Mayor Hales Warns Democrats: Don't Destroy Portland's Police Accountability Efforts

A bill in Oregon Legislature seeks to expand eligibility for public employee unions

2013-05-24

By Helen Silvis of The Skanner News

A dispute over a bill under debate in the Oregon Legislature has the City of Portland pitted against Democrats in Salem.  Mayor Charlie Hales and city staff believe the bill -- HB2418-- could destroy chances to improve police accountability in Portland. Read the complete article

VIDEO: Code Pink's Medea Benjamin Says Interrupting Obama was Not Heckling

2013-05-24

By Gabriella Schwarz

Medea Benjamin of Code Pink disrupted President Obamas national security speech to express dissatisfaction with the administration's drones policy and its failure to close the prison in Guantanamo Read the complete article

Americans HaveTheir Say on Divisive Keystone Pipeline Plan

The public joins fray with 1.2 million comments so far

2013-05-24

By Ben Brumfield CNN

Jobs, say hundreds of thousands of people. Pollution, say hundreds of thousands of others.
They say that's what a proposed oil pipeline would bring into the country, as it transports crude from massive deposits in Canadian tar sands to refineries and ports in the United States. Read the complete article

FCC Auctions Bandwidth To Avoid Problems With Phone Video and Data Downloads

Looming shortage of bandwidth could hamper digital economy

2013-05-24

By David Goldman

Mobile data traffic is expected to increase by a factor of 13 in five years, according to Cisco. That's why the Federal Communications Commission and carriers are working diligently to free up big swaths of wireless spectrum for mobile devices. By doing so, they're attempting to stave off what most agree would be a miserable outcome if they fail. Read the complete article

IRS Official Lois Lerner Placed on Administrative Leave

Lerner invoked her Fifth Amendment rights during a House Oversight Committee hearing

2013-05-24

Dana Bash CNN Chief Congressional Correspondent

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Internal Revenue Service official overseeing the unit that targeted conservative groups for several years beginning in the spring of 2010 has been placed on administrative leave, according to Congressional sources in both parties. Read the complete article

Cave Paintings Shed Light on Mysterious Inhabitants of Northern Mexico

The drawings were discovered in 2006 in a number of caves in the San Carlos mountain range

2013-05-24

Mariano Castillo CNN

(CNN) -- Nearly 5,000 cave paintings found in northeastern Mexico were made by at least three groups of hunter-gatherers who lived in an area previously thought to have been uninhabited, archeologists said. Read the complete article

Pakistan Welcomes Obama Stance on Force

Drone strikes have been used heavily in the country, despite killing many civilians

2013-05-24

Joe Sterling CNN

(CNN) -- Pakistan on Friday welcomed President Barack Obama's stance that "force alone cannot make us safer" in battling terrorism. Read the complete article

VIDEO: I5 Bridge in Washington Collapses After Being Hit by Truck carrying Oversize Load

Three people plunged into the river below when bridge gave way

2013-05-24

By Michael Pearson. Ben Brumfield and AnneClaire Stapleton CNN

On Washingtons Interstate 5 at the Skagit River, A Bridge collapsed after an 18-wheeler struck part of the structure as it crossed with an oversize load. Read the complete article

VIDEO: Obama Defends Drone Strikes in Speech at National Defense University

President vows to lift restrictions on sending Guantanamo prisoners back to Yemen

2013-05-23

By Eliott C. McLaughlin. Jamie Crawford and Joe Sterling CNN

Drone strikes are a necessary evil, but one that must be used with more temperance as the United States' security situation evolves, President Barack Obama said in a speech Thursday. He also vowed to send Guantanamo prisoners to Yemen. Read the complete article

NOAA Predicts Above-Normal Atlantic Hurricane Season

It could include 13 to 20 named storms, seven to 11 hurricanes and three to six major hurricanes

2013-05-23

Sean Morris CNN

(CNN) -- Warmer-than-average water temperatures are expected to help yield a few more Atlantic hurricanes than usual this year, forecasters said Thursday. Read the complete article