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Do voters want no more moderates?

CNN - Politics - Fri, 2024-11-29 15:47
Republican Speaker of the House John Boehner drew a hard line in the sand this week, renewing a battle over the debt ceiling unless President Barack Obama agreed to significant budget cuts during what may be a lame-duck session after the November elections.
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American Scene: 4.3 magnitude earthquake rattles Lone Star State

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TIMPSON — A moderate earthquake rattled an area in east Texas near the Louisiana border.

National Earthquake Information Center geophysicist Amy Vaughan says the quake happened at 3:12 a.m. Thursday and had a magnitude of 4.3. It was centered near Timpson.

Shelby County sheriff's dispatcher Jacob Allen says the ...

Private spacecraft to haul groceries

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — For the first time, a private company will launch a rocket to the International Space Station, sending it on a grocery run this weekend that could be the shape of things to come for America's space program.

If this unmanned flight and others like it succeed, ...

Zimmerman's account of killing corroborated

ORLANDO, Fla. — Medical and autopsy reports released Thursday corroborate George Zimmerman's account that he shot Trayvon Martin in self-defense after the teenager attacked him.

As part of a massive release of evidence by the prosecution, an autopsy report on Trayvon found evidence of marijuana in his system, as Mr. ...

The Agency Goes to War

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-29 15:47
Former CIA officer Henry Crumpton chronicles his career as spy and diplomat, focusing on the campaign in Afghanistan after 9/11.


Best of the Web Today: Free Speech Fight

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-29 15:47
Could a boxer beat an intolerant shopping-center owner in court?


Grow up, Congress -- make a deal on debt

CNN - Politics - Fri, 2024-11-29 15:47
Congressional Republicans are threatening another game of chicken with the debt ceiling. This will get America nowhere, says John Avlon.
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Can Obama use Hollywood's soft power?

CNN - Politics - Fri, 2024-11-29 15:47
Timothy Stanley says Obama must stay on the right side of moviemakers if he wants to use their cultural influence--and big donations--to get reelected
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Mich. boy finds piece of finger in Arby's sandwich

JACKSON, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan teen made a grisly discovery after biting into an Arby's junior roast beef sandwich.

Ryan Hart said he had nearly polished off his sandwich last Friday when he bit into something tough to chew that tasted like rubber, so he spit it out.

Turns ...

Closing arguments made in Edwards trial

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Attorneys hammered at the credibility of John Edwards and his once-trusted aide as arguments in his campaign corruption trial ended Thursday, leaving jurors to decide whether the presidential candidate's sex scandal cover-up amounted to a crime or a litany of lies.

Jurors begin deliberations Friday on six counts of ...

The Wright Strategy

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-29 15:47
By Jason L. Riley Using Jeremiah Wright to attack President Obama is certainly fair game, but it may not be smart politics.


Justice: Prisons to step up anti-rape efforts

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is ordering federal, state and local prisons to increase efforts to stop prison rape by issuing mandatory screening, enforcement and prevention regulations in hopes of reducing sexual victimization behind bars.

The Justice Department announced the regulations Thursday on the heels of a new study showing ...

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