Controversy is growing in a small New England town after the names of people connected to a prostitution scandal involving a Zumba instructor were released.
World Trade Center Spire Being Held ‘Ransom’ in Contract Dispute
Trainin’ in the Rain
Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz practice deterring intruders during a force-protection exercise October 11 near San Diego.
Ultra-Cheap Cars Are Coming – Even to the U.S.
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Women 0-For-2 in Marine Combat Training
The second female Marine officer has washed out of the corps’ infantry-officer training, Marine Corps Times reports. That means both women – along with nearly 30 of 107 men – have failed to make it through the grueling …
Healthier Cholesterol Levels Among U.S. Adults
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When “No Acts of Terror” Actually Means “This Act of Terror”
When bad things happen, it’s human nature to accentuate the positive, as Johnny Mercer put it. That’s precisely what the Obama Administration did following the September 11 killing of U.S. ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens and …
What to Watch For in Tonight’s Debate: A More Forceful Obama
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Korresponts Koreedoor
We reported last month about the Defense Department taking down the sign honoring a Pentagon hallway as the “Correspondents Corridor” and replacing it with one highlighting “ASD Public Affairs.” ASD is Pentagon-speak for …
The Decline of the Wasp President
Tribal — and religious — distinctions that used to define our leaders and ourselves have fallen away
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Nunn-Lugar No Longer?
Sam Nunn left the Senate in 1997. Richard Lugar lost his bid for a seventh term in May. So perhaps it shouldn’t come as a surprise that their landmark 1991 legislation, the Nunn-Lugar act that created the Cooperative Threat …
Anchorage, Alaska Airport Evacuated Due to Joke
PSA: Jokes about bombs at airports are never funny.
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