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Obama's healthcare lacks votes: Senator
The Swampby Mark Silva Storm warnings on the healthcare reform front: Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California said today that President Barack Obama may lack the votes in the Senate necessary to push the healthcare reform he wants this summer. "Well to......Tags: Mike Pence, Budgets and Budgeting, Health Insurance, The New York Times, CNN (tv network)
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Harris: Patrick Fitzgerald offers lesson on complexities of terrorism law
Complex. Even messy. That's the reality of prosecuting terrorism cases, former U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald told his University of Chicago law school students at the outset of a recent class he taught with law firm colleague Michael Scudder. The...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Students, Rod Blagojevich, Pakistan
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The ghosts of Benghazi
WASHINGTON -- We may never know exactly what happened in Benghazi the night Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans were killed, but it's becoming increasingly clear that our response was short of optimum. Even today, there are far more...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Ron Johnson, Barack Obama, Susan Rice, White House
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Oh, for a simpler Super Bowl, with gerbils shot from cannons
Do you ever wish for the simple Super Bowl days, the Super Bowls involving gerbils? I'm talking only a few years ago, when the game had nothing to do with deer antler spray and the TV spots didn't involve white Jamaican racial politics and German...
Tags: Sports, CNN (tv network), YouTube, Ty, Inc., People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
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Teaching adventure at sea
South Bend TribuneA high seas adventure. Ken Poling, from Mishawaka, has a great summer story. He participated in the Teacher Field Experience with Shedd Aquarium. “Biology in the Bahamas” is a professional development program for teachers interested in...Tags: Ceremonies, Arts and Culture, Culture, U.S. Army, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
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Iraqi man, once marked for death, reunited with family at LVIA
Have you ever tried to put yourself in someone else's head, imagining what he's thinking, what he's feeling? That's what I found myself doing late Tuesday night as Iraqi refugee Abbas Hameed Khalaf paced the sidewalk outside Lehigh Valley International...
Tags: Baghdad (Iraq), Lehigh Valley Hospital, Judaism, Kennedy Airport, Israel
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Recommendation Letter
Here is a portion of the Aug. 10 letter, slightly abridged and edited, written to U.S. Rep. Charlie Dent by Will Miller, then Catholic Charities refugee resettlement director, to urge Dent's support for helping getting Abbas Hameed Khalaf's family out...Tags: Iraq, Baghdad (Iraq), Christianity, Israel, Charlie Dent
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Priest reported missing in Greece returns home; family asks for prayers
An Indiana priest once feared to be in danger while missing in Greece is now home, said his family to Fox59 Wednesday. The family of Father Christiaan Kappes said the priest is safe but is “not well.” They stated Kappes is confused about...
Tags: U.S. Department of State, Assassinations
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Local priest missing in Greece located; makes it out of country safely
An Indiana priest feared to be in danger or even dead was located, the family told Fox59 Monday. The family said Father Christiaan Kappes made contact with them early Monday morning, stating he and his translator made it safely out of the country....
Tags: Vatican City, Religion and Belief, U.S. Department of State
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Family 'on top of the world' after missing priest located
An Indiana priest missing for nearly a week in Greece is alive and safe, according to his family. A week after receiving frantic calls from Father Christiaan Kappas, in which he said his life was in danger, the Kappes family received another phone call...
Tags: Vatican City, Religion and Belief
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Hillary Clinton and the 'clot plot'
Apparently, if the secretary of state needs to take a sick day, she had better get a note from her doctor. A very "transparent" note, a very detailed note. With enough copies to send to her most vociferous critics. Hillary Rodham Clinton suffered a...Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Diseases and Illnesses, European Union, Barack Obama, Tom Cruise
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Greek media begin looking into case of missing Indiana priest
The family of an Indiana priest who is missing in Greece is getting new information from police in Athens that verifies their concern about his well-being. Father Christiaan Kappes, who had been pursing doctoral studies in Greece on behalf of the...
Tags: Vatican City, U.S. Department of State
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Oct 11, 2012
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Oct 5, 2012
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