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Combat brigades in Iraq under different name
s the final convoy of the Army’s 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, based at Fort Lewis, Wash., entered Kuwait early Thursday, a different Stryker brigade remained in Iraq.Soldiers from the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team of the 25th Infantry Division are deployed in Iraq as members of an Advise and Assist Brigade, the Army’s designation […]
Sen. Robert Byrd of West Virginia dead at 92 …COULD SINK WALL STREET REFORM
Robert Carlyle Byrd, the longest-serving member of Congress in United States history, who spent much of his career as a conservative Democrat and ended it by fiercely opposing the war in Iraq and questioning the state’s powerful coal industry, died Monday. He was 92. “I am saddened that the family of U.S. […]
Washington D.C. has its hottest spring on record (98 Degrees)
If the first few days of summer have really made you sweat, you are not alone. This was the hottest spring on record in the Washington area, and the first week of summer has been marked by a scorching heat wave. The highest temperature registered for this day at Reagan National Airport is 98 degrees, […]
President Bush delivers ‘inaugural address’ on Facebook laying out post-presidency works
Former President George W. Bush took to Facebook on Thursday to update supporters on his life after leaving the White House, and promote his upcoming projects.
In what the former Republican president called his “inaugural address,” Bush briefly laid out his personal and charitable work post-presidency, as well as progress in building his presidential library and […]
President George W. Bush Joins Facebook
Former president George W. Bush’s Facebook page was set up around two weeks ago but made public Wednesday, rapidly climbing to more than 27,000 who “Liked” it by mid-afternoon.
The first Facebook post was written in the third person, suggesting the page is being maintained by someone other than the president, as is common with Facebook […]
CNN.com Inadvertently Reveals Al Gore’s Email Address
When it comes to emails, mistakes happen all the time. But very rarely do they involve former Vice Presidents of the United States.
So it was quite surprising to see CNN.com inadvertently reveal the email address of Al and Tipper Gore Tuesday afternoon.
“Our intention was to keep the email address confidential, and CNN corrected the online […]
Study: Today’s college students lacking empathy
College students today are less likely to “get” the emotions of others than their counterparts 20 and 30 years ago, a new review study suggests.
Specifically, today’s students scored 40 percent lower on a measure of empathy than their elders did.
The findings are based on a review of 72 studies of 14,000 American college students […]
Fox News yanks Sean Hannity from Cincinnati Tea Party rally he was set to star in
Angry Fox News executives ordered host Sean Hannity to abandon plans to broadcast his nightly show as part of a Tea Party rally in Cincinnati on Thursday after top executives learned that he was set to headline the event, proceeds from which would benefit the local Tea Party organization.
Rally organizers had listed Hannity, who is on a book […]
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CNN Convicts Palin and Tea Partiers of ‘Inciting Violence’ and Stoking Racism
CNN put “INCITING VIOLENCE?” on screen under video of Sarah Palin earlier in the day Saturday in Searchlight, Nevada, as anchor Don Lemon announced:
Sarah Palin takes on one of the highest ranking Democrats right in his own backyard, all while causing another uproar by urging tea parties to quote “reload.” And the question is, are […]