ShareThisThe Next Robo-Signing Crisis? By Diana Olick 25 Jan 2011 It's the next big shoe to drop in the robo-signing foreclosure scandal. Call it part two. We already know some banks halted foreclosure sales nationwide in October when it was discovered that servicers took short cuts, so-called "robo-signing" in the foreclosure sale process in judicial foreclosure states - about half the country. Now it appears they may have done the same thing in a different part of the process, the Notice of Default, which takes place in the other half - i.e. the non-judicial states - this happens before the foreclosure sale.
ShareThisObama to propose five-year spending freeze in State of the Union address 25 Jan 2011 President Obama will call for reducing the deficit during his State of the Union address on Tuesday night, proposing a five-year freeze on non-defense government spending, officials said. His spending freeze proposal marks a modest extension of his earlier proposal to freeze spending for three years. He is expected to sidestep specifics, instead calling for members of both parties to work together to tackle the problem, according to congressional and administration officials.
ShareThisIllinois Top Court to Hear Emanuel's Ballot Appeal in Chicago Mayoral Race 25 Jan 2011 The Illinois Supreme Court agreed to hear an expedited appeal from Rahm Emanuel, President Barack Obama's former chief of staff, challenging a decision that disqualified him from Chicago’s Feb. 22 mayoral election. The high court also ordered the city’s election officials to include Emanuel’s name as it starts to print ballots today.
ShareThisMoscow airport attack: Russian authorities were warned about a terrorist attack 24 Jan 2011 The Russian security services had been tipped off that a terrorist attack was planned at a Moscow airport a week before the suicide bombing. According to reports, the warning even gave details of precisely where the bomb would be planted and yet the authorities failed to stop the attack at the country’s busiest airport. The Russian president, Dmitry Medvedev, today admitted there had been "clear security breaches" and blamed the management of Domodedovo airport.
ShareThisFacebook recap on Citizens For Legitimate Government Posted by Lori Price 25 Jan 2011
Chad Peterson: Shoveling out again (F$^%!) Then to mentally prepare for the SOTU address of brilliant rhetoric, deceit, lies, half-truths, and fraud masterfully delivered by the Corporatist-Republican Orator in Chief. Are you watching?
Lori Price Legitgov: No, 'Criminal Minds' is on. I'd rather watch fictional criminal minds than the real one.
ShareThisIran not working on bomb: Israel intelligence head 25 Jan 2011 Iran is not currently working on producing a nuclear weapon but could make one within "a year or two" of taking such a decision, Israel's military intelligence chief said on Tuesday. "The question is not when Iran will acquire the bomb, but how long until the leader decides to begin enriching (uranium) at 90 percent," Brigadier General Aviv Kochavi told parliament's foreign affairs and defence committee in his first briefing since taking up the role in November.
ShareThisPress TV staff attacked in Beirut 25 Jan 2011 A team of reporters from Press TV satellite news network have come under attack by an angry mob of caretaker Prime Minister Saad Hariri's supporters. The journalists' convoy was assaulted on Tuesday as the team was relaying a report to the channel's office in Tehran. Press TV correspondent Mariam Saleh who was reporting the riots by Hariri supporters in Beirut sustained injuries in the attack.
ShareThisJapan culling 410,000 chickens at bird flu-hit poultry farms 24 Jan 2011 Authorities in Miyazaki prefecture in Japan's southern island of Kyushu are culling 410,000 chickens at a local poultry farm hit by bird flu on Monday. Five chickens at the Shintomi farm tested positive for the virus Sunday night, prompting the culling of the chickens. On Sunday morning, 20 chickens were found dead in the farm. Six chickens on a farm in Miyazaki City, the prefectural capital, were also found to have the virus on Saturday and 10,000 chickens were culled there.
ShareThisJapan redoubles efforts to tackle bird flu outbreak in SW region 24 Jan 2011 The Miyazaki Prefectural government on Monday redoubled its efforts to combat the outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu virus in the prefecture, located on the eastern coast of the island of Kyushu in southwestern Japan. The virus has been confirmed at a second poultry farm in the area... The local government announced Saturday that a genetic test had detected the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu virus in six chickens at the Mori Furanjo Omagari Nojo farm in the city of Miyazaki, where dozens of birds were found dead.
ShareThis'US drone downed in Afghanistan' 25 Jan 2011 An Afghan militant group has released footage of what it says is a downed US drone aircraft in the Logar province in eastern Afghanistan. The militant group's undated video shows that a pilotless jet is lying on the ground. The spokesman for the group also claimed that the men of the group had also downed three more US unmanned aircrafts in war-hit Afghanistan over the past month. [What a shame!]
ShareThisMedvedev Blames Lax Security for Airport Bomb That Killed 35 25 Jan 2011 President Dmitry Medvedev blamed lax security for a suicide bombing at Russia's busiest airport that killed 35 people as investigators raced to find the organizers of the "terrorist attack." Medvedev told prosecutors to probe security personnel at Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport for possible negligence in allowing yesterday’s bombing and ordered increased vigilance at airports and train stations.
ShareThisPolar bears likely to have tough year: expert --Scientist says thin ice this season could have long-term impact 24 Jan 2011 One of Canada's top polar bear scientists says the poor ice conditions in the eastern Arctic this year could have a devastating impact on the animals. Andrew Derocher, a professor at the University of Alberta, says the above-average temperatures in many places and the thin, late sea ice will keep polar bears from finding potential mates as well as seals. Just one year of bad ice can have a big impact on bears, especially nursing mothers and bears without much hunting experience, he said.
ShareThisKeith Olbermann, Senator? 'Draft Olbermann' for Senate Movement Launched 24 Jan 2011 A movement has begun to draft Keith Olbermann to run for the Senate in Connecticut. The movement now has a Twitter and Facebook page. On the Facebook page, the people behind the effort say they are "just a bunch of fans who want to see Keith Olbermann run for Senate- this voice is too important to be silenced."
ShareThisEx-Minn. governor sues over body scans, pat-downs 24 Jan 2011 Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura is suing the Department of Homeland Security and the Transportation Security Administration, saying full-body scans and pat-downs at airport checkpoints are violating his rights. Ventura filed his lawsuit Monday in federal court in Minnesota. He's asking a federal court to order officials to stop subjecting him to these searches.
ShareThisMan found not guilty for refusing to show ID to TSA agents 21 Jan 2011 An Albuquerque jury handed down a not guilty verdict for the Seattle man who refused to show his ID to TSA officers at the Sunport. Phil Mocek was arrested in late 2009 after he wouldn't show his ID, and then used a camera to videotape an altercation with TSA officers. He was facing several charges, including failure to obey an officer and concealing his identity, but the jury found him not guilty on all four counts.
ShareThisLone Pine Koala Sanctuary affected by Queensland flood --Dedicated staff members have been camping out at the sanctuary to ensure the well-being of their furry, feathery and even scaly friends. 16 Jan 2011 Koalas and wombats have been moved out to save them from the oncoming water. The enclosures at Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary are now empty. The animals and staff in Fig Tree Pocket, Brisbane are now working together for a speedy recovery. Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary is the home to over 130 koalas and over 90 species of native Australia animals.
ShareThisHelicopter shot down, 14 US troops killed in Laghman 22 Jan 2011 In the late night hours of Jan. 20, Mujahideen of the Islamic Emirate shot down a US helicopter, killing as many as 8 American troops during a night raid in Alishang district of Laghman province, a Mujahideen official said. He added the US troops, backed by the helicopter hovering overhead, raided a village known as Mil Darah in Alishang district later at night where Mujahideen had already taken up position. As a result, a clash erupted, resulting in the killing of 6 US soldiers.
ShareThisEmanuel to appeal residency decision 24 Jan 2011 Rahm Emanuel's attorneys say they intend to appeal the ruling to the state Supreme Court, perhaps as soon as tomorrow. Four of the seven Supreme Court justices have to agree to hear the case. One of the justices is the wife of Chicago Alderman Edward Burke, who has endorsed one of Emanuel's opponents. One of Emanuel's attorneys tells WMAQ's Mary Ann Ahern that they do not intend to ask her to recuse herself. Emanuel's lead attorney also acknowledges to Ahern that the state Supreme Court does not usually overturn the appeals court.
ShareThisBombings Strike Iraqi Pilgrims 25 Jan 2011 Deadly attacks against religious pilgrims continued in Iraq on Monday, with three car bombs exploding in Karbala, where as many as 10 million marchers are expected for one of the most sacred holidays on the Shiite calendar. The explosions, which began with two nearly simultaneous blasts in the early morning, killed as many as 30 people and wounded more than 100.
ShareThisCar bombs kill 8 in Iraq 23 Jan 2011 A series of car bombs in and around the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, have left at least eight people dead and 30 others injured. Iraqi officials reported six separate attacks between 7:00 a.m. (0400 GMT) and around 10:30 a.m. on Sunday. One car bomb struck a bus carrying Iranian pilgrims in north Baghdad, killing one person and wounding eight others, Iraq's interior ministry said.
ShareThisLegal Bills for Fannie and Freddie Abuses Cost Taxpayers $160 Million --Legal payments show no sign of abating 24 Jan 2011 Since the government took over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, taxpayers have spent more than $160 million defending the mortgage finance companies and their former top executives in civil lawsuits accusing them of fraud. The bulk of those expenditures -- $132 million -- went to defend Fannie Mae and its officials in various securities suits and government investigations into accounting irregularities that occurred years before the subprime lending crisis erupted. Documents reviewed by The New York Times indicate that taxpayers have paid $24.2 million to law firms defending three of Fannie’s former top executives.
ShareThisSuspect Pleads Not Guilty in Tucson Shooting 25 Jan 2011 Jared L. Loughner, who the police said was responsible for the shooting rampage outside a Tucson supermarket on Jan. 8, pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges that he tried to murder Representative Gabrielle Giffords and two of her aides. Appearing in Federal District Court alongside his defense lawyer, Judy Clarke, Mr. Loughner entered a written plea to Judge Larry A. Burns of San Diego without uttering a word.
ShareThis2 St. Petersburg officers die after shootout 24 Jan 2011 Authorities and a fugitive holed up in an attic fired more than 100 shots at each other Monday in a firefight that killed two officers, wounded a deputy U.S. marshal and led to an hourslong standoff that ended when the suspect was found dead inside the home. St. Petersburg Police spokesman Michael Puetz said the suspect was found dead when officers went into the home Monday afternoon, about six hours after the shootout, the latest in a recent rash of shootings across the nation that have killed or wounded law enforcement officers.
ShareThisTwo people killed and two deputies wounded in shootout at Walmart in Port Orchard 24 Jan 2011 (WA) Two people were killed and two sheriff's deputies were wounded in a shootout outside a Walmart in Port Orchard on Sunday afternoon, according to the Kitsap County Sheriff's Office. Two women walked out of a Port Orchard Walmart on Sunday to find themselves in the middle of a shootout that left two people dead and two Kitsap County sheriff's deputies injured.
ShareThisPolice fear 'war on cops' --At least 11 shot in 24 hours; death toll apace with 2010 uptick 24 Jan 2011 A spate of shooting attacks on law enforcement officers has authorities concerned about a war on cops. In just 24 hours, at least 11 officers were shot. The shootings included Sunday attacks at traffic stops in Indiana and Oregon, a Detroit police station shooting that wounded four officers, a shootout at a Port Orchard, Wash., Wal-Mart that injured two deputies. On Monday morning, two officers were shot dead and a U.S. Marshal was wounded by a gunman in St. Petersburg, Fla. On Thursday, two Miami-Dade, Fla., detectives were killed by a murder suspect they were trying to arrest.
ShareThisRegulators shut banks in NC, SC, GA, CO 22 Jan 2011 Regulators on Friday closed banks in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Colorado, bringing to seven the number of closures in 2011 following last year's toll of 157 bank failures amid the limping economy and mounting bad loans. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. took over the banks, the largest by far being United Western Bank, based in Denver, with $2.05 billion in assets.
ShareThisTodd Palin Sex Scandal 20 Jan 2011 Sarah Palin's husband Todd is caught up in a sleazy sex scandal, The ENQUIRER has learned. Political bloggers are digging into incredible claims that Todd Palin - father of the couple's five children - cheated on his wife with a female massage therapist who was busted for prostitution. The ENQUIRER has uncovered official documents confirming the woman's arrest, and learned police have confiscated physical evidence that could tie Todd to an alleged extramarital affair.
ShareThisMoscow airport bomb kills dozens, including two Britons --Suspected suicide bomber targeted international arrivals zone of Domodedovo airport 24 Jan 2011 At least 35 people, including two Britons, were killed today after a suspected suicide bomber blew himself up at Moscow's busiest airport. The bomber entered the ground floor of Domodedovo airport's terminal building apparently unchallenged. He then made his way to the crowded international arrivals zone. At 4.32pm local time he set off a massive explosive device, possibly hidden in a suitcase, causing a blast equivalent to 7kg of TNT. Up to 168 people were injured, many of them critically.
ShareThisPlane diverted under RAF escort after disturbance on board 24 Jan 2011 A passenger jet was diverted to Stansted Airport under an RAF escort after an incident involving a passenger. The Etihad flight bound for London's Heathrow Airport was redirected after a passenger began making threats. Two RAF Typhoon jets were scrambled to accompany the airliner before it landed shortly before midday. An Essex Police spokeswoman said a 37-year-old British national was arrested at Stansted Airport.
ShareThisRahm Emanuel Not Eligible to Run for Mayor, Court Rules 24 Jan 2011 The Illinois Appellate Court ruled today that Rahm Emanuel's name be removed from the ballot for Chicago mayor because he does not meet the residency requirements for candidates. The two-to-one ruling will be immediately appealed to the Illinois Supreme Court.
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