High School Car Wash Shut Down Due to “Environmental Laws”
The cheerleading squad at Lincoln High School in San Jose wanted to attend a national competition in April. In order to finance the trip, the squad decided to host a car wash.
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IRS’ Lois Lerner Gave Confidential Tea Party Tax Info to FEC, Violating Law
The Internal Revenue Service shared highly confidential tax information of several Tea Party groups in the IRS scandal with the Federal Election Commission, a clear violation of federal law, according to newly obtained emails.
G.O.P. Filibuster of 2 Obama Picks Sets Up Fight
Senate Republicans on Thursday thwarted the confirmation of two of President Obama’s nominees, one to a powerful appeals court and another to a home-lending oversight post, setting up a confrontation with Democrats that could escalate into a larger fight over limiting the filibuster and restrict how far the minority party can go to block a president’s agenda.
San Fran Bound Delta Flight Makes Emergency Landing at Remote Airfield Near Aleutians
A San Francisco-bound Delta Air Lines plane departed from a remote Alaska community near the Aleutian Islands Wednesday afternoon, 10 hours after its passengers’ original jet made an emergency landing there.
Watchdogs: Government Paid Millions in Medicare to Deceased, Illegal Immigrants
The federal government has paid tens of millions of dollars in Medicare benefits to dead people and illegal immigrants, according to a pair of reports from federal watchdogs released on Thursday.
Alaskans Experience Warmest October on Record
Now is the time of year when Alaska’s snowpack starts to build and temperatures plunge as the days become shorter and shorter.
Book Details Obama Aides’ Talks About Replacing Biden on 2012 Ticket
President Obama’s top aides secretly considered replacing Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. with Hillary Rodham Clinton on the 2012 ticket, undertaking extensive focus-group sessions and polling in late 2011 when Mr. Obama’s re-election outlook appeared uncertain.
Obama’s Military Coup Purges 197 Officers In Five Years
What the president calls “my military” is being cleansed of any officer suspected of disloyalty to or disagreement with the administration on matters of policy or force structure, leaving the compliant and fearful.
Newt Gingrich: Sebelius Worse Liar Than Nixon
Newt Gingrich accused embattled Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius Wednesday of being a worse liar than disgraced former President Richard Nixon.
Obamacare On Trial: ‘You Deserve Better. I Apologize,’ Sebelius Says (+video)
Testifying before a House committee, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius pledged to fix the HealthCare.gov site. She said her agency still has no reliable enrollment data on Obamacare.