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What Happened to Sgt. Cassidy?

Correction: A previous ABC News story erroneously attributed the cause of Sgt. Cassidy's death to suicide. However autopsy results have not been issued as of this writing and no cause of death is yet known. ABC News regrets the story...

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November 27, 2007 in Weblogs | Permalink | User Comments (1)

The Senate's 'Amazing Race'

Senators Webb, Dorgan and Reed are not contestants on CBS's popular AMAZING RACE reality show, but maybe they should consider it. On TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20th at 9:00am the United States Senate came into session. Virginia Democrat Jim Webb was in...

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November 27, 2007 in Weblogs | Permalink | User Comments (10)

11 Years Later, Will a Drunk Driver Be Brought to Justice?

In November of 1996 a University of Texas student got drunk. She climbed into her car and later rammed a light pole in Austin. Her roommate, a passenger in the front seat, was killed. A woman in the back seat...

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November 27, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (0)

Going Up?

Sergio A. Olaya runs the elevators in the U.S. Capitol that Senators ride several times a day as they head to the floor to debate and vote on all sorts of bills. In SUNDAY's NEW YORK TIMES, Robert Pear tells...

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November 26, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (0)

It Was November 22nd

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving Day. It is also November 22nd: 44 years ago on this day John F. Kennedy was Assassinated. For most people, 9/11 is the day they mention when someone asks do you remember where you were when...? For...

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November 21, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (0)

CONGRESS GETS TWO WEEKS FOR THANKSGIVING

Most hard working Americans get 1, maybe 2 DAYS off to celebrate Thanksgiving. But the members of congress whose healthy salaries are paid for with tax money taken out of the checks of those hard working Americans are about to...

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November 16, 2007 in Congress | Permalink | User Comments (8)

GAO GETS THROUGH AIRPORT SECURITY AGAIN

Earlier this year Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Henry Waxman, D-Calif., and ranking Republican Rep. Tom Davis, R-Va., asked the GAO to see if they could penetrate airport security again just like they did in 2006. So GAO purchased components...

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November 14, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (0)

GET A SHOT OR YOUR PARENTS GO TO JAIL

Might sound funny to some kids, but Prince George's County Maryland State's Attorney Glenn F. Ivey is dead serious! According to WASHINGTON POST reporter Nelson Hernandez, Ivey is ready to "move forward with legal action" against the parents of 2,300...

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November 14, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (0)

Waterboarding, By Definition

"Most media representations or recreations of WATERBOARDING are INACCURATE, AMATEURISH and DANGEROUS IMPROVISATIONS, which DO NOT capture the true INTENSITY OF THE ACT. Contrary to popular opinion, it is not a simulation of drowning, IT IS DROWNING." "In my case,...

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November 8, 2007 in Weblogs | Permalink | User Comments (1)

WOULD YOU DRIVE AT 55mph?

Former Environmental Protection Agency head Carol Browner is not the Energy Secretary, but she played one at a recent OIL SHOCK SCENARIO, a simulation of what would happen over a three month period if a pipeline in Azerbaijan suddenly went...

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November 7, 2007 in Congress | Permalink | User Comments (7)