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Israeli settlement expansion ‘sets back’ peace bid: Clinton
The United States criticized Israel’s decision to build 3,000 settler homes in east Jerusalem and the West Bank, with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton calling it a setback for peace. The White House...
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Boehner ‘flabbergasted’ Obama offered his campaign promises in debt talks
House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) says he was “flabbergasted” when President Barack Obama opened debt talks by offering the same public positions that he campaigned on. According to details circulated...
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Utah Republican seeks to outlaw ‘sex-selective’ abortions
A state lawmaker in Utah hopes to prohibit abortions that are performed based on the race or gender of the fetus. Utah state Sen. Margaret Dayton, a Republican, plans to introduce a bill titled...
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Geithner says no budget deal without tax hikes
WASHINGTON — Lead White House negotiator Timothy Geithner insisted Sunday there would be no deal to avert the “fiscal cliff” unless Republicans allowed tax rates on the wealthiest Americans to rise....
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Dan Senor blasts Obama for meeting with MoveOn, ignores meeting with CEOs
Dan Senor, a top adviser to former GOP nominee Mitt Romney, on Sunday lashed out at President Barack Obama for meeting with progressive groups like MoveOn.org after winning the election, but ignored...
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Belize police dismiss report that John McAfee has been captured near Mexico
Fugitive software pioneer John McAfee may have been captured on the Belize-Mexico border, according to a post on his website that appears to have come as a surprise to authorities in central America....
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GOP Rep. to former Bush staffer: Investigate WMD claims before attacking...
Rep. Tom Cole, a Republican from Oklahoma, says that if lawmakers are going to go after U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice over her initial public assessment of the September attack in...
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Former drug policy adviser ‘can’t imagine’ feds allowing marijuana legalization
Kevin Sabet, who served as a senior drug policy adviser in the Obama administration, said Sunday that it was unlikely the federal government would allow states to legalize marijuana. “I think the...
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World temperature set to increase 9 degrees: study
PARIS — Levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) are rising annually by around three percent, placing Earth on track for warming that could breach five degrees Celsius (9.0 degrees Fahrhenheit) by...
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Budget talks going ‘nowhere,’ Boehner complains
WASHINGTON — Republican House Speaker John Boehner said Sunday that talks to resolve the dreaded “fiscal cliff” are going “nowhere,” as Democrats demand a tax hike for the richest Americans. Without a...
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Catholic priest to ‘Fox & Friends’: ‘Silly’ for you to be ‘so angry about...
A Catholic priest is counseling hosts of Fox & Friends to chill out and enjoy the holiday season instead of being “so angry about this war on Christmas” that their network has been hyping. Fox...
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NRA president suggests Jovan Belcher’s girlfriend should’ve been armed
NRA president Wayne LaPierre and reporter Ginny Simone railed against Bob Costas on Sunday, insisting the NBC sportscaster was wrong to advocate gun control after a murder-suicide incident. Kansas City...
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The election over? Not hardly…
I’ve been discouraged, if not surprised, to see so many postings expressing relief that “the election is finally over.” Because it’s not really over– the struggle embodied by the election is certainly...
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Britain’s Scouts consider accepting atheist members
Britain’s Scouts could welcome atheists into their ranks for the first time in 105 years as they seek to increase diversity, the association said Tuesday. The movement, led by British TV adventurer...
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Obama calls on Russia to update nuclear arms treaty
US President Barack Obama on Monday called on Russia to join him as an equal partner in updating a nuclear non-proliferation deal, after Moscow opted not to extend it earlier this year. Russian...
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Auto sales hit fastest pace since January 2008
US auto sales posted their fastest clip since January 2008 amid an improving economic outlook and demand for replacement vehicles following the devastating Hurricane Sandy. Total industry sales in...
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Voyager discovers ‘magnetic highway’ at edge of solar system
NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft has encountered a “magnetic highway” at the edge of the solar system, a surprising discovery 35 years after its launch, the experts behind the pioneering craft said Monday....
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Bill Nye warns fiscal cliff science cuts ‘will take the wind out of our sails’
Appearing Monday night on Current TV, “science guy” Bill Nye warned that cuts to science and research funding could harm job growth in the United States. “What makes the U.S. economy what it is is...
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Obamas congratulate British royals on pregnancy
US President Barack Obama sent his congratulations to Britain’s Prince William and his wife Catherine Monday, on news they were expecting a baby and a future heir to the throne. “On behalf of everyone...
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Nations moving ‘recklessly slow’ on climate change action: report
Poor nations must make haste to curb greenhouse gas emissions as even an impossible zero-percent pollution target for the developed world by 2030 won’t stop calamitous climate change, a report warned...
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