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Abortion Doctor Gunned Down at Kansas Church, Suspect in Custody
WICHITA, Kan. — Dr. George Tiller, who remained one of the nation’s few providers of late-term abortions despite decades of protests and attacks, was shot and killed Sunday in a church where he was serving as an usher. The gunman fled, but a 51-year-old suspect was arrested some 170 miles away in suburban Kansas City three [...]
Posted: May 31st, 2009 under General News.
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Senate Unanimously Votes to Push Back Digital TV Transition
The Senate voted unanimously to postpone the upcoming transition from analog to digital television broadcasting by four months to June 12.
Posted: January 27th, 2009 under General News.
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Protester Calls for Jews to ‘Go Back to the Oven’ at Anti-Israel Demonstration
Like many other protests of Israel’s campaign in Gaza, this one ended badly — police had to cool an ugly fight between supporters of Israel and Gaza, breaking up the warring sides as their screaming and chanting threatened to turn into something worse. But some protesters at this rally in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., took their [...]
Posted: January 7th, 2009 under General News.
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Oprah Took Millions From Obama Foe
With Oprah Winfrey, the intersection of politics and education is making for strange bedfellows. Federal tax returns and other reports confirm that she’s accepted at least $5 million for her self-named South African girls’ school from perhaps Barack Obama’s single greatest political enemy. Oprah is probably the most well-known celebrity to back Senator Barack Obama’s [...]
Posted: December 2nd, 2008 under Political.
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Obama Unveils His National Security Team
President-elect Barack Obama announced as expected that Hillary Clinton would be his top diplomat and Robert Gates would stay on as defense secretary. President-elect Barack Obama on Monday officially introduced the members of his national security team, including former Democratic primary rival Hillary Clinton as his secretary of state and Robert Gates, who will be [...]
Posted: December 1st, 2008 under Political.
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