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Nidal Hasan Emails Could Indicate Fort Hood Shooting Was A Terrorist Plot

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Associated Press - By Pamela Hess, Anne Gearan - Nov. 21 (Breaking News) - WASHINGTON – The government intercepted at least 18 e-mails between the alleged Fort Hood gunman and a radical Muslim cleric, and a key senator says there could be more communications that might have tipped off law enforcement or military officials.

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Fed Beaten: Bill To Audit Federal Reserve Passes Key Hurdle

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Huffington Post - By The Huffington Post News Team - Nov. 20 (News Report) - In an unprecedented defeat for the Federal Reserve, an amendment to audit the multi-trillion dollar institution was approved by the House Finance Committee with an...

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Judge: Hurricane Katrina Flooding Was Caused By Army Corps Of Engineers' Negligence

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Huffington Post - By Cain Burdeau - Nov. 19 (News Report) - A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the Army Corps of Engineers' failure to properly maintain a navigation channel led to massive flooding in Hurricane Katrina, a decision that could make the federal government vulnerable to billions of dollars in claims.

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Jamal Dajani: The Saudi-Iranian Neo Cold War

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:05:05 -0800

Huffington Post - Nov. 13 - It's been four months since I described Yemen as a powder keg ready to explode. At the time the entire world was riveted to the television, watching the unfolding events of the "Velvet Revolution" in Iran.

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What the Gay Boycott of the DNC Can Do

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Huffington Post - By Emma Ruby-Sachs - Nov. 10 (Opinion) - There is a gay boycott of the Democratic Party afoot, and it has the potential to turn into something that leads to real change in American politics. I'm not selling hope here, but I can't help but feel it when I see the momentum gathering behind AMERICAblog's "Don't Ask, Don't Give" campaign.

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Democrats Clear Impasse Blocking Health Care Vote

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Associated Press - By David Espo, Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar - Nov. 07 (Breaking News) - Capping months of months of struggle, House Democrats cleared an abortion-related impasse blocking a vote

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Peeling Off Conservatives' AstroTurf Mask

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Huffington Post - By Chris Harris - Nov. 04 (News) - As these "AstroTurf" organizations sprouted up, progressive operatives and bloggers scrambled to link them to big business and political players in Washington. Well, the scrambling days are over.

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To Vaccinate or Not to Vaccinate? Why Is It a Question?

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Huffington Post - By Kate Kelly - Nov. 03 (News Analysis) - "People have become complacent," says Margaret Lewin, M.D. F.A.C.P., and medical director of Cinergy Health, a health insurance company that stresses preventive health care. "Today's families are too young to remember the fatalities and disabilities that can result from influenza

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Arianna Huffington: Barack Obama Is Doing My Job; Why America Needs Him to Do His

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Arianna Huffington - Oct. 27 - Arianna Huffington: Barack Obama Is Doing My Job; Why America Needs Him to Do His

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Jamal Dajani: Afghanistan: Fraud, Opium, and Taliban

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:06:20 -0700

Huffington Post - Oct. 23 - If someone is caught cheating in the Olympics or another sporting event, the athlete is immediately disqualified, and it is seen as a disgrace. In the case of the recent election in Afghanistan; however, cheating has been rewarded and even praised by

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White House's Fox News Boycott Attempt Prompts Network Revolt

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - Oct. 23 (News Report) - Baltimore Sun TV critic (and regular Fox News detractor) David Zurawik said Thursday. "What it's really about to me is the Executive Branch of the government trying to tell the press how it should behave. I mean, this democracy -- we know this -- only works with a free and unfettered press to provide information," he said.

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Fighting for Regular Folks

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Mike Lux - Oct. 20 (Opinion) - One thing that every major policy initiative the Obama administration has taken/has been forced to take on (most of them are in the latter category given the stakes) early in their term have in common is their overwhelming complexity. I am glad we have a president with real brains and a mind that can understand complexity, because when I think about the problems we have, and what it will take to solve them, the idea of George W. Bush, John McCain, or Sarah Palin being in charge gives me a bad case of the shivers.

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Defense Department Opposed Franken's Anti-Rape Amendment

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Ryan Grim - Oct. 19 (News) - The vote against the amendment, sponsored by Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.), has sparked outrage at the all-male, all-white bloc of thirty Republican senators

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A nerd's take on the future of news media

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Craig Newmark - Oct. 19 (Opinion) - There are a lot of new technologies which already affect news consumption and future business models. As a nerd, I'm excited by the new tech, particularly mobile, including new display systems and pervasive connectivity. However, the tech is secondary,

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African Children Denounced As "Witches" By Christian Pastors

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - Oct. 18 (Special Report) - EKET, Nigeria — The nine-year-old boy lay on a bloodstained hospital sheet crawling with ants, staring blindly at the wall. His family pastor had accused him of being a witch, and his father then tried to force acid down his throat as an exorcism. It

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Snowe Voting Yes On Senate Finance Health Care Reform Bill

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Ryan Grim, Jeff Muskus, Sam Stein - Oct. 13 (News Report) - Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) said Tuesday that she intends to vote for the Senate Finance Committee's health care reform package. She cautioned that her vote should be seen as a sign of her faith in the process going forward, not as support for the final package that will arrive on the Senate floor. "Is this bill all that I would want? Far from it," said Snowe. "Is it all that it can be? No. But when history calls, history calls, and I happen to think that the consequences of inaction dictate the urgency of Congress to take every opportunity to demonstrate its capacity to solve the monumental issues of our time." Snowe's statement came several hours before a scheduled committee vote. "My vote today is my vote today. It doesn't forecast what my vote will be tomorrow," she said. It does keep her at the negotiating table and at the center of the debate; Snowe risked marginalizing herself if she voted no. Snowe is well aware of the math. Her vote, she said, comes with knowledge that Democrats don't need Republicans to pass the landmark legislation.

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Calling 'Em Out: The White House Takes on the Press

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Time - By The Huffington Post News Editors - Oct. 08 (News Analysis) - Nine of those so-called czars, it turned out, were subject to Senate confirmation, making them decidedly unlike the Russian monarchs. "The idea — that the Washington Post didn't even question it," Dunn says, still marveling at the decision.

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"Don't Get Sick": The Truth About GOP Health Plans?

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Art Levine - Oct. 06 (News Analysis) - Republicans reacted wtih outrage last week after Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) offered a blistering attack on the nearly-invisible Republican healthcare proposals: "The Republican health care plan is this: Don't get sick, and if you do get sick, die quickly." A close look at the GOP's so-called "principles" shows that they would break-up employer-based coverage, endanger the coverage of Americans with pre-existing conditions, and drive-up health care spending.

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Obama Finally Facing Reality in Afghanistan

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Dan Froomkin - Sep. 24 (Opinion) - Should Obama actually change his mind about Afghanistan, our elite journalists -- obsessed as they are with how the game is played -- will almost inevitably characterize this as vacillation and declare it a sign of political weakness. But that really misses the point.

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Barack Obama Must See Michael Moore's New Movie

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Arianna Huffington - Sep. 21 (Review) - Michael Moore has always had a remarkable feel for targeting the zeitgeist. He's done it again with his new movie, Capitalism: A Love Story, a withering indictment of the current economic order that brilliantly navigates a cinematic tightrope, alternating between heart-wrenching portraits of the suffering caused by the economic crisis and

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Goldstone's Rosh Hashanah Bomb

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Jamal Dajani - Sep. 18 (Opinion) - The news hit Israel like a bomb, and I do not use this word lightly for a region riddled with bullets that has seen its share of real bombs that kill and maim people.

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Majority Of Doctors Back Public Option: New England Journal Of Medicine Study

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - Sep. 14 (Poll) - A new study finds that a majority of physicians support the creation of a public health care option. A Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) study published in Monday's New England Journal of Medicine shows that 63 percent of physicians support a health reform proposal that includes both a public option and traditional private insurance.

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Joe Wilson Apologizes For Shouting "You Lie!" At Obama

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Ryan Grim - Sep. 10 (News Report) - Fresh from a month of acrimonious town halls, House Republicans arrived for President Obama's address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday night with signs, props, and a lot of attitude.

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Glenn Beck Gets First Scalp: Van Jones Resigns

Sun, 06 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Ryan Grim - Sep. 06 (News Report) - Glenn Beck has his first scalp. Van Jones, under fire from the extremist television show host for his background in radical activism, has resigned from...

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Cheney Still Manipulating People -- Now In Public

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Dan Froomkin - Aug. 31 (News Analysis) - When he was vice president, Dick Cheney got his way by secretly wielding the instruments of power. Now that he's no longer in government, Cheney is still pulling levers and pushing buttons - he's just doing it in plain view. And it's the media that he's manipulating.

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