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Kerry Makes Case for Foreign Aid

Kerry Makes Case for Foreign Aid In his first major foreign policy speech as Secretary of State, John Kerry’s message was clear: America cannot afford to treat foreign policy as foreign. He stressed throughout the one hour speech that even in these economically challenging times, foreign aid is an investment in...


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Exclusive: F-22 Pilot's Widow Blasts 'Cowards' in Military-Industrial Complex

Exclusive: F-22 Pilot's Widow Blasts 'Cowards' in Military-Industrial Complex For the first time the widow of an F-22 Raptor fighter pilot killed after his $420 million plane malfunctioned has lashed out publicly at the Defense Department and its private contractors, claiming it was their "incompetence" that caused her husband's death.


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Photos: Politicians With Love Children

Photos: Politicians With Love Children See which public figured have fathered a love child


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Honda Gives Free Solar Installations

Honda Gives Free Solar Installations In a  first for an automaker, American Honda Motor Co.will offer free home solar systems to customers, hoping the incentive will help its green reputation and make solar power more affordable. Honda is partnering with SolarCity, based in San Mateo, Calif., to pay for the...


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Scorpion Report Grounds JetBlue Plane

Scorpion Report Grounds JetBlue Plane You think snakes on a plane is the worst that can happen? Not even close.


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Rising Hack Attacks Prompt Concern

Rising Hack Attacks Prompt Concern High profile hacks push issue of cyber security to the forefront.


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Michael Moore Aids Detained Nominee

Michael Moore Aids Detained Nominee Academy Award-winning director Michael Moore took to Twitter Tuesday to defend his friend who was detained at Los Angeles International Airport because, he said, officials didn’t believe the Palestinian filmmaker was in town for the Academy Awards. Emad Burnat, whose film has been nominated for...


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Ex-Senator Admits to Fathering Child With Other Senator's Daughter

Ex-Senator Admits to Fathering Child With Other Senator's Daughter Former New Mexico Senator Pete Domenici revealed today that he fathered a son in an extramarital affair with another senator’s daughter more than 30 years ago and has kept the secret since then, only telling his own family in the last “several months.” In a...


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Chuck E. Cheese's Killer Faces Execution

Chuck E. Cheese's Killer Faces Execution The Supreme Court has refused an appeal from Chuck E. Cheese murderer Nathan Dunlap, opening the door for a Colorado judge to schedule the state's first execution in over 15 years. Dunlap killed four people in Aurora, Colo.'s first massacre.


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Boy Who Ate Walls Gets 'Inedible' Room

Boy Who Ate Walls Gets 'Inedible' Room After Zach Tahir started to snack on the plaster from his bedroom walls, his mother, Rachel Horn, had an idea for a perfect present for his sixth birthday, an “inedible” bedroom. Tahir suffers from pica, a condition that is defined as a pattern of eating...


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Photos: Today in Pictures: Feb. 20, 2013

Photos: Today in Pictures: Feb. 20, 2013 Today in Pictures: Feb. 20, 2013


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Traffic Tickets May Not Raise Premiums

Traffic Tickets May Not Raise Premiums Contrary to what many drivers believe, getting a ticket doesn't automatically lead to their having to pay more for car insurance. In fact only 31 percent of drivers ticketed in the past 5 years paid an increase, according to a survey just released by comparison-shopping site InsuranceQuotes.com. "It's a myth that insurance companies are constantly checking your record, and that if you get ticketed you'll be noticed right away," says Laura Adams, the site's senior insurance analyst. "It might...

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Inside View on New Google Glass

Inside View on New Google Glass Google has been showing off its glasses or its Project Glass for nearly a year now, but we haven’t seen much about what it looks like when you put on the futuristic, Internet-connected glasses that show digital information right in front of your eyes, projected...


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Public's View of Marco Rubio Mixed

Public's View of Marco Rubio Mixed The public’s view of Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., is mixed, according to a new poll conducted in the days after the Florida senator delivered the Republican response to President Obama’s State of the Union address. A Pew Research Center poll released today shows 26 percent...


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Alleged Dali Thief Was Also Deli Thief

Alleged Dali Thief Was Also Deli Thief A thief who was busted for blatantly stealing groceries from a Whole Foods last year was busted for blatantly stealing a bigger prize, a Salvador Dali painting, from a tony Upper East Side gallery, this week.


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Jesse Jackson Jr. Pleads Guilty

Jesse Jackson Jr. Pleads Guilty Former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to improperly using $750,000 in campaign funds to finance a lavish lifestyle. Jackson, the son of the civil rights icon, made the plea as part of a bargain with prosecutors that also involved his wife, a former Chicago alderman. Both the younger Jackson and his wife stepped down from their elected positions earlier this year. Both Jacksons could face jail time at a future sentencing hearing.


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No Black Nurses Request Draws Lawsuit

No Black Nurses Request Draws Lawsuit A Michigan hospital is under fire after a lawsuit claims it fulfilled a father’s request to have no black nurses look after his baby in the neonatal intensive care unit last fall. A black nurse sued Hurley Medical Center for discrimination and violation of the...


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Atlanta Kid Raps in Bar Mitzvah Save-the-Date Video

Atlanta Kid Raps in Bar Mitzvah Save-the-Date Video Daniel Blumen wants to welcome you to Atlanta. The soon to be 13 year old and his family have put together a charming rap video to say as much. Daniel’s Bar Mitzvah is set for this coming May and instead of making up a slew...


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1 Body Found, 15 Injured in Kansas City Gas Explosion

1 Body Found, 15 Injured in Kansas City Gas Explosion At least a dozen people were injured and one was missing after a natural-gas explosion ripped through a popular downtown restaurant in an upscale section of Kansas City.


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