Job Creation Sputters, Tucson Stuck With Michelle’s Tab, Abusive Cops Tell Their Tale: P.M. Links

Job Creation Sputters, Tucson Stuck With Michelle’s Tab, Abusive Cops Tell Their Tale: P.M. Links

| May 4, 2012

  • Thanks for grabbing the check!Only
    115,000 new jobs     were created in the U.S. in April — down from
    154,000 in March. But the unemployment rate declined … because so
    many people gave up looking for work.
  • Not too fond of the TSA? Neither is Senator Rand Paul. He’s
    asking the public to sign a petition supporting his bill to
    scrap
    the Transportation Security Administration    .
  • Michelle Obama dropped into Tucson for a political fundraising
    visit, and all local taxpayers got was the
    hefty tab for her security detail    .
  • Under pressure from lawmakers and the public, Facebook joined the
    Global Network Initiative    , a
    politically favored group     intended to help Internet companies
    doing business internationally deal with issues including privacy
    and free expression.
  • To win the presidency, Mitt Romney must
    thread a bit of an electoral needle    , but his advisers insist
    it’s do-able.
  • France’s incumbent President Nicolas Sarkozy has
    closed the gap     with his main rival, but is still expected to
    narrowly lose to Socialist challenger Francois Hollande. Meanwhile,
    Greece’s conservatives are expected to
    win a small plurality     in an election dominated by small
    parties, leaving the country’s reaction to its economic plight up
    in the air.
  • In the disciplinary hearing of New Jersey police officer Regina
    Tasca, the officers she stopped from beating down an emotionally
    disturbed man were called to
    render their interesting version     of events.

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