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• Muhammad Ali accepts Liberty Medal in Philadelphia
• Anti-Muslim film promoter outspoken on Islam
• Muhammad Ali Receives National Constitution Center's 2012 Liberty Medal
• Obama pulling away from Romney in polls but Mideast looms
• Analysis: Weeks before U.S. election, Mideast gives Obama perfect storm
• New Leadership Takes Office for the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
• In crisis abroad, Romney relies on a select few
• Libya tragedy may boost U.S. diplomatic fortifications
• MAKING SENSE OF NEW REALITIES IN MIDEAST IS GREAT CHALLENGE
• House votes to protect honor of military medals
• US braces for more violence from anti-Muslim film
• APNewsBreak: US identifies anti-Muslim filmmaker
• Key facts after fallout from prophet film
• Oil rises as Fed stimulus cheers markets
• Syria rebel: Sunni jihadists after Shiite hostages
• News Guide to fallout from prophet film
• Romney tones down criticism over diplomatic crisis
• House makes lying about military service a crime
• L.A. area Copt tied to "Innocence of Muslims" film: report
• How would the US pursue 'justice' in Libya?
• Latest developments in protest of anti-Islam film
• Biden: U.S. Consulate Attackers in Libya 'Have No Real Values'
• A look at the latest Mideast protests and calls for action by opponents of an anti-Islam film
• Anti-US attacks in Libya, Egypt, Yemen: Put security first
• Does the Drone Program Really Exist?
• Romney's theory of provocative weakness
• Feds ID California man's role in anti-Islam film
• Iraq stops registering Turkish firms amid row over Hashemi
• Witness: Alpine killings scene 'out of Hollywood'
• Obama, Romney trade tough words over attacks
• Iraq, Kurdistan end oil dispute, exports continue
• #GivingTuesday Shows America Gives as Good as it Gets
• One way to invest: Trade just like Uncle Herb
• Send a Message of Hope and Cheer: Holiday Cardmaking Drive for the Troops
• Protesters storm US Embassy in Yemen in new attack
• EADS-BAE talks show defense sector's civil appetite
• Leader of Shiite militia threatens American interests in Iraq due to 'heinous' prophet film
• California man confirms role in anti-Islam film
• McCain: U.S. Must Continue Libyan Mission
• Is MidEast Mitt Romney's 'Black Swan?'

Muhammad Ali accepts Liberty Medal in Philadelphia Posted: 13 Sep 2012 05:22 PM PDT Boxing legend and humanitarian Muhammad Ali was awarded the Liberty Medal on Thursday night to a huge ovation in front of Philadelphia's National Constitution Center.

Anti-Muslim film promoter outspoken on Islam Posted: 13 Sep 2012 05:13 PM PDT The public face for the anti-Muslim film inflaming the Middle East is not the filmmaker, but an insurance agent and Vietnam War veteran whose unabashed and outspoken hatred of radical Muslims has drawn the attention of civil libertarians, who say he's a hate monger.

Muhammad Ali Receives National Constitution Center's 2012 Liberty Medal Posted: 13 Sep 2012 05:05 PM PDT Ceremony marked nationwide celebration of the 225th anniversary of the U.S. ConstitutionPHILADELPHIA, Sept. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A true champion of freedom, Muhammad Ali received the National Constitution Center's 2012 Liberty Medal tonight in a star-studded ceremony marking the nationwide celebration of the U.S. Constitution's 225th anniversary. ...

Obama pulling away from Romney in polls but Mideast looms Posted: 13 Sep 2012 04:57 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is pulling away from rival Mitt Romney in polls in what might be a turning point in the U.S. presidential campaign, but volatility in the Middle East is allowing Republicans to cast the Democrat as weak on foreign policy and could threaten his momentum. In the latest survey to show Obama ahead, a Reuters/Ipsos online poll on Thursday gave the Democrat a 7 percentage point lead, 48 percent to 41 percent, among likely voters. Survey aggregator Real Clear Politics' average of national polls gives Obama a 3. ...

Analysis: Weeks before U.S. election, Mideast gives Obama perfect storm Posted: 13 Sep 2012 04:53 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An eruption of violent unrest across the Middle East is confronting President Barack Obama with the most serious challenge yet to his efforts to keep the Arab Spring from morphing into a new wave of anti-Americanism - and he has few good options to prevent it. Less than two months before the U.S. presidential election, a spate of attacks on embassies in Libya, Egypt and Yemen poses a huge dilemma for a U.S. ...

New Leadership Takes Office for the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials Posted: 13 Sep 2012 04:30 PM PDT AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Sept. 13, Jose Montero, director of the Division of Public Health Services at the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), was elected president of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) during the association's annual meeting in Austin, Texas. Mary Currier, state health officer of the Mississippi State Board of Health, was reelected as secretary-treasurer at the same meeting. Terry Cline, commissioner of the Oklahoma State Department of Health, became president-elect. ...

In crisis abroad, Romney relies on a select few Posted: 13 Sep 2012 04:09 PM PDT Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney mitigates his lack of formal foreign policy experience with advice from people who do — a small, ideologically varied group of longtime foreign policy hands and a handful of longtime, loyal staffers.

Libya tragedy may boost U.S. diplomatic fortifications Posted: 13 Sep 2012 03:47 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The fortifications that mark U.S. Embassies around the world are likely to grow even more impregnable after this week's killing of the U.S. ambassador to Libya, creating new hurdles for U.S. diplomats as they struggle to understand foreign societies in a period of rapid political change. President Barack Obama said on Thursday he had ordered his administration to do whatever is necessary to protect Americans abroad, as U.S. diplomatic compounds around the Middle East faced another day of violent protests. The protests, and Tuesday's attack on the U.S. ...

MAKING SENSE OF NEW REALITIES IN MIDEAST IS GREAT CHALLENGE Posted: 13 Sep 2012 03:00 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- One of the great dangers of these last few days -- as American embassy after consulate after legation is brutally attacked in the Middle East -- is simply how easy it is for any wild-eyed fool to throw the entire world into terror.Any simpering idiot can take a picture of the Prophet Muhammad and make it look like Genghis Khan, Al Capone or a headhunter from the jungle. ...

House votes to protect honor of military medals Posted: 13 Sep 2012 02:49 PM PDT Those who lie about military service or make false claims about receiving military medals with the intent of benefiting from those claims would be committing a crime under legislation passed by the House Wednesday.

US braces for more violence from anti-Muslim film Posted: 13 Sep 2012 02:35 PM PDT The Obama administration was caught by surprise by the ferocity of the Sept. 11 attack against the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, that killed the ambassador and three other Americans. Now it is bracing for another potential eruption of violent demonstrations in parts of the Muslim world after Friday's weekly prayers — traditionally a time of protest in the Middle East and North Africa.

APNewsBreak: US identifies anti-Muslim filmmaker Posted: 13 Sep 2012 02:14 PM PDT Federal authorities have identified a Coptic Christian in southern California who is on probation after his conviction for financial crimes as the key figure behind the anti-Muslim film that ignited mob violence against U.S. embassies across the Mideast, a U.S. law enforcement official told The Associated Press on Thursday.

Key facts after fallout from prophet film Posted: 13 Sep 2012 01:55 PM PDT Anti-American protests have erupted in the Middle East over a crudely made film mocking the prophet Muhammad, resulting in violent embassy protests around the Middle East, fallout in the U.S. presidential campaign and heightened security at U.S. facilities abroad.

Oil rises as Fed stimulus cheers markets Posted: 13 Sep 2012 01:55 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil rose in robust trading on Thursday, with Brent futures rising a sixth session, after the U.S. Federal Reserve launched another stimulus program in which it will buy $40 billion of mortgage debt per month until the outlook for jobs improves. Prices seesawed after the Fed statement, initially jumping $1 per barrel and then swinging lower before climbing back into positive territory on expectations the move would encourage investors to push money into riskier assets including commodities and equities, as they have after previous stimulus initiatives. ...

Syria rebel: Sunni jihadists after Shiite hostages Posted: 13 Sep 2012 01:35 PM PDT A Syrian rebel commander holding 10 Lebanese Shiites hostage said Thursday he is willing to release the men but fears doing so could set off a wave of reprisal attacks by Sunni extremists.

News Guide to fallout from prophet film Posted: 13 Sep 2012 01:09 PM PDT Anti-American protests have erupted in the Middle East over a crudely made film mocking the prophet Muhammad, resulting in violent embassy protests around the Middle East, fallout in the U.S. presidential campaign and heightened security at U.S. facilities abroad.

Romney tones down criticism over diplomatic crisis Posted: 13 Sep 2012 01:09 PM PDT Facing criticism, Republican White House nominee Mitt Romney on Thursday muted his barbed attacks against President Barack Obama's handling of a diplomatic crisis and tried to refocus the campaign on the economy.

House makes lying about military service a crime Posted: 13 Sep 2012 12:46 PM PDT Those who lie about military service or make false claims about receiving military medals with the intent of benefiting from those claims would be committing a crime under legislation passed by the House Wednesday.

L.A. area Copt tied to "Innocence of Muslims" film: report Posted: 13 Sep 2012 12:45 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - A Coptic Christian man from outside Los Angeles reportedly acknowledged Wednesday his role in producing the incendiary, anti-Islam film that sparked riots in Libya and Egypt. Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, 55, told the Associated Press that he managed the company that produced the movie, "Innocence of Muslims." The film, which has since been removed from YouTube in Egypt and Libya, mocks the Muslims' beliefs and incited mob protests in Cairo and Benghazi, where the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other State Department officials were killed. ...

How would the US pursue 'justice' in Libya? Posted: 13 Sep 2012 12:39 PM PDT When President Obama vowed to "bring to justice the killers who attacked our people" in Benghazi this week, it was a reminder of a long US military history in Libya – from US Marines fighting Barbary Coast pirates along "the shores of Tripoli" more than 200 years ago to last year's ousting of Muammar Qaddafi as part of a NATO force.

Latest developments in protest of anti-Islam film Posted: 13 Sep 2012 12:35 PM PDT Here's a look at protests across the Middle East on Thursday, three days after crowds angry over an anti-Muslim film began assaulting a string of U.S. embassies in the region.

Biden: U.S. Consulate Attackers in Libya 'Have No Real Values' Posted: 13 Sep 2012 12:15 PM PDT EAU CLAIRE, Wis. – Vice President Joe Biden stressed the dedication of diplomats serving the U.S. abroad Thursday and voiced his belief that those who "callously" killed four Americans, including the U.S. Ambassador to Libya, "have no real values." "The brave Americans we tragically lost...

A look at the latest Mideast protests and calls for action by opponents of an anti-Islam film Posted: 13 Sep 2012 11:43 AM PDT YEMEN

Anti-US attacks in Libya, Egypt, Yemen: Put security first Posted: 13 Sep 2012 11:42 AM PDT Violent attacks on US diplomatic posts in Libya, Egypt, Yemen, and elsewhere this week underscore a lesson taught repeatedly over the past decade – namely, that security is necessary to launch fledgling democracies emerging from autocratic states.

Does the Drone Program Really Exist? Posted: 13 Sep 2012 11:02 AM PDT Drones have become the go-to weapon of the U.S.'s counter-terrorism strategy, with strikes in Yemen in particular increasing steadily. U.S. drones reportedly killed twenty-nine people in Yemen recently, including perhaps ten civilians.

Romney's theory of provocative weakness Posted: 13 Sep 2012 10:32 AM PDT The sudden swing of American attention to North Africa has clarified the way Mitt Romney sees his country's place in the world. Setting aside the merits of his campaign's timing, because you can say just about anything if the timing is right, it is worth taking a brief tour through the Museum of Provocative Weakness.  That phrase is a favorite of Amb. John Bolton, who said on August 28 that Romney "doesn't believe strength is provocative, he believes that American weakness is provocative."  It has been used many times by Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney. ...

Feds ID California man's role in anti-Islam film Posted: 13 Sep 2012 09:45 AM PDT Federal authorities have identified a southern California man once convicted of financial crimes as the key figure behind the anti-Muslim film that ignited mob violence against U.S. embassies across the Mideast, a U.S. law enforcement official said Thursday.

Iraq stops registering Turkish firms amid row over Hashemi Posted: 13 Sep 2012 09:12 AM PDT BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's Trade Ministry has stopped registering Turkish companies, it said on Thursday, as the neighbors sparred over Ankara's refusal to send back a fugitive Iraqi vice president who was sentenced to death in absentia. The ministry insisted the move was made for "regulatory and statistics" purposes, but Turkish businesses in Baghdad were worried the decision was taken because of the dispute between the two capitals and a government source told Reuters it was political. ...

Witness: Alpine killings scene 'out of Hollywood' Posted: 13 Sep 2012 09:07 AM PDT The cyclist who stumbled across the bodies of a British family killed in a remote spot in the French Alps said Thursday the blood-soaked crime scene looked like something out of a Hollywood script.

Obama, Romney trade tough words over attacks Posted: 13 Sep 2012 08:42 AM PDT With a beloved ambassador dead and anti-American turmoil in Arab nations spreading, the presidential candidates are challenging each other on their foreign policy credentials and on who would provide the steadiest hand in a crisis.

Iraq, Kurdistan end oil dispute, exports continue Posted: 13 Sep 2012 08:17 AM PDT BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's central government and the country's autonomous Kurdistan agreed to end an oil payment dispute after Kurdistan pledged to continue exports and Baghdad said it would pay foreign companies working there, a senior Iraqi official said on Thursday. The decision resolves part of a broader feud between Baghdad and Kurdistan about control over oil and territory that has involved major companies including Exxon Mobil , Chevron and Total . ...

#GivingTuesday Shows America Gives as Good as it Gets Posted: 13 Sep 2012 08:05 AM PDT Partners Join a New Movement to Celebrate Giving and Encourage More, Better, and Smarter Giving during the Holiday SeasonNEW YORK, NY (PRWEB) September 13, 2012 A movement to create a national day of giving on November 27, 2012 – the Tuesday after Thanksgiving – a day people coast-to-coast are calling #GivingTuesday, launched today. This first of its kind effort will harness the collective power of a unique blend of partners—charities, families, businesses and individuals—to transform how people think about, talk about and participate in the giving season. ...

One way to invest: Trade just like Uncle Herb Posted: 13 Sep 2012 08:01 AM PDT To the long list of investing strategies, add this: I'll have what she's having.

Send a Message of Hope and Cheer: Holiday Cardmaking Drive for the Troops Posted: 13 Sep 2012 07:36 AM PDT Operation Christmas Cards again partners with leading craft company EKSuccess Brands to deliver support and encouragement.Clifton, NJ (PRWEB) September 13, 2012 When the 300,000+ holiday cards arrived from Operation Christmas Cards last December to U.S. and Canadian soldiers deployed overseas, they were the only correspondence about half of them received for the entire season. The soldiers, deployed in Afganistan, Iraq, Egypt, Japan and Germany, all received a card that included notes of gratitude, encouragement and support. ...

Protesters storm US Embassy in Yemen in new attack Posted: 13 Sep 2012 07:35 AM PDT Chanting "death to America" and "death to Israel," hundreds of protesters angered by an anti-Islam film stormed the U.S. Embassy compound in Yemen's capital and burned the American flag on Thursday, the latest in a series of attacks on American diplomatic missions in the Middle East.

EADS-BAE talks show defense sector's civil appetite Posted: 13 Sep 2012 07:17 AM PDT BERLIN (Reuters) - Merger talks between Airbus owner EADS and Britain's BAE Systems highlight the scramble for defense companies to offset shrinking revenues from military budget cuts with more commercial civilian activities. In what could produce the biggest shake-up in Europe's aerospace and defense sector in more than a decade, the two companies said on Wednesday they were in advanced talks, just as global aerospace companies discussed ways to compensate for elusive defense contracts at the ILA Berlin Air Show. "The military business is not a growth promoter these days. ...

Leader of Shiite militia threatens American interests in Iraq due to 'heinous' prophet film Posted: 13 Sep 2012 06:29 AM PDT BAGHDAD - A Shiite militant group is threatening U.S. interests in Iraq as part of the backlash over an anti-Islam film it has described as "heinous."

California man confirms role in anti-Islam film Posted: 13 Sep 2012 06:27 AM PDT The anti-Muslim film implicated in mob protests against U.S. diplomatic missions in the Mideast received logistical help from a man once convicted of financial crimes and featured actors who complained that their inflammatory dialogue was dubbed in after filming.

McCain: U.S. Must Continue Libyan Mission Posted: 13 Sep 2012 05:53 AM PDT Despite a vicious attack on U.S. diplomats in Benghazi earlier this week, leaving U.S. ambassador to Libya J. Christopher Stevens and three other diplomats dead, Sen. John McCain encouraged the U.S. to keep its presence in Libya.

Is MidEast Mitt Romney's 'Black Swan?' Posted: 13 Sep 2012 05:50 AM PDT By MICHAEL FALCONE (@michaelpfalcone) and AMY WALTER (@amyewalter) NOTABLES: MORE PROTESTS IN CAIRO, YEMEN: The anti-Islam film "Innocence of Muslims" has sparked still more protests at U.S. embassies, ABC's Anthony Castellano and Kevin Dolak report: Protesters have rushed the U.S. Embassy in Sana'a, Yemen, while...

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