February 26, 2014 (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.
- IRS: Renewables Companies May Be Double-Dipping Federal Subsidies (KCET)
- Obama to propose shift in wildfire funding (New York Times)
- Obama to drop less generous retiree payments from budget (McClatchy News)
- Budget cuts to slash U.S. Army to smallest since before World War Two (Reuters)
- Native Americans prepare a “last stand” against Keystone XL (RawStory)
- Doctors' Offices Get Put On Hold Trying to Find Out Who's Insured (NPR)
- Supreme Court Opens Door To Easier Police Searches (NPR)
- Department of Homeland Security cancels national license-plate tracking plan (Washington Post)
- U.S. Government Will Back Loans For Nuclear Power (NPR)
- Nebraska court invalidates state's Keystone pipeline approval (Reuters)
- Ranking cities from Miami to Boston to Wichita on inequality (Marketplace.org)
WORLD
- Ukraine wants fugitive president to face Hague court (Reuters)
- Is Putin pushing for a crackdown in Ukraine?(CS Monitor)
- Uganda's anti-gay bill refocuses attention on US evangelical influence
- Exclusive: Iraq signs deal to buy arms, ammunition from Iran - documents (Reuters)
- Nigerian Islamists kill 59 pupils in boarding school attack (Reuters)
- Turkish protesters denounce Internet restrictions (UT San Diego)
- Pakistani Taliban say government must embrace Islamic law (Reuters)
- Somalia's al Shabaab say attack meant to get president 'dead or alive' (Reuters)
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