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Editorial cartoonist has tongue as sharp as his pen
tkleffman@amnews.comJoel Pett is well known for his pointed pen, earning a Pulitzer Prize and international acclaim puncturing ripe targets with decidedly inelegant strokes. But who knew the Lexington Herald-Leader’s editorial cartoonist is also something of a stand-...Tags: Journalism, Cartoons, Politics, Pulitzer Prize Awards, John Calipari
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7/20/2012-Too Close To Home
Of course I take the side of the rebels, the people Bashar Assad has called terrorists. Now that people in Assad's inner circle have strapped bombs to their chest, can the war last much longer before he's vaporized? Assad has a weird head and neck. His...
Tags: Hosni Mubarak, Bashar Assad
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Omar Suleiman dies at 76; former head of Egyptian intelligence
CAIRO — Omar Suleiman, Egypt's former spymaster and a confidant of deposed leader Hosni Mubarak, died Thursday in a U.S. hospital, months after his unsuccessful presidential bid to restore the old guard to power after a national revolution, state...
Tags: Political Corruption, Hosni Mubarak, Human Rights Watch, Politics, Cairo (Egypt)
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A sequel to a nightmare for Iraqi refugees living in Syria
World NowFor some Iraqi refugees living in Syria, it feels like a sequel to a nightmare. Tens of thousands of Iraqis fled to Syria during the brutal sectarian war that followed the U.S.-led ouster of Saddam Hussein. Syria beckoned as a haven of religious... -
Crow delivers perfect folksy bluegrass
Nine-time Grammy winner Sheryl Crow performed at the Pacific Amphitheatre in Costa Mesa Wednesday evening, treating a near-sold out crowd to 80 minutes in folk-rock heaven. Opening act Honey Honey — a cross between KT Tunstall, the Civil Wars,...
Tags: Fatigue, Disneyland Park, KT Tunstall, Sheryl Crow, Bluegrass (genre)
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Sources: Obama Authorized Secret Support for Syrian Rebels
CNNWASHINGTON, DC -- President Barack Obama has signed a covert directive authorizing U.S. support for Syrian rebels battling President Bashar al-Assad's forces, U.S. officials told CNN on Wednesday. The secret order, referred to as an intelligence...Tags: Ban Ki-moon, Brookings Institution, Muammar Gaddafi, Economy, Business and Finance, Religion and Belief
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Theater review: '9 Parts of Desire'
Orlando Sentinel theater criticIs it that daunting to be a woman? As a man, maybe I can't fully grasp the tangled emotions of guilt, courage, exhilaration, cynicism and terror of the nine women of "9 Parts of Desire." But the actresses depicting women who have all been affected by...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Iraq, Building Material, Celebrities
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Search For Stowaways In Ship Containers Turns Up Nothing
Pix11.com | @jamesfordtvA container on board a ship that cruised through the Middle East and Pakistan before heading to New York Harbor had everyone from Homeland Security to the Port Authority scrambling to make sure there aren't stowaways on board. A grueling day-long...Tags: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Pakistan, National Security, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia)
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The mess in the Middle East
Had Israel behaved as the Americans and Europeans desired, today Bashar Assad of Syria would be sitting atop the Golan Heights, and would surely start a war with Israel to divert attention from his domestic troubles. The "unintended consequences" of...Tags: Israel, Public Finance, Egypt, Politics, Bashar Assad
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Lesson: Letter from an Iraqi refugee
Contributing columnist(Editor’s note: Today we introduce a new columnist. James Duane Bolin, a professor of history at Murray State University, will be writing “Home and Away” on a weekly basis. Bolin is an accomplished writer with several books and other...Tags: Authors, Politics, American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), Thomas Jefferson, Refugee
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Ex-Marine guilty of smuggling AK-47, possibly from Hussein's guards
L.A. NOWA former U.S. Marine from Southern California could face up to ten years in federal prison after being convicted of illegal possession of a chrome-plated AK-47 machine gun that authorities say he smuggled back from a tour of duty in Iraq and may have... -
At Ft. Bragg, Obama welcomes troops home from Iraq
President Obama celebrated the soldiers who fought the Iraq war on Wednesday, marking the fulfillment of a campaign promise to bring home all U.S. forces following a nearly nine-year conflict that killed more than 4,400 U.S. soldiers.
"So as your...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Barack Obama, Iraq War (2003-2011)
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