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GUTCHECK: Why Sony Should Scare You

GUTCHECK: Why Sony Should Scare You

I hate the news right now, because websites, TV shows, and blogs are all reporting on the Sony emails – poring over the content, sucking out the juiciest bits and spitting them our way. Accidentally, I’ll get one right in

California Lawmakers Find The Grass Greener on K Street

California Lawmakers Find The Grass Greener on K Street

More and more California lawmakers are jumping from congressional and state lawmaker seats to join high powered lobbyist firms on K Street. Former congressman Vic Fazio from Sacramento, Republicans Dan Lungren and John Doolittle are but a few of those

Auburn Redshirt Freshman Jakell Mitchell Shot and Killed

Auburn Redshirt Freshman Jakell Mitchell Shot and Killed

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Auburn freshman football player Jakell Lenard Mitchell was shot and killed Sunday morning at an apartment complex near the Auburn University campus, police and news reports said. Auburn Police Capt. Will Matthews told The Associated Press

Russia Denies another Near Miss in Baltic Skies

Russia Denies another Near Miss in Baltic Skies

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s Defense Ministry on Sunday denied Swedish claims that for the second time this year a Russian military aircraft had nearly collided with a passenger jet over Sweden, insisting that the two planes were never less than

Are You Ready for Some Johnny Football?

Are You Ready for Some Johnny Football?

Cleveland Browns safety Johnson Bademosi, in an editorial for Peter King’s MMBQ.com, wrote that he wore an “I can’t breathe shirt” for all those “victimized by our country’s never-ending hegemony.” This “never-ending hegemony” has been very good to the Stanford

Big Win Could Help Japan’s Abe Pursue Nationalist Goals

Big Win Could Help Japan’s Abe Pursue Nationalist Goals

TOKYO (AP) — A projected landslide victory for Japan’s ruling party in Sunday’s parliamentary elections could give Prime Minister Shinzo Abe political breathing space to push forward with his long-held nationalist agenda. While Abe has put the economy at the

Senate Passes Bill to Sanction Venezuela Officials

Senate Passes Bill to Sanction Venezuela Officials

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has passed legislation that would direct President Barack Obama to levy sanctions against Venezuelan government officials or others accused of perpetrating acts of violence or human rights abuses of anti-government demonstrators. The bill, passed in

James Rallies Cavs Past Raptors for 8th in a Row

James Rallies Cavs Past Raptors for 8th in a Row

CLEVELAND (AP) — LeBron James acknowledged that it didn’t look good for the Cavaliers on Tuesday night. As usual when his team is in trouble, he did something about it. James scored 35 points, making the tiebreaking 3-pointer with 48

General: Islamic State Fighters on Their Heels

General: Islamic State Fighters on Their Heels

KUWAIT CITY (AP) — Islamic State fighters have lost the initiative in Iraq and are now “on defense” with far less ability to generate the kind of ground maneuvers that enabled the extremists to capture large chunks of Iraq earlier

Blue on Blue: Berkeley Protests Stop Amtrak Train

Blue on Blue: Berkeley Protests Stop Amtrak Train

For the third straight evening, demonstrators took to the streets of Berkeley, California to protest the shooting by police of unarmed black suspects Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO and Eric Garner in Staten Island, NY. And for the first time

Scorned Frogs: Committee Deals TCU Unkindest Card of All

Scorned Frogs: Committee Deals TCU Unkindest Card of All

It’s not that they’re not in. It’s more the way they were left out. The College Football Playoff selection committee revealed its first four-team bracket on Sunday and very conspicuous excluded the Horned Frogs of Texas Christian University. Despite putting

What the GOP Could Learn from Jim Webb

What the GOP Could Learn from Jim Webb

Ten years ago in his only nonfiction book, Born Fighting, James Webb came to the defense of red-state America, standing unapologetically for the marginalized Scots-Irish stock that heavily populates the South and Midwest. On the wrong side of the cultural