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President Obama made a couple of stupid little jokes about Vegas. He uses our Las Vegas as a symbol. Everyone knows what Vegas means. Doc Pomus wrote "Viva Las Vegas" for Elvis years before Doc ever visited Sin City and got everything right. FULL STORY
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Related Topics: Las Vegas | Barack Obama | Tourism | Penn Jillette
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When I first joined the Navy, I had no idea that I was gay. I was well into my career when I realized this fact, but I was doing well as evidenced by the awards and promotions I was receiving. FULL STORY
5 DAYS AGO 959 comments
Related Topics: Don't Ask, Don't Tell | U.S. Navy | September 11 Attacks | Michael Mullen
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The solutions to America's long-term budget deficits are surprisingly simple, but they're politically unthinkable in today's Washington, says analyst Fareed Zakaria. FULL STORY
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Related Topics: Barack Obama | Federal Budget | Economic Stimulus | Prescription Drugs
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There is no rule anywhere in existence that says that the Super Bowl should be free of politics and social causes. None. So what's the big deal over Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow and his mother starring in a pro-life ad? FULL STORY
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Related Topics: Tim Tebow | Focus on the Family | Christianity
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For the last two weeks I've listened to people all up in arms that former University of Florida quarterback Tim Tebow will star in a 30-second, anti-abortion commercial with his mom during Sunday's Super Bowl. FULL STORY
4 DAYS AGO 484 comments
Related Topics: Tim Tebow | CBS Corporation | Focus on the Family
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You might not know it to read the news of the discredited research that had long linked vaccines to autism, but there really is good progress on the autism research front. FULL STORY
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A grass-roots movement is growing across this country, and like the Ross Perot movement of 18 years ago, it will turn the political landscape upside down, with the consequences being felt long afterwards. FULL STORY
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Related Topics: Ross Perot | Government Spending | Michael Steele
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If you plan on watching the Super Bowl Sunday, there is one aspect of the game that can be predicted with absolute certainty: FULL STORY
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Watching Barack Obama hold separate Q&A's with members of Congress -- House Republicans last week, Senate Democrats this week -- has its ups and downs FULL STORY
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Related Topics: Barack Obama | Health Care Reform | Immigration Policy | Education Policy
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The weirdest campaign ad of this season -- maybe any season -- debuted on the Internet this past week. The ad has been nicknamed, "Demon Sheep," and can be viewed here. FULL STORY
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Related Topics: Carly Fiorina | California | Election Campaigns | Government and Politics
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Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood caused a stir Wednesday when he told owners of recalled Toyotas to stop driving their cars, took back that wording, and said he meant to tell worried owners to take their cars to the dealer for a fix. FULL STORY
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Related Topics: Ray LaHood | Toyota Motor Corporation | Product Recalls | U.S. Department of Transportation
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The heads of major U.S. intelligence agencies told a Senate committee Tuesday that an attempted terrorist attack on the nation in coming months is "certain." FULL STORY
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Related Topics: Osama bin Laden | Terrorism | Islam
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After a severe earthquake centered in Pakistan's Kashmir province killed more than 70,000 people in 2005, teams from a nonprofit architecture group based in London, England, helped the region start to rebuild. FULL STORY
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Google's threat to shut down its operations in China might seem like just a dispute between a private company and a government, but the implications are huge for the world's fastest-growing economy, for the United States and for global relations, says analyst Fareed Zakaria. FULL STORY
19 DAYS AGO 210 comments
Related Topics: Internet | Hillary Clinton | Google Inc. | China
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The media have begun to make comparisons between Hurricane Katrina and the earthquake in Haiti. And in some ways, the two events are comparable. FULL STORY
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Related Topics: Haiti | Natural Disasters | Poverty | Hurricane Katrina
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As President Obama acknowledges, his administration hit a buzz saw in Massachusetts last week. FULL STORY
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Related Topics: Barack Obama | Timothy Geithner | Bill Clinton | Health Care Policy
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When America's financial institutions crumbled and housing values plummeted, cities and families across the nation felt the tremendous impact. FULL STORY
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Related Topics: Economic Stimulus | U.S. National Economy | Government Spending
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In 2001, I came to Braddock, the poorest town in Western Pennsylvania, to serve the community's severely disenfranchised young people by starting an employment and GED program. Their lives were the embodiment of what happened to Braddock and this region: chaos through abandonment. FULL STORY
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Related Topics: Economic Stimulus | National Economy | Urban Renewal
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There was a phrase, or so we have long been told, that was heard in occupied Europe during World War II. FULL STORY
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If insanity is doing the same thing and expecting a different result, the post-crisis pay plans in the finance industry qualify for commitment. The Wall Street financial firms claim to have made some changes, but all the ones we have seen so far are cosmetic, required by statute, weakened by loopholes, or circumvented. FULL STORY
14 DAYS AGO 210 comments
Related Topics: Financial Markets | Executive Management | U.S. National Economy
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