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Sep 21, 2011 JERSEY CITY, N.J – Aggravated assault charges have been filed against two youths who allegedly attacked and injured a Jersey City police officer who was trying to break up a street brawl involving roughly 30 teenagers. The boys — ages 14 and 17 — were among several teens fighting during Tuesday afternoon’s [...]
September 20, 2011 11:30 PM MISSION VIEJO (CBS) — An Orange County couple has been ordered to stop holding a Bible study in their home on the grounds that the meeting violates a city ordinance as a “church” and not as a private gathering. Homeowners Chuck and Stephanie Fromm, of San Juan Capistrano, were fined [...]
Sep 21st 2011 4:28PM By Zack Bowman If you’re the owner of a fairly new General Motors product, you may want to take a close look at the most recent OnStar terms and conditions. As it turns out, the company has altered the parameters under which it can legally collect GPS data on your vehicle. [...]
By Terence P. Jeffrey September 21, 2011 (CNSNews.com) – Rep. Joe Walsh (R.-Ill.) said Wednesday in an interview with Media Research Center President Brent Bozell that he believes the media will show “real desperation” to protect President Barack Obama during the 2012 campaign. Having noted that Tea Party audiences show tremendous enthusiasm for Republican presidential [...]
Sep 21, 2011 • By ANNE BAYEFSKY The logo of “the Permanent Observer Mission of Palestine to the United Nations” – on their website and on top of their official statements at the U.N. – shows the Palestinian Authority’s claim to a Palestine that stretches throughout the entire historical entity of the former Palestine mandate. [...]
By Alex Spillius, New York 3:38PM BST 21 Sep 2011 Addressing world leaders at the opening of the UN’s general assembly session, Mr Obama stressed that a lasting solution to the long-running conflict would not be reached through “statements and resolutions at the United Nations”. “There is no short cut to the end of a [...]
By Flavia Krause-Jackson and Bill Varner -Sep 22, 2011 3:01 AM PT The Palestinian Authority will push ahead with its bid to get United Nations statehood recognition though it won’t press for an immediate vote as support in the Security Council appeared to be below the needed threshold. The Palestinians have said at least eight [...]
A proposal to punish the hard-money regional bank presidents. Sep 21, 2011 WSJ Among Washington’s modern ironies is that liberals think a Federal Reserve that is increasingly a creature of the White House and Congress has too much independence. So along comes Barney Frank with a plan to make the central bank even more political [...]
And other ways to cut $1.4 trillion. Sep 21, 2011 WSJ ESPN college football analyst Lee Corso likes to dress up as a school mascot to show which team he’s picking to win. Perhaps he’d be willing to serve his country in a similar way by choosing a mascot for the federal Department of Homeland [...]
Even Chuck Schumer has problems with Obama’s tax plan. Sep 21, 2011 WSJ President Obama’s latest “pivot to jobs” has turned out to be more of a sharp left turn. First he announced a new $447 billion stimulus of new spending and temporary tax cuts. Then on Monday he proposed to offset it with $1.5 [...]

