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VETO: Missouri lawmakers approve 72-hour wait for abortions
Missouri’s Republican-dominated Legislature voted late Wednesday to override Gov. Jay Nixon’s earlier veto of a bill that institutes a 72-hour waiting period before a […]
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Google, Yahoo, Apple urge US govt to protect email privacy
Dozens of tech giants, including Google, Yahoo, Apple, Facebook and Twitter, have written to the US government urging ‘to bring to the floor’ a […]
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Police agencies that use military weapons at riots may be forced to repay federal grants
A representative of the DHS, one of three federal agencies responsible for allocating military equipment to local police forces, indicated during the first congressional […]
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UP IN SMOKE: Philadelphia set to decriminalize marijuana possession
The Mayor of Philadelphia has agreed to endorse legislation that decriminalizes the possession and public consumption of marijuana, making it one of the largest […]
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Ferguson public meeting erupts in anger and accusations
The Missouri town’s first public meeting since the shooting death of black teenager Michael Brown, 18, killed by a white police officer on August […]
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NRA goes head-to-head with billionaire Bloomberg’s anti-gun campaign
The National Rifle Association and its 5 million members are attempting to win over US public opinion in the debate over guns against the […]
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REPORT: Congress won’t address NSA reform until after mid-term elections, may delay until 2015
As the November midterm elections inch closer, the chances of Congress taking up a widely supported bill that would reform the National Security Agency’s […]
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[VIDEO] Bronx man claiming police brutality, incident caught on video
A New York man says multiple police officers beat and pepper-sprayed him for no reason other than that he asked a question – and […]
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RON PAUL: Abuse of presidential powers, imperial presidency has grown since Nixon
In his weekly column, Dr. Ron Paul blasted the Obama and George W. Bush administrations for taking the ‘imperial presidency’ ‒ which was supposed […]
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Snowden extradition from Switzerland unlikely if he appears for NSA testimony
Switzerland will most likely guarantee safety to National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden, if he comes to testify against the NSA’s spying activities, Swiss […]
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OBAMA: ‘We will hunt down ISIS, wherever they are’
US President Obama plans to address the nation on Wednesday, promising to “hunt down” Islamic State extremists “wherever they are,” he told NBC’s Meet […]
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NYPD officers to begin testing body cameras this fall
The New York Police Department announced it will start outfitting dozens of officers with body cameras this fall – an effort that could potentially […]
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LIBERAL ROT: Detroit firefighters forced to use empty cans for emergency alerts
Anyone doubting the scale of Detroit’s bankruptcy woes may be surprised to discover the city’s firefighters have set up intricate, makeshift contraptions involving empty […]
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ILLEGAL ALIENS make up 10% of workforce in California
There were 11.3 million illegal aliens in the US in March 2013, including some 2.6 million living in California ‒ which makes up 10 percent […]
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Fake cell phone ‘towers’ may be spying on Americans’ calls, texts
More than a dozen “fake cell phone towers” could be secretly hijacking Americans’ mobile devices in order to listen in on phone calls or […]
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American military conducting aerial strikes against Somali extremists
The Pentagon conducted an aerial strike against the extremist Al-Shabaab group in Somalia on Monday, US authorities said. It is reported the strike was […]
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Secret FBI project trained Alaskans in preparation for Soviet invasion
Declassified documents reveal that in the 1950s the FBI trained Alaskan residents to become agents behind enemy lines if the Soviets invaded. No women, […]
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The ‘gun boom’ in America is over, but firearm sales still high
Gun sales in the United States have slipped in 2014 compared to last year, but they’re still higher than at any other point in […]
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Two counties in California petitioning for secession, to form 51st state
Two counties in northern California have submitted a petition for the right to form a 51st State of America, which they want to name […]
