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Lilly Ledbetter: Paul Ryan scares me to death
Thursday on MSNBC, women’s equality activist Lilly Ledbetter blasted Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) for voting against the Fair Pay Act, which was named after her. “Paul Ryan is very pleased with himself that he voted against the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act,” she said. “That’s for families. That’s voting against…
Axelrod blasts Romney’s ‘penchant for secrecy’
David Axelrod, Obama’s senior campaign strategist, continued to hammer Mitt Romney on Thursday for refusing to release more tax returns. “Gov. Romney’s father, George Romney, set a standard back in the ’60s when he was running for president and he released 12 years of tax returns because he said one…
Poll: 55 percent of tea partiers support concealed guns in churches
WASHINGTON — An overwhelming majority of Americans, particularly whites, are adamant about the constitutional right to bear arms, a poll showed this week amid a rash of shootings across the United States. More than two thirds — 68 percent — of respondents said the Second Amendment right is as important…
Picasso piece rediscovered after 50 years in Indiana museum storage
It had sat unnoticed in storage for almost half a century after being mistaken for a work by the little-known, and non-existent, artist Gemmaux. But a closer inspection of the glasswork at Indiana’s Evansville Museum revealed the telltale signs of a 20th century European master. The bold lines, the nod…
Paul Ryan ‘grew up on Ayn Rand’
Ayn Rand is the high priestess of undiluted capitalism and a champion of looking after number one. With an estimated 25m copies of her books in print, including Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead, her ideas about small government and unfettered markets still resonate in conservative circles, with a young Paul…
ACLU sues West Virginia school over single-sex classrooms
The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit against a middle school for allegedly violating the Constitution and federal law by segregating classes by sex. Van Devender Middle School in West Virginia implemented a single-sex education program at the start of the 2010-2011 school year for all incoming sixth…
Romney, Obama campaign spar again over taxes
WASHINGTON — White House hopeful Mitt Romney offered his fullest explanation yet about his tax status Thursday, saying he paid at least 13 percent a year over the past decade, but President Barack Obama’s campaign offered a prompt retort: prove it. Romney, a multimillionaire former investor, has been under assault…
North Korea could produce dozens more nukes: study
WASHINGTON — North Korea could build an arsenal of up to 48 nuclear weapons, several times more than it has now, if the communist state were able to step up its program unchecked, a US think tank said Thursday. North Korea’s nuclear program is shrouded in secrecy, but the Institute…
U.S. holds ‘serious’ talks with Russia on Syria
WASHINGTON — The United States said Thursday it held “serious” talks with Russia about Syria and renewed its call for a political transition after months of disagreement over the bloodshed. Wendy Sherman, the under secretary of state for political affairs, “had very serious discussions” in Moscow with senior officials, the…
Carney defends Biden: Wouldn’t go to McCain for VP advice
WASHINGTON — The White House on Thursday ruled out dropping Vice President Joe Biden, and told former Republican nominee John McCain that with his track record he was in no position to give advice on running mates. Several prominent Republicans suggested the gaffe-prone Biden should be replaced on President Barack…
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