Saturday, May 21, 2016

Glenn Beck disagrees with fellow conservatives about Facebook and other top stories.

  • Glenn Beck disagrees with fellow conservatives about Facebook

    Glenn Beck disagrees with fellow conservatives about Facebook
    Conservative pundit Glenn Beck is criticizing his fellow conservatives after a group of them met with top Facebook executives to discuss how the company could be more diverse and include right-wing voices."I sat through a meeting that, to me, felt like I was attending a Rainbow Coalition meeting, that people (not me) had come with a list of demands," Beck wrote in a blog post on Medium Thursday. "It was like affirmative action for conservatives."The highly-scrutinized Wednesday meeting, hosted ..
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  • Secret Service agent shoots armed man outside White House

    Secret Service agent shoots armed man outside White House
    A U.S. Secret Service officer shot an armed person on a street outside the White House Friday afternoon. Witnesses describe hearing one shot and a swarm of police. (AP) A Secret Service agent shot and critically wounded a man Friday afternoon who approached a guard booth outside the White House and refused to put down the pistol he was carrying, according to law enforcement officials. Lines of tourists were frantically ushered away from the area as heavily armed police converged on the sec..
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  • Quotations in the News

    By Associated Press May 21 at 3:03 AM “I had a panic attack. I’m doing OK now, but it was pretty freaky to be right there a second before it happened.” — Sightseer Jenna Noelle of Austin, Texas, who was outside the White House on Friday when a man with a gun approached a checkpoint. The man was shot by a Secret Service officer and critically wounded. ___ “You will no longer need a microscope, a calculator, or a degree in nutrition to figure out whether the food you’re buying is actually go..
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  • Teen shot and killed 3-year-old stepson for jumping on bed: cops

    Teen shot and killed 3-year-old stepson for jumping on bed: cops
    A North Texas man shot and killed his 3-year-old stepson because he was upset the boy was jumping on the bed, authorities said. George Coty Wayman, 18, was arrested on capital murder and criminal trespass charges in the death of the toddler, Dominic Tra’Juan Castro, the Wichita Falls Times Record News reported Thursday. He was being held on bail of more than $500,000. Wayman had scolded the boy for jumping on the bed in a trailer home in Bellevue, a small town near the Oklahoma border, Tuesday ..
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  • Oklahoma governor vetoes bill that would make it a felony to perform abortions

    Oklahoma governor vetoes bill that would make it a felony to perform abortions
    Here's what you need to know about a piece of legislation passed in the Oklahoma House and Senate May 19 that would have made it illegal for doctors to perform abortions that weren't necessary to save the life of the mother. (Sarah Parnass/The Washington Post) Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin vetoed a controversial bill Friday that would have made it a felony for doctors to perform abortions, saying she felt the bill was too vague and unable to withstand a legal challenge. Fallin’s decision came ..
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  • Jury selection underway in Drew Peterson 'Murder for Hire' trial

    Jury selection underway in Drew Peterson 'Murder for Hire' trial
    Please enable Javascript to watch this video CHESTER, IL (KTVI) - Jury selection is underway at the "murder for hire" trial of Drew Peterson. He arrived at the Randolph County courthouse this morning from the Menard Correctional Center in a prisoner van followed by several squad cars. Peterson is the former suburban Chicago police officer sent to prison after being convicted of murdering his third wife, Kathleen Savio. Her death was originally thought to be an accident after her body was..
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  • Female Pilots From WWII Can Have Their Ashes Placed at Arlington

    Female Pilots From WWII Can Have Their Ashes Placed at Arlington
    Female military pilots who served in WWII can officially have their ashes placed at Arlington National Cemetery after a decades-long fight. The veterans who served as Women Airforce Service Pilots, or WASPs, have long fought for full burial rights, and can now be inurned in the nation’s most famous military cemetery following a bill signed by President Barack Obama Friday. Mr. Obama didn't comment on the bill, but White House...
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  • Lake Mead Water Levels Hit Historic Lows | The Weather Channel

    Lake Mead Water Levels Hit Historic Lows | The Weather Channel
    Lake Mead Water Levels Hit Historic Lows Lake Mead’s water level reached a record low this week and is expected to drop further moving into 2016, as the drought stricken region shows no immediate signs of recovery.The elevation for the man-made reservoir was measured at 1,074 feet on Wednesday, according to the Bureau of Reclamation’s Lower Colorado Region. Multiple reports have confirmed that the lake is at its lowest level since the completion of the Hoover Dam amid the Great Depression..
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