French Minister Admits Paying for Sex With Young Boys, Refuses to Resign
After coming out with strong support for admitted child rapist Roman Polanski, French Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand is once again in the spotlight...
Global Warming: Scaring Up More Controls
Item: “The United Nations is planning a form of diplomatic shock therapy for world leaders this week in the hope of injecting badly...
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U.S. Health Officials Say H1N1 Worsening
U.S. health officials say that the H1N1 flu has killed 76 children and is getting worse, yet some cities that were hard hit...
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Economists Surveyed Think Recovery Starting
Over 80 percent of the economists surveyed by the National Association for Business Economics believe that America’s worst recession since the Great Depression...
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Celebrating Columbus Day
Columbus Day — once a time to celebrate one of the heroes of modern Western Civilization — is dying a slow death. Besieged...
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Bangkok Climate Talks End on “Rich-Poor” Note
A two-week-long series of UN climate-change talks in Bangkok attended by delegates from 180 countries ended on October 9, with their most notable...
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Department of Justice Spends Hundreds of Thousands to Study Duct Tape
Colonel Mustard, in the library, with… a roll of duct tape? Thanks to a $2 million grant from the United States Department of...
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FCC Chairman Warns of Wireless Crisis
New Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski addressed CTIA-The Wireless Association at the industry trade group’s 2009 convention on October 7. Genachowski told...
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Review: Michael Moore’s “Capitalism”
Subtlety has never been one of filmmaker Michael Moore’s strong suits. And the latest offering from Hollywood’s pre-eminent leftist “documentarian,” Capitalism: A Love...
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President Obama Awarded Nobel Peace Prize
U.S. President Barack Obama has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize worth 10 million Swedish crowns ($1.4 million). ...
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Health Freedom Attorney to File Lawsuit Against FDA Over Swine Flu Vaccine in New York
Health freedom attorney Jim Turner, of Citizens for Health, is filing a lawsuit in Washington, D.C., today, hoping to halt the distribution of...
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Homeland Security Curtails Sheriff’s Powers
The Department of Homeland Security has revoked the special immigration enforcement contract it had under Federal Law 287g with Sheriff Joe Arpaio of...
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Adding to American Unemployment
One of the strongest currents in today’s economic maelstrom is unemployment. Recently released figures reveal the devastating power in that storm. As of...
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Patriot Act Keeps Its Powers
Just as three privacy-infringing provisions of the USA Patriot Act were about to expire, the Senate Judiciary Committee has approved a bill to...
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The Oldest Constitutional Republic
The Constitution of San Marino was adopted on October 8, 1600, making the tiny European enclave arguably the world's oldest constitutional republic. ...
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