Read More: Larry Fitzgerald (WR - ), Aaron Rodgers (QB - ), Michael Robinson (RB - ), LeSean McCoy (RB - ), Jimmy Graham (TE - ), San Francisco 49ers Now that we know who's going and not going, the NFC starters for the 2012 Pro Bowl on Sunday are all set and they look just as imposing as they did originally. Aaron Rodgers remains your starting quarterback and he's joined in the backfield by LeSean McCoy and Michael Robinson. His passing targets to start the game will be Larry Fitzgerald, Steve...
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Dozens of police maintained a late-night guard around City Hall following daylong protests that resulted in 300 arrests. Occupy Oakland demonstrators broke into the historic building and burned a U.S. flag, as officers earlier fired tear gas to disperse people throwing rocks and tearing down fencing at a convention center. Saturday's protests — the most turbulent since Oakland police forcefully dismantled an Occupy encampment in November — came just days after the...
Newt Gingrich has adopted the late organizer as a punching bag, but he and Alinsky share a view of America and reverence for the Founding Fathers. In his victory speech the night of the South Carolina primary, Newt Gingrich declared: The centerpiece of this campaign, I believe, is American exceptionalism versus the radicalism of Saul Alinsky.... What we are going to argue is that American exceptionalism, the American Declaration of Independence, the American Constitution, the American...
It’s usually assumed that Joe Biden will be back on the Dem ticket this time. You’ve probably heard a contrary rumor, sometimes called the switcheroo and denied by all concerned, in which Hillary Clinton become the veep candidate and Biden slides into her current job as secretary of state. But Newt Gingrich has a different idea. Gingrich is trying very hard to put Saul Alinsky on the Dem ticket. He’s been campaigning for Alinsky for several weeks but it became too obvious to ignore on the...
SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Aria Diagnostics, a molecular diagnostics company, today announced the publication of an independent blinded study that examines the accuracy of its non-invasive prenatal test for the detection of Trisomy 21 (associated with Down syndrome) and Trisomy 18 (associated with Edwards syndrome). The study showed that the test, coupled with a proprietary algorithm to assess individualized risk for these trisomies, distinguished 100 percent of T21 and...
COMMENTARY | Republican House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in response to the State of the Union address by Barack Obama. President Obama discussed the "Buffett Rule," which says essentially that very wealthy people should shoulder a fair share of the nation's tax burden, according to CBS. Cantor attempted to sting Obama in his commentary -- but was Cantor's speech honest? Warren Buffett's secretary, Debbie Bosanek, is said to have paid a higher tax rate than her billionaire boss, according to...
SEAL Team 6 members raided a compound in Somalia early Wednesday to free two hostages held by pirates since October. The raid signals that US 'will not tolerate' abductions of Americans, Obama said. In the early morning hours Wednesday, US Special Operations forces raided a Somali compound and rescued an American and a Dane who had been held hostage by pirates since October. Skip to next paragraph The hostages had been abducted at gunpoint near the semiautonomous region of Galcayo,...
New York Yankees baseball player Jorge Posada smiles during a news conference where he announced his retirement, at Yankee Stadium in New York, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012. Photo: Seth Wenig / AP New York Yankees baseball player Jorge Posada smiles during a news... New York Yankees baseball player Jorge Posada becomes emotional during a news conference where he announced his retirement, at Yankee Stadium in New York, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012. Photo: Seth Wenig / AP New York Yankees baseball...
By: THE WHITE HOUSE | Office of the Press SecretaryPublished: January 25, 2012 Updated: January 25, 2012 - 7:05 AM Remarks of President Barack Obama – As Prepared for DeliveryState of the Union Address“An America Built to Last”Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012Washington, DC Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, members of Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow Americans: Last month, I went to Andrews Air Force Base and welcomed home some of our last troops to serve in Iraq. Together, we offered a...
