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Kennedy Cousin Loses Appeal In Murder Conviction

AP: The Connecticut Supreme Court is planning to release its ruling on Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel’s appeal of his murder conviction in the 1975 slaying of his 15-year-old neighbor. Prosecutor Susann Gill tells The Associated Press that she was notified

Christian Family Has 19 Kids, Liberal Media Sneers

Leave it to PETA to push the envelope. “Doggies Multiply Faster Than Duggars: Be Responsible. Always Spay and Neuter.” That was a billboard campaign that the controversial animal-rights organization wanted to launch in Springdale, Arkansas, near where America’s most fertile

Stupak to Retire, Betting Pool on His 'Next Job' Now Open

From the Associated Press: Democratic Rep. Bart Stupak, targeted for defeat by Tea Party activists for his crucial role in securing House approval of the health care overhaul, said Friday he would retire from Congress this year. The nine-term congressman

Obama Libels Israel, MSM Continues to Lie, Snooze

U.S.-Israeli relations have hit a 35-year low over the contentious east Jerusalem building project. Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren said: “Israel’s ties with the United States are in their worst crisis since 1975…a crisis of historic proportions.” This is because, according

Arrogant Approach to Health Care

The Cincinnati Enquirer nails it today: America’s robust discussion of health care reform during the past year has been beneficial in many ways, giving the public greater awareness and insight into this complex issue. Unfortunately, the debate has been held

Update: Angry Pilot Slams Plane Into Texas Building

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy MSNBC: A small plane crashed Thursday into a multistory office building in what what authorities said may have been a deliberate act by a man upset with the

Wire Watch: AP's Ben Feller Shamelessly Spins Obama Talking Points

It’s not exactly surprising to see a writer for the Apparatchik Press — er, the Associated Press — compose an in-the-tank item sympathetic with the Obama administration. But Ben Feller’s unlabeled analysis Monday morning (“Obama’s challenge: Anger is replacing hope”;

AP: Palestinian Protesters Pose as Na'vi From 'Avatar'

Yahoo: A Demonstrator dressed as a figure of the movie ‘Avatar’, shouts slogans against Israel’s separation barrier in the West Bank village of Bilin near Ramallah, Friday, Feb. 12, 2010. More here. Associated Press: JERUSALEM (AP) – Palestinian protesters have

The Left's Selective Outrage: When Movies Do and Don't Influence

In an editorial bashing conservatives, U.S. Marines, and businessmen on Jan. 19, the Los Angeles Times admits that James Cameron’s “Avatar” has a radical leftist agenda. But, either out of disingenuousness, deception, or stupidity, they then contend, what does it

Correction Request: Associated Press

Update 1/30: The Associated Press has removed the video highlighted below. While we thank the AP for taking the video down, we request they also scrub the headline “Suspects in Landrieu Break-in Appear in Court” from Associated Press pages and

America's New Year's Unemployment Hangover

One cannot drink oneself into sobriety. Yet that is precisely what Congressional Democrats and the Obama Administration have attempted with our economy for the past year with predictable and painful results. Unemployment continues to stand at an official 10% for

UPDATE 2: Meehan Apologizes, AP Left With Egg on Face

The latest: Michael Meehan, the Coakley staffer involved in last night’s scuffle, no make that a stumble, let’s try it one more time, the shoving incident with a Weekly Standard reporter, has now apologized: Last evening I was a little

As Climategate Becomes Pressgate, Questions for the Media

Trillions of dollars are at stake in the man-made global warming debate. The Climategate scandal – where leaked emails and computer programs involve dozens of prominent scientists worldwide – has almost everything one would want in a good scandal: conspiracies,

Officials: Afghan Bomber Invited Onto U.S. Base

AP: Two former U.S. Officials tell the Associated Press that the suicide bomber who killed seven CIA employees at a remote outpost in southeastern Afghanistan had been invited onto the base and had not been searched.

AP Sources: CIA Base Chief Killed In Attack

AP: The CIA said Thursday that seven of its employees were killed and six others wounded in a suicide bombing at a base in Afghanistan. The Associated Press has learned that one of them was the chief of the CIA’s