March14, 2013 (San Diego’s East County)--ECM World Watch helps you be an informed citizen about important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a wide variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:
U.S.
- Ryan budget plan combines old cuts, new tax revenues (Washington Post)
- Paul Ryan’s budget: Social engineering and a side of deficit reduction (Washington Post)
- The hot air in wind power (Wall Street Journal)
- A Lasting Legacy of the Fukushima Rescue Mission: Part 1 Radioactive Contamination of American Sailors (Energy Matters)
- Journalism schools try out drones—and test legal boundaries (U.S. News)
- House Democrats demand President release full legal basis for drone strikes (RawStory)
- Rand Paul's Filibuster: The Latest Example of Why We Need "President's Questions" (Reason)
- State of Ore. backs Klamath Tribes water rights (Sacramento Bee)
- The fire sale at the White House (Jewish World Review)
- Justice issues order supporting photojournalist taking pictures of police (Media Law)
- How more than $8 billion in US taxpayers' money went to waste in Iraq (Christian Science Monitor)
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Dow's 'Record Highs' Misleading Without Including Inflation (NPR)- Dianne Feinstein ignites debate over veterans with PTSD and guns (Daily Beast)
- Judge: DHS Must Release Body Scanner Safety Reports (Reason)
WORLD
- Jorge Mario Bergoglio: Who is the new pope? (Global Post)
- Francis is first Pope from Americas: Austere Jesuit who modernized Argentine church (Fox News)
- Mexico's lower house passes bill to remove lawmaker immunity (Reuters)
- Chinese Farmers Revolt Against Government Land Grab (NPR)
- U.N. Security Council Hits North Korea With More Sanctions After Nuclear Test (NPR)
- Bomber kills at least nine people in Kabul during Hagel’s visit to Afghanistan (The Hill)
- U.S. envoy walks out of nuclear meeting over Iran's Israel remark (Reuters)
- Syrian rebels seize U.N. peacekeepers near Golan Heights (Reuters)
- Christian homes torched by Pakistani mob (Christian Science Monitor)
- Khmer Rouge genocide: justice delayed may be justice denied (Reuters)
HEALTH/SCIENCE
- Microsoft fined $730 million over browser choice (Christian Science Monitor)
- Flights from NY airport fueled by cooking oil (UT San Diego)
- National Security Letters Target Thousands of Google Accounts (Reason)
- Newly discovered cell could heal damaged tissue, organs, researchers say (Jewish World Review)
- Can Milk Sweetened With Aspartame Still Be Called Milk? (NPR)
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