December 31, 2015

Year in Review: Here's How Many Rounds of Golf Obama Played in 2015

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The Federal Vision For Healthcare IT: A Dystopian Paradise

shutterstock_135236030 In a year not too distant, Loretta, a woman in her late 20s, hears a pleasant tone from her watch and checks to see a text. The message isn't from a friend or work, it's from the watch itself: "You're pregnant." Loretta is surprised; conception was merely days before. But pregnancy is one of the many tests constantly checked by her wearable and household technology. Read More

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Is Your State Busted Or Busting Loose?

Most States Have More Debt Than Assets And That's Bad News For Your Wallet

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Following Backlash, U.S. Air Force Academy Allows Football Players to Pray on the Field

The players may confidently practice their own beliefs without pressure to participate in the practices of others.

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Carson Advisor Takes Jab at Cruz on Faith, Insists Carson 'Only True Authentic Evangelical' in Race

"There are a lot of people who talk a good game about their faith"

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The Year in Pictures: Chilled Champagne Edition

(Steven Hayward) I've got a magnum of 2003 Sine Qua Non Omega Pinot Noir ready for a pile of grilled beef tonight, with a magnum of 1992 Dunn Cabernet Sauvignon ready as a backup in case the Omega hasn't held up, but even if we have both (a very likely possibility), it won't be enough to dull the senses of this year's nonsense. Here's a look back at a not entirely random

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Obama to reverse Bill Clinton gun control strategy, increase number of licensed dealers

Twenty years after President Clinton tackled gun control by drastically reducing the number of licensed firearms dealers in the U.S., President Obama is preparing to tackle gun control by increasing the number of licensed gun dealers.

The different approaches of the two Democratic presidents is just one sign of how ...

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How One Woman Allegedly Defrauded $550K From Unemployment

A federal grand jury has indicted a California woman for allegedly scamming the unemployment system for half a million dollars, U.S. Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced Wednesday. Deborah Hollimon was charged with unemployment fraud and aggravated identity theft. The scam occurred between September 2012 and September 2015. Through a series of elaborate unemployment claims involving […]

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State Department Kept Tabs on the Drudge Report, Emails Reveal

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Best of 2015: Conversations With the Candidates

Many of the presidential candidates appeared on "With All Due Respect" in 2015. Bloomberg Politics presents some of the best moments from those interviews.

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Ring In The New Year With The Most Brutal UFC Knockouts Of 2015 [VIDEO]

Oh my!

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New York Man Arrested for Attempted New Year's Eve Terror Plot

Police arrested a would-be ISIS attacker in New York Wednesday for allegedly planning an armed terror operation at a bar in Rochester on New Year's Eve, officials said Thursday.

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Where Are All The Women In White Hats?

white-hat America needs cyber talent — especially among women. Without a capable workforce to secure the smartphone in your hand or the highly classified networks our government operates within, our economy and national security will be at risk. We need to nurture a pool of interested young men and women to go into science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) programs. The troubling news is… Read More

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Crystal Ball: Halperin and Heilemann's 2016 Predictions

Mark Halperin and John Heilemann take a look inside the "With All Due Respect" crystal ball and make some political predictions for 2016.

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Influx of teen migrants leads US to open 3 more shelters

DENVER (AP) - The U.S. government plans to open three new shelters in three states to house unaccompanied migrant children as officials brace for another influx of young Central American immigrants crossing the border.

The temporary shelters in Colorado, Florida and New Mexico, all located on federal property, are in ...

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Armstrong Williams: Ben Carson Is The Only 'Authentic Evangelical Christian In The Race' [VIDEO]

Change to Carson's campaign: he will be 'more authoritarian in the way he speaks'

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Evacuations Ordered in Munich After Police Warn 'Current Indications' Suggest Terror Attack Planned

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The Big Snort

(Steven Hayward) Scott rightly scores The Big Short for its, um, shortcomings. John Goodman lays out ten lessons that ought to be understood about the whole story, including these two key lessons completely omitted from the film: Lesson 5: It is also a movie about a massive failure of government. As the movie makes clear, government regulators had no interest prosecuting fraud, even when the protagonists put the evidence right in front

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The Most Talked-About Tech Stories Of 2015

TechCrunch Newsletter photoshop magic As we relentlessly press forward in time, into a world full of self-driving cars and virtual reality headsets, it's important to reflect back on the path we took to get to this moment. What happened in 2015 that got us talking, and more importantly thinking, about what we want our future to look like? The following is a list of the biggest stories from last year. Read More

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Chinese Defense Ministry Confirms Rail-Mobile ICBM Test

China's Defense Ministry confirmed on Thursday that its military recently conducted a test of a new rail-mobile ICBM capable of hitting any part of the United States with nuclear warheads.

Defense Ministry spokesman Col. Yang Yujun also did not dispute U.S. reports that its nuclear missile submarines began conducting sea patrols for the first time, giving China a potent new submarine-based strategic nuclear strike capability.

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