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Qatari Emir Visits Gaza in Boost to Hamas Rulers

Qatari Emir Visits Gaza in Boost to Hamas Rulers

(AP) Qatari emir visits Gaza in boost to Hamas rulersBy IBRAHIM BARZAKAssociated PressGAZA CITY, Gaza StripThe emir of Qatar received a hero’s welcome in Gaza on Tuesday, becoming the first head of state to visit the Palestinian territory since the

24 Hours Left For Khalidi Tape $100k Reward

24 Hours Left For Khalidi Tape $100k Reward

There are only 24 hours left to claim the $100,000 reward that Breitbart News has offered for the full, unedited, and complete “Khalidi tape”–the video recording of the 2003 farewell party for radical Palestinian-American academic Rashid Khalidi, which featured several

Lebanon PM Links Car Bomb to Syria Crisis

Lebanon PM Links Car Bomb to Syria Crisis

By BASSEM MROUEAssociated PressBEIRUTLebanon’s prime minister linked the massive car bomb that tore through Beirut to the civil war in neighboring Syria on Saturday, the latest signal that the crisis is enflaming an already tense region. The blast Friday in

Both Parties Eye Gains from Medicare Debate

Both Parties Eye Gains from Medicare Debate

By DAVID ESPOAP Special CorrespondentWASHINGTONA little more than two weeks before Election Day, Republicans and Democrats alike say Medicare is working to their political advantage in campaigns for the White House and Congress. They can’t both be right, and no

Campaign Finance Shenanigans Uncovered In Maine Senate Race

Campaign Finance Shenanigans Uncovered In Maine Senate Race

Watch this at WRKO Three Wall Street billionaires, Michael Bloomberg, Peter Ackerman, and John Burbank III, have funded Americans Elect, an organization that has spent more than $800,000 in the past three weeks in support of Independent Angus King’s campaign

'Independent' Audience Asks Twice As Many Anti-Romney Questions

'Independent' Audience Asks Twice As Many Anti-Romney Questions

Candy Crowley’s disgraceful performance tonight masked her true failure: her failure to pick questions outside the Daily Kos mailbag. Here’s the full list of questions she pre-screened from members of the “independent” audience. They got more and more egregious as

Big Money Flowing Through 2012 Presidential Race

Big Money Flowing Through 2012 Presidential Race

Barack Obama may not like asking for money, but the hundreds of people willing to pay upwards of $40,000 a pop to attend star-studded fundraisers in his honor show there are plenty willing to reach deep into their pockets on

Philippine Rebel Chief in Historic Peace Trip

Philippine Rebel Chief in Historic Peace Trip

The leader of the Philippines’ biggest Muslim rebel group is due to arrive in Manila on Sunday for a historic visit aimed at ending one of Asia’s longest and deadliest insurgencies. Murad Ebrahim and other senior figures of the Moro

Dems in Coal States Diverge on Obama Policies

Dems in Coal States Diverge on Obama Policies

By DONNA CASSATAAssociated PressST. CLAIRSVILLE, Ohio Friends of coal are certain they know the enemy. They fault President Barack Obama and his Environmental Protection Agency for new clean air rules they deride as a devastating blow to a multibillion-dollar industry

Romney Leads Obama in Two Colorado Polls

Romney Leads Obama in Two Colorado Polls

Mitt Romney leads President Barack Obama by one point, 48%-47%, in two Colorado polls, continuing his campaign’s momentum after a decisive victory during the first presidential debate in Denver. In a Survey USA/Denver Post poll, Romney leads Obama by one

Florida Moving Away from Obama

Florida Moving Away from Obama

Florida has had a starring role in presidential elections since 2000. Bush won it that year by a few hundred votes. It was heavily contested again in 2004, but Bush carried it by 5 points, better than he did nationally.