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Iran Releases American Hiker

Iran Releases American Hiker ABC News reports: Sarah Shourd, one of three Americans who have been held in Iran for 14 months on accusations of espionage, has been released, Iranian state television reported today. Iranian prosecutors said Monday the 32-year-old would be released …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday September 14, 2010

Daniels Meeting with Top GOP Donors

Daniels Meets with Top GOP Donors Politico reports: Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels has been holding a series of private dinners with top Republican business leaders, policy hands and donors from around the country since this spring, an indication that he’s thinking more seriously …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday September 14, 2010

AIG Planning End to U.S. Govt Aid

AIG in Talks to Repay Taxpayers The Wall Street Journal reports: American International Group Inc. and its government overseers are in talks to speed up an exit plan designed to repay U.S. taxpayers in full while enabling the giant insurer to regain independence, according to …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday September 14, 2010

Spilled Oil Still on Gulf Floor

Spilled Oil Still on Gulf Floor The AP reports: Far beneath the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, deeper than divers can go, scientists say they are finding oil from the busted BP well on the sea's muddy and mysterious bottom. Oil at least two inches thick was found Sunday night and …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday September 14, 2010

Abbas Threatens to Quit Talks Over New Housing

Abbas Threatens to Quit Talks Over New Housing Haaretz reports: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will meet in Sharm el-Sheikh Tuesday morning under the shadow of a Palestinian threat to walk away from the direct peace negotiations if …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday September 14, 2010

"Don't Ask Don't Tell" Faces Senate Vote

"Don't Ask Don't Tell" Faces Senate Vote Next Week Ed O'Keefe reports: The Senate will vote next week on its version of the annual Defense Department authorization bill -- a measure that includes language repealing the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy. Aides to Majority …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday September 14, 2010

California Union Supports Pot Legalization

California Union Supports Pot Legalization The New York Times reports: LOS ANGELES — A ballot measure to make California the first state to legalize the sale and use of marijuana has won the support of one of the state’s most powerful union, officials said Monday, offering …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday September 14, 2010

Palin Will Fundraise for Rand Paul

Palin Will Help Fundraise for Paul The AP reports: Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will give a financial boost to fellow tea party favorite Rand Paul by headlining a fundraiser in Louisville later this week for the Republican Senate candidate. A statement released by Paul's camp …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday September 14, 2010

Warren Might Receive Interim Appointment

Warren Might Receive Interim Appointment Ryan Grim reports: The White House is considering tapping Harvard professor and consumer advocate Elizabeth Warren to be the interim director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a source familiar with the White House deliberations …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday September 14, 2010

National Crime Rate Decreases

National Crime Rate Decreases stltoday.com reports: Despite the sagging economy, joblessness and a home foreclosure crisis, crime went down slightly in 2009 — nationally and in much of the St. Louis area — according to statistics compiled by the FBI and released Monday. Across the …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday September 14, 2010

Underwear Bomber Fires Lawyer

Underwear Bomber Fires Lawyers ABC News reports: A Nigerian man charged with trying to blow up an international flight near Detroit on Christmas fired his lawyers Monday and suggested he wants to plead guilty to some of six charges against him. U.S. District Judge Nancy Edmunds …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday September 13, 2010

Daily Beast Backtracks on Koch Piece

Daily Beast Backtracks on Koch Piece The Daily Beast writes: The Daily Beast regrets not contacting Jane Mayer directly before the posting of this article. The writer contacted The New Yorker PR department on Sept. 9 via phone and email, submitting questions for Mayer, but The …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday September 13, 2010

Obama: Odds of Card Check Passing "Not Real High"

Obama: Odds of Card Check Passing "Not Real High" The Hill reports: Controversial "card-check" legislation doesn't have a good chance of passing through Congress, President Obama acknowledged Monday. Obama, during a question-and-answer session about the economy in a backyard …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday September 13, 2010

McConnell: GOP Senate Will Oppose Obama Tax Cut Plan

McConnell: GOP Senate Will Oppose Obama Tax Plan The AP reports: Senate Republicans will oppose any effort to renew soon-to-expire Bush administration tax cuts if upper income taxpayers are excluded from the reductions. A spokesman for Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell said Monday …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday September 13, 2010

Department of Self-Correction

My article this weekend on myths of 9/11 received a lot of pushback from readers. Andrew Sullivan links to this weekend's article on myths of 9/11 (thanks!) and cites some of the pushback the article has received. This is the paragraph that has excited pushback the most. Remember how …

Written by David Frum on Monday September 13, 2010

Imam: 9/11 Mosque Site "Not Hallowed Ground"

Imam: 9/11 Site "Not Hallowed Ground" The AP reports: It may be two blocks from ground zero, but the site of a proposed mosque and Islamic center shouldn't been seen as sacrosanct in a neighborhood that also harbors a strip club and a betting parlor, the cleric leading the effort …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday September 13, 2010

You Can't Have Your Oil and Sell it Too

In his Forbes article, Dinesh D'Souza criticizes Obama for using American money to help Brazil keep their offshore oil for themselves. But is that really the case? Thanks to a recent endorsement by Newt Gingrich, a lot of attention has come to this article by former campus radical Dinesh …

Written by Andrew Gelman on Monday September 13, 2010

Capitol Evacuated After Powdery Substance Found

Cops Evacuate House Chamber The Washington Post reports: The House chamber and the areas immediately surrounding it were evacuated briefly Monday after a powdery substance was seen on the chamber's floor about noon, but the substance turned out to be harmless, authorities said. …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday September 13, 2010

DE GOP Head Gets Death Threat For Supporting Castle

DE GOP Head Gets Death Threat For Supporting Castle The Huffington Post reports: The chairman of the Delaware Republican Party received a death threat last week over his support for Rep. Mike Castle (R-Del) over Tea Party challenger Christine O'Donnell in the state's upcoming …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday September 13, 2010

Levin Won't Comment on O'Donnell Burglary Claims

Levin: No Comment on O'Donnell Burglary Claim John McCormack from The Weekly Standard reports: Talk radio host Mark Levin is not very happy with my report yesterday on Christine O'Donnell's $6.9 million gender discrimination lawsuit against her former employer, a conservative …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday September 13, 2010