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Polls on gay marriage
not yet reflected in votes
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Associated Press, by David Crary
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Posted By: NorthernDog- 5/27/2012 4:15:55 PM
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NEW YORK � Poll after poll shows public support for same-sex marriage steadily increasing, to the point where it's now a majority viewpoint. Yet in all 32 states where gay marriage has been on the ballot, voters have rejected it. It's possible the streak could end in November, when Maine, Maryland, Minnesota and Washington state are likely to have closely contested gay marriage measures on their ballots. For now, however, there remains a gap between the national polling results and the way states have voted. It's a paradox with multiple explanations, from political geography to the likelihood that
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Sources: Miami Police Shoot, Kill
Man Eating Another Man�s Face
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CBS News [Miami], by Staff
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Posted By: Photoonist- 5/27/2012 4:14:30 PM
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Miami - Miami police shot and killed a man on the MacArthur Causeway Saturday afternoon, and police sources told CBS4 they had no choice: the naked man they shot was trying to chew the face off another naked man, and refused to obey police orders to stop his grisly meal. The bizarre shooting happened shortly after 2 p.m., when police responded to a 911 call about two naked men fighting on a bike path along the Causeway (Snip) With the attacker dead, lying nude on the pavement, officers and paramedics were able to get to his victim and rush him
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Taliban deny poison
attacks on girls' schools
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BBC News, by Staff
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Posted By: Photoonist- 5/27/2012 4:08:45 PM
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The Afghan Taliban have denied carrying out poison attacks on girls' schools. A spokesman told the BBC the Taliban condemned any such attack and would punish anyone who carried them out "in line with Sharia [law]". (Snip) But spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told the BBC the Taliban "strongly condemn" such actions "and promise that if we arrest the perpetrators of such actions and cases we will give them punishments in line with Sharia." "The Mujahideen of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (Taliban) are not involved in these incidents and we totally reject such allegations," he said. "The fact that schools are being
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Schumer asks airlines to
drop seat fee for kids
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Associated Press, by Staff
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Posted By: Photoonist- 5/27/2012 4:04:05 PM
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Sen. Charles Schumer is urging airlines to allow families with young children to sit together without paying extra. The New York Democrat is reacting to an Associated Press story last week detailing how families this summer are going to find it harder to sit together without paying fees that can add up to hundreds of dollars over the original ticket price. (Snip) Airlines are searching for more ways to raise revenue to offset rising fuel prices. Airfare alone typically doesn't cover the cost of operating a flight. In the past five years, airlines have added fees for checked baggage, watching
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Panetta slams Pakistan's demand
for $5G per truck
at border crossing
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Fox News, by Staff
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Posted By: Photoonist- 5/27/2012 4:00:44 PM
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Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Sunday that the United States is not about to "get gouged" by Pakistan -- which despite having received billions in U.S. aid is demanding $5,000 for every truck that carries supplies into Afghanistan across its border. The dispute over the border crossing is once again in the spotlight after Pakistan sentenced to 33 years in prison the Pakistani doctor who helped the CIA track down Usama bin Laden. Panetta on Sunday called that decision "disturbing," though he said the U.S. government will continue to "work at" its troubled relationship with Pakistan. Yet with Islamabad continuing
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Hollywood a longtime friend
of the CIA
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Los Angeles Times, by Ken Dilanian & Rebecca Keegan
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Posted By: JoniTx- 5/27/2012 3:57:55 PM
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WASHINGTON � Some Republican lawmakers were outraged when federal records released last week showed that the White House, CIA and Defense Department granted high-level access last year to a pair of acclaimed filmmakers researching an action thriller about the raid that killed Osama bin Laden. The documents tell "a damning story of extremely close, unprecedented, and potentially dangerous collaboration" between the filmmakers and the Obama administration, fumed New York Rep. Peter T. King, GOP chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee. The Defense Department's inspector general is investigating whether any classified information was improperly disclosed.
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Anarchist group vows to wage 'low
level warfare' on Olympics
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Telegraph [UK], by Hannah Furness
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Posted By: Photoonist- 5/27/2012 3:49:18 PM
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An anarchist group has vowed to wage �low level warfare� against Britain, sabotaging financial institutions, transport, and the military in the lead up to the London Olympics. The Informal Anarchist Federation has already claimed to be responsible for damaging railway signal systems which led to travel being disrupted around Bristol earlier this week. They said their representatives had deliberately lifted concrete slabs beside the tracks to burn out signalling cables, on a route chosen to target Ministry of Defence employees.
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Loreen win gives Sweden
Eurovision 'Euphoria'
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The Local [Sweden], by Rebecca Martin
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Posted By: Photoonist- 5/27/2012 3:43:49 PM
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Sweden's Loreen brought home gold in the glitzy 2012 Eurovision Song Contest early Sunday morning with an impassioned rendition of her hit "Euphoria" from Baku in Azerbaijan. Loreen received a total of 372 points in the competition, with 18 countries awarding her the maximum allowable 12 points. (Snip) The 28-year-old singer from V�ster�s in central Sweden had been tipped as a possible winner ahead of Saturday's final, but faced stiff competition from her European peers, including runners-up Buranovskiye Babushki, a group of singing grannies from Russia, as well as Serbian crooner �eljko Joksimović, who finished third.
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Obama's re-election campaign -
the thrill is gone
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San Francisco Chronicle, by Willie Brown
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Posted By: wydleyred- 5/27/2012 3:36:33 PM
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The president's trip to the Bay Area last week made it painfully clear that the Barack Obama re-election campaign has lost its mojo. There was no life, no personality, no memorable line or moment and no real enthusiasm in the entire fundraising foray. In short, there was no buzz. It was like a summer rerun of a show that wasn't very interesting to begin with. Worse yet, Obama sounded like he was playing catch-up to Mitt Romney. I can't think of anything that should have him in that role, but he's acting like the underdog. Obama was more than a candidate last time out. He was a popular
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Lady Gaga cancels Indonesian
show after threats
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Associated Press, by Staff
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Posted By: Photoonist- 5/27/2012 3:31:51 PM
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Jakarta, Indonesia - Lady Gaga canceled her sold-out show in Indonesia after Islamist hard-liners threatened violence, claiming her sexy clothes and provocative dance moves would corrupt the youth. The controversy was a blow to the predominantly Muslim country's reputation for combining free speech and democracy with a mostly moderate brand of the faith. (Snip) "It's unfortunate," he said. "But with threats if the concert goes ahead, Lady Gaga's side is calling it off. This is not only about Lady Gaga's security, but extends to those who will be watching her."
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Asked to Confirm Military Is Ready
for Iran Strike, Panetta Says
Pentagon Has Plans for Everything
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ABC News, by Jake Tapper
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Posted By: Photoonist- 5/27/2012 3:27:14 PM
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During an interview for �This Week,� Defense Secretary Leon Panetta assured me that the United States has readied plans to carry out a military strike on Iran to prevent the regime from obtaining nuclear weapons if diplomacy fails to dissuade the country from its current path.�One of the things that we do at the Defense Department, Jake, is plan. And we have � we have plans to be able to implement any contingency we have to in order to defend ourselves,� Panetta said. (Snip) During our interview, Panetta expressed hope that the nuclear standoff with Iran could be solved peacefully,
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Iran to build new nuclear plant
by early 2014, state TV says
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Agence France-Presse & Newscore, by Staff
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Posted By: Photoonist- 5/27/2012 3:24:02 PM
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Tehran - Iran is to build a new nuclear power plant alongside its sole existing one in the southern city of Bushehr by early 2014, state television reported Sunday, quoting the head of the country's Atomic Energy Organization. "Iran will build a 1,000-megawatt nuclear power plant in Bushehr next year," the television quoted Fereydoon Abbasi Davani as saying. He was referring to the Iranian calendar year running from March 2013 to March 2014. (Snip) The current Bushehr nuclear plant was started by German engineers in the 1970s and completed by Russia, which continues to help keep it running and provides
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�O� my, it�s a fund-raising
note from Barack
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New York Post, by Michael Goodwin
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Posted By: Photoonist- 5/27/2012 3:19:22 PM
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To my good friend Barack, Thank you, thank you, thank you, Mr. President. You made my day with that powerful and uplifting package you sent. You can imagine my excitement as I ripped open the envelope and an autographed picture of you tumbled out. Heart be still. I had barely gathered my emotions when I found the four-page letter addressed to me! It�s like winning the lottery four times. What a wordsmith you are! I especially like the way you use the word �forward� over and over. (Snip) Sir, it pains me to nitpick, but your math is a little
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Gingrich: Mitt can
win over Hispanics
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United Press International, by Staff
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Posted By: Scottyboy- 5/27/2012 3:12:36 PM
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WASHINGTON -- Former U.S. presidential candidate Newt Gingrich predicted Sunday Mitt Romney would capture nearly half of the Latino vote in the November election. Gingrich said President Obama was not necessarily attractive to Hispanics due to his failure to energize the overall economy and his failure to enact any significant immigration reforms. "Barack Obama failed on immigration reform, even when he had a Democratic House and a Democratic Senate," Gingrich said on NBC's "Meet the Press.
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Stray dog joins China mountain bike
race, travels 2,000 kilometres
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Toronto Star, by Dylan C. Robertson
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Posted By: Photoonist- 5/27/2012 3:09:16 PM
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A lonely stray dog from the heart of China has won thousands of fans � and a new life � after following a cross-country bike race for 24 days. The China Daily reports that Zhang Heng, 22, took up a grueling, mountainous bike race as a graduation trip to see if he could make it alone. On a stop in Sichuan province, he encountered a ratty white dog that looked hungry. (Snip) The dog stayed by his team�s side night and day, travelling 2,000 kilometres to the race�s finish Saturday at the Tibetan capital Lhasa. She was affectionately named Xiao
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13 Bears Offer Dark Forecasts For
The Markets And The Economy
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Business Insider, by Max Nisen
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Posted By: Photoonist- 5/27/2012 3:06:43 PM
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t has been a rough month for markets. Waves of bad news from Europe and weak data from of China have helped keep stocks low. What can we look forward to? More of the same, and worse according to these 13 experts. (Snip) Citi's Tom Fitzpatrick: �So our bias is to think that (we will head down to the 200 day moving average), in a similar fashion to what we saw last year. That is down quite a bit below present levels, at around 1277 (on the S&P;). This would translate into 700+ points (lost) on the Dow, to the
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Senegal's children wail
for food that isn't coming
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Associated Press, by Krista Larson
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Posted By: Ribicon- 5/27/2012 3:05:06 PM
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Goudoude Diobe, Senegal � It's 10 a.m., and the 2-year-old is still waiting for breakfast. Aliou Seyni Diallo collapses to his knees in tears and plops his forehead down on the dirt outside his family's hut. Soon he is wailing inconsolably and writhing on his back in the sand. A neighbor picks him up and gives him a little uncooked millet in a bowl. The toddler shovels it into his mouth. The crying stops, for the moment. Each day now is a struggle for the women of this parched village in north Senegal to keep hungry children quiet as they search
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Iran: No reason to halt
20 percent enrichment
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Associated Press, by Ali Akbar Dareini
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Posted By: Photoonist- 5/27/2012 3:02:06 PM
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Tehran, Iran - Iran's nuclear chief said Sunday there are no reasons at the moment for his country to halt production of uranium enriched to 20 percent, a key demand of world powers. The West is concerned that the 20-percent enrichment could quickly be turned into nuclear weapons-grade material. Iran insists its nuclear development program is for peaceful purposes. The nuclear chief, Fereidoun Abbasi, was quoted by the semiofficial ISNA news agency as saying that Iran will continue the higher enrichment level for a medical research reactor that produces isotopes for treatment of about 1 million cancer patients in Iran.
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Archbishop: Networks 'missed the
boat' on coverage of
church's ObamaCare lawsuits
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Fox News, by Staff
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Posted By: Photoonist- 5/27/2012 2:56:55 PM
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The archbishop of Washington on Sunday accused the network news programs of having "missed the boat" by largely ignoring lawsuits filed this past week by Catholic institutions challenging the Obama administration's so-called contraception mandate. Cardinal Donald Wuerl, speaking on "Fox News Sunday," was responding to an analysis by the conservative Media Research Center of how the networks' evening newscasts treated coverage of the dozen federal lawsuits filed Monday. According to the center, CBS spent 19 seconds on the story after it broke, while the other networks gave it no coverage.
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NHS remove word 'Dad' from
pregnancy handbook in case it
offends same sex couples
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Daily Mail [UK], by Sara Malm
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Posted By: Photoonist- 5/27/2012 2:52:36 PM
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An NHS guide to childbirth will no longer use the term �Dad� when referring to the non-pregnant partner as it may offend homosexual couples. The �Ready Steady Baby� pamphlet has been revised after receiving a complaint that it �was not inclusive of people in same sex relationships�. After receiving the complaint an equalities assessment was carried out and it was decided to replace �dad� with �partner�. The 220 page guide is funded by tax-payers' money and has been distributed by the NHS to expectant parents for 14 years.
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Al Sharpton: Republicans See Blacks
Like Hitler Saw the Jews
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Human Events, by Jim Hoft
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Posted By: Photoonist- 5/27/2012 2:49:23 PM
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During a recent segment on his radio show Al Sharpton told his audience that Republicans see blacks like Hitler saw the Jews. Really, Al... Nazis?Obviously, Sharpton does not have much of a grasp on history. When the Civil War ended, and after Republican President Abraham Lincoln liberated the slaves in the south, Democrats initiated Jim Crow laws to punish blacks. Democrats discriminated against blacks. In fact, the KKK, was founded as the the terrorist wing of the Democrat Party. (Snip) It seems like they [Republicans] act as though, some wiping out of people, some of the right-wing, is all right,
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'They're bullies and they
treat their women like crap':
One former Kennedy wife
tells of Robert Kennedy's
come-ons, JFK's stealing, and
the family's philandering
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Daily Mail (UK), by Staff
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Posted By: JoniTx- 5/27/2012 2:29:28 PM
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Immediately after Mary Kennedy killed herself, her estranged husband Robert Kennedy Jr. had to fight off claims that he was distant and emotionally scarring, having abandoned her and took up with a Hollywood actress while he tried to gain full custody of their children. Now a distant relative is coming out to say that Mary's family and friends are telling the truth when the criticize Robert Jr.'s behavoir, and she says he has been that way for ages. Peter Lawford was originally married to Patricia Kennedy, the sister of President John F. Kennedy and Robert Kennedy Sr.
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Catholics see a rallying cry for
�religious freedom� in
�For Greater Glory� film
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Washington Post, by Lauren Markoe
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Posted By: MattMusson- 5/27/2012 2:18:12 PM
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The film shows a burning crucifix, gun-toting priests and the torture of a young boy. And the Roman Catholic hierarchy is loving it. The film, �For Greater Glory,� hits theaters on June 1 and tells a little known chapter of Mexican history � the Cristero War of 1926 to 1929, which pitted an army of devout Catholic rebels (led in the movie by Andy Garcia) against the government of Mexican President Plutarco Calles (played by Ruben Blades).
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George Will Calls Donald Trump
a �Bloviating Ignoramus�
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ABC News, by Jake Tapper
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Posted By: JoniTx- 5/27/2012 2:11:13 PM
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This morning on �This Week,� ABC News� George Will called Donald Trump a �bloviating ignoramus,� questioning why presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is associating with the real estate mogul, who once again falsely questioned President Obama�s birthplace this week. �I do not understand the cost benefit here,� Will said on the �This Week� roundtable. �The costs are clear. The benefit � what voter is gonna vote for him (Romney) because he is seen with Donald Trump? The cost of appearing with this bloviating ignoramus is obvious it seems to me.� �Donald Trump is redundant evidence
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AP Impact: Almost half of new
vets seek disability
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Associated Press, by Marilynn Marchione
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Posted By: JoniTx- 5/27/2012 2:04:48 PM
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America's newest veterans are filing for disability benefits at a historic rate, claiming to be the most medically and mentally troubled generation of former troops the nation has ever seen. A staggering 45 percent of the 1.6 million veterans from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are now seeking compensation for injuries they say are service-related. That is more than double the estimate of 21 percent who filed such claims after the Gulf War in the early 1990s, top government officials told The Associated Press. What's more, these new veterans are claiming eight to nine ailments on average,
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The man behind Mitt Romney's campaign
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Tribune-Review [Pittsburgh, PA], by Selena Zito
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Posted By: cap MarineTet68- 5/27/2012 1:29:49 PM
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Stuart Stevens is not that complicated. People so often describe the man in charge of shaping Mitt Romney's image, message and campaign strategy as unconventional, quirky or offbeat that you might expect his former clients to do the same. "That is not the case at all," said former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge. Stevens, he said, has a knack for understanding who a candidate is and what voters are thinking about. People mistake his keen listening skill and ability to look past daily minutiae as eccentricity, Ridge said. "Listening is a gift," he said.
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