Iran will press ahead with its uranium enrichment program, its nuclear energy chief said on Friday, signaling no change of course despite the victory of a relative moderate in the June 14 presidential election.
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When the city of San Leandro, Calif., purchased a license-plate reader for its police department in 2008, computer security consultant Michael Katz-Lacabe asked the city for a record of every time the scanners had photographed his car.
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The U.S. Park Police, the law enforcement agency responsible for safeguarding the National Mall and critical American landmarks, has lost track of a large supply of handguns, rifles and shotguns, according to a harshly critical report issued Thursday.
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With changes to its unemployment law taking effect this weekend, North Carolina not only is cutting benefits for those who file new claims, it will become the first state disqualified from a federal compensation program for the long-term jobless.
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Dissenting from the opinion on the Defense of Marriage Act, Justice Antonin Scalia – as expected – holds nothing back. His comments are a ‘must read.’
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The case against a North Park man who wrote anti-big bank messages on city sidewalks with chalk will go to trial, and the defendant can’t argue that the First Amendment protects his written protests.
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From the witness stand Wednesday, the state’s star witness in the George Zimmerman murder trial, Rachel “Diamond” Jeantel, gave her account of Trayvon Martin’s last seconds — and they were dramatic.
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The true purpose of the amnesty proposal is to capture future votes for the Democratic Party. Those who do not acknowledge that blatantly obvious fact either suffer from some debilitating mental illness or are working for the other side.
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In the near future, Americans who own or want guns likely will be subject to rafts of new questions from social scientists, medical researchers and law enforcement officials intent to discover just what guns they own, why they own them and what they intend to use them for — not to mention where and how they keep them.
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In the wake of a string of recent advances for Barack Obama’s left-leaning agenda, radio’s Rush Limbaugh, the top-rated voice on the political right, admitted Wednesday there appears on the surface to be little hope in rescuing America.
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House Republican conservatives warned Wednesday they would move to oust Speaker John Boehner if he puts an immigration reform bill up for a vote that doesn’t have the support of a majority of GOP members.
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Orthodox mythology of the Civil War holds that the Northern states rallied in unity behind the messianic President Lincoln on a noble mission to liberate the slaves and preserve the Union. Not exactly, according to the movie Copperhead.
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After a one-woman filibuster and a raucous crowd helped derail a GOP-led effort to restrict Texas abortions, Gov. Rick Perry announced Wednesday that he’s calling lawmakers back next week to try again.
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Three years ago, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin backed Kelly Ayotte in a very hotly contested Republican primary for the Senate. Palin said that Ayotte was “Granite Grizzly” and the endorsement was a key reason why the powerful tea party support in 2010 was split between Ayotte and a primary opponent she barely defeated.
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MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry joined anchor Thomas Roberts on Wednesday to react to the Supreme Court’s rulings on the cases relating to gay marriage rights in the United States. Harris-Perry threw cold water on the celebrations ongoing at 30 Rock when she lamented the Court’s decision to not rule in the case against Proposition 8.
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Efforts to keep interest rates on new student loans from doubling appeared to be falling apart Wednesday as the Democratic leader of the Senate declared a bipartisan proposal unacceptable.
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To her husband, she was Lori Kennedy. But to a dogged federal investigator, she is “Jane Doe,” a Texas mother who killed herself three years ago in her family’s driveway after spending decades using stolen identities to erase a past that remains mired in mystery.
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A British magician working with Pepsi Max wants people to “live for now” and witness the “magic that’s all around us” through his incredible bus levitation stunt.
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Studies suggest that breast-feeding can be good for a baby’s health, and now there’s fresh evidence that it may help children to climb the social ladder as well.
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The U.S. Supreme Court effectively opened marriage to homosexuals today in striking down the federal Defense of Marriage Act as a violation of the constitutional provision for equal protection and placing into question California’s Prop 8.
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Today’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling regarding the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and Prop 8, California’s successful citizen initiative that defined marriage as a union between one man and one woman, highlights how important it is that Alaska was the first state in the nation in 1998 to define natural marriage in our own State Constitution.
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An Islamic scholar who serves as vice president of an organization that supports the terrorist group Hamas and whose president sanctioned the killing of American soldiers in Iraq met with senior Obama administration officials at the White House earlier this month.
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House Speaker John Boehner is set to raise money in Alaska with the former chair of the Alaska GOP that Sarah Palin took on for corruption. Also joining Ruedrich and Boehner is Commissioner Dan Sullivan.
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While NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden continues to baffle world governments and the news media with his exact whereabouts and travel plans, one question apparently not being asked is whether he was ever in Hong Kong in the first place.
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Iranian Official Signals No Scaling Back in Nuclear Activity
/0 Comments/in Featured, International /by Alissa de CarbonnelIran will press ahead with its uranium enrichment program, its nuclear energy chief said on Friday, signaling no change of course despite the victory of a relative moderate in the June 14 presidential election.
License-Plate Readers Let Police Collect Millions of Records on Drivers
/1 Comment/in Featured, News /by Ali WinstonWhen the city of San Leandro, Calif., purchased a license-plate reader for its police department in 2008, computer security consultant Michael Katz-Lacabe asked the city for a record of every time the scanners had photographed his car.
Inspector General Finds Park Police Lost Track of Weapons
/0 Comments/in Featured, News /by NBCThe U.S. Park Police, the law enforcement agency responsible for safeguarding the National Mall and critical American landmarks, has lost track of a large supply of handguns, rifles and shotguns, according to a harshly critical report issued Thursday.
NC Becomes 1st State To Drop Federal Jobless Funds
/1 Comment/in Featured, News /by Associated PressWith changes to its unemployment law taking effect this weekend, North Carolina not only is cutting benefits for those who file new claims, it will become the first state disqualified from a federal compensation program for the long-term jobless.
Scalia: ‘High-Handed’ Kennedy Has Declared Us ‘Enemies of the Human Race’
/28 Comments/in Featured, News /by Tim GrieveDissenting from the opinion on the Defense of Marriage Act, Justice Antonin Scalia – as expected – holds nothing back. His comments are a ‘must read.’
Man Faces 13 Years in Jail for Criticizing Big Banks with Sidewalk Chalk Messages
/10 Comments/in Featured, News /by News EditorThe case against a North Park man who wrote anti-big bank messages on city sidewalks with chalk will go to trial, and the defendant can’t argue that the First Amendment protects his written protests.
Zimmerman Murder Trial: State’s Key Witness Damaged; Trayvon Friend Says Screams on Tape Weren’t His (+video)
/7 Comments/in Featured, Video /by Rene Stutzman and Jeff WeinerFrom the witness stand Wednesday, the state’s star witness in the George Zimmerman murder trial, Rachel “Diamond” Jeantel, gave her account of Trayvon Martin’s last seconds — and they were dramatic.
Passage of the Amnesty Bill Will Spell the End of Our Republic
/6 Comments/in Featured, Opinion /by James SimpsonThe true purpose of the amnesty proposal is to capture future votes for the Democratic Party. Those who do not acknowledge that blatantly obvious fact either suffer from some debilitating mental illness or are working for the other side.
Obama’s Gun Control Agenda Now Attempts to Link Public Health Issues to Gun Ownership
/4 Comments/in Featured, News /by George RussellIn the near future, Americans who own or want guns likely will be subject to rafts of new questions from social scientists, medical researchers and law enforcement officials intent to discover just what guns they own, why they own them and what they intend to use them for — not to mention where and how they keep them.
Limbaugh: ‘Looks Like Doom, Unavoidable Doom’
/7 Comments/in Featured, News /by Joe KovacsIn the wake of a string of recent advances for Barack Obama’s left-leaning agenda, radio’s Rush Limbaugh, the top-rated voice on the political right, admitted Wednesday there appears on the surface to be little hope in rescuing America.
House Conservatives Promise to Oust Boehner if he Break His Oath and Moves Amnesty Bill Without Majority Support
/6 Comments/in Featured, News /by Susan FerrechioHouse Republican conservatives warned Wednesday they would move to oust Speaker John Boehner if he puts an immigration reform bill up for a vote that doesn’t have the support of a majority of GOP members.
Copperhead Movie a Unique Take on the Civil War
/1 Comment/in Featured, Opinion /by James SimpsonOrthodox mythology of the Civil War holds that the Northern states rallied in unity behind the messianic President Lincoln on a noble mission to liberate the slaves and preserve the Union. Not exactly, according to the movie Copperhead.
Texas Gov. Perry Calls Second Special Session on Abortion, Gets Viciously Attacked by Left
/10 Comments/in Featured, News /by News EditorAfter a one-woman filibuster and a raucous crowd helped derail a GOP-led effort to restrict Texas abortions, Gov. Rick Perry announced Wednesday that he’s calling lawmakers back next week to try again.
Palin: Kelly Ayotte Flip-Flopped on Amnesty Bill, Should Face Primary Challenge
/6 Comments/in Featured, News /by James PindellThree years ago, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin backed Kelly Ayotte in a very hotly contested Republican primary for the Senate. Palin said that Ayotte was “Granite Grizzly” and the endorsement was a key reason why the powerful tea party support in 2010 was split between Ayotte and a primary opponent she barely defeated.
Gay Marriage Rulings Make MSNBC Sad Because They Gut ‘Power Of Federal Government’ (+video)
/1 Comment/in Featured, Video /by Noah RothmanMSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry joined anchor Thomas Roberts on Wednesday to react to the Supreme Court’s rulings on the cases relating to gay marriage rights in the United States. Harris-Perry threw cold water on the celebrations ongoing at 30 Rock when she lamented the Court’s decision to not rule in the case against Proposition 8.
Deal to Stop Student Loan Interest from Doubling Appears to be Falling Apart
/1 Comment/in Featured, News /by Associated PressEfforts to keep interest rates on new student loans from doubling appeared to be falling apart Wednesday as the Democratic leader of the Senate declared a bipartisan proposal unacceptable.
Hernandez Charged with Murder, Cut By Patriots
/1 Comment/in Featured, News /by HOWARD ULMANThe New England Patriots didn’t wait for Aaron Hernandez’s legal troubles to play themselves out. Read what happened here.
Three Years After Texas Woman’s Suicide, a Question Lingers: Who Was She?
/0 Comments/in Featured, The Offbeat /by Cristina CorbinTo her husband, she was Lori Kennedy. But to a dogged federal investigator, she is “Jane Doe,” a Texas mother who killed herself three years ago in her family’s driveway after spending decades using stolen identities to erase a past that remains mired in mystery.
What’s the Secret to Magician’s ‘Bus Levitation’ Trick? (+video)
/0 Comments/in Featured, The Offbeat /by Liz KlimasA British magician working with Pepsi Max wants people to “live for now” and witness the “magic that’s all around us” through his incredible bus levitation stunt.
Breast-Fed Babies Achieve Higher Social Status
/1 Comment/in Featured, Kathleen's Korner /by Alexandra SifferlinStudies suggest that breast-feeding can be good for a baby’s health, and now there’s fresh evidence that it may help children to climb the social ladder as well.
Supremes Open Marriage to Homosexuals, Prop 8 in Question
/5 Comments/in Featured, News /by News EditorThe U.S. Supreme Court effectively opened marriage to homosexuals today in striking down the federal Defense of Marriage Act as a violation of the constitutional provision for equal protection and placing into question California’s Prop 8.
US Supreme Court Ruling Keeps Alaska in Driver Seat to Define Marriage
/2 Comments/in Alaska News, Featured /by JIm MinneryToday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling regarding the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and Prop 8, California’s successful citizen initiative that defined marriage as a union between one man and one woman, highlights how important it is that Alaska was the first state in the nation in 1998 to define natural marriage in our own State Constitution.
Radical Muslim Preacher Whose Organization Supports Killing US Soldiers Met at White House this Month
/17 Comments/in Featured, News /by Jamie WeinsteinAn Islamic scholar who serves as vice president of an organization that supports the terrorist group Hamas and whose president sanctioned the killing of American soldiers in Iraq met with senior Obama administration officials at the White House earlier this month.
Speaker John Boehner Headlining Alaskan Fundraiser with Randy Ruedrich and Commissioner Dan Sullivan in Anchorage
/7 Comments/in Alaska News, Featured /by Tony LeeHouse Speaker John Boehner is set to raise money in Alaska with the former chair of the Alaska GOP that Sarah Palin took on for corruption. Also joining Ruedrich and Boehner is Commissioner Dan Sullivan.
Was NSA Whistleblower Snowden Really in Hong Kong? (+video)
/2 Comments/in Featured, International /by News EditorWhile NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden continues to baffle world governments and the news media with his exact whereabouts and travel plans, one question apparently not being asked is whether he was ever in Hong Kong in the first place.