Brazilian football confederation introduces term limits

SAO PAULO (AP) - The Brazilian football confederation has introduced term limits for its presidents, keeping them from being in power for more than eight consecutive years.

The change announced Thursday comes amid increased pressure against the local governing body, whose former president was linked to the investigation into corruption ...

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Obama: I Respond To Angry Emails

He must get more than ten a night

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Famous NBA Ref Likely Didn't Expect His Explosive Seven-World Response to Player to Be Caught on Camera

Wow.

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Country Music Singer Killed in Gunfight With Bounty Hunter

"He said he wasn't going back to jail. That's what he told me."

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Ben Carson 'Irritated' that Gay Rights Gets Equated to Civil Rights

Fox News' Bret Baier gave 2016 Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson an opportunity on Wednesday to clarify the controversial comments he made about homosexuality being a choice. Carson said in March, on CNN's New Day with Chris Cuomo, that the fact that people "go into prison straight — and when they come out, they're gay" is enough evidence to ...More

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Union-Backed Dems Make Last-Ditch Effort to Kill Obama's Trade Deal

"It's counterintuitive for Democrats to be voting against it, but President Trumka came and said vote against it."

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INSIDE THE BELTWAY: Hillary Clinton's moment of truth coming at New York event?

Bill Clinton will be there, Bill de Blasio will not. New York City's Democratic mayor is skipping a humdinger of an event that includes a marching band, happy Democrats, a backdrop of skyscrapers and spirited speechifying that taps the wisdom of Franklin Roosevelt and spouse Eleanor. We're talking Hillapalooza here. ...

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What Happens When You Don't Enforce the Immigration Laws

(John Hinderaker) One of the most horrifying crimes within memory occurred in Washington, D.C. on May 13 and 14. A man named Darron Wint broke into a home, commonly described as a mansion, owned by a businessman named Savvas Savopoulos. Wint held Savopoulos, his wife Amy, their 10-year-old son Philip, and their housekeeper, Veralicia Figueroa, captive for around 20 hours while he tormented them and arranged for a futile ransom to be

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'That was Wrong': Rachel Maddow Apologizes for Saying Billy Graham is Dead

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A clue emerges in the curious case of "Iterating Grace"

The trailblazing, first-generation computer programmer Alan Kay once said that you can divide the pioneers of personal computing into two camps: those who read and those who didn't. (I read about that in John Markoff's excellent "What the Dormouse Said.") Based on my experience of the heirs of those pioneers, I'd say Kay's rule of thumb holds. This week, however, a mysterious stunt has induced several of Silicon Valley's leading thought leaders […]

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75-Year-Old Texas Woman Avoids Jail Over 'Stupid' Offense After Four Brothers' Act of Kindness

"That's the least we could do."

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Chris Christie Says His Brash Style Could Work on Vladimir Putin

The New Jersey governor argued that directness has its virtues.

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Husband Takes Action After Suspecting That a Stranger Had Seriously Violated His Wife

"It started in the shampoo department." 

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GOP 2016 long shots fear missing their Gingrich moment in first debates

CHARLESTON, S.C. | Fear is growing among the 2016 GOP presidential candidates that the Republican National Committee's debate criteria could rob them of their chance on stage and the opportunity for a breakthrough moment like the one that propelled Newt Gingrich to a victory in the South Carolina primary in ...

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Go Behind The Scenes Of The Jesse Matthew Attempted Murder Trial

Get this, his girlfriend watched him get convicted.

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Hear 911 Call Purported Human Services Official Made After Recent Attempt to Visit Duggar Household

"So we just need police assistance…"

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Syria's al-Qaida branch kills 20 minority Druze villagers

BEIRUT (AP) - Al-Qaida's affiliate in Syria has killed at least 20 villagers belonging to the minority Druze sect after a confrontation in northwestern Idlib province, where the militants have forced hundreds of members of the sect to covert to Sunni Islam, an activist group and a Syrian opposition faction ...

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Sessions: Obama's 'Never Been Interested In Trade,' Just Wants 'Monumental Trans-Pacific' Union

'We ought to know everything there is to know about it'

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Town Shows How to Properly Welcome Home and Honor a Fallen Marine: 'Just Amazing'

"Not the way we intended to, but he's finally home."

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"White privilege" and how to spread it around

(Paul Mirengoff) The concept of "white privilege" has become a staple of left-wing think, especially on college campuses. But is it a meaningful way to talk about race? Only, I would argue, in a limited sense that those who bandy the term about probably don't have in mind. Whites as a class aren't "privileged" economically. Nearly all white children had better obtain knowledge and skills, and then be prepared to work hard

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Jurassic Pork: Earmarks Alive and Well Despite Ban

Before Jurassic World hits theaters this weekend, a Republican senator is telling Americans about the resurrection of another relic thought to be extinct: pork barrel spending.

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Inhofe: 'We're Winning' The Global Warming Debate

'These are old arguments that have been refuted again and again'

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Bernie Sanders Calls Hillary Clinton's Silence on Trade Deal Offensive

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GOP Releases New Video Ahead Of Hillary's Do-Over Announcement Rally

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Iconic Actor Reveals Why He Refused a Nearly $1 Million Offer — and the 'Blessing' He Says Came After He Gave Money to His Church to Help the Poor

"I was baptized by my father when I was four years old."

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Colts Raise 2014 'AFC Finalist' Banner [VIDEO]

Boo hoo, somebody call the 'wambulance'

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The Biblical Verse That May or May Not Foretell the Outcome of the NBA Finals

"Is there any doubt which team will take the championship?"

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Dem Operative Rallies Conservatives Against 'ObamaTrade'

A leading voice against a pending Asian free trade agreement is tailoring his message to the country's grassroots conservatives, but until recently he described himself as a progressive and worked for union-backed Democrats.

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Latest Horror From Islamic State-Linked Group: Man Forced to Dig His Own Grave Before Being Shot in Head

The man was accused of being a Mossad agent.

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Carrie Underwood Is White Hot At The CMT Music Awards [PHOTOS]

Nailed it

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Arm Wrestling Match Between Pro-Rugby Players Goes Horribly, Horribly Wrong

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Diane Rehm Apologizes for Insisting Bernie Sanders Has Israeli Citizenship

Rehm said she had only intended to ask the presidential candidate whether he holds Israeli citizenship, as she "had read in a comment on Facebook."

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Today in appeasement

(Scott Johnson) Omri Ceren writes to draw attention to Jay Solomon's Wall Street Journal article

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VA nomination on hold in Senate over Agent Orange dispute

WASHINGTON (AP) - Two Democratic senators are holding up a confirmation vote on President Barack Obama's nominee for Veterans Affairs' top health post, citing the department's delay in extending disability benefits to Air Force reservists possibly exposed to Agent Orange.

Sens. Sherrod Brown of Ohio and Ron Wyden of Oregon ...

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Megyn Kelly Slams 'Smears' Coming From Liberal Blogs and Reveals Why She Decided Not to Remain Silent This Time

"There's very little desire on the part of these folks to get to truth."

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Texas Considers Bringing Soda Machines, Fryers Back to Schools. The Reason Why Is So Texas.

"Heated debate"

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Stewart Blasts NYT Over Rubio Coverage: 'How Is This Front-Page News?' [VIDEO]

'Paying off law school loans? How dare you'

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U.S. Embassy in Indonesia Celebrated American Independence Day One Month Early to 'Respect the Holy Month of Ramadan'

"The theme of tonight's celebration is Go Green…"

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Fox News, Union Leader Announce Forums for Candidates Who Don't Make First GOP Debate

It comes after more than four dozen New Hampshire Republican figures asked Fox and the RNC to allow more candidates into the first debate.

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Bill Clinton suggests he'll stop paid speeches if Hillary is elected president

Former President Bill Clinton suggested he's unlikely to continue giving paid speeches if his wife, former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, is elected president.

"No, I don't think so," he said when asked at a Clinton Global Initiative event this week, Politico reported.

The finances of the ...

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Immigration — Hey Look! A Cop Yelling At A Black Girl In A Bikini!

It's as if the media built a triple-layer fence with border guards around immigration topics. And guess what? Their fence is working!

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Deep secrets of racial profiling (finale)

(Scott Johnson) A brief look back at where we have been in this series. If you have come along for the ride, I thank you for taking the trouble. If you missed any, I hope you will take a quick look. I would like to point out in particular the post on Michelle Alexander (part 4), which I hope contributes to the subject with a lot of help from the Manhattan Institute's

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Pastors Issue Tough Warning to the Supreme Court 'Not to Cross This Line' as Landmark Ruling on Gay Marriage Approaches

"No civil institution, including the United States Supreme Court or any court, has authority to redefine marriage."

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Country Turns to Cellphone Location Data to Combat Deadly Disease Spread

"While an individual's private information is important, we're also trying to stop the virus from spreading."

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Fox, Union Leader to host additional GOP candidate forums Aug. 6

Fox News will host an additional forum on Aug. 6 for GOP presidential candidates who do not qualify for the first Republican prime-time debate that night.

Fox News Executive Vice President Michael Clemente and the network stressed that it was part of a longstanding plan to add additional coverage for ...

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Einstein's Personal Letters Give Insight Into 'How He Advised His Children, How He Believed in God'

"I do not share the crusading spirit of the professional atheist."

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The Trans-Pacific Partnership Is Making for Strange Political Bedfellows

On this issue, some Republicans back President Obama and some Democrats don't.

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China Conducts Fourth Test of Wu-14 Strike Vehicle

China this week carried out the fourth test of an ultra high-speed nuclear delivery vehicle that conducted what intelligence officials say were extreme maneuvers.

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Paul Ryan's step-by-step future starts with trade

WASHINGTON (AP) - First, give presidents the power to strike trade deals. Then overturn President Barack Obama's health care law, overhaul the tax code and rework the nation's welfare system. And someday? Perhaps a run for president.

Call it the New Ryan Plan, a map not just to changes in ...

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Walk in support of undocumented immigrant from Troy begins

ROYAL OAK, Mich. (AP) - Family and supporters of a 26-year-old undocumented immigrant have embarked on a 17-mile walk as they call for his release from a Battle Creek facility.

The Detroit Free Press (http://on.freep.com/1f4d0R3 ) reports Jose Adolfo Zaldana of El Salvador was detained at his home in Troy ...

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Jeb Bush's Campaign Is In A Lot More Trouble Than They're Letting On

Where's the money?

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What's the Obamacare backup plan?

(Paul Mirengoff) Any day now, the Supreme Court will issue a decision on whether Obamacare subsidies are available to those who purchase health insurance on the federal exchange. I think the likelihood that the Court will say subsidies can't be paid to such purchasers is a little south of 50 percent. But if the Court does decide King v. Burwell that way, millions of Americans will stand to lose their insurance subsidies.

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Are Taxpayers Subsidizing Starbucks College PR?

Starbucks plays third fiddle to state, feds in paying for the degrees

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'Almost to Point of Wanting Them All Segregated': Teacher Says Black People Cause of Racial Tension

"Maybe the 50s and 60s were really on to something."

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