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Obama Ramps Up Support for Syrian Opposition
President Obama has directed his national security team to identify ways to significantly ramp up U.S. support of the opposition forces battling Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Among the options under consideration is supplying arms to rebel forces, although no decision on that has been made…. Read More »
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Chris Christie Drops $1.2M on First Re-Election TV Ad
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is out with the first television ad of his gubernatorial re-election campaign. Sixty seconds long, the ad will begin running in the major media markets of New York City and Philadelphia today with a large buy of $1.2 million, according… Read More »
Remains Identified as Missing Texas Teen Hailey Dunn
The remains of a teenage girl discovered near a Texas lake last month have been positively identified as missing teen Hailey Dunn, authorities confirmed today. Investigators have confirmed the remains found near Lake J. B. Thomas in Snyder, Texas, in March belonged to the missing Colorado… Read More »
Boston Marathon Amputee Describes ‘Life-Altering Experience’
When the bombings went off at the finish line of the Boston Marathon, Heather Abbott was right there on Boylston Street, in the middle of a fun, annual day trip of watching the Red Sox and hanging out with friends. Abbott, 38, of Newport, R.I.,… Read More »
Lawmakers Upset Judge Ended Tsarnaev Interrogation
A federal magistrate judge has set off a firestorm of criticism for ending the interrogation of the surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect before, lawmakers contend, law enforcement officials had concluded their initial interview. On Monday morning, Magistrate Judge Marianne B. Bowler visited Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s hospital bedside to… Read More »
New Images: Boston Bombing Suspects Battle Police
As Boylston Street, the site of last week’s deadly Boston Marathon bombings, limped back to normalcy today, new images surfaced online from the night when brothers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev allegedly opened fire on authorities on a Watertown, Mass., street. According to Watertown Police Chief… Read More »
White House Likes Reid’s Plan to Delay Sequester Cuts
With the effect of across-the-board spending cuts rippling throughout the country, the White House today said President Obama supports Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s proposed plan to delay additional sequester cuts temporarily. “We support this effort to allow both sides to find a longer-term solution… Read More »
Republicans Fear Pattern of Intel Failures
House Speaker John Boehner today added his concern to a growing population in Congress questioning whether the federal government has been plagued by intelligence failures after failing to exploit opportunities to thwart cases of terrorism, including the Boston Bombings. Boehner said he expected relevant committees… Read More »
Los Angeles Native Has Dined at 6,000-Plus Chinese Restaurants
He doesn’t use chopsticks, he doesn’t like eggrolls, and his wife thinks the whole idea is “silly,” but third-generation Chinese American David R. Chan has made a point of eating at almost 6,300 Chinese restaurants across the country over the course of 33 years. It all… Read More »
Dancer Who Lost Foot in Boston Marathon Bombing Vows to Take to the Floor Again
A week ago, Adrianne Haslet and her husband, Adam Davis, were watching the Boston Marathon from the sidelines. Then the bombs went off. Davis, a U.S. airman, had just returned from Afghanistan. “We sat up and I said, ‘Wait, my foot hurts.’ And then he… Read More »
