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To: one_less who wrote (166432)	7/1/2010 8:05:11 AM
From: jlallen	Respond to of 173976

lol Could not have happened to a nicer guy....

To: one_less who wrote (166432)	7/1/2010 8:53:45 AM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 173976

NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--U.S. stock futures sank Thursday after jobless claims unexpectedly rose and disappointing Chinese manufacturing data stirred concerns over global growth. Following the reports, Dow Jones Industrial Average futures fell 46 points to 9670, Standard & Poor's 500-share futures dropped 7 points to 1020 and Nasdaq Composite futures slid 12 points to 1726. Prior to the data, Dow futures had been down 17 points, S&P futures slipped 3 and Nasdaq 100 futures fell 5. Changes in stock futures do not always accurately predict market moves after the bell. On Wednesday, the S&P 500 ended the second quarter down 11.9%, its worst quarterly performance since the fourth quarter of 2008. The Labor Department said Thursday that the number of U.S. workers filing initial claims for jobless benefits increased by 13,000 to 472,000 in the week ended June 26. The previous week's level was revised upward as well, from 457, 000 to 459,000. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones Newswires had expected claims would fall by 2,000.

To: one_less who wrote (166432)	7/1/2010 8:57:48 AM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 173976

Police in Portland, Ore., are reopening an investigation over allegations that former Vice President Al Gore fondled a masseuse in a hotel in 2006. The city's Police Bureau disclosed the move in a brief statement Wednesday, but did not explain the decision to reopen the investigation. The police said they would not comment further. Allegations in the case were described by the National Enquirer last week. After the article was published, the Police Bureau said it "does not consider this an ongoing investigation unless new evidence is received in this case." The Enquirer followed up with more details this week, stating among other things that the masseuse has hotel video footage and DNA evidence that could be used in the investigation. A spokeswoman for Mr. Gore said the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize winner denies the allegations. "Further investigation into this matter will only benefit Mr. Gore," said spokeswoman Kalee Kreider. "The Gores cannot comment on every defamatory, misleading, and inaccurate story generated by tabloids. Mr. Gore unequivocally and emphatically denied this accusation when he first learned of its existence three years ago. He stands by that denial." The alleged victim could not be reached for comment. Portland police spokeswoman Mary Wheat said a lawyer for the masseuse contacted authorities after the incident in 2006. Police set up three interviews with the accuser, but the lawyer canceled each interview, Ms. Wheat said. The masseuse contacted police again in January 2009 and police interviewed her, Ms. Wheat said. According to a 67-page transcript of the conversation that the police posted online, the masseuse said that on Oct. 24, 2006, Mr. Gore hired her for a massage in his room at the upscale Hotel Lucia in downtown Portland. The masseuse told police that Mr. Gore groped her and tried to get her to have sex with him before she could leave, she said, according to the transcript. Mr. Gore, 62 years old, narrowly lost the 2000 presidential election and since then has become a champion of climate-change issues. He announced in early June that he was separating from Tipper, his wife of 40 years. Write to Stu Woo at Stu.Woo@wsj.com

To: one_less who wrote (166432)	7/1/2010 9:09:01 AM
From: Hope Praytochange	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

Voters know it is idiot Obama and Democratic leaders who approved a $410 billion supplemental (complete with 8,500 earmarks) in the middle of the last fiscal year, and then passed a record-spending budget for this one. idiot Obama and Democrats approved an $862 billion stimulus and a $1 trillion health-care overhaul, and they now are trying to add $266 billion in "temporary" stimulus spending to permanently raise the budget baseline. It is the idiot and Congressional allies who refuse to return the $447 billion unspent stimulus dollars and want to use repayments of TARP loans for more spending rather than reducing the deficit. It is the president who gave Fannie and Freddie carte blanche to draw hundreds of billions from the Treasury. It is the Democrats' profligacy that raised the share of the GDP taken by the federal government to 24% this fiscal year. This is indeed the road to fiscal hell, and it's been paved by the idiot and his party. Voters will have their chance this November to render their verdict on the Obama years. No wonder Republicans feel confident these days. Mr. Rove, the former senior adviser and deputy chief of staff to President George W. Bush, is the author of "Courage and Consequence" (Threshold Editions, 2010).