http://megite.com Megite is the newspaper for anyone interested in what's happening right now by intelligently uncovering the most relevant items from auto discovered news sites and weblogs. Copyright 2009, Megite 30 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:43:00 GMT http://megite.com/politics/1258822429/1#item_1 bcad34e1cc2e0a25eaad4e36b7455bdb PRINCETON, NJ -- The latest Gallup Daily tracking results show 49% of Americans approving of the job Barack Obama is doing as president, putting him below the majority approval level for the first time in his presidency. (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T09:34:00Z http://megite.com/politics/1258822429/1#item_2 0c20c20f8e60295c1942ea9a4de7e8c3 Senator John McCain’s future in the U.S. Senate may be a little less assured than previously thought. A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of likely 2010 Republican Primary voters in Arizona finds the longtime incumbent in a virtual tie with potential challenger J.D. Hayworth. McCain earns 45% of the vote, while Hayworth picks up 43%. (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T09:34:00Z http://megite.com/politics/1258822429/1#item_3 eca03cae14c2785787f2fd3a6fc19784 *************** 8.15 PM UPDATE: The Hadley University of East Anglia CRU director admits the emails seem to be genuine : The director of Britain’s leading Climate Research Unit, Phil Jones, has told Investigate magazine’s TGIF Edition tonight ..."It was a hacker. We were aware of this about three or four days ago that someone had ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:43:00 GMT http://megite.com/politics/1258822429/1#item_4 3369af60e99133cfd3c22ca846a22de9 The director of Britain's leading Climate Research Unit, Phil Jones, has told Investigate magazine's TGIF Edition tonight that his organization has been hacked, and the data flying all over the internet appears to be genuine. (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:08:32 GMT http://megite.com/politics/1258822429/1#item_5 72c77695497215222e5f0809b2025ae1 A variety of economists say that stimulus legislation is helping an economy in free fall a year ago to grow again and shed fewer jobs than it otherwise would. (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T14:48:46Z http://megite.com/politics/1258822429/1#item_6 3717aaa7e067272c338dc50176d87f83 Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:58:42 GMT http://megite.com/politics/1258822429/1#item_7 7fb0adff5d27489824c83d28f79f31be November 20, 2009 – Today, Nebraska’s Senator Ben Nelson announced that he will vote for the motion to proceed to debate health care reform on the Senate floor and issued this statement: (Read on Source) ]]> Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://megite.com/politics/1258822429/1#item_8 c7bb6c635a4fe287c21da4ef53cd7282 It's simply not true that America is ambivalent about everything when it comes to the Obama health plan. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:00:15 -0400 http://megite.com/politics/1258822429/1#item_9 be661791940eac18573f2f5e59196bd7 Officials in a small Michigan town featured in a new video about Guantanamo by Liz Cheney’s national security group want her to know that they’re not falling for her “fearmongering” — and tell us they want Gitmo detainees in their town. (Read on Source) ]]> Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://megite.com/politics/1258822429/1#item_10 2f920ad1361f066ae7a6278304e2a3d7 Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. Finally, we will take steps to block users who violate any of our posting standards, terms of use or ... (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:36:05 -0500 http://megite.com/politics/1258822429/1#item_11 73337fdf672fb3838e33fbeb46382a22 It is amazing how a phrase can emerge seemingly out of nowhere to become the statement du jour – used, overused, and ultimately abused. Last year there was "low hanging fruit" everywhere. Today everyone’s being "thrown under the bus." Sometimes, it’s just one word. "As a writer, you’re always reaching for a more ... (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://megite.com/politics/1258822429/1#item_12 814de5e01dad7cf81ffec7e824c068c9 Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-21T00:18:23Z http://megite.com/politics/1258822429/1#item_13 469d47db5ad3cabcfac7047a3fec4c31 Read on Source) ]]> Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://megite.com/politics/1258822429/1#item_14 b4eb195cf3856fbaca28f3feceb07d54 Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:58:42 GMT http://megite.com/politics/1258822429/1#item_15 e7bd42770459fa963f40003af69b70f8 After emerging out of nowhere over the summer as a seemingly potent and growing political force, the tea party movement has become so rife with internal feuding over philosophy, strategy and money that some supporters fear it will disintegrate before realizing its full potential. (Read on Source) ]]> 20 Nov 2009 11:58EDT http://megite.com/politics/1258822429/1#item_16 cb310857c7e7ef8c07e139579418c6f9 Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:58:42 GMT http://megite.com/politics/1258822429/1#item_17 f1f651955a6f455f7d1b0a60200f8a7c Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:26:00 GMT http://megite.com/politics/1258822429/1#item_18 ded5ecb7c688465f1b668bcb6e3022da The appointments of Herman Van Rompuy and Cathy Ashton lay bare the rot at the core of the Lisbon project It's not often that the front pages of the Daily Mail and the Guardian have identical headlines. Still, both newspapers are right: it is a great EU stitch-up, this back-room installation of favoured placemen. Saying so doesn't make you ... (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:58:42 GMT http://megite.com/politics/1258822429/1#item_19 7490a2cf8273eb83dc19923655fb4891 The Obama Justice Department is having problems prosecuting terrorist cases because top department attorneys have conflicts of interest. According to documents obtained exclusively by The Washington Times, Associate Attorney General Thomas J. Perrelli, No. 3 official in the Justice Department, had to recuse himself on at least 13 active detainee ... (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:58:42 GMT http://megite.com/politics/1258822429/1#item_20 b83ada16fc168054c43a71cfba3e2607 Republican activist and free market think-tanker Grant Bosse formally declared his candidacy today in New Hampshire’s 00th Congressional District after news that the Obama administration has attributed a majority of the state’s stimulus jobs to that non-existent district. (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:58:42 GMT http://megite.com/politics/1258822429/21#item_1 3d0fb13552eb56279dbb70bd8c5a7cf1 COCKERMOUTH, England – Raging floods engulfed northern England's picturesque Lake District on Friday following the heaviest rainfall ever recorded in Britain, killing a police officer and trapping dozens in their swamped homes. (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:58:42 GMT http://megite.com/politics/1258822429/21#item_2 71f707b430d2e6c850eec06f3754c85b BAGHDAD - It seems that the Brett Favre-Green Bay Packers saga is such a worldwide phenomenon that it's being used by detainees in American military camps. (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T16:43:18-05:00 http://megite.com/politics/1258822429/21#item_3 1f2eb8f29a5ef98e64d146a49c6ee3d1 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:18:18 PST http://megite.com/politics/1258822429/21#item_4 674bba1f6f63d3fbf499b66e3d2790e0 Cabernet sauvignon—and particularly the cabernet produced in California's Napa Valley—is the signature American wine. When a Napa cab, the 1973 Stag's Leap Wine Cellars, beat out some leading French wines in the Judgment of Paris, it heralded the coming-of-age of American viticulture and gave the phrase Napa cabernet international cachet. ... (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:58:42 GMT http://megite.com/politics/1258822429/21#item_5 93bdd625221247591a0f5413f104b40e Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-21T15:32:08Z http://megite.com/politics/1258822429/21#item_6 80fe8138ddadcd3de09758133d28441b Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:58:42 GMT http://megite.com/politics/1258822429/21#item_7 773ffb44a4c965776782ddc8dacab37e Ray Bradley is Director of the Climate System Research Center (www.paleoclimate.org) at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and a University Distinguished Professor in the Department of Geosciences. His interests are in climate variability and why climate changes, over a wide range of timescales. He did his graduate work at the Institute of ... (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:58:42 GMT http://megite.com/politics/1258822429/21#item_8 27b93e09654a96baab1d69cad0376e57 More than 1,000 firefighters are expected to be on the job again today as parts of New South Wales face another day of catastrophic fire danger. It is the second time in as many days the warning has been used since a new national alert system was introduced in the wake of Victoria's Black Saturday fires. (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:44:51 EST http://megite.com/politics/1258822429/21#item_9 41fc090d9017a752012ab3bba1fcafdc Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-21T00:18:23Z http://megite.com/politics/1258822429/21#item_10 6192a6985c6935cf84a5f8b754f346f1 Mayor of Sacramento Kevin Johnson (Photo by Jeff Carlick/NBAE via Getty Images) and District of Columbia Public Schools chancellor Michelle Rhee (Examiner File Photo) (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:58:42 GMT http://megite.com/politics/1258822429/21#item_11 1d9473d41b49634b64765ae26b0306fc Professor Lord Nicholas Stern, IG Patel Professor of Economics and Government. Professor Stern is the first holder of the IG Patel Chair and also directs the Asia Research Centre and the India Observatory. He was Chief Economist of the World Bank (2000-2003), then Head of the UK Government Economic Service and led a Review of the Economics of ... (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:58:42 GMT http://megite.com/politics/1258822429/21#item_12 32fe8568df3b46bdbd011b43ebd59d0a Read on Source) ]]> 20 Nov 2009 11:58EDT http://megite.com/politics/1258822429/21#item_13 40d452aaad4bce1c14561c0f2d7e71e0 Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-21T00:18:23Z http://megite.com/politics/1258822429/21#item_14 76a00e8856794b8e93b4ae0931179413 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:20:00 GMT http://megite.com/politics/1258822429/21#item_15 7359827e2497ae6d6464bddb2ed33a7c Read on Source) ]]> 20 Nov 2009 11:58EDT http://megite.com/politics/1258822429/21#item_16 8739bf0fef82cb7c11f90f5c87fc8e75 UTICA, New York - In a potential 2010 election match-up Republican Governor John Hoeven leads Democratic Senator Byron Dorgan 55% to 36% with 9% undecided.  Senator Dorgan, however, leads another possible challenger, Republican Duane Sand, by a similar margin, 60% to 28% with 10% undecided.  (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:05:29 -0500 http://megite.com/politics/1258822429/21#item_17 4d317ada81d47d75116f396e018b4c96 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:32:23 GMT http://megite.com/politics/1258822429/21#item_18 d68e9d7f1ebdb8cd3971c0357a89d60a Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:20:00 GMT http://megite.com/politics/1258822429/21#item_19 c99e2436c714d52c8e870418288241dd Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:20:00 GMT http://megite.com/politics/1258822429/21#item_20 c0dc435f8337fab910121042ae58fc54 Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T12:38:00-05:00 http://megite.com/politics/1258822429/41#item_1 3b053ab9bf024647598be844568e3b39 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:07:20 +0000 http://megite.com/politics/1258822429/41#item_2 5f76a80acfa4d46747c5409ee0d34a66 About 30 students stormed UCLA’s Campbell Hall and barricaded the doors with chains and bike locks early this morning to protest a student fee increase that is expected to be endorsed by the University of California’s Board of Regents today. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:02:47 -0600 http://megite.com/politics/1258822429/41#item_3 412d8177c3448f8977cfda24d90de86c The media is stirring up drama regarding tomorrow's vote - namely, they are speculating whether Landrieu and Lincoln will vote with Reid to start debate. Of course they will. Three big reasons: (a) "Keep the Ball Rolling". Tomorrow's vote -... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:55:00 -0500 http://megite.com/politics/1258822429/41#item_4 5fa0ad9d99fca958d6aac5e2b90d6af8 Bo Lipari, the former executive director of New Yorkers for Verified Voting, has debunked The Gouverneur Times' claim of a "virus" in the computerized voting systems that skewed the results of the 23rd Congressional District race. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:55:00 -0500 http://megite.com/politics/1258822429/41#item_5 f3d6b571eb85f6e74ddc8774e46942c3 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:55:00 -0500 http://megite.com/politics/1258822429/41#item_6 6050ee10f3a41f7f52b537555a68bcc0 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:55:00 -0500 http://megite.com/politics/1258822429/41#item_7 aa0772e8a239efcb3a5c8ba84be04639 Steve McIntyre, of ClimateAudit, is a determined individual. While this may be no fun for those who fall under his focus and happen to have something to hide, more sunlight on climate science cannot be a bad thing. (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:21:09 GMT http://megite.com/politics/1258822429/41#item_8 9b48bba0ccf9ba09a273c4d44c310798 The Large Hadron Collider experiment, designed to shed light on the cosmos, restarts after 14 months of repairs. (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T16:56:33-05:00 http://megite.com/politics/1258822429/41#item_9 faef09834a4fa2137143dbac892a4481 Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T16:56:33-05:00 http://megite.com/politics/1258822429/41#item_10 d9874daa3d107589e142790f879aca57 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:32:23 GMT http://megite.com/politics/1258822429/41#item_11 4c0c0e1788f54772365642c28dfc7c11 The Lafayette County Republican Central Committee is proudly celebrating a new crazy billboard on I-70 near Grain Valley. It calls for citizens to "starve the beast" and "vote out incumbents" -- and if that doesn't work, "PREPARE FOR WAR." (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T12:38:00-05:00 http://megite.com/politics/1258822429/41#item_12 c2e87143c510370a121bebf7a2e6310d Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:07:20 +0000 http://megite.com/politics/1258822429/41#item_13 c13a09599b7873c00a4e861eda9e42dc Apropos Sean's post on the results of the CNN survey, there are plenty of data points to to explain why Americans are visibly frustrated with the state of the economy. While Wall Street Banks are set to dish out record-breaking bonuses just a year after being bailed out of the financial collapse, things are not [...] (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T12:38:00-05:00 2009-11-20T12:38:00-05:00 http://megite.com/politics/1258822429/41#item_15 d7d342ea6068629aed89f2772aa35e62 UPDATE: Folks, please note that some of the designs that you’re finding as “still there” are simply thumbnails that haven’t yet churned out of our Marketplace.  If you click on them, you’ll most likely find that the products themselves are no longer available.  The thumbnails themselves will also disappear shortly ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:07:20 +0000 http://megite.com/politics/1258822429/41#item_16 d6cabcf7fc8a7673b32357fd38fac8b8 General reaction seems to be that the CRUgate emails are genuine, but with the caveat that there could be some less reliable stuff slipped in. In the circumstances, here are some summaries of the CRUgate files. I'll update these as and when I can. The refs are the email number. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:07:20 +0000 http://megite.com/politics/1258822429/41#item_17 3433aee3c2a35a4c07cd923673a3630a Unless you've recently arrived in 2009 on a time machine, you know that smoking isn't good for you. Did you know, however, that smoking isn't good for your computer, either? It's true, at least according to Apple. Two readers in different parts of the country claim that their Applecare warranties were voided due to secondhand smoke. Both readers ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:43:24 -0500 http://megite.com/politics/1258822429/41#item_18 3cb5bad3f71bb9051d9a2fa2bedb10fe What was with last night's Season 6 finale of Project Runway? It was as if a bolt of bad news had been delivered backstage to which the audience wasn't privy but which left the judges lachrymose and shaken. First Coach Ryan weeping in the Jets locker room, and now this. The finale was teased as the episode when we would see Tim Gunn "lose it," ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:43:24 -0500 http://megite.com/politics/1258822429/41#item_19 f2318d30039131825318bb93b411981c NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Here's a Black Friday reality check: Of the hordes of pre-dawn shoppers who line up for hours outside stores on the day after Thanksgiving, most will not bag the best bargains that appear in merchants' circulars. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:37:14 GMT http://megite.com/politics/1258822429/41#item_20 7768e01c2b6f2125eec100cc48db446b Tina Feytook a shot at her bosses Wednesday night, saying: "NBC is sadly the fourth-place network; actually, we're in ninth place if you count the radio stations ahead of us right now." The 1,200 guests at the Ad Council gala at the Waldorf laughed raucously as Fey continued, "I really believe that if everyone in this room would watch NBC for one ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:04:17 -0500 http://megite.com/politics/1258822429/61#item_1 6f339c754a44f3fd565b91d3a8289c5c Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:43:24 -0500 http://megite.com/politics/1258822429/61#item_2 8fb92b42da4521116efb21a3ca1bdf03 They had been waiting for more than 24 hours, camped out on the pavements in a frigid Michigan chill. Stepping off her bus, in four-inch heels, black skirt and red blazer, came their heroine — clutching baby Trig. A roar went up, acclaiming the woman who they passionately believe is going to save America. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:36:22 GMT http://megite.com/politics/1258822429/61#item_3 32bf0799a74eff50312a55c5befd5bc8 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:36:22 GMT http://megite.com/politics/1258822429/61#item_4 2ce0883934da032388002a8603a449cb DCCC chair Chris Van Hollen has made preparations to avoid a repeat of the GOP sweep of '94, arguing that political observers who say Dems are in for big losses are premature. "It's going to be competitive, but this is not going to be a 1994 redux," Van Hollen told Hotline OnCall . "We're doing things that are within our control. Now, obviously ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:36:22 GMT http://megite.com/politics/1258822429/61#item_5 ded11ee7df7b6ab697e753cae52ea4b8 Event notice: New York University's Center for Law and Security is hosting an all-day conference today in New York City on "Counterinsurgency: America's Strategic Burden." Click here for more details. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:14:27 -0500 http://megite.com/politics/1258822429/61#item_6 befee8d092ddaf12161a7719956e7368 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:36:22 GMT http://megite.com/politics/1258822429/61#item_7 0ec66a609bfac8e42afd37fc33eb8926 Rep. Peter DeFazio, one of the most outspoken Democratic critics of the White House economic team, said he plans to press the 27-member Congressional Populist Caucus to back his call for their ouster. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:36:22 GMT http://megite.com/politics/1258822429/61#item_8 1227b340129a300526c97082ac2b42be Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:36:22 GMT http://megite.com/politics/1258822429/61#item_9 15dce28267738ff3ec4774d82db3fb95 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:07:56 -0800 http://megite.com/politics/1258822429/61#item_10 711102884623e8a5d51811c7b068ff54 Colombians walk next to a bridge that crosses into Colombia which was blown up by Venezuelan soldiers Photograph: Stringer/colombia/Reuters Venezuela has blown up two pedestrian bridges on its border with Colombia in the latest sign of deteriorating relations between the Andean neighbours. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:07:56 -0800 http://megite.com/politics/1258822429/61#item_11 89e34449967b971b290dc5fcee1ea3af Russia has agreed to ease the terms under which it supplies gas to Ukraine, in a deal which Moscow says should prevent disruption in coming months. The deal was announced after talks between Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Ukraine's Yulia Tymoshenko. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:14:27 -0500 http://megite.com/politics/1258822429/61#item_12 1293670ab4c236c37a2581565b3fb8e7 “I don’t discuss my personal finances,” Tony Garcia says, sitting in his spacious photography studio on Melrose Avenue. In these hard times, with boarded-up storefronts lining the length of Melrose, Tony Garcia Photography seems to be a rare patch of prosperity. At the moment, the main studio is set up for work on a Sprite ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:14:27 -0500 http://megite.com/politics/1258822429/61#item_13 1eb30cb442b60ca6b7e710e5ee7e398a Decade in Review - 2004 Watch Jon and The Daily Show News Team's wall-to-wall coverage of Indecision 2004. (03:39) Tags: George W. Bush, elections, Indecision 2004, Indecision, Iraq, Iraq War, war, violence, Rob Corddry, Stephen Colbert, Samantha Bee, Ed Helms, John Kerry, John Edwards, Democrats, Republicans, Dick Cheney, space, science, ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:14:27 -0500 http://megite.com/politics/1258822429/61#item_14 d2893442df556326d9253fdfcf647b3b Christina Ambers, once dubbed the "Heidi Klum of foot models," says a romance with her porter-turned-husband, Angel Rotger, turned her into a pariah among workers at 340 E. 74th St., who made her hail taxis and retrieve packages on her own. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:14:27 -0500 http://megite.com/politics/1258822429/61#item_15 9048f1c8bd5aa1b4b3d139971e52daf8 Nurses, dentists and other professionals with addictions will be subject to more drug tests, and any restrictions to their licenses will be listed on public websites. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:14:27 -0500 http://megite.com/politics/1258822429/61#item_16 f7d09cd27ca8402b467b029f5164917f Legislative leaders had challenged the authority of the state's independent pay commission after it voted to trim salaries. But Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown's opinion says the panel can cut compensation. (Read on Source) ]]>