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Palin Receives "Unprecedented" Death Threats

Palin Receives "Unprecedented" Death Threats ABC News reports : An aide close to Sarah Palin says death threats and security threats have increased to an unprecedented level since the shooting in Arizona , and the former Alaska governor's team has been talking to security …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday January 13, 2011

Giffords Opens Her Eyes

Giffords Opens Her Eyes Politico reports : TUCSON, Ariz. — Simple sentiments, spoken by family and some of her closest friends in Congress, inspired the “miracle” of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’ open eyes Wednesday evening. Surrounded in her hospital room by her husband, her …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday January 13, 2011

Report: Loughner Used Hallucinogenic Drugs

Did Loughner Use Hallucinogenic Drugs? The Daily Beast reports : Arizona shooter Jared Loughner used Salvia , the hallucinogenic drug, according to a high school friend of his. Obviously, Loughner was troubled. But did Salvia have anything to do with it? Currently, there’s …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday January 13, 2011

Read: Obama's Remarks at Tucson Memorial

Read: Obama's Remarks at Tucson Memorial Courtesy of Politico : To the families of those we've lost; to all who called them friends; to the students of this university, the public servants gathered tonight, and the people of Tucson and Arizona: I have come here tonight as an …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday January 12, 2011

Conservative Media Used "Blood Libel" First

Conservative Media Used "Blood Libel" First Talking Points Memo reports : Before Sarah Palin posted her Facebook provocation this morning accusing the media of committing "blood libel" for connecting some of her statements to the attempted assassination of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday January 12, 2011

Sen. Kirk Calls for More Civil Rhetoric

Sen. Kirk Calls for More Civil Rhetoric BND.com reports : COLLINSVILLE -- The shadow of the Arizona shooting lay over U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk's town-hall meeting Monday night in Collinsville, which attracted a nearly full crowd. The event was organized by the newly elected Illinois …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday January 12, 2011

Cops Pulled Over Loughner Before Shooting

Cops Pulled Over Loughner on Day of Shooting The New York Times reports : Police stopped Jared L. Loughner for running a red light several hours before authorities say he opened fire outside a Tucson supermarket Saturday, but the state wildlife officer who made the traffic …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday January 12, 2011

Obama Backs Hariri

Obama Backs Hariri AFP reports : US President Barack Obama threw his full support behind embattled Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri on Wednesday as Hezbollah toppled his unity government during a White House visit. Minutes after Obama and Hariri posed for photographers in …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday January 12, 2011

Rahm: Voters Don't Care Where I Live

Rahm: Voters Don't Care Where I Live The Hill reports : Chicago mayoral candidate and former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel said Wednesday he doesn't expect the lingering controversy over challenges to his residency to impact the race for mayor. In an interview on …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday January 12, 2011

Poll: Americans Oppose Debt Ceiling Increase

Poll: Americans Oppose Increase in Debt Ceiling The Hill reports : The administration's warning of dire economic consequences for failing to increase the debt ceiling has not gained traction with the American public, as an overwhelming majority opposes the increase, according to …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday January 12, 2011

Writer John Gross Dead at 75

Writer John Gross Dead at 75 Tom Gross writes: My father, the writer and critic John Gross, died (through illness, aged 75) on Monday afternoon. He was an exceptional person and a wonderful father. Since there are many people who know me personally on this list, as well as …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday January 12, 2011

Hezbollah Topples Lebanon's Government

Hezbollah Topples Lebanon's Govt BBC News reports : Lebanon's national unity government has collapsed after 11 ministers from Hezbollah and its allies resigned. Energy Minister Gibran Bassil said the decision was prompted by a dispute over the UN tribunal investigating former …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday January 12, 2011

House Honors Shooting Victims

House Honors Shooting Victims The New York Times reports : As President Obama prepared to head to Arizona Wednesday, the House of Representatives convened to consider a resolution honoring the dead and wounded in the shooting rampage in Tucson that left six dead and 14 …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday January 12, 2011

2010 is Warmest Year on Record

2010 is Warmest Year on Record USA Today reports : 2010 tied with 2005 as the warmest year of the global surface temperature record, according to data released today by the National Climatic Data Center. Records began in 1880. The Earth's temperature was 1.12 degrees F above …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday January 12, 2011

Obama Preps for Tucson Speech

Obama Preps for Tucson Speech ABC News reports : Per sources, the president worked throughout the night on the speech. Its goal will be to administer to those mourning, honor those impacted by the shootings – including the victims, the heroes, and all those grieving in Tucson …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday January 12, 2011

Illinois Passes 66% Income Tax Hike

Illinois Passes 66% Income Tax Hike The AP reports : Democrats in the Illinois Legislature on Wednesday approved a 66 percent income-tax increase in a desperate and politically risky effort to end the state's crippling budget crisis. The increase now goes to Democratic Gov. …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday January 12, 2011

Assange Worried About Death Penalty

Assange's Lawyers Worried About Death Penalty The Guardian reports : Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, could be at "real risk" of the death penalty or detention in Guantánamo Bay if he is extradited to Sweden on accusations of rape and sexual assault, his lawyers claim. …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday January 12, 2011

Biden to Karzai: US Could Stay Beyond 2014

Biden: U.S. Could Stay in Afghanistan Beyond 2014 Reuters reports : The United States is not in Afghanistan to "govern," but will stay beyond a scheduled 2014 security handover if Afghans want, visiting U.S. Vice President Joe Biden told President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday. …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday January 12, 2011

Dad Chased Loughner Before Shooting

Dad Chased Loughner Just Before Shooting The AP reports: Mysterious black bag in hand, Jared Loughner ran into the desert, his angry father stopping pursuit in his truck. Hours after Randy Loughner's futile confrontation with his 22-year-old son Saturday morning, six people were …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday January 12, 2011

Boehner: No New Gun Control

Boehner: No New Gun Control The Hill reports : Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) is rejecting gun-control legislation offered by the chairman of the Homeland Security Committee in response to the weekend shootings of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) and 19 others in Arizona. …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday January 12, 2011