Krauthammer Sounds off on Hillary Email Dump, Explains Why He Thinks 'Whole Release Is a Farce'

"The Clinton's are secretive and deceptive, but they are not stupid."

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Trade Promotion Authority Clears Senate, Heads To House

'When the president is right, we'll support him'

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Congressman Bob Goodlatte's Crony Gift to Silicon Valley

In 2011, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte poked a Silicon Valley hornet's nest, backing a draconian anti-piracy bill nicknamed "SOPA" that prompted Internet-wide blackouts until the legislation was hastily scrapped. But ever since then, he seems to be eager to make amends with his tech industry friends. The Virginia Republican has fundraised in the ...More

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US rejects nuclear disarmament document over Israel concerns

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The United States on Friday blocked a global document aimed at ridding the world of nuclear weapons, saying Egypt and other states tried to "cynically manipulate" the process by setting a deadline for Israel and its neighbors to meet within months on a Middle East zone ...

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Texas Senate debating major open carry handgun bill

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas Republicans pushing to pass the two major firearms bills of the legislative session have stumbled amid efforts to restrict police powers over people carrying handguns.

Senate leaders called for a Friday vote on allowing licensed open carry of handguns. They also announced a deal with ...

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CyPhy Works CEO Helen Greiner on drones, Kickstarter, and being the 'First Lady of Robots'

In the late 1980's, MIT was a place where a generation that grew up on the writing of Isaac Asimov, Star Trek, and the Star Wars films was trying to make the worlds that they had found in science fiction a reality — albeit one without robots as overlords and all powerful droids trying to destroy humanity. It was during this period that Helen Greiner met Rodney Brooks and Colin Angle […]






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Krugman Proves He Super Smart By Doctoring A Chart (So It Agrees With Him)

Krugman omits 40 percent of available data in order to make case for Federal Reserve

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'That Was a Cruel Thing to Do': Student Suspended for Posting This Picture of Teacher on Facebook

"See what's wrong with him. Don't take a picture and make fun of him."

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Arizona sheriff seeks to remove judge from profiling case

PHOENIX (AP) - An embattled Arizona sheriff has asked a federal judge to disqualify himself from a racial profiling case, saying questions during a recent hearing have created the appearance of judicial bias.

The request Friday from Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio comes weeks ahead of scheduled contempt-of-court hearings that ...

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Boys Are Lost In Their Own World

Retreating into an online world means our boys are not learning the basic social skills of interacting with the opposite sex.

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See If You Can Spot the Embarrassing Typo on This High School Graduation Medal

"Nobody at the school got eyes on it until it was too late." 

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Months Before Benghazi, State Memo Called Hillary 'Public Face' Of Libya Effort

'HRC has been a critical voice on Libya in administration deliberations'

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Fight over NSA snooping, Patriot Act goes down to wire

Senators on Friday raced their own holiday-imposed deadline for preserving key Patriot Act powers, with Democrats accusing Republican leaders of trying to force a choice between having to back the NSA's controversial bulk collection powers or else letting other wiretapping and lone-wolf terrorism tools expire.

But Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, ...

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Dems Seek Pell Grants For Prisoners

Could cost $5 billion a year

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"Safe writing, ladies": It's female reporters who are holding Uber's feet to the fire

After a year of threatening and intimidating multiple female journalists who wouldn't fall in line, Uber appears to have awaken a sleeping female reporting giant. I'm heartened to see that while David Plouffe's photo opps may have distracted much of the tech blog corps (before, yunno, Plouffe got unceremoniously kicked upstairs to make way for the harder-charging Rachel Whetstone), it's largely female reporters who are continuing to ask Uber the hard questions. […]






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#NotAllMuslims Execute Man By Shooting Him With Bazooka

Modern weapons and cowardly 7th Century psychosis. What a combo. Simon Tomlinson, Daily Mail: No longer content with executing their prisoners with knives and guns, Islamic State militants have ratcheted up their savagery by blasting a man to death with a bazooka. Shocking video emerged today showing the captive exploding into a ball of flames […]

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Parents Livid After Kindergarten Visitor Shows Naked Photos Of Herself Right There In Class

'We are extremely sorry for any distress this may have caused your child'

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California Governor Prepares Citizens for Coming 'Toilet to Tap' Concept

"We've got to consider all of the options on the table, and this is one of them."

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DC Quadruple Murder Suspect Arrested

Police seize several others along with thousands of dollars in cash

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French Lawmakers Pass Bill to Force Supermarkets to Donate Unsold Food to Charities, Farms

"It's scandalous to see bleach being poured into supermarket dustbins along with edible foods."

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Prisoner's Taxpayer-Funded Gender Reassignment Surgery Costing Up to $100,000 Could Be Delayed

"It is unlawful to deny essential treatment to transgender people."

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FIFA scandals while Sepp Blatter has been president

GENEVA (AP) - FIFA has been routinely called "scandal-plagued" for much of Sepp Blatter's 17-year presidential reign.

Blatter has never been implicated in personal corruption, but FIFA has often seemed relaxed about wrongdoing linked to senior officials.

Ahead of Blatter's bid for a fifth term on May 29, here are ...

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Senate expected to act on NSA collection of phone records

WASHINGTON (AP) - The fate of the bulk collection of American phone records by the National Security Agency is now before the Senate, in what is increasingly looking like a game of legislative chicken.

The Senate is expected to decide Friday what to do with the oft-debated measure.

The House ...

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19 to become US citizens at Navy base ceremony

GROTON, Conn. (AP) - Nineteen people affiliated with the U.S. military are becoming American citizens at a ceremony Friday at the Navy base in Groton.

The 19 candidates hail from 16 countries including China, Colombia, Pakistan and the United Kingdom.

The Navy says the group is made up of Connecticut ...

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Boy Scouts President Bob Gates: The Ban on Gay Scout Leaders Is Unsustainable

Robert Gates, the president of the Boy Scouts of America, called for the organization to end its longstanding ban on gay adults at the organization's annual national meeting Thursday in Atlanta. "We must deal with the world as it is, not as we might wish it to be," said Gates, the former U.S. Secretary of Defense. "The status quo ...More

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Former UN Lead Author: Global Warming Caused By 'Natural Variations' In Climate

'There is a strong likelihood that the major portion was due to natural variations'

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Clinton Camp Demands Anonymity On Conference Call With Media

'The importance of what was said by campaign operatives in no way rose to a level that required anonymity.'

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