DEVELOPING NEWS: From The NY Times (tonight) - "Police Find a Car Bomb in Times Square and Clear Area: Police found what appeared to be a car bomb that included propane tanks and a timing device in a smoking Nissan Pathfinder on Saturday evening, leading to the evacuation of thousands of tourists and theatergoers from the area"...
Tonight in NYC's Times Square...
The rest of the news...
California / the West
“75% of the fresh water that has historically irrigated California is now being washed to the open sea"...
MICKEY KAUS: Democrats Are Manipulating the Marchers: Participants in Saturday’s pro-amnesty marches are being used by the Democratic party elite, Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Mickey Kaus charged today. “There is not going to be an amnesty this year, or next year. The majority of the American people don’t want it, for good reason. They want to secure the borders first,” he said. “Amnesty before we secure the borders would only encourage yet another wave of illegals and hurt the wages of unskilled Americans (and legal immigrants).” “But every time Democratic politicians in D.C. need to rev up the Latino vote, they dangle the false promise of an amnesty bill. At some point. Latino voters are going to realize they’re being used.” Kaus is the only Democratic Senate candidate on the ballot to oppose amnesty proposals, even when they are packaged with enforcement measures and billed as “comprehensive reform.” The incumbent, Barbara Boxer, supports “comprehensive reform” that includes a “path to citizenship” for illegals–i.e., amnesty...
Newsom defends AB 32 as mayor, and possibly as lt. governor...
Feinstein Backs Immigration Reform - Senator Diane Feinstein said progress has been made in securing the U.S. border with Mexico but more needs to be done...
The Economy / Wall Street
Buffett Backs Goldman - Warren Buffett came to the defense of Goldman Sachs at the Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting. Separately, the company recorded a first-quarter profit of $3.6 billion…
Fannie Tightens Lending Standards…
GAS PRICES TICKING UP...
U.S. / Politics
Thousands in S.F. protest Arizona immigration law / L.A.'s May Day immigration rally is nation's largest / TODAY, OBSERVING Victims of Communism Day...
Grateful for ObamaCare, drug lobby goes to bat for Harry Reid
Crist Grabs Lead in Early Poll - A new McLaughlin & Associates poll in Florida shows Gov. Charlie Crist (I) leading the U.S. Senate race with 33%, followed by Marco Rubio (R) at 29% and Rep. Kendrick Meek (D) at 15%. Interestingly, the poll shows Crist taking more votes from Meek than Rubio. Crist actually does better with Democrats than Meek, with 41% of them saying they would vote for him compared to 31% for Meek.
Ronald Reagan's occult interests...
Leno, Obama jockey for laughs at annual dinner...
The prez yucks it up...
China / Asia
Indonesians Seek Words to Attract China’s Favor...
China's Pakistan Corridor...
Myanmar Junta Members Go Civilian...
The Party Is over for China...
Thai premier says government has clear plan for ending crisis, has no plans for martial law...
Media / Entertainment
WASHINGTON TIMES up for sale...
End of an era: Register changes hands...
When Good Networks Go Bad: The Demise Of MSNBC...
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