Twins have Seperate Dads - Uh Oh!

A Texas mother of twins got the shock of her life when doctors revealed that her 11-month-old boys do not have the same father.

Mia Washington decided to get some expert advice when she and her partner noticed that twins Justin and Jordan had different facial features.

Paternity tests then revealed what had happened — two eggs had been fertilized by two different sperm and there was a 99.99% chance the twins had different dads.

Doctors at the DNA lab in Dallas, Texas had never seen such a result.

Washington later admitted she had had an affair and got pregnant by two different men at the same time.

"Out of all people in America and of all people in the world, it had to happen to me, she told myfoxdfw.com. “I'm very shocked." - FOX News Story

Obama Team Rebranding Washington

Global War on Terror is out -- "overseas contingency operation" is in.

Terrorist attack is out -- "man-caused disaster" is in.

Since the new administration took office, Washington has been consumed, on both sides of the aisle, by a kind of re-branding madness. This marathon in semantics has had a variety of tactical purposes, depending on who's got his Sharpie on the dictionary.

The Obama administration, through a string of delicate shifts in terminology, has softened -- or at least obfuscated -- the essence of the war against Islamic extremism.

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, arguably the Washington equivalent to Madonna of re-branding, delivered an entire set of testimony without using the word "terrorism." She says she prefers "man-caused disasters."

And the administration as a whole phased out the term "Global War on Terror." "Overseas contingency operation" became the tag that is now used in budget documents to explain where billions of taxpayer dollars are going.

Napolitano told the German magazine Der Spiegel she's avoiding such hot-button words like "terrorism" to demonstrate the administration's desire to "move away from the politics of fear toward a policy of being prepared for all risks that can occur."

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gave even less of an explanation, telling reporters in March that the name switch for the War on Terror "speaks for itself." - FOX News Story

Going After Bush Officials for Waterboarding Got A Lot Harder Today

Going after the Bush administration just got harder.

The Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, ruled Monday that several high-ranking government officials, including former Attorney General John Ashcroft and FBI Director Robert Mueller, cannot be sued for alleged abuse in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. The decision could put a damper on attempts to sue Bush-era officials for their involvement in anti-terror programs that critics say trampled on the rights of detainees.

The Court's ruling against Javaid Iqbal -- a Pakistani who filed suit against Ashcroft and Mueller claiming they were responsible for his arrest and mistreatment after Sept. 11 -- affirmed the high burden of proof required to bring such a case and upheld long-standing immunity protections given to government officers for their official duties.

The decision upheld that government officials generally are liable only for their own misconduct, and not the misconduct of their subordinates. This could have wide-ranging implications for other cases against Bush administration officials.

"It's just reiterated long-standing precedent on what it takes to (hold) the government itself responsible," said John Eastman, dean of the Chapman University School of Law. "There are certain criteria." - FOX News Story

Pelosi - Shut Up or Apologize!

It's week two and Republicans aren't about to let House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's accusation that the CIA lied to Congress slip between the cracks.

House Minority Leader John Boehner told FOX News on Monday that "the ball is in the speaker's court." If she is accusing the CIA of lying, she "needs to come forward, either present evidence or do an apology, and let's get this behind us."

"Lying to Congress is a crime. Purposely misleading Congress is a crime. And if the speaker is accusing the intelligence community of lying to her or purposefully misleading her, then she ought to present that evidence, turn it over to the Justice Department, have them prosecute it," Boehner said.

But Boehner did not call for Pelosi's ouster.

"Let's not get too far down the road here. I'm not going to take anything off the table, but I do believe that -- that the ball is in her court. And she has to either put up or have an apology and move on," he said.

Pelosi caused a stir last week when she accused the CIA of misleading Congress about its use of enhanced interrogation techniques on terror detainees, particularly on Abu Zubaydah. - FOX News Story

Supreme Court says NO to Lawsuit of Top Law Enforcement Officials

Top law enforcement officials cannot be sued for alleged abuse of Muslims in the U.S. following the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, the Supreme Court ruled Monday.

The 5-4 decision means that the officials, including former Attorney General John Ashcroft and current FBI Director Robert Mueller, are immune from such a lawsuit.

Javaid Iqbal, a Pakistani Muslim, personally was looking to sue Ashcroft, Mueller and others for their actions after the Sept. 11 attacks.

The allegation is that the officials unlawfully targeted Muslim men for detainment. Iqbal was one of those men -- he later pleaded guilty to fraud and conspiracy and eventually was deported to Pakistan.

Iqbal spent nearly six months in solitary confinement in New York in 2002. He had argued that while Ashcroft and Mueller did not single him out for mistreatment, they were responsible for a policy of confining detainees in highly restrictive conditions because of their religious beliefs or race.

But the government argued that there was nothing linking Mueller and Ashcroft to the abuses that happened to Iqbal.

The court on Monday overturned a lower court decision that let Iqbal's lawsuit against the high-ranking officials proceed. - FOX News

Mexicos Drug War in the US

(CNN) -- Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera, a 54-year-old drug cartel leader whose nickname means "Shorty," is the most wanted man in Mexico. He's also one of the most wanted men in the United States.

For five years, the State Department has kept a $5 million bounty on his head, calling Guzman a threat to U.S. security.

Guzman, who leads the Sinaloa cartel, is a key player in the bloody turf battles being fought along the border.

He recently upped the stakes, ordering his associates to use lethal force to protect their loads in contested drug trafficking corridors, according the Los Angeles Times.

The cartel's tentacles and those of its chief rival, the Gulf cartel, already reach across the border and into metropolitan areas such as Atlanta, Georgia; Chicago, Illinois; Seattle, Washington; St. Louis, Missouri; and Charlotte, North Carolina, Drug Enforcement Administration Agent Joseph Arabit told a subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee in March.

"No other country in the world has a greater impact on the drug situation in the United States than Mexico does," said Arabit, who heads the DEA's office in this year's border hot spot, El Paso, Texas. - CNN News Story

Earth Quake hits Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES — A moderate earthquake jolted the Los Angeles region late Sunday, shattering glass, setting off alarms and fraying nerves. There were no reports of any major injuries or damage.

The magnitude-4.7 quake hit at 8:39 p.m. about 10 miles southwest of downtown Los Angeles and three miles east of Los Angeles International Airport, according to a preliminary report by the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake was followed minutes later by at least three smaller aftershocks, with the largest registering at magnitude-3.1.

The quake jiggled the greater Los Angeles region for about 10 to 15 seconds and was felt as far south as San Diego, said USGS seismologist Susan Hough. - FOX News Story

Obama support eroding in Left Wing

When President Barack Obama speaks to the Notre Dame commencement Sunday afternoon, television cameras will search the sea of graduates, looking for turned backs and defaced mortar boards that abortion opponents will likely use to register their disagreement with the president.

But the attention to protests from conservatives who don’t support Obama – and almost certainly never would – could obscure the far more significant political threat he now faces.

Barely four months into his presidency, Obama is confronting growing dissatisfaction among members of his liberal base, who feel spurned by a series of his early decisions on issues ranging from guns to torture to immigration to gay rights.

The list got longer last week as Obama reversed his earlier decision to release photos of detainees abused in U.S. military custody and announced plans to try some terror suspects before military commissions – though on the campaign trail he railed against earlier versions of the tribunals.

A few, like MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow, have even hurled the left’s ultimate epithet – suggesting that Obama’s turning into George W. Bush. - Politico News Story

Biden Reveals Classified Location of Secret Bunker

Vice President Joe Biden, well-known for his verbal gaffes, may have finally outdone himself, divulging potentially classified information meant to save the life of a sitting vice president.

According to a report, while recently attending the Gridiron Club dinner in Washington, an annual event where powerful politicians and media elite get a chance to cozy up to one another, Biden told his dinnermates about the existence of a secret bunker under the old U.S. Naval Observatory, which is now the home of the vice president.

The bunker is believed to be the secure, undisclosed location former Vice President Dick Cheney remained under protection in secret after the 9/11 attacks.

Eleanor Clift, Newsweek magazine's Washington contributing editor, said Biden revealed the location while filling in for President Obama at the dinner, who, along with Grover Cleveland, is the only president to skip the gathering.

According to the report, Biden "said a young naval officer giving him a tour of the residence showed him the hideaway, which is behind a massive steel door secured by an elaborate lock with a narrow connecting hallway lined with shelves filled with communications equipment." - FOX News Story

Congressional Hearings may be Necessary - Pelosi vs. CIA

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Sunday that the congressional intelligence committees are the best place to determine who's telling the truth in the dispute between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the CIA.

Pelosi has accused the CIA of lying to Congress about the use of enhanced interrogation tactics, while the CIA rejects the claim.

McConnell, R-Ky., told "FOX News Sunday" that he personally questions the need to hold inquiries to find out "who knew what when," but acknowledged that the disagreement between Pelosi and the CIA could warrant one.

"There's no question you've got a dispute here between the speaker and the CIA," McConnell said. "We know what the CIA believes and the speaker apparently disagrees with them. ... The best way to resolve the dispute if it needs to be resolved is through the (House and Senate) intelligence committees."

Pelosi on Thursday escalated the controversy over when she learned the CIA was using interrogation tactics like waterboarding. She admitted for the first time that she learned, through an aide, that the tactic was being employed in 2003 and accused the CIA of misleading Congress on those tactics during that time period.

CIA Director Leon Panetta issued a statement in response saying CIA records indicate officers "briefed truthfully" on interrogation techniques.

"It is not our policy or practice to mislead Congress. That is against our laws and our values," he said.

But he, too, said it is "up to Congress to evaluate all the evidence and reach its own conclusions about what happened."

Meanwhile, House Minority Leader John Boehner, speaking on CNN's "State of the Union," called on Pelosi to provide evidence the CIA misled her about harsh interrogation techniques or apologize for her accusation. - FOX News Story