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NEW YORK – Former Democratic fundraiser Norman Hsu was sentenced Tuesday to more than 24 years in prison by a judge who accused him of funding his fraud by manipulating the political process in a way that "strikes at the very core of our democracy." U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero sentenced the 58-year-old Hsu, who raised ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. John McCain said Wednesday that President Barack Obama cannot give up the fight in Afghanistan, saying the region would be destabilized if the United States and its NATO allies pulled back. McCain, Obama's Republican opponent in last year's election, also argued for the president to approve a call for additional troops by ...
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Remember the Tootsies and the Hutus chopping each other up by the millions?
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Agencie France Presse: The United States has refused to rule out military action against Iran if diplomacy fails, but analysts and officials say bombing nuclear sites would carry high risks while setting back Tehran's program by only a few years. Military options often floated in Washington range from naval blockades, pre-emptive air strikes against nuclear-related targets or ...
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Washington Post: The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it would decide whether an individual's right to own guns for self-defense -- as articulated by the high court in 2008 when it struck down the District of Columbia's ban on handguns -- also covers states and other cities with gun-control laws. The question of whether the Second Amendment ...
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Related: Half of Chicago doesn't want Olympics CBS Chicago: Six people are in custody for criminal damage at an anti-Olympic protest in the Loop Tuesday evening. A group of protesters tried to snatch an Olympic decoration that was supposed to go on the Picasso statue in Daley Plaza. CBS 2's Anne State reports that the whole ...
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Politico: Republicans are seriously targeting a handful of veteran House Democrats from conservative-minded districts who haven’t drawn serious challengers in years. The senior Democrats — Armed Services Committee Chairman Ike Skelton of Missouri, Science and Technology Committee Chairman Bart Gordon of Tennessee and Reps. John Tanner of Tennessee and Vic Snyder of Arkansas — all represent districts ...
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PHOENIX (AP) — Bartender Randy Shields was serving British brews and Arizona ambers as usual at Shady's bar in east Phoenix when he saw a customer walk in with a hunting knife strapped to his hip. A disturbing image flashed through his mind — "that knife sliding between my ribs." The customer willingly turned over the knife ...
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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - In an unusually frank disclosure, Iran's nuclear chief said Tuesday the country's new uranium enrichment site was built for maximum protection from aerial attack: carved into a mountain and near a military compound of the powerful Revolutionary Guard. Iran's revelation that it covertly built a second uranium enrichment plant has raised international ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The top general in Iraq is sending home thousands more U.S. troops by the end of October as the American military pulls back from the six-year war. Army Gen. Ray Odierno said in remarks prepared for a congressional hearing Wednesday that the number of U.S. soldiers in Iraq will total about 120,000 ...
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Report On Annakis: Congress has quietly approved to fast track the deployment of the BGU-57A/B or Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP). The Pentagon plans to rush the deployment of 10 BGU-57A/B "bunker buster" bombs by June 2010. The MOP is so enormous that it can only be delivered by a B-52 or a B-2A. In fact, the ...
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Washington Post: The Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday rejected two Democratic amendments that would have created a government-run "public option" as part an overhaul of the nation's health-insurance system, with the panel's chairman bowing to staunch Republican opposition that he said would prevent final passage of a bill containing such a provision. After an amendment offered by ...
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Broadcasting And Cable: Appellate Court Dismisses Rather's Claims Against CBS Ruling appears to torpedo Rather's $70 million lawsuit against his former employer The Appellate Division of the New York State Supreme Court Tuesday dismissed Dan Rather's claims against CBS. The ruling came down Sept. 29 and appears to torpedo Rather's $70 million lawsuit against his former employer. "At the outset, ...
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