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2011-02-25T21:34:00.000-08:00

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2011-02-21T15:48:00.001-08:00

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2011-02-17T12:37:00.001-08:00

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2011-02-16T23:50:00.001-08:00

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2010-12-31T05:28:00.001-08:00

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2010-07-03T13:18:00.001-07:00

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2010-06-30T05:10:00.001-07:00

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2010-03-30T08:34:00.000-07:00

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Congress Passes Historic Health Care Reform

2010-03-22T00:29:00.001-07:00

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2009-11-02T00:32:00.001-08:00

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2009-10-01T08:18:00.001-07:00

Michael Jackson, dead at 50: A complicated legacy

2009-06-25T21:18:00.000-07:00

Michael Jackson, the child singer who became the world’s biggest pop star before his personal life became grist for the tabloids, died yesterday at the age of 50. The self-proclaimed “King of Pop’’ was rushed from his home in Los Angeles to UCLA Medical Center shortly after 12:30 p.m. by paramedics who reportedly performed CPR in the ambulance.

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2009-06-21T15:36:00.000-07:00

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2009-06-05T22:27:00.000-07:00

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What the Credit Cardholders Bill of Rights Means for You

2009-05-23T14:57:00.007-07:00

This Friday, President Obama is expected to sign the ‘Credit Cardholders Bill of Rights’ into law. The House of Representatives passed their version of the bill on April 30th by a 361-64 margin. In similar overwhelming fashion, the Senate passed their version of the bill in a 90-5 route.read more | digg story

MN Gov. Pawlenty vetoes medical marijuana bill

2009-05-23T14:57:00.005-07:00

Gov. Tim Pawlenty vetoed an emotionally charged proposal late Friday to allow terminally ill patients to use marijuana for medical purposesread more | digg story

Conservative university bans Democratic club

2009-05-23T14:57:00.003-07:00

As they say in conservative circles, “freedom isn’t free.”Liberty, apparently, isn’t liberating either.Liberty University — the largest evangelical university in the world — has revoked its recognition of the campus Democratic Party club.read more | digg story

India's massive general election [Pics]

2009-05-23T14:57:00.001-07:00

Great pict lots of people voting.read more | digg story

Paying Back TARP: Good for Banks, Bad for Shareholders?

2009-05-23T14:56:00.003-07:00

Recently, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan and others have said they plan to repay the tens of billions of dollars they received last fall as part of the government's Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) as soon as possible. Investors immediately cheered the news. Shares of Goldman and JPMorgan are up 80% and 117%, respectively, since the market bottomed..read more | digg story

Report: White House to Send GM into Bankruptcy Next Week

2009-05-23T14:56:00.001-07:00

Sources familiar with the discussions say the Obama administration is planning to send GM into bankruptcy as early as the end of next week.read more | digg story

Facts and Myths About Obama's Preventive Detention Proposal

2009-05-23T14:55:00.005-07:00

Is a system of indefinite detention with no charges a standard or radical idea?read more | digg story

The New 'New Economy': More Startups, Fewer Giants

2009-05-23T14:55:00.003-07:00

"It turns out the rule 'large and disciplined organizations win' needs to have a qualification appended: 'at games that change slowly.' No one knew till change reached a sufficient speed." The result is that the next new economy, the one rising from the ashes of this latest meltdown, will favor the small.read more | digg story

McCain on Cheney’s torture speech

2009-05-23T14:55:00.001-07:00

Yesterday on Fox News, McCain reiterated that waterboarding is “not a new technique, and it is certainly torture.” “You hear it from al Qaeda operatives that when we torture people and it becomes public, then it helps them recruit,” he said.read more | digg story

Senate Votes to Block Release of Torture Photos for 5 Years

2009-05-23T14:54:00.005-07:00

The hits keep coming. In an amendment to the $91 billion spending bill to fund the was the Senate voted to block the release of all post 9/11 detainee abuse photos for five years. The language is aimed at preventing a court from ordering their release in response to a freedom of information lawsuit. read more | digg story

Ventura: I'll waterboard Hannity into saying Obama the best

2009-05-23T14:54:00.003-07:00

After ripping George W. Bush and expressing his desire to waterboard Dick Cheney, former governor Jesse Ventura continues his media storm...read more | digg story

Conservative radio hosts gets waterboarded, lasts 6 seconds

2009-05-23T14:54:00.001-07:00

Chicago's conservative radio host Erich "Mancow" Muller decided he'd get himself waterboarded to prove the technique wasn't torture. Turns out, he was wrong.read more | digg story

Me first: Fewer parents saving for kids' college education

2009-05-23T14:53:00.005-07:00

Not shockingly, parents put less money into college savings plans during the past year, according to new data released this week, perhaps learning the lesson that it's best to take care of yourself first before saving for your child's college expenses.read more | digg story

Once Masters Of Evil Politics, Republicans Now Class Clowns

2009-05-23T14:53:00.003-07:00

As a useful force in American politics, the Republicans have been dead for a while now. But in the seven months since Sarah Palin's nomination, they have taken on an intriguing new role: providing much-needed comic relief during dark times, serving as the unofficial rodeo clowns of the Financial Crisis Era.read more | digg story

Latino gang accused of targeting blacks near L.A.

2009-05-23T14:53:00.001-07:00

A Latino street gang waged a racist campaign to eliminate the city's black residents through attempted murders and other crimes, according to federal racketeering indictments unsealed Thursday.read more | digg story

Super Conservative Mayor In Gay Relationship With Illegal

2009-05-23T14:52:00.003-07:00

The mayor of San Angelo, Texas, J.W. Lown, abruptly announced his resignation just days before he was to be sworn in for his fourth term as mayor. He made the announcement from Mexico, where he had suddenly bolted to. He is in a relationship with a male illegal alien and they're trying to fix the alien's status.read more | digg story

How Worthless is Your 401(k)?

2009-05-23T14:52:00.001-07:00

Employees who've watched their balances fall are getting bitter, and who can blame them? The once-vaunted employer-sponsored defined contribution plan may be failing them. Employers aren't much more upbeat. Some have even dropped their matching contributions in recent months.read more | digg story

American Airlines pilot fails breathalyzer test @ airport

2009-05-23T14:51:00.003-07:00

American Airlines says one of its pilots failed a breathalyzer test at London's Heathrow airport.read more | digg story

Momentum Builds For Ron Paul's "Fed Transparency" Act HR1207

2009-05-23T14:51:00.001-07:00

Paul is the sponsor of the Federal Reserve Transparency act of 2009, which demands a GAO audit of the Fed, and a full report to Congress sometime next year. And it's gaining steam. It already has 175 co-sponsors in the House, and now a major Democrat, Rep. Alan Grayson read more | digg story

Armed citizen prevents injury to self & wife.

2009-05-23T14:50:00.003-07:00

Armed citizen defends himself and wife from a mentally unstable intruder.Shooting the intruder in the leg, while retreating up the stairs, then firing into the chest as the intruder used a broken glass and continued towards the couple.read more | digg story

Rush Limbaugh's race to the bottom

2009-05-23T14:50:00.001-07:00

Bend over, grab your ankles and submit to a mind-blowing rundown of the radio bully's obsessive butt talk!read more | digg story

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2009-05-18T13:12:00.001-07:00

Twitter message leads to arrest after 'financial panic'

2009-05-16T20:28:00.001-07:00

A man has been arrested for inciting "financial panic" after he posted a Twitter message. Jean Ramses Anleu Fernandez urged people in Guatemala to boycott a bank in the aftermath of a political scandal. In his tweet under his twitter name '@jeanfer' he proposed that people "withdraw cash from Banrural and break the bank of the corrupt". read more | digg story

Obama naming Gov. Jon Huntsman (R-UT) ambassador to China

2009-05-16T20:15:00.001-07:00

President Barack Obama plans to name Utah Gov. Jon M. Huntsman Jr., a rapidly rising star in the Republican Party, as ambassador to China, a senior administration official said. The move is freighted with political intrigue. Huntsman, who speaks fluent Mandarin Chinese, quickly emerged after November as one of the leading moderate GOP voices.read more | digg story

60-year-old is oldest Army soldier killed in Iraq

2009-05-16T18:03:00.005-07:00

A 60-year-old Vietnam War veteran killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq has become the oldest Army soldier to die in that conflict, the military said Thursday.read more | digg story

Governor Signs Bill Authorizing Sports Betting in Delaware

2009-05-16T18:03:00.003-07:00

Delaware’s governor on Thursday signed a law authorizing creation of a sports lottery in the First State. But there are still a few hurdles before gamblers can place their wagers.read more | digg story

Republican ad attacks President Obama’s dog

2009-05-16T18:03:00.001-07:00

You won’t believe this until you see it — the RNC is out with a new ad throwing the kitchen sink at President Obama, including an attack on how much he spent on Bo, the presidential puppy. Watch:read more | digg story

Pelosi says CIA lied on 'torture'

2009-05-16T18:02:00.001-07:00

The speaker of the US House of Representatives says she was misled by the CIA about the use of harsh methods during terror interrogations.read more | digg story

Air Force Sgt. on jetliner spots fuel leak, saves 300 lives

2009-05-16T17:21:00.003-07:00

When he first told a stewardess about the trouble she brushed him off, then: "I told her you need to inform your captain before we go oceanic." read more | digg story

America's growing surveillance state

2009-05-16T17:21:00.001-07:00

The Obama administration isn't just watching rightwing extremists. It's watching us all – and we should all be concernedread more | digg story

U.S. Navy Detains 17 on Suspected Pirate 'Mothership'

2009-05-16T17:20:00.001-07:00

The Navy said in a statement Thursday that Korean Destroyer ROKS Munmu the Great and the U.S. guided missile cruiser Gettysburg dispatched helicopters to aid Motor Vessel Amira after it came under attack.read more | digg story

Bilderbergers Meet In Greece Today. Who Are they?

2009-05-16T17:19:00.001-07:00

From today until May 17, approximately 150 of the most influential members of the world's elite will be meeting behind closed doors at a hotel in Greece. They are called the Bilderberg Group or the "Bilderbergers," and you have probably never heard of them. read more | digg story

The great Social Security and Medicare panic: Not so logical

2009-05-16T17:17:00.003-07:00

The 2009 edition of the “Status of the Social Security and Medicare Programs” is a swamp of data that is only useful if it turns out to be correct. There is no evidence that most of the assumptions are accurate any more than there is proof that the new federal budget and its forecast deficits are accurate. read more | digg story

The Real Motive Behind the Cheney Family Torture Tour

2009-05-16T17:17:00.001-07:00

According to multiple accounts and experts, the efficacy of torture is limited to ascertaining what the torturer wants to hear -- rather than information that's actually true. It's apparent that torture was authorized for the purpose of fabricating a case for invading Iraq. No wonder Dick Cheney is so frantic. read more | digg story

Senate refuses to cap credit card interest rates at 15%

2009-05-16T17:16:00.005-07:00

Never mind that credit union interest rates are capped at 15 percent already. The effort by Senator Bernie Sanders, the Vermont independent, drew only 33 votes and needed 60. One-third of all credit card holders are paying interest above 20 percent and as high as 41 percent, but the banks own the Senate.read more | digg story

Cheney Stopped CIA Watchdog From Completing Torture Probe

2009-05-16T17:16:00.003-07:00

Dick Cheney stopped CIA Inspector General John Helgerson from completing an investigation into the agency’s use of torture against detainees, but the watchdog was still able to prepare a report that implicated CIA interrogators in three detainee deaths in Afghanistan and Iraq and referred eight criminal cases to the Justice Dept. for investigation.read more | digg story

Why do Liberals Hate Women?

2009-05-16T17:16:00.001-07:00

Not even Dick Cheney can incite the blood-curdling rage of liberals at the sight of a sexy Evangelical Christian. Paula Jones, Katherine Harris, Michele Bachmann, Sarah Palin and, most recently, Miss California, Carrie Prejean, have all come under a frenzy of attacks from liberals.Christians are supposed to be fat, balding sweaty little men with read more | digg story

Golden Coffins: 10 of the Most Egregious CEO Perks

2009-05-16T17:15:00.003-07:00

Running big public companies is hard work, so many execs get a little help to keep their noses to the grindstone. Here are some of the most egregious perks from the golden era of executive compensation, according to corporate governance experts.read more | digg story

The Wealth of World Leaders (MAP)

2009-05-16T17:15:00.001-07:00

How much are the most powerful people in the world worth? This infographic shows the surprising billions of some of Earth’s most elite.read more | digg story

Google Street View blacked out in Greece

2009-05-16T17:14:00.003-07:00

# Greek watchdog wants more information from Google about privacy measures# Privacy campaigners say Street View could be abused# Residents of one UK village say it will help burglars scout targets# Google says it isn't breaking any laws and takes privacy very seriouslyread more | digg story

White House Czar Declares End to 'War on Drugs'

2009-05-16T17:14:00.001-07:00

The Obama administration's new drug czar says he wants to banish the idea that the U.S. is fighting "a war on drugs," a move that would underscore a shift favoring treatment over incarceration. In his first interview since being confirmed to head the White House ONDCP, Gil Kerlikowske said the bellicose analogy was a barrier to dealing with abuse.read more | digg story

ACTUAL FOOTAGE Pastor Beaten & Tased by Border Patrol & DPS

2009-05-16T17:13:00.001-07:00

This is the actual footage from Pastor Anderson's camcorder as well as from the surveillance cameras at the Border Patrol Checkpoint. Visit Pastor Anderson's wife's blog at http://www.stevenandersonfamily.blogspot.com for updates on the situation.read more | digg story

Media Asked to be Passive About Soldiers Raping 14-Year Old

2009-05-16T17:12:00.003-07:00

US Army media brief for rape and murder of 14 year old Iraqi girl and family by 101st soldiers.read more | digg story

Pentagon worker charged with leaking info to China

2009-05-16T17:12:00.001-07:00

A Defense Department official was charged Wednesday with feeding classified information to an agent for the Chinese government...FBI investigators say that unbeknownst to Fondren, Kuo was taking orders from the Chinese government. Officials say Fondren believed the information was being sent to Taiwan...He faces a maximum of five years in prison.read more | digg story

Spinning the Death of a 12 Year Old - Journalism Fail

2009-05-11T16:27:00.001-07:00

As we saw last week with CNN’s speedy parroting of the DOD spin on the bombings in Afghanistan by US forces which killed a large number of civilians, the traditional media is mighty fast to buy whatever line the Pentagon is spinning. The latest such incident goes a step further – and not just the MSM are playing along – HuffPo jumped on board too.read more | digg story

Michael Savage poses no risk to British security

2009-05-11T16:26:00.005-07:00

It is shocking that not a single MP has stood up to defend free speech, says Boris Johnson.read more | digg story

Joe Scarborough: How the Republicans Can Come Back

2009-05-11T16:26:00.003-07:00

GOP leaders have allowed themselves to be defined too easily as rigid ideologues, blindly faithful to an unyielding agenda. American conservatism is now associated with wasteful spending, military adventurism and ideological conformity. The GOP took a $155 billion surplus and turned it into a $1.5 trillion debt.read more | digg story

Army's Prescription to Combat Solider Suicides: Christianity

2009-05-11T16:26:00.001-07:00

A recent edition of the U.S. Army’s suicide prevention manual advises military chaplains to promote “religiosity,” specifically Christianity, as a way to deter distraught soldiers from taking their own lives, which in recent months, according to one veterans advocacy group, has reached epidemic proportions. read more | digg story

White House To Declassify Report, May Refute Cheney's Claims

2009-05-11T16:25:00.005-07:00

Specifically: The White House has decided to declassify and release a classified 2004 CIA report about the torture program that is reported to have found no proof that torture foiled any terror plots on American soil — directly contradicting Cheney’s claims. The paper cites “allies” of the White House as a source.read more | digg story

Google's diversity causing it antitrust trouble

2009-05-11T16:25:00.003-07:00

Google's goal is to index all the world's information, and it has created a broad array of products to draw that information in. Its huge success with search, however, is causing a legal authorities to consider whether its dominance has given it too much market power.read more | digg story

War on Drugs Clock - How Much is Being Spent Every Second?

2009-05-11T16:25:00.001-07:00

A second-by-second ticking clock showing all the money that federal, state and local governments are spending enforcing America's failed and and dangerous drug prohibition policies. Also shows a new marijuana arrest ticking by every 38 seconds (for a total of almost 900,000 people a year).read more | digg story

Reporter Saberi leaves Iran jail

2009-05-11T16:24:00.003-07:00

The US-Iranian journalist jailed in Iran, Roxana Saberi, has been freed from prison after having her sentence for spying reduced.Lawyers for the 31-year-old, whose imprisoning sparked a global outcry, said she left Tehran's Evin jail hours after her eight-year term was cut. read more | digg story

Hersh: Children sodomized at Abu Ghraib, on tape

2009-05-11T16:24:00.001-07:00

After Donald Rumsfeld testified on the Hill about Abu Ghraib in May, there was talk of more photos and video in the Pentagon's custody more horrific than anything made public so far. "If these are released to the public, obviously it's going to make matters worse," Rumsfeld said. Since then, the Washington Post has disclosed some new details ...read more | digg story

Star Trek has whopping $76.5 million opening

2009-05-11T16:23:00.003-07:00

Star Trek beamed itself up to the top of the box office, earning $76.5 million in its opening weekend.read more | digg story

Wisconsin court upholds GPS tracking by police

2009-05-11T16:23:00.001-07:00

Wisconsin police can attach GPS to cars to secretly track anybody's movements without obtaining search warrants, an appeals court ruled Thursday. read more | digg story

Student Wins Suit After Teacher Says Creationism Nonsense

2009-05-11T16:22:00.003-07:00

The lawsuit cited more than 20 statements made by James Corbett during one day of class, all of which were recorded by Farnan, to support allegations of a broader teaching method that "favors irreligion over religion" and made Christian students feel uncomfortable.Wait till you hear this!read more | digg story

Cheney: Colin Powell no longer a Republican

2009-05-11T16:22:00.001-07:00

Former Vice President Dick Cheney said Sunday he no longer views Colin Powell as a Republican. "My take on it was Colin had already left the party," Cheney said. "I didn't know he was still a Republican." read more | digg story

John Edwards' Staff Planned to Sabotage His Campaign

2009-05-11T16:21:00.003-07:00

ABC News' George Stephanopoulos reports several Edwards staffers had 'doomsday' strategy to bring down the John Edwards campaign because of the Rielle Hunter affair -- if it looked like Edwards was going to become the nominee. read more | digg story

Of Pigs, Planes and Protectionism

2009-05-11T16:21:00.001-07:00

Countries’ bans on the import of pork products as a reaction to swine flu are an example of the rapid rise in protectionism since the start of the financial crisis.read more | digg story

Obama: The Republican Party Does Not Qualify For A Bailout

2009-05-11T16:20:00.005-07:00

The White House Correspondents' Association's annual dinner got underway Saturday night. It's a chance for President Barack Obama to jab at the Washington establishment and perhaps chide his critics.read more | digg story

Brain surgery patient left in OR after doc no-show

2009-05-11T16:20:00.003-07:00

One of the highest-paid doctors in New York refused to perform brain surgery on an already-anesthetized patient whose scheduled surgeon had failed to show up, and the state health department is investigating.read more | digg story

Air strikes 'drive Afghans to Taliban'

2009-05-11T16:20:00.001-07:00

Charges that scores of villagers died in US bombings against the Taliban have led to demands for a halt in air strikes amid warnings that civilian casualties are driving Afghans to join the insurgency.read more | digg story

Saudi judge: It's OK to slap spendthrift wives

2009-05-11T16:19:00.003-07:00

Husbands are allowed to slap their wives if they spend lavishly, a Saudi judge said recently during a seminar on domestic violence. read more | digg story

Senators Try to Block Release of New Detainee Abuse Photos

2009-05-11T16:19:00.001-07:00

Two U.S. Senators have called on President Obama to block the release of new detainee abuse photos at the end of the month saying in a letter sent to the White House last week that "no public good" will come from releasing the photos. "We urge you in the strongest possible terms to fight the release of these old pictures," the senators wrote.read more | digg story

G20 police 'used undercover men to incite crowds'

2009-05-11T16:18:00.005-07:00

An MP who was involved in last month's G20 protests in London is to call for an investigation into whether the police used agents provocateurs to incite the crowds. Liberal Democrat Tom Brake says he saw what he believed to be two plain-clothes police officers go through a police cordon after presenting their ID cards. read more | digg story

“Stop Red Light Running” Exposed As Corporate Lobbying Group

2009-05-11T16:18:00.003-07:00

The use of red light ticket cameras has spread to almost 300 cities across the United States. The ticket camera promoters publicly proclaim that these cameras improve traffic safety. Privately they tout the cameras’ revenue generating potential to state and local officials.read more | digg story

Legalizing Marijuana the Federalist Way

2009-05-11T16:18:00.001-07:00

Many advocates of legalizing or decriminalizing marijuana feel Obama has abandoned them. White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel is a consistent warrior against decriminalization. Attorney General Eric Holder has a history of opposing drug policy reforms and considers the adult use of marijuana equivalent to public nuisance. Even Joe Biden..read more | digg story

Internet to be allowed in exams

2009-05-11T16:17:00.007-07:00

Danish ‘A’ level students are likely to be able to use the Internet in their written exams if a test run later this year proves successful. read more | digg story

Bush May Haunt Republicans for Generations

2009-05-11T16:17:00.005-07:00

Some fascinating data based on more than 120,000 interviews completed over the past four months, on the way that partisan identification breaks down by age. read more | digg story