CNS News digest for Tuesday, April 07, 2009

CNS News digest for Tuesday, April 07, 2009

Obama Names Pope-Basher to Faith-Based Initiative Board
(CNSNews.com) – President Barack Obama has named to the federal government’s faith-based initiative a gay-rights activist who last month described Pope Benedict XVI and certain Catholic bishops as “discredited leaders” because of their opposition to same-sex marriage. Harry Knox, who is a newly appointed member of Obama’s Advisory Council on Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships, is the director of the religion and faith program at the Human Rights Campaign, a homosexual activist group.

Federally Funded Group Advises Teens on How to Decide if They Are Gay (CNSNews.com) - A group that has received more than $16 million in grants from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services over the past 15 years maintains Web sites that advise young people on how to decide if they are gay, how to come out to their parents and getting active in causes ranging from abortion to "comprehensive" sex education. The group says none of the federal grants it receives are used to support its Web sites.

American Muslims to Obama: ‘Charity Begins at Home’
(CNSNews.com) – American Muslim groups praised President Barack Obama’s speech in Turkey on Sunday as a sign of improving relations between the United States and Muslims around the world, but some charged that Obama is ignoring the faithful in his own country.

Obama Sees U.S. As Global Leader on Climate Change, Nukes
(CNSNews.com) – Speaking to students in Turkey on Tuesday, President Barack Obama said the United States must “take leadership” on global issues such as climate change and nuclear disarmament. He also admitted that his week-long trip to Europe has not solved every problem, but it has “laid the groundwork.”

Hezbollah Prepares for Vote, Takes Aim at United States
(CNSNews.com) – As Lebanon’s election campaign formally begins, Hezbollah is flexing its muscle, basking in new-found legitimacy in Europe while warning the United States that its ambassador should not dare to intervene in Lebanon’s internal affairs after the June 7 vote.

Obama, Former Iranian President Both in Istanbul, But No Meeting Planned
(CNSNews.com) – Iranian and Turkish media were speculating Tuesday on the likelihood of a meeting between President Obama and former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami. Both men were in Istanbul, where Khatami was participating in a U.N. Alliance of Civilizations gathering while Obama’s program on the second and final day of a visit to Turkey included a roundtable with students and a visit to a prominent mosque.

Scientist Links Melting Polar Ice to Greenhouse Effect But Government’s Own Research Shows Otherwise (CNSNews.com) - A scientist who tracks levels of ice and snow in the Arctic Ocean told CNSNews.com Monday that there is a “correlation” between the receding ice in the Arctic Sea and man-made global warming caused by the greenhouse effect. But Dr. Walter Meier, a cryosphere scientist at the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) in Boulder, Colo., admits he can’t prove that the link is cause-and-effect.

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West Wing’s Martin Sheen, Bradley Whitford Claim ‘Card Check’ Won’t End Secret Ballot for Workers (CNSNews.com) – “West Wing” actors Martin Sheen and Bradley Whitford told CNSNews.com that the Employee Free Choice Act, also known as the “Card Check” legislation, does not end the use of the secret ballot in union organizing efforts. However, under the proposed bill, if more than 50 percent of employees at a business publicly sign a card, the government would have to certify the union, and a private ballot election would not take place.

OTHER CNSNEWS.COM HEADLINES:
Afghanistan’s ‘Marital Rape’ Law Under Review
'America Has Made Mistakes,’ Obama Tells Turkish Students
Treasury Seeking More Private Investors for Its Bad-Asset Program
Iran Reform Candidate Says He Is Open to U.S. Negotiations
World Wine Consumption Falls for 1st Time in Years
Almost Half of New Americans in 2008 Were Latino
Israel Tests Anti-Ballistic Missile System
U.S. Policy on Cuba Evolving Under Obama
Patient Tests HIV-Positive After Veterans’ Clinic Mistake
911 Operator Didn’t Tell Pittsburgh Police About Guns
NY Gunman's Rambling Letter Blames Cops
Tar Heels Stomp Michigan State in NCAA Title Game
Big Cuts Seen for F-22, Other Big Weapon Programs
Among 4-Year-Olds, 1 in 5 Obese, Study Finds
Wife Accuses Nevada Governor of Cheating

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NEWSPAPER ROUNDUP:
Raul Castro Meets With Members of Congressional Black Caucus
Recession spurs egg and sperm donations; Giving provides extra income
Birth-control pill lands Virginia student a 2-week suspension
Communities print their own currency to keep cash flowing
NY Times: Poll finds new optimism on economy since inauguration
Magazine: Save $130 a year by switching toilet paper
Financially pinched companies snip employee benefits
D.C. eyes gay marriage recognition
Bush's AIDS fight saved 1.1 million people, study says
San Francisco airport wins grant for hydrogen refueling station
New Jersey faces "historic" tax-revenue drop
UK Home Secretary defends expense claims for two porn films
Lincoln Chafee preparing a run for R.I. governor
Swedish national library reported for child porn

COMMENTARY

CEObama: The Car Czar By Ed Feulner As the saying goes, be careful what you wish for—you just might get it. Just ask American car makers. In accepting taxpayer money, the troubled companies got more than they bargained for. No wonder some banks are now returning federal bailout money. They’d rather risk failure than virtually guarantee it by having policymakers in Washington tell them who to hire and how much to pay. So what might a government-owned automaker look like?

March Madness, 1939 By Patrick J. Buchanan On Sept. 1, 1939, Hitler’s panzers smashed into Poland. Two days later, an anguished Neville Chamberlain declared war, the most awful war in all of history. Was the war inevitable? No. No war is inevitable until it has begun. But if the war need not have happened, what caused it? Let us go back to Munich.

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