Exports increase to highest level in two years, narrow trade deficit - The Hill's On The Money

Exports increase to highest level in two years, narrow trade deficit - The Hill's On The Money

Working Tractor Beam Can Move Objects 5 Feet With Just Light | Popular Science

Working Tractor Beam Can Move Objects 5 Feet With Just Light | Popular Science: "Have you ever lazily wished you could just use a tractor beam to grab that out-of-reach object? Apparently, you can.
Using only light, Australian researchers say they are able to move small particles almost five feet through the air. It’s more than 100 times the distance achieved by existing optical “tweezers,” the researchers say.
Not quite a simple grabby tractor beam, the new system works by shining a hollow laser beam at an object and taking advantage of air-temperature differences to move it around."

Former Terry Jones church in Germany denounces Koran-burning plan | Germany | Deutsche Welle | 08.09.2010

Former Terry Jones church in Germany denounces Koran-burning plan | Germany | Deutsche Welle | 08.09.2010: "A German church founded and formerly led by Terry Jones, the American pastor who international attracted attention with controversial plans to stage a Koran-burning ceremony, expressly denounced those plans on Wednesday.


Jones' former church is 'deeply disturbed' by their former leader

Stephan Baar, deputy chairman of the Christliche Gemeinde Koeln (CGD), the Christian Community of Cologne, told Deutsche Welle that Jones preached a strict, even fundamental understanding of the Bible, but that no direct comparisons could be drawn between his sermons there and the radical views he is currently espousing at his new church."

Burning Of Holy Quran Would Be 'Outrageous': Vatican

Burning Of Holy Quran Would Be 'Outrageous': Vatican: "The Vatican warned Wednesday that the planned mass-burning of copies of the Holy Quran by a small church in the southern US state of Florida on the ninth anniversary of the attacks of September 11 in 2001 attacks, would be 'an outrageous and grave gesture.'

The Vatican's 'Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue' said in a statement it viewed with 'great concern' the news of the proposed 'International Burn-a-Quran Day,'' scheduled for Saturday.

'Each religion, with its respective sacred books, places of worship and symbols, has the right to respect and protection,' the council, responsible for dialogue with other religions, said."

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Planned Quran-burning could endanger troops, Petraeus warns - CNN.com

Planned Quran-burning could endanger troops, Petraeus warns - CNN.com: "he U.S. commander in Afghanistan on Monday criticized a Florida church's plan to burn copies of the Quran on September 11, warning the demonstration 'could cause significant problems' for American troops overseas.
'It could endanger troops and it could endanger the overall effort in Afghanistan,' Gen. David Petraeus said in a statement issued Monday."

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As Clock Ticks, Lawmakers Revisit Bush Tax Cuts : audio

 

When George W. Bush was sworn into office as president in January 2001, he inherited a record budget surplus. Five weeks later, he addressed a joint session of Congress, urging lawmakers to act swiftly on his signature campaign promise: $1.6 trillion in tax cuts.

"I hope you'll join me in standing firmly on the side of the people," the president said. "See, the growing surplus exists because taxes are too high and government is charging more than it needs. The people of America have been overcharged, and on their behalf, I'm here asking for a refund."

Republicans cheered. But Democrats were deeply skeptical of a tax cut based on projections of a $5.6 trillion surplus over 10 years that, in fact, never came about. At the time, North Dakota's Kent Conrad was the ranking Democrat on the Senate Budget Committee.

Gov. Jan Brewer: No more debates

“We have cut the budget, we have balanced the budget and we are moving forward. We have done everything that we could possibly do,” Brewer said before an extended pause.

She then added: “We have ... did what was right for Arizona. I will tell you that we have really did the best that anyone could do.”

Brewer later walked out of the post-debate press conference when pressed on her refusal to retract an earlier claim — proven false — that decapitated bodies were showing up in Arizona’s deserts.

Health Law Myths: Outside The Realm Of Reality – audio 4:37

1. The law requires people who want public health insurance to be implanted with a microchip.

 2. The law creates a new "private army" for President Obama.

3. The law requires the hiring of 16,500 new, armed Internal Revenue Service Agents.

4. The law requires you to begin to paying taxes on your health insurance next year.

5. The law dictates what you can and can't eat.

 6. The law requires hospitals to fire obese employees.