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Rachel Maddow and Bill Maher: proposed Ryan budget is ‘laughable’
MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow joined Bill Maher on Real Time Friday night to discuss the two conflicting budgets released by Republicans and Democrats earlier this week. Maddow and Maher both took issue with Rep. Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) “laughable” budget proposal, saying he’s offering the same measures he and Mitt Romney introduced…
Obama pitches clean-fuel car plan in Chicago but signals retreat on Keystone
President unveils $200m-a-year plan to fund research into clean fuels but advisers suggest Keystone pipeline will be approved Barack Obama’s grand vision of action on climate change shrank to $200m a year to fund research into clean fuel cars, with signs of retreat on the big environmental issues of the…
Greyhound bus riders terrorized by roach infestation
Riders on a Greyhound bus bound for New York City were terrorized by an infestation of roaches that started to drop from the ceiling and crawl all over the seats and floor just minutes after the bus left Atlantic City, reported NBC 6 South Florida on Friday. The bus, which…
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz backtracks on the meaning of the Constitution during assault weapons ban hearing
Texas Senator and Tea Party spokesman Ted Cruz has been caught in a huge contradiction regarding the Constitution and the proposed assault weapons ban bill, according to the blog People for the American Way. Cruz, who is now infamous for his failed attempt at lecturing Senator Dianne Feinstein yesterday about…
Vatican rejects Argentina junta ‘Dirty War’ claims against Pope Francis
The Vatican on Friday rejected claims that Pope Francis failed to do enough to protect two priests kidnapped and tortured by Argentina’s military junta and said he had in fact helped save lives. Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the first pope to hail from Latin America, has been criticised by leftist critics…
Defeated Romney: I’m not pessimistic about America
In his first major speech since his US presidential defeat, Mitt Romney urged fellow Republicans Friday to buck up and set course for the White House, as he sought to uplift conservatives. Despite sharing a bill with a parade of charismatic potential 2016 Republican candidates, the man who lost last…
Yale scientist tells Bill Moyers we need to end the silence on climate change
In an interview with veteran journalist Bill Moyers on Friday, scientist Anthony Leiserowitz, director of the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication, described the dire need to reinvigorate communities across the globe in the fight against climate change — a subject Leiserowitz says is as much a communications challenge as…
Mexico fireworks explosion kills 9, injures 70
A small truck loaded with fireworks for a religious event exploded in central Mexico on Friday, killing at least nine people and injuring dozens, with one witness saying he saw “bodies flying” as people ran for cover. The explosion took place when one firework apparently landed on the truck in…
FBI phone and email snooping tactic ruled unconstitutional
A US judge has ordered the FBI to stop its “pervasive” use of National Security letters to secretly snoop on phone and email records, ruling Friday that the heavily used tactic was unconstitutional. The order issued by US District Court Judge Susan Illston in San Francisco came as a surprising…
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Copyright ImageClick to View Defense attorney Adam Nemann, his client, defendant Trent Mays, 17, and co-defendant 16-year-old Ma’lik Richmond listen to testimony during their trial on rape charges in juvenile court on March 14 in Steubenville, Ohio. Op-ed contributors Paul H. Robinson and Shyam Balganesh… …
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