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Resolve the fiscal cliff or don’t get paid (or sick), petitioners tell Congress, Obama

Source: GovExec.com, Dec 6 2012, 3:45pm CST

Though members of Congress and the president are eligible to enroll in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, a spokeswoman for the Office of Personnel Management could not say if withholding wages and benefits under the conditio ...

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Video: Two teens stranded 8,000 feet up on cliff rescued by chopper

Source: CBS News  |   Jun 18 2013, 7:19pm CDT

In Sierra Buttes, Calif., two boys hiked up a jagged cliff and ended up stranded 8,000 feet up. The California Highway Patrol sent a chopper and had to lower a harness to carry them to safety, since climbing down was not an ...

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Snowden: Don't mention the I-Word!

Source: Steve Sailer-Articles & Blog on Human Biodiversity, Genetics  |   Jun 18 2013, 6:39pm CDT

The New York Times' "public editor" writes a little piece that asks an interesting question in the title: She lists various articles over the last eight years that recounted much of what Edward Snowden said. ...

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‘Culture of Corruption’: Four Indiana Democrats Found Guilty of Petition Fraud

Source: The Blaze  |   Jun 18 2013, 6:30pm CDT

Four Democrats in South Bend, Ind., were sentenced Monday in a petition fraud case dating back to the 2008 primary election, ABC 57 reports. The four were found guilty of forging petition signatures to ensure ...

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Germany Not As Enthusiastic About Obama Five Years After Historic Speech

Source: PRI's The World  |   Jun 18 2013, 4:46pm CDT

President Obama will be in Berlin on Wednesday. The last time he was there, it was 2008 as Senator Obama, the democratic presidential candidate. Then, he was embraced by a crowd of 200,000 enthusiastic Ger ...

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Students Ask Obama to Spy on Fox News

Source: NewsMax  |   Jun 18 2013, 3:57pm CDT

Students at George Mason University have signed a petition asking President Barack Obama to spy on the private conversations of Fox News employees and their families. The petition was circulated on the university's campus in ...

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Poll: Congressional approval just 16 percent

Source: The Hill  |   Jun 18 2013, 3:55pm CDT

Support for Congress was marginally higher among Republicans than Democrats. Only 16 percent of Americans approve of the way Congress is handling its job, according to a new poll released Tuesday. The survey from CNN and ORC found th ...

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Joe Biden once again pushing gun-control action in Congress

Source: Hot Air  |   Jun 18 2013, 1:31pm CDT

Two months after the Senate failed to support the expansion of background checks for gun purchasers, Vice President Joe Biden hosts an event at the White House on Tuesday to show how the administration has continued efforts to ...

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Obama Blasé on NSA

Source: The Progressive  |   Jun 18 2013, 12:55pm CDT

President Obama is unbelievably blasé about the NSA surveillance that he’s authorized. He said he has “no problem” with what they’re doing. First of all, he claims that it’s “transparent” when, in fact, the American public knew abso ...

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Obama: Important to build strong opposition in Syria

Source: Ynetnews  |   Jun 18 2013, 11:19am CDT

Obama made his comments at the end of the G8 conference, where world leaders called for peace talks to be held as soon as possible to resolve the Syrian civil war but failed to mention the fate of Assad in the ...

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The Odd Bipartisan Coalition That Could Sink Obama's Free-Trade Legacy

Source: The Atlantic  |   Jun 18 2013, 11:13am CDT

Producers and workers threated by imports tend to be concentrated, organized, and ready and able to press their interests in the political arena. Those who benefit from trade are generally diffuse, and their stake in any particul ...

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