Politics Jan 14 For jobless conservatives, extending emergency unemployment aid is more complex than partisan politics COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — When federal emergency unemployment benefits expired last month, the effects ran deep in a Colorado county marked by two exit ramps off Interstate 25 — one leading to the conservative religious group Focus on the Family,…
Nation Jan 14 Phone companies don’t want the job of spying on customers’ calls In an effort to address privacy, legal and civil liberties concerns, President Barack Obama is expected to propose shifting phone surveillance activities from the NSA to phone companies or an unspecified third party. Photo by Thomas Hawk/Flickr WASHINGTON —…