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2010 Pulitzer Prizes awarded at Columbia University
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Los Angeles Times and The New York Times were each awarded two coveted Pulitzer Prizes for journalism on Monday. The Los Angeles Times won the public service award for its exposure of corruption in the Californian city of Bell where officials tapped the treasury to pay themselves large…
Hundreds of NYPD cops may be punished for fixing parking tickets
The New York Police Department may fire up to 400 cops at the conclusion of a widespread corruption investigation. Anonymous sources inside the department told the New York Post that cops who were found to have “fixed” tickets would be let go. The NYPD denied that 400 cops were involved,…
Is AG Eric Holder ‘neglecting’ porn?
Often shoved under the mattress of social issues, conservative activists are making sure that pornography will take the center stage of political discussion. Holder quietly shut down the Justice Department’s Obscenity Prosecution Task Force recently. It was created in 2005 under President George W. Bush, to crack down on pornography.…
Republican strategist Karl Rove: Donald Trump ‘is a joke candidate’
Republican political strategist Karl Rove has dismissed Donald Trump as a potential Republican presidential candidate. Rove, a former adviser to George W. Bush, said that the billionaire real estate mogul and reality TV star could have been an interesting candidate because of his business experience, but had become “inconsequential” after…
Bachmann raises $2.2 million in 3 months, outpaces Mitt Romney
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) has been flirting with a 2012 presidential bid, and although few are taking her candidacy seriously, her fundraising figures are enough to give other hopefuls pause. The tea party darling raised $2.2 million in the first quarter of 2011, according to her newly released Federal Election…
Pentagon investigation clears McChrystal of all wrongdoing
A four star general who was forced to resign following unflattering remarks he and his staff allegedly said about President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden has been cleared of all wrongdoing by the Defense Department inspector general. In the report (.pdf), the Pentagon claimed that they were unable…
Supreme Court leaves Obama healthcare reform alone
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court took no action Monday on a request to speed up a ruling on President Barack Obama’s healthcare overhaul law, his signature domestic accomplishment that has provoked a fierce political battle. The justices were scheduled on Friday to consider the state of Virginia’s appeal seeking to invoke a…
Donald Trump, secret liberal? The top 10 reasons conservatives should distrust him
Donald Trump has surged to the top of Republican 2012 polls after wholeheartedly embracing and vigorously touting in recent weeks the conspiracy theory that President Barack Obama was not born in the United States. But the billionaire real estate mogul and reality TV star — who insists he’s serious about…
Geithner warns of ‘catastrophic’ consequences if GOP blocks debt limit increase
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner said Sunday that it’d be “catastrophic” if Congress fails to increase the debt limit, as Republican leaders are threatening to do if spending is not also tamed. “We know that the risk would be catastrophic,” Geithner said on ABC’s “This Week,” warning party leaders not to…
Half of households pay no income taxes, super rich see taxes fall
The Internal Revenue Service and the Tax Policy Center in Washington have some statistics that will likely make last-minute filers extra-irate today: The super-rich are paying less in income tax than they used to, and nearly half of all U.S. households don’t pay any income taxes at all. The IRS…
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