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Purveyor's JournalSupreme Court to Decide if Anonymous Tip is Enough for Traffic Stop
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court said Tuesday it will weigh whether a motorist’s anonymous tip about reckless driving is enough for police to pull over a car, without an officer’s corroboration of dangerous driving.
The issue has divided state and federal courts.
The justices said they will take up an appeal by two brothers who pleaded guilty to transporting marijuana after California Highway Patrol officers pulled over their silver Ford 150 pickup based on a report of reckless driving.
The officers did not observe erratic driving, but acted after dispatchers received a 911 call saying the vehicle had run the caller off the road and identifying it by its model, color and license plate. Officers searched the truck after smelling marijuana, found four large bags of it and arrested driver Lorenzo Prado Navarette and passenger Jose Prado Navarette. They appealed after pleading guilty and are arguing that the traffic stop violated their constitutional rights, based on an earlier high court ruling that anonymous tips by themselves ordinarily are not sufficient for police to detain or search someone.
The question for the justices is whether anonymous tips about reckless or drunken driving should be treated differently.
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http://washington.cbslocal.com/2013/10/01/supreme-court-to-decide-if-anonymous-tip-is-enough-for-traffic-stop/
House To Pass Bills To Reopen National Parks, VA, District of Columbia Government
Source: Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Republicans say the GOP-controlled House intends to pass legislation to reopen portions of the government, including national parks and processing of claims at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
The House would also allow the government of Washington, D.C. to use its own taxpayer funds to provide services like garbage pickup, as well as keep D.C. employees on the job.
The closure of national parks is among the most visible effects of the partial government shutdown that hit the government after midnight on Monday. It would reopen gates and visitors centers at iconic parks like Yosemite and Yellowstone.
While VA hospitals remain open and veterans benefits continue to be paid, the legislation would allow claims processors to continue to work on the agency's lengthy backload of applications.
Read more: http://www.greenfieldreporter.com/view/story/ea6eb6419adb4c6aa14d3ce83841a76f/US--Budget-Battle-Partial-Reopening
So they are carrying out the plan to fund the gov't piecemeal, one item at a time. I call bullshit and to not let one of these attempts proceed.
Nearly 1,000 Iraqis Killed In September, 1 Of Highest Monthly Death Tolls In Years, UN Says
Source: Associated Press
By Associated Press, Updated: Tuesday, October 1, 12:03 PM
BAGHDAD — An Iraqi sheik carried his infant grandson’s tightly wrapped body, staring ahead with a blank gaze as men behind him bore the coffin of the baby’s mother during their funeral Tuesday, a day after they were killed in a wave of bombings in Baghdad.
The heartbreaking image, captured in an Associated Press photo, illustrates the human tragedy behind the numbers as the death toll mounts to levels not seen in half a decade amid a new surge in sectarian bloodshed nearly two years after the U.S. withdrew from the country.
The U.N. mission in Iraq said Tuesday that 979 people died in September, most civilians caught up in the violence by insurgents led by al-Qaida in Iraq who appear determined to rekindle the tensions between Sunnis and Shiites that nearly pushed the country to the brink of civil war in 2006-2007.
Iraq is going through its worst surge in violence since 2008, with near-daily attacks and relentless bombings blamed on hard-line Sunni insurgents. The surge followed a deadly crackdown by the Shiite-led government on a Sunni protest camp in northern Iraq in April.
Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/al-qaida-in-iraq-claims-responsibility-for-mondays-attacks-that-killed-55/2013/10/01/9301207c-2a79-11e3-b141-298f46539716_story.html
Assad Will Remain In Office And May Run For Re-Election, Syrian Official Says
By Agence France-Presse
Tuesday, October 1, 2013 7:28 EDT
Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad will remain in office, and has the right to decide to run for re-election next year, Information Minister Omran al-Zohbi said on Tuesday.
“Syria is staying put: the state, the nation, the people and the president. This is the Syrians’ choice,” Zohbi told journalists.
“All the people call for President Bashar al-Assad to be president of this state, whatever the opposition, the Americans and the traitors say,” he added.
Conflict broke out in Syria 30 months ago after Assad’s regime launched a crackdown on Arab Spring-inspired protests demanding political change.
The regime has consistently blamed a foreign-backed “terrorist” plot for the violence that has wracked the country ever since.
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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/10/01/syrian-official-says-assad-will-remain-in-office-and-may-run-for-re-election/
Sysco Under USDA Investigation For Horrifying Food Storage Practices
Investigations into the food storage practices of one of the country’s largest food distributors have reached the federal level, KNTV-TV reported on Monday.
Officials with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) told KNTV that they have begun probing Sysco Corporation following a complaint received at the USDA’s office in Alameda, California. Members of a local meat trade association reportedly contacted the USDA after watching a July 2013 report showing Sysco employees storing perishable food in non-refrigerated outdoor sheds, then delivering them using their own cars instead of company vehicles.
That same month, the California Department of Public Health began its own investigation into what one official called “a little bit of a runaway train” of violations. Fifteen similar sheds were discovered in Ontario, Canada in September 2013, prompting a separate inquiry by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.
A company spokesperson told KNTV that Sysco, which serves about 400,000 customers through its 180 facilities in the U.S., Canada and Ireland, had disposed of the outdoor sheds and was cooperating with authorities.
Rep. Sam Farr (D-CA), who is based out of nearby Santa Cruz and is the ranking member of the Appropriations subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development and Food and Drug Administration, criticized Sysco for creating mistrust around itself.
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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/09/30/food-distributor-sysco-under-usda-investigation/
September Auto Sales: Ford, Chrysler Up, But GM, Toyota Sales Fall
By Jerry Hirsch
October 1, 2013, 7:33 a.m.
U.S. monthly auto sales declined in September for the first time in more than three years, in part because of a calendar quirk that landed Labor Day weekend sales in the August report.
Auto information company TrueCar.com estimated that by the time all of the automakers report their results Tuesday, sales will have topped 1.1 million, about a 4% decline from September last year. Ford Motor Co. said the decline may be closer to 5%.
General Motors Co. said it sold 187,195 vehicles in the U.S. last month, an 11% decrease from the same month a year earlier.
However, Ford said its September sales totaled 185,146 vehicles, a 6% increase from a year earlier.
Chrysler Group also bucked the trend, reporting sales of 143,017 vehicles in September, a 1% increase compared with the same month a year earlier and the automaker’s best September since 2007.
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http://www.latimes.com/business/autos/la-fi-hy-september-auto-sales-chrysler-ford-20131001,0,2278625.story
September Manufacturing Activity Highest Since April 2011: ISM
Source: REUTERS
NEW YORK | Tue Oct 1, 2013 10:05am EDT
(Reuters) - The U.S. manufacturing sector last month expanded at its fastest pace in almost 2-1/2 years, an industry report showed on Tuesday, while firms added the most workers in 15 months.
The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) said its index of national factory activity rose to 56.2 in September from 55.7 in August, marking its highest level since April, 2011.
Economists polled by Reuters had expected September's index to slip to 55. A reading above 50 indicates expansion.
Employment jumped to 55.4, its highest since June, 2012. It stood at 53.3 in August. The forward-looking new orders index, however, slipped to 60.5 from 63.2.
Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/01/us-usa-economy-manufacturing-idUSBRE9900P520131001
Shutdown Will Cost U.S. Economy $300 Million a Day, IHS Says
By Jeanna Smialek and Ian Katz - Oct 1, 2013
A partial shutdown of the federal government will cost the U.S. at least $300 million a day in lost economic output at the start, according to IHS Inc.
While that is a small fraction of the country’s $15.7 trillion economy, the daily impact of a shutdown is likely to accelerate if it continues as it depresses confidence and spending by businesses and consumers.
Lexington, Massachusetts-based IHS, a global market research firm, estimates that its forecast for 2.2 percent annualized growth in the fourth quarter will be reduced 0.2 percentage point in a weeklong shutdown. A 21-day closing like the one in 1995-96 could cut growth by 0.9 to 1.4 percentage point, according to Guy LeBas, chief fixed income strategist at Janney Montgomery Scott LLC in Philadelphia.
“Government spending touches every aspect of the economy, and disruption of spending, more than the direct loss of income, threatens to damage investor and business confidence in ways that can seriously harm economic growth,” LeBas said yesterday in an interview.
The Fed on Sept. 18 unexpectedly refrained from reducing the $85 billion pace of bond purchases intended to boost growth, saying it needs more time to assess the economy’s progress. Federal Reserve Bank of New York President William C. Dudley said last week the budget showdown in Washington is among the risks to the outlook.
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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-10-01/shutdown-would-cost-u-s-economy-300-million-a-day-ihs-says.html
Shutdown Confrontation May Rob Momentum From Debt Debate
By Mike Dorning - Oct 1, 2013
A partisan stalemate that partially shut down the U.S. government may lessen the appetite of lawmakers for risking a debt default later this month.
The potential political and economic blow from the shutdown that began today could sap the will of rank-and-file Republicans in Congress to go through with a second fiscal confrontation with President Barack Obama on the heels of this week’s fight, said Dan Meyer, chief of staff to former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich and later a congressional lobbyist for President George W. Bush.
“It has the potential to make a significant difference,” Meyer said. Some Republicans “want to play a little too close to the flame here and, frankly, some of them need to get their fingers singed,” Meyer, now a lobbyist with the Duberstein Group, said. “They’ll start feeling the heat pretty quick.”
The federal government’s first partial shutdown in 17 years began with the new fiscal year at midnight. Legislation to fund the government stalled as congressional Republicans stuck with demands for changes in Obama’s signature 2010 Affordable Care Act. Obama and congressional Democrats refused to go along.
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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-10-01/shutdown-confrontation-may-rob-momentum-from-debt-debate.html
Americans by 72% Oppose Shutdown Tied to Health Care Cuts
By Greg Giroux - Oct 1, 2013
In a rejection of congressional Republicans’ strategy, Americans overwhelmingly oppose undermining President Barack Obama’s health-care law by shutting down the federal government or resisting an increase in the nation’s debt limit, according to a poll released today.
By 72 percent to 22 percent, Americans oppose Congress “shutting down major activities of the federal government” as a way to stop the Affordable Care Act from going into effect, the national survey from Quinnipiac University found.
By 64 percent to 27 percent, voters don’t want Congress to block an increase in the nation’s $16.7 trillion federal borrowing limit as a way to thwart implementation of the health-care law, which Obama signed into law in 2010 with a goal of insuring millions of Americans, known as “Obamacare.”
A majority of the public, 58 percent, is opposed to cutting off funding for the insurance program that begins enrollment today. Thirty-four percent support defunding it.
While objecting to tactics embraced by House Republicans to thwart the health-care law, Americans are divided on the president’s job performance and the law.
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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-10-01/americans-by-72-oppose-shutdown-tied-to-health-care-cuts.html
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