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Hackers Hijack N. Korea's Twitter

Hackers Hijack N. Korea's Twitter The Washington Post reports : Apparently breached by hackers, North Korea's official Twitter account on Saturday described leader Kim Jong Il and heir apparent Kim Jong Eun as sworn enemies and called for an uprising to remove them from …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday January 8, 2011

Bob Dole Out of Hospital

Bob Dole Out of Hospital USA Today reports : Former Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole was briefly hospitalized this week and has now been released. Amy Walter of ABC News posted on her Twitter account that a Dole spokesman confirmed to her that the former Senate GOP …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday January 8, 2011

U.S. Pledges More Money for Pakistan

U.S. Pledges More Money for Pakistan The Washington Post reports : The Obama administration has decided to offer Pakistan more military, intelligence and economic support, and to intensify U.S. efforts to forge a regional peace, despite ongoing frustration that Pakistani …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday January 8, 2011

Sheriff: Suspect May Have Had Help

Sheriff: Suspect May Have Had Help CNN reports :

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday January 8, 2011

FBI Director Heads to Arizona

FBI Director Heads to Arizona TPM reports : Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Bob Mueller is in route to the scene of the shootings in Arizona where Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D) and 17 others were injured, President Barack Obama said at a news conference on Saturday …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday January 8, 2011

Surgeon 'Optimistic' Rep. Giffords Will Recover

Surgeon 'Optimistic' Rep. Giffords Will Recover The Washington Post reports: The surgeon who operated on Arizona Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords said he was "optimistic" she would recover from being shot in the head by a man with a semi-automatic weapon outside a grocery …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday January 8, 2011

Giffords' Husband Rushes to AZ

Giffords' Husband Rushes to AZ CBS News reports : Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, 40, an Arizona Democrat married to veteran astronaut Mark Kelly, was shot in the head during a public meeting outside a Tucson supermarket Saturday. More than a dozen bystanders also were shot -- and …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday January 8, 2011

AZ Gov Brewer: 'Heartbroken' After Shooting

AZ Gov Brewer: 'Heartbroken' After Shooting ABC-TV 15 reports : Arizona Governor Jan Brewer says she is shocked by Saturday's shooting of Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and several others in Tucson. "All of Arizona is shocked and deeply saddened by the horrific …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday January 8, 2011

Boehner: 'Horrified by Senseless Attack'

Boehner: 'Horrified by Attack' WSJ reports : Speaker John Boehner issued a statement Saturday saying he’s “horrified by the senseless attack” on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was shot outside a Safeway in Tucson, Ariz., during an event to talk to her constituents. “An attack …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday January 8, 2011

Palin Makes Statement on AZ Shooting

Palin Makes Statement on AZ Shooting National Journal reports : Sarah Palin reacted on Facebook to news of the shooting. "My sincere condolences are offered to the family of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and the other victims of today's tragic shooting in Arizona," she wrote. "On …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday January 8, 2011

Jared Lee Loughner is Suspect in Shooting

Jared Lee Loughner is Suspect in Giffords' Shooting Huffington Post reports : Jared Lee Loughner has been identified as the man suspected of shooting Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.). Loughner was described by eyewitnesses at the Arizona shooting as a young white man …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday January 8, 2011

Fed Judge John Roll Killed in Shooting

Fed Judge John Roll Killed in Arizona Shooting Huffington Post reports : U.S. Marshal for Arizona David Gonzales confirmed to the Associated Press that the U.S. District Judge had died. He offered no other details on the shooting. Arizona Central talked to Gonzales in 2009 …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday January 8, 2011

Obama: Shooting is "An Unspeakable Tragedy"

Obama: Shooting is "An Unspeakable Tragedy" TPM reports : President Obama condemned the mass shooting at a rally for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) today that resulted in Giffords being shot among others. In a statement released by the White House, Obama called the shooting "an …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday January 8, 2011

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords Shot in Arizona

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords Shot in Arizona Politico reports (as of 1:36pm ET): Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) was shot Saturday outside a grocery store in Tucson, Ariz., while holding a public event. NPR reported that she and six others were killed, but her office …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday January 8, 2011

Will the GOP Congress Spark a Green Tech Boom?

The federal government has an indispensable role in developing new green technologies. But can the GOP House be convinced? When it comes to climate change science, too many conservatives who should know better behave like crows on a power line – when one takes off onto a wild tangent, others …

Written by Jim DiPeso on Saturday January 8, 2011

The Democrats' White Flight Problem

Historically, the Democrats were the party of the white working class. But now those ties are breaking down. "That's not an election. It's a census." That's what outside observers sadly had to say about Iraqi elections, in which party support broke down along ethnic and religious lines. You …

Written by David Frum on Saturday January 8, 2011

The Prowl: I Don't Like Your Girlfriend

Several months ago I made the mistake of telling a heartbroken friend that I had never really liked the girlfriend who had just brutally dumped him. Several months ago I made the mistake of telling a heartbroken friend that I had never really liked the girlfriend who had just brutally dumped …

Written by Vivian Darkbloom on Saturday January 8, 2011

Obama Considering Corporate Tax Reform

Obama Considering Corporate Tax Reform The New York Times reports : WASHINGTON — President Obama went to a busy window-manufacturing plant near here on Friday to promote his economic policies and his new team of advisers as the monthly jobs report reflected only modest …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday January 7, 2011

Some Reps Plan to Sleep in their Offices

Some Reps Plan to Sleep in their Offices The New York Times reports : WASHINGTON — Hansen Clarke, a newly elected Democrat from Michigan, is coming to Washington with a “warrior’s mentality” to help stave off unemployment and foreclosures in metro Detroit. He plans to hole …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday January 7, 2011

Pentagon Seeks Cuts to Budget

Pentagon Seeks Cuts to Budget The New York Times reports : WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said Thursday that the nation’s “extreme fiscal duress” now required him to call for cuts in the size of the Army and Marine Corps, reversing the significant growth …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday January 7, 2011