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Said Jaziri: 5 Facts About the Muslim Imam Caught After Illegally Crossing the Mexican Border

Welcome to America! U.S. Border Patrol agents made an interesting discovery when they stopped a car 50 miles east of San Diego earlier this month. Inside the trunk of a BWM that was allegedly being driven by immigrant smugglers from Mexico, they found Said Jaziri, a Muslim cleric from Tunisia who was deported from Canada...

2010: The Year Sarah Palin Became Queen of All Media

Move on over, Oprah. There's a new media queen in town. In a feat that may have seemed impossible at the conclusion of 2009, Sarah Palin became an even more visible national personality in 2010. After she and Republican presidential nominee John McCain lost the 2008 election by some 8 million votes to Barack Obama and...

Islamic Center's Bid for Federal Funds Draws Fire

(Nov. 23) --The developers of a proposed Islamic community center and mosque near ground zero are seeking federal redevelopment grants reportedly worth $5 million, further infuriating some families and first responders. "I think it's an insult to the 9/11 families. It's another smack in the face," retired Deputy Fire...

Refudiate: From Sarah Palin Twitter Fail to Word of the Year

(Nov. 15) -- It's hard to refudiate. The New Oxford American Dictionary has named "refudiate" as its 2010 word of the year. The term, which heretofore was not actually considered an English-language word, was popularized by Sarah Palin this past summer on her Twitter feed. Here's how the star of "Sarah Palin's Alaska"...

'The View' Hosts Briefly Exit Set After Bill O'Reilly's Anti-Park51 Remarks

(Oct. 14) -- C'mon, Whoopi and Joy, is that any way to treat a guest? Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar, two hosts on ABC's "The View," briefly excused themselves from the set today during a heated argument with Fox News pundit Bill O'Reilly over the Park51 Muslim community center and mosque. During the argument, O'Reilly...