Thursday, September 19, 2013

Student Suspended for Accidentally Bringing Knife to Football Game | Fox News Insider

Student Suspended for Accidentally Bringing Knife to Football Game | Fox News Insider: "A Pennsylvania teen was slapped with a 10-day out-of-school suspension for what his attorney calls "doing the right thing."


David Schaffner III, 16, was at his school's football game Friday night when he realized he had mistakenly left a hunting knife in his pocket after using it that afternoon at his home. "

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Obamacare Raising Health Care Spending by $621,000,000,000

Obamacare Raising Health Care Spending by $621,000,000,000: "People worried about Obamacare’s impact on the American health care system should remember one key number: $621 billion. That’s the amount that non-partisan actuaries at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) said Obamacare would increase national health spending over the next 10 years, in a report released yesterday. So much for the law being the “Affordable Care Act.”"

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What You Need to Know About the Debt Limit

What You Need to Know About the Debt Limit: "The Congressional Budget Office just dropped a budget update on Washington, and it’s not good. The U.S. government is spending recklessly—and Obamacare is adding fuel to the fire.
The new report comes at a crucial time, as negotiations over the debt limit are starting up again. Here are some basics to help you cut through all the political spin."

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Starbucks CEO Writes to Gun Owners, Asks Customers to Keep Firearms at Home | OutdoorHub

Starbucks CEO Writes to Gun Owners, Asks Customers to Keep Firearms at Home | OutdoorHub: "Visitors to the Starbucks website will find a new blog entry from CEO Howard Schultz: a letter written to the coffee chain’s gun-owning customers.

“Dear fellow Americans,” the letter greeted, “ few topics in America generate a more polarized and emotional debate than guns. In recent months, Starbucks stores and our partners (employees) who work in our stores have been thrust unwillingly into the middle of this debate.”"

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Eleanor Holmes Norton Says Washington is ‘The Safest City in America’

Eleanor Holmes Norton Says Washington is ‘The Safest City in America’: " bet you didn’t know that our nation’s capital is the safest city in America. That’s what DC Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton is telling the world after the Navy Yard shooting."

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