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Washington Post: For a half-century, Arnold Weiss was best known as a Washington lawyer and founder of an international investment group. Perhaps it was his desire “to build rather than destroy,” to move beyond World War II and the memories it conjured, that kept him silent for so long about his clandestine wartime mission. Mr. [...]

MEXICO CITY (AP) – A gunbattle between rival gangs killed 11 people during a Virgin of Guadalupe celebration in a western Mexican town, authorities said Saturday. Armed men arrived in three cars and opened fire on another group of gunmen in the main plaza of Tecalitlan just as a crowd was gathering Friday night, the [...]

SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) – Sgt. Edward Matayka, a 33-year-old Vermont National Guard medic, had been mortally wounded. Specialist David Schwerer was among those who gave him first aid, applying tourniquets that saved his life but couldn’t save his legs. On Saturday, Matayka got to say thank you, welcoming Schwerer home from a yearlong deployment [...]

New York (AP) – Bernie Madoff could be barred from attending his son Mark’s funeral, according to rules at the North Carolina prison where he’s serving his 150-year sentence, the New York Post reported Sunday. Mark was found dead in the living room of his downtown Manhattan apartment Saturday morning, hanging from a black dog [...]

The Hill: Next week will be crucial for gay rights advocates and congressional supporters of repealing the “Don’t ask, don’t tell” law. Sens. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) are working to garner support for a standalone bill to repeal the Clinton-era ban on openly gay people serving in the military. Lieberman and Collins [...]

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) – Six NATO service members were killed Sunday in an insurgent attack in southern Afghanistan, the international alliance said in a statement. NATO did not give further details, in keeping with a policy of waiting for individual countries from the alliance to identify their casualties. Most NATO troops in southern Afghanistan come [...]

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – A storm that spanned parts of eight states continued to dump heavy snow in the upper Midwest on Sunday, collapsing the Metrodome in Minneapolis and forcing numerous road closures. The storm was moving eastward a day after it dumped 20 inches of snow in some places. A Sunday NFL football game between [...]

Wall Street Journal: Let’s get this out of the way first: Robert De Niro looks nothing like Texas Gov. Rick Perry. Or Sen. John Cornyn. Or any other Texas politician we can think of. However, Mr. De Niro’s portrayal of the fictional Sen. John McLaughlin in Machete, an B movie shoot-’em-up released in September, has [...]

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama’s plan to cut payroll taxes for a year would provide big savings for many workers, but makes Social Security advocates nervous that it could jeopardize the retirement program’s finances. The plan is part of a package of tax cuts and extended unemployment benefits that Obama negotiated with Senate Republican [...]

The Hill: If the Bush-era tax cuts are going to be extended beyond Dec. 31, someone is going to have to blink. Most political insiders believe it will be Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and her House Democrats. Liberals who believe Obama caved to Republicans say there is no chance that Pelosi will bend. With an [...]

Corruption Chronicles: As violent drug cartels take over Mexico and expand their criminal enterprises north, the United States has signed a “trusted traveler” agreement that allows pre-screened Mexican airline passengers to bypass lengthy airport security checkpoints. The foreigners will get “trusted traveler cards” with fingerprints and other biometric data and they must answer customs declarations [...]

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