March14, 2013 (San Diego’s East County)--ECM World Watch helps you be an informed citizen about important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a wide variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S. 

• Ryan budget plan combines old cuts, new tax revenues (Washington Post) 
• Paul Ryan’s budget: Social engineering and a side of deficit reduction (Washington Post) 
• The hot air in wind power (Wall Street Journal)
• A Lasting Legacy of the Fukushima Rescue Mission: Part 1 Radioactive Contamination of American Sailors (Energy Matters)
• Journalism schools try out drones—and test legal boundaries (U.S. News)
• House Democrats demand President release full legal basis for drone strikes (RawStory)
• Rand Paul's Filibuster: The Latest Example of Why We Need "President's Questions"  (Reason)
• State of Ore. backs Klamath Tribes water rights (Sacramento Bee)
• The fire sale at the White House (Jewish World Review)
• Justice issues order supporting photojournalist taking pictures of police  (Media Law)
• How more than $8 billion in US taxpayers' money went to waste in Iraq (Christian Science Monitor)
• Dow's 'Record Highs' Misleading Without Including Inflation (NPR)
• Dianne Feinstein ignites debate over veterans with PTSD and guns  (Daily Beast)
• Judge: DHS Must Release Body Scanner Safety Reports (Reason)

WORLD

• Jorge Mario Bergoglio: Who is the new pope? (Global Post)
• Francis is first Pope from Americas: Austere Jesuit who modernized Argentine church (Fox News)
• Mexico's lower house passes bill to remove lawmaker immunity  (Reuters)
• Chinese Farmers Revolt Against Government Land Grab  (NPR)
• U.N. Security Council Hits North Korea With More Sanctions After Nuclear Test (NPR)
• Bomber kills at least nine people in Kabul during Hagel’s visit to Afghanistan  (The Hill)
• U.S. envoy walks out of nuclear meeting over Iran's Israel remark (Reuters)
• Syrian rebels seize U.N. peacekeepers near Golan Heights  (Reuters)
• Christian homes torched by Pakistani mob (Christian Science Monitor)
• Khmer Rouge genocide: justice delayed may be justice denied (Reuters)

HEALTH/SCIENCE

• Microsoft fined $730 million over browser choice (Christian Science Monitor)
• Flights from NY airport fueled by cooking oil (UT San Diego)
• National Security Letters Target Thousands of Google Accounts (Reason)
• Newly discovered cell could heal damaged tissue, organs, researchers say  (Jewish World Review)
• Can Milk Sweetened With Aspartame Still Be Called Milk? (NPR)

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October 4, 2012 --  (San Diego’s East County) – ECM World Watch helps you be an informed citizen about important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflecting all voices and views, we include links to a wide variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• Loose seats on American Airline flights ground planes  (WAFB TV)
• Ahead of presidential debates, polls show Obama ahead on key issues (Washington Post)
• Mitt Romney would allow waivers to DREAMers (NBC)
• Most swing states are better off today (LA Times)
• Supreme Court rejects appeal on airport scanners (Reuters)
• China farm sues Obama over blocked wind farm deal (BBC)
• Obama blocks Chinese company from owning Oregon wind farm (Fox)
• Montana governor sees big savings with new state health clinic (Reuters)
• Intelligence effort named citizens, not terrorists(UT San Diego)

WORLD

• U.S. intelligence now says Benghazi attacks deliberate (Reuters)
• Pesticide use ramping up as GMO crop technology backfires: study (Reuters)
• Nigeria probes student killings (BBC)
• The Arab Spring becomes a Western Winter (Jewish World Review)
• California man behind anti-Islam film arrested

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September 27, 2012 --  (San Diego’s East County) – ECM World Watch helps you be an informed citizen about important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflecting all voices and views, we include links to a wide variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• Judge rules Arizona can enforce strict provision to immigration law (Reuters)
• Worrisome levels of arsenic in rice (Consumer Reports)
• Massive tumors in rats fed genetically modified corn (CA Right to Know blog)
• More than 1,000 pastors plan to challenge IRS by endorsing candidates (Fox)
• As tax credit wanes, jobs vanish in wind power industry (New York Times)
• Tesla offers free solar travel with new super-charged tech (RawStory)
• Senators to Hilary: Show us the ambassador’s cables (ForeignPolicy)
• Mormons want to expel Romney critic (Daily Beast)
• Whose next in line for a kidney transplant? The answer is changing (NPR)

WORLD

• Out with color: Islamists force Timbuktu women to wear black veils or face corporal punishment (Observers)
• Fake Italian pilot traveled in cockpit, police say (Reuters)
• Marijuana and cancer: Researchers find cannabis stops metastasis in aggressive forms of cancer (Huffington Post)
•  Report: restrictions on religious views rise worldwide (Jerusalem Post)
• Second day of anti-Japan attacks rock China (NPR)
• Man held in revenge plot over Muslim cartoons (Christian Science Monitor)
• Russia reveals shiny state secret: It’s awash in diamonds (Christian Science Monitor)
• Pakistani TV stations air a real ‘made in USA’ video. Will it calm violence? (Christian Science Monitor)
• The terrorist veto (City Journal)

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September 15, 2012 --  (San Diego’s East County) – ECM World Watch helps you be an informed citizen about important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflecting all voices and views, we include links to a wide variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• Obstacles may delay drones access to U.S. skies (UT San Diego)
• State court ruling deals blow to U.S. mortgage system (Reuters)
• FBI warns of U.S. violence over anti-Islamic movie (ABC)
• Republicans split on Mitt Romney remarks (Politico)
• Debunking Romney’s attack on Americans who don’t pay income taxes (L.A. Times) 
• New Romney ad rips Obama on coal energy (The Hill)

WORLD

• Libyans see Al Qaeda hand in U.S. embassy attack (Wall Street Journal)
• Anti-American fury sweeps Middle East over film (Reuters)
• Protests sweep Islamic world, fueled by domestic politics and anti-U.S. anger (CS Monitor)
• Prince Harry targeted in Taliban attack in Afghanistan (Telegraph)
• Police clash with Muslims at protest in East Jerusalem (Jerusalem Post)
• Peacekeepers attacked in Egypt’s Sinai Penninsula; foreigners injured (CS Monitor)
• Large anti-austerity protests in Spain, Portugal (UT San Diego)
• India opposition parties protest economic reforms (UT San Diego)
• Anti-Japan protests sweep China on anniversary of invasion (Reuters) 

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August 17, 2012 --  (San Diego’s East County) – ECM World Watch helps you be an informed citizen about important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflecting all voices and views, we include links to a wide variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:   

• Paul Ryan is Mitt Romney’s pick for Vice Presidential nominee (Washington Post)
• A brief introduction to the potential second lady:
• Flood won’t delay start of solar farm near Blythe:
• New homes burn faster, but states resist sprinklers (Reuters)
• For unpaid college loans, Feds doc Social Security (Smart Money)
• Right wing extremism terrorism as deadly a threat as Al Qaeda? (CNN)
• Blind mice given sight after device cracks retinal code (Bloomberg)

• Thousands rally in Tunisia for women’s rights(Reuters)
• Magnitude 7.3 quake hits eastern Russia (UT San Diego
• China’s ghost towns and shopping malls (BBC)
• Sewage-munching microbes may generate electricity (Reuters)   

• Perfect recipe for wildfires as season starts early (NBC)
• With Santorum’s exit, Romney shifts focus (Washington Post)
• FDA details clot risk on birth control pills (USA Today)
• Romney blames Obama for women job losses actually caused by GOP (Rawstory)
• Obama: We could call the Buffet rule the Reagan rule (CBS news)
• Hill insider trading bill signed
• Where is George Zimmerman? Treyvon Martin shooting (CBS News)
• Apple, publishers accused of fixing e-book prices (Reuters)

• Defiant North Korea begins injecting fuel into rocket (Reuters)
• Syria pledges truce, if rebels hold fire (Reuters)
• Warnings over medical implant hacks (BBC)
• No sign of tsunami after powerful Indonesia quake (KPBS)
• Haitian orphans long wait is over (Fox)
• China braces for next act in leadership drama (Reuters)
• Norway’s mass killer Breivik found sane (BBC) 

January 26, 2012 --  (San Diego’s East County) – ECM World Watch helps you be an informed citizen about important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflecting all voices and views, we include links to a wide variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:  

• State of the Union: Obama calls for tax fairness (BBC)
• Starbucks pro-gun policy prompts gun victims’ advocate group to announce nationwide boycott on Valentine’s Day
• Army says suicides down, but violent crimes up (MSNBC)
• Senate Dems make Mitt Romney the poster boy for tax reform (The Hill)
• Wisconsin recall petition of Gov. Walker gets 1 million signatures (Washington Post)

• South Carolina primary: Newt Gingrich defeats Mitt Romney (ABC)
• Obama launches swing state tour (CNN)
• Santorum hails delayed Iowa win as huge upset (CNN)
• Bain Capital owns Clear Channel:
• Romney parks millions in Cayman Islands offshore tax haven (ABC News)
• Ex-wife claims Gingrich sought open marriage, Gingrich says allegation false (Fox News)
• Perry drops out, endorses Gingrich (CNN)

• Navy Seal raid frees Somali hostages (BBC)
• Israel rattled as hackers hit bourse, banks, El Al (Reuters)
• The secret document that transformed China (NPR)
• Recent attacks by radical Islamist sect in Nigeria (San Diego U-T)
• Afghan asylum bids hit 10-year high (San Diego U-T)

• Blind can see again: First patients seen to improve with stem cell tissues (Reuters)

December 11, 2011 (Washington, DC) --U.S. Representative Duncan Hunter (CA-52), a member of the House Armed Services Committee, has been named to the congressional conference committee that will negotiate differences between the House and Senate versions of the Fiscal Year 2012 National Defense Authorization Act. 

Nothing but the Truth!

By Will Power

July 9, 2010 (San Diego’s East County) – The San Diego East County Chamber of Commerce invites you to “pack your suitcases and travel to some of the most breathtaking and exciting locations throughout the world.”

The 2010 Tours and Trade Missions with the San Diego East County Chamber of Commerce will be heading out to Spain, Thailand, China, Costa Rica, Ireland, Italy, our own New England Coast and the National Parks of the Northwest.