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National Poll Shows Dr. Ben Carson In The Lead For 2016 Presidential Run
National Poll Shows Dr. Ben Carson In The Lead For 2016 Presidential Run
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from Conservative Review
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from FEE (Foundation for Economic Education)
RIGHT-CENTER BIAS, HIGH, non-profit organization
Today is Bill of Rights Day, although you're unlikely to see it labeled that way on your calendar. On this day, December 15, in 1791, the United States formally adopted the first ten amendments to the Constitution, securing, for a while at least, greater checks on the power of the new central government. In this article, originally published in the October 2008 issue of The Freeman, FEE president Larry Reed notes that a free people don’t have to wait for Congress to declare a holiday. We can celebrate now.
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from Freedom Foundation (WA)
from The Hill
Juan Williams: Democrats must fight or lose young voters
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from Jews News
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Video: Dutch politician: ‘The Netherlands must be de-Islamised, all Mosques must be closed.’
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Video: Dutch politician: ‘The Netherlands must be de-Islamised, all Mosques must be closed.’
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from RedState
GOP joins Democrats in defending Obama’s amnesty executive order
A clear majority of the GOP caucus made itself clear. Not only do they not object to Obama’s use of executive orders to implement amnesty, they are furious at being exposed for the rank hypocrites that they are.
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from The Spokesman-Review
Information sought in moose poaching
Bull moose was shot and left in Bonner County
Man charged in Spokane Valley hash oil explosion
Jesse Wenzel, 34, has been charged for allegedly manufacturing hash oil and causing an explosion in a mobile home park in Spokane Valley.
Court: Traffic stop OK despite mistake of law
Police can use evidence seized during a traffic stop even if it turns out the officers initially pulled a car over based on a misunderstanding of the law, the Supreme Court ruled Monday.
Idaho senators calling for applicants to be Idaho’s next federal district judge
Idaho Sens. Mike Crapo and Jim Risch are asking people interested in becoming Idaho’s next federal district judge – replacing longtime U.S. District Judge Edward Lodge when he takes senior status next summer – to fill out a questionnaire and send it in to their offices.
Man gets 80 years in teacher’s oil-patch killing
A Colorado man was sentenced Monday to 80 years in prison for killing Sherry Arnold, a Montana teacher, in a case that emerged as a chilling example of the social changes brought by the Northern Plains’ oil boom. Lester Van Waters Jr., 50, will not be eligible for parole for at least 20 years under the sentence from Montana District Judge Richard Simonton in Sidney, said Richland County Attorney Mike Weber.
Five run from Sydney café as hostage situation unfolds
Sydney police say three people have died, including the Iranian-born gunman, during a hostage crisis that ended when officers stormed a downtown cafe.
Bush aides defend CIA interrogation methods
Senior Bush administration officials Sunday slammed the Senate study on the CIA’s use of brutal interrogation tactics, and defended the techniques as necessary to get information from senior al-Qaida operatives who had stopped talking to interrogators.
Rich, poor nations discuss different ways to combat global warming
A last-minute deal that salvaged U.N. climate talks from collapse early Sunday sends a signal the rich-poor divide that long held up progress can be overcome with a year to go before a landmark pact is supposed to be adopted in Paris.
Denmark claims North Pole
Scientific data shows Greenland’s continental shelf is connected to a ridge beneath the Arctic Ocean, giving Danes a claim to the North Pole and any potential energy resources beneath it, Denmark’s foreign minister said.
Cancer patients test-run drugs on mouse ‘avatars’
Scientists often test drugs in mice. Now some cancer patients are doing the same – with the hope of curing their own disease. They are paying a private lab to breed mice that carry bits of their own tumors so treatments can be tried first on the customized rodents. The idea is to see which drugs might work best on a specific person’s specific cancer.
Black churches pray in protest of police shootings
Congregants in African-American churches across the country wore black to Sunday services and prayed over the men in attendance in a symbolic stand against fatal police shootings of unarmed black men.
Health site workers prepare for today’s signup deadline
Midnight tonight, Pacific time, is the deadline for new customers to pick a health plan that will take effect Jan. 1, and for current enrollees to make changes that could reduce premium increases ahead of the new year.
In brief: Two soldiers die after Afghanistan explosive attack
Officials said Sunday that U.S. Army Spc. Wyatt J. Martin, of Mesa, Arizona, and Sgt. 1st Class Ramon S. Morris, of New York, New York, died Friday in Parwan Province, Afghanistan. The vehicle the men were in was attacked with an improvised explosive device.
Rare white rhino dies in U.S. zoo
A northern white rhinoceros that zoo officials said was only one of six left in the world died Sunday at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. Angalifu, who was about 44 years old, apparently died of old age.
Dozens hospitalized after gas leak at rink
LAKE DELTON, Wis. – Authorities on Sunday blamed an ice resurfacing machine for a suspected carbon monoxide leak that sent dozens of people to hospitals after a junior hockey game at a Wisconsin rink.
Newtown mom speaks out on gun violence
The mother of a first-grader killed in the Newtown school shooting rampage spoke out against gun violence Sunday on the second anniversary of the massacre, saying it has broken the hearts of other mothers across the country.
In brief: Japan elections favor ruling party
Japan’s ruling coalition won a solid victory in lower house elections Sunday, giving Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Liberal Democrats up to four more years to pursue a wide range of economic and political reforms.
Haitian premier quits amid unrest
Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe announced early Sunday that he was resigning along with several ministers in the wake of violent anti-government protests and a commission’s call for him to step down.
Rescue crews find capsized boat
Rescue crews in Nicaragua have found a fishing boat that capsized in the Caribbean last week with 50 people aboard and are searching for 18 crew members who remain missing. Thirty-two of those on board either were rescued or managed to reach shore on their own. One survivor later died from sunburn and dehydration.
Texas man illegally in North Korea says he’s not in custody, seeks asylum
North Korea on Sunday presented to the media an American man who says he illegally crossed into the country but has not been put into custody and is seeking asylum in Venezuela. Arturo Pierre Martinez’s mother, Patricia Eugenia Martinez, of El Paso, told CNN that her son was bipolar and earlier had tried to enter North Korea, but was stopped and shipped back to the United States, where he was placed in a California psychiatric hospital.
Journalists, police detained in Turkish raids
Police conducted raids in a dozen Turkish cities Sunday, detaining at least 24 people – including journalists, TV producers and police – known to be close to a movement led by a U.S.-based moderate Islamic cleric who is a strong critic of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
In brief: Man arrested on assault, weapon charges in Coeur d’Alene
Coeur d’Alene police arrested a man early Sunday on suspicion of aggravated assault and carrying a concealed weapon.
Second arrest made in Portland shooting
An 18-year-old man arrested Sunday is the second of three people believed to be involved in a shooting outside an alternative Portland high school, police said.
Cynthia M. Allen: Culture of irresponsibility, not rape
The Rock Doc: A new approach to harvesting the sun’s energy
On Sept. 14, 1914, 1,000 people stood on the Monroe Street Bridge and watched executives of the Oregon-Washington Railroad and Navigation Co.; the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul; and Union Pacific pound a ceremonial golden spike into a railroad tie.
Professional Santa cuts girth for health
In 2011, Mike Reinhold, 65, had everything he needed to be a professional Santa: the white hair, long beard, rosy cheeks and a chubby midsection.
Report details boomers’ disabilities
Nearly 40 percent of people age 65 and older had at least one disability, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report that covered 2008 to 2012. Of those 15.7 million people, two-thirds of them say they had difficulty walking or climbing.
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from Think Progress
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Koch Group On The EPA: ‘At Least The CIA Isn’t Torturing Americans’
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Koch Group On The EPA: ‘At Least The CIA Isn’t Torturing Americans’
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from TPNN (Tea Party News Network)
Democrat Nancy Pelosi Now Key Figure in Report on CIA ‘Torture’
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from The Washington Examiner (DC)
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from The Western Center for Journalism
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Matt Drudge: The CRomnibus Passed Because The NSA Has Dirt On Boehner
(Western Journalism)
Matt Drudge: The CRomnibus Passed Because The NSA Has Dirt On Boehner
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