Authorities scrutinize Joseph McVey's acts, Facebook posts before Asheville
Asheville Citizen-Times Thu, 29 Apr 2010 05:12 AM PDT
Asheville Regional Airport Police Chief Jeff Augram said his office, in conjunction with federal investigators, is “doing an exhaustive background check†on Joseph Sean McVey, the Ohio man arrested with a loaded gun at Asheville Regional Airport as President Barack Obama departed on Air Force One. |
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Israel National News Thu, 29 Apr 2010 05:10 AM PDT
A senior American official denied a report in The New York Times which said that U.S. President Barack Obama had promised PA chief Mahmoud Abbas to pressure Israel into making concessions by threatening to withhold U.S. vetoes from Security Council resolutions against Israel. |
McVey critical of Obama in Facebook posts
Coshocton Tribune Thu, 29 Apr 2010 05:09 AM PDT
COSHOCTON -- Joseph Sean McVey posted items on his Facebook page in 2009 that were highly critical of President Barack Obama, including a link to a story that says the president must be stopped "or the United States of America is going to cease to exist." |
Obama: Congress may not tackle immigration soon
Nevada Appeal Thu, 29 Apr 2010 05:08 AM PDT
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) - President Barack Obama said Wednesday that there "may not be an appetite" in Congress to deal with immigration immediately after going through a tough legislative year. With energy legislation on the table and midterm elections approaching, Obama said he didn't want to force an immigration bill through Congress "just for the sake of politics." Still, he said ... |
Gov't OKs 1st US offshore wind farm, off Mass.
Nevada Appeal Thu, 29 Apr 2010 05:07 AM PDT
BOSTON (AP) - A whole new way of generating electricity in the U.S. drew a big step closer to reality Wednesday, and it could look like this: 130 windmills, 440 feet tall, rising from the ocean a few miles off Cape Cod. After more than eight years of lawsuits and government reviews, the Obama administration cleared the way for the nation's first offshore wind farm. "We are beginning a new ... |
Astronomers find loads of ice on big asteroid
Nevada Appeal Thu, 29 Apr 2010 05:07 AM PDT
WASHINGTON (AP) - Scientists have found lots of life-essential water - frozen as ice - in an unexpected place in our solar system: an asteroid between Mars and Jupiter. The discovery of significant asteroid ice has several consequences. It could help explain where early Earth first got its water. It makes asteroids more attractive to explore, dovetailing with President Barack Obama's ... |
Hawaii passes bill to curb clamor for Obama birth certificate
Honolulu Advertiser Thu, 29 Apr 2010 05:05 AM PDT
State Sen. Will Espero doesn't believe for a second that the end of the "birther" conspiracy theory is near, but he hopes lawmakers gave understaffed and overwhelmed Health Department officials a new tool against persistent requests for President Obama's Hawaii birth certificate. |
Underage, Overweight: The Federal Government Needs to Halt the Marketing of Unhealthy Foods to Kids
Scientific American Thu, 29 Apr 2010 05:05 AM PDT
The statistic is hard to swallow: in the U.S., nearly one in three children under the age of 18 is overweight or obese, making being overweight the most common childhood medical condition. These youngsters are likely to become heavy adults, putting them at increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes and other chronic ailments. In February, First Lady Michelle Obama ... |
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