(14 stories) Christie said to have decided against presidency

US News - News October 4, 2011 See US News Weather Christie said to have decided against presidency (KFMB-TV San Diego) New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has decided not to run for president, sources close to the governor said Tuesday, refusing to bow to pressure from GOP donors, fans and luminaries clamoring for another option in the search for a strong Republican to challenge President Barack Obama next fall. Hank Williams Jr. Sacked For Obama-Hitler Comparison (Hispanic Business) ESPN pulled Hank Williams Jr.'s intro song from its broadcast of Monday night's NFL game after the country singer famous for the line "Are you ready for some football?" used an analogy to Adolf Hitler in discussing President Barack Obama. W.Va. voters head to polls to pick next governor (The Modesto Bee) West Virginians headed to the polls Tuesday to vote for governor in a special election viewed as a referendum on either the state's recent leadership or Obama administration policies. 4 airports to try risk-based security screening (WDRB-TV Louisville) Select travelers going through four U.S. airports may find it easier getting through security if they volunteer more personal information to the government. APNewsBreak: Obama seeks debt collector proposal (St. Augustine Record) To the dismay of consumer groups and the discomfort of Democrats, President Barack Obama wants Congress to make it easier for private debt collectors to call the cellphones of consumers delinquent on student loans and other billions owed the federal government. Probe: Drug abusers exploiting Medicare benefit (WTSP-TV Saint Petersburg) Drug abusers are exploiting Medicare prescription's benefit to score large quantities of painkillers, and taxpayers have to foot most of the bill, congressional investigators say in a report. Lawyers argue against delaying Loughner's transfer (Rome News) Prosecutors are asking an appeals court to deny delaying the Tucson shooting rampage suspect's return to a Missouri prison facility. Obama: No regrets about Solyndra loan (Rome News) President Barack Obama said Monday he does not regret a $528 million loan to a solar energy company that later collapsed, saying officials always knew a clean energy loan program would not back winners 100 percent of the time. Yahoo, ABC joining forces in news partnership (SavannahNow) ABC News and Yahoo Inc. are joining to deliver more online news to their audiences. House Sets Up Battle on Labor, Education and Health Funding (nytimes) House Republicans are laying the groundwork for another battle with President Obama over spending and domestic policy with a bill that would cut some of his favorite health and education programs, tie the hands of the National Labor Relations Board and eliminate federal grants for Planned Parenthood clinics. Decades After Breaking the Blue Wall of Silence, Ex-Cop Frank Serpico Enjoys the Quiet Life (wnyc) "Am I disappointed? Am I angry? I wouldn't say I'm angry, but I have a right to be angry.At 75, Frank Serpico has come a long way from the days when he exposed rampant corruption in the New York Police Department in the 1960s, got shot in the face during a drug bust and subsequently was made famous by Al Pacino's portrayal in Sidney Lumet's 1973 classic biopic. Amanda Knox Freed After Appeal in Italian Court (nytimes) A court here overturned the homicide convictions of American Amanda Knox and a co-defendant on Monday and ordered them freed, ending a sensationally lurid trial of murder and rough sex that made Ms. Anti-Wall Street Protests Spread to Other Cities (nytimes) Three weeks into a protest against corporate abuses and Wall Street power that has led to hundreds of arrests in New York, similar demonstrations are popping up in other cities across the country with the aid of social media and with the same loosely organized structure as the original demonstration. State for Sale (newyorker) A conservative multimillionaire has taken control in North Carolina, one of 2012's top battlegrounds. Art Popea s conquest of North Carolina. In the spring of 2010, the conservative political strategist Ed Gillespie flew from Washington, D.C., to Raleigh, North Carolina, to spend a day laying the groundwork for REDMAP, a new project aimed at engineering a Republican takeover of state legislatures. Gillespie hoped to help his party get control of statehouses where congressional redistricting was pending, thereby leveraging victories in cheap local races into a means of shifting the balance of power in Washington. It was an ingenious plan, and Gillespie is a skilled tactician—he once ran the Republican National Committee—but REDMAP seemed like a long shot in North Carolina. More US News News...

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