ASSOCIATED PRESS CEO MAINTAINS THAT THE GOVT'S SEIZURE OF JOURNALISTS' **

GARY PRUITT SAYS THAT SOME SOURCES HAVE BEEN LESS WILLING TO TALK WITH AP **

THE NEWS ORG WAS INFORMED LAST WK THAT DOJ PROSECUTORS WERE CONDUCTING A **

AUTHORITIES BELIEVE THE DRIVER WHO PLOWED INTO DOZENS OF HIKERS MARCHING IN **

OFFICIALS DID NOT OFFER SPECIFICS ABOUT THE DRIVER'S CONDITION, BUT BASED **

AS MANY AS 60 PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN THE INCIDENT **

NO FATALITIES WERE REPORTED **

TWO FBI AGENTS KILLED WHILE TRAINING OFF THE COAST OF VA BEACH **

THE FBI HASN'T RELEASED ANY DETAILS ABOUT FRIDAY'S ACCIDENT, BUT SAYS THE **

THE MEN WERE MEMBERS OF THE AGENCY'S ELITE HOSTAGE RESCUE TEAM **

UNITED TO RESTART 787 FLIGHTS ON MONDAY **

THE HIGH-TECH DREAMLINERS WERE GROUNDED FOUR MONTHS AGO FOLLOWING BATTERY **

UNITED SAYS ITS DREAMLINERS WILL FEATURE REDESIGNED BATTERY SYSTEMS FROM **

"STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS" TAKES NO. 1 SPOT AT BOX OFFICE **

THE SCI-FI SEQUEL EARNING AN ESTIMATED $70.6 MIL DOMESTICALLY OVER THE WKND **

"IRON MAN 3" FALLS TO NO. 2 WITH $35.2 MIL, WHILE "THE GREAT GATSBY" COMES **

CREWS WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK TO REPAIR CRIPPLED CT RAIL LINE **

FRIDAY'S COLLISION NEAR BRIDGEPORT INJURED MORE THAN 70 PEOPLE AND DAMAGED **

AN ON-SITE INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY **

MEANWHILE, THE STATE IS DISPATCHING EXTRA TROOPERS IN ANTICIPATION OF **

AN ESTIMATED 30,000 PEOPLE WHO NORMALLY TAKE THE TRAIN COULD BE AFFECTED **

Don’t you think it is weird that Congress has to pass specific legislation not to do stupid things? Don’t they know not to do stupid things without legislation?

You know things are bad when you have to legislate not to do stupid things.  In other words, not doing stupid things just doesn’t come naturally.

Can you really legislate commonsense?  And isn’t it pathetic that Congress spends time on this type of legislation?

 

PER [FNC's Trish] TURNER -

 

[Senator] Cornyn aide says the Senate will shortly vote on their amendment that withholds funding for future programs like Fast & Furious without strict controls on firearms “at all times.”

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UPDATE: 5:07pm – the amendment just passed 99-0.  I guess they all agree that we should not be stupid and that we need legislation to remind us.