MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A leader of Somalia’s Islamist insurgency threatened to attack America during a speech broadcast Monday. “We tell the American President Barack Obama to embrace Islam before we come to his country,” said Fuad Mohamed “Shongole” Qalaf. Al-Shabab has not yet launched an attack outside Africa but Western intelligence has long been [...]
The Hill: The Obama administration is trying to quiet talk about so-called “death panels” after The New York Times reported Sunday that a new Medicare regulation includes incentives for end-of-life-care planning. The Medicare policy will pay doctors for holding end-of-life-care discussions with patients, according to the Times. A similar provision was dropped from the new [...]
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) —Suspected U.S. missiles struck two vehicles in a Taliban stronghold on Pakistan’s side of the border with Afghanistan on Monday, killing 18 alleged militants, Pakistani intelligence officials said. The attack in the North Waziristan tribal region came in the final days of a year that has witnessed an unprecedented number [...]
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My Fox Phoenix: PHOENIX – Phoenix police say a second man has died after a gunman opened fire in a strip club. 2 Killed in Phoenix Night Club Shooting: MyFoxPHOENIX.com Sgt. Tommy Thompson says the shooting occurred shortly before midnight Sunday at the Great Alaskan Bush Company. Police say a 28-year-old man walked into the [...]
Mediaite: Several months ago, we reported that Richard Heene, disgraced father of “Balloon Boy” Falcon Heene, is marketing a line of innovative backscratchers that lack the annoying portability of other such devices. Now, Radar Online is reporting that the elder Heene has enlisted Falcon to front the “Bear Scratch Band,” whose new single, “Bear Scratch [...]
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