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House Democrats to Cut Some Pork From the Menu

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WASHINGTON (March 12) -- It's hard to compete with bridges to nowhere, teapot museums and gigantic weapons systems the Pentagon doesn't want. But finally, pork projects for private companies are gett ...

Why the Internet Deserves the Nobel Peace Prize

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(March 12) -- The short list of nominees for this year's Nobel Peace Prize includes an unexpected contender: the Internet. This is the result of a campaign launched by the Italian edition of Wired ma ...

US Slams China on Human Rights Record

2 hours 48 minutes ago |AOL News

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(March 11) -- The United States has taken a fresh swing at China's human rights record at a time when the Obama administration is wooing Beijing for support against Iran, highlighting the tension bet ...

Reid's Wife, Daughter Injured in Car Accident

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WASHINGTON (March 12) -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's wife was hospitalized with a broken back and neck Thursday after a tractor-trailer truck slammed into the back of the minivan in which she ...

Trailblazing Ex-Lawmaker Freezes to Death Alone

19 hours 47 minutes ago |AP

COLUMBIA, S.C. (March 11) -- When Juanita Goggins became the first black woman elected to the South Carolina Legislature in 1974, she was hailed as a trailblazer and twice visited the president at th ...

Rep. Conyers' Wife Gets 3 Years for Bribery

1 day ago |AP

DETROIT (March 10) -- A former Detroit city councilwoman was sentenced to more than three years in prison Wednesday for bribery after a federal judge refused to set aside her guilty plea during a sto ...

UN Puts Climate Change Panel in Hot Seat

22 hours 49 minutes ago |AOL News

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(March 11) -- The United Nations is putting its own Nobel Prize-winning climate change panel under the microscope. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon announced Wednesday that the U.N. had launched an ind ...

Bloggers Mock Patrick Kennedy's Meltdown

22 hours 18 minutes ago |AOL News

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(March 11) -- You'd think conservative pundits would cheer a Democrat who took to the House floor and unleashed a blistering tirade against the news media. Not if that congressman is Patrick Kennedy. ...

House GOP Leaders Press for Freeze on Earmarks

1 day 3 hours ago |AP

WASHINGTON (March 10) -- House GOP leaders are pushing rank-and-file Republicans to break their addiction to pet projects by going cold turkey and giving up the long-cherished practice of directing f ...

Rep. Patrick Kennedy Calls Media 'Despicable'

1 day 13 hours ago |AP

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WASHINGTON (March 10) -- U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy is blasting the news media as "despicable," accusing them of ignoring the war in Afghanistan even as troops continue to die there. The Rhode Island ...

US Puts Squeeze on Iran Amid Calls for UN Sanctions

1 day 12 hours ago |AOL News

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(March 10) -- The United States is intensifying pressure on Iran commercially and diplomatically amid the push for new international sanctions targeting Tehran's nuclear program. President Barack Oba ...

Massa Accused of Trying to 'Snorkel' Navy Subordinates

1 day 15 hours ago |AOL News

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(March 10) -- In the wake of his sudden resignation from the U.S. House of Representatives, former Democratic Rep. Eric Massa finds himself under increasing public scrutiny for sexual misconduct over ...