Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, accused of attempting to blow up Northwest Airlines flight 253 moments before it touched down in Detroit on Christmas Day came from an upper class Nigerian family and attended the best...
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On Christmas Day a passenger on a Northwest Airlines flight from Nigeria attempted to blow up the plane as it landed in Detroit. The Northwest Airlines 253 flight began in Nigeria and went through Amsterdam en...
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At 7:05 a.m., on Christmas Eve morning, the roll was called in the U.S. Senate. Within 10 minutes, health care reform legislation was passed by a vote of 60-39 along party lines. A second vote was held to increase...
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A final Senate vote on health care reform legislation is scheduled for 8 a.m. Thursday. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) agreed to the 8 a.m. vote in...
James Bain, now 54, was convicted of the 1974 rape and kidnap of a 9-year-old Lake Wales, Florida boy. Bain was 19 years old at the time. DNA testing, however, showed that Bain didn't commit the crime and today...
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Isn't it amazing that Americans are free to defile all Christian images and say whatever they want about Christianity? After all, there is no historical evidence to support the claim that anybody other than...
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Neo-Nazi John Ditullio said that when he "first met" the Teak Street American Nazis in New Port Richey, Florida, he "was entranced by the glamor and theatrics of the brotherhood." Ditullio, 23, is on trial for the...
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Two Navy SEALs, accused of roughing up a suspected Iraqi terrorist, were arraigned in military court Monday. " The suspected Iraqi terrorist is Ahmed Hashim Abed and is considered by the U.S. military to be a...
The Senate voted 54-45, on Tuesday, to strike down an amendment by Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska and Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah that sought to ban taxpayer funding of abortions under the...
Adm. Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told soldiers at Fort Campbell, on Monday that he expects a "tough fight" in Afghanistan. "I am sure we will sustain an increase in the level of...
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Traditional U.S. economic indicators (as regressors/explained variables) which were used to predict an upward trend in U.S.employment and that were statistically significant and provided a nice R...
Ingredients: 18 cherry stone clams shelled with juice retained. Keep the clams and the juice together in a bowl. The clams, depending on size, can be cut up or left whole. 16 ounces DeCecco linguine 4 ounces extra virgin olive oil (Colavita or Badia A Coltibuono) 4 garlic...
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The unemployment rate dipped 0.2 percent in November.It is now down to 10 percent from October's 10.2 percent.69,000 goods producing workers lost their jobs in November.41,000 manufacturing workers lost their jobs...
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Presdent Obama delivered a televised address tonight on the Afghanistan War before 4,250 army cadets at the West Point Military Academy. During his speech, Obama said, "We must deny al-Qaida a safe haven . . ....
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Three U.S. Navy SEALS are facing assault charges stemming from their capture of Ahmed Hashim Abed in Iraq on Sept. 3. The SEALS have refused non-judicial punishment and have requested a trial by court martial. They...
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