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By Dave Thier - AOL News(Dec. 14) -- It's held off on using bombers for now, but the Air Force has stepped up its opposition to international media organization WikiLeaks. It has reportedly blocked access to WikiLeaks and media websites such as The New York Times, The Guardian and Der Spiegel that originally published WikiLeaks documents. According to Reuters, an Air Force spokeswoman called the action "routine." The Air Force is just the latest in a litany of high-profile enemies lining up against WikiLeaks. Visa, MasterCard and PayPal all cut their services to the whistle-blower group, effectively kneecapping its ...
'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Ruling: A Headache and an Opportunity for Washington
By Andrew Cohen - Politics DailyCongress, the Pentagon and the White House all may intercede in the coming weeks or months to formally end the U.S. military's controversial "Don't ask, don't tell" policy toward gay and lesbian service members. But it won't be without a little pushing from the judiciary as well. A federal trial judge in California guaranteed the tri-branch dynamic Thursday evening when she ruled the beleaguered policy an unconstitutional infringement upon the First and Fifth Amendment rights of soldiers. Nominated to the bench by President Clinton, the same man who endorsed the compromise policy in 1993, ...
Who Makes America's Favorite Burger? 8 Things to Know About Five Guys
By Alex Eichler - AOL News(Aug. 17) -- According to the folks at Zagat, Americans' favorite fast-food burger now comes from the Virginia-based burger-and-fries joint Five Guys. The restaurant also placed third on the survey's list of most popular fast-food chains with fewer than 5,000 locations. Five Guys is a relatively new national player, though in recent years it has become more and more visible. Since it's now captured the hearts and minds of so many members of the burger-eating public, Surge Desk thought it was time to offer a cheat sheet on the company: 1. The first Five Guys opened in Arlington, Va., in ...
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