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Reporter Who Brought Down the 'Runaway General' Dead at 33

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Immigration: Time to Choose Sides
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Guantanamo Prisoner’s Case Demonstrates Unfairness of Military Commissions
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Greenland’s Great Melt Is Pinned on Climate Change
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The U.S. Military and the Unraveling of Africa
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Serena Williams Walks Back ‘Insensitive’ Steubenville Rape Comments

FBI Confirms Drone Use Over U.S. Soil

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Google Fights for Transparency in FISA Court

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s Supreme Court Warning

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GOP Congressman: Abortions Should Be Banned Because Male Fetuses Masturbate

The Campaign to Ignore Sarah Palin

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The Joy of Singing Out of the Spotlight
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2003 Nobel Winner Says Iran Took Her Medal

Whether it was done out of jealousy of Barack Obama or not, Iran has stepped into the realm of the ridiculous in the wake of a report that the Nobel Peace Prize medal has been confiscated from the Iranian human rights attorney who won it in 2003.

Posted on Nov 27, 2009 READ MORE | 1 COMMENT

Money for Medals

Canada has won its share of Olympic medals over the years, but apparently not enough. Whether to reward or recognize its athletes, Canada will now pay them $20,000 per gold medal. That’s not so extraordinary—a number of countries, including the U.S., already shell out, and Italian gold medalists in the Turin Games took home a cool $150,000 per gold.

Posted on Nov 20, 2007 READ MORE | 3 COMMENTS

Halliburton to Wounded Employee: You’ll Get a Medal—If You Don’t Sue

How’s this for corporate responsibility? Halliburton told one of its employees who was wounded while working in Iraq that it would nominate him for the civilian equivalent of a Purple Heart—if he promised not to sue the company. He didn’t sign; he got the medal anyway; and he’s suing Halliburton. (h/t: Huff Po)

Posted on Sep 18, 2006 READ MORE

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