Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Newspaper shuts down comment section because of 'hateful nature' of comments... + MORE

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‘Looks Like Weimar Germany’: The Viral Photo Out of Connecticut That’s Giving Some Gun Owners ChillsA now-viral photo showing a long line of Connecticut residents waiting to register their guns and ammo is circulating across the Internet — and it’s sending chills down the backs of some gun owners.

Photo credit: George Roelofson/WTNH.

Connecticut gun owners are rushing to register certain firearms and ammunition that will be considered illegal contraband in the new year…

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Court Upholds Laptop Searches Along U.S. Border…(Third column, 12th story, link)

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Newspaper shuts down comment section because of ‘hateful nature’ of comments…(Third column, 15th story, link)Related stories:No arrests in brutal ‘knockout’ attack on Christmas-lit downtown mall…Police chief orders internal investigation…

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Ball Drops in NYC’s Times Square, Ushering in 2014Story by the Associated Press; curated by Jason Howerton

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A sea of horn-tooting, funny hat-wearing revelers cheered (and some even smooched) as the famed crystal ball dropped in freezing New York City’s Times Square to ring in 2014, capping a world-wide wave of celebrations that included a dazzling 30-minute fireworks show in Dubai and a deluge of confetti in London that tasted as good as it looked…

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Newspaper shuts down comment section because of "hateful nature" of comments... + MORE

Auld Lang Syne in the Antarctic as stranded adventurers await rescue + MORE

Auld Lang Syne in the Antarctic as stranded adventurers await rescue + MORE






Let the countdowns begin, let the resolutions be made (even if only for a day)!

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A suspected illegal immigrant was in custody in Paris on Monday after stabbing a man to death and allegedly “drinking his blood”. French detectives said the macabre murder took place in the city on Sunday following an argument. The unnamed suspect has no passport or other identity papers, but is believed to be a Lithuanian aged 22…

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REPORT: Japan’s homeless recruited to clean up Fukushima…(Third column, 16th story, link)

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Auld Lang Syne in the Antarctic as stranded adventurers await rescueIn the afternoon on New Year’s Eve, three dozen passengers from the MV Akademik Shokalskiy walked town the gangplank and stepped on to one of the ice floes that had trapped the ship since Christmas Day. They walked, carefully, along a pathway marked by small flags until they reached a…

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Auld Lang Syne in the Antarctic as stranded adventurers await rescue + MORE

UPDATE: NFL Reviewing Peyton Manning Completion, May Nullify Passing Record... + MORE

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Never mind the purging of hundreds of his family members or the bizarrely ominous faxes threatening war with the South. And never mind anything having to do with Dennis Rodman. What Kim Jong-un really wants the international media to focus on is the $300 million ski resort his impoverished nation is building…

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WATCH: New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan SeacrestIt began 41 years ago as Three Dog Night’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve 1973, was taken over by America’s Oldest Teenager in 1975, and has been going strong ever since. Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve (now with Ryan Seacrest) has been ringing in the new year for generations, and even with the passing of the iconic host last year, 2014 will be no different…

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A Cedar Hill homeowner fatally shot a suspected would-be burglar overnight, authorities say. Joshua Slaven, 31, was pronounced dead at 11:59 p.m. on Christmas Eve, according to the Dallas County medical examiner. Authorities say the shooting occurred on Stoney Creek Drive about midnight when a man attempted to break in through a window.

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UPDATE: NFL Reviewing Peyton Manning Completion, May Nullify Passing Record…(Third column, 6th story, link)

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UPDATE: NFL Reviewing Peyton Manning Completion, May Nullify Passing Record... + MORE

Christie Gives Undocumented Students Access to In-State Tuition + MORE

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It Turns Out the Type of Alcohol You Prefer Is a Good Indicator of Your Political OrientationWhich do you prefer: Light or dark spirits? As it turns out, your answer may be a good indicator of your political orientation.

According to new research, Democrats prefer clear drinks, while their Republican counterparts would rather enjoy a serving of brown liquor.

Liberals appear to like their Grey Goose and Smirnoff vodkas, while Republicans opt for Wild Turkey and Jim Beam whiskey…

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Newspaper shuts down comment section because of ‘hateful nature’ of comments…(Third column, 15th story, link)Related stories:No arrests in brutal ‘knockout’ attack on Christmas-lit downtown mall…Police chief orders internal investigation…

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New Jersey Governor Chris Christie signed landmark legislation at the end of December which allowed the state’s undocumented high school…

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The New York Times had a reporter talking to attackers on the ground during the Benghazi attacks that killed four Americans in September of 2012, including U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens, and may know the identity of some the murderers and perpetrators. David Kirkpatrick, the Times reporter who wrote the story that forced the paper’s Editorial page editor to defensively declare on Monday that it has not chosen to endorse Hillary Clinton for president in 2016, said that the paper had a reporter on the ground who was witnessing the attacks…

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Christie Gives Undocumented Students Access to In-State Tuition + MORE

Marines Delay Pull-Up Requirement For Women + MORE

Marines Delay Pull-Up Requirement For Women + MORE





Customs officials destroy virtuoso flautist’s 11 instruments because they were ‘agricultural products’A flute virtuoso was returning to New York via John F. Kennedy Airport when Customs officials confiscated and destroyed the instruments he was carrying with him. According to Boujemaa Razgui, the officials told him that his 11 flutes — each of which he had constructed, by hand, himself…

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The Marine Corps has elected to delay a requirement that females complete three pull-ups when it was discovered that over half of female…

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Law firm demands Florida man remove racist ‘commercial or whatever it is’ from InternetThe head of the production company behind a racist advertisement for an Alabama law firm took to YouTube again on Tuesday to respond to the firm’s letter threatening to sue him. McCutcheon & Hamner denies any involvement in the production of the commercial. Definitive Television, it…

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Oregon files multiple false advertising lawsuits against 5-Hour Energy manufacturerThe Oregon Department of Justice filed a motion demanding the makers of 5-Hour Energy provide unredacted data to back its advertising claims. Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum’s health fraud unit wants evidence that 73 percent of doctors recommend 5-Hour Energy, that people who consume it…

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Marines Delay Pull-Up Requirement For Women + MORE

It Turns Out the Type of Alcohol You Prefer Is a Good Indicator of Your Political Orientation + MORE

It Turns Out the Type of Alcohol You Prefer Is a Good Indicator of Your Political Orientation + MORE





It Turns Out the Type of Alcohol You Prefer Is a Good Indicator of Your Political OrientationWhich do you prefer: Light or dark spirits? As it turns out, your answer may be a good indicator of your political orientation.

According to new research, Democrats prefer clear drinks, while their Republican counterparts would rather enjoy a serving of brown liquor.

Liberals appear to like their Grey Goose and Smirnoff vodkas, while Republicans opt for Wild Turkey and Jim Beam whiskey…

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Immigrant rights activists and upset family members gathered Sunday in Baldwin Park to express outrage over the arrests of 37 people during an overnight sobriety and drivers’ license checkpoints. Dozens of demonstrators, some carrying signs with slogans such as “driving is not a crime,” demanded answers from Baldwin Park police over what they called a round-up of undocumented immigrants…

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Former First Lady Barbara Bush has been hospitalized in Houston, according to a local report.

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Obamacare will be one of the biggest stories of 2014, not about the website. The Obamacare hangover begins on January 1 and lasts all of 2014.  The big lie of 2013 by Obama (If you like your doctor you can keep your doctor … or … if you like your plan can keep your plan) will affect millions of Americans…

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It Turns Out the Type of Alcohol You Prefer Is a Good Indicator of Your Political Orientation + MORE

CNN Reports: Marijuana a ‘Bigger Problem’ Than Alcohol, Weapons for Colorado Teens + MORE

CNN Reports: Marijuana a ‘Bigger Problem’ Than Alcohol, Weapons for Colorado Teens + MORE





NAFTA At 20: 1 Million Lost Jobs, 580% Increase In Trade Deficit

NAFTA was not just a "trade" agreement. Trade agreements focus on cutting tariffs and easing quotas and barriers to goods moving across borders. The report points out that NAFTA was much more, giving corporations special rights, incentivizing offshoring and limiting regulation…


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CNN Reports: Marijuana a ‘Bigger Problem’ Than Alcohol, Weapons for Colorado Teens

With just hours to go before recreational marijuana use becomes legal in the state of Colorado, CNN sent reporter Ana Cabrera to Denver where she uncovered a shocking development: high school students smoke weed — a lot of it. The law states that only people over 21 will be able to purchase and use marijuana legally, but even before the legislation has take effect, teenagers are already “finding ways to get their hands on” the drug…

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The recent shutdown debacle had a large effect on the net favorability for Republicans, bringing their numbers to levels far worse than Gingrich’s shutdown did and even worse than what we saw with the Clinton impeachment circus. We might expect this to be a temporary dip followed by a recovery over the next six months or so (although it is possible it could be more enduring as in the post-2004 slide)…

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The Marine Corps has elected to delay a requirement that females complete three pull-ups when it was discovered that over half of female…

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CNN Reports: Marijuana a ‘Bigger Problem’ Than Alcohol, Weapons for Colorado Teens + MORE

Oregon Law Lets Mothers Keep Placentas in 2014 + MORE

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More Americans will soon have health insurance than ever before, thanks to the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare. From the scarce data provided on signups so far during the first open enrollment period under Obamacare, the majority of people gaining new coverage are being declared eligible for Medicaid rather than being provided with subsidies to purchase private insurance through the health care exchanges…

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On January 1, a new Oregon law provides that Oregon mothers will be able to bring home their placentas from the hospital after childbirth.  Not everyone knows that in some cultures eating the placenta sac may be nutritional for the mother and the baby. Moreover, memorializing or burying the placenta is an activity shared by some…

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TEL AVIV – WND has found still more contradictions between the New York Times investigation into the Sept. 11, 2012, Benghazi attack and other Times reporting on Benghazi authored by the same writer.

The extensive Times piece published Saturday, titled “A Deadly Mix in Benghazi,” was authored from Benghazi by Times writer David D…

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SURVEY: iPhone Users More Intelligent…(Third column, 19th story, link)

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Oregon Law Lets Mothers Keep Placentas in 2014 + MORE

Pope's 'anti-capitalism' remarks rattle billionaire donor + MORE





70 journalists killed in 2013


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(AP) At least 70 journalists were killed around the world in 2013, including 29 who died covering the civil war in Syria and 10 in Iraq, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.

The dead in Syria included a number of citizen journalists working to document combat in their home cities, broadcasters who worked with media outlets affiliated with either the government or the opposition, and a handful of correspondents for the foreign press, including an al-Jazeera reporter, Mohamed al-Mesalma, who was shot by a sniper…

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(CNBC) Pope Francis’ critical comments about the wealthy and capitalism have at least one wealthy capitalist benefactor hesitant about giving financial support to one of the church’s major fundraising projects.

At issue is an effort to raise $180 million for the restoration of St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York being spearheaded by billionaire Ken Langone, the investor known for founding Home Depot, among other things…

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Pope"s "anti-capitalism" remarks rattle billionaire donor + MORE

Op-Ed: Top Ten MidEast Media Mangles for 2013: + MORE

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"Best" of Fox 2013: Day 8


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The ‘Best’ of Fox 2013 Tournament is almost down to the final four contenders, and this is a real heavyweight matchup between two of Fox’s more notable racial freakouts from the past year, first over Oprah saying that racism exists, and second Fox’s bizarre view that President Obama was somehow insufficiently outraged by the murder of a white guy in Oklahoma by a multi-racial (white and African American) trio of teenagers…


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Joining CAMERA"s letter-writing campaigns is an active way to fight media anti-Israel and anti-Semitic bias. CAMERA is the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America. Below is their 2013 list of the worst instances of anti-Israel media bias. 1. The New York Times Relentlessly Promotes the Palestinian Narrative On a single Sunday, March 17, The Times published afront page story rehashing old themes about Jewish housing in eastern Jerusalem allegedly victimizing Arab residents …

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Everything connected: The smart home in ’14…(Third column, 18th story, link)

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Because things are not going well for liberals who have driven the Democrat Party out of the American mainstream, I thought it would be helpful to come up with a list of suggestions for them to consider in 2014. So here goes: Touch a gun. Guns do not bite, nor do they kill. Instead, guns protect potential victims…

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Op-Ed: Top Ten MidEast Media Mangles for 2013: + MORE

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70 journalists killed in 2013


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(AP) At least 70 journalists were killed around the world in 2013, including 29 who died covering the civil war in Syria and 10 in Iraq, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.

The dead in Syria included a number of citizen journalists working to document combat in their home cities, broadcasters who worked with media outlets affiliated with either the government or the opposition, and a handful of correspondents for the foreign press, including an al-Jazeera reporter, Mohamed al-Mesalma, who was shot by a sniper…

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(CNBC) Pope Francis’ critical comments about the wealthy and capitalism have at least one wealthy capitalist benefactor hesitant about giving financial support to one of the church’s major fundraising projects.

At issue is an effort to raise $180 million for the restoration of St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York being spearheaded by billionaire Ken Langone, the investor known for founding Home Depot, among other things…

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70 journalists killed in 2013 + MORE

Pope's 'anti-capitalism' remarks rattle billionaire donor + MORE





70 journalists killed in 2013


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(AP) At least 70 journalists were killed around the world in 2013, including 29 who died covering the civil war in Syria and 10 in Iraq, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.

The dead in Syria included a number of citizen journalists working to document combat in their home cities, broadcasters who worked with media outlets affiliated with either the government or the opposition, and a handful of correspondents for the foreign press, including an al-Jazeera reporter, Mohamed al-Mesalma, who was shot by a sniper…

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(CNBC) Pope Francis’ critical comments about the wealthy and capitalism have at least one wealthy capitalist benefactor hesitant about giving financial support to one of the church’s major fundraising projects.

At issue is an effort to raise $180 million for the restoration of St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York being spearheaded by billionaire Ken Langone, the investor known for founding Home Depot, among other things…

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Pope"s "anti-capitalism" remarks rattle billionaire donor + MORE

Trey Gowdy’s Takedown of NY Times Report: ‘It Only Took 15 Months for Them to Figure Out How to Spell Benghazi’ + MORE

Trey Gowdy’s Takedown of NY Times Report: ‘It Only Took 15 Months for Them to Figure Out How to Spell Benghazi’ + MORE





Trey Gowdy’s Takedown of NY Times Report: ‘It Only Took 15 Months for Them to Figure Out How to Spell Benghazi’Trey Gowdy, the fiery Republican Congressman from South Carolina, slammed the New York Times’ controversial Benghazi report on Monday, which he claims is an inaccurate and politically motivated account of the terror attack that claimed the lives of four Americans.

“First of all, I want to congratulate The New York Times…

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Conspiracy theorist Jim Garrow: Obama will enlist aliens and Canadians to rule AmericaA birther conspiracy theorist who inaccurately predicted that President Barack Obama would order nuclear attacks on U.S. cities has improbably found a way to top that wild claim. Conservative activist Jim Garrow appeared Monday on Fox News contributor Erik Rush’s radio program, where he claimed…

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“Two thousand and fourteen” or “twenty-fourteen” — how will you say it?

According to a CNN survey, for the first time in the past decade individuals are split on how they will say the new year aloud. In previous years, Americans have opted by wide margins to preface the year by choosing “two thousand” over “twenty…

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WATCH LIVE: Dubai attempts record-setting fireworks displayTo celebrate the New Year, Dubai will attempt to break the world record for the largest fireworks display over the Persian Gulf. Watch live video, courtesy of NBC News, below.

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Trey Gowdy’s Takedown of NY Times Report: ‘It Only Took 15 Months for Them to Figure Out How to Spell Benghazi’ + MORE

70 journalists killed around world in 2013 + MORE





(AP) At least 70 journalists were killed around the world in 2013, including 29 who died covering the civil war in Syria and 10 in Iraq, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.

The dead in Syria included a number of citizen journalists working to document combat in their home cities, broadcasters who worked with media outlets affiliated with either the government or the opposition, and a handful of correspondents for the foreign press, including an al-Jazeera reporter, Mohamed al-Mesalma, who was shot by a sniper…

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(CNBC) Pope Francis’ critical comments about the wealthy and capitalism have at least one wealthy capitalist benefactor hesitant about giving financial support to one of the church’s major fundraising projects.

At issue is an effort to raise $180 million for the restoration of St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York being spearheaded by billionaire Ken Langone, the investor known for founding Home Depot, among other things…

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70 journalists killed around world in 2013 + MORE

Pope's 'anti-capitalism' remarks rattle billionaire donor + MORE





(CNBC) Pope Francis’ critical comments about the wealthy and capitalism have at least one wealthy capitalist benefactor hesitant about giving financial support to one of the church’s major fundraising projects.

At issue is an effort to raise $180 million for the restoration of St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York being spearheaded by billionaire Ken Langone, the investor known for founding Home Depot, among other things…

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(AP) At least 70 journalists were killed around the world in 2013, including 29 who died covering the civil war in Syria and 10 in Iraq, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.

The dead in Syria included a number of citizen journalists working to document combat in their home cities, broadcasters who worked with media outlets affiliated with either the government or the opposition, and a handful of correspondents for the foreign press, including an al-Jazeera reporter, Mohamed al-Mesalma, who was shot by a sniper…

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Pope"s "anti-capitalism" remarks rattle billionaire donor + MORE

Defaced first edition of ‘Ulysses’ valued at €13,500 + MORE

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A first-edition copy of James Joyce’s novel Ulysses has been valued at €13,500 despite having been defaced by an irate reader who regarded the book as pornographic. Galway-based rare book dealer Norman Healy, who acquired the book in London, said a previous owner had defaced the book by writing the comment “a pornographic Bible” on the famous blue paper cover beneath the title…

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The car and weed capital of the world has become one of the first major cities to roll out a breathalyzer for pot. Sort of. ABC News is reporting that the LA City Attorney is deploying oral swab tests in the field that can detect the presence of marijuana’s main active ingredient, THC. The swabs could lead to convictions for driving under the influence…

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When it comes to health care, Republicans need to strike while the iron is hot, and it is white-hot now — and will probably get worse — because of the Obamacare disaster. The nation"s health insurance rolls are hemorrhaging with Obamacare-forced cancellations, and new sign-ups are dreadfully slow — and not just because of the disgraceful website glitches…

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Defaced first edition of ‘Ulysses’ valued at €13,500 + MORE

Pope's 'anti-capitalism' remarks rattle billionaire donor





(CNBC) Pope Francis’ critical comments about the wealthy and capitalism have at least one wealthy capitalist benefactor hesitant about giving financial support to one of the church’s major fundraising projects.

At issue is an effort to raise $180 million for the restoration of St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York being spearheaded by billionaire Ken Langone, the investor known for founding Home Depot, among other things…

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Pope"s "anti-capitalism" remarks rattle billionaire donor

Is Doku Umarov the Kremlin's worst nightmare? + MORE

Is Doku Umarov the Kremlin





Is Doku Umarov the Kremlin’s worst nightmare?(Third column, 5th story, link)Related stories:Putin vows ‘total annihilation’ of terrorists…

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Palin, Van Susteren Pile on MSNBC: How Can ‘Anyone Be This Mean to an Innocent Child?’Fox News Channel personalities Greta Van Susteren and Sarah Palin weighed in with their thoughts on the controversial remarks made over the weekend on MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry when a panel of guests took shots at the adopted African-American grandson of former GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney…

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The Top 20 Blaze Magazine Stories of 2013It has been a busy year at TheBlaze Magazine. We’ve been covering everything from Ted Nugent and energy independence to foreign policy and the pro-life movement to gun rights and education. Of the hundreds of stories we’ve published in the magazine, here are our Top 20. Subscribe today and get a FREE issue…

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Driver Arrested Under Ohio Law Making

Ohio police arrested a driver because his car contained a compartment that could theoretically store illegal drugs, though no drugs were found at the time.


A search didn’t find any drugs on a 30-year-old Michigan man, but that didn’t stop police from making him the first person in the state to be arrested for violating a relatively new law that purportedly seeks to combat drug trafficking by prohibiting the use of vehicles containing hidden compartments…


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Is Doku Umarov the Kremlin"s worst nightmare? + MORE

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(CNBC) Pope Francis’ critical comments about the wealthy and capitalism have at least one wealthy capitalist benefactor hesitant about giving financial support to one of the church’s major fundraising projects.

At issue is an effort to raise $180 million for the restoration of St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York being spearheaded by billionaire Ken Langone, the investor known for founding Home Depot, among other things…

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Pope"s "anti-capitalism" remarks rattle billionaire donor

Blunt-Force Trauma: MTSU Player Ejected for Multiple Cheap Shots Against Navy + MORE

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Middle Tennessee State University defensive player Roderic Blunt once was the victim of road rage, but in Monday’s Armed Services Bowl against Navy, he was a menace on the field for all the wrong reasons. His dirty antics brought comparisons to Ndamukong Suh, considered the dirtiest player in the NFL…

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Australia’s WikiLeaks Party under fire because members met with Assad to ‘show solidarity’Whistleblowing group WikiLeaks said Tuesday it had no knowledge of and did not approve a delegation to Syria which met President Bashar al-Assad and included members of Australia’s WikiLeaks Party. The delegation, aimed at showing solidarity with the Syrian people and opposing Western…

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The Bakken Shale is driving another hiring surge in North Dakota, with one oil field services company planning to hire 300 new workers by the spring, according to the Bismark Tribune. Power Fuels, a subsidiary of major Bakken services company Nuverra Environmental Solutions, recently released a call for 300 new employees, the newspaper reported…

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Writing for The Daily Beast Tuesday, Dean Obeidallah apologized to the Romney family for his role in a MSNBC segment mocking Mitt Romney’s grandson Kieran over the fact that the adopted baby is black. Obeidallah suggested Kieran is a token while using the child as a prop to rip the GOP. “I think this picture is great,” Obeidallah said of a Romney family photo…

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Blunt-Force Trauma: MTSU Player Ejected for Multiple Cheap Shots Against Navy + MORE

China Bans Japanese Prime Minister from Visiting Country + MORE





(ONLINE.WSJ) — Next to have their jobs automated: airport-security screeners?

Aviation and government authorities are starting to use machines in lieu of people to verify the identities of fliers by scanning their faces, irises or fingerprints. Dozens of airports in Europe, Australia and the U.S. already employ such technology so passengers can pass immigration checks without showing identification to, or talking with, a person…

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Evacuation in North Dakota town of Casselton after fiery oil-train explosionA freight train loaded with crude oil derailed in the US state of North Dakota Monday, causing an explosion that sent a massive plume of toxic smoke skyward and forced the evacuation of part of a small town. The accident took place near Casselton, in Cass county, and no injuries were immediately…

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The Chinese foreign ministry announced today that it does not have any intention of allowing Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe into their nation again after the latter visited a shrine honoring Japan’s dead during World War II. According to the AP, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman announced that Abe was no longer welcome in China since his visit to the Yasukuni Shrine, a monument in Tokyo in which several World War II war criminals and imperialist figures remain enshrined…

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The Bakken Shale is driving another hiring surge in North Dakota, with one oil field services company planning to hire 300 new workers by the spring, according to the Bismark Tribune. Power Fuels, a subsidiary of major Bakken services company Nuverra Environmental Solutions, recently released a call for 300 new employees, the newspaper reported…

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China Bans Japanese Prime Minister from Visiting Country + MORE

Cop gets two years for illegal anal cavity searches... + MORE

http://marathonpundit.blogspot.com/2010/08/aksen-tea-party-triumph-murkowski.html




As 2014 midterms approach, some Democrats are running-not walking-away from Obamacare….coming out of the woodwork to voice opposition. •39th President Jimmy Carter: "His major accomplishment was Obamacare, and the implementation of it now is questionable at best." •Barney Frank, former Massachusetts Congressman: "I think we paid a terrible price for health care…

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Australia’s WikiLeaks Party under fire because members met with Assad to ‘show solidarity’Whistleblowing group WikiLeaks said Tuesday it had no knowledge of and did not approve a delegation to Syria which met President Bashar al-Assad and included members of Australia’s WikiLeaks Party. The delegation, aimed at showing solidarity with the Syrian people and opposing Western…

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The Strange Christmas Decoration One Woman Says She Hangs on Her Tree Every YearThis may be the strangest way to decorate a Christmas tree: hanging a photo of the leader of Hezbollah. A Lebanese Christian woman named Randa Relam told Hezbollah’s Al-Manar television that she hangs a picture of the radical Shiite group’s leader Hassan Nasrallah every Christmastime, honoring him on her tree…

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Cop gets two years for illegal anal cavity searches…(First column, 9th story, link)

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