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Obama says acting IRS chief has resigned
Uncle Sam | 108 hits | 10:05 PM on Wednesday | posted by martin14
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U.S. President Barack Obama announced the ouster of the top official at the Internal Revenue Service following disclosures that the agency targeted conservative political groups.
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USAF sexual assault prevention chief charged with sexual battery
Uncle Sam | 179 hits | 7:14 PM on Wednesday | posted by BeaverFever
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Police say Lt Col Jeffrey Krusinski faces a charge of sexual battery after allegedly groping a woman in northern Virginia
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'We bury the dead': Police ask for help to bury Boston bomb suspect
Uncle Sam | 136 hits | 11:33 AM on Wednesday | posted by Hyack
The dispute over where to bury suspected Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev escalated Wednesday as a Massachusetts police chief urged someone to step forward with a cemetery plot, saying: 'We are not barbarians. We bury the dead.'
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'Fix the Debt' austerity lobbyists enjoy gov't-subsidized pay
Uncle Sam | 142 hits | 12:13 PM on Thursday | posted by BeaverFever
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Ordinary taxpayers are subsidizing exorbitant executive pay at the corporations leading the push for austerity in the budget debate, according to a new report by the Institute for Policy Studies and Campaign for America’s Future.
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5yr old gets rifle as gift, shoots 2 yr old sister
Uncle Sam | 266 hits | 11:55 AM on Wednesday | posted by BeaverFever
A five-year-old boy who was playing with a .22 caliber rifle he'd been given as a gift accidentally shot and killed his little sister in their Kentucky home, officials said
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N.Y. police: Landing gear part found, is tied to 9/11
Uncle Sam | 193 hits | 6:38 PM on Saturday | posted by commanderkai
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An aircraft part apparently from the September 11 attack has been found in Lower Manhattan, New York police say.
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Boston's MIT issues campus alert after reports of gunshots
Uncle Sam | 147 hits | 8:41 PM on Thursday | posted by Strutz
Reports of a shooting at Boston’s Massachusetts Institute of Technology sparked a campus-wide alert Thursday night, with the city already on edge after the marathon bombings earlier in the week.
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Obama: Gun control defeat 'shameful day for Washington'
Uncle Sam | 182 hits | 3:28 PM on Wednesday | posted by Strutz
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The U.S. Senate blocked bipartisan legislation Wednesday aimed at tightening restrictions on the sale of firearms, a huge defeat for President Barack Obama and a rejection of personal pleas by families of the victims of last winter's mass elementary schoo
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FBI and al Qaeda both "struggling" to identify culprit behind Boston Marathon bombing
Uncle Sam | 232 hits | 9:58 AM on Wednesday | posted by stemmer
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John Miller says al Qaeda appears hopeful a "lone wolf" following the terror group's playbook was behind the deadly attack
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Connecticut governor signs sweeping gun limits into law
Uncle Sam | 131 hits | 11:04 PM on Thursday | posted by Hyack
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Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, who four months ago broke the news to shocked parents that their children had been slaughtered in a Connecticut elementary school, today signed into law sweeping new restrictions on weapons and large capacity ammunition magazines si
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Fort Colville Rape Plot: Fifth Graders Accused Of Planning To Rape And Kill Classmate
Uncle Sam | 161 hits | 4:01 PM on Tuesday | posted by xerxes
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A pair of fifth graders are at the heart of a plan to rape and murder a classmate. Prosecutors claim the boys, age 10 and 11, authored a detailed seven-point plan, the Spokane Spokesman-Review reports.
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Assault Weapons Ban Won't Be In Dems' Gun Bill
Uncle Sam | 144 hits | 11:36 AM on Tuesday | posted by DanSC
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has decided that a proposed assault weapons ban won't be part of a gun control bill the Senate plans to debate next month, the sponsor of the ban said Tuesday, a decision that means the ban stands little chance of surviva
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US "Ag-Gag" laws outlaw reporting on factory farms
Uncle Sam | 187 hits | 8:54 PM on Friday | posted by BeaverFever
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The laws come in the wake of a series of undercover camera exposes that have led to a public outrage and calls for reform on large-scale, so-called "factory farms."
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Former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick convicted of corruption
Uncle Sam | 199 hits | 10:39 AM on Monday | posted by martin14
Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was convicted Monday of corruption charges, ensuring a return to prison for a man once among the nation's youngest big-city leaders.
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U.S. communities want gun ownership mandatory
Uncle Sam | 213 hits | 9:48 PM on Saturday | posted by Hyack
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A town of 140 people in the U.S. state of Maine is considering an ordinance making gun ownership mandatory, the latest of a handful of communities nationwide to pass or consider such a rule even though the measures are widely considered unenforceable.
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South Dakota to allow teachers to have guns
Uncle Sam | 196 hits | 9:40 PM on Saturday | posted by Hyack
South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard has signed a bill allowing the state's school districts to arm teachers and other personnel with guns.
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John Wilpers, WWII veteran and Tojo captor, dies at 93
Uncle Sam | 240 hits | 11:29 PM on Monday | posted by martin14
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The US soldier who arrested Japanese Prime Minister Gen Hideki Tojo to face trial for war crimes at the end of World War II dies aged 93.
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California school OK's assault rifles for security
Uncle Sam | 228 hits | 10:51 AM on Saturday | posted by Hyack
A California mother is talking about what she sees as a worrying trend, news that school police in her city will now have access to 14 AR-15 assault rifles, for use in the case of a mass shooting or the threat of such an attack.
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Bradley Manning pleads guilty to some Wikileaks charges
Uncle Sam | 202 hits | 11:23 PM on Thursday | posted by martin14
Bradley Manning, the US Army private accused in the Wikileaks case, pleads guilty to lesser charges but may still be prosecuted for aiding the enemy.
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Half of Detroit property owners don't pay taxes | The Detroit News | detroitnews.com
Uncle Sam | 208 hits | 10:16 AM on Friday | posted by commanderkai
Nearly half of the owners of Detroit's 305,000 properties failed to pay their tax bills last year, exacerbating a punishing cycle of declining revenues and diminished services for a city in a financial crisis, according to a Detroit News analysis of gover
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Pentagon creates new medal for extraordinary work by U.S. cyber, drone warriors
Uncle Sam | 206 hits | 4:34 PM on Wednesday | posted by Strutz
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They fight the war from computer consoles and video screens. But the troops that launch the drone strikes and direct the cyberattacks that can kill or disable an enemy may never set foot in the combat zone. Now, U.S. defence officials say, their battlefie
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Link Related to Canada in some say Vancouver actor handed five-year ban from entering U.S. after nine-hour interrogation
Uncle Sam | 409 hits | 6:07 PM on Sunday | posted by Scape
A Vancouver actor’s budding career has hit a wall after he was interrogated by border guards for almost nine hours and issued a five-year ban on entering the States. “It’s kind of a crush to your career,” said Chad Rook. “It takes the breath out of you
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Eugene Delacroix painting vandalized by 9/11 Truther
Uncle Sam | 329 hits | 12:06 PM on Friday | posted by Regina
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According to Le Figaro newspaper, the woman wrote "AE911" near the bottom of the canvas
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US Rape-abortion bill causes uproar
Uncle Sam | 345 hits | 1:09 PM on Friday | posted by BeaverFever
Proposal would open up rape, incest victims seeking abortion to felony charges for "tampering with evidence".
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Analysis: U.S. drone warfare comes under increasing attack from legal experts
Uncle Sam | 285 hits | 11:42 AM on Friday | posted by Zipperfish
Read more: http://www.canada.com/Analysis+drone+warfare+comes+under+increasing+attack+from+legal+experts/7905518/story.html#ixzz2Jg7o6Co2
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Panetta to Open Combat Roles to Women
Uncle Sam | 220 hits | 12:40 AM on Thursday | posted by commanderkai
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The Pentagon is dropping the last vestiges of rules barring American women from serving in combat, paving the way for the largest expansion ever of their role on the front lines.
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U.S. removes military ban on women serving in combat
Uncle Sam | 218 hits | 4:37 PM on Wednesday | posted by Strutz
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Senior U.S. defence officials say Pentagon chief Leon Panetta is removing the military's ban on women serving in combat, opening hundreds of thousands of front-line positions and potentially elite commando jobs after more than a decade at war.
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Thousands rally in U.S. state capitals against stricter gun control
Uncle Sam | 254 hits | 8:54 PM on Saturday | posted by Hyack
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Thousands of gun advocates gathered peacefully Saturday at state capitals around the U.S. to rally against stricter limits on firearms, with demonstrators carrying rifles and pistols in some places while those elsewhere settled for waving hand-scrawled si
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New York state enacts tougher gun control measures
Uncle Sam | 249 hits | 12:45 AM on Wednesday | posted by Hyack
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New York state enacted the nation's toughest gun restrictions Tuesday and the first since the Connecticut school massacre, including an expanded assault-weapon ban and background checks for buying ammunition.
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Obama to unveil gun control action Wednesday
Uncle Sam | 224 hits | 2:05 PM on Tuesday | posted by Hyack
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President Barack Obama will reveal the details of how the U.S. will address gun violence on Wednesday, the White House says, while New York's lawmakers agreed to pass the toughest gun control law in the nation and dared other states to do the same.
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NRA rejects Obama gun control proposals
Uncle Sam | 315 hits | 1:33 AM on Saturday | posted by Hyack
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The top U.S. gun lobby rejected Obama administration proposals to reduce gun violence today, saying it expects to have enough support in Congress to fend off bans on assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines.
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Joe Biden to make gun-control recommendations on Tuesday
Uncle Sam | 211 hits | 10:41 PM on Thursday | posted by Hyack
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US Vice-President Joe Biden says his task force on gun control will make its recommendations to President Barack Obama as early as Tuesday.
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U.S. contractor pays more than $5-million for Abu Ghraib torture
Uncle Sam | 210 hits | 5:18 PM on Thursday | posted by BeaverFever
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A defence contractor whose subsidiary was accused in a lawsuit of conspiring to torture detainees at the infamous Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq has paid $5.28 -million to 71 former inmates held there and at other U.S.-run detention sites between 2003 and 2007
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New Health Rankings: Of 17 Nations, U.S. Is Dead Last
Uncle Sam | 367 hits | 5:01 PM on Thursday | posted by BeaverFever
A fresh report, out Wednesday, tapped vast stores of data to compare the health of affluent nations and delivered a worrisome new message: Americans' health is even worse than we thought, ranking below 16 other developed nations.
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New York man planned to 'blow up' Greenwich Village arch, police say
Uncle Sam | 217 hits | 1:58 PM on Thursday | posted by Strutz
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A man accused of keeping bomb-making materials in his apartment in New York's Greenwich Village district told acquaintances late last year that he planned to blow up the Washington Square Park arch, police said Thursday.
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Link Related to Canada in some say Funny Money: Pundits float $1 trillion coin as answer to debt-ceiling standoff | Fox News
Uncle Sam | 337 hits | 1:44 PM on Monday | posted by Robair
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Is a trillion-dollar coin the solution to the next fight over the debt ceiling?
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Doctors confident Clinton will make a full recovery from clot
Uncle Sam | 270 hits | 6:46 PM on Tuesday | posted by Strutz
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Doctors treating U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton for a blood clot in her head said blood thinners were being used to dissolve the clot and they were confident she will make a full recovery.
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U.S. renews foreign surveillance law
Uncle Sam | 320 hits | 8:37 PM on Friday | posted by Strutz
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The Senate gave final congressional approval Friday to a bill renewing the U.S. government's authority to monitor overseas phone calls and emails of suspected foreign spies and terrorists -- but not Americans -- without obtaining a court order for each in
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Retired U.S. general Norman Schwarzkopf dies
Uncle Sam | 337 hits | 5:44 PM on Thursday | posted by Strutz
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Retired general H. Norman Schwarzkopf, who topped an illustrious military career by commanding the U.S.-led international coalition that drove Saddam Hussein's forces out of Kuwait in 1991 but kept a low public profile in controversies over the second Gul
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Ex-president Bush Sr. in intensive care unit: spokesperson
Uncle Sam | 271 hits | 4:46 PM on Wednesday | posted by Strutz
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An ailing George H.W. Bush is in the intensive care unit in a Houston hospital, his spokesperson said Wednesday evening.
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Fiscal cliff deal looks less likely as Jan. 1 deadline looms closer
Uncle Sam | 279 hits | 8:36 AM on Monday | posted by Strutz
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Time is running short ahead of a looming Jan. 1 deadline for U.S. lawmakers to reach a deal to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff that some analysts predict could cripple the U.S. economy and send economic shockwaves into other nations, including Canada.
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Obama supports efforts to reinstate assault weapons ban
Uncle Sam | 302 hits | 12:03 AM on Wednesday | posted by Strutz
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The White House says President Barack Obama is “actively supportive” of efforts to reinstate a ban on assault weapons in the wake of the Newtown, Conn., mass shooting that left 20 schoolchildren dead.
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Boy, 11, takes gun to school in fear after Newtown shooting
Uncle Sam | 368 hits | 3:06 PM on Tuesday | posted by snookums
A Utah sixth-grader caught with a gun at school told administrators he brought the weapon to defend himself in case of an attack similar to the mass shooting last week in Newtown, Conn., say authorities.
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Senator Daniel Inouye of Hawaii dead at 88
Uncle Sam | 285 hits | 11:30 PM on Monday | posted by martin14
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* War hero lost arm in World War Two combat* Death not expected to alter Democrats' control of Senate* Served on Watergate committee, investigated Iran-ContraaffairBy Kim DixonWASHINGTON, Dec 17 (Reuters)
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Hillary Clinton Faints, Now Recovering After Concussion
Uncle Sam | 366 hits | 10:47 AM on Saturday | posted by martin14
Hillary Clinton fainted and had a concussion, the AP reports. The State Department said an ill Clinton is now recovering at home after the incident, according to the AP.
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Irony alert: Mitt Romney's final vote tally nears 47 percent
Uncle Sam | 393 hits | 7:30 AM on Friday | posted by Robair
The defeated GOP candidate famously disparaged Obama as the candidate of the 47 percent. Now, liberals gleefully view Mitt's final tally as poetic justiceLiberal schadenfreude is about to reach overdose levels. Just when you thought the dead horse of Mitt
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CIA Director Petraeus Resigns, Cites Extra-Marital Affair | NBC New York
Uncle Sam | 352 hits | 12:09 PM on Friday | posted by DanSC
Central Intelligence Agency Director David Petraeus has resigned, citing an extra-marital affair, NBC News reported. "Yesterday afternoon, I went to the White House and asked the President to be allowed,...
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Voters in Washington and Colorado legalize recreational marijuana | The Ticket
Uncle Sam | 397 hits | 9:30 AM on Wednesday | posted by Robair
From the blog The Ticket: It's been quite the night for marijuana in several ballot measures across the country. Voters in Washington state and Colorado appear to have voted "yes" on measures that would legalize the sale of pot to adults, without the need
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Could Puerto Rico become the 51st U.S. state? | CTV News
Uncle Sam | 394 hits | 7:19 AM on Wednesday | posted by stemmer
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Puerto Ricans faced a fundamental question on Election Day: Should they change their ties with the United States?
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Obama wins 2nd term as president
Uncle Sam | 373 hits | 6:37 PM on Tuesday | posted by Hyack
U.S. President Barack Obama, who campaigned on a pledge to push the nation forward if he secured a second term as commander in chief, will have his opportunity to fulfil that promise after triumphing in a razor-thin contest with his Republican opponent Mi

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