Pulling Back the Curtain on Common Core. Common Core’s national K-12 standards, in English language arts (ELA) and math, supposedly emerged from a state-led process in which experts, educators, and parents were well represented.
Muslim Brotherhood Memo of Understanding 1991 USA. The New Fracking Report That Is Great News for You and Your Wallet. The recent energy explosion brought about by hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) has not only benefited the states where it is practiced most, but it has also lifted the U.S. economy by lowering the cost of energy, according to an industry-funded study.
Getty Images. The fracking boom in 2012 supported roughly 2.1 million jobs, added an estimated $75 billion in fed and state revenues, added $283 billion to gross domestic product (the total output of goods and services in the U.S.), and increased household incomes by roughly $1,200, Bloomberg notes, citing a report released Tuesday by IHS CERA. The report adds that by lowering the cost of fuel prices, U.S. manufactures are on track to increase industrial production by approximately 3.5 percent by 2020. Three-wheel car boasts up to 84mpg for $6,800. Up to 84 miles to the gallon on the highway, and 60 mpg on average, for only $6,800?
That's the promise of a first-of-its-kind, three-wheel car called "Elio. " Syrian rebels used Sarin nerve gas, not Assad's regime: U.N. official. Testimony from victims strongly suggests it was the rebels, not the Syrian government, that used Sarin nerve gas during a recent incident in the revolution-wracked nation, a senior U.N. diplomat said Monday.
Carla del Ponte, a member of the U.N. Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria, told Swiss TV there were “strong, concrete suspicions but not yet incontrovertible proof,” that rebels seeking to oust Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad had used the nerve agent. But she said her panel had not yet seen any evidence of Syrian government forces using chemical weapons, according to the BBC, but she added that more investigation was needed. Damascus has recently facing growing Western accusations that its forces used such weapons, which President Obama has described as crossing a red line. NSA collected Americans' email records in bulk for two years under Obama. The Obama administration for more than two years permitted the National Security Agency to continue collecting vast amounts of records detailing the email and internet usage of Americans, according to secret documents obtained by the Guardian.
The documents indicate that under the program, launched in 2001, a federal judge sitting on the secret surveillance panel called the Fisa court would approve a bulk collection order for internet metadata "every 90 days". A senior administration official confirmed the program, stating that it ended in 2011. The collection of these records began under the Bush administration's wide-ranging warrantless surveillance program, collectively known by the NSA codename Stellar Wind. Eventually, the NSA gained authority to "analyze communications metadata associated with United States persons and persons believed to be in the United States", according to a 2007 Justice Department memo, which is marked secret. TWO Colorado State Senators Who Led Gun Control Push Find Out What Can Happen When Fed-Up Voters Take a Stand (Updated)
Colorado residents on Tuesday voted to recall both Democratic Senate President John Morse and state Sen.
Angela Giron over a number of gun control laws they helped pushed through the Legislature. With 100 percent of the results in, 50.9 percent of Colorado residents voted to recall Morse in the historic election, the Denver Post reports. Morse delivered his concession speech late Tuesday night. “We as the Democratic party will continue to fight,” Morse told supporters in Colorado Springs as he conceded the race. These photo combo of 2013 file photos shows state Sens. Mo. Man Tries to Stick Up Clerk Who Also Happens to Be a Four-Deployment Iraq War Vet — Guess Who It Doesn’t End Well For. Bad idea: holding up a store clerk who happens to be proficient in firearms.
Undocumented immigrant asks court for license to practice law. Sergio Garcia, a 36-year-old undocumented immigrant, is asking the California Supreme Court to allow him to practice law.
IG: IRS ‘Hindered’ Efforts to Stop Illegals from Misusing Social Security Numbers. Obamacare's impact on business. CNN's Tami Luhby Aug 29, 2013 7:56 a.m. NEW YORK (CNNMONEY) - No more health benefits for spouses. Higher deductibles for employees. More cost-sharing. Employers are citing increased costs imposed by the Affordable Care Act -- as Obamacare is formally known -- as part of the reason they are pulling back on benefits. Allen West: Obama is best buddy of jihadists, nightmare to Israel. Christian Boy Scouts Alternative Officially Unveiled Following Furor Over New Rules on Gays. The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) sparked controversy a few months ago when the organization changed its membership policies to allow gay youths to join.
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