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Crossroads Books $20M in TV Ads for 6 Senate Races

WASHINGTON (AP) — High-dollar donors’ favorite political machine on Tuesday began booking another $20 million in television air time for an autumn advertising blitz aimed at tipping six Senate seats into Republican hands. The Karl Rove-backed American Crossroads super PAC

Report: Children Not Filtered Out of Facebook Mind Experiment

Report: Children Not Filtered Out of Facebook Mind Experiment

Like something straight out of a 1970’s Hollywood paranoia thriller, without telling them they were being experimented on, Facebook conducted an emotion-altering experiment on nearly 700,000 of its users. Some of them might have been children. The experiment, which was

MSNBC Host Corrects Dem Rep's Hobby Lobby Falsehoods

MSNBC Host Corrects Dem Rep's Hobby Lobby Falsehoods

Although MSNBC hasn’t giving favorable coverage to the Hobby Lobby Supreme Court decision, their hosts have their limits.  Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI) railed against the Supreme Court’s ruling on “MSNBC Live,” at first questioning Hobby Lobby’s religious sincerity, an argument

Monica Lewinsky: I Was 'Virgin to Humiliation'

Monica Lewinsky: I Was 'Virgin to Humiliation'

On Monday’s broadcast of NBC’s “Today,” a preview clip from National Geographic’s documentary series  “The ‘90s: The Last Great Decade?” was shown. That clip featured an interview with President Bill Clinton’s former White House intern Monica Lewinsky. Lewinsky spoke about

Beckel: Gov't Technology 'Works at the IRS'

Beckel: Gov't Technology 'Works at the IRS'

Former Democratic campaign manager and left-leaning Fox News contributor Bob Beckel argued that the Internal Revenue Service is an example of the government effectively using technology.  During a discussion on the lack of internal controls on the Obamacare website on

Britain Bans Google Glasses in UK Cinemas

Britain Bans Google Glasses in UK Cinemas

If you plan on catching the latest blockbuster at any cinema in the United Kingdom, you’ll want to leave your Google Glass at home.  Just days after Google announced that its wearable heads-up information display technology was arriving in the

Five Tough Facts About Inflation and Fed Policy

Five Tough Facts About Inflation and Fed Policy

Inflation is soaring, and the Federal Reserve is looking away. It has printed trillions of dollars to save big banks from their financial crisis debauchery and to keep interest rates low to spur economic recovery, but those have not improved

Mariam Ibrahim: 'I Gave Birth Chained'

Mariam Ibrahim: 'I Gave Birth Chained'

In an exclusive interview with CNN’s Nima Elbagir by phone, Mariam Ibrahim, the Sudanese Christian woman who initially faced a death sentence for refusing to renounce her faith, spoke about the ordeal she faced while jailed. Part of that ordeal

Petro Poroshenko Ends Ceasefire in East Ukraine

Petro Poroshenko Ends Ceasefire in East Ukraine

The ceasefire in east Ukraine is over, and President Petro Poroshenko said the government will attack the pro-Russian forces if necessary. As of 12:35 p.m. Kiev time, four civilians were killed and two Ukrainian journalists kidnapped. “Taking into account all

Turkish PM Erdogan Seeking Presidential Post

Turkish PM Erdogan Seeking Presidential Post

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s ruling party on Tuesday nominated Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to run in Turkey’s first directly elected presidential race in August, announcing his candidacy to thousands of cheering supporters. The move could keep Erdogan, who

More Texas Cops Volunteer to Aid 'Migrant Death Trap' County

More Texas Cops Volunteer to Aid 'Migrant Death Trap' County

HOUSTON, Texas–Two more volunteer police officers from Hidalgo County are being sworn in this week as reserve deputies to assist the Brooks County Sheriff’s Office. The volunteers are rushing to the assistance of this neighboring Sheriff’s Department in need of

Illegal Immigrant Wanted for Murder Deported from US for Third Time

Illegal Immigrant Wanted for Murder Deported from US for Third Time

HOUSTON, Texas–U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deported an illegal immigrant from Mexico on Tuesday. The man, 39-year-old Osbaldo Carrillo-Peralta, is wanted in his home country for murder–a warrant for his arrest was issued in Mexico in April 2011. Carrillo-Peralta was

Amarillo Moves Forward with Downtown Baseball Stadium

Amarillo Moves Forward with Downtown Baseball Stadium

LUBBOCK, Texas–Cities across the nation are investing time and money to revitalize their downtowns. Amarillo, Texas has joined those wanting a vibrant downtown by pinning their hopes to a $113 million dollar project that includes a baseball stadium. A report