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Afghanistan rebuffs U.S. demand to sign security pact
Afghanistan on Friday rebuffed a US demand to sign a highly anticipated security pact as soon as possible, insisting the document must wait until after next year’s presidential election. Washington...
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Hundreds of thousands evacuated as Cyclone Helen hits India
Hundreds of thousands were evacuated as a severe cyclone slammed into southeastern India Friday, packing strong winds and torrential rains and killing at least two people, according to officials....
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Want to get stoned without losing your memory? Take ibuprofen, scientists say
A recent study suggests over-the-counter medication could set aside one of the biggest obstacles to using marijuana to treat a variety of ailments and conditions. The study, published Thursday in the...
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Louisiana Attorney General’s Office officially declares ‘roosters’ to be...
The Louisiana Attorney General’s Office has declared that, for the purposes of the 2008 statute banning cockfighting, a fighting rooster is technically a chicken. The anti-cockfighting statute defines...
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Report: Corporations use professional spies-for-hire to monitor and undermine...
A newly released report from the watchdog group Essential Information alleges that powerful corporations spy on and sabotage the very nonprofit groups dedicated to keeping them in check. According to...
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Conservative groups plan prayer vigil against pornography
A coalition of conservative groups plans to hold a “National Day of Prayer” against smut. Morality in Media announced Friday that Alliance Defending Freedom, American Family Association, Family...
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‘Young Turks’ mocks ‘Fox prick in disguise’ John Stossel for ‘homeless’ act
Cenk Uygur took a moment on Thursday’s edition of his show “The Young Turks” to deride Fox Business Network reporter John Stossel’s recurring segment where he dresses as a homeless person and marvels...
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14-year-old allegedly raped popular math teacher with an object before...
Fourteen-year-old Philip Chism, who was arrested for the murder of 24-year-old math teacher Colleen Ritzer last month, was indicted in a Massachusetts court today on charges of first-degree murder,...
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Wives who aren’t subservient to husbands are preaching ‘false gospel,’...
Married couples who consider themselves equal partners are violating biblical law, according to the Southern Baptist Convention’s top expert on family concerns. Russell Moore, president of the...
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Seventeen-year-old shot in the head while in police custody
A teenager in Durham, North Carolina police custody died earlier this week from a gunshot wound to the head. According to the teen’s family, Sylvia Fernandez called the police early Tuesday morning to...
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Internet founder Tim Berners-Lee warns growing surveillance ‘threatens...
The growing surveillance and censorship of the Internet “threatens the future of democracy”, the inventor of the world wide web said on Friday. Tim Berners-Lee was speaking at the launch of his World...
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Toronto crack mayor gets laughs with self-deprecating speech
Disgraced Toronto Mayor Rob Ford drew laughs with self-deprecation late Thursday in his first public speech since he was stripped of most powers over headline-grabbing misconduct. Ford, who was...
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Washington State GOP chair claims ‘war on women’ responsible for pay-reduction
Washington State Republican chairwoman Susan Hutchison claims that the $20,000 reduction of her salary from that of her male predecessor “play[s] into the ‘war on women’ narrative [used] against...
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North Carolina Christian school orders families to sign anti-LGBT ‘Biblical...
A Christian private school in Wilmington, NC has announced that it has adopted a so-called “Biblical Morality Policy” that allows the school to expel or refuse to admit LGBT children or children from...
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Kennedy assassination: Memory and myth refuse to die after 50 years
These days, it is only the world’s grandparents who can tell you where they were when they heard John F Kennedy was dead. For decades that was a staple of the global collective memory, a question that...
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Obsessing over cultural gender norms: What’s the problem if girls act masculine?
A few weeks back, I went to my first baby shower. My friends have only recently started getting married and having babies – although not necessarily in that order – and I was psyched to pick out a set...
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College students who were spanked as kids more likely to become criminals,...
College students who were spanked as children are more likely to engage in criminal behavior, according to a new study. Even young adults whose parents were generally loving and helpful showed higher...
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Sen. Rand Paul to headline opening of GOP’s ‘African-American Engagement...
In recent months, the Republican National Committee (RNC) has sought to build stronger relationships with African-American communities by forming what it calls “African-American engagement offices.”...
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Despite threat of nicotine poisoning, federal law allows 12-year-olds to work...
A group that fights child labor has called on the U.S. Department of Labor to prohibit children from working in tobacco fields. “We don’t let 12-year-olds buy and smoke cigarettes,” said Sally...
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Charity sale of David and Victoria Beckhams’ clothes turns into shopping frenzy
Queues formed around the block outside a London charity shop on Friday after Victoria and David Beckham donated 20 boxes of clothes and shoes to raise money for victims of the Philippines typhoon....
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