The widow of the American teacher who was slain in Benghazi says she forgives the attackers that gunned down her husband earlier this month.
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Ginger Chapman and her husband, Doug, are sitting on the health care cliff. The cheapest insurance plan they can find through the new federal marketplace in New Hampshire will cost their family of four about $1,000 a month, 12 percent of their annual income of around $100,000 and more than they have ever paid before.
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When most panicked during the financial crisis, Warren Buffett invested, reaping more than $10 billion, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday. But he apparently did so with knowledge that his investments would be backed by the feds . . .
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) believes Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) will negotiate on comprehensive immigration reform next year, despite his declarations to the contrary.
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The Congressional Budget Office has published a study, The Distribution of Household Income and Federal Taxes, 2010, which shows that the top 40 percent of income earners paid 106.2 percent of total federal income taxes, while the bottom 40 percent paid -9.1 percent.
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Judge Robert J. Shelby, whom President Barack Obama appointed to the U.S. District Court in Utah last year, issued an opinion on Friday declaring that a right to same-sex marriage is “deeply rooted in the nation’s history and implicit in the concept of ordered liberty.”
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The oil and gas industry is seizing on recent comments by Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz to push for an end to the United States’ 40-year-old ban on crude oil exports.
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Gunfire hit three U.S. military aircraft trying to evacuate American citizens in a remote region of South Sudan that on Saturday became a battle ground between the country’s military and renegade troops, officials said. Four U.S. service members were wounded in the attack in the same region where gunfire downed a U.N. helicopter the day before.
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A federal judge granted an injunction this weekend that prevents the government from enforcing the ObamaCare mandate requiring religious groups across the country to provide insurance that includes access to the morning-after pill and other contraceptives.
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As Christians from across the globe flock to the Holy Land in time for Christmas prayers and ceremonies, some in the community in Nazareth are seeking to reaffirm the historical importance of their town by erecting a statue of Jesus that would tower more than 100 feet above the city.
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The Senate voted Friday to confirm President Obama’s pick to head the beleaguered Internal Revenue Service, which has been under intense congressional scrutiny over its treatment of Tea Party groups seeking tax exempt status.
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Three months after Iran’s president first invited the international community to embrace Tehran’s vision of a “world against violence and extremism” – or what he calls WAVE – the U.N. General Assembly has endorsed a resolution on the matter.
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Consumers will likely pay more for home loans. Savers may earn a few more dollars on CDs and Treasurys. Banks could profit. Investors may get squeezed.
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For years, much of the country’s struggles with mental-health treatment remained out of the spotlight. But a series of high-profile shootings over the past two years, such as in Aurora, Colo., and Newtown, Conn., and Tucson, Ariz. has drawn attention to a host of deficiencies.
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Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted announced Wednesday that his office discovered another 17 non-citizens illegally cast ballots in the 2012 presidential election.
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A man already married to another man in a state that permits same-sex marriage could wed a woman in North Dakota without breaking state laws, the state’s top attorney has found.
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Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, defended “Duck Dynasty” star Phil Robertson Thursday by saying “free speech matters.”
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Hold your champagne glasses high this holiday season, because the end of 2013 marks the 17th year without global warming.
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A United States federal judge has accused President Barack Obama’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) of being complicit in helping Mexican drug cartels and felons inside America smuggle illegal aliens into the country.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin defended the U.S. National Security Agency, and even said he envies President Barack Obama in light of the NSA revelations “because he can get away with it.”
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The Environmental Protection Agency silenced scientific advisers who expressed concerns over the agency’s proposed carbon dioxide emissions limits for coal-fired power plants, House Republicans claim.
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A federal judge struck down Utah’s same-sex marriage ban Friday in a decision that brings an increasing nationwide shift toward allowing gay marriage to a conservative state where the Mormon church has long been against it.
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London: Gold slid more than 1 percent on Thursday to its lowest since late June after the U.S. Federal Reserve took its first step away from the ultra-loose monetary policy that had helped drive bullion prices to record highs in recent years.
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The national conversation today seems to be about tiny bits of much larger problems that have fallen off and landed down near our feet, where we can all see them. Finally somebody bends down, picks up the bit, dusts it off and demands to know what everybody else is going to do about it!
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Obama Repeals ObamaCare (+video)
/4 Comments/in Featured, Video /by News EditorUnder pressure from Senate Democrats, the President partly suspends the individual mandate.
Widow of American Teacher Gunned Down in Benghazi has Surprising Message for Husband’s Attackers (+video)
/6 Comments/in Featured, Video /by Oliver DarcyThe widow of the American teacher who was slain in Benghazi says she forgives the attackers that gunned down her husband earlier this month.
New York Times *Finally* Tells its Readers: Obamacare is Awful for the Middle Class
/7 Comments/in Featured, News /by Moe LaneGinger Chapman and her husband, Doug, are sitting on the health care cliff. The cheapest insurance plan they can find through the new federal marketplace in New Hampshire will cost their family of four about $1,000 a month, 12 percent of their annual income of around $100,000 and more than they have ever paid before.
Warren Buffett Reaps Crony Capitalist Billions from Gov Bank Bailouts
/1 Comment/in Featured, News /by Daniel GreenfieldWhen most panicked during the financial crisis, Warren Buffett invested, reaping more than $10 billion, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday. But he apparently did so with knowledge that his investments would be backed by the feds . . .
Harry Reid: Boehner Will Cave In On Immigration Reform Next Year (+video)
/3 Comments/in Featured, Video /by Alexander BoltonSenate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) believes Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) will negotiate on comprehensive immigration reform next year, despite his declarations to the contrary.
CBO Shows Top 40% Pay More than 100% of Taxes
/1 Comment/in Featured, News /by Randall HolcombeThe Congressional Budget Office has published a study, The Distribution of Household Income and Federal Taxes, 2010, which shows that the top 40 percent of income earners paid 106.2 percent of total federal income taxes, while the bottom 40 percent paid -9.1 percent.
Federal Judge: Right to Same-Sex Marriage Is ‘Deeply Rooted in Nation’s History and Implicit in The Concept of Ordered Liberty’
/6 Comments/in Featured, News, Updates /by Terence P. JeffreyJudge Robert J. Shelby, whom President Barack Obama appointed to the U.S. District Court in Utah last year, issued an opinion on Friday declaring that a right to same-sex marriage is “deeply rooted in the nation’s history and implicit in the concept of ordered liberty.”
Oil Industry Starts Push to End Ban on Exports of Crude Oil
/2 Comments/in Featured, News /by Zack ColmanThe oil and gas industry is seizing on recent comments by Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz to push for an end to the United States’ 40-year-old ban on crude oil exports.
Three US Military Aircraft Hit In Southern Sudan, 4 Wounded
/0 Comments/in Featured, International /by Jason StraziusoGunfire hit three U.S. military aircraft trying to evacuate American citizens in a remote region of South Sudan that on Saturday became a battle ground between the country’s military and renegade troops, officials said. Four U.S. service members were wounded in the attack in the same region where gunfire downed a U.N. helicopter the day before.
Federal Judge Deals Another Blow to ObamaCare Contraceptive Mandate
/0 Comments/in Featured, News /by Fox NewsA federal judge granted an injunction this weekend that prevents the government from enforcing the ObamaCare mandate requiring religious groups across the country to provide insurance that includes access to the morning-after pill and other contraceptives.
Christian Group Plans 100-Foot-Tall Jesus Statue in Muslim-Dominated Nazareth
/2 Comments/in Featured, International /by Paul AlsterAs Christians from across the globe flock to the Holy Land in time for Christmas prayers and ceremonies, some in the community in Nazareth are seeking to reaffirm the historical importance of their town by erecting a statue of Jesus that would tower more than 100 feet above the city.
Senate Invokes New Filibuster Restrictions to Confirm IRS Chief
/0 Comments/in Featured, News /by Susan FerrechioThe Senate voted Friday to confirm President Obama’s pick to head the beleaguered Internal Revenue Service, which has been under intense congressional scrutiny over its treatment of Tea Party groups seeking tax exempt status.
UN Endorses Iran’s Call for a ‘World Against Violence and Extremism’
/4 Comments/in Featured, International /by Patrick GoodenoughThree months after Iran’s president first invited the international community to embrace Tehran’s vision of a “world against violence and extremism” – or what he calls WAVE – the U.N. General Assembly has endorsed a resolution on the matter.
How the Fed’s Pullback of Stimulus Could Affect You
/1 Comment/in Featured, News /by Associated PressConsumers will likely pay more for home loans. Savers may earn a few more dollars on CDs and Treasurys. Banks could profit. Investors may get squeezed.
ObamaCare May Make Finding Treatment Harder for Mentally Ill
/2 Comments/in Featured, News /by The Wall Street JournalFor years, much of the country’s struggles with mental-health treatment remained out of the spotlight. But a series of high-profile shootings over the past two years, such as in Aurora, Colo., and Newtown, Conn., and Tucson, Ariz. has drawn attention to a host of deficiencies.
Fraudulent Election? New Ohio Vote Integrity Charges Put Obama’s 2% Margin In Question
/47 Comments/in Featured, News /by Rich BarisOhio Secretary of State Jon Husted announced Wednesday that his office discovered another 17 non-citizens illegally cast ballots in the 2012 presidential election.
Man in Same-Sex Marriage May Wed Woman Too, Says North Dakota
/8 Comments/in Featured, News /by ERIC M. JOHNSON/REUTERSA man already married to another man in a state that permits same-sex marriage could wed a woman in North Dakota without breaking state laws, the state’s top attorney has found.
Ted Cruz Defends ‘Duck Dynasty’ Star Phil Robertson
/5 Comments/in Featured, Kathleen's Korner /by Ashe SchowSen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, defended “Duck Dynasty” star Phil Robertson Thursday by saying “free speech matters.”
The Top Seven Global Warming Alarmist Setbacks in 2013
/8 Comments/in Featured, News /by Michael BastaschHold your champagne glasses high this holiday season, because the end of 2013 marks the 17th year without global warming.
Judge: Obama’s DHS Facilitating Drug Cartels’ Human Trafficking
/1 Comment/in Featured, News /by News EditorA United States federal judge has accused President Barack Obama’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) of being complicit in helping Mexican drug cartels and felons inside America smuggle illegal aliens into the country.
Putin: Jealous of Obama’s Surveillance State
/1 Comment/in Featured, International /by Benjamin FearnowRussian President Vladimir Putin defended the U.S. National Security Agency, and even said he envies President Barack Obama in light of the NSA revelations “because he can get away with it.”
‘MUZZLED’: EPA Silenced Scientists that Challenged their Agenda
/4 Comments/in Featured, News /by Michael BastaschThe Environmental Protection Agency silenced scientific advisers who expressed concerns over the agency’s proposed carbon dioxide emissions limits for coal-fired power plants, House Republicans claim.
Judge Strikes Down Utah’s Gay Marriage Ban as Unconstitutional
/6 Comments/in Featured, News /by Fox NewsA federal judge struck down Utah’s same-sex marriage ban Friday in a decision that brings an increasing nationwide shift toward allowing gay marriage to a conservative state where the Mormon church has long been against it.
Gold Price Stumbles to 6-Month Low After Fed Stimulus Trim
/1 Comment/in Featured, International /by ReutersLondon: Gold slid more than 1 percent on Thursday to its lowest since late June after the U.S. Federal Reserve took its first step away from the ultra-loose monetary policy that had helped drive bullion prices to record highs in recent years.
Craige McMillan: America, We’re in a Death Spiral
/6 Comments/in Featured, Opinion /by Craige McMillanThe national conversation today seems to be about tiny bits of much larger problems that have fallen off and landed down near our feet, where we can all see them. Finally somebody bends down, picks up the bit, dusts it off and demands to know what everybody else is going to do about it!