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June 2010

June 30, 2010 - US accepts international assistance for Gulf spill  Click here ; Gulf beaches hit as distant hurricane pushes oil  Click here ; Jobs market barely budges in June  Click here ; Congresswoman Proposes Ban on Corporal Punishment in U.S. Schools as Some Schools Move to Reinstate It  Click here ; FEMA Workers Ran Up $247,100 in 'Improper Purchases' on Government Credit Cards--Including $4,318 in 'Happy Birthday' Cards  Click here ; South Florida Brothers Selling Oil Spill Souvenirs  Click here

June 29, 2010 - Chicago gun ban on way out, but mayor vows fight  Click here ; Gun Rights Group Challenges N.C. Law Allowing Gun Bans During States of Emergency  Click here ; Obama, activists to push on immigration reform  Click here ; Arizona's illegal immigrants departure affecting businesses  Click here ; How to steer clear of checking account fees on the horizon  Click here ; U.S. Has Paid $1.44 Million for Project That is Studying the 'Social Milieu' of Male Prostitutes in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi  Click here

June 28, 2010 - Supreme Court rules that all Americans have fundamental right to bear arms  Click here ;The Third Depression  Click here ; Unions battle for public job benefits  Click here ; Philadelphia to bar immigration agents from arrest data   Click here ; Biden Calls Custard Shop Manager a 'Smartass' After Taxes Comment  Click here ; Dr. Phil Backs Federal Funding to Combat Cyber Bullies  Click here

June 25, 2010 - White House Picks Critic of Local Immigration Enforcement for Key Role at ICE  Click here ; U.S. lawmakers reach accord on new finance rules  Click here ; Geithner says US can 'no longer drive global growth'  Click here ; Petraeus to Modify Afghanistan Rules of Engagement, Source Says  Click here ; In 2010, Conservatives Still Outnumber Moderates, Liberals  Click here ; 'Don't Taz My Granny!'  Click here

June 24, 2010 - Deep-water drilling ban to be revised  Click here ; U.S. isolated on spending at G-20  Click here ; Study Finds Liberal Bias in College Summer Reading Lists, Stirring Debate  Click here ; Hundreds in prison get home credits    Click here ; Federal Agencies Still Failing to 'Connect the Dots' on Security Threats to U.S., Says GAO  Click here ; California welfare cards can be used in many casino ATMs  Click here

June 23, 2010 - McChrystal Resigns Over Critical Remarks, Obama Names Petraeus as Replacement  Click here ; New-home sales plunge 33 pct with tax credits gone  Click here ; Federal Gov't Halts Sand Berm Dredging  Click here ; 2 Riverside County cities vote to support Arizona's anti-illegal immigration law Click here ; Hillary Clinton Urges State Department Employees to Let Teens Know It's Okay to Be Homosexual  Click here ; Liberal Group Threatens Lawsuit Against McDonald's If It Doesn't Stop Giving Toys to Children  Click here

June 22, 2010 - Judge rules against Obama's 6-month moratorium on deepwater drilling  Click here ; Mexican Gangs Use Bases in Ariz. Hills   Click here ; Crackdown on Illegal Immigrants in Neb. City  Click here ; More Than Half of Americans Oppose Anticipated Justice Dept. Challenge to Arizona Immigration Law Click here ; Hoyer: Permanent middle class tax cuts too costly   Click here ; U.S. Spent $2 Million on Study Promoting Condom Use Among Intravenous Drug Users in Kazakhstan  Click here

June 21, 2010 - As oil hits more beaches, politicians make more waves  Click here ; Obama's thuggery is useless in fighting spill  Click here ; Sunday Talk Shows All Start With BP Hayward's Yachting, Ignore Obama's Golfing  Click here ; Rahm Emanuel expected to quit White House  Click here ; US manufacturing crown slips  Click here ; Obama: Let's Help Dads Connect with Their Kids  Click here

June 18, 2010 -FCC Moves to Regulate Internet--Even Though the Law Calls for Internet to be 'Unfettered by Federal or State Regulation'  Click here ; Greenspan Says U.S. May Soon Reach Borrowing Limit  Click here ; New jobless claims up sharply as layoffs persist  Click here ; Arizona Governor Vows to Fight Any Federal Lawsuit Over Immigration Law  Click here ; Sen. McCain, Rep. Flake Introduce Bill to Allow Taxpayers to Voluntarily Help Pay Down the Federal Debt   Click here ; School bans hat over armed toy soliders  Click here

June 17, 2010 - BP chairman says company cares about 'small people'  Click here ; More Americans Say They Want BP ‘in Charge of’ Cleaning Up Oil Spill Rather Than Obama’s Federal Government  Click here ; Science on drill ban questioned  Click here ; Consumer prices dip again — break for shoppers  Click here ; Most Americans back new Arizona law, Washington Post-ABC News poll finds    Click here ; Kenner could outlaw human billboards, political sign-wavers  Click here

June 16, 2010 - Obama vows 90% cleanup of oil this summer  Click here ; Racial comments make Iowa Republican unwelcome in Colorado  Click here ; Indiana governor says national debt is as big a threat to U.S. as terrorism  Click here ; Sen. Hatch wants unemployed to face mandatory drug tests  Click here ;School Nutrition Bill Allocates $1 Million to Study How Government Can Restrict Food Ads Directed at Kids    Click here ; Former UM professor accused of smoking pot, mooning students  Click here

June 15, 2010 - Obama’s Approval at All-Time Low, Says Gallup—And It’s Especially Low Among Church-Goers, Married People, Those Over 65  Click here ; NC congressman apologizes for behavior on video  Click here ; National Mayors Group Condemns 'Un-American' Arizona Immigration Law  Click here ; Exclusive: Al Gore Cheats with Larry David's Ex  Click here ; Nightmare vision for Europe as EU chief warns 'democracy could disappear' in Greece, Spain and Portugal  Click here ; Winston Churchill's cigar airbrushed from picture  Click here

June 14, 2010 - Riley slams Obama response to BP   Click here ; Congressman Assaults Student on Washington Sidewalk  Click here ; South Carolina Pol Questions Dem Senate Candidate's 'Mental Status'  Click here ; Doctors face 21 percent cut in Medicare payments  Click here ; Retirements by baby-boomer doctors, nurses could strain overhaul  Click here ; For Forgetful, Cash Helps the Medicine Go Down  Click here

June 11, 2010 - Public Says Federal Debt Equal to Threat from Terrorism  Click here ; Obama's greenhouse gas rules survive Senate vote  Click here ; Tea party shaping Republican Party, fall faceoffs  Click here ; Retail sales slump but consumer mood perks up  Click here ; Judge Extends Order for Boy to Return to Public School that Suspended Him for Wearing a Rosary  Click here ; A Shrink Asks: What's Wrong with Obama?  Click here

June 10, 2010 - Bernanke: ‘Things Will Come Apart’ If Entitlements Are Not Reformed  Click here ; Panel Criticizes Government on AIG Bailout  Click here ; Dems eye stimulus to pay teachers  Click here ; Boehner to Obama: Find some 'ass to kick' on the budget deficit  Click here ; BP likely to collect more oil than it can process  Click here ; Publishing Company Under Fire for Putting Warning Label on Constitution  Click here

June 9, 2010 - Hispanics flee Arizona ahead of immigration law  Click here ; Immigrants protest proposed restrictions  Click here ; CA Republicans tap women to lead ticket  Click here ;Bid to curb EPA's regulatory clout on climate nears Senate showdown  Click here ;NY's Empire State Bldg says 'no' to Mother Teresa  Click here ; Conn. School Board Votes to Fight Ruling That Is Keeping Graduation Out of Church  Click here

June 8, 2010 - Obama Administration Says Most of $787 Billion Stimulus Funds ‘Spoken For,’ But only 50% Spent So Far To ‘Jolt’ Economy  Click here ; Obama talks tough on spill; keisters in peril  Click here ; Ax may fall on tax break for mortgages  Click here ; Republicans put health reform on ballot in push to turn out conservatives  Click here ; Helen Thomas Retirement Prompts WH Correspondents Board to Evaluate Seating Rules for Opinion Journalists  Click here ; U.S. no peacenik, global index says  Click here

June 7, 2010 - U.S. Will be Like Greece in ‘Seven to 10 Years,’ Say Congressmen, Experts  Click here ; Poll: BP Oil Spill Response Rated Worse than Katrina  Click here;Coast Guard Sees Cleanup of Spill Lasting Until the Fall  Click here ; Obama brings Nixonian twist to oil spill  Click here ; Bank of America to Pay $108 Million Settlement  Click here ; Helen Thomas Retires after Flap Israel Remark Flap  Click here

June 4, 2010 - White House Now Says It Discussed USAID Position with Candidate Andrew Romanoff to 'Avoid Costly Battle' in Colorado  Click here ; Congressman Seeks Full Accounting of White House Efforts to ‘Clear the (Primary) Field’  Click here ; Private hiring weak as census jobs lift payrolls by 431,000, jobless rate dips to 9.7 pct  Click here ; Justice Dept. Challenges Arizona Over Other Immigration Law Targeting Employers  Click here ;White House is feeling weight of controversies surrounding oil spill, elections  Click here ; Claudia Schiffer's woman in black provokes fashion race row   Click here

June 3, 2010 - Los Angeles Students to Be Taught That Arizona Immigration Law Is Un-American   Click here ; Obama's agenda gets bogged down in oil   Click here ; BP says more La. barrier island berms will cost $360 million  Click here ; White House says it contacted candidate about jobs  Click here ; Comedy Central cartoon script on Jesus is protested  Click here ; Judge Orders School to Reinstate Boy Suspended Over Rosary Beads   Click here

June 2, 2010 -Poll: More Americans want an Ariz.-style immigration law in their states   Click here ; BP loses 15 percent of market value as U.S. launches criminal probe of spill   Click here ; Undersea oil pipelines vulnerable to hurricanes  Click here ; Expert: BP Boycott Won't Hurt Company  Click here ; Party switcher Parker Griffith, Rep. Artur Davis lose in Alabama primaries  Click here ; Wanda Urbanska touts simpler, greener living   Click here

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