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U.S. health-care bill passes

Uncle Sam | 48 hits | 8:29 PM on Sunday | posted by Canadaka

The bill passed by 219 votes to 212, with no Republican backing, after hours of fierce argument and debate.

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Arrest in Wal-Mart 'All black people' case

Uncle Sam | 134 hits | 9:15 AM on Saturday | posted by WDHIII

WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — An arrest has been made in the case of a racial comment being made over the public-address system at a Walmart store in southern New Jersey, police said.

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Obama Forced Into an Actual Interview

Uncle Sam | 143 hits | 6:02 PM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog

In advance of efforts to force though his unpopular health care bill Obama had to where the people are, and face the hard-hitting questions of Bret Baier of Fox News.

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Black people must leave store, announcer at NJ Walmart says; company investigates

Uncle Sam | 140 hits | 5:42 PM on Wednesday | posted by bootlegga

An announcement at a Walmart store in New Jersey ordering black people to leave brought chagrin and apologies Wednesday from leaders of the company, which has built a fragile trust among minority communities. A male voice came over the public-address s

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Is the 'runaway Prius' really a hoax?

Uncle Sam | 143 hits | 9:55 AM on Monday | posted by WDHIII

Government: No explanation for runaway Toyota

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Obama gives away $1.4 million in Nobel prize money to charities

Uncle Sam | 117 hits | 12:42 AM on Friday | posted by Hyack

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama plans to donate the $1.4 million from his Nobel Peace Prize to helping students, veterans' families and survivors of Haiti's earthquake, among others, drawing attention to organizations he said "do extraordinary work."

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Lesbian teen sues school over prom flap

Uncle Sam | 187 hits | 12:32 AM on Friday | posted by Hyack

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Constance McMillen didn’t believe her Mississippi school district would really call off her senior prom rather than allow her to show up with her girlfriend and wear a tuxedo.

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Rove 'proud' of US waterboarding terror suspects

Uncle Sam | 107 hits | 9:56 PM on Thursday | posted by LightStarr

I'm proud that we kept the world safer than it was, by the use of these techniques.

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Prom axed after lesbian's date request

Uncle Sam | 195 hits | 9:39 AM on Thursday | posted by WDHIII

JACKSON, Miss. - A school decided Wednesday not to host a prom dance after a lesbian student demanded she be able to attend with her girlfriend and wear a tuxedo.

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Highway patrol helps stop runaway Toyota

Uncle Sam | 132 hits | 8:43 AM on Tuesday | posted by WDHIII

EL CAJON, Calif. — A California highway police officer helped slow a runaway Toyota Prius from 151 km/h to a safe stop on Monday after the car’s accelerator became stuck on a freeway near San Diego, authorities said said.

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High Court Wades Into Funeral Protests, Vaccines

Uncle Sam | 136 hits | 6:51 AM on Tuesday | posted by commanderkai

WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court agreed to decide whether the father of a fallen Marine can collect damages from a religious sect that picketed his son's funeral with vulgar placards celebrating the death of American soldiers.

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Sarah Palin says family sought health care in Canada

Uncle Sam | 176 hits | 7:25 PM on Monday | posted by Hyack

WASHINGTON - Sarah Palin's weekend admission that her family once travelled to Canada to receive treatment under the public health-care system she's so often demonized prompted skepticism and ridicule Monday among her critics in the United States.

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US anti-gay rights state senator comes out

Uncle Sam | 163 hits | 6:06 PM on Monday | posted by xerxes

A conservative US state senator who has voted against gay rights measures during his 14 years in office has confessed he is gay.

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Texas judge rules death penalty unconstitutional

Uncle Sam | 178 hits | 1:45 PM on Saturday | posted by xerxes

A Houston judge who declared the death penalty unconstitutional Thursday clarified his ruling in an impromptu hearing Friday, saying he ruled the procedures surrounding the process in Texas are illegal.

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Pentagon Shooter Pot Smoking 9/11 Truther?

Uncle Sam | 169 hits | 11:47 PM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog

There are emerging signs that the suspect in a Pentagon subway station shooting may have harbored resentment for the military and had doubts about the facts behind the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

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Pentagon locked down after shooting in Metro

Uncle Sam | 148 hits | 6:04 PM on Thursday | posted by Hyack

WASHINGTON (AP) — A gunman opened fire at the teeming subway entrance to Pentagon complex Thursday evening, wounding two military police officers before being shot, a spokesman said.

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$5 fee required to overthrow government

Uncle Sam | 151 hits | 2:41 PM on Tuesday | posted by Hyack

COLUMBIA, S.C. - In South Carolina, any group that plans to overthrow the federal government - or any other government in the U.S. - must register its activities. It's the law.

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Pelosi Says Obama to Introduce New Health Care Bill

Uncle Sam | 162 hits | 12:48 PM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog

President Obama will soon propose a health care bill that will be "much smaller" than the House bill but "big enough" to put the country on a "path" toward health care reform, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Monday.

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Racial incidents rock U.S. campus

Uncle Sam | 214 hits | 12:58 PM on Saturday | posted by Hyack

SAN DIEGO - Anger boiled over on the University of California San Diego campus Friday, where students took over the chancellor's office for several hours to protest the hanging of a noose in a campus library.

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US diplomats add a moat to their expenses at $1bn London embassy

Uncle Sam | 158 hits | 6:24 AM on Friday | posted by commanderkai

The United States has unveiled plans for its new $1 billion high-security embassy in London — the most expensive it has ever built.

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Government outlines Great Lakes fixup plan that cleans polluted sites, fights invasive species

Uncle Sam | 112 hits | 11:27 PM on Saturday | posted by Hyack

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - The Obama administration has developed a five-year blueprint for rescuing the U.S. Great Lakes, a sprawling ecosystem plagued by toxic contamination, shrinking wildlife habitat and invasive species.

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Despite medal haul, Americans joining in chorus of jeers for Vancouver Games

Uncle Sam | 371 hits | 8:41 PM on Thursday | posted by Hyack

From David Letterman to top sports columnists and dedicated Olympics fans, Americans have joined the British in jeering the Vancouver Games, taking aim at everything from the rained-out events on Cypress Mountain to dangerous race conditions and technical

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Roof partially collapses at U.S. hockey rink

Uncle Sam | 220 hits | 5:51 PM on Sunday | posted by snookums

The roof of a skating rink partially collapsed Sunday while the ice was being resurfaced during a youth hockey tournament involving Canadian and U.S. teams.

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Bill Clinton hospitalized

Uncle Sam | 204 hits | 2:05 PM on Thursday | posted by Brenda

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Palin's 'cheat sheet' on her hand?

Uncle Sam | 290 hits | 5:13 PM on Monday | posted by poquas

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U.S. soldier charged with 'waterboarding' 4-year-old daughter

Uncle Sam | 412 hits | 12:17 PM on Monday | posted by snookums

A U.S. soldier has been charged with "waterboarding" his four-year-old daughter because she could not recite her ABCs, police in the western state of Washington said Monday.

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'Historic' winter storm shuts down U.S. government

Uncle Sam | 276 hits | 3:53 PM on Sunday | posted by Hyack

Federal offices in Washington, D.C. will be closed on Monday thanks to a powerful blizzard that dumped more than 60 centimetres of snow on the U.S. capital. The Office of Personnel Management made the decision on Sunday afternoon due to safety concerns, a

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Palin hints at 2012 election

Uncle Sam | 318 hits | 3:50 PM on Sunday | posted by Hyack

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sarah Palin says it would be “absurd” for her not to consider running for president in 2012.

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Sarah Palin speaks at Tea Party convention.

Uncle Sam | 175 hits | 10:51 AM on Sunday | posted by LightStarr

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Signs of waste? $1 million used to tout stimulus funds at work in Ohio

Uncle Sam | 172 hits | 8:50 AM on Saturday | posted by commanderkai

A state senator from Ohio says his state is spending $1 million on road signs to advertise the use of stimulus money for road projects. In other words, the state is using your money to tell you it's spending your money.

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CIA: Al Qaeda likely to attempt attack in 3 to 6 months

Uncle Sam | 262 hits | 3:45 PM on Tuesday | posted by Hyack

WASHINGTON — Al Qaeda can be expected to attempt an attack on the United States in the next three to six months, senior U.S. intelligence officials told Congress Tuesday.

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NY pols stunned to learn Obama administration opposes funding for 9/11 health bill

Uncle Sam | 244 hits | 6:12 AM on Friday | posted by commanderkai

The Obama administration stunned New York's delegation Thursday, dropping the bombshell news that it does not support funding the 9/11 health bill.

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Catcher in the Rye author J.D. Salinger dies

Uncle Sam | 237 hits | 10:42 AM on Thursday | posted by snookums

J.D. Salinger, the legendary author, youth hero and fugitive from fame whose The Catcher in the Rye shocked and inspired a world he increasingly shunned, has died. He was 91.

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Stakes high for tonight's State of the Union address

Uncle Sam | 215 hits | 2:29 PM on Wednesday | posted by Hyack

How to create jobs, cut spending and get health care reform back on track are just some of the challenges U.S. President Barack Obama will address in tonight's State of the Union address.

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Rescued dog bites firefighter

Uncle Sam | 335 hits | 9:08 AM on Saturday | posted by WDHIII

LOS ANGELES — A firefighter splashed into a rain-swollen river Friday to rescue a German shepherd and managed to hang on safely, even after the dog furiously bit his arm and hand.

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Elderly Man, 83, Charged With Beating 99-Year-Old

Uncle Sam | 252 hits | 7:27 PM on Friday | posted by snookums

An 83-year-old man was arrested and charged after police say he brutally beat a 99-year-old man following a dispute over parking.

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Mom made son kill hamster with hammer, police say

Uncle Sam | 281 hits | 9:17 AM on Friday | posted by snookums

Police have arrested a Georgia woman who they say forced her son to kill his pet hamster with a hammer as punishment for earning a bad grade.

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US Weapon Test Caused Haiti Earthquake

Uncle Sam | 492 hits | 12:34 AM on Friday | posted by bossdog

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Supreme Court rejects limits on corporate spending in elections

Uncle Sam | 274 hits | 11:47 AM on Thursday | posted by xerxes

A divided Supreme Court on Thursday swept away decades of legislative efforts to restrict the role of corporations in election campaigns, ruling that severe restrictions on corporate spending are inconsistent with the First Amendment's protection of polit

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US Holocaust museum murder suspect dies aged 89

Uncle Sam | 346 hits | 3:44 PM on Wednesday | posted by snookums

A US white supremacist accused of murdering a guard at Washington DC's Holocaust Memorial museum has died in a prison hospital, officials say.

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Internet witches and warlocks help nab US drug dealer

Uncle Sam | 327 hits | 7:52 PM on Tuesday | posted by bootlegga

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Bottles of honey cause California airport scare

Uncle Sam | 348 hits | 4:16 PM on Tuesday | posted by snookums

California authorities say the suspicious material inside luggage that prompted the shutdown of an airport Tuesday turned out to be five soft drink bottles filled with honey.

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TSA Plans Full Searches for Certain Fliers

Uncle Sam | 351 hits | 9:39 PM on Sunday | posted by tritium

Passengers flying into the United States from Nigeria, Yemen and other "countries of interest" will be subject to enhanced screening techniques, such as body scans and pat-downs, the Transportation Security Administration said Sunday.

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'Start-up' visas to boost US tech

Uncle Sam | 324 hits | 10:46 AM on Saturday | posted by tritium

A proposal that will make it easier for foreign entrepreneurs in the US to start the next Google or Yahoo will be debated in the new year.

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Glenn Beck Gets Key to Hometown City

Uncle Sam | 393 hits | 12:43 PM on Thursday | posted by ridenrain

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (Sept. 27) -- The mayor of Glenn Beck's hometown in Washington state presented the Fox News personality with a ceremonial key to the city Saturday evening, an event preceded by weeks of protests and petitions calling for the cancellati

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Obama says US will pursue plane bomb plotters

Uncle Sam | 420 hits | 4:07 PM on Monday | posted by Hyack

President Barack Obama has pledged his administration "will not rest" until all those behind an alleged plot to bomb a US plane are brought to justice.

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Explosive used in Detroit attempt common and easily detectible

Uncle Sam | 279 hits | 11:15 AM on Monday | posted by bootlegga

The explosive device used by the would-be Detroit bomber contained a widely available - and easily detected - chemical explosive that has a long history of terrorist use, according to government officials and explosive experts. The chemical - PETN - is

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US condemns Taliban video of captive soldier

Uncle Sam | 340 hits | 2:30 PM on Friday | posted by Hyack

The US has condemned a Taliban video of an American soldier captured by the militants in Afghanistan last June as an affront to his family at Christmas.

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New DOT rule limits airline tarmac delays

Uncle Sam | 384 hits | 9:38 AM on Monday | posted by tritium

A Department of Transportation rule announced Monday prohibits U.S. aircraft on domestic routes from remaining on a tarmac for more than three hours with passengers aboard

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Health-care bill passes U.S. Senate test

Uncle Sam | 345 hits | 9:31 AM on Monday | posted by tritium

Landmark health-care legislation backed by U.S. President Barack Obama passed its sternest Senate test in Monday's pre-dawn hours, overcoming Republican delaying tactics on a 60-40 vote that all but assures its passage this week.

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