At $4 Billion, Midterm Elections Poised to Become Most Expensive Non-Presidential Vote in US History; “Free Speech for People” Coalition Calls for Constitutional Amendment to Overturn Citizens United Decision Allowing Unlimited Corporate Spending on Elections; The Right to Food: Corporate, Foreign Gov’t Land Grab Causing Hunger in Poor Countries.
Today’s Headlines
* Report: Election Spending to Hit Record $4B
* Obama Defends Record, Urges Patience
* Angle Criticized for Anti-Immigrant TV Ad
* Wells Fargo to Modify 55,000 Foreclosure Documents
* Afghanistan Delays Ban on Private Military Firms
* Obama Issues Waiver to Send Military Aid to Countries Using Child Soldiers
* Virginia Resident Charged with Plotting to Bomb DC Metro Stations
* Computer Malfunction Knocked US Nukes Offline
* Arkansas School Official Facebook Post Urges Gay Youths to Commit Suicide
* Chicago Parents End Elementary School Sit-In
* Arizona Executes Prisoner after Supreme Court Lifts Stay
* Fmr. Argentine President Kirchner Dies of Heart Attack