Also Thursday, unions representing teachers, firefighters and police officers said they would begin a boycott of M&I Bank, the state's largest deposit institution, if the bank does not begin publicly opposing the effort to curtail collective bargaining for public workers. The unions, which include the Wisconsin Professional Police Association and teachers unions in Madison and Green Bay, said they would also target other businesses whose employees donated to Walker in his campaign.
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has been told that she was shot. Her ability to walk and talk is improving. And there's "a good chance" she'll be able to attend her husband's space shuttle launch next month. Doctors provided the new details about Giffords' condition Friday, describing several milestones that have occurred in her recovery in recent weeks. They include the removal of her breathing tube and her improving ability to walk with assistance and talk in complete sentences such as "I'm tired and want to go to bed." Dr Imoigele Aisiku called the breathing tube removal as a "fist-pump" moment. "I'm very happy to report that she's making leaps and bounds in terms of neurological recovery," Dr. Dong Kim said.
Doctors provided the new details about Giffords' condition Friday, describing several milestones that have occurred in her recovery in recent weeks. They include the removal of her breathing tube and her improving ability to walk with assistance and talk in complete sentences such as "I'm tired and want to go to bed."
Dr Imoigele Aisiku called the breathing tube removal as a "fist-pump" moment.
"I'm very happy to report that she's making leaps and bounds in terms of neurological recovery," Dr. Dong Kim said.
Barrington Republican Martin Harty told Sharon Omand, a Strafford resident who manages a community mental health program, that “the world is too populated” and there are “too many defective people,” according to an e-mail account of the conversation by Omand. [...] Harty confirmed to the Monitor that he made the comments to Omand. [...] Omand says Harty then stated, “I wish we had a Siberia so we could ship them all off to freeze to death and die and clean up the population.” Omand said Harty appeared to be serious. After Omand responded that his idea sounded like what Adolf Hitler did in World War II, Omand said Harty responded, “Hitler did something right, and I agree with (it).”
Harty confirmed to the Monitor that he made the comments to Omand. [...]
Omand says Harty then stated, “I wish we had a Siberia so we could ship them all off to freeze to death and die and clean up the population.” Omand said Harty appeared to be serious. After Omand responded that his idea sounded like what Adolf Hitler did in World War II, Omand said Harty responded, “Hitler did something right, and I agree with (it).”
A House subcommittee voted to strip the EPA of its power to regulate greenhouse gases, “chipping away at a central pillar of the Obama administration’s evolving climate and energy strategy.” The vote was divided along party lines, with Republicans and their business allies — who claim global warming is an unproven theory — accusing the administration of taxing industry too heavily.
In a deliberately undiplomatic speech to NATO defense ministers, Mr. Gates called on European allies to put aside their domestic politics and work with the United States to secure the “semblance of normalcy” that he said was emerging in some parts of Afghanistan.
A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 struck northwestern Japan on Saturday after a massive quake hit northeastern Japan, NHK reported.