NAIROBI, Kenya – Pirates off the coast of Somalia have attacked two vessels, and at least one of those has been captured. The European Union’s anti-piracy force says pirates hijacked a chemical tanker on Monday named the MV Theresa with 28 North Koreans on board. In a second incident, pirates …
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FORT HOOD, Texas – The Army psychiatrist charged with killing 13 people in a shooting spree at Fort Hood made or accepted wire transfers with Pakistan, a nation used by Muslim extremists as a base from which to raise funds and plan terrorist attacks, a Republican congressman said Friday. U.S. …
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MIAMI – Hurricane Jimena has weakened to a Category 3 hurricane as it threatens vacation resorts on Mexico’s Baja California peninsula. A hurricane warning in effect for the southern part of the peninsula, which was already being pummeled by heavy winds, battering waves and bands of intense rain. Maximum sustained …
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TEHRAN, Iran – Iran tested its most advanced missiles Monday to cap two days of war games, raising more international concern and stronger pressure to quickly come clean on the newly revealed nuclear site Tehran was secretly constructing. State television said the powerful Revolutionary Guard, which controls Iran’s missile program, …
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Police in the small Georgia town of Aragon are stepping up the search for Amber Graham, a 14-year-old ninth grader who vanished eight days ago. U.S. Marshals and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation will be joining what has been a low-key search for the last seven days as concern for …
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We saw pictures this weekend of May Day protests, but has anyone asked: Who organized these rallies? Who put these marchers on the street so fast? We’ll give you that answer in a second, but first I want to show you a book I read this weekend. Last year we …
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The five young Americans accused last week of traveling from Washington to Pakistan to wage jihad cap what appears to be a record year for homegrown terror plots, exposing a dangerous trend that experts say poses the biggest challenge America’s security officials have ever faced. Not including the Pakistan case, …
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President Obama’s West Point speech wasn’t a bad one, but it wasn’t a great one either. If anything, it reminded me of bin Laden’s speech — the one where he told us beforehand exactly when he was attacking New York. And remember when the Japanese Imperial Headquarters let us know …
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Famed Beverly Hills Courier columnist George Christy gives you an insider’s peek into Hollywood’s A-list parties and personalities. This is the summer of Nora, and the year of the penis. The New York Times’ press coverage about Nora Ephron, as Nikki Finke points out on her Website, Deadline Hollywood Daily, …
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As you may know, the vicious recession we have now was largely driven by irresponsible corporations selling and buying bad mortgages, and big oil raising gas prices because of speculation. The Bush administration failed to oversee the chaos and now most of us are suffering. President Obama campaigned on cleaning …
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