There is even more fallout after the KHOU 11 News investigation into questionable recruiting tactics by local Army recruiters when recruits decide they don’t want to “Go Army.” One Congressman said that he wants hearings. This video is from KHOU 11 News, broadcast August 7, 2008. Download video…

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(AP) An unemployed truck driver accused in a fatal church shooting plans an insanity defense for the rampage that left two people dead and six wounded. This video is from The Associated Press, broadcast August 7, 2008. Download video…

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(AP) Osama bin Laden’s former driver is expected to ask the Pentagon jury that convicted him of a war crime to spare him from life in prison on Thursday, his defense lawyers said. This video is from The Associated Press, broadcast August 7, 2008. Download video…

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BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese plainclothes security officials dragged away three American Christian activists on Thursday after they attempted to protest for religious freedom for a second day in Beijing’s main Tiananmen Square. The three were swooped on as they started a news conference and brief prayer vigil outside the Mao…

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DENVER (AP) — Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is seeking a way for her delegates to be heard at the Democratic National Convention, telling supporters such a step will help unify a party that split between her and Sen. Barack Obama during their hard-fought nominating contest. “I happen to believe that…

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Allegheny County Police in Pennsylvania are investigating the death of man who was shocked with a taser. Police said that a taser was used after the man refused to follow orders and made “furtive movements towards others.” KDKA reported: “But witnesses we spoke with say what happens after he was…

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Jon Stewart poked fun at the way the Bush administration uses language. “Aspirational time horizon” instead of timetable. “Ethnosectarian competition” instead of civil war. “Liquidity backstop” instead of bailout for lending institutions. And, of course, the many pseudonyms for torture. This video is from Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, broadcast…

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(AP) A Pakistani woman linked to al-Qaida appeared in federal court Tuesday to face charges she tried to kill U.S. employees in a gunfight in Afghanistan after police said they discovered suspicious items in her handbag. This video is from The Associated Press, broadcast August 6, 2008. Download video…

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At a town hall meeting in Brea, Ohio yesterday, Barack Obama pushed back against attacks on his suggestion that Americans keep their tires inflated to the correct pressure. Obama said, “They’re making fun of a step that every expert says would absolutely reduce our oil consumption by 3 to 4…

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NBC’s Meredith Vieira talk with Ron Suskind about his new book which alleges the White House had a plan to create a fake document tying Saddam Hussein to 9/11. Suskind responded to quotes by some of his sources which appear to have refuted parts of the forgery story. Suskind says…

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