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Iran to Execute Kurdish Student

Iran to Execute Kurdish Student The Guardian reports: A 29-year-old Iranian student activist is facing execution tomorrow unless an international campaign launched by human rights groups can persuade authorities to quash his conviction. Habibollah Latifi, a politically active …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday December 26, 2010

Bristol May Head Back to School

Bristol May Head Back to School TMZ reports: Bristol Palin is telling friends she may enroll at an Arizona college once she moves in to the home she just bought in the Grand Canyon state ... TMZ has learned. So far, no official word on which school the 20-year-old has her eye on …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday December 26, 2010

Blizzard Hits Northeast

Blizzard Hits Northeast The AP reports: A band of frigid weather was snaking up the East Coast on Sunday, promising blizzards and a foot of snow for New York City and New England, while several states made emergency declarations as the storm caused crashes on slick roads. …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday December 26, 2010

Gibbs: Gitmo Not Closing Anytime Soon

Gibbs: Gitmo Not Closing For a While CNN reports: A year has passed since the Obama administration said the Guantanamo Bay military prison would close, but White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said Sunday that the facility won't go away in the near future. In an interview …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday December 26, 2010

WH: Replacement for Summers by Mid-Jan

Replacement for Summers by Mid-Jan The AP reports: Don't look for any big changes in President Barack Obama's Cabinet as the new year gets under way. The president's press secretary, Robert Gibbs, tells CNN's "State of the Union" that he doesn't expect any major shuffling to take …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday December 26, 2010

Obamas Head to Sunday Church

Obamas Head to Sunday Church The New York Times reports: President Obama, whose Hawaiian vacation has included golfing, beach-going and visiting the troops on Christmas Day — as well as his regular economic and intelligence briefings — took time out Sunday morning to go to …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday December 26, 2010

Assange Gets $1.5M Book Deal

Assange Gets $1.5M Book Deal The Huffington Post reports: For weeks, newspapers around the globe have been pouring barrels of ink to tell the story of Julian Assange. Now he plans to spill some of his own. Not exactly known for keeping secrets, the WikiLeaks founder is working …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday December 26, 2010

Chicago, Hawaii Fight Over Obama Presidential Library

Chicago & Honolulu Begin Fight for Obama Library Politico reports: As President Barack Obama prepares to battle with Republicans for a second term, another fight is already brewing: where to enshrine his legacy once he leaves office. The effort to play host city to Obama’s president…

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday December 26, 2010

Obama Visits Hawaii Marine Base

Obama Visits Hawaii Marine Base The AP reports: President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle took time from their Hawaii vacation to drop by a Marine Corps base on Saturday, where they greeted service men and women during Christmas dinner. Obama, who has otherwise kept a low …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday December 26, 2010

Dutch Arrest 12 on Terror Plot Fears

Dutch Arrest 12 on Terror Plot Fears CNN reports: Dutch authorities have arrested 12 men of Somali origin they believe were about to carry out a terrorist attack, authorities said Saturday. The country's intelligence service provided information that led to the arrests in …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday December 26, 2010

Taliban Bomber Kills 43 at Refugee Camp

Taliban Bomber Kills 43 at Refugee Camp in Pakistan BBC reports: US President Barack Obama has condemned as "outrageous" Saturday's deadly suicide bomb attack on a town in north-western Pakistan. A female bomber killed at least 43 people in the attack on a large crowd receiving …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday December 26, 2010

Mexico Admits Troops Killed U.S. Citizen

Mexico Admits Troops Killed American Citizen The AP reports: Joseph Proctor told his girlfriend he was popping out to the convenience store in the quiet Mexican beach town where the couple had just moved, intending to start a new life. The next morning, the 32-year-old New York …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday December 26, 2010

Stuxnet Might Have Destroyed 1,000 Centrifuges

Stuxnet Might Have Destroyed 1,000 Centrifuges The Jerusalem Post reports : The Stuxnet virus that has infected Iran’s nuclear installations may have been behind the decommissioning of 1, 000 centrifuges at the Natanz uranium enrichment facility earlier this year, according to a …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday December 26, 2010

End of Life Care Makes a Return

End of Life Care Makes a Return The New York Times reports : WASHINGTON — When a proposal to encourage end-of-life planning touched off a political storm over “death panels, ” Democrats dropped it from legislation to overhaul the health care system. But the Obama administratio…

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday December 26, 2010

Chinese Defense Industry Underwhelms

Chinese Defense Industry Underwhelms The Washington Post reports : MOSCOW - The Moscow Machine-Building Enterprise Salyut on the east side of town has put up a massive Soviet-style poster advertising its need for skilled workers. The New Year's party at the Chernyshev plant in a …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday December 26, 2010

Can Rick Scott Govern Florida?

Can Rick Scott Govern Florida? Time Magazine reports : Florida has some of the broadest open-government laws in the country. So when Governor-elect Rick Scott held a number of behind-closed-doors meetings with business leaders earlier this month during a five-day jobs tour, many …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday December 26, 2010

Obama Prepares to Discuss Tactical Nukes

Obama Prepares to Discuss Tactical Nukes The New York Times reports : WASHINGTON — Fresh from winning Senate approval for a new strategic arms treaty, President Obama plans to return to the negotiating table with Russia next year in hopes of securing the first legal limits …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday December 26, 2010

Clinton to Campaign for Rahm Emanuel

Clinton to Campaign for Emanuel The Wall Street Journal reports : Former President Bill Clinton will stump for Rahm Emanuel in the latter’s bid to become mayor of Chicago. Mr. Emanuel, most recently chief of staff to President Barack Obama , also served in Mr. …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday December 26, 2010

Obama Ends Controversial Intern Program

Obama Ends Controversial Intern Program The Washington Post reports : President Obama plans to issue an executive order, perhaps as early as this week, ending a federal internship program that critics say circumvents proper hiring practices. Since it began in 2001, the …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday December 26, 2010

Hawaii Gov. to Take on "Birthers"

Hawaii Gov. to Take on "Birthers" The New York Times reports : HONOLULU — Gov. Neil Abercrombie of Hawaii, who befriended President Obama ’s parents when they were university students here, has been in office for less than three weeks. But he is so incensed over “birthers” — …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday December 24, 2010