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Self-help talk show hosts commit suicide by inhaling helium
Two self-help talk show hosts were found dead in their New York City home on Monday in what police said was an apparent double-suicide. Lynne Rosen, 46, and John Littig, 48, hosted the call-in talk...
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Georgia approves ‘GAYPWR’ license plate under new state rules
By David Beasley ATLANTA (Reuters) – A gay man will be allowed to order a vanity license plate that describes his sexual orientation, but Georgians’ car tags must not refer to sex acts, weapons, drugs...
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Chicago 9-year-old boy shot in chest: ‘Mommy, I’m shot’
A 9-year-old boy in Chicago was struck in the chest by a stray bullet Wednesday afternoon while riding in his mother’s car. According to the Chicago Tribune, the unknown shooter was aiming at the...
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Gohmert: Freedom of the press is ‘granted in the Second Amendment’
During a Thursday rant about news that the National Security Agency (NSA) had been collecting phone records from millions of Americans, Texas Congressman Louie Gohmert (R-TX) seemed to be a little...
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Stridently anti-LGBT candidate announces run for Bachmann seat
A former Minnesota state representative who made a name for himself in 2010 with his stridently anti-gay views announced on Wednesday that he intends to run for the seat currently held by retiring Rep....
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Christie appoints New Jersey attorney general to fill Lautenberg’s Senate seat
By Barbara Goldberg (Reuters) – New Jersey Governor Chris Christie on Thursday named state Attorney General Jeffrey Chiesa to fill the state’s vacant U.S. Senate seat until a special election is held...
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‘Aqua-musical’ actress Esther Williams dies at age 91
By Eric Kelsey LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Esther Williams, whose experiences as a young swimming champion led to a career of Hollywood “aqua-musicals” designed just for her, died on Thursday in Beverly...
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Dallas 911 operator: Black domestic violence victims are ‘like animals’
A Dallas 911 operator was fired on Wednesday after reportedly posting racist messages to Facebook about African-American domestic violence victims and other residents that she was supposed to be...
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Nugent: Obama wants to ‘rape’ the Constitution and ‘urinate on’ the Founders
In typically bombastic language, National Rifle Association chairman Ted Nugent claimed Thursday that President Barack Obama’s agenda involves raping the U.S. Constitution and urinating on the nation’s...
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Sens. Feinstein and Chambliss defend NSA spying on telephone metadata
Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) on Thursday held a joint press conference to defend the mass collection of telephone metadata. Feinstein said the collection of telephone...
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Bernie Sanders on the Patriot Act: ‘What I said turned out to be exactly true’
Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) on Thursday said recent revelations about the U.S. National Security Agency validated his dire concerns about the Patriot Act. “As one of the few members of Congress who...
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Saudi prince sues Forbes for libel over claim he’s only worth $20 billion
LONDON (Reuters) – Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal has sued Forbes magazine for libel in a British court, alleging its valuation of his wealth at $20 billion was short of the mark by $9.6...
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Sotomayor reflects on her unlikely rise to the top: ‘It’s like being struck...
From behind an imposing wood desk in her office at the US Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor reflects on her unlikely but very American rise from the Bronx to the highest court in the land. “To be a...
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Tens of thousands celebrate LGBT pride in Tel Aviv
Tens of thousands of people gathered in Tel Aviv on Friday for Israel’s annual Gay Pride parade, which attracts visitors from all over the world, this year including France’s first gay married couple....
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WATCH LIVE: At least 3 injured in shooting at Santa Monica College
At least three people were injured on Friday when an unidentified man started shooting into traffic around noon at Santa Monica College in Los Angeles, California. The Los Angeles Times reported that...
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Ex-car dealership employee faces charges after impersonating a cop with help...
Last fall, Brian Sean Jones got into uniform, strapped on his gun and a badge and got in an unmarked Maricopa County Sheriffs Office truck. He made four stops that evening: one for a teen caught...
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NSA now looking through Twitter — for recruits
The National Security Agency (NSA) is looking for a few good cybersnoops. This week’s furor over top-secret collection of phone records and online data isn’t deterring the US government’s electronic...
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Cleveland kidnapping suspect indicted on 329 criminal counts
The Cleveland man accused of kidnapping and raping three women while keeping them trapped in his home for a decade was indicted on 329 criminal counts on Friday, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reported....
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Aging Mars rover ‘Opportunity’ makes new water discoveries
Scientists on Friday called NASA’s Opportunity rover gimpy and arthritic, but hailed its new discoveries about early water on Mars made almost 10 years after it was launched toward the Red Planet. The...
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Christian radio host accuses Obama of leading ‘Fourth Reich of the Nazi empire’
A Christian radio host blamed U.S. religious figures on Thursday for allowing President Barack Obama to institute a “modern day Nazi regime” that would lead to the rise of the “Fourth Reich of the Nazi...
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