Thursday Show 5/15/14
Armed Forces Day
On August 31, 1949,
Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson announced the creation of an Armed
Forces Day to replace separate Army, Navy and Air Force Days. The
single-day celebration stemmed from the unification of the Armed
Forces under one department -- the Department of Defense.
Hillary has some
thoughts on gun ownership that may upset Second Amendment advocates
Staking out a position
to the left of other potential Democratic opponents in 2016, Hillary
Clinton said a culture where “anybody can have a gun” will lead
to a country with “no rule of law and no self-control.” The
former secretary of state, New York senator and first lady spoke at
the National Council for Behavioral Health conference Tuesday in Oxen
Hill, Md., near Washington.
Amid Protests, FCC
Advances Net Neutrality' Regulations
The Federal
Communications Commission on Thursday moved forward with new
regulations regarding so-called net neutrality, voting to advance
rules that could have far-reaching implications on how Internet
content is delivered and how much consumers pay to have it delivered.
Fast Food Strikes Go
Global, But is the Goal Any Closer to Being Met?
U.S. fast food workers
have been striking periodically over the past year-and-a-half for
higher wages, and while they haven’t achieved their goal, they’ve
gained global support.
‘Danged if I know’:
Susan Rice seems to scoff at Benghazi probe question
National Security
Adviser Susan Rice, at a foreign policy lunch on Wednesday, seemed to
scoff at a question on whether a select committee investigation on
Benghazi would reveal new evidence.
Woman's cancer wiped
out ... by measles virus
In a breakthrough that
could offer new hope to people with some kinds of cancer, Mayo Clinic
researchers say they managed to wipe out a woman's cancer with a
blast of measles vaccine strong enough to inoculate 10 million
people.
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