White House Believes Court Contempt Citation is a Traffic Ticket - Yahoo! News

White House Believes Court Contempt Citation is a Traffic Ticket - Yahoo! News: "Three months after the first Gulf drilling ban, Judge Martin Feldman ruled that it was too broad, and must be revised or lifted. As if Judge Feldman's ruling was akin to a ticket for illegal parking, Secretary Salazar simply imposed a second drilling ban using the template for the first one. That disregard for law and the courts earned a citation for being in contempt , when Feldman spanked the Interior Department for its legal tone deafness."

Raymond Davis Life in Peril in Pakistan Prison

Yahoo!The U.S. State Department needs to make sure Raymond Davis does not become a "moral argument." Equivocating the objectives of Islamist militants with the objectives of the NATO military mission is a liberal cocktail party version of a psychological suicide bombing.

Pakistan Taliban Wants to Hang American Raymond Davis - Yahoo! News

Pakistan Taliban Wants to Hang American Raymond Davis - Yahoo! NewsCOMMENTARY | An ugly incident that could sever the thin ties between the U.S. and Pakistan is growing more intense. President Barack Obama said that consular employee Raymond Davis is entitled to full diplomatic immunity for killing two men he believed were trying to harm him.

Davis has been identified as an advisory consular official in American accounts of the incident. The Pakistanis have a problem with the claim that Davis was a consular official.

They say that diplomats don't carry guns. In fact, Davis was a former Special Forces operator with extensive firearms experience.

Lifetime TV Network Faces Criticism for Scheduling Amanda Knox Movie - Yahoo! News

Lifetime TV Network Faces Criticism for Scheduling Amanda Knox Movie - Yahoo! News: "From an American legal standpoint, there are problems with the evidence presented in the Knox case. Because the DNA samples used to convict Knox and Sollecito were not tested by the prosecution, an Italian appeals court judge granted a defense motion request that the DNA testing be re-examined by two well-respected forensic experts from an Italian university."

Former Luzerne County Judges Had Slick Racket

"It's beginning to sound just like the Scranton where I used to work several years ago. A big little city where, even if you don't know someone, you know someone who knows that someone."

front lines: Iranian Official to Political Prisoners: “It Is Easy for Us to Eliminate You All. It Is Just Like Drinking Water.”

front lines: Iranian Official to Political Prisoners: “It Is Easy for Us to Eliminate You All. It Is Just Like Drinking Water.”

Reality and Fiction on Collision Course in Amanda Knox Movie - Yahoo! News

Reality and Fiction on Collision Course in Amanda Knox Movie - Yahoo! NewsDid Amanda Knox clean the knife found in Raffaele Sollecito's apartment? Did she clean it well, poorly, or not at all? Italian police pinned their case on a tiny speck of flesh found in the groove of the knife blade.

Amanda Knox Lawyer Wants YouTube to Take Video Off Air

Astronaut Mark Kelly: Deep Space is Not so Far Away - Yahoo! News

Astronaut Mark Kelly: Deep Space is Not so Far Away - Yahoo! News: "Should Mark Kelly leave Gabrielle Giffords to go into space? Certainly, Mark Kelly's decision to go ahead with training in preparation for April's shuttle flight has spawned a cottage industry of moralizing."

Obama Interior Department Faces Criticism from Democrats, Republicans - Yahoo! News

Obama Interior Department Faces Criticism from Democrats, Republicans - Yahoo! News: "'I am seeing more and more people throw in the towel every week. We can't continue to let these vessels sit at the dock crewed up with no work. We are all cutting each others throat over here to get a spot job,' says a marine worker in a post on the Pensacola Fishing Forum website."

Pennsylvania Cell Phone Ban While Driving Needed - Yahoo! News

Pennsylvania Cell Phone Ban While Driving Needed - Yahoo! NewsSeveral weeks later, I called the offices of our local representatives in the Pa. state Assembly. I spoke to aides in the offices of newly elected Rosemary Brown and veteran Mario Scavello and requested support for a cell phone ban. As yet, it has not been made clear to me whether Reps. Brown and Scavello would support cell phone and texting restrictions.

Obama's Missing Photo, Edward Said, and the Egypt Crisis - Yahoo! News

Obama's Missing Photo, Edward Said, and the Egypt Crisis - Yahoo! News: "In this editorial, Mr. LeVine argues that, unless President Obama comes quickly to the aid of the Mubarak opposition, the 'the intifada in Egypt risks becoming a revolution against the U.S. as much as against Mubarak...'"

Pennsylvania Cell Phone Ban While Driving Needed - Yahoo! News

Pennsylvania Cell Phone Ban While Driving Needed - Yahoo! News: "Pennsylvania is a 'no,' 'no,' 'no,' 'no,' 'not applicable' state when it comes to driving while texting or talking on a hand-held cell phone. There are nine states with hand-held cell phone bans extending over the entire state."

Middle Eastern Moment of Truth | FrontPage Magazine

Middle Eastern Moment of Truth | FrontPage Magazine: "Left-of-center Haaretz columnist Aluf Benn writes that “Barack Obama will be remembered as the president who ‘lost’ Egypt…. If [a superpower] abandons its allies the moment they flounder, who would trust it tomorrow?” Another left-of-center Haaretz columnist, Ari Shavit, writes harshly that “Obama’s betrayal of Hosni Mubarak is not just the betrayal of a moderate Egyptian president who remained loyal to the United States…. Everyone grasps the message: America’s word is worthless; an alliance with America is unreliable; America has lost it.”"