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Rep. John Murtha, Advocate for Pa. District, Pentagon, Dies at 77
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Rep. John Murtha, Advocate for Pa. District, Pentagon, Dies at 77
By Patricia Murphy
U.S. Rep. John Murtha died Monday after a lengthy and sometimes tumultuous career in Congress. The Pennsylvania Democrat was first elected to represent his Johnstown Congressional district in 1974 after returning home from fighting as a Marine in Vietnam. Once elected, he rose through the ranks of ...
McConnell Attacks Holder on Underwear Bomber, Justice and Security Conflict Grows
By Jason Seher
While Secretary of Defense Robert Gates told the House Select Committee on Intelligence on Wednesday that a terrorist attack against the United States was imminent, on the other side of Capitol Hill, Senate Republican Minority Leader Mitch McConnell slammed President Barack Obama's national security ...
Where We All Walk: Chapman, Hinckley, and Unintended Consequences
By James Grady
J. D. Salinger's slide into that last good night sent my mind to assassins.And suddenly, it's Dec. 8, 1980, night on a New York city sidewalk where a chunky Mark Chapman draws his Hawaiian-bought Charter Arms .38 and from spitting distance blasts four out of five hollow point bullets into ex-Beatle ...
Jury Convicts Scott Roeder of Murdering Abortionist George Tiller
By David SessionsA jury in Wichita, Kan., convicted Scott Roeder for the murder of George Tiller, one of the few doctors performing late-term abortions in the United States, the Los Angeles Times reports. The jury of seven men and five women reached a verdict after only 37 minutes of deliberation, and also convicted ...
James O'Keefe Released on Bond, Ordered to Live With Parents Until February Hearing
By David Sessions
James O'Keefe, the 25-year-old conservative filmmaker who was arrested this week in connection with a plot to tamper with phone lines in Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu's New Orleans office, is out of jail on $10,000 bond, Talking Points Memo reports. The judge ordered O'Keefe to live with his parents ...
Bill to Criminalize Bestiality Advances in Alaska Legislature
By David Sessions
A Republican-sponsored bill that would criminalize sexual contact with animals is making its way toward the law books in Alaska, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports. The bill cleared the Alaska Senate State Affairs Committee on Tuesday. Rep. Bob Lynn, who sponsored the bill, says animal abusers ...
Anti-ACORN Filmmaker, Others Accused of Trying to Infiltrate Senator's Office
By Christopher WeberFour men have been arrested in Louisiana on suspicion of trying to gain access to Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu's New Orleans office by posing as telephone repairmen, it was reported Tuesday. Among those taken into custody was James O'Keefe, the conservative filmmaker who shot undercover videos ...
Google May Quit China Over Cyber Attacks on Activists' E-mails
By Christopher WeberGoogle is threatening to halt operations in China because sophisticated cyber attacks are targeting its e-mail service. The Internet company said Tuesday that the computer network attacks discovered last month attempted to access the e-mail accounts of Chinese human rights activists, The ...
Former Employee Opens Fire at St. Louis Factory, Killing Three
By David SessionsThree were killed and five more wounded in a shooting at an industrial plant in St. Louis, local news channel KSDK 5 reports. St. Louis police said they were unsure if the shooter, who was armed with an assault rifle, was one of the dead. Three of the wounded are said to be in critical condition, ...
Accused Holocaust Museum Gunman Dies in Prison
By Christopher WeberJames von Brunn, the 89-year-old man charged with killing a guard in a shooting at Washington's Holocaust museum, has died in a prison hospital. A spokesperson with North Carolina's Butner federal prison said von Brunn died Wednesday afternoon. Von Brunn suffered from a variety of health problems, ...
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