2015년 2월 23일 월요일

Evening Edition: Republicans split on DHS funding, edging closer to partial shutdown

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Republicans split on DHS funding, edging closer to partial shutdown
Congressional Republicans remain sharply divided over the looming standoff over funding the Department of Homeland Security, prompting White House officials to prepare to shut down an agency designed to protect everything from the nation’s borders to the president.   Read full article »
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CIA looks to expand its cyber espionage capabilities
CIA Director John O. Brennan is planning a major expansion of the agency’s cyber espionage capabilities as part of a broad restructuring of an intelligence service long defined by its human spy work, current and former U.S. officials said.  Read full article »
Mike Huckabee, tour guide in the Holy Land
MASADA, Israel — Whether or not Mike Huckabee becomes president of the United States, the nation of Israel — and especially Israel’s hard-line right wing — have few more devoted fans than the former Arkansas governor, evangelical pastor and gung-ho tour guide to the Holy Land.  Read full article »
Documents show the expensive tastes of Jeb Bush’s low-key wife
In 1999, Columba Bush, the famously private wife of then-Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, was detained and fined by federal customs officials for misrepresenting the amount of clothing and jewelry she had bought while on a solo five-day shopping spree in Paris.  Read full article »
Walker’s anti-union law has labor reeling in Wisconsin
KING, Wis. — At the old union hall here on a recent afternoon, Terry Magnant sat at the head of a table surrounded by 18 empty chairs. A members meeting had been scheduled to start a half-hour earlier, but the small house, with its cracked walls and loose roof shingles, was lonely and desolate.  Read full article »
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Is grass-fed beef really better for you, the animal and the planet?
Grass-fed beef is the meat of the moment. The image of cattle dotting green hillsides is an appealing counterpoint to the thought of herds corralled in crowded, grass-free feedlots. Advocates claim a trifecta of advantages: Grass-fed beef is better for you, for the animal and for the planet.  Read full article »
Marijuana may be even safer than previously thought, researchers say
Compared with other recreational drugs — including alcohol — marijuana may be even safer than previously thought. And researchers may be systematically underestimating risks associated with alcohol use.  Read full article »
How Bill O’Reilly imploded at CBS following his Falklands War ‘combat’ reporting
Remembering a lunch date that happened more than 30 years ago isn’t easy. But then again, most lunches aren’t with Bill O’Reilly.So late Sunday night, speaking on the telephone from his Florida home, former CBS correspondent Eric Jon Engberg found himself in a peculiar position. It was indeed true that once, in June 1982 while covering the Falklands war from Buenos Aires, he had shared a meal with O’Reilly. But how much did Engberg remember? Did he remember what O’Reilly had eaten? “This was more than 30 years ago,” Engberg told The Washington Post. “So, no.”  Read full article »
These are the best college majors if you actually want a job after graduation
Wondering what to major in? If you're a college student wondering what you'll do after you graduate, it might be good to know that young workers with degrees in agriculture, mining, teaching and medicine are in high demand. So are those who studied physics or chemistry. But if you major in architecture or a social science, you might find it hard to get a job when you graduate.  Read full article »

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