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Professor explains wild airline rant: In-flight cigarette was ‘revolutionary’ act of ‘civil disobedience’

Professor explains wild airline rant: In-flight cigarette was ‘revolutionary’ act of ‘civil disobedience’

A Penn State professor was arrested over the weekend in a bizarre videotaped incident that went viral. Karen Halnon, who teaches sociology at the university’s Abington campus, was flying from Nicaragua to Miami when she lit up a cigarette and ranted about Venezuela and President Barack Obama. &#8220...

Senh: She's a sociology professor at Penn State. I wonder if she'll lose her job over it. She explained away her behavior through symbolism.

 

Republicans to back Obama's student loan plan

House Republicans are willing to give President Barack Obama a rare win, the chairman of the Education and Workforce Committee said Thursday in outlining a deal that would let college students avoid a costly hike on their student loans.

 

Obama to open middle-class jobs, opportunity tour

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Aiming to show he's still focused on creating jobs, President Barack Obama is beginning a series of quick trips around the country to resurrect ideas from his State of the Union address that became overshadowed by the intense debates over gun control, immigration and automatic spending cuts.

 

GOP boycotts health care advisory board

John Boehner

House and Senate Republican leaders told President Barack Obama Thursday that they will refuse to nominate candidates to serve on an advisory board that is to play a role in holding down Medicare costs under the new health care act.

 

Original ricin suspect was held despite evidence pointing to another man

After keeping Elvis impersonator James Kevin Curtis in jail for a week, interrogating him while he was chained to a chair and turning his house upside down, federal authorities had no confession or physical evidence tying him to the ricin-laced letters sent to President Obama and other public officials.

 

Obama signs legislation ending FAA furloughs

Air Traffic Controller

President Barack Obama has signed into law a bill to end furloughs of air traffic controllers. The furloughs stemmed from the automatic, across-the-board spending cuts that started taking effect in March. Millions of air travelers were affected recently by delayed flights across the country because of the furloughs.

 

Gitmo closure elusive, Obama looks at other steps

President Barack Obama's vow to try again to close the Guantanamo Bay prison remains a tough sell in Congress....

 

Foreign governments lavish gifts on White House

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A bamboo bicycle valued at $1,060 from The Philippines ... a golf bag price priced at $7,750 from then-French President Nicolas Sarkozy ... a number of shirts, pens, sculptures and rugs. Foreign gifts to President Obama and his family totaled $243,970.96 in 2011, according to a Yahoo News analysis of a report from the State Department.

 

Ricin-laced letters leading to a Miss. mystery

Of three ricin-laced letters mailed this month to public officials, only one made it into the hands of an intended target, 80-year-old Mississippi judge Sadie Holland. Investigators are working to piece together what motivated someone to send the letters to her, President Barack Obama and U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker. Holland is a common link between two men who have been investigated in the case. Holland presided over a 2004 assault case against Paul Kevin Curtis, an entertainer who had been the top suspect in the case until prosecutors dropped charges against him Tuesday.

 

Convergence of Presidents at Bush Library Dedication

President Obama joined all of his living predecessors on Thursday to pay tribute to George W. Bush.

 

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