Watchwoman on the Wall

MEAD GRUVER, Associated Press – Updated 06:02 p.m., Friday, August 12, 2011 CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A judge on Friday threw out Obama administration rules that sought to slow down expedited environmental review of oil and gas drilling on federal land. U.S. District Judge Nancy Freudenthal ruled in favor of a petroleum industry group, the…

Updated 8/12/11 4:38 p.m. – Posted 8/12/11 7:12 a.m. WEST ALLIS, Wis. (WLS/AP) – The investigation into 11 of the violent incidents on the opening night of the Wisconsin State Fair has resulted in the arrest of a 16-year-old African-American who reportedly told investigators he targeted whites.  Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker was asked on WLS Radio’s…

State Trooper Says Someone With Keys Went In Underground Vault POSTED: 11:00 am EDT August 12, 2011 LEMONT FURNACE, Pa. — State police in Uniontown said a 29-hour loss of landline phone service was caused by an act of criminal mischief when someone went into locked underground Verizon vaults and shut off the power. Trooper…

Green Line, Juveniles, Strong-Arm Robbery, suspects August 12, 2011 7:13 PM CHICAGO (STMW) – Two days after warning the public about the theft of electronic devices on Green Line trains, police arrested four suspects Thursday, the youngest being a 10-year-old boy. On Tuesday, Harrison Area detectives issued community alerts about the robberies on the trains…

An interesting letter in the AUSTRALIAN Shooter Magazine this week which ‘someone’ quoted: “If you consider that there has been an average of 160,000 troops in the Iraq Theater of operations during the past 22 months, and a total of 2112  deaths, that gives a firearm death rate of 60 per 100,000 soldiers. The  firearm death rate in Washington, DC is…

GREETINGS FROM QUINN & ROSE! Quinn & Rose started out the week with various headlines. There was the helicopter shut down, killing 30 of our Navy Seals and military personnel. The families requested that there be no pictures of their bodies being returned, but there’s a picture of Obama saluted them, despite their requests. There…

By KEVIN BEGOS and ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press On some days, the pilots with Great Lakes Airlines fire up a twin-engine Beechcraft 1900 at the Ely, Nev., airport and depart for Las Vegas without a single passenger on board. And the federal government pays them to do it. Federal statistics reviewed by The Associated Press…

Posted on August 12, 2011 at 6:13am by  Tiffany Gabbay As riots in the U.K. become increasingly volatile, bands of vigilantes, in this case Muslim ones, are roaming the streets looking to take on any and all comers — mainly because three of young men in their community were run down and killed while trying to…

The Department of Justice is expected to appeal Reuters By JENNIFER HABERKORN | 8/12/11 1:29 PM EDT Updated: 8/12/11 2:23 PM EDT The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday ruled that the health care reform law’s requirement that nearly all Americans buy insurance is unconstitutional, a striking blow to the legislation that increases the…

Steinbergers Had Just Gotten Off Flight From Israel, Forgot About Kid’s Snack August 11, 2011 11:59 PM A local family was fined $300 by Customs officials at Newark Liberty Airport for not declaring an apple, tomato and three cucumbers it packed in a child’s backpack prior to a flight from Israel. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Reporting Sean Hennessey…

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