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Energy saving light bulbs are not as bright as their traditional counterparts and claims about the amount of light they produce are "exaggerated", the European Union has admitted.Soon they will be the only kind of light bulb allowed, but now officials in Brussels have admitted that energy-saving bulbs are not as bright as the old-fashioned kind they are replacing.Soon they will be the only kind of light bulb allowed, but now officials in Brussels have admitted that energy-saving bulbs are not as bright as the old-fashioned kind they are replacing. From tomorrow a Europe-wide ban on traditional incandescent bulbs will...

"Give me a break," "This is Obama's decision plain and simple"-Bill Sammon, hitting Obama for playing this phony game of Holder is independent from him..

According to Susan Ferrechio of The Washington Examiner, there is bipartisan support for Vicki Kennedy to take over Ted Kennedy's office. Indeed, says Ferrechio, some think she would be "perfect for the job." Ferrechio quotes Orrin Hatch as saying that Kennedy is a "brilliant lawyer" and "a solid individual." She also quotes Chris Dodd as saying that if Kennedy wants the position, he will back her up. There are only two problems with this picture. 1. Kennedy has stated that she does not want the position 2. It's not legal for her to take it. But not to worry! The...

The anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan headed to Martha's Vineyard last week, where President Barack Obama was vacationing, to once again protest our two wars abroad. But Sheehan is a media has-been. ABC's Charlie Gibson used to cover her anti-Bush rallies in Crawford, Texas. Now he says, with a sigh, of her recent anti-Obama efforts, "Enough already." The war in Iraq is scarcely in the news any longer, despite the fact that 141,000 American soldiers are still protecting the fragile Iraqi democracy, and 114, as of this writing, have been lost this year in that effort. But after the success of...

Enough is enough, Harry Stop the childish bullying This newspaper traces its roots to before Las Vegas was Las Vegas. We've seen cattle ranches give way to railroads. We chronicled the construction of Hoover Dam. We reported on the first day of legalized gambling. The first hospital. The first school. The first church. We survived the mob, Howard Hughes, the Great Depression, several recessions, two world wars, dozens of news competitors and any number of two-bit politicians who couldn't stand scrutiny, much less criticism. We're still here doing what we do for the people of Las Vegas and Nevada. So,...

Picture a recovering alcoholic falling off the wagon. First he says he can handle a few drinks... But eventually he turns mean... As a drunk is to alcohol, the Bush administration is to budget deficits. During the 2000 campaign George W. Bush often pledged to maintain fiscal responsibility... [H]is people said they could cut taxes, pay for new programs... and still pay off most of the federal government's debt... Now the budget director, Mitch Daniels, has admitted the obvious: The federal government faces the prospect of large deficits as far as the eye can see. And sure enough, the drunk...

President Barack Obama resembles the used car dealer in the CARFAX commercial. You've probably seen the commercial. A sleazy used car dealer is attempting to push a customer into buying an apparent clunker. The customer says he won't buy without seeing the CARFAX which would provide a history of the car so the customer would know what he was getting. Obama has been pressuring Congress to adopt some type of health care related program without the lengthy debate that should precede any major change in health care. Obama's attempt to force the issue implied a major flaw with the proposal,...

Nineteen-year-old man is eighth person to die in Glynn County massacre Police to offer $25,000 reward for information in case By Terry Dickson, Jim Schoettler, Teresa Stepzinski Story updated at 7:51 PM on Sunday, Aug. 30, 2009 Related Stories » Glynn police chief says he's uncertain if killer of 7 still on loose BRUNSWICK, Ga. - The only survivor among four siblings attacked in a Glynn County mobile home massacre died today, increasing the carnage to eight dead, police said tonight.

FNC's Julie Banderas Married News anchor Julie Banderas was married Saturday to Andrew Sansone. The couple's wedding was written up in today's New York Times. Julie Bidwell and Andrew J. Sansone were married Saturday at the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York. The Rev. Paul T. Rock performed the ceremony. The bride, 35, will continue to use the name Julie Banderas professionally. She is the host of "Fox Report Weekend" and a host of "America's News Headquarters," both for the Fox News Channel. She graduated from Emerson College in Boston. The Times announcement includes, appropriately, a video of how...

The recent health care debate has sparked a lot rhetoric from both sides. In the interest of full disclosure, I am vehemently against the proposed government take over of our health care system for a number of reasons. Primarily due to overwhelming, documented reduction in the quality of care patients receive under such a system. The state of Oregon has the type of system that Congress is proposing for the entire country. Barbara Wagner, a resident of Salem in the state of Oregon, and lung cancer survivor, was prescribed Tarceva by her oncologist. Tarceva is a drug that has shown...

SCANDAL AT MISSION CHURCH IN BOSTON The Catholic Action League of Massachusetts today decried the scandal which occurred this morning at Boston's most historic Catholic shrine --- the Minor Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, known as Mission Church --- where a Mass of Christian Burial was used to “celebrate the life” of one of America's most notorious opponents of Catholic morality, the late Senator Edward M. Kennedy. Senator Kennedy fought for more than three decades to keep the killing of pre-born children legal and unrestricted in the United States. Surgical abortion has claimed more than fifty-one million human...

Apache's 30mm turns four jihadis into a fine red Allah-mist. Note: Sound on for added effect.

At high noon on one of the hottest days of the summer, a small group of senior citizens sweated it out in front of state GOP headquarters in Raleigh, N.C., asking the Republican Party to stop using what they called "scare tactics" to turn senior citizens against overhauling the health care system. It could be the start of a silver backlash against what some say is a misinformation campaign about health care reform. The members of the Alliance for Retired Americans were angry about a recent column by national GOP Chairman Michael Steele, who said health care reform would lead...

State officials are examining whether public money has been improperly used to pay for Islamic mosques on charter school campuses in Blaine and Inver Grove Heights. Chas Anderson, deputy commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Education, said officials will study Tarek ibn Ziyad Academy's (TiZA) use of state "lease aid'' grants, which were created more than a decade ago to help charter schools rent adequate facilities. "If it is subsidizing a mosque, in our view, that would be a violation of state and federal law,'' Anderson said. The probe is the latest in a series of church-vs.-state conflicts involving TiZA...

JERUSALEM – How is this for a quick clean up job? Last week, WND reported the official communist-oriented manifesto of a radical group founded by Obama's environmental adviser, Van Jones, was published in full on the Internet. Just hours later, the manifesto was removed and the entire website was taken down. It is, however, still available in web archives. As WND previously reported, Van Jones, special adviser for green jobs, enterprise and innovation to the White House Council on Environmental Quality, is an admitted black nationalist and radical communist. Jones was the leader and founder of a radical group, the...

JERUSALEM – Just days before his White House appointment, Van Jones, Obama's environmental adviser, used a forum at a major youth convention to push for what can easily be interpreted as a communist or socialist agenda. As WND previously reported, Van Jones, special adviser for green jobs, enterprise and innovation to the White House Council on Environmental Quality, is an admitted black nationalist and radical communist. Jones' appointment was announced on March 10. Two weeks before he started his White House job, however, Jones delivered the keynote address at Power Shift '09, which was billed as the largest youth summit...

20 years ago they paraded in bovver boots and sported Nazi tattoos but today the leaders of the British National Party are besuited and deliver news grabs in pollie-speak. The times may have changed but their anti-immigration, whites-only message remains the same. Dismiss them, as you might, as far-right loonies, but support for the BNP is increasing. In fact, analysts are suggesting that in future elections up to 20% of the UK's population would consider voting for them. Can a political leopard change its spots? Dateline sent Evan Williams to find out. REPORTER: Evan Williams In the British town of...

Teddy Kennedy has left a long string of harassed and hushed women going back decades, one of whom, we all know, was left to die underwater near Chappaquiddick in 1969. The fact that the homicide he committed likely kept him from becoming president is often uproariously cited as his "cost" for that murderous incident. A sober assessment of Kennedy's life, though, can't help but come to the conclusion that crime does, indeed, pay, and richly. And if you are a Kennedy, the Media is your accomplice, your bag man, your getaway driver. And the covering for Kennedy continues even after...

A top-rated talk radio host in Denver, Colo., has received some good news about his hopes to erect "Where's the Birth Certificate?" billboards in front of hundreds of thousands of drivers a day when a local businessman heard his radio show and agreed to donate the sign space. Now, WND has learned, that businessman is planning on donating signage in multiple states to get the message out that Barack Obama has yet to prove his constitutional eligibility to serve as president. As WND reported, Peter Boyles, who hosts the top-rated morning program on Denver's KHOW-AM, has been fascinated with the...

If the Obama administration were a flotilla of ships, it might be sending out an SOS right about now. ObamaCare has hit the political equivalent of an iceberg. And last week the president’s international prestige was broadsided by the Scots, who set free the Lockerbie bomber without the least consideration of American concerns. Mr. Obama’s campaign promise of restoring common sense to budget management is sleeping with the fishes. This administration needs a win. Or more accurately, it can't bear another loss right now. Most especially it can't afford to be defeated by the government of a puny Central American...