BLAMES LOANS FOR UNEMPLOYMENT

Paul plans to ‘eventually’ end all student aid

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“They’re borrowing to pay for college at record levels. Would you abolish all federal student aid?” “Eventually,” Paul admitted. “But my program doesn’t do it. There’s a transition in this.”

GOP TALKING POINT

Santorum: Obama ‘lost the war in Iraq’

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Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum claimed Sunday that by announcing the withdrawal of all U.S. troops from Iraq, President Barack Obama had “lost the war.”

SCHADENFREUDE CITY

DirecTV may pull plug on Fox shows

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A dispute has broken out between News Corp owned Fox Networks and DirecTV Group, the largest U.S. satellite TV provider.

BUT WHAT ABOUT THE RULE OF LAW?

GOPers make curbing courts a campaign issue

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The willingness of federal courts to uphold the separation of church and state and equal protection for gay and lesbian citizens has frequently irked conservatives.

JOBS, JOBS, JOBS?

McConnell: Firefighter layoffs not my problem

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said Sunday that saving the jobs of police and firefighters was not the role of the federal government.

OHIO LOVES PAUL?

Ron Paul wins Ohio GOP straw poll

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Republican presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul of Texas won a landslide victory in the Ohio Republican straw poll conducted on Saturday.

Science

GPS shoes for Alzheimer’s patients to hit U.S.

WASHINGTON — The first shoes with built-in GPS devices — to help track down dementia-suffering…

German satellite re-enters earth’s atmosphere

BERLIN — A German satellite the size of a car re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere early…

Tech News

Google, PE firms mull bid for Yahoo: report

(Reuters) – Google Inc has spoken to at least two private equity firms about possibly…

Egyptian jailed for Facebook Islam insult

An Egyptian court sentenced a man to three years in jail with hard labour on…

Media

Pregnant Bellas, Capt Jacks top Halloween costumes

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Pregnant Bella Swans and swaggering Captain Jack Sparrows will haunt the…

Protest-hit show will go on: Paris mayor

French authorities on Saturday said they would press charges against Christian fundamentalists who disrupted the…

World

Eurozone might ask China, Brazil for debt bailout help

BRUSSELS — Eurozone leaders are toying with the idea of asking China and other emerging powers to help them out…

Ahmadinejad: ‘An ugly thing’ for U.S. to spend more on military than unemployed

In a CNN interview aired Sunday morning, Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad criticized American military involvement in the Middle East. On…

Up to 1,000 feared dead in Turkey quake

ANKARA — An earthquake of 7.3 magnitude rocked eastern Turkey on Sunday, with a seimological institute saying up to 1,000…

Kadhafi’s body to be ‘handed to his relatives’

TRIPOLI — Libya’s interim government will hand the body of slain despot Moamer Kadhafi to his relatives after consulting with…

U.S. News

Clinton warns Iran over Iraq

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned Iran on Sunday not to “miscalculate” in…

Is Rick Perry a birther?

Texas Gov. Rick Perry recently told PARADE magazine that after talking to Donald Trump he…

130 arrested as ‘Occupy Chicago’ tries to take Grant Park

About 130 protesters were arrested at an Occupy Chicago demonstration early on Sunday after they…

‘Occupy Milwaukee’ organizer: Movement creating new political space

Peter Rickman, a member of UW-Madison’s Teaching Assistant Association, told The UpTake in an interview…

Struggling Nevada Latinos could bet on Republicans

LAS VEGAS, Nevada — The casinos of Las Vegas may be glittering on the outside,…