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Obama slams wealthy critics: ‘They talk about me like a dog’
Appearing at a union rally in Wisconsin to mark Labor Day, President Barack Obama took a moment to depart from his speech, offering an apparently candid reaction to the rhetoric of his most wealthy and powerful critics: the entrenched "special interests" that dominate Washington, D.C. Remarking on efforts to bolster America's middle class, Obama noted [...]
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Rep. Frank faces town hall foe in Mass. primary
Mass. woman chastised by Rep. Frank at town hall meeting now running against him in primary Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank's retort was an Internet sensation. Questioned at a town hall last year about the "Nazi policy" of health care reform, Frank told the speaker who made the comment that talking to her was "like arguing [...]
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Cockroaches hold clues to antibiotics for ‘superbugs’
One of the hardiest insects around, the cockroach, may hold the key to next-generation antibiotics, British scientists hope. The brain and nervous system of the cockroach and the locust hold nine molecules that are toxic to superbugs which are becoming resistant to mainstream drugs, Nottingham University, central England, said in a press release on Monday. [...]
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‘Frat House for Jesus’ senator: Each month we ask, ‘Is anybody here having an affair?’
Buried at the end of a long New Yorker article about a secretive Christian group who own a dormitory for conservative lawmakers on C Street is an odd quote by a sitting Republican senator who was accused of urging a colleague to buy off his mistress. At Talking Points Memo, David Kurtz notes, "The New [...]
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Rare color footage of London blitz found
Rare color footage of London blitz found on eve of 70th anniversary of WWII bombing raids Rare color footage of the bomb damage inflicted on London during World War II has surfaced on the eve of the 70th anniversary of the Blitz. The dramatic footage shows the destruction of several London landmarks, including the flagship [...]
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Obama getting fewer judges confirmed than Nixon
Even some Republican senators have complained about GOP delaying tactics A determined Republican stall campaign in the Senate has sidetracked so many of the men and women nominated by President Barack Obama for judgeships that he has put fewer people on the bench than any president since Richard Nixon at a similar point in his [...]
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NATO requests 2,000 more troops for Afghanistan
NATO asks for more troops for Afghanistan as protesters in Kabul denounce US The top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan is asking for 2,000 more soldiers to join the 140,000-strong international force here, NATO officials said Monday. It was unclear how many would be Americans. Coalition officials said nearly half will be trainers for [...]
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Philly cyclists bare all to promote cleaner air
Pedaling in the buff: Philly Naked Bike Ride participants bare all to promote cleaner air Hundreds of naked and partially nude cyclists have pedaled their way through Philadelphia to promote bicycling awareness and cleaner air. Some of the buff bikers wore body paint, some were in bathing suits and some were completely naked. This was [...]
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Israeli FM pushes for new settlement construction
Israeli FM says his party will push for renewed settlement building, threatening fragile talks Israel's hard-line foreign minister said Monday that his party will try to block any extension of Israel's settlement slowdown, a move that could derail the recently launched Mideast peace negotiations. Avigdor Lieberman said the Israeli government must keep its promise to [...]
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Democrats may throw some candidates ‘overboard’: NY Times reporter
Notes that Republicans had more money in 2006, but still lost Democrats forced to jump off the ship might be advised to learn how to practice the "dead man's float," since it will help them conserve energy that could otherwise be wasted. Monday morning, New York Times reporter Jeff Zeleny told CNN's Drew Griffin and [...]
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Major Democratic donors shift donations to the right
If the temperature in Washington is determined by the smell of money, then this summer is very hot indeed. The rich are not happy. Major political action committees and employees of the nation's largest business empires have dramatically shifted their money to the right. A detailed analysis of 2010 campaign cycle contributions by the Houston [...]
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Mud buries Guatemala bus, 2nd slide kills rescuers
Twin mudslides along highway bury bus, then would-be rescuers; at least 38 dead in Guatemala. When news came over the radio that a landslide had buried two pickup trucks and a bus along a major highway, Suagustino Pascual Tuy and others rushed to the rescue, picks and shovels in hand. Digging through the mud, they [...]
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Afghan foreign troops death toll hits 500 for 2010
KABUL (Reuters) - The number of foreign troops killed in Afghanistan this year has reached at least 500, compared with 521 in all of 2009, according to an independent monitoring site Monday and a tally compiled by Reuters. The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force said an ISAF service member was killed in an insurgent attack [...]
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FDA may permit sales of genetically modified salmon in US
US authorities have begun to consider approval for the first time the sale of genetically engineered salmon, a move that some say could open the door to more transgenic animals on American dinner tables. A US Food and Drug Administration panel has set a hearing for September 19-20 to consider a proposal by Massachusetts-based AquaBounty [...]
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Marijuana activists stage Mexico City smoke-out to protest prohibition
With the nation in the throws of a violent drug war, over 200 people gathered in a central Mexico City park Sunday to smoke marijuana and demand it be legalized, an AFP reporter witnessed. The protestors withstood drizzling rain to hang out on the popular tourist drag of the Alameda to smoke the herb, which [...]
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‘Censoring’ of Craigslist ‘adult services’ has little effect on Internet prostitution
Craiglist's "adult services" section has been shut down in the U.S., but prostitution on the Internet is alive and well — even, quite possibly, on Craigslist. Users of the website and its CEO grouse that the Internet is still full of sites where people can find prostitutes. As for the massive online classifieds site itself, [...]
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Byrd family blasts GOP candidate for using funeral photo in attack ad
The family of the late Robert C. Byrd blasted the GOP nominee for his U.S. Senate seat Sunday after he used an image from Byrd's memorial service in a TV ad attacking the Democratic nominee. The ad by Republican John Raese's campaign seeks to link President Barack Obama to Gov. Joe Manchin by displaying an [...]
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Tale of Arizona desert’s decapitated corpses was not true, embattled governor admits
A claim by Arizona's governor that rising violence along the U.S.-Mexico border has led to headless bodies turning up in the desert came back to haunt her during a stammering debate performance in which she failed to back it up. Gov. Jan Brewer, who gained national attention defending the state's tough new immigration law and [...]
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Fox News panelists try to blame Obama for Muslim rumors
Since he began his trek to the presidency, Barack Obama and his staff have steadfastly knocked down allegations that he's secretly a terrorist-loving, Christian-hating, capitalism-destroying, secret Kenyan-Muslim agent here to take Americans' guns. (Or, something along those lines.) That may not be a completely accurate summary of the popular opposition to Obama's presidency, but it [...]
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Despite ‘end’ of Iraq war, US troops battle armed militants in Baghdad
Days after the U.S. officially ended combat operations and touted Iraq's ability to defend itself, American troops found themselves battling heavily armed militants assaulting an Iraqi military headquarters in the center of Baghdad on Sunday. The fighting killed 12 people and wounded dozens. It was the first exchange of fire involving U.S. troops in Baghdad [...]
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