Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Monday, 20 October 2014

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Your evening update to Today's Headlines  •  Mon., Oct. 20, 2014
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57,000 federal workers are paid for long absences
Over three years, federal workers cost taxpayers $775 million in salary while on extended paid leave of at least a month — waiting to be cleared or punished for misbehavior, records show.



700 in Syria slain during revolt against Islamic State
The bloody consequences of the attempted uprising point to the challenge of persuading people under militant rule to join the battle against the jihadists.
Jesse Matthew Jr. is charged in Fairfax sex assault case
Matthew is also suspected in the September disappearance of U-Va. student Hannah Graham.
Fact Checker: Ebola exposure at a party? Rand Paul accuses White House of mistakes.
The Kentucky senator says White House has not been accurate about the disease.
Obama says life on the Supreme Court would be ‘too monastic’ for him
In an interview, the president also said that Justice Ginsburg will decide her own retirement.

Dvorak: Watching her sons battle for equal pedicure rights
Despite herself, a mother of two boys is uncomfortable with their desire for Hot Wheels orange toenails.
The Fix: If Democrats lose the Senate, it won’t be because of black voters
In the South, white voters have turned sharply against the Democratic Party.
Wonkblog: Portland, where everything comes in quirkier, more artisanal versions
For decades, the city has been pursuing a set of values that the rest of us are now into.



A bad boss can actually make you sick
Besides causing employees to dread work, a bad boss — someone who is inept, hypercritical or a blame-thrower — can have a negative effect on others' physical and mental well-being.
Monkey Cage: The tea party’s anti-Washington consensus
2012 Republican presidential primary field moved toward tea party anti-Washington ideology, debate text analysis shows.
The Fix: How Monica Lewinsky changed politics
It was an absolutely gigantic pivot point.
George H.W. Bush unhappy with Michelle Nunn’s new TV ad
Former president reiterates that he’s asked his former colleague not to use his likeness as part of her Democratic Senate campaign.