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Conservatives in Congress appear ready
to help Northeast rebuild from Sandy
The Record [Hackensack, NJ], by Herb Jackson
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Posted By:Ribicon, 11/15/2012 9:48:18 AM
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| Some House conservatives who unsuccessfully fought last year to require budget cuts to pay for the disaster aid needed after Hurricane Irene now say they are open to helping the Northeast rebuild from superstorm Sandy. One difference between now and then is the reputation built by Governor Christie among Republicans — including those he campaigned for this year.(Snip) But the push for what is likely to be tens of billions of extra federal dollars comes as Congress is grappling with larger questions tied to the fiscal cliff about how to cut long-term deficits by trillions. And some Democrats and Republicans
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US taxpayers preparing to be stuffed and dressed for corrupt union contractors, served up like Thanksgiving feast. Work this right and they can make the Big Dig look like child´s play.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
fireman28, 11/15/2012 10:09:15 AM (No. 9015874)
Yes, OP is correct.
People are still without power; but the unions would not allow non-union linemen from Georgia, Alabama and other states to help.
Demanded they sign contract paying a huge percentage into union coffers.
Of course the voting record of NJ and NY voters verifies they are more concerned with getting "free stuff" from O´s stash.
They learned the lesson of Katrina well. Unlimited government money as far as the eye can see. Is FEMA handing out free debit cards?
Now Conservatives get on the wagon to help the rip-off.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
yuban, 11/15/2012 10:13:14 AM (No. 9015885)
Once a politician enters DC they become corrupt. Does not matter which Party.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Judith, 11/15/2012 10:33:50 AM (No. 9015948)
I don´t think we have to use the word conservative anymore. Especially when connecting it to an active politician.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
JAN, 11/15/2012 10:37:05 AM (No. 9015962)
I thought Christie´s lapdance for Obamao meant that we would be reimbursed for 100% of the costs of the storm.
Guess O didn´t love Christie in the morning.
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Hundreds of armed police guard Paris
tourist attractions after influx of
criminal gangs from eastern Europe
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Daily Mail [UK], by Peter Allen
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Posted By: Ribicon- 4/14/2013 11:46:53 PM
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Hundreds of armed police have been placed around Paris´ major tourist monuments because of an influx of criminal gangs from eastern Europe. It follows a huge increase in the number of aggressive beggars and pickpockets flooding into the French capital from Romania and Bulgaria – countries whose citizens will soon have unrestricted access to the UK. (Snip) Gangs of Roma thieves – many of them young children – can now be seen all over Paris, the most popular tourist city in the world. ´Do you speak English?´ is their usual opening gambit, and then they surround victims, helping themselves to
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It´s not working: Nearly 2M
NYC residents on food stamps
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New York Post, by John Aidan Byrne
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Posted By: Ribicon- 4/14/2013 2:45:38 PM
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They´ve fallen through the cracks: millions of jobless or underemployed New Yorkers whose daily struggle is to find work and food. They certainly don´t show up in the 9.1 percent unemployment rate for the city, since they have exhausted those benefits. But the number of city residents on food stamps is on pace to jump this year from just above 1 million in 2007 to a breathtaking 2 million sometime this summer. That’s equals almost 50 percent of the city´s labor force today, which, according to the latest government calculations, shrank by nearly 200,000 people since 2011. There´s also 176,000
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Feds give up to 1 year break on
mortgage payments for Sandy victims
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Associated Press, by Staff
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Posted By: Ribicon- 4/13/2013 4:21:45 PM
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New York — Federal mortgage payment relief has been extended up to one year for more than 200,000 homeowners whose houses were damaged by Superstorm Sandy. U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan announced the extension for homeowners with Federal Housing Administration-insured loans on Friday. A previous mortgage payment extension for federally-backed home loans was set to expire on April 30. About 286,000 homeowners with FHA-insured loans were affected by the late October storm, with nearly 96,000 in New York. Donovan said the 12-month extension was meant to help homeowners still struggling to rebuild avoid foreclosure.
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Welfare Penalty For
Parents Dead This Session
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Associated Press, by Staff
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Posted By: Ribicon- 4/11/2013 4:15:04 PM
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Nashville, Tenn. - A proposal that would dock the welfare payments of parents whose children fail school is dead. After about a 40-minute debate on the Senate floor Thursday, Republican Senator Sponsor Stacey Campfield decided to pull the bill so it can be studied over the summer. Both Republicans and Democrats expressed concern about the legislation, which sought to cut Temporary Assistance for Needy Families benefits by 30 percent if a child fails to advance to the next grade. The money could be earned back if a parent attends two conferences with teachers, takes parenting classes or enrolls the child in
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New Jersey spent $18,047 per
pupil in public schools last year
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The Record [Hackensack, NJ], by Leslie Brody and Dave Sheingold
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Posted By: Ribicon- 4/10/2013 11:06:08 PM
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New Jersey districts spent an average of $18,047 per pupil in 2011-12, up 4 percent from the year before, the state said Wednesday. That figure comes from the third annual “Taxpayer’s Guide to Education Spending,” which uses a method devised by the Christie administration to give residents a full picture of the price tag for schools from pre-kindergarten through Grade 12. (Snip) Among regular Bergen districts, total per-pupil spending ranged from a high of $25,938 in the small, wealthy and high-achieving district of Alpine to $13,317 in the immigrant, blue-collar community of Fairview. The Bergen
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Tick Tock Diner manager who
police say plotted to rob and
kill rival faced financial troubles
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The Record [Hackensack, NJ], by Rich Cowen and Chris Harris
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Posted By: Ribicon- 4/10/2013 11:00:49 PM
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Totowa — A manager of the famous Tick Tock Diner in Clifton has been arrested for plotting to murder a co-owner of the eatery, Attorney General Jeffrey S. Chiesa announced Wednesday. Chiesa said State Police thwarted the alleged murder-for-hire plot of Georgios Spyropoulos, 45, of Clifton, who “planned in great detail” to have Alexandros Sgourdos tortured, robbed and murdered for $20,000. Spyropoulos assembled his alleged murder plot from behind the counter at Clifton’s Tick Tock, the famed stainless steel and glass eatery on Route 3 that bustles 24 hours a day and is one of best examples of
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Paterson cardiologist admits
to $19M in health care fraud
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The Record [Hackensack, NJ], by Peter J. Sampson
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Posted By: Ribicon- 4/10/2013 10:57:42 PM
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A prominent cardiologist who ran medical services companies in New Jersey and New York pleaded guilty on Wednesday to orchestrating a massive fraud that subjected thousands of patients to unnecessary tests and procedures and resulted in $19 million in losses. Dr. Jose Katz, 68, of Closter, confessed his crimes to U.S. District Judge Jose L. Linares during a hearing in federal court in Newark. Katz pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and one count of Social Security fraud relating to a separate scheme to give his wife a “no-show” job and make her eligible
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Injunction seeks to
shutter Mo´ Money Taxes
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Commercial Appeal [Memphis, TN], by Toby Sells
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Posted By: Ribicon- 4/10/2013 4:19:49 PM
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A federal injunction seeks to shut down Memphis-based Mo’ Money Taxes. The government contends tax losses from fraudulent tax returns prepared by the firm in 2011 cost the IRS more than $9 million. The U.S. Justice Department has long had an eye on Mo’ Money and the tax preparation business. The focus intensified last year after hundreds of Mo’ Money clients in several states alleged bounced checks, excessive fees and the failure of the business to pass along IRS refunds. (Snip) Tuesday’s injunction accuses Mo’ Money owners Markey Granberry and Derrick Robinson and store manager
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Masters 2013: How does Arnold
Palmer order an Arnold Palmer?
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Star-Ledger [Newark, NJ], by Steve Politi
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Posted By: Ribicon- 4/9/2013 10:48:54 PM
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Augusta, Ga. — The usual crowd at the putting green at Augusta National had turned to face the wrong direction, toward the outdoor dining area adjacent to the old clubhouse. Usually, this is a sign that golf royalty is nearby. And, sure enough, there he was: Arnold Palmer, the four-time Masters winner, wearing in his green jacket and looking over a menu that he has probably seen a thousand times. He already has his beverage. He is drinking an Arnold Palmer. We will have a full week to debate questions pertaining to this tournament. Will Tiger Woods finally break his major
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Cookie Monster, Elmo get
in Times Square trouble
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Associated Press, by Verena Dobnik
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Posted By: Ribicon- 4/9/2013 10:32:38 PM
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New York — Cookie Monster stands accused of shoving a 2-year-old. Super Mario was charged with groping a woman. And Elmo was booked for berating tourists with anti-Semitic slurs. Times Square is crawling with entrepreneurs who dress up as pop-culture characters and try to make a few bucks posing for photos with visitors to the big city. But some of these characters are unlike anything you´ve seen on "Sesame Street" or at Disney World. They smoke, they use foul language, and they can be aggressive. At least three of them have been arrested in the past seven months.
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Quan flubs crime stat, again
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San Francisco Chronicle, by Matthai Kuruvila
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Posted By: Ribicon- 4/9/2013 10:26:26 PM
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Oakland Mayor Jean Quan has gained a reputation for citing crime statistics that don’t always add up or making statements to the press she later says were taken out of context. It’s happened again. In an interview with KCBS radio broadcast on Monday, Oakland’s mayor said the following: For the last 2 months, violence in Oakland has been way down. It seems to come in these spurts. So like for six weeks there had been no murders east of High Street in East Oakland. Problem is, there have been seven homicides east of High Street over the past six weeks,
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Blue Angels 2013 season
officially canceled
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Pensacola News Journal [FL], by Rob Johnson
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Posted By: Ribicon- 4/9/2013 2:26:14 PM
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The Navy’s cancellation of Blue Angels 2013 air shows extends past the federal fiscal year ending in September means the November 1-2 Homecoming Show at Pensacola Naval Air Station has been scrapped too. “It’s not just the fiscal year,” said Navy Lt. Aaron Kakiel, spokesman for the Naval Air Forces Command in San Diego. Thus the Navy is also canceling the Blues four air shows in October. More importantly for the November 2013 season finale in Pensacola, their practices in October are canceled too. That’s because even if Congress approves a new budget that reduces the impact of the mandatory
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Barack Obama can´t pass gun control
despite 90 per cent support. Truly,
he is a lame-duck president
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Telegraph [UK], by Tim Stanley
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Posted By: Attercliffe- 4/18/2013 6:42:40 AM
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Yesterday, the most modest of gun control proposals died in the Senate. It would have expanded background checks to people purchasing weapons at gun shows and online sales, enjoyed 90 per cent support among the public and came on the back of the tragedy at Newtown. Yet, despite all that it had going for it, the Toomey-Manchin bill raised just 54 votes--six short of the number necessary for passage. “This is a pretty shameful day for Washington,” said Obama afterwards. It wasn’t exactly a red letter day for him, either. Why did the no-brainer bill fail? Four reasons:
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Source: Suspect 2 shot, is
down in Watertown neighborhood
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WFXT-TV [Boston, MA], by Staff
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Posted By: BuckeyeRon- 4/19/2013 7:09:43 PM
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Watertown, Mass.– A number of gun shots were fired near Franklin Street in Watertown Friday night and it was believed that suspect number 2 in the Boston Marathon bombings had been shot. FOX 25's Bob Ward reported that as many 30 shots were fired in the neighborhood. Ward reported that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the man known as suspect 2, was shot by police. It was not immediately known if Tsarnaev was killed. A bomb squad could be seen responding to the scene. A massive police presence was also in the area. FOX 25's Jarrod Holbrook reported that Tsarnaev was seen in a boat with a canvas
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Suspect 1 dead, search is on
for suspect 2 in Watertown
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WFXT-TV [Boston, MA] & Fox News, by Staff
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Posted By: BuckeyeRon- 4/19/2013 4:15:42 AM
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Boston--FOX 25 has confirmed suspect #1 in the Boston Marathon bombings is dead and the search for suspect #2 is ongoing. FOX 25 has confirmed through sources that suspect #1 is dead and police are searching for suspect #2. Mass. State Police asked Watertown residents not to answer the door unless it is an announced police official. Police in Watertown, Mass., began searching for a heavily armed suspect who may have been involved in the shooting death of an MIT police officer after reportedly taking another suspect into custody early Friday. Local reports say the suspects threw and
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Schumer: Do not ‘jump to conclusions’
about connection between Boston
attacks, immigration
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Daily Caller, by Alexis Levinson
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Posted By: KarenJ1- 4/19/2013 12:49:40 PM
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WASHINGTON — New York Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer admonished colleagues not to “try to conflate” the immigration reform bill that the Senate is considering with the bombings at the Boston Marathon, the perpetrators of which have been identified as immigrants. “I’d like to ask that all of us not jump to conclusions regarding the events in Boston or try to conflate those events with this legislation,” Schumer said Friday at a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee on the immigration bill. As the hearing was happening, the Boston metropolitan area was on lockdown, as police attempted to
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Boston Marathon bombs: live
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Telegraph [UK], by Raf Sanchez
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Posted By: Attercliffe- 4/19/2013 6:52:32 AM
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Latest 11.42 (06.42) The two suspects may be foreign nationals, according to NBC´s Pete Williams. Quote They were legal permanent residents... They were in this country legally, at least a year. They appear to be from Turkey, possibly Chechens from Turkey. That seems to be the nationality here. We´re told they were not students, in their early twenties. One 20, one 21. We don´t have their names yet. The Associated Press has also said the suspects are from Russian region near Chechnya, and had lived in the US at least one year. 11.25 (06.25) A woman in Watertown has snipers
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The Insanity of
blaming Islam
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The Week, by Mark Ambinder
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Posted By: Fiesta del sol- 4/19/2013 5:30:45 PM
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We are still speculating about virtually everything right now, but I feel as though I need to explain why I find the quick and easy conversation about Muslims being radicalized in America to be so illogical and laced with bigotry. Of course, there is a global violent jihadist movement, loosely organized, that wants to recruit young men to influence policies at home and abroad and perhaps usher in the global caliphate. That ideology motivates some Muslims to kill innocent people.But you´re allowed to be a radical Muslim in America.
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A growing sense that we´re not
getting the truth about Boston bombing
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American Thinker, by Thomas Lifson
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Posted By: Scottyboy- 4/18/2013 10:48:34 AM
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While the media are bearing the brunt of public skepticism over the handling of the Boston bombing, the behavior of government is also eroding public trust. Yesterday´s promised but cancelled news briefing is just one symptom. Andrew McCarthy of PJM notes that "Misinformation rather than enlightenment has been the order of the day in the investigation of Monday´s terrorist bombing of the Boston Marathon," and that part of it is the natural outgrowth of the desire of investigators to keep the details of their investigations secret, so as not to alert suspects.
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Mark Kelly says senators voted
down gun legislation ‘out of fear’
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Washington Post, by Philip Rucker
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Posted By: toledo- 4/18/2013 11:50:49 AM
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Mark Kelly, the astronaut husband of former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, on Thursday upbraided senators who voted against gun legislation by saying they voted “out of fear.” ”If that vote had been a secret ballot, I bet you it would have passed with 80 votes,” Kelly told reporters. He was referencing the compromise authored by Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) to expand background checks for gun buyers. It failed to advance in the Senate, with a vote Wednesday afternoon of 54 to 46.
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Griner Reveals That She’s Gay
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CBS Sports, by Staff
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Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 4/19/2013 1:39:43 PM
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Waco - Baylor star Brittney Griner has revealed she’s a lesbian. The Bears center, who was picked No. 1 overall in the recent WNBA Draft (to the Phoenix Mercury) and is considered by many to be an all-time great in women’s college basketball, casually explained her sexual orientation to Sports Illustrated. Griner was asked by SI’s Maggie Gray on the difference between men’s and women’s sports when it comes to acceptance of sexual orientation; why the WNBA has been able to often embrace many lesbians within their sport, while male sports in America still waits on its first publicly gay player.
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´My children were set up,´ father claims
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Associated Press *, by Staff
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Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 4/19/2013 12:34:59 PM
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Two brothers of Chechen origin suspected of staging the Boston marathon bombings, one of whom has been shot dead by police, are innocent of any crime, the Interfax news agency quotes a man identified as their father as saying. ‘‘In my opinion, my children were set up by the secret services because they are practising Muslims,’’ Anzor Tsarnaev told the Interfax news agency on Friday (Snip) On the site, he describes himself as speaking Chechen as well as English and Russian. His world view is described as ‘‘Islam’’ and he says his personal goal is ‘‘career and money.’’
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Allen West: Can we investigate
radical Islamic terror now?
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Washington Times, by Cheryl K. Chumley
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Posted By: Scottyboy- 4/19/2013 1:06:46 PM
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Former Florida Rep. Allen West issued a scathing statement on his Facebook page Friday, in response to the ongoing manhunt for one of the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings. “Let me be very clear. The terrorist attack in Boston and evolving events indicate we have a domestic radical Islamic terror problem in America,” he wrote. “No more excuses. No more apologies. We are in a war of ideological wills and we shall prevail.”
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Boston Shooting, Robbery,
Car Chase, Manhunt (Photos)
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Business Insider, by Alyson Shontell, Mandi Woodruff*
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Posted By: StormCnter- 4/19/2013 6:01:23 AM
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A shocking series of events on Thursday night and Friday morning left one Boston bombing suspect dead and the other on the run. Below are some images from the night. Please note that exact details are scare. Two men — later identified as the bombing suspects — are also suspected of fatally shooting an MIT Police Officer on Thurday night. An image from the crime scene was posted to Twitter by The Tech, below:(Photos)
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