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Deficit Commission Calls For Budget Cuts

Deficit Commission Calls For Budget Cuts - Since the attacks of 9/11, the Defense Department budget has roughly doubled. It now accounts for half of all discretionary spending. Some budget watchers estimate the U.S. spends almost as much on the military as the rest of the world combined. With growing worries about federal spending, the co-chairs of a bipartisan commission on the nation's deficit took aim last week at the Pentagon budget. The military is so big, they say, that the government can cut at least $100 billion from its swelling budget. And they're getting support from more conservatives. Many politicians have long considered the defense budget untouchable, especially amid the ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. There's fear of being labeled soft on defense. But some newly elected Republican members of Congress are publicly mulling across the board cuts, including at the Pentagon. In this hour, we'll be joined by Dov Zakheim. He was the undersecretary

Full Body Scanners Continue To Cause Controversy

Full Body Scanners Continue To Cause Controversy - As full-body scanners come into more widespread use in American airports (they will be phased in soon at the three major airports in the New York City metro region), they are also coming under more frequent criticism. The objections are coming from many different quarters: Unions representing American Airlines and US Airways, citing concerns about radiation, have asked their pilots to bypass the scanning machines and instead opt for a pat-down. Bipartisan groups of legislators in New Jersey and Idaho are working to ban the use of such systems in their states. Some widely read bloggers spanning different parts of the political spectrum — like Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic Monthly, Cory Doctorow of Boing Boing, and Patrick Smith of Salon (who is a commercial airline pilot) — have been highly critical of the new procedures. A California man named John Tyner who wrote about — and videotaped — his experience at San Diego Interna

Case Of Smallpox On House

Case Of Smallpox On House - The episode begins as a boat-full of African slaves comes under attack. The ship's doctor instructs the captain to toss his "sick cargo" overboard, but, as the ill slaves are dragged up on to the deck, a huge hole is blown in the side of the craft. Back in the present, a married couple - Lulu and Niles - spend time together on a boat, while their respective children Julie and Roger go diving. Julie emerges from the water with an old glass jar she has recovered from the wreck of the slave ship. She accidentally breaks the jar, badly cutting her hand. House informs his team that Julie is now suffering from a high fever, vomiting and blood-shot eyes. He claims that she has smallpox, caused by the scabs of infected slaves that were kept in the jar as a form of inoculation. With the entire family now held in quarantine, the medical team don protective suits to vaccinate them for smallpox. Julie is now seriously ill, and while Taub attempts to con

Black Friday 2010 Deals

Black Friday 2010 Deals - Just browsing some Black Friday 2010 ads and I stumbled upon quite cool sale! Samsung Galaxy Tab at Best Buy will be sold $50 chepaer than at Verizon stores! If you didn’t get chance to buy Samsung Galaxy Tab yet, maybe Best Buy on November 26th might be the final straw to buy one! Namely ad below shows that Samsung Galaxy Tab will be on sale for $549 at Best Buy originally cost at other stores is $599 and up. Beside the Samsung Galaxy Tab that will be on sale, what will you be buying this Black Friday? HDTV? GPS? Cell Phone? Let us know below in comment section, we might be able to tell you what’s going to be on sale in different stores for upcoming Black Friday. Black Friday 2010 Deals

Illegal Art Offers New Girl Talk Album For Free

Illegal Art Offers New Girl Talk Album For Free - Pop mash-up extraordinaire Girl Talk released his latest full-length earlier today through his usual record label, Illegal Art. The new album is called All Day and can be downloaded for free from Illegal Art's official website. It's Girl Talk's first release since 2008's Feed the Animals, and according to a recent interview with Pitchfork, he finished it in five months of intense work over this past summer. Right now the album can be had in mp3 format as a continuous mix or in separate files, and there are plans to make it available in FLAC as well. In terms of content, you probably know what to expect: a totally rambunctious blend of dozens of beats and a cappellas, especially heavy on pop and hip-hop. Girl Talk, AKA Greg Gillis, released his first collage album more than eight years ago, but it wasn't until 2006's Night Ripper that he really broke through. Since then he's become a pop culture underdog,

Jetblue Flight Attendant Gets Job

Jetblue Flight Attendant Gets Job - Steven Slater will put his vast experience of memorable air flights to use after signing a deal to judge travelers' 'craziest' stories. The former JetBlue flight attendant will represent the "Mile High Text Club" contest which invites travelers to text in their most outrageous stories. The deal is with the company behind a mobile communication application, Line2, which allows inflight texting on Wi-Fi equipped planes. Peter Sisson, CEO of Toktumi, the company behind the application, called Slater "a perfect judge for a contest concerning the current state of air travel. “After talking with Steven, I realized that despite his dramatic approach – which he regrets - he was making a statement about the need to return civility and common courtesy to flying." The "Mile High Text Club" pushes the cause of communicating via text on a flight so other passengers are not disturbed by loud voice calls. Slater

iTunes Announcement Most Likely The Beatles News

iTunes Announcement Most Likely The Beatles News - Earlier today we told how we felt that Apple’s iOS 4.2 may be imminent after finding out that today Ping has been made available on the iPad. When Ping was made available for the iPhone and iPod Touch it coincided nicely with the launch of iOS 4.1 and so the news of a release for iOS 4.2 sounds more promising. Along with learning that Ping for the iPad is now available we also told how Ping now has Twitter integration too. Now, neither of these things merited any announcement from Apple and yet we hear from Samuel Axon over on Mashable that today a message on iTunes reads, “Tomorrow is just another day. That you’ll never forget. Check back here tomorrow for an exciting announcement from iTunes.” That’s certainly an announcement that’s going to get a lot of people talking. We noticed the times on the clocks of the message read 3:00 pm in London, that’s 10:00 pm in New York. Mashable points out it could be a music subscription servi

Wells Fargo Online Education Resources

Wells Fargo Online Education Resources - Wells Fargo & Company (WFC 27.73, +0.08, +0.29%) announces a new national alliance with the Citizenship Education Fund, an affiliate of the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr.'s Rainbow PUSH Coalition, to provide financial education training to African American clergy, parishioners and Wells Fargo customers beginning in 2011. The initiative, called the One Thousand Churches Connected Save Our Homes Financial Literacy Program, marks an unprecedented collaboration between Wells Fargo and the civil rights organization to help provide educational resources that improve the financial success of African Americans. Rev. Jackson will be joined by Georgette "Gigi" Dixon, senior vice president, director of national partnerships for Wells Fargo, at a special ministers' luncheon and seminar themed, "The Role of the Church in the 21st Century." They'll jointly introduce the ambitious project before an expected audience of nearl

Google Gives Generous Raise To Employees

Google Gives Generous Raise To Employees - Google Raise – Recently, Google has decided to give an unprecedented 10% raise to each of its employees and a cash bonus of $ 1,000 for the holiday season. Google will pay all taxes on the bonus money and a trip that will eventually be the same as their target end of year bonus. Generate and holiday pay rates, which determine when Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google.The CEO commented that he believes the pay is actually more important than other economic incentives, which are usually given away by larger companies. Google raise will effect from 1 January 2011. The internal memo states that all Google employees pay raise and will be sent detailed instructions for some of the changes that are made in relation to their annual bonus and total pay. Even for Google employees it is good news, Because it has more than 23,000 employees in total, it means a lot of money, about $ 23 million for premiums alone, which does not include VAT. Google Gives Ge

The Beatles Coming To iTunes

The Beatles Coming To iTunes - Apple has obtained the rights to offer the Beatles music at iTunes, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. The paper said Apple is planning to make the announcement but cautioned that Apple "could change plans" at the last minute. Apple feuded with the Beatles for years over the Apple trademark. In the late 1960's, the Beatles named their holding and record company Apple Records. The dispute was only one of the obstacles keeping the band's music off iTunes. Another problem was whether iTunes could acquire exclusive digital rights to the songs. Had the Beatles cut such a deal, it risked alienating Wal-Mart, Amazon, and scores of other music retailers online and off, according to sources with knowledge of the negotiations. Every so often, a rumor would emerge that Apple was getting the Beatles but years passed without a deal. A spokesman for EMI, the Beatles record label, declined to comment. Some Beatles fans at CNET and

Cathy Black Schools Chancellor Appointment

Cathy Black Schools Chancellor Appointment - The teachers union president ripped into the mayor Sunday for naming Cathie Black schools chancellor, calling it "irresponsible" and an abuse of power. "It's my opinion that the mayor has abused his authority under the mayoral control law," United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew told more than 200 parents gathered for workshops on how to better navigate the school system. "This is not about Ms. Black," Mulgrew said to applause. "I do not believe that anyone thought the mayor would speak to no one, hide it, keep it a secret, not consult any educational experts and then name someone with no qualifications to be the chancellor of the New York City school system." Mulgrew said he would not pass judgment on Black until their meeting, which is scheduled for Wednesday, but he did tell parents, "I would be appalled if a teacher was named the head of the Fire Department of New Y

Park Hye Sang Commits Suicide

Park Hye Sang Commits Suicide - The industry has been swept in shock once more after Park Hye Sang (29) was discovered dead in her home on the morning of November 12th. Her funeral was held on the 14th at Seoul Asan Hospital. An associate of the actress met with reporters and revealed, “I believe she committed suicide.” Netizens have been expressing their sorrows over the situation, commenting, “May she rest in peace,” and “Please go to a happier place.” Others left comments such as, “How miserable she must have been to have committed suicide,” “This is so upsetting for me as a fan,” “Such sad news while the public is celebrating a medal..,” and “I saw her name in the live search rankings and was glad, thinking she would be making a comeback, but… I can’t believe this.” Park Hye Sang graduated Suwon Women’s University and appeared in cable channel CGV’s sitcom, “Apgujeong,” as ‘Miyoung’ in 2005. She was also the model for a variety of brands such as LG, SK, and Somang Cosmetics.

FaceBook Email To Launch Soon

FaceBook Email To Launch Soon - Facebook will, by many media accounts, launch its own email service. The addresses for the accounts are likely to be xxxx@facebook.com. Facebook has 500 million users worldwide -- well over 100 million of them living in the U.S. The companies that stand to lose the most if the service is popular are Google (GOOG), Microsoft (MSFT), AOL (AOL) and Yahoo! (YHOO), all of which have huge numbers of email subscribers. Some of the portal companies get a large portion of their page views, and therefore a large amount of advertising, from email accounts. Facebook has already hurt the portals by selling ads at CPMs (cost per mille) below previously established market prices. This has tended to bring down what portals can charge in a competitive ad industry. But Facebook's new email service has just as much chance of failing. Email users keep the addresses of their contacts. In some cases, that may be hundreds if not thousands of email addresses. To mi

Tarrant County College Fined For Speech

Tarrant County College Fined For Speech - Tarrant County College (TCC) is latest example for college administrators who try to defend the unconstitutional speech code of their institutions. The aftermath is very expensive. The Texas taxpayers learned a good lesson and even hard way, about 240,000 times harder. The speech code of Tarrant County College was found uncostitutional in March and as an aftermath the litigation was coordinated by FIRE and American Civil Liberties Union of Texas (ACLU-TX). The two worked with Fort Worth attorney to challenge the speech code. These days the vide of the story is been documented by FIRE. There was a quick impact of the lawsuit. Only two days after the filed complaint last year in November, a temporary restraining order was issued by a federal district court judge prohibiting TCC from such speech to the students of the school. Tarrant County College Fined For Speech