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Republican governors cede health exchanges to the federal government

Several Republican governors have announced they will not implement a state-run health care exchange, ceding control to the federal government. The health care exchanges, a key component of Obamacare,...

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District attorney admits to being 1970′s porn star

A district attorney in central New York on Friday admitted to appearing in a number of pornographic films and apologized for lying to the media, according to The Post Standard. “Recently materials...

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Mom foils gunman’s plot to attack Twilight screening

CHICAGO — A Missouri mother foiled her son’s plot to kill people at the latest Twilight film when she told police he was off his medication and had bought assault weapons, court documents showed...

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U.S. gives ‘full backing’ to Israel while urging de-escalation of Gaza violence

The Israeli ambassador to Washington, Michael Oren, says the US has given his government a free hand in its assault on Gaza as the Israeli cabinet ordered a large call up of military reserves,...

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Petraeus tells Congress that Susan Rice was unaware of al-Qaida ties to Benghazi

David Petraeus, the former CIA director, told congressional hearings on Friday that he had always known a terrorist group had been involved in an attack in Benghazi that left the US ambassador and...

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Christian publisher wins court battle over contraception mandate

A federal court on Friday blocked the enforcement of the so-called contraception mandate for a large Christian book publisher. Tyndale House Publishers alleged that being required to provide...

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Anderson Cooper rips Rohrabacher on Benghazi: You’re factually not correct

On his show Friday night, CNN host Anderson Cooper question why Republican Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (CA) believed the Obama administration deliberately misled Americans about the attack on a U.S....

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Musicians blast bill to trim Pandora royalties

WASHINGTON — A group of 125 leading musicians is calling on the US Congress to kill a bill backed by online broadcaster Pandora that would slash royalties on Internet radio. The bill aims to equalize...

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Maddow: Republicans beginning to purge ‘the crazy’

On her show Friday night, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow explained that the Republican Party appeared to be in the process of purging some of its more kooky members. “In trying to figure out who the...

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Maher to GOP: Prove you’re sane by dropping Benghazi conspiracies

Comedian Bill Maher said Friday night that conservatives could prove their sanity by convincing the Republican Party to stop treating the attacks on a U.S. consulate in Libya as a conspiracy. “The one...

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Paperboy chased up tree by bug-eyed goat named ‘Voldemort’

A Utah paperboy hid atop a tree so long this week that his parents reported him missing. Amusingly, a bug-eyed goat named Voldemort was to blame. The goat is apparently a neighborhood pet, according...

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Oliver Stone explains ‘the untold history of America’

In a wide ranging interview with “Democracy Now” this week,’ Academy Award-winning filmmaker Oliver Stone answered questions about his new Showtime series, “Oliver Stone’s Untold History of the United...

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Pawlenty: Voters picked Obama for ‘leadership,’ not ‘gifts’

Speaking to C-SPAN on Friday, former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R) contradicted failed Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s assessment of why he lost to President Barack Obama, saying...

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Republican modernizers desert Romney as GOP looks to the future

A succession of top Republicans have begun distancing themselves fromMitt Romney after the former presidential hopeful made a series of blunt comments about minority groups as he sought to explain why...

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Occupy hatches plot to destroy payday loan industry

By Mandi Woodruff In today’s ever-perplexing world of personal finance, there’s no question consumers could benefit from a little clarity. Just don’t expect to find any in the pages of Occupy Wall...

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Mexico’s Zetas drug cartel strikes gold in the coal business

They may be known for flashy cars and state of the art weaponry, but Mexican druglords have found an earthy new source of wealth: dirty old coal. They are mining it themselves in a coal-rich area...

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Italian erotic flick wins top prizes at Rome film festival as audience boos

Italian erotic film “And They Call it Summer” which was booed during its screening at the Rome Film Festival, scooped two prizes at the awards ceremony on Saturday to catcalls from the audience....

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White House denies heavy editing of Benghazi memo

The White House denied Saturday having heavily edited talking points to UN Ambassador Susan Rice about the deadly attacks on a US mission in Libya to remove references to terrorism. “The only edit...

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Europe to decide this week on helping NASA build manned spaceship to travel...

Europe is preparing plans to join the United States in building a manned spaceship that would take men and women to the moon and beyond. The project is supported by the UK and could see a British...

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U.S. Coast Guard suspends search for oil rig workers missing in the Gulf of...

The US Coast Guard suspended its search for two oil rig workers who went missing after an explosion and fire on a drilling platform off the coast. “The search is suspended pending further...

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