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Economy adds meager 80,000 jobs in June

by -NO AUTHOR- -- (CNBC) The U.S. economy created just 80,000 jobs in June and the unemployment rate held steady at 8.2 percent, reflecting continued slow growth in the economy with the more…

Father, son charged with Texas ICE agent shooting

by -NO AUTHOR- -- (Associated Press) A father and son were charged Thursday with shooting a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement special agent who was conducting surveillance in South Texas. Pedro Alvarado, more…

Oops! All fireworks go at same time

by -NO AUTHOR- -- (The Atlantic) Folks in San Diego witnessed what was either the worst Fourth of July fireworks celebration – or the absolute best – when a technical malfunction caused more…

Bye, bye: Call it secession, call it divorce

by -NO AUTHOR- -- (Charlotte Observer) Since its founding in the 1990s, Ballantyne has projected an upscale, pre-eminent image. But the area’s pride as a landmark community recently took a different twist: more…

Americans tortured to death aboard prison ships

by The editors of Leben -- When he staggered down the gangplank of the prison ship Jersey, Joseph Hiester had accomplished far more than the other Continental soldiers with whom he had been imprisoned more…

Watch CBS News get 'Jacked' on '60 Minutes'

by Drew Zahn -- Jack Abramoff, onetime power broker for the elite of Washington, D.C., astonished the nation when he exposed corruption on Capitol Hill on CBS' Lesley Stahl's "60 Minutes" just more…

Space cadets: Obama, Perot to mine asteroids?

by Aaron Klein -- What does President Obama have in common with former presidential candidate Ross Perot, film director James Cameron and Google's Larry Page and Eric Schmidt? Each one supports a more…

Racial violence explodes in more states

by Colin Flaherty -- While most Americans were commemorating the nation's birthday, racial violence, lawlessness and animosity marred Independence Day celebrations in Georgia, Florida, Ohio, California, Texas and Illinois. Chris Rock started more…

Lawmaker: Model public schools after Muslim ones

by Chelsea Schilling -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4A8NMhqAw1M A U.S. lawmaker – who prides himself on being only the second Muslim elected to Congress – has declared that America "needs Muslims" and U.S. public schools more…