Powerline, by John Hinderacker Posted By: Bulldog65- Sat, 31 Jul 2010 23:06:42 GMT Pfc. Bradley Manning is the only suspect in the Wikileaks scandal that may have endangered both American soldiers in Afghanistan and their Afghan allies. He is now in custody awaiting court martial. Manning worked in intelligence and was stationed for a time outside Baghdad. I have no insight into whether Private Manning is guilty or not; presumably the facts will come out in his court martial. I am struck, however, by the lack of curiosity the American press has shown about Private Manning.

Associated Press, by Suzanne Adams Posted By: JoniTx- Sat, 31 Jul 2010 22:43:50 GMT KINGMAN, Ariz.— A bit of presidential history will be departing from the Kingman Airport and Industrial Park on Monday to former President Lyndon B. Johnson's Texas White House.Straube's Aircraft Services has been working for the last eight weeks on restoring the paint job of a Lockheed JetStar business jet that was used as a backup to Johnson's primary JetStar."Johnson was the first vice president to ask a sitting president (John F. Kennedy) for his own aircraft," said Lyndon B. Johnson Historical Park Superintendent Russ Whitlock.Before Johnson, vice presidents had to ask the president if they could borrow an aircraft

Miami Herald, by Mary Ellen Klas Posted By: JoniTx- Sat, 31 Jul 2010 22:31:04 GMT The 11th District Court of Appeal in Atlanta reversed a Florida court Friday and agreed to Republican Rick Scott's request for a prelliminary injunction halting Florida's public financing law, saying that the provision that allows his opponent to get an excess subsidy of taxpayer dollars violates his 1st Amendment rights. Writing for the three'judge panel, Circuit Judge William H. Pryor said they agreed with Scott's argument that the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Davis v. Federal Election Commission "requires us to subject the excess spending subsidy to strict scrutiny. We conclude that even if the subsidy encourages

Big Government, by Stephen Robert Morse Posted By: JoniTx- Sat, 31 Jul 2010 22:17:10 GMT Last week, Census Bureau Director Robert M. Groves said to Fox News that you can “trust 2010 Census data.” What our director fails to tell us is that the two software applications have operational problems that will ultimately lead to inaccurate data. Just spend a day working in PBOCS, the Paper'Based Operational Control System which processes enumerator questionnaires from the field, or MARCS, the Matching Address Review Coding System which shows a data capture of every questionnaire that was scanned at the Baltimore Data Capture Center and you will see the poor quality of work.

Daily Caller [Washington, DC], by Staff Posted By: JoniTx- Sat, 31 Jul 2010 22:12:11 GMT At 5pm, Chelsea Clinton will wed Marc Mezvinksy and become Mrs. Chelsea Victoria Clinton Margolies Mezvinsky (again, we aren’t kidding, that’s her new name). With the media frenzy surrounding her wedding, one might think that she was first First Daughter ever to get married.Believe it or not, though, Chelsea joins a long list of First Daughters who’ve tied the knot amidst great scrutiny from the media. Here is a look back

Daily Mail (UK), by Jenny Johnston Posted By: Struan- Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:46:49 GMT Like any expectant mum, Angela Ihegboro spent many hours wondering what her new baby would look like. She made no secret of the fact that she hoped the little girl would turn out to be 'just a mini version of me'. 'We used to joke about it,' she says, rolling her eyes as she looks at her husband Benjamin.(Snip)"To say that didn't quite happen is an understatement. in fact, the tiny little scrap lying in her arms today could hardly look less like her mother. Or her father, for that matter.

The Hill [Washington, DC], by Ian Swanson & Susan Crabtree Posted By: Photoonist- Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:36:25 GMT Rep. Charlie Rangel’s (D'N.Y.) landlord gave him special treatment as it looked to evict other tenants of a Harlem apartment complex, according to a House ethics committee. Documents released by the ethics investigative panel that concluded Rangel broke House rules state the Olnick Organization, a property developer in New York City that owed the Lenox Terrace complex, knew Rangel was using a rent'controlled apartment for a campaign office, but did nothing about it. The committee also charges that Rangel was included by Olnick on a “special handling list” that identified him as a member of Congress.

Associated Press, by Staff Posted By: Photoonist- Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:29:29 GMT Tehran ' Two strong earthquakes shook different parts of Iran in less than 24 hours, injuring more than 200 people and damaging hundreds of homes, Iranian media reported on Saturday. The first quake, which had a magnitude of 5.7, struck villages and towns in the northeast on Friday evening, injuring more than 200 people, (Snip) Late on Saturday morning, a magnitude 5.8 earthquake rattled the Negar region, more than 1 000km south of the capital, Tehran. There were no reports of casualties, but state television said there was extensive damage

Chicago Sun'Times, by Amber Hunt Posted By: Struan- Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:28:47 GMT Detective Josh Fazio of the Will County Sheriff's Department loves it when an iPhone turns up as evidence in a criminal case. The sophisticated cell phone and mobile computer is becoming as popular with police as it is with consumers because it can provide investigators with so much information that can help in solving crimes. "When someone tells me they have an iPhone in a case, I say, 'Yeah!' I can do tons with an iPhone," said Fazio, who works in the sheriff's department high'tech crimes unit.

Reuters, by Monica Garcia & Jack Kimball Posted By: Photoonist- Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:27:19 GMT Bogota ' Colombia rejected on Saturday accusations by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez that Bogota was planning to attack neighbouring Venezuela, saying the socialist leader was deceiving his people with such charges. (Snip) "Colombia has never thought of attacking its brother nation (Venezuela) as the president of that country says, in a clear political deception of his own country," Colombian President Alvaro Uribe's office said in a statement. "Colombia has gone to the channels of international law and will continue insisting on those mechanisms so there is an instrument to make the Venezuelan government comply with its obligations not to harbour