INCOMING IRS COMMISH DANIEL WERFEL ASKED TO SPEARHEAD A REVIEW OF THE **

WERFEL, TAPPED BY PRES OBAMA ON THURS TO TAKE OVER THE IRS FOR THE **

THE REPORT WILL INCLUDE HOLDING THE IRS ACCOUNTABLE FOR INAPPROPRIATE **

CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT CMTE ISSUES SUBPOENA TO THE CO-CHAIR OF THE **

AMB THOMAS PICKERING HAD OFFERED TO TESTIFY PUBLICLY BEFORE THE CMTE, BUT **

ISSA HAS BECOME THE FACE OF A GROUP OF GOP LAWMAKERS DIRECTING AN **

PICKERING'S MEETING WITH ISSA IS SLATED FOR NEXT THURS **

SECOND DAY OF BOMBINGS NEAR IRAQ'S CAPITAL LEAVE AT LEAST 76 DEAD, AS **

BOMBS TORE THROUGH SUNNI AREAS OF BAGHDAD FRI AFTER TWO DAYS OF BOMBINGS **

A TOTAL OF 130 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED SINCE WED **

OUSTED IRS COMMISH APOLOGIZES FOR THE EXTRA SCRUTINY GIVEN TO CONSERVATIVE **

STEVEN MILLER, TESTIFYING BEFORE THE REPUBLICAN-RUN HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS **

BUT CMTE CHAIRMAN DAVE CAMP CALLS THE ENTIRE U.S. TAX SYSTEM "ROTTEN AT THE **

MEANWHILE, TOP DEMOCRAT ON THE COMMITTEE, REP SANDER LEVIN (MI), SAID "ALL **

BUT LEVIN WARNED AGAINST TURNING THE HEARING INTO "AN EFFORT TO SCORE **

AT THE SAME HEARING, THE TREASURY DEPT'S INSPECTOR GEN FOR TAX ADMIN SAYS **

TWO COMMUTER TRAINS COLLIDE OUTSIDE NYC DURING EVENING RUSH HOUR, INJURING **

METRO-NORTH RAILROAD COMMUTER TRAIN FROM NEW HAVEN, CT, HEADED FOR NY **

THERE WERE NO REPORTS OF FATALITIES **

FAIRFIELD POLICE SPOX SAYS AUTHORITIES ARE STILL INVESTIGATING WHAT CAUSED **

AMTRAK HAS SUSPENDED SERVICE INDEFINITELY BETWEEN NY AND BOSTON **


 

80 mph winds slapped DC last night…and today? Few have power as temps head back to 100!

How bad is it? 3 million without power! 9 dead! 80mph winds can and did incredible destruction To DC last night. Driving home after OTR, I had to drive around trees down on roads and rain continued to pound and pound throughout the night. It was a mess…and still is.
See below (from ABC):

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“We have more than half our system down,” said Myra Oppel, a spokeswoman for Pepco, a utility serving the D.C. area that had 400,000 customers without power after 80 mph gusts knocked down trees and power lines Friday night…”









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