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FAA to close 149 U.S. airport towers

by -NO AUTHOR- -- (BLOOMBERG) The U.S. will close 149 air-traffic control towers run by contractors at small- and mid-sized airports beginning on April 7 as a result of automatic budget cuts more…

Chris Christie pans 'gay'-conversion therapy

by -NO AUTHOR- -- (ABC NEWS) After initially saying he was undecided on the topic, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is against gay conversion therapy. Christie faced criticism when he said earlier more…

Obama exploits John Lennon for gun grab

by -NO AUTHOR- -- (ABC NEWS) The Twitter account @BarackObama tonight retweeted Yoko Ono's picture of John Lennon"s bloody glasses from the day he was murdered. The arresting photo, which includes text that more than a million people have more…

Paul, Rubio join GOP push on school-choice bill

by -NO AUTHOR- -- (WASHINGTON TIMES) A coalition of Republican senators, including rising stars such as Rand Paul of Kentucky and Marco Rubio of Florida, have joined forces to push a school voucher bill more…

Senate votes to kill Obamacare-related tax

by -NO AUTHOR- -- (WASHINGTON TIMES) The Senate on Thursday voted to repeal a sales tax on medical devices that is part of President Obama’s health-care law, a rare bipartisan attempt to strip away a section more…

Sandstorm forces Obama off helicopter

by -NO AUTHOR- -- (WASHINGTON TIMES) A violent sandstorm that kicked up in Jerusalem on the last day of Mr. Obama’s trip grounded President Obama’s helicopter Friday, making it unsafe for Mr. more…

Police beg and barter for ammo

by -NO AUTHOR- -- (CNSNEWS.COM) The nationwide shortage of ammunition has left many police departments scrambling to get their hands on the necessary rounds - with some even bartering among each other. more…

'COPS' slammed for portraying blacks as criminals

by Colin Flaherty -- [ooyala code="hxaHFiYTq03-cqxHXZvtodmXCsHv53w-"] (Editor's note: Colin Flaherty has done more reporting than any other journalist on what appears to be a nationwide trend of skyrocketing black-on-white crime, violence and more…

How Secret Service almost shot Ahmadinejad

by -NO AUTHOR- -- (The Atlantic) One morning in September 2006, during the United Nations General Assembly, President George W. Bush's daily intelligence brief contained a particularly chilling item. It was three more…