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Appeals Court Overturns Stem Cell Research Ban
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON -- Opponents of taxpayer-funded stem cell research lost a key round in a federal appeals court Friday. In a 2-1 decision, a panel of the U.S. court of appeals in Washington overturned a judge's order that would have blocked taxpayer funding for stem cell research. The judges ruled that opponents of taxpayer-funded stem cell research are not likely to succeed in their lawsuit to stop it. The panel reversed an opinion issued last August by U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth, who said the research likely violates the law against federal funding of embryo destruction. "We're thrilled ...
Obama First to Put Tax Hikes on Budget Table
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON - Higher taxes have been missing from the fierce budget battle that nearly shut down the federal government. But President Barack Obama is about to put them on the table - at least a modest version that he had pushed before and then rested on the shelf. Most economists and budget analysts say a comprehensive mix of spending cuts and tax increases is essential to any viable deficit-reduction plan. Yet few players in the negotiations have gone there. It comes in the scramble to heed what is widely viewed as a loud clamor from voters to slam the brakes on runway government spending. ...
To the Hounds: Fox Hunting Lives On as an Animal-Friendly Pastime
By not in system - AOL NewsGORMAN, Calif. -- It's a pastime, participants will tell you, that's as American as apple pie: one played in the great outdoors, on real grass, with lots of running and jumping and zig zagging all over the place. And, no, it's not football or baseball, although a horsehide is tangentially involved. David McNew, AP Huntsman Scott Neill and foxhounds return from a British-style fox hunt for coyotes March 26 on Tejon Ranch near Gorman, Calif. We're talking fox hunting here, a sport so American it has been pursued by presidents, Hollywood celebrities and just plain folks from all ...
Goodbye 'Sweet Micky'? Martelly Serious About Leading Haiti
By Emily Troutman - AOL NewsPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- On the Sunday night before the announcement of Haiti's preliminary election results, tensions ran high. The candidates faced a troubled electoral system, an impatient population, the never-ending sense that what can go wrong, will. At 9 p.m., hip-hop star Pras Michel took to Twitter: RT @PrasMichel Machete + gasoline + matches = the will of people Pras is an internationally known musician, the cousin and former Fugees band mate of Wyclef Jean, and he was one of the first to endorse Michel Martelly. Emily Troutman for AOL News Michel Martelly, the ...
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US Sets New Safety Rules for Citizens in Japan
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON -- The Obama administration, taking a tougher stand than Japan on how to deal with a deepening nuclear crisis, urged the evacuation of Americans on Wednesday within a 50-mile radius of a stricken nuclear plant, raising questions about U.S. confidence in Tokyo's risk assessments. The U.S. advisory about the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant was far more stringent than the 12 mile radius recommended by Japan. The Japanese government is also urging people within 20 miles of the plant to stay indoors if they cannot evacuate. Presidential spokesman Jay Carney sought to minimize any rift ...
Sarah Palin: Could She Run as an Independent or Third Party Candidate?
By Suzi Parker - Politics DailySarah Palin talks a lot about the tea party. On Fox News last week, she said, "I find inspiration in tea party patriots [and] those with common sense who aren't playing a lot of games." She could be considered the tea party's godmother. With her Sarah PAC and support for 2010 tea party candidates, Palin has generated a lot of good will, not to mention publicity, for a movement that began only two years ago. She also isn't afraid to attack popular Republicans such as New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. Related Stories Sarah Palin's India Trip: Bill Clinton, Nelson Mandela ...
Screen Actors Guild in Solidarity With Wisconsin Protesters
By Eleanor Clift - Politics DailyI've been a member of the Screen Actors Guild since the early 1990s when the McLaughlin Group had a cameo appearance in the movie "Dave." Hollywood director Ivan Reitman came to Washington to film us, and when the lines written for us failed to elicit the spirited debate the group is known for, Reitman went to Plan B. He described the plot of the movie, which has a president falling into a coma and a lookalike taking his place, and the confusion that ensues. He told us to talk about it like we would any other issue, and that's what we did. At the end, John McLaughin, creator and host of the ...
Why We Care About the Academy Awards
By James Grady - Politics DailyThe Academy Awards shone bright lights in my family's night sky well before 2007, when I stood in a Santa Monica street hugging my black-gowned and borrowed-diamonds daughter Rachel and not crying, I did not cry, I did not! as she climbed into the black limo that whisked her and her co-director/producer Heidi to the Oscars where they would lose Best Documentary to Al Gore. And why yes: it is way cool just to be nominated. The Academy Awards had me long before that night. Way back in America's black & white Cold War daze, my father managed movie theaters on our home turf of Montana prairie ...
Mitch Daniels, Michael Dukakis, George Will and the 'Charisma of Competence'
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyIf columnist George Will really wants to get his friend Mitch Daniels elected president, maybe he should stop talking about "the charisma of competence." Will used the phrase in a praise-laden introduction of the second-term Indiana governor at the Conservative Political Action Conference recently in Washington. He repeated it a few days later at the conclusion of a column devoted to promoting Daniels. Those are very high-profile venues, and perhaps it's true that all publicity is good publicity. But competence has not been a terrific selling point in past presidential races for short ...
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