Minimum wage earners in 7 states getting raises - Yahoo! News: "DENVER – It will be a happier New Year for nearly 650,000 workers earning minimum wage. They're getting small raises in seven states that tie their salaries to the cost of living.
The minimum wages in those states will go up between 9 cents and 12 cents an hour Saturday because their consumer price indexes rose in 2010.
The extra pennies can't come soon enough for Joe Martinez of Denver, who works odd jobs such as lawn maintenance for minimum wage. In Colorado, the wage is rising 11 cents, from the federal minimum of $7.25 an hour to $7.36 an hour."
Cut and paste this link to see what the minimum wage is in your state:
http://www.dol.gov/whd/minwage/america.htm
Friday, December 31, 2010
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Sister's kidney donation condition of Miss. parole - Yahoo! News
Sister's kidney donation condition of Miss. parole - Yahoo! News: "JACKSON, Miss. – For 16 years, sisters Jamie and Gladys Scott have shared a life behind bars for their part in an $11 armed robbery. To share freedom, they must also share a kidney.
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour suspended the sisters' life sentences on Wednesday, but 36-year-old Gladys Scott's release is contingent on her giving a kidney to Jamie, her 38-year-old sister, who requires daily dialysis.
The sisters were convicted in 1994 of leading two men into an ambush in central Mississippi the year before. Three teenagers hit each man in the head with a shotgun and took their wallets — making off with only $11, court records said.
Jamie and Gladys Scott were each convicted of two counts of armed robbery and sentenced to two life sentences"
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour suspended the sisters' life sentences on Wednesday, but 36-year-old Gladys Scott's release is contingent on her giving a kidney to Jamie, her 38-year-old sister, who requires daily dialysis.
The sisters were convicted in 1994 of leading two men into an ambush in central Mississippi the year before. Three teenagers hit each man in the head with a shotgun and took their wallets — making off with only $11, court records said.
Jamie and Gladys Scott were each convicted of two counts of armed robbery and sentenced to two life sentences"
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Husband Facing Prison for Hacking Wife's E-Mail
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Pastor Sandy McGriff channeled her inner Grinch, allegedly breaking into a parishioner's home on Christmas Eve!
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he Associated Press: Where are the jobs? For many companies, overseas
The Associated Press: Where are the jobs? For many companies, overseas: "Corporate profits are up. Stock prices are up. So why isn't anyone hiring?
Actually, many American companies are — just maybe not in your town. They're hiring overseas, where sales are surging and the pipeline of orders is fat.
More than half of the 15,000 people that Caterpillar Inc. has hired this year were outside the U.S. UPS is also hiring at a faster clip overseas. For both companies, sales in international markets are growing at least twice as fast as domestically.
The trend helps explain why unemployment remains high in the United States, edging up to 9.8 percent last month, even though companies are performing well:"All but 4 percent of the top 500 U.S. corporations reported profits this year, and the stock market is close to its highest point since the 2008 financial meltdown.
But the jobs are going elsewhere. The Economic Policy Institute, a Washington think tank, says American companies have created 1.4 million jobs overseas this year, compared with less than 1 million in the U.S. The additional 1.4 million jobs would have lowered the U.S. unemployment rate to 8.9 percent, says Robert Scott, the institute's senior international economist
Actually, many American companies are — just maybe not in your town. They're hiring overseas, where sales are surging and the pipeline of orders is fat.
More than half of the 15,000 people that Caterpillar Inc. has hired this year were outside the U.S. UPS is also hiring at a faster clip overseas. For both companies, sales in international markets are growing at least twice as fast as domestically.
The trend helps explain why unemployment remains high in the United States, edging up to 9.8 percent last month, even though companies are performing well:"All but 4 percent of the top 500 U.S. corporations reported profits this year, and the stock market is close to its highest point since the 2008 financial meltdown.
But the jobs are going elsewhere. The Economic Policy Institute, a Washington think tank, says American companies have created 1.4 million jobs overseas this year, compared with less than 1 million in the U.S. The additional 1.4 million jobs would have lowered the U.S. unemployment rate to 8.9 percent, says Robert Scott, the institute's senior international economist
Retired Marine Charles Clements Gets Probation for Killing Man Whose Dog Peed on His Lawn
Retired Marine Charles Clements Gets Probation for Killing Man Whose Dog Peed on His Lawn: "An Illinois judge has sentenced a retired U.S. Marine to four years of probation for killing a man whose dog urinated on his award-winning lawn.
Will County Judge Daniel Rozak made the ruling in the case this afternoon. As a result, Charles J. Clements, 69, will not serve any jail time for the May shooting of 23-year-old Joshua Funches, Chicago's NBC 5-TV reported.
Funches was walking his fox terrier in the Chicago suburb of University Park on May 9 when the dog urinated on Clements' front lawn, Will County prosecutors said. An argument between the two men ensued, during which Clements pulled out a .45-caliber handgun and pointed it at Funches, police say."
Will County Judge Daniel Rozak made the ruling in the case this afternoon. As a result, Charles J. Clements, 69, will not serve any jail time for the May shooting of 23-year-old Joshua Funches, Chicago's NBC 5-TV reported.
Funches was walking his fox terrier in the Chicago suburb of University Park on May 9 when the dog urinated on Clements' front lawn, Will County prosecutors said. An argument between the two men ensued, during which Clements pulled out a .45-caliber handgun and pointed it at Funches, police say."
China Reducing Rare Minerals Exports
Rare Earth Exports From China To Be Reduced By 11 Percent, Could Lead To More U.S. Mining: "BEIJING — China said Tuesday it is reducing the amount of rare earths it will export next year by more than 10 percent – likely to be an unpopular move worldwide since the minerals are vital to the manufacture of high-tech products.
China accounts for 97 percent of the global production of rare earths, which are essential to devices as varied as cell phones, computer drives and hybrid cars. Countries were alarmed when Beijing blocked shipments of the minerals to Japan earlier this year amid a dispute over disputed islands."
China accounts for 97 percent of the global production of rare earths, which are essential to devices as varied as cell phones, computer drives and hybrid cars. Countries were alarmed when Beijing blocked shipments of the minerals to Japan earlier this year amid a dispute over disputed islands."
Monday, December 27, 2010
Report: One-Quarter of Army Enlistees Fail Exam
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Sunday, December 26, 2010
Banks and WikiLeaks - NYTimes.com
Banks and WikiLeaks - NYTimes.com: "The whistle-blowing Web site WikiLeaks has not been convicted of a crime. The Justice Department has not even pressed charges over its disclosure of confidential State Department communications. Nonetheless, the financial industry is trying to shut it down.
RelatedTimes Topic:WikiLeaks
Visa, MasterCard and PayPal announced in the past few weeks that they would not process any transaction intended for WikiLeaks. Earlier this month, Bank of America decided to join the group, arguing that WikiLeaks may be doing things that are “inconsistent with our internal policies for processing payments.”"
RelatedTimes Topic:WikiLeaks
Visa, MasterCard and PayPal announced in the past few weeks that they would not process any transaction intended for WikiLeaks. Earlier this month, Bank of America decided to join the group, arguing that WikiLeaks may be doing things that are “inconsistent with our internal policies for processing payments.”"
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
12 Things Besides Elvis That Became Obsolete This Decade
12 Things That Became Obsolete This Decade (PHOTOS): "We're entering 2010 with all kinds of new gadgets, gizmos, and tech tools, but let's not forget that we've lost a few things this decade, too.
HuffPostTech took a look back at 12 things that became obsolete this decade.
From fax machines to landline phones check them out (and get nostalgic) in the slideshow below!
Vote for the gadgets you'll miss -- and those you think we're better off without."
HuffPostTech took a look back at 12 things that became obsolete this decade.
From fax machines to landline phones check them out (and get nostalgic) in the slideshow below!
Vote for the gadgets you'll miss -- and those you think we're better off without."
Grace Nasri: Exercise Calories: 10 Activities That Burn The Most Calories (PHOTOS)#s211860
Grace Nasri: Exercise Calories: 10 Activities That Burn The Most Calories (PHOTOS)#s211860: "With the New Year comes New Year's resolutions. Each year, a large percentage of Americans resolve that they will get in shape and lose weight. A survey conducted last year by FranklinConvey Products found that two of the top three New Year's resolutions in both 2009 and 2010 involved exercising more and losing weight. Yet despite resolving to get in shape year after year, 68 percent of adult Americans continue to be overweight, with 33.8 percent classified as obese, according to the National Institutes of Health.
The breakdown based on gender is: 64.1 percent of women and 72.3 percent of men are obese or overweight. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the average American woman weighs 164.7 pounds with a height of 63.8 inches, while the average man weights 194.7 pounds with a height of 69.4 inches. But despite growing waist lines and continued resolutions to lose weight, by the time February and March roll around many of us have gone back to our old routines that often do not include a healthy amount of exercise. After all, it's often hard to find time to exercise between work, taking care of a family, running errands, making dinner and dealing with all the other things life throws our way."
The breakdown based on gender is: 64.1 percent of women and 72.3 percent of men are obese or overweight. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the average American woman weighs 164.7 pounds with a height of 63.8 inches, while the average man weights 194.7 pounds with a height of 69.4 inches. But despite growing waist lines and continued resolutions to lose weight, by the time February and March roll around many of us have gone back to our old routines that often do not include a healthy amount of exercise. After all, it's often hard to find time to exercise between work, taking care of a family, running errands, making dinner and dealing with all the other things life throws our way."
Monday, December 20, 2010
LAPD Releases 'Grim Sleeper' Victim's Photos
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Sunday Soundbite Analysis 12/19
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Qur’an Written in Saddam’s Blood Stirs Debate
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Friday, December 17, 2010
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Beck vs. Zakaria: How Many Muslims are Terrorists?
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Florida Drawing Criticism for School Voucher Plan
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ABC Meteorologist Busted in Rape Lie
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This is what we have come too. Move over Black men, they are falsely accusing hispanics too now.
Terrence Lakin Sentence: 'Army Birther' Gets 6 Months In Military Prison: "Do you like this story?
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Email Comments 1,163 FORT MEADE, Md. — An Army doctor who disobeyed orders to deploy to Afghanistan because he questioned President Barack Obama's eligibility to be commander in chief was sentenced by a jury Thursday to six months in a military prison and dismissal from the Army.
The military jury spent nearly five hours deliberating punishment for Lt. Col. Terrence Lakin on Thursday after three days of court martial proceedings at Fort Meade, outside Baltimore."
I feel better when men just say they are cowards! Do not hide behind BS!
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Email Comments 1,163 FORT MEADE, Md. — An Army doctor who disobeyed orders to deploy to Afghanistan because he questioned President Barack Obama's eligibility to be commander in chief was sentenced by a jury Thursday to six months in a military prison and dismissal from the Army.
The military jury spent nearly five hours deliberating punishment for Lt. Col. Terrence Lakin on Thursday after three days of court martial proceedings at Fort Meade, outside Baltimore."
I feel better when men just say they are cowards! Do not hide behind BS!
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Wis. Postal Worker Delivers Mail In The Buff
Wis. Postal Worker Delivers Mail In The Buff « CBS Minnesota – News, Sports, Weather, Traffic, and the Best of Minnesota: "WHITEFISH BAY, Wis. (AP) – A Wisconsin postal carrier says he simply wanted to cheer up a woman on his mail rounds who seemed “stressed out.” But, upon further review, the postal worker says delivering the mail in the nude probably wasn’t such a good idea.
A police report says the 52-year-old man told the woman he would deliver the mail to her office in Whitefish Bay completely naked to make her laugh. He says the woman dared him to do it, so he took the dare Dec. 4 and brought the mail wearing only a smile.
The mail carrier was arrested for lewd and lascivious behavior several days later at the North Shore Post Office. The Journal Sentinel says the man admitted delivering the mail naked was a stupid thing to do"
This guy has grapefruits!! Blue ones now :-)
A police report says the 52-year-old man told the woman he would deliver the mail to her office in Whitefish Bay completely naked to make her laugh. He says the woman dared him to do it, so he took the dare Dec. 4 and brought the mail wearing only a smile.
The mail carrier was arrested for lewd and lascivious behavior several days later at the North Shore Post Office. The Journal Sentinel says the man admitted delivering the mail naked was a stupid thing to do"
This guy has grapefruits!! Blue ones now :-)
Monday, December 13, 2010
Soundbite Sunday
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Medicaid Cuts Hurt At The State Level
Medicaid Cuts Hurt At The State Level: "320
Email Comments 280 CHICAGO — In Illinois, a pharmacist closes his business because of late Medicaid payments. In Arizona, a young father's liver transplant is canceled because Medicaid suddenly won't pay for it. In California, dentists pull teeth that could be saved because Medicaid doesn't pay for root canals.
Across the country, state lawmakers have taken harsh actions to try to rein in the budget-busting costs of the health care program that serves 58 million poor and disabled Americans. Some states have cut payments to doctors, paid bills late and trimmed benefits such as insulin pumps, obesity surgery and hospice care"
Email Comments 280 CHICAGO — In Illinois, a pharmacist closes his business because of late Medicaid payments. In Arizona, a young father's liver transplant is canceled because Medicaid suddenly won't pay for it. In California, dentists pull teeth that could be saved because Medicaid doesn't pay for root canals.
Across the country, state lawmakers have taken harsh actions to try to rein in the budget-busting costs of the health care program that serves 58 million poor and disabled Americans. Some states have cut payments to doctors, paid bills late and trimmed benefits such as insulin pumps, obesity surgery and hospice care"
Saturday, December 11, 2010
LEAKED EMAIL: Fox boss caught slanting news reporting | Media Matters for America
LEAKED EMAIL: Fox boss caught slanting news reporting | Media Matters for America: "At the height of the health care reformdebate last fall, Bill Sammon, FoxNews' controversial Washington managing editor, sent a memo directing hisnetwork's journalists not to use the phrase 'public option.'
Instead, Sammon wrote, Fox's reportersshould use 'government option' and similar phrases -- wording that a topRepublican pollster had recommended in order to turn public opinion against theDemocrats' reform efforts.
Journalists on the network's flagship newsprogram, Special Report with Bret Baier, appear to have followedSammon's directive in reporting on health care reform that evening."
Who didn't know this?
Instead, Sammon wrote, Fox's reportersshould use 'government option' and similar phrases -- wording that a topRepublican pollster had recommended in order to turn public opinion against theDemocrats' reform efforts.
Journalists on the network's flagship newsprogram, Special Report with Bret Baier, appear to have followedSammon's directive in reporting on health care reform that evening."
Who didn't know this?
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Tensions Rise as Sudan Nears Referendum
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Cyber Warfare At It's Best
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Outrage As Taxpayers Pay to Cover Alleged Killer's Tattoos
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'Jihad' suspect held in alleged military bomb plot - U.S. news - Security - msnbc.com
'Jihad' suspect held in alleged military bomb plot - U.S. news - Security - msnbc.com: "BALTIMORE — A 21-year-old part-time construction worker obsessed with jihad was arrested Wednesday when he tried to detonate what he thought was a bomb at a military recruitment center — the second time in less than two weeks that an alleged homegrown terrorist was nabbed in a sting operation.
Antonio Martinez, a naturalized U.S. citizen who goes by the name Muhammad Hussain, faces charges of attempted murder of federal officers and attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction, according to court documents filed Wednesday.
The bomb he's accused of trying to detonate was fake and had been provided by an undercover FBI agent. It was loaded into an SUV that Martinez parked in front of the recruiting center, authorities said, and an FBI informant picked him up and drove him to a nearby vantage point where he tried to set it off.
'There was never any actual danger to the public during this operation this morning,' U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein said Wednesday. 'That's because the FBI was controlling the situation.'"
Dang more home grown
Antonio Martinez, a naturalized U.S. citizen who goes by the name Muhammad Hussain, faces charges of attempted murder of federal officers and attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction, according to court documents filed Wednesday.
The bomb he's accused of trying to detonate was fake and had been provided by an undercover FBI agent. It was loaded into an SUV that Martinez parked in front of the recruiting center, authorities said, and an FBI informant picked him up and drove him to a nearby vantage point where he tried to set it off.
'There was never any actual danger to the public during this operation this morning,' U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein said Wednesday. 'That's because the FBI was controlling the situation.'"
Dang more home grown
racial profiling: Cabbies Racially Profiling to Save Lives - KTXL
racial profiling: Cabbies Racially Profiling to Save Lives - KTXL: "SACRAMENTO — In just the last month, taxi cab drivers here and abroad have been robbed, shot, stabbed and killed. The suspects have been predominately black or Hispanic.
But now, cabbies are firing back - racially profiling fares and being told not to pick them up.
'I don't care about racial profiling. Sometimes it's good that we are racially profiling. The God's honest truth is 99 percent of the people that are robbing, stealing, killing these drivers are blacks and Hispanics,' said New York Taxi Cab Union President, Fernando Mateo.
He makes no apology about profiling, in the wake of one driver who was shot seven times last Friday. He is clinging to life."
Now who can blame them?
But now, cabbies are firing back - racially profiling fares and being told not to pick them up.
'I don't care about racial profiling. Sometimes it's good that we are racially profiling. The God's honest truth is 99 percent of the people that are robbing, stealing, killing these drivers are blacks and Hispanics,' said New York Taxi Cab Union President, Fernando Mateo.
He makes no apology about profiling, in the wake of one driver who was shot seven times last Friday. He is clinging to life."
Now who can blame them?
Filipinos sue CA hospital over English-only rule - Yahoo! News
Filipinos sue CA hospital over English-only rule - Yahoo! News: "LOS ANGELES – Dozens of Filipino hospital workers in California sued their employer Tuesday alleging they were the sole ethnic group targeted by a rule requiring them to speak only English.
The group of 52 nurses and medical staff filed a complaint accusing Delano Regional Medical Center of banning them from speaking Tagalog and other Filipino languages while letting other workers speak Spanish and Hindi.
The plaintiffs are seeking to join an August complaint filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in Kern County federal court over the hospital's enforcement of a rule requiring workers to speak English."
And the band played on. It still exist and we are the only country that would try to make people speak one language.
The group of 52 nurses and medical staff filed a complaint accusing Delano Regional Medical Center of banning them from speaking Tagalog and other Filipino languages while letting other workers speak Spanish and Hindi.
The plaintiffs are seeking to join an August complaint filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in Kern County federal court over the hospital's enforcement of a rule requiring workers to speak English."
And the band played on. It still exist and we are the only country that would try to make people speak one language.
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
To Kill or Not to kill? That is the question and many more
How is it that judicial approval is required when the United States decides to target a U.S. citizen overseas for electronic surveillance, but . . . judicial scrutiny is prohibited when the United States decides to target a U.S. citizen overseas for death?"
That's just one of many intriguing questions raised -- but not answered -- by the D.C. District Court today in its decision dismissing the case of Anwar al-Awlaki, a challenge to the government's authorization to kill a U.S. citizen allegedly tied to Al Qaeda overseas. Ultimately, the court won't answer any of these critical questions because it decided that Al-Awlaki's father lacks standing to sue, since he's not directly harmed by the U.S. action.
Significantly, though, Judge John Bates did not dismiss the case on the merits. Instead, he went out of his way to write that the case raises important legal questions regarding whether the government can target its own citizen for death in a foreign country without so much as a hearing to determine that he's done anything wrong.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/daphne-eviatar/al-awlaki-decision-leaves_b_793348.html
That's just one of many intriguing questions raised -- but not answered -- by the D.C. District Court today in its decision dismissing the case of Anwar al-Awlaki, a challenge to the government's authorization to kill a U.S. citizen allegedly tied to Al Qaeda overseas. Ultimately, the court won't answer any of these critical questions because it decided that Al-Awlaki's father lacks standing to sue, since he's not directly harmed by the U.S. action.
Significantly, though, Judge John Bates did not dismiss the case on the merits. Instead, he went out of his way to write that the case raises important legal questions regarding whether the government can target its own citizen for death in a foreign country without so much as a hearing to determine that he's done anything wrong.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/daphne-eviatar/al-awlaki-decision-leaves_b_793348.html
Assange Jailed and Refused Mail
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New Gene Discovered!
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Monday, December 6, 2010
China Nailed For Attacks On Google
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Well I would like to see proof.
Cold Blooded In AZ (Real America)
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Friday, December 3, 2010
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Police fooled by lifelike mask in Ohio robberies
CINCINNATI -- A white man who pleaded guilty to six robberies in Ohio used a black mask so lifelike that police initially arrested a black man for one of the crimes, authorities said Tuesday.
The mother of the wrongly accused man even thought a photo of the robbery suspect she saw on television was a photo of her son, the Hamilton County prosecutor's office and the attorney for the white defendant said.
Conrad Zdzierak, 30, pleaded guilty Monday in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court to one count of aggravated robbery and five counts of robbery in a plea deal with prosecutors. He faces up to 35 years in prison at his Jan. 7 sentencing.
In exchange, prosecutors dismissed 12 charges and decided not to seek indictments for other crimes, prosecutor's spokeswoman Julie Wilson said Tuesday.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/30/AR2010113005336.html
The mother of the wrongly accused man even thought a photo of the robbery suspect she saw on television was a photo of her son, the Hamilton County prosecutor's office and the attorney for the white defendant said.
Conrad Zdzierak, 30, pleaded guilty Monday in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court to one count of aggravated robbery and five counts of robbery in a plea deal with prosecutors. He faces up to 35 years in prison at his Jan. 7 sentencing.
In exchange, prosecutors dismissed 12 charges and decided not to seek indictments for other crimes, prosecutor's spokeswoman Julie Wilson said Tuesday.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/30/AR2010113005336.html
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