KMBC:
- Round 1: RHP Aaron Crow, University of Missouri, Topeka, KS, KC Royals
- Round 1: RHP Kyle Gibson, University of Missouri, Grennfield, IN, MIN Twins
- Round 4: RHP AJ Morris, Kansas State University, Humble, TX, WAS Nationals
- Round 11: LF Justin Bloxom, Kansas State University, Phoenix, AR, WAS Nationals
KMBC:
Election officials said the recall effort is 129 votes short of what was needed.
KMBC’s Bev Chapman reported that a closer look at the petitions shows the irregularities.
“We had no professional training,” petition organizer Anne McGregor said. “This was something that was truly a grassroots effort. It was people who truly felt like the mayor needed to be recalled. They grabbed up a clipboard, headed out and stood out on a street corner to do this.”
AP:
NEW YORK — It’s not just TV viewers who will be relieved when analog broadcast signals are shut down Friday, sparing them from incessant reminders about converter boxes. Some business are eagerly awaiting the end of a process that began in 1987, when the shift to digital broadcasts was proposed.
“We’re really excited that this is finally behind us,” said Bill Stone, president of Qualcomm Inc.’s FLO TV service.
KMBC:
LAWSON, Mo. — Health experts are warning about the dangers of tick-borne disease after a St. Louis-area man died from one.
Laboratory analysis showed the 72-year-old man was infected with a bacteria that causes ehrlichiosis, a disease similar to Rocky Mountain spotted fever. He was the first death related to ticks this year in Missouri.
The disease can cause symptoms ranging from those similar to the flu to renal failure and difficulty breathing.
Ehrlichiosis is one of four tick-borne diseases turning up in Missouri.
Philadelphia, PA (LifeNews.com) – An abortion business in Pennsylvania is drawing criticism or giving away free abortions on Tuesday in honor of slain late-term abortion practitioner George Tiller. The Philadelphia Women’s Center said the free abortions were meant to show appreciation for Tiller, who was allegedly killed by extremist gunman Scott Roeder. (more…)
Press release:
CRB Dinner with George Will Huge Success
The Claremont Institute’s dinner to celebrate the Claremont Review of Books, held on June 8, was a huge success. George F. Will was the featured speaker. He praised the CRB, of which he is an avid reader, and kept the packed room enthralled with his characteristic wit and insight into the American political landscape, commenting on a broad range of indicators of the country’s health, and taking questions from the audience afterward. He was presented that evening with the Salvatori Prize in the American Founding for his superlative work in political opinion. The event was held at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel in Santa Monica, California. For more information, click here. (more…)
TV stations in the U.S. plan to cut their analog signals Friday, ending a more than 80-year era for the over-the-air technology that changed America’s landscape, and reshaped and defined its culture.
The Federal CommunicationsCommission estimates that more than 1 million homes still have not installed digital converters or switched to a digital cable or satellite service provider, and has put 4,000 operators on standby to handle calls from confused viewers. Volunteer groups and local government agencies were helping elderly viewers set up digital converter boxes that keep older TVs functioning.
NRO:
Of course, this is the whole point of attrition through enforcement - make it impossible for illegal aliens to live a normal life here so they go home. And it works - my colleague Steve Camarota has a paper in the works that suggests the total illegal population may now be below 11 million. And as his earlier piece on the subject found, the decline started before the onset of the recession, so enforcement is a factor, in addition to the obvious increase in unemployment. (more…)
WASHINGTON - American officials say they are seeing the first evidence that dozens of fighters with Al Qaeda, and a small handful of the terrorist group’s leaders, are moving to Somalia and Yemenfrom their principal haven in Pakistan’s tribal areas. In communications that are being watched carefully at the Pentagon, the White House and the Central Intelligence Agency, the terrorist groups in all three locations are now communicating more frequently, and apparently trying to coordinate their actions, the officials said.
Ask any political consultant what is the most important thing needed to win an election, and he will undoubtedly say, “Money and lots of it.” But the reality is that while money helps, it doesn’t automatically follow that the guy with the most is going to win. Tuesday’s primary election in Virginia provides the latest evidence of this fact.
RCP:
The federal government currently holds various ownership stakes in over 500 private companies. This alarming fact, along with the events of recent days in the auto industry, should serve as a wakeup call for all those concerned about preserving the free market principles upon which our nation was founded. As we have been so rudely reminded, government ownership of private companies threatens the fairness of markets, creates coercive business conditions, and allows government bureaucrats to dictate business decisions. (more…)
We’ve heard a lot about Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor lately. But you probably haven’t heard of Andre Davis. Yet Davis, as much as Sotomayor, is a telling indicator of the direction in which President Obama seeks to steer the federal judiciary. (more…)
JOE SCARBOROUGH: Mika, you defended Sarah Palin when she first came out because you saw the press respond so negatively to her but you noticed over the past several months a really, really negative reaction to you defending Sarah Palin. (more…)
RUSH: I think I got the question. The question is why can’t we roll back nationalized health care if we get power back? Well, I talked to Liz Cheney after the program yesterday in an interview for the next issue of the Limbaugh Letter, which is the most widely read political newsletter in America today, by the way: 800-457-4141, the number to order. (more…)
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