‘You can walk through life believing in the goodness of the world, or walk through afraid of anyone who thinks different than you’
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November 13, 2006
Rosie O: Don’t fear terrorists, they’re just moms and dads
November 13, 2006
Militants declare they’re preparing to ‘hit Americans without mercy’
JERUSALEM – Four terror groups here, including militants from Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah party, which the U.S. considers moderate, warned today America is now officially a target for attacks both in the region and abroad.
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November 13, 2006
MSU Settles Academic Freedom Lawsuit
Missouri State University has settled a lawsuit brought by a former student who accused a faculty member and the school of violating her First Amendment rights.
Emily Brooker, who graduated from MSU last spring, will have her academic record cleared, be paid cash for her attorneys’ fees and have her tuition fees waived for graduate school [...]
November 13, 2006
Reid vows to make reform of congressional earmarks a priority.
Reid pledges change, but he pushed funding that may benefit him.
Last year’s huge $286-billion federal transportation bill included a little-noticed slice of pork pushed by Reid that provided benefits not only for the casino town of Laughlin, Nev., but also, possibly, for the senator himself.
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November 13, 2006
Speaker-to-be is no stranger to earmarking
Rep. Nancy Pelosi has promised to change the controversial practice, a process she’s celebrated using for her district. Citizens Against Government Waste, a critic of such “pork-barrel” spending, has calculated that Pelosi’s district received nearly $31.3 million through earmarks in the last two fiscal years.
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November 13, 2006
Democrats are in power… Watch them wig-out!
Michelle Malkin on the Democratic leadership. She has a brilliant take on what is in store for America! Get ready to see the fireworks as democrats explode onto the sceen for the next 2 years!
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November 13, 2006
Rethinking Illegal Immigration
Increased border patrol, a 700-mile fence to stop the easiest access routes (something President Bush signed into law two weeks ago), employer sanctions and encouragement of one official language can all help solve the crisis. But once the debate is renewed, congressional reformers will be blitzed by advocates of the failed status quo with a [...]
November 13, 2006
Ahmadinejad: Israel’s destruction near
According to the Iranian media Monday, Iranian President Mahoud Ahmadinejad declared that Israel was destined to ‘disappearance and destruction’ at a council meeting with Iranian ministers.
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November 13, 2006
Israel will ‘not tolerate’ a nuclear Iran: Olmert
Israel will not accept a nuclear Iran, visiting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told US television, but while not ruling out military action, said he hoped diplomacy would dissuade Tehran from pursuing its nuclear program.
“We will not tolerate the possession of nuclear weapons by Iran,” Olmert told NBC television’s “Today Show” program …
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November 13, 2006
Vandals Target Farmers Branch Mayor’s House
As CBS 11 first reported at 6 p.m. Saturday, the mayor discovered Friday morning vandals had spray painted “viva Mexico” on the side of his house.
By Saturday afternoon, the bright red letters had been blasted off with a high pressure wash, but some say the damage to community may be harder to fix.
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November 13, 2006
Pelosi Backs Murtha for Majority Leader
WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Nancy Pelosi, in line to become speaker of the House, stepped into a postelection power struggle among fellow Democrats on Sunday with a letter of support for Rep. Jack Murtha in the race to pick a majority leader.
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November 13, 2006
Afghan and US forces arrest key al-Qaida member in southeast Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan: U.S. and Afghan forces have arrested a senior al-Qaida member in southeastern Afghanistan, a provincial police chief said Monday.
The troops detained four Afghans, an Arab and a Pakistani on Thursday in the city of Khost, said Mohammad Ayub, the provincial police chief.
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November 13, 2006
China sub secretly stalked U.S. fleet
A Chinese submarine stalked a U.S. aircraft carrier battle group in the Pacific last month and surfaced within firing range of its torpedoes and missiles before being detected, The Washington Times has learned.
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November 13, 2006
Pelosi endorses Murtha for majority leader
What better way to assuage fears about Democrats being too dovish and anti-military than to back Americas foremost spokesman for cut and run.
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November 13, 2006
Iraqi Army Soldiers Taking Fight to Enemy
WASHINGTON, Nov. 12, 2006 – The Iraqi army took the fight to the enemy over the weekend, capturing an insurgent cell leader, detaining an improvised explosive device supplier and detaining suspected death squad members.
Coalition forces in Anbar province also killed three insurgents.
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November 13, 2006
Iran TV broadcasts ‘US ship spy plane footage’
Iran’s Arabic language television station broadcast footage it claimed showed a US aircraft carrier cruising in Gulf waters it said was taken by an unmanned Iranian drone.
The brief minute-long film, which was shown on Al-Alam television’s evening news bulletin, showed wobbly aerial footage of an aircraft carrier stacked with war planes as it sailed.
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November 13, 2006
Democrats say will push for Iraq withdrawal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrats, who won control of the U.S. Congress, said on Sunday they will push for a phased withdrawal of American troops from Iraq to begin in four to six months, but the White House cautioned against fixing timetables.
“First order of business is to change the direction of Iraq policy,” said Sen. Carl [...]
