Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Tuesday the US government’s security system “pinged” when one of the Boston bombing suspects flew to Russia last year. Her comments at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing came as lawmakers have questioned why US authorities were…
Janet Napolitano answers critics of new TSA rules for knives on airplanes
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DHS to review solitary confinement of immigrants
As Salon noted Monday, reports emerged this week that hundreds of unauthorized immigrants detained in mass civil detention centers are held in solitary confinement. The New York Times reported that on any given day in the 50 vast ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) detention centers, around 300 people are held in solitary.Homeland Security secretary Janet Napolitano responded to the revelations Tuesday and said that detention policies would be reviewed. Napolitano also expressed some skepticism about the Times’ report. Via HuffPo:”I was not wild about the story,” she said at an event hosted by the Christian Science Monitor. “But I think solitary confinement should be the exception, not the rule. … So I’ve asked ICE to go back and give me information on the specific cases that were referenced, when those occurred, [whether] the ‘facts’ — ‘facts,’ I say that in quotes — that were reported were accurate, and then looking at all of our policies with respect to solitary.”Continue Reading… … Read More
George H.W. Bush Makes First Post-Hospitalization Appearance (PHOTO)
Former President George H.W. Bush made his first public outing last weekend after being hospitalized for nearly two months.
NBC News’ Janet Shamlian tweeted the photo of the former president, who went out to dinner in Houston on Saturday night.
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Stop the bikini wax! Save the crabs!
Weird news, everybody! Pubic lice are becoming an endangered species!Because more and more people are opting to go bare “down there” — a 2011 study revealed that up to 80 percent of all college-aged men and women had removed some or all of their pubic hair at least once — the tiny, pubic-dwelling insects have nowhere to “live.” And without a host to feed on, the bugs’ breeding cycle has been interrupted, and lice populations are plummeting.”The ‘habitat destruction’ of the pubic lice is increasing and they are becoming an endangered species,” Janet Wilson, a consultant in sexual health, told Bloomberg News.Continue Reading… … Read More
Israel & Switzerland – solutions to gun violence?
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Office Alcoholics: Should Bosses Fire Or Help Drunk Employees?
Business owner Barry Weinstein came on HuffPost Live Wednesday to tell his story of firing an employee for having a drinking problem.Weinstein told host Janet Varney, “If I was this mans friend, I would feel a responsibility. If I was this guy’s father or family member, I would feel a responsibility,” Weinstein said. “But, I have a responsibility to my company.”Do bosses have an obligation to help workers suffering from alcoholism, or duty to do what’s best for their business?Read More…
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