after-party Vegas style."
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A tractor-trailer licensed out of Woodstock, Ontario, Canada struck a rock in the northbound lanes of I-77 at milemarker 21.5 near the Camp Creek exit in Mercer County.
Sgt. W.C. Tupper of the West Virginia State Police Turnpike Detachment said the driver, Gary Merrill, 57, of Ontario, Canada struck a rock that had broken loose from the hillside near the right lane. The tractor-trailer came to a rest between the bank and the guardrail.
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Originally published on Wed July 25, 2012 9:30 am
Among those on Mitt Romney's list of potential running mates, Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan has youth and experience, he's a conservative from a swing state, and he has big ideas and the policy chops to back them up.
But the chairman of the House Budget Committee would not be the safest of choices.
Back in February, when the Republican primary was still in full swing and the party's right wing was conspicuously unhappy with the idea of Romney, tax hawk Grover Norquist spoke to the Conservative Political Action Conference.
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I'm standing next to a ridge, looking at the Syrian town of Salaqin. Just up on the ridge you can see the silhouettes of a mosque and couple of water towers. It looks like a very small, inconsequential town, but because it's on the Syrian-Turkish border it's very important to the rebels.
What the Syrian rebels are trying to do right now is carve out a kind of safe zone, a buffer zone where they can gather, assemble and plan attacks against the Syrian regime's army, and also a place where they can move weapons and money into Syria.
Originally published on Sun July 29, 2012 8:18 am
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks to the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Reno, Nev., on Tuesday. It's a sort of launching pad for a foreign trip that will take Romney to three countries over the next week: the United Kingdom, Israel and Poland.
Romney, a man with a lot of domestic policy experience, is now trying to demonstrate his proficiency with international affairs.
Two American women cyclists from Idaho will race at this summer's Olympics. And their events couldn't be more different: Kristin Armstrong races the clock, wearing an aerodynamic teardrop helmet in the time trial.
Meanwhile, mountain biker Georgia Gould combines speed with technical prowess to navigate rocky descents and dirt trails.
Training In The Desert
Originally published on Mon July 23, 2012 6:42 pm
In 1983, Sally Ride became the first American woman in space. She blasted off aboard Challenger, culminating a long journey that started in 1977 when the Ph.D. candidate answered an ad seeking astronauts for NASA missions.
In a lecture she gave at Berkeley, Ride said she saw the ad on Page 3 of the student newspaper.
"The moment I saw that ad, I knew that's what I wanted to do," she said.
Originally published on Tue July 24, 2012 6:33 am
As occurs after seemingly every mass killing that involves firearms, the shootings in a suburban Denver movie theater last week have renewed calls for tougher gun control laws.
Just as predictably, those calls have led to pushback by gun-rights advocates who accuse those calling for stricter legislation of trying to exploit the tragedy to restrict Americans' Second Amendment rights.
Worth noting is that neither of the two major-party candidates running for the White House has engaged in any current gun control debate.
Originally published on Mon July 23, 2012 4:19 pm
Congress created a monster when it decided that the entire government will face across-the-board cuts in January, unless an agreement on deficit reduction is reached.
The deadline for the automatic spending cuts — called sequestration — is now approaching, and the Pentagon, Congress and the defense industry say those cuts would be horrible.
The Pentagon, perhaps the world's premier planning agency, views the threat of a 10 percent budget cut like an invasion from Mars. It's too awful, too scary and, as Pentagon press secretary George Little puts it, too "absurd."
Originally published on Mon July 23, 2012 10:45 pm
In the days since the movie theater shooting in Aurora, Colo., there's been little discussion of the laws that allowed the gunman to acquire his arsenal.
Authorities say suspect James Holmes, who was arrested at the scene of the shooting that killed 12 people and wounded dozens more, was armed with a modified assault rifle, two pistols, a shotgun and thousands of rounds of ammunition.
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, a Democrat, told CNN this weekend that the guns are not the problem.
Olympic reporting veterans like myself (London is Games No. 8) noticed something extraordinary this weekend at the first London 2012 news conference called by International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge.
The "something" sat there on the podium, directly in front of Rogge: an aquamarine bottle of Powerade, a Coca-Cola product. And next to Rogge, in front of IOC spokesman Mark Adams, was a carefully positioned bottle of caramel-colored Coke. Dozens of photographers and TV cameras were capturing the event; it seemed impossible to miss the OIympic sponsor's products.


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The Freehold Township Committee decided to put a hold on the re-zoning of after over a hundred residents showed up at the meeting on Feb. 28 to protest the proposed change.
Councilman Eugene Golub motioned for the ordinance to be tabled. "Since so many people came out, I would like some time to think about what has been discussed tonight," said Golub.
According to the ordinance, the re-zoning would allow for Brock Farms to become a B-2 (Commercial) zone and a new PAC-2 (Planned Adult Community) zone.
The property, which is over one hundred acres, is currently zoned to allow for the development of one home per every two acres. This new PAC-2 zoning allows for the development of four homes per every acre. The additional commercial zoning would allow for the development of a strip mall to accompany the 55+ community.
Over 25 residents came to the microphone to not to pass the ordinance.
Michael Fogerty, a , was one of the concerned residents who spoke on these topics and summed up the main concerns of all the residents.
"On behalf of the residents attending tonight and dozens of others that could not make it we state that we are not opposed to development as long as such development is consistent with the hard work and planning that has gone on prior to this request," said Fogerty.
The biggest concerns among residents who spoke were deviation from the master plan, increased traffic and safety as well as environmental and aesthetic effects.
With the concern of the Master Plan, Fogerty said, "The re-zoning of Brock Farm could start a 'domino effect' to re-zone this other land to further deviate from the Master Plan." He also urged the committee to look into the status of a previously PAC-2 zoned property in Freehold Township that has yet to be developed.
With the concern of traffic and safety, Fogerty referenced Western Monmouth County Route 537 Corridor Study from 2004. "The data I just described depicts a major transportation corridor that is beyond the point of necessary improvements. Now 8 years later we have not seen any of these recommended improvements yet we are here tonight discussing the rezoning of land that would further create a travel hardship and more importantly a safety concern for Freehold residents and our surrounding townships," said Fogerty.
Many 537 accident victims, parents and residents along the road also stood up to second this point and voice their extreme concerns with the safety issues that would arise with adding additional traffic to this area of the road.
As for an environmental concern, Fogerty said, "The primary boundary of this site includes the known extent of the wetland habitat containing Federally-listed threatened plants along with the surrounding lowland habitat and the upland-lowland boundary."
As for aesthetics, many residents spoke out on how Freehold Township has changed in recent years and longed to hold onto one of the last farms in the area. Residents touched on points such as reduced property value, feeling deceived as homeowners who thought they'd be living in a residential neighborhood and changing the feel of the neighborhood.
Some committee members touched on some positive points of re-zoning this area to a PAC-2.
Mayor Anthony Ammiano described the need for this type of housing in the township for seniors. "They have to sell their houses and move to Howell because they can no longer afford to live in Freehold on a fixed income," explained the Mayor. "This is an affordable housing project that would allow them to stay."
Councilman Golub said that this would increase revenue without adding much more additional expenses to the Township. "The seniors pay the same taxes, but do not reap all the benefits," he said. He added in comparison to single-family homes, there would not be an increase in students in the school system, the community would be gated so the township would not have to pay for snow clean-up, maintenance or recycling pick-up.
The meeting ended at 11:30 p.m. when Councilman Golub motioned to table the discussing.
The motion is tabled until April 24. There will be another public hearing where residents are invited again to come and voice their concerns.


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Epic wants you to help name their maps
EPIC Games, the studio behind Unreal Tournament and Gears of War, has put out a call to all the loyal fans of UT. Being that the fans are normally the brain child behind a generous portion of the content, they have initiated a challenge to think up the best name for their new "capture the flag" map seen below.
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We know that the pictures are not perfect, but the following rules and tidbits were offered to help your imagination run wild:
~It has to sound cool!
~The name must be of the form "CTF-Name". Multi-word names should be capitalized, i.e., "CTF-FirstSecondThirdWord".
~Don't be silly with using names trademarked by someone else, immature stuff, etc.
~The name has to fit the mood. This level takes place in orbit around Omicron 6, the home of the sinister Necris. CTF-HappySunriseBunnyKisses is not appropriate.
~The name has to relate to the map closely, so that if someone says the map name you'll know which one they mean. For example, a map with a big suspension bridge is called CTF-Suspense. The UT DM map with the deadly pressure chamber was called DM-Pressure. We've broken this rule sometimes, but it's something we're paying more attention to in UT3.
~For this map, the obvious hook is the gorgeous skybox with the star (Omicron) rising over the planet's horizon.
While there have been no prizes announced or any information on what will happen if your name is picked, offers like this in the gaming industry are few and far between. Head on over to Epic's forums to take part in the naming party here.
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While the cold winter temps may make the holiday season seem more festive, they can take a toll on your chattering teeth and frost-bitten noses. While schools and office buildings are always nice and cozy warm, you may think twice about making your house toasty when you see how much heating an average home costs. It might be close to unbearable to touch your bare feet to the cold floors, but who wants a $400 heating bill. The following are less expensive ways to keep warm during the winter. Even in the south, where winter gear might not be as prominently sold, each of these tips could heat things up.
- Buy a Space Heater- Space heaters and oil-filled heaters are surprisingly inexpensive and can put out a lot of heat. If you're going to be sitting in one spot for any length of time, a space heater is really all you need to stay comfortable. However, they should be used with caution. If you have animals or small children, make sure they are unable to get to the space heater and remind yourself to turn it off whenever you leave your house. This gives you the option to create heat in one room without spending the money to heat the entire house.
- Layer Up- If you are generally in a climate that stays warmer than the norm during the winter months, it might be hard to find suitable clothing for super low temps. Thermal underwear underneath a sweater can go a long way in keeping you warm. As far as your feet, double or triple-layer your socks if you need to, and for added warmth, stick them in the dryer for a few minutes prior to wearing them. And although it's a myth that most of your heat is lost through your head, I still always feel cozier when I wear a hat.
- Take a Hot Bath- Sometimes I think a hot bath is the only way to really warm up when you're cold to your core. Who doesn't enjoy a steamy bath after a long hard day? Baths add moisture to the air, which can help alleviate your dry, winter skin. After you're done bathing, don't drain the water right away. Let the water sit and evaporate into the air. Getting towels straight from the dryer is a great way to keep warm once you are done bathing.
- Don't Eat Out- Not only will you save money by cooking at home, you'll be indirectly warming up your home. If you use the oven, keep it cracked after you turn it off so that its heat can be reused inside your house. Crock-pots slow cooker recipes are great for making warm, nutritious meals. You can also make gourmet coffee drinks to help stay warm. Try filling the mugs with boiling water before the coffee to keep the drinks, and your hands, warmer longer.


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Roxanne Cates said she has always driven in the left lane of traffic, no matter what people did to her on Houston-area roads.
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A Montgomery County Deputy Constable stopped Cates near New Caney Wednesday for refusing to move out of the far left lane on the Eastex Freeway.
She didn't know slower drivers are required by law to move to the right.
"I usually stay in that far left lane. I get in that lane and stay in it all the way home," she said.
"You've got many lanes you can ride in. So if somebody is coming up behind and they are going faster than you, just need to move over," Dpt. Constable Jeff Buchanan said.
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NORMAN — Editor's note: This is first in a two-part series exploring Norman's history in connection with the Rhodes granary and the rise and fall of the local, small dairy industry.
The demolition of the Rhodes granary began Wednesday following approval of the contract by the Norman City Council on Tuesday. Rhodes Grain Company's time has come and gone, and with it, the agricultural era that once marked Norman and most of America's history.
"I always found it a very interesting structure," said long-time Norman resident Bob Goins who lived nearby. "It's going to be missed by some of us... I understand these things are part of our changing urban scene."
For Norman, the story of the granary revolves around the rise and fall of the local, small dairy industry and the grain that once fed dairy cattle.
Cecil Rhodes, founder of Rhodes Grain Company, first got into the business when he purchased Massey Grain Company at 104 W. Comanche where Food and Shelter for Friends is now, said Richard McDonald who worked for Rhodes Granary for 40 years.
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Me: "Tuna? So um... is there any salmon in the "salmon" patties?"
Grandma: "No."
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On another note, I figured out how to get a photo of Hannah that doesn't consist of her running towards me with her arms out in hopes of stealing the camera. I just sit her down with a container of raisins. Next time I'll get out the digital SLR instead of the little hand held. Maybe I'll even get out the light tent, and dress her up. Oh the possibilities.....
P.S. Hannah loves eating lemons. As in scoop out the innards, and feed them straight to her. No "Oh Mommy, this is so sour, why are you giving this to me!" face, just happiness that she gets to eat lemons. Still can't find a fruit she doesn't like. Maybe I should try durian.
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NRA: America Speaks for Itself (Video)
Posted in Political Issues, tagged armed protection, Children, gun-free zone, liberal elites, National Rifle Association, NRA, schools on January 17, 2013 | 4 Comments »
New York Law Banning High Capacity Magazines Make All Law Enforcement Officers Criminals
Posted in Political Issues, tagged gun grabbers, gun magazine, high capacity gun magazines, law enforcement officers, Liberal Idiots, Mario Cuomo, New York, New York Police on January 17, 2013 | 1 Comment »
This is why you must READ a fucking law before passing it. Liberals are idiots.
NEW YORK (WABC) — A troubling oversight has been found within New York State's sweeping new gun laws.
The ban on having high-capacity magazines, as it's written, would also include law enforcement officers.
Magazines with more than seven rounds will be illegal under the new law when that part takes effect in March.
As the statute is currently written, it does not exempt law enforcement officers.
Nearly every law enforcement agency in the state carries hand guns that have a 15 round capacity.
NBC Admits That No "Assault Rifle" Was Used in Newton Massacre (Video)
Posted in Political Issues, tagged Adam Lanza, AR-15, assault rifle, gun control, gun grabbers, liberal media, media bias, media propaganda, President Obama on January 17, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
The media has an agenda to push and that is the agenda of Obama and the far-left gun grabbers. All ran to the cameras to blame "assault weapons" in order to gin up fear among the low-information Americans. A month after the murders we finally learn that the evil "assault rifle" blamed for the killings didn't do it at all. Looks like Adam Lanza used handguns to commit his numerous felonies.
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Pete Williams, who is NBC's chief Justice correspondent, reported the following in the video posted above:
This continues to be a very complex investigation and there is a lot of contradictory information out there, but we have some new information this morning (one month ago) from a couple of federal officials and state officials.
They say now that there were actuallyfour handguns inside the school, not just two as we were initially told. Four handguns and apparently onlyhandguns that were taken into the school.
We knew that Adam Lanza, the man said to be the gunman here, also had an 'assault-style' AR-15 -style rifle that he had had taken to the school, it was in the car he drove there, his mother's car, but we have been told by several officials that he had left that in the car.
If you watch the video you will see the police breaking into the trunk of the car Lanza stole from his mother and drove to the school. The video shows an officer clearing a long gun (probably a shotgun) that was not an AR-15 "assault rifle." The media lied and did so to push Obama's gun-grabbing agenda. Left-wing nuts and their propaganda pushing media have a known history of lying to disarm citizens.
Please post this all over the internet. Post it on Facebook, Twitter and any other social media outlet. It's time to show Americans why they can't trust the left-wing media outlets.
Firearms Expert: Limiting Magazine Size Won't Slow Determined Killers
Posted in Political Issues, tagged ATF, bullets, Mario Cuoma, mass murderers, New York, Newton, rifle magazine on January 17, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
To bad inexperienced left-wing gun-grabber don't understand this fact.
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New York's new law limiting the number of bullets in semiautomatic rifle magazines won't stop determined mass killers, firearms experts said yesterday.
It takes six to eight seconds to fire off a 30-round magazine like that used in the Newtown killings, said Joseph Green, a retired firearms instructor and agent of the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.
A well-trained shooter would need roughly 13.5 to 22 seconds to fire off the same number of bullets with six magazines of five rounds each, which are legal in New York.
A shooter needs 1.5 seconds to swap out each cartridge, and each five-round cartridge takes one to two seconds to shoot.
Killers facing stressful situations — such as a lot of screaming people — might need a bit more time to swap cartridges, Green said.
But he and other experts say swapping magazines means just a minor delay for determined mass killers.
"It's not difficult for someone proficient to change magazines. It will take you a few more seconds, nothing longer," said John Cerar, a retired NYPD deputy inspector and former head of the firearms-training unit.
2nd Home Listed on Journal News "Gun Map" Broken Into…Guns and Gun Permits Stolen
Posted in Political Issues, tagged gun map, Journal News, stolen gun permits, stolen guns on January 17, 2013 | 1 Comment »
Good job Journal News.
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Two handguns and two pistol permits were stolen from the New City home of a man whose name and address are listed on the website of a local newspaper as possessing gun permits, police said.
The thieves ransacked the house Wednesday night, breaking into two safes on the home's third floor and stealing a third safe. The guns were in the stolen safe, police said.
Clarkstown police said they had no evidence the burglary was connected to the controversial map.
They have no evidence that it wasn't either.
"The burglary is still under investigation and there are no facts to support this correlation at this time," Clarkstown Sgt. Joanne Fratianni said in a statement. "If the investigation develops further information, it will be released accordingly."
Family members at the burglarized home refused to speak Thursday and police are keeping reporters off the property on the quiet suburban street.
The burglary comes less than a week after a White Plains homeowner who, too, was listed on the Journal News website as having gun permits, arrived home to find his home burglarized with jewelry missing and an attempted break-in of his gun safe. The thieves were not successful and no guns were stolen.
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Al-Qaeda Linked Militants Seize BP Complex in Algeria…Take Hostages, Including 7 Americans, in Revenge for Mali
Posted in Political Issues, tagged Al-Qaeda, Algeria, BP, France, Islamic terrorists, Katibat Moulathamine, Mali, Masked Brigade on January 17, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
But, but, but Obama said al-Qaeda is "on it's heels."
ALGIERS, Algeria — As Algerian army helicopters clattered overhead deep in the Sahara desert, Islamist militants hunkered down for the night in a natural gas complex they had assaulted Wednesday morning, killing two people and taking dozens of foreigners hostage in what could be the first spillover from France's intervention in Mali.
The Algerian army has surrounded the complex and about 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometers) from the coast, there is no obvious way for the kidnappers to escape in their four wheel drive vehicles with their hostages.
A militant group claimed responsibility for the rare attack on one of oil-rich Algeria's energy facilities, saying it came in revenge for the North African nation's support for France's military operation against al-Qaida-linked rebels in neighboring Mali. The militants said they were holding 41 foreigners from the energy complex, including seven Americans.
The group — called Katibat Moulathamine or the Masked Brigade — phoned a Mauritanian news outlet to say one of its affiliates had carried out the operation at the Ain Amenas gas field, located 800 miles (1,300 kilometers) south of Algiers, the Algerian capital, and that France must cease its intervention in Mali to ensure the safety of the hostages.
BP, together with the Norwegian company Statoil and the Algerian state oil company Sonatrach, operates the gas field. A Japanese company, JGC Corp, provides services for the facility as well.
In Rome, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta declared that the U.S. "will take all necessary and proper steps" to deal with the attack in Algeria. He would not detail what such steps might be but condemned the action as "terrorist attack" and likened it to al-Qaida activities in Pakistan, Afghanistan and in the United States on Sept. 11, 2001.
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Super Bowl star Plaxico Burress was suspended for one game by the New York Giants on Wednesday for an undisclosed violation of team rules.
General manager Jerry Reese and coach Tom Coughlin informed Burress of the suspension Wednesday morning before the team held a bye-week practice.
The suspension takes effect immediately, meaning Burress will miss the Giants' game against the Seattle Seahawks on Oct. 5.
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Burress, who caught the game-winning, 13-yard touchdown pass in the final minute of the Giants' 17-14 win over the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl, will be allowed to return to team activities the day after the Seahawks game.
Burress was off to a great start this season, with a team-high 18 catches for 259 yards and a touchdown.
The Giants signed Burress to a two-year contract extension that will bump his salary into the $7-million range the next five years. The deal, which included $11 million in guaranteed money that will be paid this season, was signed just hours before the Giants kicked off the season on Sept. 4 against the Washington Redskins.
Burress had 10 catches for 133 yards in a 16-7 win.
Burress had been upset that the Giants had refused to negotiate his contract after the Super Bowl, and refused to practice during a mandatory minicamp in June. He was fined about $25,000.
Despite playing on a sprained right ankle all last season, Burress had a team-high 70 receptions for 1,025 yards and a career-high 12 touchdowns. He added 18 catches for 221 yards in the postseason.
Burress caught 209 passes for 3,227 yards and 29 touchdowns in his first three seasons with the Giants, with all of the touchdown passes being thrown by Eli Manning.
Payouts and guarantees on portions of the new contract were contingent on Burress participating more in offseason workouts and being more involved in team activities.
His base salary under the new contract is $2 million. His suspension will cost him $235,294.
Pretty bad way to get suspended. Shame on Plax.
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Oh c'mon, they're just destroying my fantasy team :p
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Two weeks, but with the bye he only will miss one game.
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October 22, 2013
Two houses in Beijing were destroyed without advance notice to residents, and an official warned the remaining residents that their houses will be demolished by 26 November 2013.
October 22, 2013
Demand an explanation of, and accountability for, the killings documented in Amnesty International's report "Will I Be Next: US Drone Strikes in Pakistan."
October 21, 2013
Tatiana Paraskevich is in danger of extradition to Ukraine or Russia, where she will likely be transferred to Kazakhstan and at risk of torture and other ill-treatment.
October 21, 2013
Colombian security forces are using excessive force against protesting Indigenous Peoples, while paramilitaries threaten Indigenous leaders and organizations.