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WASHINGTON -- An Iraqi citizen who allegedly carried out numerous Improvised Explosive Device (IED) attacks against U.S. troops in Iraq and another Iraqi national alleged to have participated in the insurgency in Iraq have been arrested and indicted on federal terrorism charges in the Western District of Kentucky. The arrests in Bowling Green, Ky., and the criminal complaints and indictment unsealed today were announced by Todd Hinnen, Acting Assistant Attorney General for National Security
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Paul J. Wiedorfer, 89, who as an Army private on Christmas Day 1944 charged two German machine-gun nests and single-handedly saved his platoon mates caught in an ambush, an act for which he received the Medal of Honor, died May 25 at the Baltimore VA Medical.....
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CAIRO, May 7 (Reuters) - Five people were killed and more than 54 were wounded in a sectarian clash in Egypt on Saturday over a Christian woman who had allegedly converted to Islam, health officials said.
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"The First Lady and the Obama daughters are on a private family trip to Colorado," Michelle Obama's spokeswoman, Katie McCormick-Lelyveld, confirmed in an e-mail. "The First Lady and several close family friends are chaperoning their children on a ski trip. Personal expenses are being paid for by the Obamas."
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General David Petraeus, the most celebrated American soldier of his generation, is to leave his post as commander of US and Nato forces in Afghanistan. The Times can reveal that the Pentagon aims to replace General Petraeus, who was appointed less than eight months ago, by the end of the year Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/petraeus-out-2011-2#ixzz1E4UKvDdB
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Source: Rep. Chris Lee (R-NY) has RESIGNED after being caught up in alleged craigslist cheating scandal.
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Virginia Senator Jim Webb plans to announce today that he won't seek reelection, a senior Senate source said.
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The October meeting will include Christians, Jews, Muslims and Buddhists, plus leaders of many other faiths.
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But the modernization isn't likely to be carried out in anything like a rational, cost-effective way..... It will likely include more than $6 billion dollars for a uranium processing facility, to be built at the Y-12 weapons compound in Oak Ridge, Tennessee..... Indeed, the states' two GOP senators, Bob Corker and Lamar Alexander, both said that money for modernization -- and therefore, in all likelihood, pork for their district -- was a key condition of their support.
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Ever since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, a trip to the airport has been fraught for Muslims, who sometimes feel they are being unfairly scrutinized because of their religion.
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http://twitter.com/ReutersFLASH: Artillery firing heard on South Korea's Yeonpyeong island - Reuters witness
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jamiedupree Senate votes 55-41, short of the 60 votes needed to invoke cloture on the DREAM Act half a minute ago via TweetDeck
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The Federal Reserve has reversed its decision that originally forced a small Oklahoma bank to remove from its premises and website Bible verses, crosses, and Christmas buttons. The reversal occurred after national outcry and a letter from two Oklahoma lawmakers who charged that the decision may be unconstitutional.
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jamiedupree URGENT URGENT Sen Harry Reid (D-NV) says he won't force vote on earmark-filled Senate Omnibus budget bill
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A compound in western Syria with buildings and hundreds of missile-shaped items has been identified as functionally related to a nuclear reactor Israel destroyed northeast of Damascus in 2007. Satellite footage of the site in Masyaf was obtained by the Washington-based Institute for Science and International Security ....
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The Obama administration plans to reverse the offshore-drilling policy it had announced in March, pre-BP spill. Offshore drilling will instead continue to be severely constrained
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When compared to the Social Security hard freeze, the proposed federal worker pay freeze seems more like slush. That’s because the bigger wage increases federal workers get for promotions, and for longevity on the job, will continue.
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markknoller NBC Tweet WH announces 2-year pay freeze for all civilian federal employees – including Department of Defense – but NOT military personnel
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Via Twitter Wikileaks just tweeted its 'under a mass distributed denial of service attack' BreakingNews: 25 minutes ago via breakingnews.com ALSO: BreakingNews @wikileaks: El Pais, Le Monde, Speigel, Guardian & NYT will publish many US embassy cables tonight, even if WikiLeaks goes down 16 minutes ago via breakingnews.com
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