Ninth Circuit Rules on Guns Post-Heller, Nobody Notices

May 1, 2009

So I thought that the Ninth Circuit’s holding that the Second Amendment binds state and local governments (via the Fourteenth Amendment) was a pretty big deal. It was the first federal court of appeals decision to so hold.

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Pakistani Forces Kill 55 Taliban as Battle Escalates

May 1, 2009

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — An escalating battle between security forces and Taliban militants left more than 50 dead in a district near the capital, even as Pakistan’s government Friday pressed on with a much-criticized peace plan for the region, officials said.

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Bunning Approves GOP Rival Grayson's Bid, Sets Stage for Retirement

May 1, 2009

Kentucky Secretary of State Trey Grayson (R) has formed an exploratory committee to run for Senate with the consent of his would-be primary opponent, Sen. Jim Bunning (R-Ky.), sources tell The Hill.

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Tony Blair: Africa's Surprise Success Story

May 1, 2009

Writing from Africa, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair says Sierra Leone, the once war-torn nation now reinventing itself as a tourist destination, can serve as a model for developing nations struggling to weather the economic storm.

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Maguire: Andrew Sullivan Makes Up History to Justify Obama's Churchill Remark

May 1, 2009

It’s an emotional cyclone today at the Daily Dish. Barack Obama cites Sully’s tribute to Winston Churchill, in which we are informed that only cowards like Dick Cheney torture, not heroes like Winston Churchill. The highs!

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Tommy Thompson Considers Another Run for Wisconsin Governor

May 1, 2009

MILWAUKEE — Former Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson is considering a run for Wisconsin governor.

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India's Month-Long Elections: So Far, So Good

May 1, 2009

NEW DELHI – As India enters the crucial round three of its month-long, five-phase parliamentary elections on Thursday, the electoral fate of the ruling Congress party president Sonia Gandhi, the leader of the opposition and the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP’s) prime ministerial candidate Lal Krishna Advani and 1,565 other candidates will be sealed by over […]

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The CIA's $1,000 a Day Interrogation Specialists

May 1, 2009

As the secrets about the CIA’s interrogation techniques continue to come out, there’s new information about the frequency and severity of their use, contradicting an 2007 ABC News report, and a new focus on two private contractors who were apparently directing the brutal sessions that President Obama calls torture.

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Case Against ex-AIPAC Lobbyists Dropped by DOJ

May 1, 2009

The case against two former lobbyists with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee that had been slated to go to trial June 2 after numerous delays has been dropped, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency reports in a news alert.

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Elizabeth Edwards: "Cried, Screamed, Threw Up" When She Learned About Affair

May 1, 2009

Campaign cad John Edwards’ cheating ways made his wife, Elizabeth, sick to her stomach – literally. After the former presidential hopeful confessed his betrayal, Elizabeth Edwards writes in her new book, “I cried and screamed, I went to the bathroom and threw up.”

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