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TSA is now the Belly-Button Police
TSA is now the Belly-Button Police
Created on Monday, 17 June 2013 11:39
A woman says she was chastised by TSA for her belly button showing while putting her belt back on at security.
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Politicususa
Boehner Tries to Justify the War on Women...
Boehner Tries to Justify the War on Women...
Created on Monday, 17 June 2013 10:26
Republicans shoved Rep. Marsha Blackburn out in front to be the face of their banning abortion bill even though she's not on the committee b...
NC Politics
Doubling the Standard Deduction is insufficient to protect...
Doubling the Standard Deduction is insufficient to protect...
Created on Monday, 17 June 2013 10:12
Low-income families actually fare worse under House and Senate tax plans
Proponents of the House plan claim that doubling the standard...
Proponents of the House plan claim that doubling the standard...
Firedoglake
Immigration Reform Will Now Need a Majority of...
Immigration Reform Will Now Need a Majority of...
Created on Monday, 17 June 2013 10:05
The chances of immigration reform being approved this year just got slightly bleaker. It will now need the support from the majority of Hous...
World News
6 international organizations that support jobs and businesses...
6 international organizations that support jobs and businesses...
Created on Monday, 17 June 2013 10:03
Microfinance is a big buzzword these days. The World Bank defines it as “the provision of financial services to the entrepreneurial poor.” I...
World News
10 biggest US foundations and what they do...
10 biggest US foundations and what they do...
Created on Monday, 17 June 2013 09:59
Recently, Americans have expressed sympathy for the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings and the Moore, Okla., tornado by contributing to...
World News
Quake shakes Peru's capital of Lima
Quake shakes Peru's capital of Lima
Created on Monday, 17 June 2013 09:57
LIMA (Reuters) - A moderate earthquake shook buildings in Peru's capital on Tuesday but there were no reported injuries or damage, Reuters w...
World News
G8 wraps with progress on tax evasion -...
G8 wraps with progress on tax evasion -...
Created on Monday, 17 June 2013 09:56
The sun came out at Lough Erne Resort in Northern Ireland today, the last day of the G8 summit, as leaders of the group announced they have ...
American Prospect
David Brooks and the Anti-Neuroscience Backlash
David Brooks and the Anti-Neuroscience Backlash
Created on Monday, 17 June 2013 09:52
Neuroscience has come a long way in recent years. Our understanding of the brain is expanding rapidly, even as we grasp more and more just ...
World News
Chile: LED light bulb heist highlights high cost...
Chile: LED light bulb heist highlights high cost...
Created on Monday, 17 June 2013 09:51
The thieves pulled up in silence late Sunday night, creeping into a vacant lot next to the ByP warehouse in an industrial zone of Santiago. ...
World News
Russia's Putin torpedoes G8 efforts to oust Assad...
Russia's Putin torpedoes G8 efforts to oust Assad...
Created on Monday, 17 June 2013 09:50
By Andrew Osborn and Maria Golovnina ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland (Reuters) - Russia's Vladimir Putin derailed Barack Obama's eff...
AMERICAblog
Meningitis shots for all 1 million people attending...
Meningitis shots for all 1 million people attending...
Created on Monday, 17 June 2013 09:46
NYC health official says Pride-goers may want to get vaccinated against a deadly strain of meningitis.
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World News
Spanish royal tax fraud case founders on mistaken...
Spanish royal tax fraud case founders on mistaken...
Created on Monday, 17 June 2013 09:42
By Fiona Ortiz MADRID (Reuters) - A fraud investigation of Spain's Princess Cristina was thrown into disarray on Tuesday when the Tax A...
World News
Russia evacuates thousands after blasts at army munitions...
Russia evacuates thousands after blasts at army munitions...
Created on Monday, 17 June 2013 09:41
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Some 6,000 people were evacuated in Russia's southwestern Samara region on Tuesday after ammunition explosions shook a mi...
World News
Italy court sentences man for school bomb murder...
Italy court sentences man for school bomb murder...
Created on Monday, 17 June 2013 09:33
ROME (Reuters) - An Italian court sentenced a man to life imprisonment on Tuesday for the murder of 16-year-old Melissa Bassi, who died when...














