http://www.cnsnews.com/rss/headlines.xmlThe Right News, Right NowTue, 09 Feb 2010 18:09:04 GMThttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rsshttp://www.cnsnews.com/public/checker.aspx?rsrcID=61102In his fiscal 2011 budget, President Barack Obama makes further cuts in funding for the Opportunity Scholarship Program for low-income, mostly minority students. He ended the program last year but pledged to continue funding for the students already enrolled.Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:02:02 GMThttp://www.cnsnews.com/public/checker.aspx?rsrcID=61146The family of Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) had some fun at former Vice President and global warming spokesman Al Gore's expense over the weekend after record snowfall blanketed the nation's capital.Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:11:47 GMThttp://www.cnsnews.com/public/checker.aspx?rsrcID=61157At a ceremony at the White House on Tuesday, First Lady Michelle Obama announced the launch of the 'Let's Move' campaign to end childhood obesity in the United States, an epidemic she said is costly and a threat to national security.Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:45:55 GMThttp://www.cnsnews.com/public/checker.aspx?rsrcID=61100In September, President Barack Obama told a joint session of Congress that his administration would look into tort reform as a means of lowering health care costs, but the administration's Department of Health and Human Services stated in congressional staff report that medical malpractice reform is "not a priority."Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:01:01 GMThttp://www.cnsnews.com/public/checker.aspx?rsrcID=61118Even as Republicans publicly welcome President Barack Obama's call for a bipartisan confab on health care, some privately worry that he might be laying a trap to portray their ideas as flimsy.Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:39:02 GMThttp://www.cnsnews.com/public/checker.aspx?rsrcID=61122Republicans have held up Craig Becker's confirmation for months, saying they fear he will push an aggressive union agenda at the National Labor Relations Board, an agency that referees labor disputes between unions and management.Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:58:25 GMThttp://www.cnsnews.com/public/checker.aspx?rsrcID=61126Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and Jane Lubchenco, head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, announced NOAA will set up the new Climate Service to operate in tandem with NOAA's National Weather Service and National Ocean Service.Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:45:03 GMThttp://www.cnsnews.com/public/checker.aspx?rsrcID=61110With a message to Beijing to 'stop sending your spies here,' a U.S. judge on Monday sentenced a Chinese-born former Boeing engineer to more than 15 years in prison for economic espionage and acting as an agent for China.Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:30:00 GMThttp://www.cnsnews.com/public/checker.aspx?rsrcID=61106Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has ratcheted up tensions ahead of Thursday's anniversary of the Islamic revolution by vowing that the nation will deliver a "punch" to stun its enemies.Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:30:00 GMThttp://www.cnsnews.com/public/checker.aspx?rsrcID=61098Pennsylvania Democrat Rep. John Murtha, an outspoken critic of the Iraq war who in 2006 accused U.S. Marines of killing "innocent [Iraqi] civilians in cold blood," died Monday aged 77.Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:25:19 GMThttp://www.cnsnews.com/public/checker.aspx?rsrcID=61104The U.S. Department of Homeland Security conducted a threat assessment of local pro- and anti-abortion rights activists before an expected rally last year, even though they did not pose a threat to national security.Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:02:26 GMThttp://www.cnsnews.com/public/checker.aspx?rsrcID=61089Abortion-rights advocates have been unable to halt the "Choose Life" license plates in nearly two-dozen states, so now they're working to balance the bumper debate.Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:18:40 GMThttp://www.cnsnews.com/public/checker.aspx?rsrcID=61120Forecasters predicted the snow would start Tuesday afternoon and continue into Wednesday, along with high winds that are sure to bring more power outages, even before electricity knocked out in last week's storm is fully restored.Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:48:19 GMThttp://www.cnsnews.com/public/checker.aspx?rsrcID=61115The survey, which took two years and 570,000 staff to complete, puts China ahead of other developing countries in having a detailed map of who is polluting and where.Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:31:16 GMThttp://www.cnsnews.com/public/checker.aspx?rsrcID=61113Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, in a sternly-worded letter Monday, said the insurer Anthem has 'a responsibility to provide a detailed justification' for rate increases that run as high as 39 percent for premiums on individual policies.Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:26:16 GMThttp://www.cnsnews.com/public/checker.aspx?rsrcID=61068Kicking off what promises to be a significant week in Iran, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday ordered the head of the national nuclear agency to begin boosting uranium enrichment to new levels.Mon, 08 Feb 2010 04:00:00 GMThttp://www.cnsnews.com/public/checker.aspx?rsrcID=61055People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has succeeded in keeping the alumni association of Neumann University from offering discounted circus tickets to its members.Mon, 08 Feb 2010 04:01:01 GMThttp://www.cnsnews.com/public/checker.aspx?rsrcID=61017The federal government is giving an assistant professor at the Yale School of Medicine $3.9 million to develop a video game to teach "sex, drug and alcohol negotiation" skills to children 9-14 years of age.Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:10:24 GMThttp://www.cnsnews.com/public/checker.aspx?rsrcID=61112They are called the PIGS—Portugal, Ireland, Greece, Spain. All are facing deficits and debts that could bring on national defaults and break up the European Union.Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:22:00 GMThttp://www.cnsnews.com/public/checker.aspx?rsrcID=61144A New Hampshire House committee is recommending against repealing the state's five-week-old gay marriage law.Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:43:46 GMT