Fwd: US Citizen From Pakistan in Custody Over Times Square Bomb Plot

Today's Headlines Tuesday, May 04, 2010

US Citizen From Pakistan in Custody Over Times Square Bomb Plot (CNSNews.com) – The fast-moving investigation into Saturday's attempted car bombing in Times Square netted its first suspect overnight Tuesday, when a Pakistani-born U.S. citizen was arrested at JFK airport as he tried to leave the country for the Middle East... After Oil Spill, Obama Uncertain on Offshore Drilling Policy Washington (CNSNews.com) – Whether President Obama's plan for limited expansion of domestic offshore drilling continues or is scrapped will depend on the findings of an Interior Department investigation into the oil spill in the Gulf Coast, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said Monday... Democrat Arizona Congresswoman: Deputy's Shooting a 'Wake Up Call,' Border 'Out of Control,' 'Immediately Deploy National Guard' (CNSNews.com) – Declaring that the shooting of a Pinal County, Ariz., sheriff's deputy by suspected illegal-alien drug traffickers should be a "wake-up call" for politicians in Washington, D.C., Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick (D-Ariz.) said the "border region is out of control" and called for immediate deployment of the National Guard there... ABC's Joy Behar: Obama Is Not Sarah Palin, 'Do Not Drill, Baby, Do Not Drill!' (CNSNews.com) – Emmy award winner Joy Behar, a co-host of ABC's The View, told CNSNews.com that she does not know why President Barack Obama "feels like he has to be nice to Republicans" by supporting an offshore oil-drilling plan. She also referenced Sarah Palin with Obama on the issue, saying, "Do not drill, baby, do not drill!"... ABC's Sherri Shepherd: 'I Don't Care' About Report on Drugs from Mexico, Arizona Law on Illegal Immigration 'Very Unfair' (CNSNews.com) - When asked, in the context of Arizona's new immigration law, about a Justice Department report showing that one-out-of-five Amreican teenagers uses illegal drugs and that most of those drugs come out of Mexico, Sherri Shepherd, a co-host of ABC's "The View," said she did not care. Arizona's new law against illegal immigration is "very unfair," she said, and America has got to do better.... Kim Jong-il Visit to China Raises Hopes, Skepticism (CNSNews.com) – A rare trip by Kim Jong-il beyond North Korea's borders has stoked speculation in the region that Pyongyang's remaining ally, China, will pressurize him to return to multilateral nuclear talks, possibly in return for economic assistance...   CNSNEWS.COM VIDEO ABC's Joy Behar: Obama is Not Sarah Palin, 'Do Not Drill, Baby, Do Not Drill!' Emmy award winner Joy Behar, a co-host of ABC's The View, told CNSNews.com that she does not know why President Barack Obama "feels like he has to be nice to Republicans" by supporting an offshore oil-drilling plan.   OTHER CNSNEWS.COM HEADLINES Americans Are Fatter Than in 2008; Poor People More Likely to be Fat than Middle Class or Wealthy Attack Highlights Unrelenting Plight of Iraq's Christians Factory Orders Strengthen, Home Sales Contracts Up Gulf Coast Watches, Waits for Path of Oil Spill Donate Today! Please help CNSNews.com keep bringing you 'The Right News - Right Now!' Make a contribution to CNSNews.com today. It's fast, simple and secure. Help CNSNews.com and Donate Today!  COMMENTARY Aborting Facts for Political Purposes By Judie Brown A couple of recent studies that reflect negatively on abortion have come to our attention. We in turn want to make you are aware of them—not because they are shocking, but rather because the secular "news" media has once again found it not in their best pro-death interest to report them objectively. For the most part, there has been no mention of them... Black Americans and Liberty By Walter E. Williams Having recently reached 74 years of age, if one were to ask me what's my greatest disappointment in life, a top contender would surely be the level of misunderstanding, perhaps contempt, that black Americans have for the principles of personal liberty and their abiding faith in government... Catholic Teaching on Immigration By Rev. Michael P. Orsi There is no scriptural injunction regarding immigration policy other than the Torah's admonition to treat the resident alien living among you fairly. The Gospels and other New Testament writings simply adjure Christians obey the laws of the state and to be good citizens of the cities in which they live...