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Bushs war on terror over
>Editor's note: Peter Bergen is CNN's national security analyst, a director at the New America Foundation and the author of "Manhunt: The Ten-Year Search for bin Laden -- From 9/11 to Abbottabad," the basis for the HBO documentary "Manhunt" that will be shown on CNN at 9 p.m. today. Washington (CNN) -- In the past few weeks, we've seen a British soldier hacked to death with a meat cleaver on ...
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Jindal Obamas woes flow out of big government philosophy
>Editor's note: Bobby Jindal, a Republican, is governor of Louisiana.(CNN) -- The latest problems with the IRS witch hunt, the seizure of phone records from The Associated Press, the conflicting Benghazi stories and disastrous attempts to enforce Obamacare may all seem unrelated, but they are not. Each of these events is the direct byproduct of two central philosophies of the Obama ...
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When company owns human genes
>Editor's note: Gayle Sulik is a medical sociologist, founder of the Breast Cancer Consortium and author of "Pink Ribbon Blues: How Breast Cancer Culture Undermines Women's Health. " Follow her on Twitter: @pinkribbonblues(CNN) -- Angelina Jolie, when writing about her preventive double mastectomy, did not discuss how much her surgeries cost, but she did mention that many women would not be ...
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Could Weiner replace Bloomberg
To listen to the podcast, click on the Soundcloud audio player above. Or find it on iTunes. But back to Anthony Weiner: For those of you who missed it, in 2011 the former congressman texted pictures of his private parts to women, lied about it, had to resign. We all agreed his mayoral bid can't simply be dismissed as a ...
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Are American Christians Unashamed of Their Faith
The Nashville-based research organization's survey identifies being "unashamed" as one of eight attributes of discipleship that are consistent marks of maturing believers."There are two elements to this discipleship attribute: being unashamed of Jesus Christ around nonbelievers and showing transparency among other Christians," said Scott McConnell, director of LifeWay ...
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Incumbent upon DOJ AG Holder to explain leak probe says Gibbs
Top Talkers: "Attorney General Eric Holder signed off on a controversial search warrant that identified Fox News reporter James Rosen as a 'possible co-conspirator' in violations of the Espionage Act and authorized seizure of his private emails," NBC News' Michael Isikoff writes. The Morning Joe panel discusses Holder's move and the president's response during ...
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Scarborough Lerner is either incompetent...or just doesnt tell the truth
Top Talkers: IRS official Lois Lerner has been placed on administrative leave following reports she refused to resign as director of Exempt Organizations. The Morning Joe panel -- including NBC News' Kelly O'Donnell, the Council on Foreign Relations' Richard Haass, Time's Mark Halperin and fmr. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs -- discusses more reports of what and ...
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Boston bombing suspects hearing rescheduled again
BOSTON (AP) -- A federal judge has rescheduled a probable cause hearing for surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (joh-HAHR' ...
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Teen Birth Rates Down Across America Hispanic Girls Had Sharpest Drop
new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found that teen birth rates in America fell sharply from 2007 to 2011, by as much as 34 percent on average for Hispanic ...
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Brewers team up with beer to be released on Memorial Day to help military families
Former major league pitcher Chris Ray pours one of his baseball-themed beers at The Diamond in Richmond, Va., Wednesday, May 22, 2013. Proceeds from the specialty brew will be given to military families. (Joe Mahoney/Associated ...
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Theres a new mustard in town at Great American Ball Park
The Cincinnati Reds announced their latest personnel move yesterday, and it has nothing to do with pitching, catching or hitting. Theres a new condiment at Great American Ball Park: Woebers Dusseldorf Mustard, which has been called up to replace Uncle Phils Dusseldorf Mustard. According to The Cincinnati Enquirer, Uncle Phils had been demoted in 2010 over packaging problems but got recalled. But ...
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Obama reveals clearer guidelines for drone strikes
In a counterterrorism speech on Thursday, President Obama focused on narrowrt guidelines for deadly drone strikes, arguing they are legal and effective, and announced an end to the ban on transferring detainees from Guantanamo back to Yemen. NBC's Peter Alexander ...
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Tornado insured losses estimated at $2 billion-$5 billion
Jason Owen digs through debris as he helps his mother to salvage items from her uncle's home after it was almost destroyed by a tornado in Moore, Oklahoma, May 23, ...
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Rwanda Rwanda Leadership Inspires American Varsity Students
A delegation of 31 students and instructors from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania in the US has been inspired by Rwanda's leadership policies based on empowerment of citizens. "We chose Rwanda because the country's leadership demonstrates key skills necessary for a transformative leadership and we are really inspired," said Carole Okigbo, one ...
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America is always itchy to interfere into everything
"There are certain "red lines" on non-interference with internal affairs. We're not telling Obama what position he should take on gay marriage in the U.S. Why do they tell us how we should behave? We're not telling the American police how to disperse demonstrations even when on TV we see people beaten to blood in Chicago during the NATO summit - not one, not two, not ...
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Southwestern Illinois judge probed by feds
Federal prosecutors are preparing at least one drug possession charge against 20th Circuit drug court judge Michael Cook. The charge is believed to be associated with the death of one of the countys associate judges, Joseph Christ, whose body was found March 10 in the Cook familys hunting lodge near Pleasant Hill, Ill. According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, cocaine was found under Christs ...
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Worse Than Watergate The Ultimate White House Scandal Matrix
. That's the refrain coming from the Obama administration's critics as it scrambles to tamp down a growing pile of scandals. "The Obama administration's cover-up of the September 11, 2012 Benghazi terrorist attack surpasses ...
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Truth Justice The American Way
May 24, 2013 6:00am What happens in our relationships when we keep secrets? When we think telling the truth brings harm or that hiding something serves a broader purpose? It usually means trust doesn’t exist and the relationship is doomed to either failure or one that loses all sense of intimacy and closeness and openness. A few years ago I wrote ...
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10 Things to Know for Today
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. WHAT COLLAPSE OF INTERSTATE BRIDGE IN WASHINGTON STATE MEANS FOR COMMUTERS Washington state officials ask drivers to avoid Interstate 5 near the area where a bridge collapsed over the Skagit River. 2. WHAT OBAMA SAYS ABOUT HIS COUNTERTERRORISM POLICY President Barack Obama ...
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MOVES-Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Fri May 24, 2013 6:42am EDT May 24 (Reuters) - The following financial services industry appointment was announced on Friday. To inform us of other job changes, email to moves@thomsonreuters.com. BANK OF AMERICA MERRILL LYNCH The investment manager appointed Tracy Caliendo as managing director and head of Americas equity hedge fund services. Caliendo most recently served at Goldman Sachs as ...
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Coburn My bogus dilemma on aid
>Editor's note: Tom Coburn, a Republican, is a US senator from Oklahoma and the ranking member on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, which oversees the Federal Emergency Management Agency.(CNN) -- Millions of Americans have been shocked by the devastation caused by the tornadoes in Oklahoma. Having toured the area, it's impossible to put the scope of the damage ...
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American English teacher held over Czech murders
(1 hr 10 mins ago) A young American English teacher wanted over a quadruple murder in the southern Czech city of Brno has been detained at Washington airport, Czech police said. ';Kevin Dahlgren, charged with quadruple homicide, was detained on Thursday evening,'' regional police chief Leos Trzil said. He added the suspect had flown to Washington on a regular flight from ...
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5.7-Magnitude Quake Shakes Calif.
An earthquake in far northeastern California was felt by thousands of people as far away as San Francisco and in two other states, but there have been no reports of injury or serious damage. The magnitude-5.7 quake broke dishes and shook mirrors when it struck at 8:47 p.m. Thursday, officials said. It was centered near Greenville, about 25 miles southwest of Susanville in far northeastern ...
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White House welcomes Burmese president as new ally in “pivot to Asia”
A meeting between US President Barack Obama and Burmese President Thein Sein in the Oval Office of the White House on Monday signalled Washington's embrace of the Burmese military-dominated government, as part of its efforts to strategically encircle China. Thein Sein is the first Burmese leader to be hosted in the White House since former junta leader General Ne Win's visit in 1966. ...
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Feds Argue Against Immigrants Law License
The U.S. Department of Justice this week filed a legal brief arguing that the state should deny a law license to anyone who enters or remains in the country without legal permission.Lawyers for the federal government made the filing at the request of the Florida Supreme Court. Justices last month asked whether or not federal law precludes the court's admission of an undocumented immigrant ...
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