A Look Back at the Highs and Lows of 2013: There Have Been Many Cheers ...

Chelsea RecordA Look Back at the Highs and Lows of 2013: There Have Been Many Cheers ...Chelsea RecordThe biggest local star sighting may have been on stage in Washington, DC, though, when Amber Rodriguez, a senior at Chelsea High School, accepted a National Arts and Humanities Youth Award from First Lady Michelle Obama. 12. ... While the police ...

A look back at 2013's most significant news stories

Victoria Times ColonistA look back at 2013's most significant news storiesVictoria Times Colonist16 - A month after the Newtown, Conn., school shooting that claimed 26 lives, U.S. President Barack Obama signed 23 executive gun control actions that did not require approval from Congress. Obama ultimately failed to push ... Flights resumed in April ...

Here's how data thieves have captured our lives on the internet

The GuardianHere's how data thieves have captured our lives on the internetThe GuardianThis is a big deal by any standards and we are all in Snowden's debt, for he has sacrificed his prospects of freedom and a normal life so that the rest of us would know what has happened to the technologies on we now depend. ... And since politicians ...

2013

The Independent2013 - the year in review: Timeline of major news storiesThe Independent2 January: Barack Obama signs the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 to prevent the US from falling off a “fiscal cliff”. 2 January: rail fares in the ... 15 January: The HMV chain of high street music stores goes into administration, after 90 years ...

Top 10 Stories of 2013

The JournalTop 10 Stories of 2013The JournalUntil May, when Supervisor Fennell unveiled a new set of guiding principles — a list she suggested should replace existing principles that had been developed though a robust public process and had supposedly been guiding the update process for nearly ...

News review 2013: Royal Baby and Margaret Thatcher's death among year's ...

Express.co.ukNews review 2013: Royal Baby and Margaret Thatcher's death among year's ...Express.co.ukIn the aftermath of the crash London Mayor Boris Johnson announced a review of flying regulations and the safety of tall buildings. ... A draft Commons bill was unveiled on Tuesday May 14 which would give voters a simple yes or no choice on staying in ...

How Washington starves its election watchdog

TucsonSentinel.comHow Washington starves its election watchdogTucsonSentinel.comIt lacks criminal enforcement authority, but uses its civil power to audit and levy fines for people and organizations that violate what's now 229 pages worth of election laws and 550 pages of related regulations. ... The trio struck up friendships and ...

NSA slayer calls for firings at CNN

WND.comNSA slayer calls for firings at CNNWND.comIn a WND commentary, Klayman called the CNN figures “low-class mouthpieces” of the Obama administration who carried out a “hit piece designed to attack my character and reputation.” Larry Klayman. “I accepted an ... Klayman's case, on behalf of a ...

NSA slayer calls for firings at CNN

WND.comNSA slayer calls for firings at CNNWND.comIn a WND commentary, Klayman called the CNN figures “low-class mouthpieces” of the Obama administration who carried out a “hit piece designed to attack my character and reputation.” Larry Klayman. “I accepted an ... Klayman's case, on behalf of a ...

The latest Obamacare decision kills the individual mandate

Washington TimesThe latest Obamacare decision kills the individual mandateWashington TimesThe administration fought to retain it — and won. Then last Thursday, the ... Then in the summer, when the health care overhaul bill was unveiled, members of Congress were besieged in their town hall meetings by citizens protesting the proposed law ...

Silencing Conservatives – the Administration's latest attempt to censor ...

Human EventsSilencing Conservatives – the Administration's latest attempt to censor ...Human Events29, when Americans were with their families giving thanks for the founding of our great nation, the Obama administration quietly unveiled its latest attempt to silence the political opposition to a mostly-empty Washington. As if the indefensible attack ...

Another Massive Problem With US Democracy: The FEC Is Broken

The AtlanticAnother Massive Problem With US Democracy: The FEC Is BrokenThe AtlanticThe U.S. Senate in mid-2008 then confirmed as commissioners Republican Don McGahn—a kinetic lawyer and quick-witted rock-band guitar player who abhorred campaign regulations—along with current Republican commissioners Caroline Hunter and Matthew ...

White House celebrates quieter holiday season with low

Washington Post (blog)White House celebrates quieter holiday season with low-key partiesWashington Post (blog)5 when first lady Michelle Obama unveiled the Christmas decorations to military families and the media. The Internet went crazy, as the Internet is wont to do, with reports that the Obamas' puppy, Sunny, had knocked down a toddler during the party ...

Why you should care

OZYWhy you should careOZYBack in the actual year 1984, Apple evoked the novel's terrifying dystopia in its Super Bowl ad for the company's soon-to-be-unveiled Macintosh: ”And you'll see why 1984 won't be like 1984,” intoned the announcer, depicting the computer as a means of ...

US budget deal restores $65B in automatic spending cuts

CTV NewsUS budget deal restores $65B in automatic spending cutsCTV NewsWASHINGTON -- Top Republicans and President Barack Obama are lining up behind a modest U.S. budget agreement that restores about $63 billion in automatic spending cuts from programs ranging from parks to the Defence Department and eliminates the ...

What Happened to No Child Left Behind?

TakePartWhat Happened to No Child Left Behind?TakePart8, 2002, requiring that economically disadvantaged U.S. public school students meet certain math and reading requirements in order for their schools to receive federal funding. The act also required ... When that failed, the Obama administration ...

US Congress may throw wrench into Iran nuclear deal

The News InternationalUS Congress may throw wrench into Iran nuclear dealThe News InternationalWASHINGTON: US lawmakers are preparing a possible vote on new sanctions against Iran, a move President Barack Obama and his P5+1 partners fear could sabotage the nuclear deal reached in Geneva. Administration ... But even as the six-month Geneva ...

UC system president Napolitano 'deeply skeptical' about Education's college ...

Washington Post (blog)UC system president Napolitano 'deeply skeptical' about Education's college ...Washington Post (blog)Janet Napolitano, who was President Obama's Homeland Security secretary before being named president of the University of California system this past summer, said Friday that she was “deeply skeptical” of a plan by the administration to rate colleges ...

Obama Administration proposes new rule to rein in nonprofit political groups

89.3 KPCCObama Administration proposes new rule to rein in nonprofit political groups89.3 KPCCThe Obama administration this week unveiled a proposed rule that would limit the role tax-exempt, nonprofit groups play in politics and election campaigns. Under the proposed rule, “social welfare” groups like Karl Rove's Crossroads GPS and the pro ...

Obama launches competition to revamp high schools

PoliticoObama launches competition to revamp high schoolsPoliticoThe school offers associate degrees in applied sciences in information technology — and, just as important, those degrees are aligned to the requirements for entry-level jobs at companies like IBM. The tech giant helped design the school's curriculum ...

Insurers restricting choice of doctors and hospitals to keep costs down

Washington PostInsurers restricting choice of doctors and hospitals to keep costs downWashington PostThe Obama administration made it a priority to keep down the cost of insurance on the exchanges, the online marketplaces that are central to the Affordable Care Act. But one way that insurers have been able to offer lower rates is by creating networks ...

Taxpayer

BloombergTaxpayer-Funded Technology Flops Plague U.S. GovernmentBloombergThe list of federal information-technology lapses and flops includes systems to modernize air-traffic control and to secure the nation's border, and now even President Barack Obama is wondering why the government can't get it right. .... At the Federal ...

White House Defends Obama's Executive Authority to Act on Health Insurance ...

TheBlaze.comWhite House Defends Obama's Executive Authority to Act on Health Insurance ...TheBlaze.comWhite House press secretary Jay Carney defended President Barack Obama's authority to take unilateral action on health insurance plans – even comparing it to the administration's action last year not to prosecute certain illegal immigrants. ... Thus ...

US unveils new program designed to help prepare for droughts

Canadian UnderwriterUS unveils new program designed to help prepare for droughtsCanadian Underwriter... accessible information about matters such as long-term weather prospects and soil moisture levels under a program designed to help communities prepare for future droughts and respond more effectively when they happen, Obama administration officials ...

The Early Obamacare Numbers Are As Dismal As You'd Expect

Slate Magazine (blog)The Early Obamacare Numbers Are As Dismal As You'd ExpectSlate Magazine (blog)The Obama administration is set later this week to unveil its first official tally of just how many people have chosen coverage using the troubled Obamacare website healthcare.gov, but unnamed officials have already given a sneak peak to the Wall ...