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Navarro BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) – A cat formerly known as Navarro, which police believe was marinating in an oil mixture in the trunk of a man’s car, has left a local animal shelter with a new name and a new owner. “He is gentle, he is passive, he is beautiful,” said Vicki Dankowski, shortly after [...]

The Hill: Rep. Alan Grayson (Fla.) Wednesday became the second congressional Democrat to call for White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs’ ouster, using colorful moniker to describe him. Gibbs raised the ire of liberals Tuesday when he told The Hill that some left-wing critics of the Obama administration “ought to be drug tested.” Grayson, who [...]

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CHICAGO (AP) – Jurors in the corruption trial of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich have sent a note to the judge suggesting they may be deadlocked on some counts. The note read in court on Wednesday says the jury is asking for guidance if they can’t reach a unanimous decision on “any given count.” They say [...]

Mediaite: Linda McMahon, wife of the WWE’s Vince McMahon and important player in the organization’s rise in the sports-entertainment scene, won the Republican primary for Connecticut’s U.S. Senate seat last night. Leading up to November, in addition to facing Democrat Richard Blumenthal, she’ll also face questions about her past in the WWE. But according to [...]

Big Journalism: WJLA-TV, a Washington, D.C. ABC affiliate, suspended reporter Doug McKelway following his alleged “partisan” comments at a liberal rally on Capitol Hill marking the three-month anniversary of the Gulf oil spill. Apparently facts are now “partisan.” McKelway stuck to the truth about BP’s political contributions and pending cap-and-trade legislation, newsworthy subjects given that [...]

Fox News: New York Gov. David Paterson is offering to provide state property if the developers of the so-called Ground Zero mosque agree to move their project farther away from where the twin towers once stood, raising questions over how such a deal would be arranged and who might pay for it. In an effort [...]

Fox News: Defense Secretary Robert Gates’ call to eliminate a major military command has revived concerns from some lawmakers that the Obama administration could leave the country vulnerable by cutting too deep into military spending at a time when the nation is engaged in two wars and facing new threats abroad. Though the Pentagon budget [...]

The Hill: The Senate will convene briefly on Thursday for a rare session during its August recess to pass a $600 million border security bill. Just days into its five-week break, a spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid ‘s (D-Nev.) office said the chamber would go back to work at 10 a.m. Thursday to [...]

The New York Times: WASHINGTON — American military officials are building a case to minimize the planned withdrawal of some troops from Afghanistan starting next summer, in an effort to counter growing pressure on President Obama from inside his own party to begin winding the war down quickly. With the administration unable yet to point [...]

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