Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) slammed President Barack Obama on Friday over Obama’s dismissal of Republican criticism, accusing his administration of not taking responsibility for its policy decisions. “It is dismissive. It is insulting. It is minimizing,” Bachmann told Fox News...
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Bachmann rips Obama: Accusing GOP of creating ‘phony scandals’ is insulting
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Wyden: Patriot Act overreach wasn’t envisioned by ‘anachronistic’ 1970s FISA law
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) says that the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) Court created in the 1970s is “just anachronistic” because it was not designed for the “astounding reach that the court has gone to with respect to the Patriot Act.” In an interview that...
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Conservative Christian group blames falling SAT scores on lack of school prayer
The American Family Association of Kentucky believes school prayer has something to do with SAT scores and the AIDS epidemic. Right Wing Watch reported that the conservative Christian group recently launched a petition calling for prayer in public schools. The petition noted that Mississippi and...
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Fox News baffled that Muslim author could write book about Jesus
In an interview segment that has to be seen to be believed, Lauren Green, host of Fox News’ faith-oriented program “Spirited Debate,” demanded to know how Iranian-American author Reza Aslan — who is Muslim — could have written his book Zealot: The Life and Times of...
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NBC: No plans to discuss Russian anti-LGBT laws during Olympic coverage
The head of NBC Sports has responded to calls for the TV network to put a spotlight on Russia’s draconian new anti-gay laws in its coverage of the upcoming Winter Olympics, saying there would be reporting of the issue but only if it should emerge as a problem during the games. Mark Lazarus,...
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Crisis in Egypt: ‘We didn’t have space in the fridges for all the bodies’
As the death toll rises, a report from Cairo’s main mortuary after the police massacre of pro-Morsi supporters The sand-filled forecourt outside the Zeinhom morgue, Cairo’s main mortuary, was a carousel of coffins. From the left-hand door, out came families carrying dead relatives to...
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Las Vegas woman sexually assaulted by court officer, then arrested for reporting it
Several managers and employees of the Clark County Family Court in Las Vegas are under investigation in the wake of an alleged sexual assault on a woman in court and a subsequent cover-up. According to Las Vegas CBS Channel 8, a court marshal assaulted the woman, then arrested her in front of her...
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Police find body of ‘best man’ missing after Hudson River boat crash
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The body of the “best man” killed when a speedboat carrying six members of an upcoming wedding party smashed into a barge on the Hudson River on Friday night was found in the river on Sunday, Rockland County Sheriff William Barbera said. Mark Lennon, 30, who...
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Italy bus crash kills 30
Thirty people died after a coach came off a flyover and plunged 30 metres (98 feet) down a slope in southern Italy Sunday, a photographer at the scene said. “Looking down from the overpass, the scene of the tragedy: some 30 bodies covered by white sheets, lined up along the roadside,”...
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Vatican-backed ‘VSEL’ alternative to stem cells found to be a fraud
Scientists at Stanford University School of Medicine issued a report this month that said a type of stem-cell alternative approved by the Vatican and other theologians has turned out to be a myth. According to an essay by bioethicist Arthur Caplan, Dr. Irving Weissman and his team have concluded...
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Ex-President Jimmy Carter plans to visit North Korea: report
SEOUL (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter is planning to visit North Korea soon to try to win the release of a U.S. citizen held for committing crimes against the reclusive state, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported on Monday. Carter has made contact with the North to...
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U.S. accuses JPMorgan of manipulating electricity market
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. power regulator outlined its case of market manipulation against JPMorgan Chase & Co on Monday as industry sources said a final settlement on the issue should come on Tuesday. Traders used improper bidding tactics in California and the Midwest to boost...
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Conservatives bashed me for speaking out about the Zimmerman verdict
Hours after the George Zimmerman verdict, I found myself at my computer, calling to mind a text I had first read in seminary. The text, Is God a White Racist, By Rev. Dr. William Jones, is still studied by theologians and academics and taught in institutes of higher learning. The book called into...
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Former Republican Indiana school chief made sure GOP donor’s charter school got top marks
A former Indiana school superintendent frantically overhauled a school grading system to ensure a Republican donor’s charter school received an “A” grade. Emails obtained by the Associated Press showed that former Indiana schools chief Tony Bennett, a Republican, insisted that a...
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Woman arrested for defacing Washington’s National Cathedral
By Tom Ramstack WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A woman was arrested for allegedly dumping green paint on portions of the National Cathedral on Monday, while police continued to investigate similar acts of vandalism at other monuments in Washington, D.C. The Episcopal Church cathedral was locked down...
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North Carolina governor signs controversial anti-abortion law
By Karen Brooks (Reuters) – North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory signed into law on Monday new requirements for clinics performing abortions that supporters say will protect women’s safety and opponents say will restrict access to the procedure. The new law places sweeping new...
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Rand Paul fires back at New Jersey governor: Chris Christie ‘not very smart’
Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) ripped into Christ Christie on Monday night, saying the Republican governor of New Jersey was begging D.C. for money in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. Last week Christie criticized libertarians within the Republican Party, claiming they had dangerous ideals that put United...
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Explosions rock propane plant in central Florida
By Barbara Liston ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) – Dozens of explosions rocked a propane tank servicing plant in central Florida, northwest of Orlando, late on Monday, injuring seven workers, at least three critically, and prompting the evacuation of nearby homes, authorities said. No one outside...
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John Oliver lampoons Anthony Weiner’s ‘everlasting gobstopper of embarrassing revelations’
In his ongoing coverage of Anthony Weiner’s bulging junk, The Daily Show host John Oliver on Monday gleefully reported that the New York mayoral candidate was slipping in the polls. Oliver noted that Weiner’s campaign manager had resigned, probably due to the fact he got tired of...
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Congress fiddles while the Western states burn
In the weeks and months immediately following 9/11, one of the most touching responses in my neighborhood, not far Ground Zero, was the overwhelming support of police and fire departments from around the country. Across the street from my apartment,…
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