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Fox Tried Seven Ways to Get Zimmerman's Brother to Criticize Obama (He Didn't)
The Atlantic Wire - 20 Jul 2013 00:51
Seven times, Fox News anchor Jamie Colby tried to get George Zimmerman's brother to criticize the president and his speech about Trayvon Martin. And seven times, he declined to do so.
FAA warns shooting at drone could result in prosecution similar to shooting at manned airplane
Fox News - 20 Jul 2013 13:10
People who fire guns at drones are endangering the public and property and could be prosecuted or fined, the Federal Aviation Administration warned Friday.
Obama speaks unscripted about Trayvon Martin, race
Boston - 20 Jul 2013 07:40
President Obama on Friday afternoon spoke in deeply personal and revealing terms about the nation's racial divides, moved by the acquittal and resulting controversy in the Trayvon Martin murder case to comment publicly o...
Buzz Aldrin's Secret Communion on the Moon
Time - 20 Jul 2013 13:35
Buzz Aldrin's Secret Communion on the Moon
Photos: Adventures of Vladimir Putin vs. Famous Films Film Scenes
ABC News - 20 Jul 2013 12:04
Photos ops of Putin often seem larger than life, as if they were from a movie.
6 Surprising Solutions for Bankrupt Cities
Time - 20 Jul 2013 09:50
Innovative ways cities have found extra cash
Did woman burn art by Monet, Picasso?
CNN - 20 Jul 2013 09:28
Art lovers await results from an investigation into the possible burning of paintings by Picasso and Monet.
Las Vegas thunderstorm brings high water to Strip
Boston - 20 Jul 2013 06:53
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Authorities say high winds and severe thunderstorms hit Las Vegas, knocking down trees and utility poles and flooding parts of the famed Strip.
Major development in Benghazi terror attack investigation
Fox News - 20 Jul 2013 01:41French police, youths clash after veil incident
Boston - 20 Jul 2013 23:53
TRAPPES, France (AP) -- About 250 people hurling projectiles clashed with police firing tear gas west of Paris, in apparent protest over enforcement of France's ban on Islamic face veils. Five people were injured and six...
Man impaled by sword in Lowell expected to recover; suspect arrested, charged with assault with intent to murder
Boston - 20 Jul 2013 23:52
A man who was impaled by a sword in Lowell early this morning is expected to survive, police said.
New Egyptian PM seeks dialogue, end to divisions
Reuters - 20 Jul 2013 23:43
CAIRO
Pastor: 2-year-old boy found dead in trunk had keys with him
Fox News - 20 Jul 2013 23:35
A 2-year-old Wisconsin boy who was found dead in the trunk of a car had the key to the vehicle with him, the family's pastor said Saturday.
Palestinians say '67 borders basis for talks
Boston - 20 Jul 2013 23:23
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas agreed to resume peace talks with Israel only after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry gave him a letter guaranteeing that the basis of the negotiations will be Israe...
Helen Thomas With a Half-Century of Presidents
Time - 20 Jul 2013 23:20
The groundbreaking journalist, who died Saturday at 92, covered every president since Kennedy. Here, a look at shared moments with U.S. leaders
National Parks on the Moon? It's an Excellent Idea
Time - 20 Jul 2013 23:20
Forty-four years after the first moon walk, a bill recently put before Congress would protect the Apollo landing sites in the same manner as we preserve our parks -- and remind us of what we once were
Chile conservative ruling bloc picks new candidate
Boston - 20 Jul 2013 23:15
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) -- Chile's conservative governing bloc has picked the labor minister to replace its presidential candidate, who dropped out of the race four months before the election because of depression.
Crackdown on leaks prompted by 153 cases that led nowhere
Boston - 20 Jul 2013 23:11
Soon after President Obama appointed him director of national intelligence in 2009, Dennis C. Blair called for a tally of the number of government officials or employees who had been prosecuted for leaking national secur...
Election workers kidnapped in Mali's Kidal region
Boston - 20 Jul 2013 23:09
TIMBUKTU, Mali (AP) -- Officials say several election workers have been kidnapped by unknown gunmen in northern Mali's troubled Kidal province.
Say: "True Public Safety Means Prevention!"
OpEdNews - 20 Jul 2013 23:09
This article calls attention to the dangerous new conservative frame, "public safety" linked to "crime," provides extensive documentation for the success of cost-saving prevention,and argues that we should tweak their fr...
The House Edge: A Shuffle of Aluminum, but to Banks, Pure Gold
The New York Times - 20 Jul 2013 23:03
Regulators have allowed banks to buy companies that trade in commodities, resulting in huge profits for the banks and higher prices for consumers.
Saturday Suburban Wildlife Blogging
Mother Jones - 20 Jul 2013 23:00
We have been besieged lately by a possum who comes in through the cat door and hoovers up Domino's cat food. This is Not Good. I tried and tried to trap him using cat food as bait, but he was too smart for that. He only ...