Monthly Archives: January 2012
Video: U.S. vulnerable to Iran attack, intelligence officials say
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At Tuesday’s Senate Intelligence Committee hearing, National Director of Intelligence James Clapper said Iran may be more willing to attack the U.S. at home and abroad. NBC’s Andrea Mitchell reports. (Nightly News)
Video: Newt Gingrich presses on
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Gingrich’s scheduled campaign stops begin Wednesday in Nevada, a state that will hold its caucus on Saturday. NBC’s Ron Mott reports. (Nightly News)
Pro-Perry PAC fueled by corporations, lobbyists
Posted by Dave Levinthal on January 31, 2012
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It's funded by corporations and powerful Texans.
NYT: For young girls, it starts with lip gloss
Posted by msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines on January 31, 2012
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The tween makeup sector is expanding, with new, sophisticated product lines — and chic young fans. There are now new beauty collections with bold packaging, sexy product names and natural ingredients. On shelves, they’ll sooner sit next to Burt’s Bees than next to Barbie.
Obama draws big-money fundraisers
Posted by Glenn Thrush,Jennifer Epstein on January 31, 2012
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His new bundlers included actress Eva Longoria.
Video: Watch live: GOP candidates speak after Fla. vote
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LIVE VIDEO — Watch the speeches at the Florida GOP primary by Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum and Ron Paul. (msnbc.com)
Facebook to file scaled-down IPO plan – reports
Posted by msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines on January 31, 2012
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Facebook will file documents Wednesday morning to raise $5 billion in an initial public offering of stock, less than the $10 billion previously expected, according to published reports.
Video: Hazing a sex crime at Portland HS?
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Oregon high school students are being investigated for a possible sexual assault after a hazing incident. KGW's Mike Benner reports. (NBC News)
Video: Snowy owls a hoot for Mont. town
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Arrival of migrating owls draws birders, photographers and scientists to tiny town. KECI's Kevin Maki reports. (NBC News)
Passengers sue cruise line for $460 million
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Calling an initial compensation offer “insulting,” an attorney representing Costa Concordia passengers announced Tuesday details of a $460 million civil lawsuit against the owner of the wrecked cruise ship.
Romney Can’t Relate to Florida’s Struggling Homeowners
Posted by PerryM@dnc.org on January 31, 2012
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In October, Mitt Romney suggested the foreclosure process "run its course and hit the bottom." Last week, Romney told struggling homeowners in Florida that banks are “feeling the same thing” they are. Today, he said he would “let the market work” instead of stopping fraudulent foreclosures.
Mitt Romney may know what banks are feeling, but clearly he does not understand what millions of struggling homeowners in Florida are feeling.
Romney has attacked Newt Gingrich for working with Freddie Mac during the housing crisis, but it's been shown since that Romney invested up to $500,000 in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac—proving once again that he will say anything to get elected.
In his 59-point economic plan, Romney remained silent on housing. And the 44 percent of Florida homeowners who owe more than their homes are worth didn't hear anything about a refinancing plan from Romney while he was campaigning there.
Meanwhile, President Obama's housing plan is helping millions of Americans keep their homes through refinancing and loan modifications, among other programs. He took executive action so borrowers with little or no equity can refinance and take advantage of current low mortgage rates. And at the State of the Union, the President proposed a new re-financing plan that "gives every responsible homeowner the chance to save about $3,000 a year on their mortgage, by refinancing at historically low interest rates."
As al-Qaida fades, new challenges confront US security
Posted by msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines on January 31, 2012
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Al-Qaida remains a threat, but intense U.S.-led pressure could relegate it and similar organizations to having only "symbolic importance," the nation's intelligence chief said Tuesday.
If it’s 60 degrees F, it must be spring … or not
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Balmy temperatures across much of the Northeast and Great Lakes region add to the drama over whether this will go down as the warmest January on record in the continental U.S.
Gingrich accuses Romney of denying kosher meals to Holocaust survivors
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A spokesman for Newt Gingrich confirmed the ex-speaker's campaign is behind a robo call saying that Holocaust survivors were forced to eat non-kosher food because Mitt Romney vetoed a bill to pay for food to meet religious dietary restrictions.
Obama lists his big fundraisers
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The Obama campaign on Tuesday voluntarily released an updated list of 445 major "bundlers" of campaign contributions, showing that just its top 61 elite fundraisers brought in at least $30 million for the president’s re-election.
$10,000 reward in sea lion killings
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A group best known for fighting off whalers has joined federal investigators looking into the recent killings of sea lions near Seattle, offering a $10,000 reward.
Romney defends negative tone of campaign
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First Read: Mitt Romney defended the increasingly negative tenor of the GOP primary campaign, telling reporters that he would not "stand back" as other candidates attacked him.
Romney leads in early Fla. returns
Posted by Alexander Burns on January 31, 2012
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With polls closing by 8 p.m. EST, Romney brimmed with confidence on primary day.
Online petition asks Apple for ‘ethical’ iPhone
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An online petition asking Apple to "address dangerous conditions in factories" making the next iPhone has gotten 35,000 signatures in the first 24 hours of the effort.
Facebook IPO will be big, but it doesn’t matter
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Facebook could sell shares to the public in an IPO — valuing the social network from $75 billion to $100 billion — sometime between April and June. But there are four good reasons why this will be a non-event.
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