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• President Not Supposed to Be a Micro-Manager
• Chuck Colson’s Second Life
• UN council authorizes up to 300 Syria truce monitors
• Iraq to pay ex-coaches 400,000 euros
• Solution for a disaster? House in a box, maybe
• As VA Claims Backlog Grows, Legal Help Plays Important Role, Tampa Veterans’ Disability Benefits Lawyer Says
• "Armed terrorist" group blows up pipeline in Syria: state news agency
• Bombings kill three as Iraq governor targeted
• Bahrain opposition urges more protests during F1
• Syrian activists: Homs calm as observers expected
• Roadside blasts in Baghdad kill three: Sources
• Popular Website Hounds Mitt Romney Over Dog on Car Roof Story
• Iraq officials: Baghdad bomb blasts kill 4
• New Book Offers Emotional “Boot Camp” for Military Moms
• Today in History
• Iraq calls Turkey "hostile state" as relations dim
• Movie Scores: How the critics rated the new movies
• Iran's Parchin complex: Why are nuclear inspectors so focused on it?

President Not Supposed to Be a Micro-Manager Posted: COMMENTARY | According to ABC News, the White House has responded to former Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin's criticism of President Barack Obama in the wake of the growing Secret Service scandal. Palin and others have claimed the General Service Administration and Secret Service scandals are reflective of Obama's lack of oversight.

Chuck Colson’s Second Life Posted: A former Nixon hack became the man whose ideas Christianity can't shake. By David Sessions.

UN council authorizes up to 300 Syria truce monitors Posted: UNITED NATIONS/BEIRUT (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council unanimously adopted a Russia-European drafted resolution on Saturday that authorizes an initial deployment of up to 300 unarmed military observers to Syria for three months to help bolster a fragile week-old ceasefire. But the 15-nation council's move to condition deployment of observers on a U.N. assessment of compliance with the truce reflected U.S. and European fears that the Syrian government's failure to stop shelling towns, return troops to barracks and withdraw heavy weapons from cities makes the prospects for success slim. ...

Iraq to pay ex-coaches 400,000 euros Posted: The Iraqi Football Association will pay 400,000 euros ($528,600) in joint compensation to its former head coach and an assistant coach who were sacked in 2008, a member of the IFA said on Saturday.

Solution for a disaster? House in a box, maybe Posted: In one of the neighborhoods hit hardest by flooding in Hurricane Katrina's aftermath, developers have built a prototype house that's aimed at providing a quick housing solution for areas blown away by hurricanes and tornadoes or knocked down by earthquakes.

As VA Claims Backlog Grows, Legal Help Plays Important Role, Tampa Veterans’ Disability Benefits Lawyer Says Posted: Lawrence Disparti of Florida's Disparti Law Group cites a recent report saying that the waiting period for veterans' benefits decisions has doubled since 2009.Holiday, FL (PRWEB) April 21, 2012 Tampa veterans' disability benefits lawyer Lawrence Disparti said today that a recent report on the delay in processing disability claims by the Veterans Administration underscores the crucial role that an attorney can play when applying for benefits. ...

"Armed terrorist" group blows up pipeline in Syria: state news agency Posted: BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria's state news agency said that an "armed terrorist" group blew up an oil pipeline in Syria's eastern province of Deir al-Zor, near the border with Iraq, on Saturday. "An armed terrorist group detonated an improvised explosive device on a oil line near Abu Hammam, in the province of Deir al-Zor, which led to a fire," SANA said, giving no more details. (Reporting by Oliver Holmes)

Bombings kill three as Iraq governor targeted Posted: Bombs exploded in two minibuses in Baghdad on Saturday, killing three people and wounding at least 12, while a bomb attack on a governor's convoy wounded two guards, security officials said.

Bahrain opposition urges more protests during F1 Posted: Anti-government groups in Bahrain are calling for more protests even as authorities intensify security on the eve of the Formula One Grand Prix.

Syrian activists: Homs calm as observers expected Posted: Activists say fighting and government shelling has stopped in Syria's central city of Homs in advance of an expected visit by U.N. observers.

Roadside blasts in Baghdad kill three: Sources Posted: BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Two roadside bombs exploded in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Saturday, killing three people and wounding 15, police and hospital sources said, two days after several blasts killed 36 people across Iraq. The two blasts went off at the same time in the mainly Shi'ite al-Shuaala neighborhood. Three mortars were also fired at a police station wounding seven people in the town of Al-Musayyab near Hilla, 90 kms (55 miles) south of Baghdad, police sources said. Heightened tension between Shi'ites, Sunnis and Kurds in the coalition government since U.S. ...

Popular Website Hounds Mitt Romney Over Dog on Car Roof Story Posted: Launched less than four months ago, Seamus2012.com has become a popular clearinghouse of news, videos and information about GOP presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney and his family dog(PRWEB) April 21, 2012 Launched less than four months ago, Seamus2012.com has become a popular clearinghouse of news, videos and information about GOP presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney and his family dog, an Irish Setter named Seamus, which was strapped to the car roof during a 12-hour drive to their vacation home in Canada. ...

Iraq officials: Baghdad bomb blasts kill 4 Posted: Iraqi officials say two blasts have killed four people in northwestern Baghdad, two days after a series of attacks claimed the lives of 30 in the capital and across the country.

New Book Offers Emotional “Boot Camp” for Military Moms Posted: Army Mom and founder of Military Families Ministry, Tracie Ciambotti releases new book to help moms deal with the deployment of their sons and daughtersBennett, CO (PRWEB) April 21, 2012 "What happens to our natural instinct, as a mother, to protect our child when he or she is ordered to one of the most dangerous places in the world? What gets us through the day? How do we survive?" These are the questions Tracie Ciambotti, author of the new book "Battles of the Heart: Boot Camp For Military Moms" (published by WestBow Press), asked herself when her son, Josh, was sent ...

Today in History Posted: Today is Saturday, April 21, the 112th day of 2012. There are 254 days left in the year.

Iraq calls Turkey "hostile state" as relations dim Posted: BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Friday branded Turkey a "hostile state" with a sectarian agenda, the latest in a series of bitter exchanges between the neighbors. Maliki was responding to comments made by Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday in which Erdogan accused the Iraqi leader of fanning tensions between the country's Shi'ites, Sunnis and Kurds with his "self-centered" ways. "The recent announcements by Mr. Erdogan represent another return to flagrant interference in Iraqi internal affairs," Maliki said in a statement on his website. ...

Movie Scores: How the critics rated the new movies Posted: Zac Efron isn't finding much luck with the critics as his latest film, "The Lucky One," opens to pretty poor reviews.

Iran's Parchin complex: Why are nuclear inspectors so focused on it? Posted: Parchin. In the annals of Iran's controversial nuclear program, the sprawling military base southeast of Tehran may hold clues to past weapons-related work – or it may not.

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