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Another tornado touches down near Okla. City; at least 2 killed, 21 injured
Source: CBS News Another tornado touched down near Oklahoma City and is moving northeast, the National Weather Service confirmed, bringing more dangerous weather that has already claimed the lives of two people since Sunday.
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Devastating Tornado Cuts Path of Death in Oklahoma
A child is pulled from the rubble of the Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla., and passed along to rescuers Monday, May 20, 2013.
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Fox News Reporter James Rosen Caught Up In Federal Probe
There is word of another controversial leak investigation by the Department of Justice.
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At least 91 killed in Moore tornado, hundreds injured
Source: From KFOR TV, Oklahoma City MOORE, Okla. - Officials have confirmed at least 91 people have been killed in the Moore tornado Monday.
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DOJ's Pursuit of Fox News Journalist Deepens Outrage over...
New revelations about the manner in which President Obama's Department of Justice has pursued journalists thought to have garnered government secrets is being called not just a "war on whistleblowers," but an assault on "investigative journalism itself." President Obama and his Attorney General Eric Holder.
Santilli Doubles Down On Clinton Attack: "I Want To Shoot Her In The...
Extremist radio host Pete Santilli is defending and reiterating his inflammatory attacks on former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, stating on his program that he wants "to shoot her in the vagina and let her suffer right before my eyes." In a May 17 rant captured by Right Wing Watch, Santilli called for the Bush family and President Obama to be ... (more)
"Irrelevant": Fox Distorts Obama Adviser's Remarks In Continued Scandal Mongering Campaign
Fox News distorted remarks from White House Senior Adviser Dan Pfeiffer to falsely claim the Obama administration felt recent controversies involving the IRS and the attacks on U.S. diplomatic facilities in Benghazi, Libya, were "irrelevant." Pfeiffer's full comments made clear, however, that the administration felt the IRS targeting particular ... (more)
The White Paper on Drones: The Tail Wagging the Dog
If there are possible legal grounds for drone assassinations based on the White Paper, then these are post hoc ergo propter hoc confirmations of a fait accompli .
Rand Paul Continues Attacks on Clinton Over Benghazi
Sen. Rand Paul continued with his charges from earlier this week that former Sec.
Fears of Civil War Grip Iraq as Bombings and Death Skyrocket
Providing further evidence that Iraq is already experiencing the violence of a civil war, multiple bombings in two major cities on Monday killed dozens of people and injured many more.
Racism has been a consistent thread weaving through the American Right from the early days when Anti-Federalists battled against the U.S. Constitution to the present when hysterical Tea Partiers denounce the first African-American president.
Obama: partisan battles in Washington holding back US economy
President Barack Obama told students at Morehouse College: 'My whole life, I've tried to be what my father wasn't for my mother and me.' Photograph: Erik S Lesser/EPA President Barack Obama complained on Sunday that partisan battles in Washington are holding back stronger US economic growth as he tried to recover from one of the most difficult ... (more)
A Nuclear Iran Would Unlikely Tilt Regional Power Balance
A nuclear-armed Iran would not pose a fundamental threat to the United States and its regional allies like Israel and the Gulf Arab monarchies, according to a new report released here Friday by the Rand Corporation.
Likely US Drone Adds to Tally of Extrajudicial Killings in Yemen
A drone flying over southern Yemen bombed a passenger van on Saturday, killing at least four people and wounding several others, a local official said .
Gunmen Kill Khan's Senior Official Ahead of Pakistan Recount
A senior member of Imran Khan's Movement for Justice party was shot dead on Saturday outside the gates of her home in Karachi, Pakistan, hours before several re-elections were scheduled to take place in the country on Sunday.
Nerds, Jocks & Conscientious Objectors: The Hidden World of Israel's High School War Resisters
When the 19-year-old Israeli war resister Noam Gur attends weekly demonstrations against the occupation of Palestine, the soldiers who suppress the protestors - with tear gas, stun grenades, and occasionally live fire - aren't just strangers in uniform.
Nonconservative Groups Say IRS Scrutinized Them, Too
Outgoing acting Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Steve Miller and Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration J. Russell George are sworn before a full House Ways and Means Committee hearing Friday.
Obama DOE Approves 2nd Fracked Gas Terminal
Friday is the proverbial "take out the trash day" for the release of bad news among public relations practioners and this Friday was no different.
100,000 'Turn Up Heat' on Rome Gov't
Demonstrators applaud during the left-wing Italian metalworkers' union FIOM rally in downtown Rome Piazza San Giovanni on May 18, 2013.
The 13th floor of this building is being cleared out and given a new design and purpose.