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No Limits No Culture Portents of a Post-Christian America
While that leaves thirty-eight states that haven't redefined marriage, we shouldn't deceive ourselves. As Rod Dreher recently pointed out in "The American Conservative," historians will one day remember our time as "a cultural revolution."Now to students of history, that phrase "cultural revolution" brings to mind Mao's attempt to re-invent Chinese ...
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School workers in childrens mouth-taping incident off the job
Two school monitors are no longer employed with the Halifax Regional School Board after parents alleged their children's mouths were taped shut last week. ...
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Fords supporters ask him to give his side
Toronto Coun. Doug Ford denies allegations against Rob Ford TORONTO - Mayor Rob Ford's own executive committee has written a letter urging him to address the crack cocaine allegations that have dogged him for a week now. Deputy mayor Doug Holyday said the letter will be released by Friday afternoon and that it says the "business of the city will continue as usual" and asks Ford ...
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Arrest in 1991 kidnapping sex assault
Shane Daniel Garry, 45, of Brampton, was arrested Thursday, May 23, 2013, and charged in an historic sex assault of a nine-year-old girl from 1991. ...
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Canada Post asks Canadians to accept junk mail — by sending them junk mail
Junk mail is good for you, Canada Post is telling Canadians. The national postal service has been sending out letters across the country to those with the audacity to post ';no flyer'; signs on their mailbox, telling the reader they are missing out on ';being connected with your local community.'; Canada Post has mailed more than 900,000 of the letters in hopes the ...
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Obama Just Made Himself a Prisoner of His Own Gitmo Policy
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J Crew brings Obama chic to London
The O factor - J Crew fans Sasha, left, and Malia Obama at their father's 2009 inauguration ceremony in Washington. Photograph: Chuck Kennedy/MCT via ...
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America Where the Poor Dont Get Holidays Off
The funny thing about national holidays in the United States is that they're not really national holidays. Unlike the rest of the developed world, we don't guarantee every worker paid time off. Not for summer vacations. Not for Christmas. Not for Memorial Day. So while most of us will be kicking back with beer and overcooked burgers this long weekend, many will still be on the clock ...
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Canadian businessman on trial behind closed doors in Cuba as government mum on proceedings
Canadian businessman Sarkis Yacoubian goes to court for his corruption trial in Havana, Cuba, Friday, May 24, 2013. The trial of Yacoubian, who was president of import company Tri-Star Caribbean which was shuttered in July 2011, is under way nearly two years after he was detained. President Raul Castro has repeatedly spoken of a need to root out entrenched corruption on this Communist-run ...
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Bob Schieffer on Obamas counterterrorism speech You cant just declare war on terror over
Should President Obama end the war on terror? The speech acted as a kind of "realignment of forces," pointed out Bob Schieffer, CBS News chief Washington correspondent and host of "Face the Nation." In his speech, the president renewed his call to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay and announced new guidelines to govern the use of targeted drone strikes on ...
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Video Obama forgets to salute while boarding Marine One
President Obama boarded Marine One to depart for the U.S. Naval Academy today but forgot to salute the marine standing by the helicopter, as presidents have traditionally done. After initially boarding the helicopter, Mr. Obama briefly disembarked to exchange a few words with the marine standing ...
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President of the United States Obama said the US is fighting against the Al Qaeda and Taliban and the affiliates
President of the United States Obama said the US is fighting against the Al Qaeda and Taliban; and the affiliates WASHINGTON - President of the United States Barrack Obama said on Thursday the US is in war with Al Qaeda and Taliban and affiliated powers, not with Islam.In his speech at the National Defense University in the US capital Washington D.C., President Obama outlined the changes in US ...
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Pakistan lauds Obama stance on drone use in terror fight
President Barack Obama speaks on counterterrorism during a speech at the National Defense University on May 23, 2013 at Ft. McNair in Washington, D.C. UPI/Kevin ...
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Mariah Carey has wardrobe malfunction on Good Morning America
Lara Spencer stands on stage and helps Mariah Carey fix a wardrobe malfunction when she performs on the ABC Good Morning America Show at the Rumsey Playfield/SummerStage in Central Park in New York City on May 24, 2013. UPI/John ...
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Obama uses Naval Academy commencement to discuss sexual assaults
U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at the U.S. Naval Academy Graduation and Commissioning ceremonies in Annapolis, Md., May 24, 2013. UPI/Molly ...
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Obamas critics snipe at security doctrine
Barack Obama 's claims that al-Qaida forces are on the run are in contrast to real-world developments, his critics said. Obama said Thursday at the National Defense University that al-Qaida was weakened more than 10 years after ...
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Canada seeks het fighter replacement info
The Canadian government has issued two questionnaires to industry for information on the price of aircraft to replace its CF-18 fighters. The questionnaires, issued by the National Fighter Procurement Secretariat, aim to help the government evaluate how procurement of available aircraft could benefit Canadian industry. "The five companies with available aircraft are invited to complete ...
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Chris Christie to stroll Jersey Shore with Obama Whats he thinking
In the wake of superstorm Sandy, GOP Gov. Chris Christie praised President Obama for helping to speed the federal disaster response, infuriating conservatives. Now the two are set to tour ...
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Obamas drone speech could improve Pakistan ties
ISLAMABAD (AP) -- President Barack Obama's decision to impose more restrictive rules governing U.S. drone strikes and his prediction that they will be used less could pave the way for better relations with the new government of key ally Pakistan, officials and analysts said ...
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Obama looking for way to end Americas war on terror
America's perpetual war against terrorism must come to an end, President Barack Obama declared yesterday, as he announced restrictions on drone strikes and a fresh effort to close Guantanamo Bay. In a speech to military and political leaders in Washington, Obama said the United States could not wage "a boundless global war on terror" but must face a new reality where threats came from regional ...
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Obama Sexual Assaults Threaten Military Strength
WHITE HOUSE -- President Barack Obama says he is determined to stop sexual assault in the U.S. military. Obama addressed the problem Friday in a commencement speech at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. The president called on the graduating Midshipmen, soon to become Naval and Marine Corps officers, to show honor and moral courage in ending the plague of sexual assaults in the ...
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Syria targeted Israeli jeep going to rebel village
Syria said it targeted an Israeli vehicle that crossed a ceasefire line into its territory earlier this week, because it was heading toward a village with a large rebel ...
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Radio Talk Show Host Plans Impeach Obama March for Flag Day
" in Nashville, says the inspiration for the march didn't come from Kokesh but instead from the three scandals currently plaguing the Obama administration: the Internal Revenue Service, Department of Justice and Benghazi, Libya. Over the past several weeks, the IRS acknowledged it had inappropriately targeted conservative groups, the DOJ seized the records of reporters at the ...
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Heckler Spars With Obama Over Drones Guantanamo
competition Thursday when he addressed an audience at the National Defense University in Washington on the administration's approach to fighting terrorism. He was interrupted a number of times by a heckler in the back of the room, and he paused at various points in his speech to respond to her. As Obama spoke about the detention center for captured terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, ...
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Alize Cornet beats Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard in Strasbourg semi-final
Third-seeded Alize Cornet of France edged Eugenie Bouchard of Westmont, Que., 7-5, 6-7 (5), 6-3 on Friday to reach the final of the Strasbourg International.Cornet broke the Canadian teenager twice in the last set and saved six break points.Last year's runner-up will face either Flavia Pennetta of Italy or Lucie Hradecka of the Czech ...
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North America's unknown potential disaster
North America is facing a potential ecological disaster that most people are not even aware of, according to scientists who have been studying the little brown bat (or myotis bat), the most common species of bat in the United States and the wider North American continent.
This is because the bat is under attack by a killer fungus that grows on the bats’ wings during hibernation and causes them to lose body fat and wake early from their sleep, which causes them to eventually die. The fungal infection is said by researchers to be capable of killing off the bat within the next 16 years when their current population, which numbers up to several million, may fall to just 0.01% of present levels. Read more
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