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Did Carl Paladino Really Say 'F--- Him' About Eric Holder? [VIDEO]

(Oct. 12) -- Another day, another YouTube-generated headache for Carl Paladino. In footage obtained by Jeremy Jacobs of National Journal's Hotline OnCall, the following video, taken at a town hall meeting on March 26 in Tappan, N.Y., appears to portray the tea-party-backed New York gubernatorial candidate uttering the...

Obama Urges Fla. Pastor to Cancel Quran Burning

(Sept. 9) -- President Barack Obama called upon a Florida pastor not to burn the Quran, denouncing the act as "completely contrary to our values" and warning that it could become a "recruitment bonanza" for al-Qaida. "If he's listening, I just hope he understands that what he's proposing to do is completely contrary to...

Why Is Attorney General Eric Holder Dragging His Feet on Prison Rape?

(Aug. 27) -- A new report by the Bureau of Justice Statistics shows that sexual violence in prison is rampant. During the year prior to when the BJS took its survey, it found that 64,500 inmates in state and federal prison had been abused, as had another 24,000 in county jails. According to The New York Review of Books,...

Opinion: Why Obama Should Take on Prison Reform

(Aug. 17) -- In an article recently on AOL News, Paul Wachter posed the question: Will Obama take on prison reform? That's a great question. It would be hard to predict what Obama actually will do, but this is certain: President Barack Obama absolutely should take on prison reform. It is a moral and practical...

14 People Charged With Aiding Somali Terror Group

(Aug. 5) -- Fourteen people, some of them U.S. citizens, have been charged with trying to join a Somali terrorist group allied with al-Qaida and tied to two deadly bombings in Uganda last month, the Justice Department said. Twelve of those charged with trying to join or providing support to the group, known as al-Shabab,...