FOXNews.com - Hamburg: Massive egg recall dramatizes need for agency to have greater regulatory authority

FOXNews.com - Hamburg: Massive egg recall dramatizes need for agency to have greater regulatory authority: "At the same time, she said Congress should pass pending legislation that would provide her agency with greater enforcement power, including new authority over imported food."

What does imported food have to do with this? It sounds like a power grab.

FOXNews.com - Chief of Gulf oil spill damage claims says it was his idea to bar recipients from suing BP

FOXNews.com - Chief of Gulf oil spill damage claims says it was his idea to bar recipients from suing BP: "'It is not in your interest to tie up you and the courts in years of uncertain protracted litigation when there is an alternative that has been created,' Feinberg said.

He added, 'I take the position, if I don't find you eligible, no court will find you eligible.'"

It sure is nice to have a person in charge who knows all, is completely fair, and knows that is best for everyone!

Afghanistan corruption: How one town battled a shoddy school and won - CSMonitor.com

Afghanistan corruption: How one town battled a shoddy school and won - CSMonitor.com: "While sending the powerful to prison has its benefits, teaching ordinary Afghans how to resist the powerful may prove to be more successful. Proponents of this approach argue that could do more to establish Afghan democracy than much-hyped elections.

A group of Afghans held a successful sit-in after they discovered a contractor using shoddy bricks and cement on a girls school. The protest came about as part of a quiet effort to help citizens keep officials and businessmen on the straight and narrow.

“The quick approach is we are going to put the bad guys in jail. This is nice, but symbolic. A second bad guy will come,” says Lorenzo Delesgues, director of Integrity Watch Afghanistan (IWA), whose training led to the sit-in. “The answer is to create social pressure.”"

Pakistan floods: Why aid is so slow compared to Haiti earthquake - CSMonitor.com

Pakistan floods: Why aid is so slow compared to Haiti earthquake - CSMonitor.com: "nearly three weeks into the disaster in Pakistan, the roughly $230 million committed to help 15 million people affected breaks down to about $15 committed per flood affected person. Within 10 days of the Haiti earthquake, $742 million was committed (and $920 million pledged). With some 1.5 million people directly impacted, that breaks down to $495 per person committed, she says."

FOXNews.com - Probe Reveals Flaws in N.C. Prosecutions, Including High-Profile Murder Case

FOXNews.com - Probe Reveals Flaws in N.C. Prosecutions, Including High-Profile Murder Case: "at times, 'information that may have been material and even favorable to the defense of an accused defendant was withheld or misrepresented.'

The report does not conclude that any innocent people were convicted, noting the evidence wasn't always used at trials and defendants may have admitted to crimes. But it states prosecutors and defense lawyers need to check whether tainted lab reports helped lead to confessions or pleas."

FOXNews.com - Advocates say attorney general 'dragging his feet' on standards to prevent prison rape

FOXNews.com - Advocates say attorney general 'dragging his feet' on standards to prevent prison rape: "Justice Department statistics show that an estimated 4.5 percent, or 60,500 inmates, report being victims of sexual assault in federal prisons, said Pat Nolan, vice president of outreach program Prison Fellowship. It happens to almost 1 in 8 juveniles in custody."

The Science Behind Foldit | Foldit

The Science Behind Foldit | Foldit: "Foldit is a revolutionary new computer game enabling you to contribute to important scientific research. This page describes the science behind Foldit and how your playing can help."

Critical of GOP candidate Ron Johnson | Hudson Star-Observer | Hudson, Wisconsin

Critical of GOP candidate Ron Johnson | Hudson Star-Observer | Hudson, Wisconsin: "Since Johnson apparently forgot, here’s what he was recently asked by the website Wispolitics:

“Do you want to open up more of the United States — the continental United States — to drilling. I mean, would you support drilling like in the Great Lakes for example, if there was oil found there, or using more exploration in Alaska, in ANWR, those kinds of things?”

Johnson said: “Yeah. You know, the bottom line is that we are an oil-based economy. There’s nothing we’re going to do to get off of that for many, many years, so I think we have to just be realistic and recognize that fact. And I think we have to get the oil where it is, but we need to do it responsibly.”

Johnson let his answer stand for weeks. But the day before Russ Feingold ran an ad highlighting the need to protect the Great Lakes, Johnson changed his tune in a press release. Now he claims he’s always been against oil drilling in the Great Lakes."

It sounds like he was asked a general question, gave a general answer, and is now being chastised for specifics. I don't think this proves that he changed his mind -- it may simple prove that he wasn't careful enough with the details.

FOXNews.com - Prosecutors seek rare federal death penalty in Ohio fire that killed mom, 8 kids

FOXNews.com - Prosecutors seek rare federal death penalty in Ohio fire that killed mom, 8 kids: "Now federal prosecutors are seeking a rare federal death penalty against the convicted drug dealer accused of setting the inferno. They contend that Carter's Section 8 subsidy effectively involved the house in interstate commerce, giving them federal jurisdiction that allows a death penalty for fatalities caused by the alleged arson of government property."

FOXNews.com - In role reversal, Ohio sex offender mistakenly given private information about his neighbors

FOXNews.com - In role reversal, Ohio sex offender mistakenly given private information about his neighbors: "Neighbors routinely get a picture and a name when a sex offender moves next door. In a turnabout, an Ohio sex offender has received private information about his neighbors, including their Social Security numbers.

The material was shown to The Associated Press by convicted rapist Pearly Wilson, who was mistakenly given the information by a prosecutor. The data also contain the names, addresses and birth dates of nine of Wilson's one-time neighbors on Columbus' east side."

"Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O'Brien took responsibility for the error, which he believes to be isolated.

Wilson's former neighbors, meanwhile, are wondering why the government has data about them at all."