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The daughter of Sen. John Kerry has been arrested in Hollywood for allegedly driving drunk.
Los Angeles police say 36-year-old Alexandra Kerry was stopped by officers on a Hollywood street at about 12:40 a.m. Thursday and failed a sobriety test.
Officer Bruce Borihanh says she was book... read more
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A seemingly innocent shirt asking readers to pray for the president has ulterior motives. Shirts and bumper stickers are cropping up with the phrase “Pray for Obama Psalm 109:8.”
But when you look it up, the verse in question reads in part: “Let his days be few; and let anot... read more
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Newsweek Magazine has sparked controversy this week after reusing a Runner’s World photo of Sarah Palin, barelegged and sporting shorts, on the cover of this week’s issue.
The ex-GOP VP candidate slammed the news magazine in a scathing Facebook blog late Monday. Palin calls the photo sele... read more
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Lou Dobbs guarantees “100%” that he’ll be staying in “the public arena” now that he’s finished with CNN, he told Fox’s Bill O’Reilly last night, but he demurred on whether that means a run for a New Jersey Senate seat. President Obama “isn’... read more
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Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin went after the Associated Press on Sunday, accusing them of engaging in “opposition research” in fact-checking her forthcoming book.
Palin blasted the AP’s fact check of her new book, “Going Rogue,” which says the former governor ha... read more
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Politely but firmly pressing for greater freedoms on China’s own turf, President Barack Obama spoke against censorship Monday, saying tough criticisms of political leaders should be allowed and the free flow of information on the Internet “should be encouraged.”
Opening his ... read more
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John King will replace Lou Dobbs on CNN, CNN president John Klein said Thursday. The veteran reporter will move into the 7PM ET slot vacated by Dobbs, who abruptly resigned from the network on Wed... read more
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Lou Dobbs may have left his anchor chair, but he says he’ll keep talking.
The last of the original CNN hosts, Dobbs told viewers on Wednesday that he was quitting his nightly show — effective at the end of the hour — to pursue new opportunities.
What those are is still unclea... read more
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A New Jersey man yesterday became the first US citizen to sue the federal government for “rendition,” the extrajudicial transfer of terrorism suspects between countries.
Arrested in Kenya in 2007, Amir Meshal was secretly flown to Somalia, then to Ethiopia, where he claims US agen... read more
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One by one, President Barack Obama spoke the names and told the stories Tuesday of the 13 people slain in the Fort Hood, Texas shooting rampage, honoring their memories even as he denounced the “twisted logic” that led to their deaths.
“No faith justifies these murderous and... read more
