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Iran denies reports of demolitions in base

AP - World News - Tue, 2025-05-20 06:25
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran's military is denying claims by the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog that it demolished buildings at a base in a suspected attempt to cover up nuclear testing, the state media reported Monday....

'Pacman' loss stuns fans

CNN - Top Stories - Tue, 2025-05-20 06:25
Boxing star Manny Pacquiao's fellow countrymen left reeling after hero's controversial defeat in Las Vegas.
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U.N. pulls staff from western Myanmar

CNN - Top Stories - Tue, 2025-05-20 06:25
The United Nations said Monday that it has begun pulling staff out of a western state of Myanmar where the government has declared a state of emergency following clashes between Muslims and Buddhists.
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Police probe crashes linked to commerce sec.

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-05-20 06:25
SAN GABRIEL, Calif. (AP) -- Police are investigating two traffic collisions allegedly caused by U.S. Commerce Secretary John Bryson in the Los Angeles area that left him injured and unconscious, authorities said Monday....
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UN to move staff from Burma state

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-05-20 06:25
The UN decides to temporarily relocate non-essential staff in Burma's Rakhine state, where tensions remain high after deadly unrest.
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Independent bookstores embrace digital publishing

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-05-20 06:25
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Clare Dickens only wanted to share her story to help others. But in the process, she became a successful independent author - with the help of a local bookstore and its instant publishing machine....
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Russian police swoop on activists

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-05-20 06:25
Police in Moscow search the homes of several opposition leaders on the eve of a planned anti-government rally, Russian officials say.
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'Major Tim' makes a 'splashdown'

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-05-20 06:25
British astronaut Tim Peake leaves on a mission to an asteroid... at the bottom of the ocean off Florida.
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Sweden: The Sensible (and Slowly Shrinking) Welfare State

TownHall.com - Columns - Tue, 2025-05-20 06:25
In a column for Bloomberg, Anders Aslund elaborates on Sweden’s efforts to reduce the size of the state. 2012-06-11T00:01:00-04:002012-06-12T00:10:02ZDaniel J. Mitchell
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Issa exposes "Green Jobs" Scam

TownHall.com - Columns - Tue, 2025-05-20 06:25
The Obama Administration takes "creative accounting" to an entirely new level.2012-06-11T00:01:00-04:002012-06-12T00:10:02ZBob Beauprez
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Voter Rights Are Not Free

TownHall.com - Columns - Tue, 2025-05-20 06:25
Engraved large on one of the walls of the Korean War Veterans Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, DC are the words “Freedom is not free.”2012-06-11T00:01:00-04:002012-06-12T00:10:02ZStar Parker
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Hic…I’ll Have Another

TownHall.com - Columns - Tue, 2025-05-20 06:25
I still think these central banks will try to do something if for no other reason than eventually there is a pop in the economy and they can take credit. Let's face it, Ben Bernanke has taken more bows than anyone this side of President Obama for saving the economy. 2012-06-11T00:01:00-04:002012-06-12T00:10:02ZCharles Payne
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Gold Set Up For Long Term Gains

TownHall.com - Columns - Tue, 2025-05-20 06:25
At this point it may not matter to gold and silver if the Fed decides to print more money or not; many of the forces that could move gold and silver prices higher are already in place. 2012-06-11T00:01:00-04:002012-06-12T00:10:02ZChris Poindexter
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Hold the Soda, Pass the Arugula

TownHall.com - Columns - Tue, 2025-05-20 06:25
Perhaps John Edwards was right; maybe there are two Americas. In one, government-dependent Americans take to Youtube to sing about everything they can buy with their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, i.e., food stamps. In the other, First Lady Michelle Obama appears with the head of Disney to announce that the iconic brand’s media outlets will only advertise food that “align[s] with federal standards to promote fruit and vegetables and limit calories, sugar, sodium, and saturated fat.” 2012-06-11T00:01:00-04:002012-06-12T00:10:02ZDan Holler
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Property Means Preservation

TownHall.com - Columns - Tue, 2025-05-20 06:25
If not for these private game reserves, a number of species would be extinct. Because people like the four in our party are willing to pay to see the "Big Five" and so much more, the populations of a number of these animals are thriving. 2012-06-11T00:01:00-04:002012-06-12T00:10:02ZDoug French
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Read My Red Lips: RECESSION

TownHall.com - Columns - Tue, 2025-05-20 06:25
If you’re tracking the economy, start tracking women’s lips. If they’re red, plump and glossy, then you know that the economy is heading into a recession. 2012-06-11T00:01:00-04:002012-06-12T00:10:02ZKatie Kieffer
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President Obama's Unsustainable Fiscal Path

TownHall.com - Columns - Tue, 2025-05-20 06:25
In the year 2000, the U.S. government ran a budget surplus, as the nation benefitted from outsize tax collections resulting from the peaking of the Dot Com stock market bubble, which reached its maximum inflation in August of that year. 2012-06-11T00:01:00-04:002012-06-12T00:10:02ZPolitical Calculations
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Watergate at 40: Obama is the Democrats’ Nixon

TownHall.com - Columns - Tue, 2025-05-20 06:25
While many of us labored under the impression that the presidency elevated men, in the case of Nixon and Obama, it instead exposed their flaws.2012-06-11T00:01:00-04:002012-06-12T00:10:02ZJohn Ransom
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Scott Walker, An American Hero

TownHall.com - Columns - Tue, 2025-05-20 06:25
The battle is over for now, but the war has just begun. Scott Walker has responsibly and successfully led duly-elected officials in an historic effort to permanently change this nation’s course.2012-06-11T00:01:00-04:002012-06-12T00:10:02ZBruce Bialosky
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7 of 8 on the Road of Democracy

TownHall.com - Columns - Tue, 2025-05-20 06:25
Replacing Barack Obama with an amazingly qualified former governor and turnaround artist should be a no-brainer.2012-06-11T00:01:00-04:002012-06-12T00:10:02ZMark Baisley
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