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Bush secret society sued for return of Geronimo’s remains

CNN’s Debra Feyerick reported that the relatives of the late Apache warrior Geronimo are suing Yale and the secret Skull and Bones society for the return of Geronimo’s remains. An 1818 letter from a bonesman, discovered two years ago, seems to indicate that Geronimo’s skull is stored within “the tomb”…

Turley: Obama ‘carrying water’ for Bush administration

Karl Rove defies another judicial subpoena to testify for the Senate Judiciary committee. Can a former presidential aide like Rove keeping using executive privilege to avoid appearing? MSNBC guest host Alison Stewart is joined by George Washington University professor Jonathan Turley to talk about Rove and other topics. This video…

NAACP wants News Corp. to prove workplace diversity

MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann talks to Julian Bond, Chairman of the NAACP about how his organization is prepared to mount a nationwide boycott of the New York Post because of the racist and offensive editorial cartoon they published last week. This video is from MSNBC’s Countdown, broadcast Feb. 23, 2009. Download…

Obama teases Cantor at White House summit

President Obama took questions and listen to comments from lawmakers today at a White House economic summit. Obama joked that he would eventually win over the number two Republican in the House, Eric Cantor. “I’m going to keep on talking to Eric Cantor. Someday sooner of later, he’s going to…

Markets lower after Gibbs won’t rule out bank nationalization

White House press secretary Robert Gibbs refused to rule out government taking control of some banks today during the White House press briefing. MSNBC host John Harwood speculated that investors may have reacted by selling of stocks in response to Gibbs’ comments. This video is from CNN’s Newsroom and MSNBC’s…

Israel, Hamas ‘guilty of war crimes’: Report

Israel and Hamas have both rejected criticism from Amnesty International of their conduct during the Gaza conflict. The human rights group says both sides committed war crimes by carrying out direct attacks on civilians using weapons sourced abroad. It has called on the UN Security Council to impose an immediate…

Protesters burn copies of New York Post over cartoon

Protesters continue to show their displeasure with the New York Post over a cartoon, that was published last week. People burned copies of The Post on Sunday. The New York Post has issued an apology for the cartoon. This video is from The Associated Press, broadcast Feb. 23, 2009. Download…

Iraq museum reopens; 10,000 looted items still missing

Iraq’s National Museum has reopened nearly six years after it was ransacked and vandalised in the aftermath of the 2003 US-led invasion. This video is from BBC, broadcast Feb. 23, 2009. Download video via RawReplay.com…

New Hampshire lawmaker seeks to reaffirm state ‘sovereignty’

A Republican New Hampshire state representative, Dan Itse, told Fox’s Steve Doocy and Brian Kilmeade that he has offered a bill to reaffirm the sovereignty of New Hampsire. Itse says that Congress and the Obama administration are on the verge of requiring involuntary servitude and taking away Second Amendment rights…

Filmmaker blames media for portraying Palin as ‘idiot’

Documentarian John Ziegler talk to NBC’s Matt Lauer about a new film that blames the media for Gov. Sarah Palin’s loss in the 2008 election. Ziegler’s film, “Media Malpractice: How Obama got elected and Palin was targeted,” is due to be released today. This video is from NBC’s Today Show,…