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CNN highlighted this video yesterday which comes from a Ukrainian journalist. They haven’t independently confirmed the contents but the video appears to shows Russian soldiers who are near the front lines complaining about the complete lack of supplies and training. “The sent us here without any training, without anything at all,” the soldier said. He added, “We don’t have any training or supplies and our guys showed up in their own uniforms paid for with their own money.” A second soldier said, “We have no weapons, no ammo bags, no grenades, no belt pouches, no food, no water. It’s absolute...

The force is getting stronger in France, where the French Fencing Federation has officially recognized lightsaber dueling as a competitive sport. According to The Associated Press, the federation has given the iconic "Star Wars" weapon the same status as the traditional blades — the foil, épée and saber — and competitors can now begin to train like Luke Skywalker. The LED-lit, rigid polycarbonate lightsaber replicas used in competition won't be able to cut an opponent in half, but they do look, feel and sound pretty similar to George Lucas' version. The federation is now providing lightsabers to fencing clubs and...

Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday morning defended the preliminary nuclear deal struck with Iran by the Obama administration earlier this month, saying during an interview with ABC’s "This Week" that, so far, “Iran has lived up to and lived by every requirement in that agreement.” The administration announced the framework of a historic nuclear deal with Iran on April 2, but in the days since, American and Iranian negotiators have provided different interpretations of what, exactly, was agreed upon. Kerry pushed back on criticism leveled by Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), who said last week that Kerry was “delusional”...

“In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” George Orwell Barely a week has gone by since this year’s commemoration of the Holocaust Remembrance Day in Washington, where the current president of the United States, Barack Hussein Obama gave his speech, which he made it become more about “preventing mass atrocities...” Then, he proceeded to announce the creation, that same day of the Atrocities Prevention Board, under the leadership of none other than well known pro-Palestinian Samantha Power, During his speech, Obama had to respond to a Jewish Holocaust survivor lady who demanded assurances...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — They had to travel to the ends of the Earth to do it, but two Argentine men succeeded in becoming Latin America's first same-sex married couple.After their first attempt to wed earlier this month in Buenos Aires was thwarted, gay rights activists Jose Maria Di Bello and Alex Freyre took their civil ceremony to the capital of Argentina's Tierra del Fuego province, where sympathetic governor backed their bid to make Latin American history.The couple exchanged rings Monday in Ushuaia, the southernmost city in the world, closer to Antarctica than Buenos Aires. The informal ceremony was witnessed...

A Contra Costa County school was educating seventh-graders about Islam, not indoctrinating them, in role-playing sessions in which students used Muslim names and recited language from prayers, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday. The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a lawsuit by two Christian students and their parents, who accused the Byron Union School District of unconstitutionally endorsing a religious practice. "The Islam program activities were not overt religious exercises that raise Establishment Clause concerns,'' the three-judge panel said, referring to the First Amendment ban on government sanctioning a religion. During the history course at Excelsior School in...

Dear Editor, the Tribune: I was a peace demonstrator, or "war protester," from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. May 29 at the Salute to Veterans air show. At around 1 p.m., an Army Ranger in his fatigues and black beret quietly approached me and told me that not only did he support our efforts and our demonstration but that he thought that the anti-demonstrators - that is, those people who were shredding the leaflets - were "dead wrong." He also said "there were guys in green in Iraq" who agreed with the peace movement and supported us. He said that...

Former President Bill Clinton recently admitted that he nearly destroyed his marriage by having a fling with Monica Lewinsky "just because I could." But in her new book, LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT (DK Publishing, 2004), author and internationally known portraitist Suzi Malin suggests that what Mr. Clinton calls "sophisticated, complicated, psychological explanations" for his affair are rather the result of a strong visual attraction based on similarities between Monica Lewinsky's face, the face of his mother, and his own face. In the book LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT, Malin explains each concept. The first level of visual attraction is called echoism....

<p>San Jose became the first city in California to recognize same-sex marriages performed elsewhere, although the decision only applies to municipal workers.</p> <p>The city council defied objections from conservatives and voted 8-1 Tuesday to pass a motion that could provide more comprehensive health and retirement benefits to partners and family members of gay and lesbian city workers who get married in San Francisco or other cities that allow same-sex marriages.</p>

  Li'l Katie Couric & Matty Lauer are appearing on Donahue tonight at 8. Undoubtedly, the Three Stooges of the Left will stick their feet in their mouths, babble incoherently and drool uncontrollably at every mention of the word "Clinton". Join in the fun...