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o give his name for fear of reprisals.The resident and other eyewitnesses said most of the tanks were gone but police and security agents were spread out. "Snipers are all over Homs, this is something the observers don't see," the resident said.Homs-based activist Majd Amer said members of the Syrian opposition wished to reach the observers but didn't know how."They are hostages in the hands of the regime," Amer said of the monitors. "They are totally dependent on authorities to move around, make calls and even to get their food and drink," he added in frustration.In Washington, State Department spokesman Mark Toner demanded Syrian authorities allow the monitors full access to the Syrian people."We expect that Arab League monitors will be able to deploy and move freely within Homs and other Syrian cities as protesters peacefully gather," Toner said Tuesday night. He suggested the international community "will consider other means to protect Syrian civilians" if
epublican legislation.He was one of only two Senate Democrats to support a failed Republican bid to block new federal controls on power plant pollution that blows downwind into other states earlier this year.However, Nelson's vote in favor of Obama's signature health reform measure left the Republicans confident they could beat him next year. The health reforms are strongly opposed by many Nebraska conservatives, and after the vote Nebraska Republicans immediately kicked off a "Give Ben the Boot" campaign.Nelson also was one of five Democratic senators targeted by a national conservative group with ties to Republican strategist Karl Rove. The group, Crossroads GPS, spent $1.6 million on ads attacking Nelson as well as Sens. Bill Nelson of Florida, Clair McCaskill of Missouri, Jon Tester of Montana and Sherrod Brown of Ohio -- all considered top targets by national Republicans in 2012."For once Senator Nelson has listened to Nebraskans," Nebraska Republican Party
Chairman Mark Fahleson said Tuesday. "The Nebraska Republican Party is more focused than ever on electing another conservative Republican to join Sen. Mike Johanns and recapturing the U.S. Senate so that we can reverse the damage done by Ben Nelson, Washington Democrats and the Obama Administration."Nelson upset incumbent Nebraska Gov. Kay Orr in 1990 to earn his first statewide office and was re-elected in 1994 by a landslide. In 1996, he reneged on a campaign pledge that he would not seek higher office while governor and announced his candidacy for the Senate seat vacated by the retiring Sen. Jim Exon.Omaha millionaire businessman Chuck Hagel soundly defeated Nelson in that Senate race, but the two later served as colleagues when Nelson was elected in 2000.Stenberg thanked Nelson for his service, but said Nebraskans need "a genuine, lifelong conservative who is committed to serving his country -- not to personal financial gain."
be a lightning rod. Schoen said.Obama has an incentive to make the appointments. A board shutdown would infuriate labor unions since a friendly NLRB will help them expand union power."I guess he could squeeze that in, but I think it is a bad idea. I think recess appointments, for the most part, are done to bypass the Senate, the advice and consent that is required under the Constitution," said Sen. Phil Gingrey, R-Ga.Gingrey is one of several lawmakers who say not only do they want to avoid the recess appointments, they want the NLRB to disappear altogether.The NLRB had tried to prevent Boeing from opening a plant in South Carolina, a right-to-work state, saying to do so would be to bypass union rules on its plant in Washington state. The complaint was dropped after Boeing extended its contract with labor groups in Washington to 2016 and agreed its 737 Max airplane would be built on the West Coast.Gingrey said that action is way beyond the scope of the NLRB
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. Officials in Chattanooga say a church-run nightclub where nine people were shot and wounded has been the scene of violent incidents in the past.Police spokeswoman Sgt. Jerri Weary said Tuesday that the club had been the site of shootings, stabbings, fights and assaults since 2006.City spokesman Richard Beeland said city legal officials are reviewing options following the Christmas morning shooting.Authorities say the shooting followed a fight at Club Fathom, where some 400 teens and adults were attending a Christmas party. No arrests have been reported.Tim Reid, the pastor of the church that runs the nightclub, did not respond to an after-hours email Tuesday from The Associated Press seeking a response to comments of police and city officials.Mosaic Church runs the club as a youth outreach.
p them protect themselves from some of what Medicare doesn't pay.Save up to thousands of dollars in potential out-of-pocket expenses with an AARP Medicare Supplement Insurance Plan," the ad says.Donnellan wrote that the groups supplemental plans "help many of the sickest and most disadvantaged seniors who would otherwise be denied insurance by accepting more than 99 percent of applicants, which is far higher than the market standard."But AARPs support for the Obama administrations new health care law, which calls for $500 billion in cuts to Medicare, critics say, makes it all the more likely people would need supplemental insurance, something AARP stands ready to provide."That move alone, as seniors began to go to Medigap insurance, increases AARP's revenue over a 10-year period by $1 billion. And we think that's just a little bit suspicious," Reichert said.AARP logo, graphic element on white. (AP)
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