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NASA’s Mars rover two weeks from landing

WASHINGTON — NASA’s Curiosity rover is on target to arrive on Mars on August 6 for a two-year mission to find out whether microbial life once existed on the Red Planet, the US space agency said. Landing the car-sized rover is of course no...

Carville: Romney can’t be president with Swiss bank accounts

Democratic strategist James Carville on Monday wondered why Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney thought he could “get away” with having offshore investments. “If you wanna be president, get rid of the Swiss bank...

National Review editor unapologetic about using racial slur

A senior editor at National Review Online has responded dismissively to criticism regarding his use of the term “wetback.” In a column published Monday, Jay Nordlinger wrote that conservatives were disgusted by then-President Ronald...

U.S. claims to have proof that Bradley Manning knowingly ‘aided the enemy’

The US government claims to have proof that Bradley Manning, the WikiLeaks suspect, knowingly passed state secrets to a location where it was bound to be obtained by enemy groups, a military court in Maryland has heard. Captain Joe Morrow, a...

British regulator probing seven banks over Libor scandal

LONDON — Britain’s financial regulator is investigating seven financial institutions in the Libor manipulation scandal that claimed the boss of British bank Barclays, a senior official told lawmakers Monday. Tracey McDermott of the...

Syria rebels launch full-scale attack operation

BEIRUT — Syria’s rebels announced the launch of a full-scale attack operation, dubbed “the Damascus volcano and earthquakes of Syria,” as major clashes engulfed several districts of the capital. In a statement released on...

Senators blast HSBC over lack of laundering controls

WASHINGTON — US lawmakers accused the global bank HSBC on Monday of opening the doors of the financial system to terrorists, drug dealers and money launderers in a hard-hitting report. Senators found the London-based lender allowed affiliates in...

Yahoo! raids Google for first woman CEO

SAN FRANCISCO — Marissa Mayer — who was one of Google’s first employees and headed products such as Google Maps — is now arguably the most prominent woman in Silicon Valley and a rare female CEO at one of America’s...

Ron Reagan: If crazy were people, Bachmann would be China

Political analyst Ron Reagon on Monday slammed Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) for claiming the Muslim Brotherhood had infiltrated the United States government. “If crazy were people, Michele Bachmann would be China,” he told MSBNC host...

Senate Democrats blast GOP for voting against transparency, begin ‘midnight vigil’

Senate Democrats on Monday blasted their Republican colleagues for voting against the DISCLOSE Act and plan to give speeches late into the night during a “midnight vigil.“ “Democrats sought to require large political donors to...

Sen. Hatch vows to halt welfare-to-work waivers for the states

Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) on Monday vowed to prevent the Obama administration from allowing states to waive work requirements in the Temporary Assistant for Needy Families (TANF) law, even though his own state had requested the waiver. “Late last...

No electronic ‘break-in’ by WikiLeaks suspect: attorney

FORT MEADE, Maryland — WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning had permission to read secret US diplomatic cables and should not be charged with an electronic “break-in” of government computers, his defense lawyer told a military court...

Hungary says probing Nazi war criminal ‘raises problems’

BUDAPEST — Pressure was mounting on Hungary Monday over an aged Nazi war criminal found living there, as prosecutors said investigating him was difficult as his crimes happened so long ago and in another country. Several dozen young...

83-year-old lesbian asks Supreme Court to review Defense of Marriage Act

Attorneys representing an 83-year-old lesbian woman on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear her challenge to the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). Edith “Edie” Windsor challenged the law after the federal government failed to recognize her...

Timbuktu man gets 40 lashes for drinking alcohol

BAMAKO — A Timbuktu man accused of drinking alcohol was given 40 lashes Monday by members of an Islamist group that has seized the north Malian city and imposed Islamic law there, witnesses said. “A young man has just been lashed 40 times...
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