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The Tea Party candidate other Republicans hate is ahead in Nevada

Fri, 05/21/2010 - 2:38pm

Republican U.S. Senate primary voters in Nevada, you have three choices: the "chickens for healthcare" lady, the one the Tea Party people chose for you, and the other guy.


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Taliban deny attending peace talks

Fri, 05/21/2010 - 1:51pm
Statement says those meeting with Afghan government in Maldives are no longer active members and have "surrendered"


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EU nations back tougher sanctions to combat debt

Fri, 05/21/2010 - 1:10pm
Current limits on debt and deficits are backed up by heavy fines, but they were never actually imposed


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U2's Bono has emergency back surgery in Germany

Fri, 05/21/2010 - 1:01pm
Singer treated for an injury suffered while preparing for a tour


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Tea Party candidate Chuck DeVore, "military reservist," was not "shot at" in Lebanon

Fri, 05/21/2010 - 11:45am

The race to lose to California Sen. Barbara Boxer is one of the most heated and amusing in the nation. Carly Fiorina is the candidate with the most national name recognition, thanks to a stint as a McCain campaign surrogate that was almost as disastrous as her term as CEO of Hewlett-Packard. She's locked in a tight race with two other guys: former Rep. Tom Campbell and Assemblyman Chuck DeVore. Except DeVore doesn't want to be called "Assemblyman." On the ballot, he'll be referred to as "military reservist." Oh, he also maybe slightly misled people about (guess what) his military service.


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Ala. evangelist gets life for dead wife in freezer

Fri, 05/21/2010 - 9:55am
The revival preacher kept his wife's body frozen at home for four years


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State dinner crashers stopped near White House

Fri, 05/21/2010 - 9:50am
The Salahis were with a camera crew when their limo was pulled over a few blocks from the Mexico state dinner


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Staten Island GOP endorses drunk ex-congressman with secret family

Fri, 05/21/2010 - 9:45am

Former Staten Island Congressman Vito Fossella is back! If that doesn't excite you, you probably don't remember the booze-soaked story of his shameful double life.


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Clinton condemns North Korea attack

Fri, 05/21/2010 - 8:32am
The secretary of state says the nation must face consequences for torpedoing of South Korean warship


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Church warns cell scientists not to play God

Fri, 05/21/2010 - 8:04am
The Vatican questions ethics of newly created synthetic cell


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Rand Paul: W.H. criticism of BP sounds "un-American"

Fri, 05/21/2010 - 7:35am
On "Good Morning America," the senate candidate accuses Obama of playing the blame game over Gulf oil spill


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The lesson of Rand Paul: libertarianism is juvenile

Fri, 05/21/2010 - 7:30am

Rand Paul blew up the Internet. Did you notice? Here's how it went down: first, he suggested unmistakably that he opposed the Civil Rights Act. Then he tried unsuccessfully to weasel his way out, under near-implacable questioning. This was when people got really worked up. So Paul put out a press release, the strategy of which was more or less to deny that the previous 24 hours had happened. In the meantime, those of us who hail from the Internet have lost the ability to talk about anything else.


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3 Basques convicted in 2006 Madrid airport bombing

Fri, 05/21/2010 - 7:17am
Each man given 1,040 year prison sentence for fatal blast


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At worst, oil spewed already could fill 102 gyms

Fri, 05/21/2010 - 7:10am
Even in best case scenario, gallon jugs of leaked oil could span distance between New York and D.C.


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The Tory/Lib-Dem Government endorses actual change

Fri, 05/21/2010 - 5:22am

(updated below - Update II)


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