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Texas man was 'willing to kill as
many bystanders as necessary'
in $1.5 million plot involving Iranian
military to assassinate Saudi
ambassador on American soil
Daily Mail [UK], by Staff
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Posted By:Attercliffe, 10/17/2012 6:37:42 PM
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| A Texas man claiming to follow orders from Iranian military officials pleaded guilty in court Wednesday to plotting to assassinate Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States. Manssor Arbabsiar, 58, admitted to plotting and agreeing to hire what he thought was a Mexican drug dealer last year for $1.5 million to carry out the attack with explosives at a Washington restaurant. He was described by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara as 'the extended murderous hand of his co-conspirators, officials of the Iranian military based in Iran, who plotted to kill the Saudi Ambassador in the United States and were
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Comments:
Joe? Joe, this is how the Iranians could do it without a missile. (Providing the bomber had a few more smarts.)
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
john56, 10/17/2012 7:01:29 PM (No. 8941024)
"Manssor Arbabsiar" isn't what I'd call a native Texan name ... Jim Bob Jones or Jose Mendiola might be a little more to the local tasts.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
tenncon231, 10/17/2012 8:24:14 PM (No. 8941120)
When "sparky" crackles and some high priced electricity is used will the iranian be classified as a jihad martyr and therefore be entitled to his "72 virgins"?
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
tunnelrat, 10/17/2012 8:28:33 PM (No. 8941125)
Manssor Arbabsiar is no way in hell a "Texas man".
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
jeffblair, 10/17/2012 9:03:48 PM (No. 8941153)
FTA: "After his arrest, Arbabsiar confessed that he was recruited, funded and directed by men he believed were senior officials in Iran's Qods Force, ...."
Men he BELIEVED were senior officials in Iran's Qods Force? He didn't KNOW if they were Qods Force officials?
There is something fishy about this alleged plot. The suspect has bipolar disorder. Why would the Qods Force assign such a sensitive undertaking to someone with bipolar disorder, and give him $1.5 million to finance it?
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Trigger2, 10/18/2012 4:32:22 AM (No. 8941555)
You'd think the State Dept would vet these muslims before they bring them into the country. Guess not. Makes you wonder that the demonrat plan really is.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Attercliffe, 10/18/2012 6:58:34 AM (No. 8941675)
#4, in common British usage the words mean he was convinced the men were from Qods Force.
And note who provided the information that the suspect is bi-polar:
"Defense lawyers say Arbabsiar suffers from bipolar disorder." Wait until a medical professional swears to this diagnosis in court and provides evidence.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
ROLFnader, 10/18/2012 8:00:59 AM (No. 8941807)
Well, what a coinkydinky that we have this guy and the " Bangladeshi' trying to blow up the Fed as well as possibly trying to harm our Muslim in Chief. Both stories suddenly appear when the administration is reeling from the spanking they're getting over the Benghazi Bungling.
Am I being too cynical? Sue me.
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Charleston could be major U.K. trade
hub, Britain’s top US diplomat says
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Telegraph [UK], by John McDermott
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Posted By: Attercliffe- 4/16/2013 4:58:10 AM
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Britain’s top U.S.-based diplomat capped off his first visit to Charleston on Monday by calling for stronger trade and tourism ties between his nation and United States. Charleston is well-positioned to capitalize in both instances, said Ambassador Sir Peter Westmacott. As a major East Coast port city, Charleston could become “a major hub for this connection into the U.K.,” he said at a World Trade Center Charleston luncheon at the Harbour Club. “You are one of the most important port cities in the United States,” he said. Also, Westmacott urged local travel officials to direct more marketing at British tourists.
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Second university sounds alarm over
segregation at Muslim student events
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Telegraph [UK], by John Bingham
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Posted By: Attercliffe- 4/16/2013 4:50:06 AM
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Leicester University voiced concern after photographs emerged showing hand-written signs directing male and female students to sit in separate sections at a public talk on the existence of God organised by the university’s Islamic Society. The meeting was addressed by Hamza Tzortzis, an Islamic speaker who tours university campuses, who was at the centre of controversy over segregation at University College London (UCL) last month. UCL announced that it was banning his organisation, the Islamic Education & Research Academy (IERA), from its campus after a debate he was addressing descended into farce over the issue of segregation.
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Supreme Court turns down challenge
to N.Y. concealed-carry law
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Los Angeles Times, by David G. Savage
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Posted By: Attercliffe- 4/16/2013 4:36:51 AM
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WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court left in doubt Monday whether gun owners have a 2nd Amendment right to carry a firearm in public. Without a comment or dissent, the justices turned down a gun-rights challenge to a New York law that strictly limits who can legally carry a weapon when they are on the streets. To obtain a "concealed carry" permit, New Yorkers must convince a county official that they have a "special need for protection" that goes beyond living or working in a high-crime area. Only about one-tenth of 1% of New Yorkers have concealed-carry permits, compared to more than 6%
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US Senate strangely silent
over Margaret Thatcher
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Spectator [UK], by Steerpike
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Posted By: Attercliffe- 4/16/2013 4:31:59 AM
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In deference to Lady Thatcher’s immense popularity across the Pond, the US House of Representatives paid tribute to her. But the US Senate has been oddly reluctant to follow suit. Sources in Washington tell Mr Steerpike that a Republican resolution is ‘on hold’ because Democrat majority leader Harry Reid, with the help of a Senator Schumer, is blocking the move. [Snip] US senators were slow to authorise President Reagan’s attack on the late and unlamented ‘Mad Dog’ of the Middle East. But the Gipper wasn’t worried because the Iron Lady allowed the assault to be launched from these shores.
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Boston Marathon bombing: live
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Telegraph [UK], by Raf Sanchez
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Posted By: Attercliffe- 4/15/2013 6:43:25 PM
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Latest 23.23 (18.23) The first editions of tomorrow´s British newspaper front pages have all been published. Every single paper splashes on the marathon tragedy: [Snip] 23.16 (18.16) In his terse statement tonight, Mr Obama vowed to hold whoever is responsible for today´s explosions accountable. The President did not use the word "terrorism" in his statement to the nation just now, saying it was still not known "who did this or why". "We will find out who did this and we will hold them accountable," he vowed, adding: "The American people will say a prayer for Boston tonight."
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Do you cheat on your taxes?
America´s most dishonest
neighborhoods revealed -
and a third of the worst
offenders are in California
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Daily Mail [UK], by Sam Adams
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Posted By: Attercliffe- 4/15/2013 1:48:51 PM
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America´s top tax dodging hotspots have been revealed with about a third of fraudsters in California. Neighborhoods including Beverly Hills and Newport Beach in California, New Carrollton, Maryland and College Park, Georgia, were among the potential tax evasion clusters targeted for auditing, according to confidential IRS data. They were identified by the National Taxpayer Advocate using the IRS´s confidential tax return data. [Snip] About one-third of them were in California, with most near Los Angeles and San Francisco. Most of the others were in communities near Houston and Atlanta, and in the Maryland suburbs of Washington.
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Jihadists planned to attack Luton
TA base using remote controlled
car packed with explosives
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Telegraph [UK], by Tom Whitehead
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Posted By: Attercliffe- 4/15/2013 1:26:22 PM
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The al-Qaeda inspired terror cell, from Luton, also discussed attacking MI5, buying guns or driving a 4x4 car into crowded places, Woolwich Crown Court heard. Ringleader Zahid Iqbal, 31, helped organise for Jihadists to travel to Pakistan for extremism training overseas through an al-Qaeda contact he had there known as “Modern Sleeve”. But the cell decided to plan an attack in the UK after Iqbal lost contact with his secret contact in Spring 2011, Max Hill QC prosecuting, said. They discussed “multiple targets” but the men were under surveillance by MI5 and counter terrorism police who had listening devices in
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Afghan farmers return to
opium as other markets fail
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BBC News [UK], by David Loyn
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Posted By: Attercliffe- 4/15/2013 1:06:32 PM
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Three times as much opium was produced in Helmand last year as when British troops went there in 2006, and a new UN forecast says that this year´s crop will be even higher. Opium is the raw material for heroin, and most of the illegal drugs for sale on the UK´s streets come from Afghanistan. Like many other farmers in Helmand province, Hamidullah planted cotton last year, encouraged by British and American agricultural advisers. But there was no market for it, and he planted opium poppies again this year. "The price of cotton is very low," he said. "It does
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It´s baby Bush! Adorable pictures of
Jenna´s daughter Mila as ´elated´
George W and Laura celebrate
arrival of first grandchild
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Daily Mail [UK], by Lydia Warren, Staff
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Posted By: Attercliffe- 4/15/2013 8:23:36 AM
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The Bush family has shared the first pictures of its newest member--Margaret Laura ´Mila´ Hager. Jenna Bush Hager gave birth to the healthy little girl in New York City at 8.43 pm on Saturday, making former President George W Bush and wife Laura grandparents for the first time. Intimate images released by the family show the proud new grandfather cradling the tiny bundle alongside his beaming wife, while another shows Jenna and her mother cooing over the little girl. There´s also some early family bonding as George Bush and his son-in-law Henry Hager are seen holding Mila up to watch
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Biofuels: ´Irrational´ and
´worse than fossil fuels´
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BBC News [UK], by Matt McGrath
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Posted By: Attercliffe- 4/15/2013 7:42:45 AM
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The UK´s "irrational" use of biofuels will cost motorists around £460 million over the next 12 months, a think tank says. A report by Chatham House says the growing reliance on sustainable liquid fuels will also increase food prices. The author says that biodiesel made from vegetable oil was worse for the climate than fossil fuels. Under EU law, biofuels are set to make up 5% of the UK´s transport fuel from today. Since 2008, the UK has required fuel suppliers to add a growing proportion of sustainable materials into the petrol and diesel they supply. These biofuels are mainly
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New blitz on benefit cheats: Worst
offenders will lose payouts
for up to THREE years
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Daily Express [UK], by Giles Sheldrick
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Posted By: Attercliffe- 4/15/2013 7:33:06 AM
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The crackdown aims to claw back £1billion a year lost to a “scurrilous minority”. As part of a radical overhaul of the welfare system, repeat offenders will lose their benefits for 13 weeks, 26 weeks or three years, depending on the severity of their crime. Last year 10,000 people were caught cheating the system. Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith’s fresh war on the workshy will also see hit squads sent to flush out suspect claimants. He said: “We’re telling these repeat offenders--if you cheat the system, you could lose your benefits for up to three years.
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Nigel Farage has successfully positioned
himself as both Thatcher´s heir
and a man of the people
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Telegraph [UK], by Ed West
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Posted By: Attercliffe- 4/15/2013 7:03:30 AM
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What would Maggie do if she were still in power? According to Nigel Farage in today’s Times, she’d be supporting Ukip. I suppose he would say that; it’s rare for someone to say “if x great person who we all love were alive today he’d probably think I was a total imbecile”. I’ve always admired George Orwell and like to think that were he around today he would agree with me in every single way and possibly want to be my best friend, when in reality he’d probably think I was a bit of a gimp.
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Are We Being Compromised
by Barack Obama´s Murky Past?
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American Thinker, by James A. Lyons
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Posted By: Desert Fox- 4/15/2013 6:18:58 AM
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Since he first became a presidential candidate, President Obama must have spent millions of dollars in legal expenses to combat dozens of so-called "birther" challenges seeking the original documents pertaining to his birth. As president, he famously issued an electronic document on the White House website in 2011; the document purported to be his long-form birth certificate, though it is apparently a forgery. In addition, he has taken great pains to hide the paper trail of passport records, college transcripts, and other data -- all of which a prospective employer might require of a job applicant.
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Mark Levin: ‘Fascist’ GOP
congressman is trying to
have his show pulled off air
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Daily Caller, by Jeff Poor
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Posted By: KarenJ1- 4/14/2013 9:22:21 AM
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On his Friday show, syndicated talk show host Mark Levin said that a Republican congressman is attempting to persuade one of his affiliates to remove his show from the airwaves. Although Levin would not offer the congressman’s name on air, he has been a vocal critic of various members of the House Republican leadership in the past. But Levin called the situation “fascism.” “Well, it has come to my attention that there is a Republican congressman out there who doesn’t like what I’ve been saying,” Levin said. “It has come to my attention that there is a
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Gitmo Is Killing Me
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New York Times, by Samir Naji al Hasan Moqbel
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Posted By: Drive- 4/15/2013 8:29:32 AM
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ONE man here weighs just 77 pounds. Another, 98. Last thing I knew, I weighed 132, but that was a month ago. I’ve been on a hunger strike since Feb. 10 and have lost well over 30 pounds. I will not eat until they restore my dignity. I’ve been detained at Guantánamo for 11 years and three months. I have never been charged with any crime. I have never received a trial.
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White House snub to Thatcher:
Obama won´t send envoy
- and leaves it to her old
allies from the Reagan era
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Daily Mail (U.K.), by James Chapman
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Posted By: Desert Fox- 4/15/2013 9:50:39 PM
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Friends and allies of Baroness Thatcher expressed ‘surprise and disappointment’ last night as it emerged President Obama is not planning to send any serving member of his administration to her funeral. Whitehall sources have revealed that the U.S. delegation at tomorrow’s service in St Paul’s Cathedral will be led by two Reagan era secretaries of state: James Baker and George Shultz. Though President Obama himself had not been expected to attend, there had been speculation that he would be represented either by Vice President Joe Biden or wife Michelle. The Queen’s decision to attend
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Why Aren’t More People
Repelled by the Left?
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Power Line, by John Hinderaker
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Posted By: StormCnter- 4/14/2013 6:12:20 AM
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Here is something I don’t understand: liberals are often revealed as vile, vulgar hatemongers–not all of them, of course, but far too many–yet they never seem to pay a penalty at the polls. Why is that? Margaret Thatcher’s death has been the latest occasion for the Left to show its true stripes. All across the U.K., there have been demonstrations–vulgar at best, and violent at worst. In Bristol, lefties celebrating a Thatcher “death street party” started fires, destroyed property and battled police: This evening in Trafalgar Square, liberals have turned out for a long-planned celebration of Thatcher’s death:
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NBC Reporter Luke Russert
Speculates On Boston
Explosions’ Link To 1993 Waco Siege
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Mediaite, by Andrew Kirell
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Posted By: JoniTx- 4/15/2013 5:18:48 PM
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In light of the explosions that have rocked Boston on Patriots’ Day, during the city’s annual marathon, NBC reporter Luke Russert took to Twitter to speculate that today’s horrific events could possibly be related to the 1993 government siege on the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas — an incident often attached to conversations about “right-wing terrorism” and anti-government violence. “I was at Fenway Park w my dad and @mikebarnicle during Waco which was on Patriots Day in 1993. Speculating on possible link,” Russert tweeted following the explosions.
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Breaking: Obama to make
statement from White House
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CNN, by Staff
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Posted By: Scottyboy- 4/15/2013 5:58:09 PM
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President Barack Obama will deliver a statement Monday at 6:10 p.m. ET from the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House. As seen in the photo, President Barack Obama spoke Monday on the phone with FBI Director Robert Mueller to receive an update on the Boston explosions. Seated with the President are Lisa Monaco, assistant to the president for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, and Chief of Staff Denis McDonough. A White House official said earlier the president has been notified of the explosions. "His administration is in contact with state and local authorities.
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Obama: ‘People shouldn’t
jump to conclusions’ about
Boston Marathon bombing
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Washington Examiner, by Joel Gehrke
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Posted By: KarenJ1- 4/15/2013 9:45:50 PM
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President Obama pledged that the United States would punish anyone responsible for the explosions at the Boston Marathon today, but he said that “people shouldn’t jump to conclusions” about the tragedy. “We still do not know who did this or why and people shouldn’t jump to conclusions before they have all the facts,” Obama told reporters during a statement from the White House. “Any responsible individuals, any responsible groups, will feel the full weight of justice,” he added. Two explosions occurred today near the finish line of the Boston Marathon,
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Exclusive: Newtown shooter
Adam Lanza taunted and beaten
by fellow students when he
attended Sandy Hook Elementary
School, relative reveals
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New York Daily News, by Matthew Lysiak & Larry Mcshane
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Posted By: JoniTx- 4/14/2013 10:33:17 AM
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Newtown killer Adam Lanza’s mother considered suing Sandy Hook Elementary School after teachers turned a blind eye to beatings from his classmates, a family member claims. The relative, speaking to the Daily News, claimed that mass murderer Lanza was taunted and attacked by fellow students at his childhood alma mater. “Nancy felt fiercely protective of him,” the relative said. “She was convinced the school wasn’t doing enough to protect Adam. It made her irate.” Nancy Lanza — gunned down by her 20-year-son to start his Dec. 14 rampage — even tagged along with Adam to school
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Rubio Offers Full-Throated
Support for Immigration Bill
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New York Times, by Brian Knowlton
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Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 4/14/2013 5:33:09 PM
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The impending introduction of legislation to overhaul the country’s badly strained immigration system received an extraordinary endorsement on Sunday from Senator Marco Rubio, Republican of Florida, who, after holding back for weeks, appeared on no fewer than seven television talk shows to explain and defend a plan that he said would be “a net positive for the country, now and in the future.” It was a striking show of confidence from Mr. Rubio, one of eight members of a bipartisan Senate group that has been crafting a plan to provide a path to legal status for undocumented immigrants;
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Is media bias to blame for lack
of Gosnell coverage?
Or something far more banal?
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Washington Post, by Paul Farhi
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Posted By: mitzi- 4/14/2013 10:03:20 PM
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Is media bias to blame for lack of Gosnell coverage? Or something far more banal? The trial of Philadelphia doctor Kermit Gosnell would seem to have all the elements of a spectacular news story: shocking allegations, horrifying visuals, sympathetic victims. Yet until late last week, much of the national media was silent as testimony about Gosnell’s alleged “house of horrors” abortion clinic rolled out. Much of the media attention outside Philadelphia, in fact, centered on how little media attention the story was receiving outside Philadelphia.
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Meredith Baxter, Patty
Duke to Play Lesbian
Couple on Upcoming ´Glee´
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Breitbart´s Big Hollywood, by Breitbart News
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Posted By: KarenJ1- 4/15/2013 11:12:19 AM
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Two veteran TV actresses may join the cast of Fox´s Glee after their upcoming appearance as a kindly lesbian couple. Meredith Baxter, known for being the All-American Mom on Family Ties, and Patty Duke who soared to fame in her self-titled series, will offer guidance to a gay character considering popping the question to his partner. According to a Friday report at E!, Oscar winner Patty Duke and longtime television star Meredith Baxter will play a lesbian couple. Not only that, regular character Blaine played by Darren Criss will propose to
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