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President Donald Trump made his first visit to a war zone on Wednesday, receiving an enthusiastic reception from many US troops there -- some of whom may have run afoul of military rules. Video footage and the written report of Trump's visit with service members in Iraq showed the President signing "Make America Great Again" hats and an embroidered patch that read "Trump 2020." But troops' requests for the autographs could brush up against Department of Defense guidelines for political activities. Those guidelines say that "active duty personnel may not engage in partisan political activities and all military personnel should...

If you're looking for a way to critique the authority of Scripture, there are seemingly endless options. There are historical critiques (e.g., many of these books are forgeries). There are logical critiques (e.g., the Gospels contradict themselves). There are moral critiques (e.g., God is immoral to order the slaughter of entire cities). And there are hermeneutical critiques (e.g., no one can agree on what the Bible means). In recent years, however, a more foundational challenge has arisen. All of the above critiques are essentially the same; they all argue the words of the Bible are not true. But this...

A man was jailed on suspicion of battery after rushing up and touching Brad Pitt on the red carpet at the Hollywood premiere of the movie “Maleficent,” witnesses and police said, though Pitt was apparently unhurt and soon resumed signing autographs. Witnesses saw the man from the fan area jump over a barrier onto the red carpet at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood and rush at Pitt, touching him briefly before security guards wrestled him back across the barrier. …

Presidential autographs may go for $6K By: Carol E. Lee January 18, 2009 06:15 PM EST When Barack Obama stepped into the Oval Office with his presidential brethren recently, he had already agreed to take part in one of this exclusive fraternity’s secret traditions: autographing a limited number of copies of the photograph that captured the moment. The former, current and future presidents’ pact — to create only 250 copies of the photograph with all of their signatures — upped the ante on an image that was a keepsake before it was even taken. Early estimates value the signed pictures...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr has told fans to stop sending letters and requests for autographs, saying mail will be thrown away after October 20 because he has too much to do.

http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080924/capt.77b900c2f9fa4fa298cfa43d396d4825.obama_2008_flcc110.jpg?x=253&y=345&q=85&sig=TPENIkvdduVdL8XfbRiImQ-- Strange world we live in, cult of personality on full display. On a side note check out this Youtube user's old NBC news videos of Joe Biden, strange they are not getting more play http://www.youtube.com/user/blastforth

Oh, what a difference a century makes. Ask the likes of Tom Cruise or Julia Roberts for their autograph, and you'd probably get a quick scribble. Just their name, or maybe a generic "Best wishes." Compare that to Frederick Douglass, the reknowned abolitionist who advised Abraham Lincoln on the dissolution of slavery. He signed his name on Aug. 9, 1894, for an Augusta man who asked him for his autograph, but Douglass also included this tender sentiment: "We differ like the waves, but we are one like the sea." When asked for his autograph, Samuel Francis Smith, who wrote the...