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Never in the history of revolutions has it been possible to see what is actually happening on the ground the way it is today in Syria. Dig, and you will find the unfiltered, unembedded truth.
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If religious freedom is part of the essential American DNA, then why do Americans sometimes act as if it’s OK to demonize religions, as witness recent anti-Islam bus ads?
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Representative Todd Akin (R-MO) and the GOP nominee for U.S. Senate caused a stir on Sunday with some remarks on abortion and rape:
How will this year's presidential election differ in terms of social media as compared to 2008? MDG Advertising put together this infographic on the "Growing Reach of Social Media's Election Impact". Some highlights of their graphic entitles "The Social Campaign" include:
A hollow point bullet is an expanding bullet that has a pit or hollowed out shape in its tip, often intended to cause the bullet to expand upon entering a target in order to decrease penetration, causing the target to absorb more of the impact and disrupting more tissue as it travels through a body. Hollow point bullets are designed to inflict maximum damage to their targets. They're not practice rounds. The purpose of hollow points is to kill and maim.
of the Mitt Romney budget plan. The analysis is part hypothetical because Romney has not specified any specific loopholes that he would close to make up for the lost revenue from cutting the marginal tax rate. However, the report finds that if Mitt Romney does makes good on the promises he has proposed, the middle-class will necessarily bear the burden of higher taxes.
of the Mitt Romney budget plan. The analysis is part hypothetical because Romney has not specified any specific loopholes that he would close to make up for the lost revenue from cutting the marginal tax rate. However, the report finds that if Mitt Romney does makes good on the promises he has proposed, the middle-class will necessarily bear the burden of higher taxes.
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July was a bleak month for the U.S. military. In Afghanistan, July set a grim record as the most deadly month of 2012 for U.S. soldier casualties. Military higher ups are scrambling to make sense of this spike in violence.
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July was a bleak month for the U.S. military. In Afghanistan, July set a grim record as the most deadly month of 2012 for U.S. soldier casualties. Military higher ups are scrambling to make sense of this spike in violence.
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Fighting between the army of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and the Free Syrian Army raged in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, the largest in the country, with rebels taking land near the airport.