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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans determined to spare the military from devastating across-the-board spending cuts - presidential candidate Mitt Romney among them - must be willing to consider closing tax loopholes and raising rates to increase revenue, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee said Tuesday....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans determined to spare the military from devastating across-the-board spending cuts - presidential candidate Mitt Romney among them - must be willing to consider closing tax loopholes and raising rates to increase revenue, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee said Tuesday....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans determined to spare the military from devastating across-the-board spending cuts - presidential candidate Mitt Romney among them - must be willing to consider closing tax loopholes and raising rates to increase revenue, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee said Tuesday....

ORLANDO, Fla. — Authorities say the wife of Trayvon Martin's shooter is being accused of lying to a judge about their finances during his bond hearing and faces one count of perjury.

An order issued Tuesday by assistant state attorney John Guy charged Shellie Zimmerman for knowingly making false statements ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Attorney General Eric Holder on Tuesday fended off Republican demands that he appoint a special counsel outside of the Justice Department to look into national security leaks....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- If only the economy were growing as fast....

Third Age | The "$4.3 billion 9/11 health program [will] include people with 50 types of cancer, covering 14 broad categories of the disease."

BALTIMORE (AP) -- Fighting for re-election, President Barack Obama is playing down his historic health care overhaul and the multibillion-dollar recession-fighting stimulus - two landmark efforts of his first three years in office. Those signature policies are unpopular, and voters clearly want the candidates to focus instead on jobs....

Leftist Berkeley professor George Lakoff believes that family metaphors are the key to understanding politics, and writes: Progressive morality fits a nurturant family: parents are equal, the values are empathy, responsibility for oneself and others, and cooperation. That is taught to children. Parents protect and empower their children, and listen to them. Authority comes through an ethic of Rogerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03474078324293158376noreply@blogger.com0

Thomas DiLorenzo | Such talk is bound to get "Jeb" what he wants.

Charles Q. Choi | Woolly mammoths (Mammuthus primigenius) wandered the planet for about 250,000 year.

BOSTON (AP) — The longtime girlfriend of mobster James "Whitey" Bulger was sentenced Tuesday to eight years in prison for helping him stay on the run for 16 years.

Catherine Greig showed no emotion when U.S. District Judge Douglas Woodlock handed down the sentence.

The 61-year-old Greig pleaded guilty in ...

CNN Contributor James Carville discusses swing states and which states he thinks will matter the most in November.

reuters.com | Men were arrested after buying what they believed to be C-4 explosives and two explosive devises for $900 from an undercover FBI agent.

Thermal imaging neighborhoods: Reason Magazine: Public Defender in GA: Cops Can't Use Thermal Images of Possible Grow Lights For Search Warrants by Matthew Feeney:

A public defender in Georgia is hoping to have his client's case dismissed by a Georgia Superior Court after claiming that evidence against his client was illegally obtained. James Brundgie has been charged with the manufacture of marijuana, possession with intent to distribute, and possession of a controlled substance after a judge approved a warrant to search his property after thermal imaging detected a 'hot spot' in his garage. If the search warrant is upheld it will be a worrying precedent to set as police forces and other agencies will be able to justify thermal imaging of entire neighborhoods in search of similar 'hot spots'.

The public defender, Benjamin Pearlman, is rightly arguing that the warrant should never have been issued as Georgia law states that a warrant may not be issued 'for anything other than physical, tangible evidence.' It is hard to see exactly how a thermal scan fits into the category of physical or tangible evidence.

While state law may say "tangible evidence," the Fourth Amendment is not so limited, so this is a state law argument only.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal election officials say small-dollar donors may use their cell phones' text messaging to contribute to political campaigns....

Kurt Nimmo | The CIA is the largest and most successful drug dealer in the world.

When those college tuition bills come in, be prepared for sticker shock....

London Express | A new poll showed more than 80 per cent of voters are crying out for a referendum.

OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) -- Dealing with a slow-moving economy, President Barack Obama is imploring voters to stick with him through tough times while promising that better days lie ahead. He's trying to energize supporters and raise money Tuesday in Maryland and in Philadelphia....