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Female Marine captain on combat roles: Major ‘discrepancy’ between reality...
On Current TV’s The War Room, Marine Capt. Zoe Bedell — who is part of a federal lawsuit filed by the ACLU that aims to get the Pentagon to reverse course on the ban of women in combat — explains why...
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Hugh Grant wins ‘substantial’ phone-hacking damages from Murdoch tabloid
Hugh Grant has accepted a “substantial sum” from Rupert Murdoch’s British tabloid publisher over phone hacking by the News of the World, the British actor’s lawyer said on Friday. The “Four Weddings...
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John Boehner fights for his political life after failure of ‘fiscal cliff’ talks
Speaker says he is not concerned for his job but pressure rises after Republican right rejects tax rises to solve budget crisis The Republican speaker of the House of Representatives, John Boehner, has...
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Pope pardons butler, expels him from Vatican
Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday pardoned his former butler Paolo Gabriele, who was sentenced to 18 months in jail for leaking secret papal memos, but banished him from the Vatican. “This morning the Holy...
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Indian Police tear-gas New Delhi gang-rape protesters
Indian police on Saturday tear-gassed, baton-charged and fired water cannon at demonstrators in the sixth and most violent day of protests against the brutal gang-rape of a student last weekend....
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How ‘Dark Money’ helped Republicans hold the House and hurt voters
How Dark Money Helped Republicans Hold the House and Hurt Voters by Olga Pierce, Justin Elliott and Theodoric Meyer ProPublica, Dec. 21, 2012, 2:36 p.m. In the November election, a million more...
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Blind juggling robot keeps balls in the air for hours
Researchers at the Institute for Dynamic Systems and Control (IDSC) at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich have created a juggling robot, the so-called “blind juggler,” which, in spite of...
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Maddow: LaPierre press conference was epic ‘Rick-rolling’ of the country
On Friday night’s edition of “The Rachel Maddow Show,” host Rachel Maddow coldly assessed Wayne LaPierre’s extravagantly out-of-touch press conference on Friday and deemed it to be the political...
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Breitbart.com alum Dana Loesch suing website for release from contract and $75K
Conservative radio host and former Bretibart.com columnist Dana Loesch filed suit against the website on Friday demanding an end to her contract and $75,000 in damages. According to the St. Louis...
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Voters, but few tourists, around Egypt’s pyramids
As Egypt’s voters turned out on Saturday for a final round of a referendum on a divisive, Islamist-backed constitution, workers at Cairo’s pyramids located near some polling stations lamented the...
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William and Kate snub queen for Middletons’ Christmas
Prince William and his pregnant wife Catherine will spend Christmas Day at her parents’ family house, instead of with Queen Elizabeth II, British royal officials said Saturday. The second-in-line to...
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NRA issues point-blank ‘no’ on gun control
The NRA, the most powerful gun lobby in the United States, ruled out any support Sunday for greater regulation of firearms or ammunition magazines after the Sandy Hook elementary school massacre. Wayne...
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CNN host to Hutchinson: People think ‘NRA does not take reality into...
CNN host Candy Crowley on Sunday told former DEA head Asa Hutchinson that it was naive to talk about preventing gun violence without bringing up guns. Hutchinson, who is now a consultant for the...
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Romney ‘wanted to be president less than anyone,’ says son
No one wanted to be president less than Mitt Romney, his son said in an interview out Sunday that raises new questions about the candidacy of the losing Republican nominee. In an interview with the...
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Gun rights advocates seek deportation of Piers Morgan
US gun rights advocates have signed a White House petition calling for British CNN host Piers Morgan to be deported for allegedly attacking the Second Amendment rights of ordinary Americans. The...
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Antarctic ice sheet warming faster than thought: study
The West Antarctic Ice Sheet, whose melt may be responsible for 10 percent of the sea-level rise caused by climate change, is warming twice as quickly as previously thought, a study said Sunday. A...
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Mayan temple damaged in tourist ‘apocalypse’ frenzy
Tourists flocking to Guatemala for “end of the world” parties have damaged an ancient stone temple at Tikal, the largest archeological site and urban center of the Mayan civilization. “Sadly, many...
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Southwest will have less surface water over next decade, says study
Southwestern areas of the United States, reeling from its worst drought in 50 years, may have 10 percent less surface water within a decade due to global warming, a study said Sunday. While rainfall is...
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Harris-Perry guest: Potential change to Social Security ‘absolutely a cut’
On Melissa Harris-Perry on Sunday, panelists discussed the fact that Social Security was on the table in fiscal cliff negotiations — which has “progressives calling foul,” said guest host Joy Reid. She...
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Secrets of ancient Chinese medicinal herb revealed by scientists
Scientist in the United States on Sunday offered a molecular-level explanation for how a Chinese herbal medicine used for more than 2,000 years tackles fever and eases malaria. The herb is an extract...
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