(Health.com) — In our quest to eat light, we know to pass up artery cloggers like fettuccine Alfredo in favor of leaner picks like pasta pomodoro; we regularly order sauce on the side and veggies instead of fries. Problem is, “everything at a restaurant is 10 times more decadent than what you make at home,” [...]
Read the rest of this entry »SEQUESTER BLUES:Pentagon Workers to Get Furlough Notices Over Cuts
Pentagon workers will learn this week how hard the sequester is about to hit. Defense Department employees are expected to begin receiving furlough notices Thursday, as thousands of civilian workers prepare to lose 20 percent of their pay because of sequester cuts. Despite ongoing complaints that the Pentagon has wasted money on “questionable” research and [...]
Read the rest of this entry »GUN BAN SHELVED: Senate Dems Drop Ban on Assault Weapons From Bill
The leader of the Democrat-controlled Senate on Tuesday dropped a proposed assault weapons ban from the chamber’s gun-control package – dealing a blow to supporters of the ban, though it could still come up for a vote. The sponsor of the measure, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., revealed that Reid told her the proposed ban would [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Healing process after rape never ends
(CNN) — When the judge’s gavel fell, the future had been decided for the two teenagers convicted of rape in Steubenville, Ohio. Trent Mays, 17, and Ma’lik Richmond, 16, will spend at least a year in a juvenile correctional facility, although authorities could decide to keep them in custody until they turn 21. Both must [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Plane crash kills former Sooners QB
(CNN) — One of the two people killed when a corporate jet crashed into a row of homes in northern Indiana Sunday was a former University of Oklahoma quarterback who helped the school win two national championships in the 1970s, a school official confirmed Monday. Steven Davis, the 60-year-old former quarterback, and Wesley Caves, 58, [...]
Read the rest of this entry »CAMPUS GUN DRAMA: Student 911 Call Likely Halted Mass Murder
A 911 call from a student at the University of Central Florida and a quick response by campus police may have prevented a mass murder. Campus police said Monday that 30-year-old James Oliver Seevakumaran — who shot himself in the head as officers arrived, before any other students were hurt — was heavily armed with [...]
Read the rest of this entry »BAD ARITHMETIC?Dems’ Budget Accused of Double-Counting Cuts
Senate Democrats’ budget plan is coming under increasing criticism from Republicans, who say it effectively pats itself on the back twice for savings that were only achieved once — and even then, promises another $7.3 trillion in debt over the next decade. The Democrats’ plan passed out of committee last week on a party-line vote. [...]
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Read the rest of this entry »SNUB TO THE KNESSET?GOP Presses Obama to Clarify Israel Speech Plans
The White House is facing pressure from House Republicans to defend President Obama’s decision not to address the Knesset on his trip this week to Israel. A group of Republicans wrote to Obama to “commend” him for traveling to Israel but also questioning the choice not to address members of the Knesset, which they describe [...]
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