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Saudi Arabia: A Step for Women
AP – For the first time, women in Saudi Arabia will not need a male guardian’s approval to run or vote in municipal elections in 2015, an official said. The official, Fahad al-Anzi, added that King Abdullah had already approved the advance in women’s rights. Mr. Anzi is a member of the Shura Council, an…
Read MoreArgentine President Christina Fernandez Has Thyroid Cancer
By MICHAEL WARREN Associated Press – President Cristina Fernandez has thyroid cancer, but test results Tuesday show that it remains limited to a lobe in the right side of her neck, and has not metastasized or spread into her lymph nodes, her spokesman said. The presidential medical service said the cancer was discovered during a routine…
Read MoreJim Sensenbrenner, Wisconsin Congressman, Says Michelle Obama Has A ‘Large Posterior’
Huffington Post – In today’s edition of Outrageous And Unfounded Insults, Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI) has decided to question Michelle Obama’s body shape. MediaBistro reports that Sensenbrenner was overheard talking on the phone, retelling an incident in which he said about Michelle Obama: “She lectures us on eating right while she has a large posterior herself.” The most…
Read MoreABC News Announces New Presidential Campaign Website
ABC News announce today a new political website for watchers of the 2012 presidential election. OTUS News (Of The United States) reports the latest news on presidential candidates, current polling and primary election news. Visit the site at http://abcnews.go.com/politics/otus.
Read MoreWoman Out. Christiane Amanpour to be replaced as This Week political show anchor
POLITICO – Christiane Amanpour is leaving “This Week” and returning to her roots at CNN and in foreign reporting in a new arrangement that allows her to appear on both ABC News and CNN International, the two networks announced Monday. George Stephanopoulos will replace her on “This Week,” while continuing his duties on “Good Morning America.” Jake Tapper…
Read More3 Women Accept Nobel Peace Prize
ABC News – Three women who fought injustice, dictatorship and sexual violence in Liberia and Yemen accepted the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize on Saturday, calling on repressed women worldwide to rise up against male supremacy. “My sisters, my daughters, my friends — find your voice,” Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said after collecting her Nobel diploma…
Read MoreLabels & Lists Acquires Voter Contact Services
Labels & Lists (L&L) announced today that it has acquired Voter Contact Services (VCS), a highly respected firm with four decades of operating experience, an impressive client base and a database of more than 180 million voter records across all 50 states. The acquisition of VCS further strengthens the position of Labels & Lists as the…
Read MoreCrazy New Morning Joe Promo?? Mika’s the Hero
The Huffington Post – What goes into making each day’s episode of “Morning Joe” work? If the show’s latest commercial is to be believed, it’s a combination of intense running, all-night partying and sleeping on the street. The cast of the program seems to lead an awfully seedy life — with the exception, of course, of…
Read MoreNBC apologizes to Bachmann
POLITICO – ST. PAUL, Minn. – GOP presidential candidate Michele Bachmann received an apology from an NBC executive after an off-color song was played during her appearance on Jimmy Fallon’s “Late Night,” her spokeswoman said late Wednesday. The Minnesota congresswoman received a letter from NBC’s vice president for late night programming, Doug Vaughan, a day…
Read MoreConnie Pillich drops plan to run for Congress, will run for Ohio House instead
Enquirer – State Rep. Connie Pillich, the Montgomery Democrat who had been planning a run for Congress in 2012, has decided to run for re-election to her 28th Ohio House District seat instead. She also turned down Democratic party leaders who wanted her to run next year for Hamilton County commissioner against Republican incumbent Greg Hartmann. “Everybody…
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