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States Facing $1.26T Pension Shortfall

The Washington Post reports: The state funds that pay pension and health-care benefits to retired teachers, corrections officers and millions of other public workers faced a cumulative shortfall of at least $1.26 trillion at the end of fiscal 2009, according to a new report. The study, …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday April 26, 2011

Syria Crackdown Kills 35 More

The Wall Street Journal reports: BEIRUT—Syria's government escalated its crackdown on protesters Monday, sending tanks and armored vehicles into the southern city of Deraa, and raiding homes and deploying snipers in suburbs surrounding the capital and other hot spots, according to witness and …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday April 26, 2011

Gitmo Files Show More Planned Attacks

The New York Times reports: WASHINGTON — He peers out from the photo in the classified file through heavy-framed spectacles, an owlish face with a graying beard and a half-smile. Saifullah Paracha , a successful businessman and for years a New York travel agent, appears to be the …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday April 26, 2011

Applebaum: Will And Kate And Fate

Anne Applebaum writes in the Washington Post : A month ago, I told a British friend that I might be coming to London on April 29. “You can’t get here on the 29th, ” she told me. “That’s the day of the wedding.” I told her I wasn’t invited to a wedding. Then I remembered. Ah yes, …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday April 26, 2011

Violent Weather Kills 5 In Arkansas

The New York Times reports: VILONIA, Ark. (AP) — Violent storms carved out a swatch of damage three miles wide Monday night in central Arkansas, leaving at least two residents of a small town dead, authorities said. Three others were killed when floodwaters swept their vehicles off the …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday April 26, 2011

Unknown Child Drowned On Titanic Identified

MSNBC reports: Five days after the passenger ship the Titanic sank, the crew of the rescue ship Mackay-Bennett pulled the body of a fair-haired, roughly 2-year-old boy out of the Atlantic Ocean on April 21, 1912. Along with many other victims, his body went to a cemetery in Halifax, Nova …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday April 26, 2011

Ron Paul to Announce 2012 Committee

Politico reports : Ron Paul will move one step closer to a long-shot presidential bid Tuesday, when he announces the formation of an exploratory committee in Iowa. The Texas congressman confirmed his plans Monday night on Fox News, after news reports of his plans for a late-afternoon …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday April 26, 2011

Berwick: Ryan Plan is Real Rationing

Politico reports : The man Republicans have derided as the “rationer-in-chief” charges that Republicans’ own budget proposals would end up rationing care to millions of Americans on Medicare and Medicaid. “It is paradoxical really that with all this talk of rationing, the proposal we …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday April 25, 2011

Pawlenty: Ramp Up Domestic Drilling

The Hill reports : Likely GOP presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty is using rising gas prices to poke holes in President Obama's energy policy. The former Minnesota governor, like other GOP hopefuls, said Monday that the Obama administration should ramp up domestic oil drilling to reduce …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday April 25, 2011

Barbour Won't Run in 2012

Roll Call reports : Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour (R) took himself out of the running for the Republican presidential nomination on Monday. Barbour surprised most observers by saying in a statement that he wouldn't run for president in 2012. "I will not be a candidate for …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday April 25, 2011

Poll: Post-Mubarak Egypt More Anti-American

National Journal reports : Hopes for regional stability in a new Egypt are muted in the latest Pew research poll , which found just over half of Egyptians surveyed favor annulling the country's peace treaty with Israel. The White House also comes under criticism for its handling of …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday April 25, 2011

Huckabee, Romney Lead in SC

The Hill reports: Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney lead the pack of Republican presidential candidates hoping to win South Carolina's GOP primary next year, according to a new poll. Twenty percent of likely Republican primary voters said …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday April 25, 2011

WH: Assad's Actions 'Deplorable'

Politico reports : The White House is keeping up its rhetorical barrage against the bloody crackdown waged by Bashar al-Assad – and threatening targeted sanctions against the Syrian strongman and his cronies in Damascus. “The brutal violence used by the government of Syria against its …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday April 25, 2011

Carney Not Sure if WH Made Easter Statement

Politico reports: What happens when the White House press secretary doesn’t know if President Obama has made a public statement about a major holiday? That seemed to be the case on Monday, when press secretary Jay Carney said he didn’t know if Obama had signed any statements about …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday April 25, 2011

Iran's Computers Hit By New Virus

Reuters reports: Iran has been targeted by a second computer virus in a "cyber war" waged by its enemies, its commander of civil defense said on Monday. Gholamreza Jalali told the semi-official Mehr news agency that the new virus, called "Stars," was being investigated by experts. …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday April 25, 2011

McCain Rules Out U.S. Attack on Syria

The Hill reports : Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said Monday that he doesn't think it would be appropriate for the U.S. or NATO to intervene militarily in Syria the way they had in Libya. "I don't see a scenario right now or anytime in the near future where the injection of U.S. or NATO …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday April 25, 2011

Air Controllers Union Wants Naps

The Hill reports : The leader of the national air traffic controllers union wants members to be allowed to schedule naps during night shifts. National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) President Paul Rinaldi said the steps taken last week by the Federal Aviation Administratio…

Written by FrumForum News on Monday April 25, 2011

SCOTUS: No Fast Track for Health Bill Case

The Washington Post reports : The Supreme Court on Monday turned down Virginia’s request that it rule immediately on the constitutionality of the nation’s health-care overhaul. The decision to reject Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II’s request for expedited review, announced …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday April 25, 2011

Law Firm Flips: Now Won't Defend DOMA

Huffington Post reports : The law firm King & Spalding announced on Monday that it will not continue to represent the U.S. House of Representatives in defending the Defense of Marriage Act. "Today the firm filed a motion to withdraw from its engagement to represent the Bipartisan …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday April 25, 2011

Pakistanis Hold Anti-Drone Protest

CNN reports : A Pakistani opposition leader on Sunday threatened to have supporters block NATO supply routes to Afghanistan and march to Islamabad if U.S. drone strikes in the country were not halted. Imran Khan, a famous former cricket player and the head of the Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf…

Written by FrumForum News on Monday April 25, 2011