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Japanese Radioactivity Danger Still Unclear

Japan Radioactivity Danger Unclear The New York Times reports: The different radioactive materials being reported at the nuclear accidents in Japan range from relatively benign to extremely worrisome. The central problem in assessing the degree of danger is that the amounts of …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday March 13, 2011

Lowry: Peter King Doing Good Work

Lowry: King Doing Good Work Rich Lowry writes in National Review : Betty Friedan famously wrote about “the problem that has no name.” Decades later, domestic Islamic radicalism bids fair to become the new nameless problem, at least if the Left gets its way. The outraged …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday March 13, 2011

Thousands Attend Anti-Nuclear Protest At German Plant

Protest At German Nuclear Plant BBC New s reports: Tens of thousands of people have protested in Germany against the government's plans to extend the life of its nuclear reactors. Demonstrators in Stuttgart formed a human chain reaching 45km (27 miles) for the protest, planned …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday March 13, 2011

Cuba Sentences American To 15 Years In Prison

American Gets 15 Years In Cuban Jail The New York Times reports: MEXICO CITY — An American contractor who United States officials said went to Cuba to deliver communication equipment to religious groups was sentenced Saturday to 15 years in prison by a Cuban court, the latest …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday March 13, 2011

Japan: Signs of 'Partial' Meltdown

Japan: Signs of 'Partial' Meltdown The Washington Post reports: A partial meltdown is likely under way at one nuclear power plant affected by Friday's earthquake, according to Japan's top government official, the Associated Press reports. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday March 12, 2011

100,000 Protest WI Union Bill

100,000 Protest WI Union Bill Reuters reports: Up to 100, 000 people protested at the Wisconsin state Capitol on Saturday against a new law curbing the union rights of public workers that is seen as one of the biggest challenges in decades facing U.S. organized labor. Madison …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday March 12, 2011

Police Break Up Yemen Protest

Police Break Up Yemen Protest BBC reports: Police in Yemen have attacked anti-government demonstrators in the centre of the capital, Sanaa, killing up to six people and injuring many more. Reports say hundreds of police moved in, using tear gas, water cannons and live bullets at …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday March 12, 2011

Arab League Backs No Fly Zone

Arab League Backs No Fly Zone The BBC reports: The Arab League has backed the idea of a no-fly zone over Libya, as rebels continue to be pushed back by Colonel Gaddafi's forces. A special meeting in Cairo voted to ask the UN Security Council to impose the policy until the …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday March 12, 2011

The Fake Japanese Nuke Scare

An explosion at an earthquake damaged nuclear plant in Japan has raised fears of a nuclear incident. How worries should we be? An explosion at an earthquake damaged nuclear plant in Japan has raised fears of a nuclear incident. But how realistic are the fears? This dramatic headline blasts out …

Written by Sean Linnane on Saturday March 12, 2011

Fourteen Dead In Bronx Bus Crash

Fourteen Dead In Bronx Bus Crash The New York Times reports: A tour bus barreling south for Manhattan overturned at high speed on a highway in the Bronx early Saturday and was sliced open by a sign stanchion in a shriek of rending metal that hurled riders about like rag dolls. …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday March 12, 2011

Bachmann Rewrites American History

Bachmann Rewrites American History Scott Conroy writes at RealClearPolitics: Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann's visit to the first-in-the-nation primary state of New Hampshire got off to a rocky start on Saturday morning when she misstated a key fact about the American Revolution in a …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday March 12, 2011

Why This Teacher is Rooting Against the Union

Like most conservatives, I’m excited that public sector unions are, for now at least, on the ropes. But there's a catch: I'm also a teacher. Like most conservatives, I’ve watched the recent events in Wisconsin with great interest. I’m as excited as the next GOP voter that public sector unions …

Written by Will Barrett on Saturday March 12, 2011

Santorum: Sharia 'is Evil'

Santorum: Sharia 'is Evil' Politico reports: Rick Santorum on Friday asserted that Sharia law has no place in America. “Jihadism is evil and we need to say what it is, ” he said at the Strafford County Lincoln-Reagan dinner, remarks that show how the former Pennsylvania …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday March 12, 2011

TSA Tests Scanners for Radiation

TSA Tests Scanners for Radiation USA Today reports: The Transportation Security Administration announced Friday that it would retest every full-body X-ray scanner that emits ionizing radiation — 247 machines at 38 airports — after maintenance records on some of the devices …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday March 12, 2011

Gates Visits Bahrain

Gates Visits Bahrain The New York Times reports: As security forces and pro-government vigilantes beat back protesters here, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates arrived Friday on an unannounced visit to offer American support to the royal family and prod the king and the crown …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday March 12, 2011

Congress Agrees to New Stopgap

Congress Agrees to New Stopgap CNN reports: As the standoff continues over funding the government for the rest of the fiscal year, both parties agreed on Friday to move ahead with a three-week stopgap bill that would cut an additional six billion dollars and avoid a potential …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday March 12, 2011

3 Children Stabbed to Death by Palestinian in W. Bank

3 Children Stabbed to Death in W. Bank The Washington Post reports: Five Israelis from the West Bank settlement of Itamar were killed by a Palestinian infiltrator early Saturday in the first deadly attack on settlers in months, the Israeli army said. "We suffered a horrific …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday March 12, 2011

Japan Prepared for Wrong Quake

While scientists in Japan had been predicting a large earthquake for years, they may have spent resources safe-guarding the wrong region. According to my father, who lives in Tokyo, you would only have noticed there was an earthquake in Tokyo the day before by the many people out on the streets …

Written by Noah Kristula-Green on Saturday March 12, 2011

Libyan Rebel Lines Breaking Under Qaddafi Onslaught

Rebel Lines Breaking Under Qaddafi Onslaught The New York Times reports: RAS LANUF, Libya — Forces loyal to Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi trumpeted their retaking of the rebellious city of Zawiyah near the capital and pressed toward the country’s largest refinery here Friday, as rebel …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday March 12, 2011

Obama Defends Pretrial Treatment Of PFC Bradley Manning

Obama Defends Treatment Of PFC Manning The New York Times reports: WASHINGTON — President Obama has defended conditions in a Marine Corps jail for Pfc. Bradley E. Manning , who is accused of leaking classified government documents to WikiLeaks . The president said Friday that …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday March 12, 2011