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April 10, 2007 11:06 AM EDT --
Radio shock-jock Don Imus has been suspended from his program “Imus in the Morning” for two weeks, after comments he made last week led to outcries of racism from several in the media and the . . .
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January 03, 2007 05:59 PM EST --
Last week marked the execution of one of the world’s most notorious dictators of the past three decades – Saddam Hussein. The former Iraqi President was hung by the Iraqi government before . . .
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January 15, 2007 04:02 PM EST --
As we observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the debate over the display of the Confederate flag on public grounds has resurfaced (“Biden wants Confederate flag off grounds”). Senators Joe . . .
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January 26, 2007 11:10 AM EST --
One of the oft-cited causes of traffic accidents in the 21st century is the use of cellular phones on the road. A study released Thursday found cell phones and other hand-held devices are among the top . . .
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March 15, 2007 10:40 AM EDT --
On Wednesday, the Pentagon released the full transcript of the military hearing at Guantanamo at which suspected 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed confessed to those and many other terror plots. . . .
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March 17, 2007 04:28 PM EDT --
A federal appeals court in California ruled on Wednesday that even a woman whose doctor says marijuana is the only thing keeping her alive should not be exempted from prosecution on drug charges ("Court: . . .
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January 09, 2007 01:07 PM EST --
On Wednesday evening, President Bush will address the nation, outlining his “new way forward” in Iraq. The centerpiece of his new strategy is widely expected to be a temporary troop surge . . .
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January 11, 2007 01:34 AM EST --
Perhaps the most poorly kept secret in Washington this week was confirmed by President Bush Wednesday night: that he intends to send more than 20,000 additional troops to Iraq in order to calm the insurgency . . .
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February 07, 2007 05:27 PM EST --
One of the ministers who has been involved with three weeks of rigorous counseling for the disgraced Rev. Ted Haggard has announced that Haggard has emerged “completely heterosexual” from the . . .
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December 27, 2006 11:32 PM EST --
On Wednesday, Massachusetts’ highest court declined to force the state’s legislature to vote on whether to include an initiative on the 2008 ballot that might ban same-sex marriage (“Mass. . . .
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March 01, 2007 12:39 AM EST --
On Wednesday, the City Council of New York passed a resolution that insists people do not use the ‘n-word,’ due to its complicated history as a racial slur against black Americans (“NYC . . .
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December 21, 2006 09:00 AM EST --
At the end of this year, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan retires from his post and Ban Ki Moon of South Korea will begin his term. (“Annan says Iraq war ‘worst moment’ of . . .
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March 05, 2007 12:18 PM EST --
Once considered the crown jewel of American veteran hospitals, Walter Reed Army Medical Center has fallen into what is being described as a “rat-invested, dilapidated state of disgrace”. . . .
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January 12, 2007 12:04 AM EST --
House Democrats have followed through on one of the promises for their first 100 working hours in control of Congress by passing legislation that allows federal funding for embryonic stem-cell research . . .
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January 22, 2007 02:54 PM EST --
This past weekend witnessed a flurry of new announcements from 2008 presidential hopefuls (“Rush of Entries Gives ’08 Race Early Intensity”). New to the mix are Senators Hillary . . .
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February 06, 2007 02:15 AM EST --
Last month, Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-CO), a possible candidate President in 2008, spoke out against the existence of race-based congressional caucuses (“Tancredo: Abolish Race-Based Caucuses”). . . .
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April 06, 2007 11:38 AM EDT --
Britain rejoiced yesterday as the 15 sailors and marines who had been captured by Iran in disputed waters touched down in London. To the surprise of the world and especially the British government, . . .
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January 30, 2007 11:51 AM EST --
On Monday, a Florida court sentenced two Florida A&M University students to two years in prison for hazing a fellow student at their fraternity house (“Frat brothers get 2 years for hazing”). . . .
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February 26, 2007 11:39 PM EST --
On Wednesday, Rep. Marty Meehan (D-MA) and others will introduce legislation to the House of Representatives that would lift the ban on gays and lesbians serving openly in the US military ("Congress . . .
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March 02, 2007 12:05 AM EST --
“If Jesus was here tonight, I can guarantee you he’d want him terminated.” – Pastor Ron Saunders of the Lighthouse Baptist Church, Largo, FL
At a special meeting held Tuesday . . .
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