NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen has joined the US in urging Afghan President Hamid Karzai to sign a security agreement with Washington by year’s end. Karzai has so far been reluctant to sign the deal, which would grant US troops…
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It’s been a fairly long day and just got to my hotel room near the Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky airport. I spoke this evening at Miami (Ohio) University as invited by the Campus Republicans, part of the Young America’s Foundation speaker series….
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A longtime Washington reporter and White House correspondent has accused the current administration of being “the most hostile” to journalists in the history of the United States. Former CNN correspondent Bob Franken was sitting down over the weekend with reporters…
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"We shall come for you…you are polluting our religion." — Note apparently from al-Shabaab, Somalia "It seems great crackdowns on churches and extraordinary waves of arrest of Iranian pastors and Christian converts have not been effective." — Mohabat News, Iran…
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US security officials warn of the threat coming from American citizens fighting alongside anti-Assad jihadist rebels in Syria – and might return to the US radicalized, experienced and ready to attack. The latest estimates by the British defense consultant, IHS…
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Wouldn’t it be interesting to find out “whatever we once were”? Originally, laws that governed personal behavior were under states’ jurisdiction, not federal. People today are aware that some states allow minors to consume alcohol, and others do not; some…
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A Metro-North passenger train has derailed in the Bronx area of New York City, with reports of at least 4 deaths and 48 injured, according to reports from NBC. Rebecca Schwartz, a witness at the scene, told the AP news…
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The unpredictable behavior of the ancient ISON comet has scientists scratching their heads, as the world’s space agencies had to quickly backtrack from their earlier claim that it had been destroyed in its encounter with the sun. The 2km-wide relic…
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The holiday shopping season kicked off much earlier this year, as at least a dozen national retail chains from Macy's to Gap to Target opened their stores on Thanksgiving Day despite planned protests from workers' rights groups opposed to employees…
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Forget the turkey; stuff yourself with health care talk. Loathe peaceful holidays? Detest the spirit of agreeableness and good will that tends to pervade during this time of year? Well, if you're longing for it to be 'tis the season…
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