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Seen 1st here! Republicans question healthier eating proposals (AP): AP - House Republicans are pus... *http://yhoo.it/l5hRbA #tcot

News from The Associated Press : "Government and airline officials say a United Airlines plane with 144 people aboard returned to Washington-Dulles International Airport for an emergency landing escorted by two F-16 fighter jets after a fight broke out between passengers. Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Laura Brown says Flight 990 bound for Accra, Ghana, returned to Dulles in Chantilly, Va., just after midnight Sunday after a fistfight in the cabin."

Seen 1st here! House rejects debt limit increase without cuts (AP): AP - House Republicans dealt de... *http://yhoo.it/m9vOE7 #tcot

SEOUL (Reuters) – It began with a simple phrase -- "brace yourself" -- sent by a university professor to his mistress via a South Korean messaging service app used by millions every day. But now the message has become key evidence in a murder investigation, with the professor arrested for killing his wife and his mistress sought as an accomplice, police said. The professor, whose full name was not given, went to the head office of the "Kakao Talk" messenger service provider after the murder and asked them to delete the message. But the message was saved for a month and police were able to retrieve it as part of an investigation of his phone records. Eventually the professor confessed to strangling his wife, using his mistress's car to transport the body, and dumping it into the sea. He and his wife were in the process of getting a divorce. "The message helped us discover that the woman was his accomplice," a spokesman at a police station in the souther...

Let's conduct a little survey. Answer these questions about yourself. How often do you change your Facebook profile picture? What percentage of all the Facebook photos you've uploaded are profile pictures? How many Facebook profile pictures do you have, total? Pixable, the social photo experts, have just established themselves as the   leading scientists of photo-related Facebook vanity . Their Director of Analytics extracted some data from the vast quanitites of photos that pass through their warehouse, and they put together a (not-so-beautiful) infographic summing up some of the more interesting tidbits. The abstract to this study would read something like this:   People on   Facebook   are vain . Sometimes science only needs to restate the obvious, with data. You're on Facebook, too, after all. How did you measure up? BY DAVID ZAXToday

Top Ten New Species: "Walking" Fish, T. Rex Leech, More : "It has a double penis, is as long as a tall human, and lives in a heavily populated area of the Philippines. Yet somehow the 6.6-foot-long (2-meter-long) lizard Varanus bitatawa (pictured) has gone undetected by science until recently. The researchers suspect the fruit-eating tree dweller escaped scientific detection until now because there've been few reptile surveys of the mountain forests where V. bitatawa—or the Sierra Madre forest monitor—lives. The 22-pound (10-kilogram) lizards are also 'incredibly secretive,' study team member and biologist Daniel Bennett of Mampam Conservation told National Geographic News in 2010."

Seen 1st here! House to reject debt limit increase without cuts (AP): AP - The GOP-led House is poi... *http://yhoo.it/jzQ871 #tcot

Seen 1st here! Obama gains foothold; GOP autumn surge behind him: Six months after Republicans alarmed Democr... *http://twurl.nl/g32s8s

Seen 1st here! Obama finds some solid ground; tests still ahead (AP): AP - Six months after Republi... *http://yhoo.it/lXzunv #tcot

Seen 1st here! RNC chair taking on Obama, the media and millions in debt (Daily Caller): Daily Call... *http://yhoo.it/manHrj #tcot

News from The Associated Press : "The United States has condemned the conviction of seven Vietnamese land rights activists, including a church pastor, during a one-day closed trial in the communist country. The defendants were convicted of attempting to overthrow the government and were sentenced to between two and eight years in prison during Monday's trial in the southern province of Ben Tre. They were also given between three to five years of probation, according to the official Vietnam News Agency."

Seen 1st here! Among Republican Hopefuls, Palin Won't Be 'Very, Very Electable' by 2012 (Contributo... *http://yhoo.it/mweYkq #tcot

Seen 1st here! GOP presidential contenders drift to the right (AP): AP - In the first presidential ... *http://yhoo.it/jQmjzL #tcot

Seen 1st here! Voter registration could be key to Obama in 2012: In 2008, Barack Obama tapped into a record o... *http://twurl.nl/6kscrs

Seen 1st here! RNC chairman says donors aren’t worried about 2012 GOP field (Daily Caller): Daily... *http://yhoo.it/iTq2SM #tcot

Is America too Optimistic for Revolt? - Newsweek

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News from The Associated Press : "More than 800 tons of fish have died and rotted on fish farms in a lake near Taal volcano south of Manila, with authorities blaming it on a sudden temperature drop. The massive fish deaths started late last week but have eased. Officials have banned the sale of the rotting fish, which are being buried by the truckload in Talisay and three other towns in Batangas province, Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources official Rose del Mundo said Sunday."

Sometimes it pays to be wary of your friends!   As more people turn to Facebook and Twitter for much of their online communicating, Internet scammers and spammers are trying to cash in by hijacking the names and images of users’ “friends’’ and “followers.’’ They use the stolen identities to place fake come-ons and shady pitches alongside all the funny pictures and snide remarks posted by people legitimately granted access to online accounts. The goal is to trick users into buying products, volunteering credit card numbers and other personal information, or unknowingly installing malicious software that can damage computers. Too often, the tactics work, according to computer security specialists, in part because of our faith in people we know. “When someone posts a link, they say, ‘Oh, that’s from my friend, I trust that link,’ ’’ said Maxim Weinstein, executive director of StopBadware Inc., a Cambridge nonprofit that helps Internet users guard against computer viruses and spyware. ...

Breitbart.tv » Hikers: Bigfoot Captured on Video Near Spokane

News from The Associated Press : "A health board in Washington state has reversed itself and voted against endorsing a colon cancer awareness campaign that uses billboards saying, 'What's up your butt?' The Tri-City Herald reports that Wednesday's vote by the Benton Franklin Health District in Kennewick, Wash., was in response to complaints the ads are in poor taste. The butt billboards were earlier displayed in Yakima to raise colorectal cancer awareness and encourage people to get screened for the disease"

Ten suspected dead in Germany from tainted cucumbers - World - NZ Herald News : "German health chiefs announced four more deaths feared to have been caused by E. coli-contaminated cucumbers, bringing to ten the number of suspected deaths in the country."

Dominican Republic to unveil museum honoring victims of Trujillo dictatorship

Another Forest Defender Falls in the Amazon - NYTimes.com

Woman living on bus In Ybor City Tampa Tweets that she was raped | Mail Online : "'I didn't think he would let me live': Woman TWEETS that she was raped"

U.S. best beaches: Siesta Beach, Sarasota, Florida named number 1 | Mail Online : "AMERICA'S BEST BEACHES 1. Siesta Beach in Sarasota, Florida 2. Caronao Beach, San Diego, California 3. Kahanamoku Beach in Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii 4. Main Beach, East Hampton, N.Y. 5. Cape Hatteras in North Carolina 6. St. George Island State Park, Florida Panhandle 7. Beachwalker Park, Kiawah Island, S.C. 8. Coast Guard Beach, Cape Cod, Mass. 9. Waimanalo Bay Beach Park, Oahu, Hawaii 10. Cape Florida State Park near Miami"

GOP presidential hopefuls shift on global warming: WASHINGTON (AP) — For Republican presidential contenders who... *http://bit.ly/kooCPn

TBO News Alert: Casey Anthony trial resumes. Fiancee of defendant's brother takes the stand. Watch it live: http://bit.ly/WQo3G.

Man can fail a thousand times but he isn't a failure until he blames others - John Burroughs

PastPost Recalls What You Did On Facebook Last Year  Can’t remember what you did yesterday? Yeah, we can’t either. Well, a new application intends to fix that. PastPosts , created by tech veterans Jonathan Wegener, Matt Raoul and Benny Wong, sends users a daily email — if you didn’t log in every day last year, you only get messages on days that correspond to when you’d used Facebook in the prior year. The daily missive comes in an easy-to-read format showing wall comments, posted photos, status updates, and more from your personal Facebook archives. Wegener said the idea came from an app the guys created for Foursquare a few months ago called 4SquareAnd7YearsAgo that does pretty much the same thing. “The response to that product has been really positive and thousands of people have signed up and told us they love it,” he said in an interview. “PastPosts is the next logical extension, bringing that same proven concept to the largest personal data creation platform, ...

Twitter officially acquires TweetDeck | Gadgetell : "Twitter announced today that it has officially acquired the popular TweetDeck app. The team behind TweetDeck will join Twitter, though they wil continue to focus on the platform that many of us know and love. Unlike the Twitter acquisition of Atebits which created the official Twitter apps for iOS and Mac out of Tweetie for both platforms, TweetDeck will remain the same for the foreseeable future. Both TweetDeck and Twitter label the platform as being great for brands, marketers, and power users in general, which TweetDeck certainly is. So it sounds like TweetDeck will continue as sort of the “professional” brand for Twitter."

Scientists trick the brain into experiencing Barbie-doll size : "According to the textbooks, our perception of size and distance is a product of how the brain interprets different visual cues, such as the size of an object on the retina and its movement across the visual field. Some researchers have claimed that our bodies also influence our perception of the world, so that the taller you are, the shorter distances appear to be. However, there has been no way of testing this hypothesis experimentally -- until"

Scientists find happy men are 'significantly less attractive' to ladies | Mail Online : "The University Of British Columbia study, which is the first to report a significant gender difference in the attractiveness of smiles, helps explain the enduring allure of 'bad boys' and other iconic gender stereotypes. It is also the first study to investigate the attractiveness of displays of pride and shame. Lead researcher Professor Jessica Tracy said: 'While showing a happy face is considered essential to friendly social interactions, including those involving sexual attraction - few studies have actually examined whether a smile is, in fact, attractive. 'This study finds that men and women respond very differently to displays of emotion, including smiles.'"

MSNBC suspends Schultz for calling Ingraham a 'slut' - On Media - POLITICO.com : "MSNBC has suspended Ed Schultz for one week without pay for calling Laura Ingraham a ‘right-wing slut’ on his radio program Tuesday. “Remarks of this nature are unacceptable and will not be tolerated,” MSNBC said in a statement Wednesday evening. Schultz will address the remarks on his television show Wednesday night, and begin his leave immediately afterward, MSNBC said."

Barred! Shock jock Michael Savage has U.K. ban reaffirmed | Mail Online : "Controversial 'shock jock' radio presenter Michael Savage, who was barred from entering the UK two years ago for his extreme views, has had the ban reaffirmed. The Conservative-led British government announced in July it would only lift the ban initiated by the previous Labour leadership if Savage took back statements he had made on his broadcasts that were deemed a 'threat to national security'. And while the U.K has never specified which comments it found so dangerous, an attorney for the British government has stayed true to its threat, reaffirming the ban."

Great Dane taught to say 'Mein Fuhrer' at a secret Nazi training school | Mail Online

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New York police deny Strauss-Kahn DNA report

Israeli Prime Minister Addresses Congress | C-SPAN

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#tcot TOP STORY: ICE HSI investigator cracks cold case: Mark Zivilik, an investigator with U.S. ICE's Homeland ... http://bit.ly/lFym2N

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News from The Associated Press : "Chicago White Sox catcher A.J. Pierzynski reached into the stands to try to catch a foul ball - and found himself face-to-face with former President George W. Bush. Pierzynski was going for a foul pop near the Texas Rangers dugout in the sixth inning Monday night. The ball dropped into the owner's box where Bush and his wife, Laura, sat with team president Nolan Ryan, whose wife, Ruth, had her hands over her head protecting herself. The ball didn't hit anyone."

News from The Associated Press : "Thousands of companies that cashed in on President Barack Obama's economic stimulus package owed the government millions in unpaid taxes, congressional investigators have found. The Government Accountability Office, in a report being released Tuesday, said at least 3,700 government contractors and nonprofit organizations that received more than $24 billion from the stimulus effort owed $757 million in back taxes as of Sept. 30, 2009, the end of the budget year."

Woman Accused of Trying to Sell Girl's Virginity - ABC News : "A Salt Lake City woman has been charged with offering her 11-year-old daughter's virginity to a man in exchange for $10,000. The woman was charged Monday in Utah's 3rd District Court with two counts of aggravated sex abuse and two counts of sexual exploitation of a minor. KTVX Channel 4 reports that court documents claim she made the offer after the man asked about oral sex with the girl."

News from The Associated Press : "California preacher Harold Camping says his prophecy that the world would end was off by five months because Judgment Day actually will come on October 21. The independent Christian radio host said Monday the apocalypse will come five months after May 21, the original date he predicted."

OfficialWire: Guilty Plea In Ohio Terror Charges : "A husband and wife in Toledo, Ohio, have pleaded guilty in federal court to charges they smuggled money to a terrorist group in Lebanon. Hor Akl pleaded guilty Monday to five counts pertaining to conspiracy and interstate commerce in support of terrorism and could face more than seven years in prison, while is wife, Amera Akl, who pleaded guilty to one charge of conspiracy to provide material support to a terrorist organization, faces nearly four years in prison, The (Toledo) Blade reported."

Egyptian Copts demand end to post-revolution sectarianism - Africa, World - The Independent : "Egypt's 10 million Copts, the largest Christian population in the Middle East, are demanding that they no longer be treated as second-class citizens in post-revolutionary Egypt. But they are fearful that they are in danger of anti-Christian violence after the fall of President Hosni Mubarak because the police are weak and anti-Christian Islamic preachers are free to"

Don't let your employer take your pension - Citywire : "Employees may also be offered enhanced benefits to transfer to a defined contribution scheme or a personal pension, or early retirement if they give up index-linking. The aim is to reduce the company’s pension liabilities but it is rarely a good deal for the employee."

Don't let your employer take your pension - Citywire

Obama’s Anti-Catholic Agenda and his Irish Roots - By Greg Pollowitz - Media Blog - National Review Online

News from The Associated Press : "So long as people could see the ominous sign atop his car warning that the End of the World was nigh, Jeff Hopkins figured the gas money he spent driving back and forth from Long Island to New York City would be worth it. As the appointed day drew nearer, Hopkins started making the 100-mile round trip twice a day to warn people about the apocalypse coming on May 21, spending at least $15 in retirement savings on gas each way."

It says something about our society, when the only speaker to inspire people, is the one that says you are going to die on 05.21.2011 http://amplify.com/u/a13tcq

Home News | Barack Obama's speech at College Green (in full) : "Thousands were wowed by the words of Barack Obama at College Green on Monday evening; a few cynics called it join-the-dots oratory. You decide - here's the speech, all 28 minutes of it, complete and unabridged. Hello Dublin. Hello Ireland. My name is Barack Obama, of the Moneygall Obamas, and I’ve come home to find the apostrophe that we lost somewhere along the way."

After bin Laden, U.S. reopens Afghan, Pakistan strategy: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Osama bin Laden's death has r... http://twurl.nl/6g2azm

U.S. says Syrian leadership must halt killings: LONDON (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said th... http://twurl.nl/41p2ms

Pawlenty launches bid for White House: DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty on Monday cas... http://bit.ly/kCnhO9

Republican Pawlenty running as fiscal fix-it man: Republican Tim Pawlenty says he's getting into the 2012 pre... http://twurl.nl/ou2rb6

Obama eases Israeli anger on Mideast peace vision: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Sunday ea... http://twurl.nl/xug5ac

Via the White House: Remarks of President Barack Obama at AIPAC Policy Conference--As Prepared for Delivery Washington, DC Sunday, May 22, 2011 Good morning!  Thank you, Rosy, for your very kind introduction.  But even more, thank you for your many years friendship.  Back in Chicago, when I was just getting started in national politics, I reached out to a lot of people for advice and counsel, and Rosy was one of the very first.  When I made my first visit to Israel, after entering the Senate, Rosy – you were at my side every step of that very meaningful journey through the Holy Land.  And I want to thank you for your enduring friendship, your leadership and for your warm welcome today. Thank you to David Victor, Howard Kohr and all the Board of Directors.  And let me say that it’s wonderful to look out and see so many great friends, including Alan Solow, Howard Green and a very large delegation from Chicago. I want to thank the members of C...

Armed Yemeni mob traps U.S., European envoys: SANAA, Yemen (AP) — The U.S., European and Gulf Arab ambassadors ... http://bit.ly/istZd0

Top Jewish Americans ponder support for Obama: CHICAGO (Reuters) - Some prominent Jewish Americans are rethin... http://twurl.nl/wvkjs5

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#tcot ICE agents seize $500,000 in drug paraphernalia from Orlando business: U.S. ICE's Homeland Security Inves... http://bit.ly/iuumFS

US to back IMF chief with broad support: Geithner: The United States will support a candidate to succeed Domi... http://twurl.nl/d3hh8f

#tcot Netanyahu at White House after Obama challenge: Netanyahu at White House after Obama challenge ERICA WER... http://bit.ly/iEwDQG

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano – Shoe bomb still a threat to aviation: Shoe bombs are still a th... http://bit.ly/kdMamG

#tcot 2 charged in elaborate scheme to obtain valid California driver's licenses for illegal aliens: Two indivi... http://bit.ly/luare3

U.S., partners set target for TransPacific trade deal: BIG SKY, Montana (Reuters) - The United States and eig... http://twurl.nl/y81rwh

News from The Associated Press : "Six people have been sentenced to time served after agreeing to plead guilty to participating in an East Texas sex ring that used children as performers."

News from The Associated Press : "An Alabama man was executed Thursday for the 1992 killing of four people during a shooting spree in which he said he was mentally ill and high on drugs and alcohol. Corrections officials said 42-year-old Jason Oric Williams died at 6:19 p.m. CDT from a lethal injection administered at Holman Prison in Atmore."

Marijuana: Smugglers using ultralight aircraft to carry marijuana - latimes.com : "Mexican organized crime groups are using ultralight aircraft to drop marijuana bundles in agricultural fields and desert scrub across the U.S. border. The incursions are hard to detect and are on the upswing."

The End of the World As We Know It? Prediction of Saturday "Rapture" is Fuel for Faithful, Doubters - FoxNews.com : "RALEIGH, North Carolina -- For some, it's Judgment Day. For others, it's party time. A loosely organized Christian movement has spread the word around the globe that Jesus Christ will return to earth on Saturday to gather the faithful into heaven. While the Christian mainstream isn't buying it, many other skeptics are milking it."

Israel Expects Obama to Take Back ‘1967 Lines’ Demand - Defense/Middle East - Israel News - Israel National News : "Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu was quick on the draw Thursday in voicing clear displeasure with President Barack Obama’s mideast policy speech. “Israel appreciates President Obama’s commitment to peace,” the response began, curtly. “Israel believes that for peace to endure between Israelis and Palestinians, the viability of a Palestinian state cannot come at the expense of the viability of the one and only Jewish state.”"

Obama's Speech Leaves 'Disappointment' Abroad : NPR : "With the White House having raised expectations in advance, President Obama's speech Thursday about the Middle East and North Africa left many people in the region disappointed. Obama was attempting to square a difficult circle. He wanted to reaffirm America's support for democratic aspirations, but at the same time did not want to worsen a rift with allies such as Saudi Arabia about the pace of change"

News from The Associated Press : "When Josh Ferrin closed on his family's first home, he never thought he'd make the discovery of a lifetime - then give it back. Ferrin picked up the keys earlier this week and decided to check out the house in a Salt Lake City suburb. As he walked into the garage, a piece of cloth clinging to an attic door caught his eye. Inside, he found eight boxes full of cash - about $45,000."

Fed's Fisher says pricey gasoline hurting growth: McALLEN, Texas (Reuters) - High gasoline prices are dampeni... http://twurl.nl/dz2dgr

#tcot ICE returns money to elderly Berkeley man targeted in Canadian telemarketing scam: Special agents with U.... http://bit.ly/jSdABp

#tcot Long-feared flood rolls toward La. bayou country: Long feared flood rolls toward La. bayou country MARY ... http://bit.ly/iYoV97

Experts – Homegrown Terror Next Wave of Jihad: Despite the death of Osama bin Laden, the Islamic terrorist thre... http://bit.ly/lS0Yia

Obama court pick may be headed for Senate defeat: Liberal law professor Goodwin Liu could become the first Ob... http://twurl.nl/ujg4u7

Mildred Baena: Arnold Schwarzenegger 'had unprotected sex while Maria Shriver was working' | Mail Online : "Mildred Baena (left) has been named as the mother of A"

Iranian missile bases were built in Venezuela - PanARMENIAN.Net : "Five months ago, Germany's Die Welt reported that Iran was installing ballistic missiles in Venezuela that could reach the United States. Now, the same newspaper reports that Iran is building medium range missile launch pads on an area known as Paraguana Peninsula. The missiles will be based in underground silos."