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Cafferty: Military-industrial complex has us by the throat

Jack Cafferty via YouTube screengrab

CNN commentator Jack Cafferty railed against the United States’ ongoing involvement in Afghanistan following the alleged murder of 16 Afghan civilians by a rogue U.S. soldier.

CRUELTY BY MARIJUANA WITHDRAWAL?

Dying cancer patient booted from hospital for medical marijuana

Medical marijuana advocate Angel Raich

A California woman who says she is dying from a brain tumor was kicked out of a California hospital this week for using doctor-prescribed medical marijuana.

ILLEGAL CONTACT

Officer tackles Ohio woman for not coming to a complete stop

Addyston police officer tackles Tiffany Decker

Prosecutors in Ohio are considering pressing assault charges against an Addyston police officer after he slammed a woman on the ground for not coming to a complete stop at an intersection.

'WAR ON WOMEN'

Obama team hits Romney for ‘get rid of’ Planned Parenthood comment

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President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign slammed Mitt Romney on Tuesday, saying his comments about defunding Planned Parenthood were evidence that women couldn’t trust him.

SURVIVOR UNFRIENDLY

Catholic League’s Donohue vows to fight rape victims ‘one by one’

Priests celebrating Catholic mass via AFP

Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League, believes that the Catholic church has gone too easy on the survivors of sex abuse by clergy, and has vowed to fight them “one by one.”

MANDATE HYPERBOLE CONTROL

Arizona lawmaker compares contraception mandate to Soviet Union

Woman holding birth control pills/contraception (Shutterstock)

An Arizona legislators believes that requiring religious employers to provide health insurance coverage for birth control is something a totalitarian regime would propose.

Science

Vaginal birth after C-section carries more risks: study

WASHINGTON — Women who had a Cesarean section for their first child’s birth face more…

Scientists: nuclear bomb could stop asteroid from striking Earth

Scientists at New Mexico’s Los Alamos National Laboratory believe that a well-aimed nuclear weapon could…

South Korean and Russian scientists join to clone woolly mammoth

Astronauts’ eyeballs deformed by long missions in space, study finds

Tech News

One in five U.S. companies say they will buy tablets by mid-year

Survey results released on Tuesday showed that growing numbers of businesses plan to buy iPads…

Tablet computers added to British measure of inflation

Tablet computers like Apple’s iPad and Samsung’s Galaxy Tab have been added into the basket…

Media

Salman Rushdie attacks planned DOJ lawsuit against publishers

By Alison Flood Author tweets ‘the US Justice Dept wants to destroy the world of…

Jon Stewart: Media just ‘annoyed’ Rihanna didn’t retweet their Kony coverage

On his show Monday night, Jon Stewart took on the “Kony 2012″ viral video, which…

World

Street lights turned off as Italian town fails to pay bills

Street lights have been turned off in a Sicilian town after local authorities failed to pay a million-euro bill for…

Kony 2012 maker defends ‘thoughtful’ campaign

By Lizzy Davies Charity chief behind controversial Ugandan film releases video hitting back at criticisms of its strategy and spending…

‘Afghan soldier shot dead’ at scene of U.S soldier’s attack

An Afghan soldier was killed and a policeman wounded on Tuesday as gunmen opened fire on a government delegation at…

Axe-wielding arsonist kills imam in Brussels mosque

BRUSSELS — An axe-wielding arsonist burst into a Shiite Belgian mosque, killing the imam and destroying much of the building…

U.S. News

Four of 19 large U.S. banks fail stress tests

WASHINGTON — Citigroup was one of four large US banks that flunked stress tests aimed…

Afghan shooting latest scandal for troubled U.S. base

SEATTLE, Washington — The US soldier held for shooting dead 16 Afghan villagers at the…

Abusive cop blames girlfriend for hitting him with Justin Bieber doll

A Denver police officer has been arrested for abusing his girlfriend, who he accuses of…

Romney’s son praises Obama: ‘He is great’

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s son, Matt, wandered off message in Hawaii on Monday and…

Health care premiums will surpass median U.S. incomes by 2033: study

The cost of health care will surpass the price of a median income household in…