BLOCKED: Federal Judge Reins In Indefinite Detention, Found Unconstitutional By New York Judge

WASHINGTON -- A day before Congress weighs an amendment to end indefinite military detentions in the U.S., a federal judge Wednesday ruled the law that allows the practice unconstitutional.

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HuffPo 2012 Presidential Electoral Map | Obama 294 - Romney 170

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney are in a statistical dead heat in Ohio, Virginia and 10 other states up for grabs in the 2012 election, according to a poll released on Monday. The poll by Gallup Inc. andUSA Today showed Obama …

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Iran Hangs 'Mossad Agent' For Allegedly Killing Nuclear Scientist

Iran has hanged a man it said was an agent for Israeli intelligence agency Mossad whom it convicted of killing one of its nuclear scientists in 2010, Iranian state media reported on Tuesday. Twenty-four year old Majid Jamali Fashi was hanged at Tehran's Evin Prison after being …

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Cyclist Finds His Stolen Bicycle on Craigslist, Promptly Steals it Back

When a Washington, D.C. man saw his recently-stolen bicycle for sale on Craigslist, his mission became clear: get it back, with or without the help of police. Cyclist Danny Lesh had loaned the 14-year-old Cannondale hybrid to a friend, who committed the rookie mistake of  …

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'SNL' Skewers 'Fox And Friends' With Bin Laden Anniversary Coverage (VIDEO)

"Saturday Night Live" opened this week's show with a parody of "Fox and Friends," the morning show on Fox News. But the NBC comedy program's parody of Steve Doocy, Gretchen Carlson and Brian Kilmeade was hardly a caricature of the lengths that the cable program reaches in portr …

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France Elections: Hollande Beats Sarkozy To Become France President

In an almost universally expected result, Socialist candidate François Hollande has unseated French president Nicolas Sarkozy, winning the French presidential runoff Sunday, France 24 reports. Hollande won 51.9 percent to Sarkozy's 48.1 percent.

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Number of biracial babies soars over past decade - The Washington Post

The number of mixed-race babies has soared over the past decade, new census data show, a result of more interracial couples and a cultural shift in how many parents identify their children in a multiracial society.

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The Next War - Americans are fooling themselves if they think the era of adventures abroad is over

U.S. President Barack Obama's recent speech during his surprise visit to Afghanistan on May 1 said it all: "Our goal is not to build a country in America's image or to eradicate every vestige of the Taliban. These objectives would require many more years, many more dollars, and …

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US Army Captain In Afghanistan Dies During Skype Chat With His Wife

HOUSTON — The wife of an Army officer serving in Afghanistan witnessed her husband's death as the two video chatted via Skype, his family said Friday. The circumstances of Capt. Bruce Kevin Clark's death were not immediately available. The Pentagon said it was under inve …

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Amber Alert (has been Cancelled) - 7 year old Clare County girl found Safe and Unharmed - Updated

CLARE COUNTY, MI -- A 7 year old Clare County girl is believed to be in "extreme danger" after allegedly being kidnapped by her grandparents. Emily Grace Hullihen was last seen leaving Larson Elementary School in Harrison, Mich. at 3:00 p.m. Friday, and later spotted in an unk …

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Man Has Affair with Private Eye Girlfriend Hired - Honeytrap test works a little too well for one woman

With a name like "Honeytrap," you would think that some women might suspect that a such-named private eye would, instead of catching boyfriends cheating, help them cheat. That's exactly what happened to Samantha Phipps, whom after dating Jack Ewing for a year, began to suspect  …

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Joe The Plumber Turned Away From White House

Samuel Wurzelbacher, also known as "Joe The Plumber," recently visited the White House but couldn't get in.

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Ann Romney's $1,000 Blouse, Stay At Home Mom Job Must Pay Really Well...Video

So what does Ann Romney Style look like? What can we expect from this potential FLOTUS? Flashy bird shirts, apparently. Today Mitt and his wife appeared on CBS's "Early Show" to show Charlie Rose how "wild and crazy" Mittens really is. But what she succeeded …

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Seau suicide raises question: why?

As San Diegans grapple with the tragic news of Junior Seau’s death, mental health experts warned against coming to any conclusions about why the former NFL star took his life Wednesday morning.

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Blind Chinese Dissident Leaves U.S. Embassy for Medical Treatment - NYTimes.com

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Philadelphia Priest Trial Painful, scarred men and women tell jurors that priests groped, molested or raped them as teen

Six years have passed since Stanley Gana was ousted from the priesthood over child-sex abuse claims, and another decade since he was removed as a pastor by the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.

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How to go jail in two easy steps: 1. Siphon gas from a police car. 2. Post a photo of yourself doing it on Facebook

How to go jail in two easy steps: 1. Siphon gas from a police car. 2. Post a photo of yourself siphoning gas from a police car on Facebook. Kentucky man Michael Baker, 20, was arrested and charged with theft after cops got wind of the photo he had shared, which also captures hi …

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FBI: Hundreds Of Thousands May Lose Internet In July

WASHINGTON (AP) — For computer users, a few mouse clicks could mean the difference between staying online and losing Internet connections this summer. Unknown to most of them, their problem began when international hackers ran an online advertising scam to take control o …

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AFFIDAVIT: George Zimmerman Chased Down Trayvon Martin As He Tried To Run Home - Business Insider

Florida special prosecutor Angela Corey filed a probable cause affidavit today in the second-degree murder case against George Zimmerman, the community watchman who shot and killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin as he was walking home from a local convenience store.  Most of t …

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Michele Bachmann's Racist attack on President Obama - Another Tar Baby Comment

Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota (R-Minn.) must miss the limelight from the campaign trail. How else to explain the former presidential candidate’s use of the word “tar baby” in relation to her discussion of President Obama's energy policy?

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Obama doing well in Florida - wins independents 53-34, 69-21 with young voters and 52-37 with Hispanics

Barack Obama starts the general election with a 5 point advantage over Mitt Romney in Florida, 50-45. This is the biggest lead Obama's had in Florida over the course of five polls PPP's done in the state since the beginning of 2011. The main reason for Obama's enhanced standin …

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CNN/ORC Poll: Obama Leads Romney In Numerous Categories, Some By Double Digits

Interviews with 1,015 adult Americans conducted by telephoneby ORC International on April 13-15, 2012.  The margin ofsampling error for results based on the total sample is plus orminus 3 percentage points.  The sample also includes 910interviews among registered vote …

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Poll: Voters Doubt Romney Can Beat Obama - 2012 Decoded

To defeat President Obama in the fall, Mitt Romney has to court Hispanics wary of his immigration agenda, tell college-educated women he won't take away their contraception, and keep still-skeptical conservatives enthusiastic about his campaign. 

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Reuters/Ipsos poll: President Obama easily beating Mitt Romney among U.S. women… again, (on every issue)

Per the new Reuters/Ipsos poll, both men and women favor the president over Willard M. Romney on– wait for it– family values. After all Republicans do to force their so-called morals on the country, after all that insistence that their family values are better than …

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Mitt Romney's Lies - US News and World Report

As his briefly front-running campaign sunk in the polls under relentless punishment from Mitt Romney's "super PAC" allies in the days before the Iowa caucuses, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich caused a brief stir by matter-of-factly telling a TV interviewer that Romney is a " …

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