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Mexico Cartel Dominates, Torches Western State

Mexico Cartel Dominates, Torches Western State

(AP) – Michoacan is burning. A drug cartel that takes its name from an ancient monastic order has set fire to lumber yards, packing plants and passenger buses in a medieval-like reign of terror. The Knights Templar cartel is extorting

Army Has Paid Ft. Hood Suspect over $278,000 Since Shooting

Army Has Paid Ft. Hood Suspect over $278,000 Since Shooting

Accused shooter Major Nidal Hasan “has been paid more than $278,000” since the November 2009 attack on soldiers at Fort Hood, according to Dallas/Fort Worth’s NBC 5. That attack resulted in 13 deaths and another 32 wounded. The Army contends that

Zimmerman Defense: Trayvon on Pot

Zimmerman Defense: Trayvon on Pot

The defense in the George Zimmerman trial for the killing of Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Florida last year, wants to introduce evidence that Martin was a marijuana user. Prosecutors have asked the judge not to allow any evidence that Martin

IRS Scandal: Lois Lerner to Invoke Fifth Amendment

IRS Scandal: Lois Lerner to Invoke Fifth Amendment

Tuesday afternoon a bombshell was dropped into the already explosive IRS scandal when it was reported that Lois Lerner, a top IRS official in the non-profit division that paralyzed Tea Party groups with ongoing harassment, would invoke the Fifth Amendment

Miller: IRS Didn't Have Time To Prepare Testimony

Miller: IRS Didn't Have Time To Prepare Testimony

On Tuesday, the Senate Finance Committee convened a hearing examining the circumstances of the IRS targeting of tea party and conservatives organizations. Appearing before the committee Acting Commissioner Steven Miller began his remarks noting the the IRS hadn’t had time

Miller: IRS Didn't Have Time to Prepare Testimony

Miller: IRS Didn't Have Time to Prepare Testimony

On Tuesday, the Senate Finance Committee convened a hearing examining the circumstances of the IRS targeting of tea party and conservatives organizations. Appearing before the committee, Acting Commissioner Steven Miller began his remarks noting that the IRS hadn’t had time

Cheap Ways To Get Your AR-15 Ready For Home Defense

Cheap Ways To Get Your AR-15 Ready For Home Defense

Amid rising energy prices, increased taxation, and the politically driven buying panic that’s pushed ammunition and firearm prices higher under Obama, it might surprise you to know it’s possible to get your AR-15 ready for home defense on the cheap. 

Red Wings Beat Blackhawks, Take 2-1 Series Lead

Red Wings Beat Blackhawks, Take 2-1 Series Lead

(AP) Red Wings top Blackhawks 3-1, take 2-1 series leadBy LARRY LAGEAP Hockey WriterDETROITGustav Nyquist and Drew Miller scored 31 seconds apart midway through the second period and Pavel Datsyuk restored a two-goal lead in the third to help the

FBI Warrant Labels Fox Reporter a 'Co-Conspirator' in Leak

The newly published request for a search warrant of James Rosen’s email account makes clear that Rosen himself is a target of the investigation. The document compares Rosen to an “intelligence officer” whose actions make him a “co-conspirator” rather than

America Waiting on Big Decisions from SCOTUS

America Waiting on Big Decisions from SCOTUS

Several major cases will be decided by the Supreme Court over the next six weeks, including historic issues such as gay marriage and affirmative action. These cases make the remainder of the Court’s term–which ends in June–one of the most

'SNL' Defends IRS, Mocks Tea Party

'SNL' Defends IRS, Mocks Tea Party

On Saturday’s Weekend Update segment of Saturday Night Live, Seth Meyers and former anchor Amy Poehler touched on the IRS scandal but spared the government agency any scathing critiques. Instead, the duo used softball critiques of the IRS, such as “you’re less

New York Times Lauds Jay Carney

New York Times Lauds Jay Carney

The New York Times, ever eager to leap to the defense of embattled Obama Administration officials, has a puff piece extolling the virtues of White House Spokesman Jay Carney amid the slings and arrows he must suffer.  Noting that Carney

SKorea Says NKorea Fires 3 Short-Range Missiles

SKorea Says NKorea Fires 3 Short-Range Missiles

(AP) – North Korea fired three short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters on Saturday, a South Korean official said. It routinely tests such missiles, but the latest launches came during a period of tentative diplomacy aimed at easing tensions.

Big NCAA Lacrosse Weekend: Preview of Quarterfinal Matches

Big NCAA Lacrosse Weekend: Preview of Quarterfinal Matches

This weekend, the NCAA Lacrosse Championship Tournament heats up with the quarterfinals at University of Maryland’s Byrd Field and Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.  Owing to the growth and dynamism of the sport, we’re now seeing a trending parity amongst

Piers Morgan Uses IRS Scandal to Re-Litigate Nixon

Piers Morgan Uses IRS Scandal to Re-Litigate Nixon

During an appearance on Piers Morgan Live Wednesday, former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld would not allow Morgan to imply that keeping a list of political enemies is the same as using the IRS to target political enemies. Morgan brought up the IRS

O'Donnell: IRS Did Nothing Wrong

O'Donnell: IRS Did Nothing Wrong

Lawrence O’Donnell likes to march to the beat of a different drummer. And in the case of Wednesday night’s edition of “The Last Word” on MSNBC, he marched away from just about everyone in the media and politics by maintaining