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Huckabee leads Republicans for president: poll
BOSTON (Reuters) – Mike Huckabee holds a small lead in the field of potential Republican presidential candidates, while Mitt Romney and Sarah Palin have slipped, according to a Gallup Poll released on Friday. Gallup’s survey of 1,000 Republicans and Republican-leaning independents taken on March 18-22 put support for former Arkansas…
Obama tax credit will support 1 million workers: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A plan to expand and make permanent a popular research tax credit will support 1 million workers, the Obama administration said in a report it released on Friday. “The credit is a significant incentive to conduct research that would not otherwise be performed here in the U.S.,”…
Obama gears up for hard sell on Libya
WASHINGTON (AFP) – US President Barack Obama prepared Monday to give a prime-time address to the nation aimed at winning the support of a war-weary American public for the military intervention in Libya. After inheriting wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning president finds himself embroiled in yet…
Super Glue inventor dies at 94
Harry Welsey Coover Jr., the inventor of Super Glue, died at home in Kingsport, Tenn. Sunday, the Associated Press reports. He was 94 years old. He invented Super Glue in 1942, as a result of a laboratory accident. Coover was experimenting with making different clear plastics for gun sights at…
Cobra escapes Bronx Zoo exhibit
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Bronx Zoo closed its reptile house exhibit over the weekend after workers discovered a highly poisonous Egyptian cobra was missing from its enclosure. The snake’s disappearance prompted zoo officials to immediately shut down the reptile house late Friday until further notice “out of an abundance…
Illinois sheriff under fire for ‘little fag Jew boy’ comment
An Illinois gay and lesbian advocacy group called for the resignation of Schuyler County Sheriff Don Scheiferdecker Saturday after he jokingly commented on the picture of a co-worker on Facebook, calling him a “little fag Jew boy.” The Jacksonville Journal-Courier reported that the sheriff was new to Facebook and did…
Federal agency recognizes pot for medical use
Medical marijuana dispensaries currently under fire from the IRS may have been handed a critical new weapon in their fight to stay open. The National Cancer Institute, one of the many federal agencies who make up the National Institute of Health, has ruled that marijuana does in fact have medical…
Rumsfeld: Leaving Gaddafi in power will ‘embolden’ America’s enemies
Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said Sunday that the reputation of the United States would be damaged if Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is allowed to remain in power. “My personal view is that once you’re involved, you have to recognize that the prestige of the United States is at…
Gates: Libya not a ‘vital national interest’ to the U.S.
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said Sunday that Libya was not a “vital national interest” to the U.S. “Do you think Libya posed an actual threat to the United States?” ABC’s Jake Tapper asked Gates. “No, it was not a vital national interest to the United States,” Gates replied. “But…
Sen. Bernie Sanders calls for eliminating corporate tax loopholes and tax breaks
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) called for closing corporate tax loopholes and eliminating tax breaks for oil and gas companies Sunday after reports that General Electric and other giant corporations pay nothing or almost nothing in federal income taxes. According to The New York Times, General Electric made $14.2 billion in…
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