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Amputee Marine overcomes hardship, becomes successful model

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Oh, he’s hot, but he’s an inspiring, true, American hero and that’s the most important thing. New male model U.S. Marine Alex Minsky survived a roadside bombing in Afghanistan in 2009 that took his right leg and caused severe injuries. “Minsky spent 47 days in a coma and suffered traumatic brain injuries and severe burns [...]

Capitol Police attempted to block tea party from Immigration Rally

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The tea party movement has returned to Washington, D.C. with a vengeance. Event organizers are holding an “Audit the IRS” rally Wednesday in what is expected to be the biggest rally since 2010. In light of the unfair treatment heaped upon conservative organizations by the IRS that led to today’s rally taking place, one might [...]

Tamerlan Tsarnaev touted as victim of gun violence at Bloomberg group rally

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Things got crazy between pro gun and anti-gun supporters at a rally in Concord, New Hampshire Tuesday. Mayor Bloomberg’s gun control group, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, sent about 40 protestors, but were outnumbered by 60 or so pro gun supporters outside the Capitol building, the Union Leader reported. Tensions were high and the shouts were [...]

GOP shopper: It’s a SNAP to live on reduced food stamp allotment

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A food fight erupted over a House farm bill Tuesday, with a handful of Democrats and a Republican aide wrangling over the cost of groceries. About 30 Democrats launched a “SNAP Challenge,” intended to show that proposed cuts to food stamps would leave families unable to feed themselves. The Democrats claimed that the $31.50 weekly [...]

Obama greeted with mocking ‘Yes We Scan’ signs in Berlin

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President Barack Obama didn’t receive quite as warm a reception as he may have expected when he addressed an audience in Berlin Wednesday. The speeches of previous American presidents enjoyed a warm, often rioyous, reception. President Kennedy’s “Ich bin ein Berliner” speech and President Reagan’s “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall” statement were especially memorable. [...]

Bloomberg’s anti-gun efforts already hurting Alaska Democrat

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Mayor Nanny’s marching orders could already be paying off – for Republicans hoping to regain the Senate. Big New York donors have called off a fundraising event in the city for Alaska Democratic Sen. Mark Begich, thanks to an effort by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg to enforce the party line on gun control. According [...]

Professor forces students to be gay rights activists for a grade

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A Tennessee college professor is alleged to have ordered her students to openly support gay and lesbian issues as part of a class assignment regardless of their political or religious views. Dr. Linda Brunton ordered the students in her general psychology class at Columbia State Community College to wear rainbow coalition ribbons and express their [...]

Lawmaker stumped by simple question on abortion bill

Diana DeGette

A Democratic congresswoman was unable to answer a reporter’s question as to why she opposed a 20-week abortion cutoff, yet strove for gun control legislation if it would even “save one life.” Reps. Diana DeGette, D-Colo. and Louise Slaughter, D-N.Y., who co-chair the House Pro-Choice Caucus, appeared Tuesday to announce their opposition to the Pain-Capable [...]

Man detains vandals, calls police, gets arrested

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An upstate New York man was arrested for holding four young boys in a closet pending the arrival of police after catching them in the act of vandalizing a relative’s home to the tune of tens of thousands of dollars in damage. Jesse Daniels, who lives in the Wayne County village of Clyde, heard pounding [...]

O’Reilly says Obama could be impeached if NSA is reading e-mails

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In responding to President Obama‘s comments during an inteview with PBS’s Charlie Rose on Monday, Fox News’s Bill O’Reilly declared that “if evidence is produced that any U.S. intelligence agency is reading emails without a specific warrant, Mr. Obama could very well be impeached.” On Tuesday’s show, as reported by NewsBusters, O’Reilly showed a clip [...]