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The president and his Republican opponent have starkly different views on a host of "issues" — health care, gay marriage, energy, baseball — but if they were forced to pick one area on which they could work together, it would probably be education.
Obama spokesman scolds Pakistan for sentencing doctor who helped find bin LadenThu, 24 May 2012 17:28:11 -0400
The White House declared Thursday that Pakistan had "no basis" for the harsh prison sentence decreed against Pakistani doctor Shakil Afridi for his pivotal role in helping to track Osama bin Laden. "We continue to see no basis for Dr. Afridi to be held," spokesman Jay Carney told reporters aboard Air Force One. "I think it's an important point that any assistance rendered by anyone in the effort to bring Osama bin Laden to justice was assistance not against Pakistan, but against al-Qaida and against Osama bin Laden." "We've raised the issue with the Pakistani government, and we continue to have conversations with them about it," Carney said amid congressional outrage at Afridi's treatment. The doctor, 48, was reportedly sentenced to 33 years in prison and fined 320,000 Pakistani rupees, equivalent to about $3,477, by a tribal court. Afridi had been accused of running a fake hepatitis B vaccination program, collecting DNA samples reportedly used by U.S....
There’s lots to say about this ad by Jeff Barth, a Democrat running in the congressional primary in South Dakota to challenge — oh, who cares, let’s just watch it. Did you catch all that? Spinning the globe, the inexplicably operating TV, the chess move...
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, herself a naturalized citizen, welcomed 12 new citizens to the United States and donated memorabilia from her diplomatic career today to the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. During the ceremony, Albright recounted a comment by her youngest granddaughter,...
As students graduate across the country this week, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder spoke at a different kind of commencement event, a recognition ceremony for drug court graduates. Holder spoke somberly in Washington, D.C., today as he commended the graduates for completing what he said...
ABC News’ Michael Falcone and Jennifer Wlach reports: How about these two guys for dinner table companions: Donald Trump and Mitt Romney? The Romney campaign is launching a "Dine with the Donald" fundraising promotion. In exchange for a donation, they are offering one lucky person...
After nearly a week of deliberations jurors in the John Edwards trial have yet to reach a verdict, methodically working their way through six criminal charges and a month's worth of testimony about how the former presidential candidate allegedly used campaign donations to cover up a torrid illicit affair.
Newt Gingrich to attend Romney fundraiser with Donald Trump in Las VegasThu, 24 May 2012 14:28:09 -0400
Billionaire real estate investor and television personality Donald Trump is hosting a pricey fundraiser for presumptive Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney in Las Vegas next Tuesday and Newt Gingrich is expected to make an appearance, Yahoo News has learned. "Newt is expected to be there along with many other well known people," Michael Cohen, Trump's special counsel, told Yahoo News. To co-chair the fundraiser at Trump International Hotel, supporters are required to raise $250,000 on behalf of Romney's presidential campaign, according to the invitation to the event. A VIP reception with Romney costs $10,000 and the minimum donation to attend is $2,500. Trump, who officially endorsed Romney in February, will play "a significant role" at the fundraiser, Cohen said. In an interview with Newsmax Magazine, Trump said he was mulling the possibility of starting his own super PAC that would pay for television...
Who's dumber: Congress or Martin Luther King Jr.? The dumb report on Congressional dumbnessThu, 24 May 2012 14:47:57 -0400
Are conservatives stupider than liberals? That's one way to read the lively parlor-game data released this week by The Sunlight Foundation, a six-year-old educational concern that attempts to make government more transparent. Sunlight's report—which assigned grade levels to how members of Congress talk—revealed that the most right-wing of our representatives express themselves, on average, at the lowest grade level in Congress. "No abortion," you can imagine these simple-minded conservatives saying. "It is bad." According to the report, Democrats have a more sophisticated way of expressing themselves. Democrats evidently use multi-syllabic words — like "moreover" — and more complex sentence structure than their colleagues on the right. Replete with internal clauses — the ones that can throw off listeners and muddy a point — the rococo stylings of Democrats evidently go hand-in-hand with the promotion of their pet causes, like...
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Teachers in Philadelphia were quick to take on Mitt Romney Thursday when he said that small class size was not key to students’ success. They quickly told the candidate about their own struggles to teach effectively in packed classrooms. "I heard your position on class size...
Former president posed for impromptu photo while in Monte Carlo, Monaco.
Union leader Donna Dewitt says she had no 'ill intent' in bashing the toy.
British auction house to sell blood-stained vial from assassination attempt.
Vice president invokes Preakness winner 'I'll Have Another' to criticize GOP.
The president joins the class of 2012 one year after the devastating tornado.
Is life without parole too harsh?
ABC's Jake Tapper solicited questions from soldiers who served in Afghanistan.
Rebuffs Newark Mayor Cory Booker's criticism, attacks Romney's track record.
President delivers remarks on missile defense, Afghanistan transition.
The president urges reform after worrisome JP Morgan losses.
Thousands march for peace in Mexico TENS of thousands of people have marched in Mexico's second most populous city, angry at the inability of authorities to end a crime wave.
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Fake Android apps scam cost users £28,000 Malicious Android apps posed as Angry Birds and Cut the Rope in a scam that used premium rate text messages to defraud customers of £27,850.
(telegraph technology)
First creature to walk on land 'dragged itself along' - like it was on crutches The creature lived in floodplains on what is now Greenland during a period known geologically as the Devonian period - about 360 to 410 million years ago.
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