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Arizona — Sarah Palin has posted a nearly eight-minute video on her Facebook page condemning those who blame political rhetoric for the Arizona shooting that gravely wounded U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. Last spring, Palin targeted Giffords’ district as one of 20 that should be taken back. Palin has been criticized for marking each district with […]
LOS ANGELES — The homeless man whose deep, rich voice has made him an Internet sensation, tells “Entertainment Tonight” that an argument with his daughter was a family gathering that got out of control. Ted Williams is in Hollywood for appearances on “Dr. Phil” and “Entertainment Tonight.” But police say they received a disturbance report […]
VIA: CNN.com Spending lots of free time glued to the TV or computer screen can hurt your heart and shorten your life, no matter how much exercise you get when you’re not riding the couch, a new study suggests. People who spent at least four hours per day watching TV, playing video games, or using […]
PHOENIX – U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is breathing under her own power and generally “holding her own” in her third day of recovery from a near-fatal gunshot wound, doctors said Tuesday.
New Jersey — Reuters is reporting on a new law proposed by New Jersey lawmakers that intends to curb steroid use by police officers and firefighters: Law enforcement steroid use is a problem around the country and, given that steroid use can cause aggression, can invite problems for police, said Larry Gaines, chairman of the […]
Virginia — Lexington, Virginia is causing a storm of controversy over the way it is celebrating Lee-Jackson Day. The local Sons of Confederate Veterans chapter, asked the city to put up Confederate flags on Monday prior to Lee-Jackson Day and leave them up until next Monday — Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The city council […]
Washington D.C.– Imagine searching for a baby crib or perhaps a high chair on Craigslist, when suddenly you stumble upon this: “2-month-old female for sale.”
Sunday’s tragedy not only highlighted the evil man is capable of but also the heroism under duress that man (and woman) is capable of as well. These heroes come from all walks of life and backgrounds. Here are a few of them. Daniel Hernandez A 20-year-old intern to U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has received a […]
A publisher has deleted the “N” word from two Mark Twain novels, Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer. This publisher has replaced the word with “slave.” Right move? What do you think? Watch 3 scholars debate the significance of this move right here…
Tucson — Six people were killed and 14 others were injured yesterday after a gunman opened fire on a crowd of people at a political meet-and-greet outside an Arizona supermarket. Among those killed were several septuagenarians, Arizona’s top federal judge, a political aide to Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, and a 9-year-old girl who was born on […]
TUCSON– Prosecutors accused Jared Lee Loughner, a troubled 22-year-old college dropout, of five serious federal charges on Sunday, including the attempted assassination of a member of Congress, for his role in a shootout that left 20 people wounded, six of them fatally, on Saturday morning. Court documents filed in the U.S. District Court in Phoenix […]
TUCSON, Ariz.—In high school, Jared Lee Loughner was a scrawny kid with a bushy mop of curly hair under the hood of a gray sweatshirt, a saxophone player at football games who jammed with a friend’s garage band.