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Thursday, November 5, 2009
Continuing Updates: Army Officer Opens Fire At Fort Hood; death toll rises to 13; 30 wounded; gunman shot, hospitalized
Nidal M. Hasan, 39, a major who had made a career in the military and was trained to treat soldiers under stress, allegedly fired a pair of pistols, one of them semiautomatic, in the soldier readiness facility, authorities said. All around him, soldiers who had been waiting to see doctors scattered or dropped to the floor. Hasan and a civilian policewoman exchanged fire, authorities said. Both were hit.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
BREAKING: Democrat Beats Back Teabaggers in NY "23"; Republican Governors win VA & NJ; Gay Marriage Loses In Maine
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Democrat Bill Owens (pictured) withstands the teabagger assault in New York CD 23; Republican governors win New Jersey and Virginia; Progressive Dem John Garamendi wins Congressional seat in Northern CA; Bloomberg re-purchases New York City; gay marriage is defeated in Maine. A roller coaster ride of a night!
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
BREAKING: Yankees Win World Series; Beat Phillies 7-3
The New York Yankees beat the Philadephia Phillies 7-3 at Yankee Stadium to take the 2009 World Series
Friday, October 16, 2009
CODEPINK Hand Delivers Afghan Petition To President Obama
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At a tony San Francisco fundraiser, CODEPINK co-founder Jodie Evans presented President Obama with a signed Afghan petition and told him Afghan women want a seat at the negotiating table.
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Protesters Will Focus On Economy At Next Week's G-20 Summit
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After weeks of legal wrangling with Pittsburgh city officials, social justice groups finally secure protest permits for next week's G-20 Summit. CODEPINK will pitch a 3-day tent city to highlight economic issues.
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Iraqi Journalist Muntazer al-Zaidi: Why I Threw The Shoe
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Tried and imprisoned for throwing his shoes at then-President George W. Bush during a press conference, the recently released Iraqi journalist explains the desperation that pushed him to act.
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Frank Rich; The Guns of August
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Those on the right who defend the reckless radicals inevitably argue “The left does it too!” It’s certainly The protesters of the antiwar group Code Pink have disrupted Congressional hearings. But this is a false equivalence. Code Pink doesn’t show up on Capitol Hill with firearms.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Military Rape Reports Rise, Prosecutions Still Low
The Pentagon said it received 2,923 reports of sexual assault across the military in the 12 months ending Sept. 30 2008. That's about a 9 percent increase over the totals reported the year before, but only a fraction of the crimes presumably being committed.
