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Lloyd Waters: The polygraph and search for the truth
There’s an old saying that only children and fools tell the truth. That verse seems to suggest that finding the truth among the rest of us might be as difficult as finding a needle in a haystack. Most recently, the search for the truth at the...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, FBI, Los Angeles Police Department, Career and Workplace, U.S. Department of State
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Antonio Mendez delivers keynote address to Boonsboro High graduates
dan.dearth@herald-mail.comWhen Antonio Mendez was 3 years old, his father was crushed to death working in a Nevada copper mine. His family was so poor that he and his brother raised money to go to the movies by selling bat droppings as fertilizer. Their home didn’t have...Tags: Butterfly Ballots, Movies, Entertainment, Graduation, Argo (movie)
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U.S. spy programs raise ire both home and abroad
The Obama administration faced fresh anger Monday at home and abroad over U.S. spy programs that track phone and Internet messages around the world in the hope of thwarting terrorist threats. But a senior intelligence official said there are no plans to...
Tags: U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Espionage and Intelligence, U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Susan Collins, European Union
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Mail Call - June 12
“Instead of the city and the county wasting money on studies and seeing where we can put a new stadium, why don’t they use that money to improve the roads and the streets? They are in terrible shape. It’s a wonder everyone doesn’...Tags: FBI, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Barack Obama, Tea Party Movement, Elections
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Letters to the Editor - May 26
Teaching students Japanese is worthwhile To the editor: A caller to Mail Call recently expressed the opinion that teaching Japanese is a waste of time. I have to disagree with that assessment and instead point out that we are fortunate to offer students...Tags: New York City, Barack Obama, Japan, U.S. Congress, Personal Weapon Control
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Obama defends drone strikes, signs new guidelines for their use
Associated PressPresident Barack Obama on Thursday defended America's controversial drone attacks as legal, effective and a necessary linchpin in an evolving U.S. counterterrorism policy. But he acknowledged the targeted strikes are no "cure-all" and said he is haunted...Tags: Patrick Leahy, Prisons, Espionage and Intelligence, Anwar al-Awlaki, Barack Obama
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Karl K. Werder, 55
Karl Kristofer Werder, 55, of Williamsport, Md., passed away on Wednesday, May 15, 2013, at Meritus Medical Center Hagerstown, Md., and gave the gift of life to Living Legacy Foundation. Born Aug. 21, 1957, in Washington, D.C., to Dr. Richard H. Werder...Tags: Roman Catholicism, Washington, DC, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Religion and Belief, Christianity
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Art Callaham: O'Reilly's book on Kennedy a good read
I was never a “Kennedyphile” — lifelong southern conservative Republicans usually are not. Sure, I was a starry-eyed 15-year-old who understood “Camelot,” liked the pictures of bikini clad Jackie-O (as she was later to be...Tags: FBI, Washington, DC, John F. Kennedy, Lee Harvey Oswald, Personal Weapon Control
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Police: Body of Boston Marathon bomb suspect buried outside Worcester
Associated PressBoston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev has been buried in an undisclosed location outside the city of Worcester, police said Thursday after a frustrating weeklong search for a community willing to take the body. "As a result of our public...Tags: Prosecution, FBI, Trials, Al-Qaeda, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
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Author to kick off Martinsburg Heritage Day
matthewu@herald-mail.comThe first event for Martinsburg Heritage Day on Saturday morning will include a presentation about the nation’s founding fathers and their faith. Author Timothy Ballard, who has written religious history books about the nation’s founding and...Tags: Glenn Beck, Israel, Arts and Culture, Literature, Authors
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Mail Call - May 7
“Remember when our president says ‘transparency’? I hear today, you know, he had his speech today, and one guy asked him about, what about the coverup in Benghazi, and he says ‘I’m not aware of it.’ And then the...Tags: George Washington, U.S. Department of State, Barack Obama
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New film festival seeks local entries
Cut to the Chase Film Festival will be Friday, July 12, through Sunday, July 14, in Shepherdstown, W.Va. Judges include retired CIA agent and writer of "Argo," Tony Mendez; award-winning Shepherdstown photographer Benita Keller; and Emmy-nominated, owner...Tags: Movies, Entertainment, Argo (movie), Arts and Culture, Festive Events
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