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Dick Cheney receives heart transplant: aide

Former Vice President Dick Cheney (AFP).

Former Vice President Dick Cheney received a heart transplant Saturday afternoon at a Virginia hospital, according to the Associated Press.

AN INTELLIGENT CONVERSATION

Moyers and Bacevich discuss ‘neo-con armchair warriors’

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To mark the nine-year anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, this week’s episode of Moyers & Company featured a fascinating discussion with West Point graduate, Vietnam vet and scholar Andrew Bacevich.

LOVE THYSELF

Trinity Broadcasting Network ‘funds owners’ exorbitant lifestyle’

Trinity Broadcasting Network by thomatically via Flickr

Lawsuit brought by family members claims Trinity Broadcasting Network founder and his wife bought their jets with sham loan.

AS EXPECTED

Rick Santorum wins Louisiana Primary

GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum.Image via AFP.

Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum won the Louisiana Primary Saturday evening, keeping his campaign with an argument to continue going on in the GOP presidential race against frontrunner Mitt Romney.

I GOT MINE, INC

Email shows Corzine ordered funds transfer as MF Global collapsed

Jon Corzine via Wikimedia Commons

It has been learned that CEO Jon S. Corzine personally ordered the transfer of $200 million out of a customer fund to cover an overdraft at one of the firm’s own accounts with JPMorgan Chase.

NEWT THINKS IT'S NOT A RACIAL ISSUE

Gingrich calls Obama comment on Trayvon Martin ‘disgraceful’

Newt Gingrich in Las Vegas by Gage Skidmore

Most observers took President Obama’s comment that the killing of Trayvon Martin hit him particularly hard because “if I had a son, he’d look like Trayvon” as a very normal human reaction.

Science

Stem cell treatment could repair heart damage

Patients with advanced heart disease who received an experimental stem cell therapy showed slightly improved…

ISS crew takes shelter to avoid passing space junk

A piece of an old Russian satellite whizzed by the International Space Station on Saturday,…

Debate still raging on site for super-telescope

Placebos could reduce the side effects of drug treatments

Tech News

Facebook buys 750 IBM patents in battle with Yahoo

SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook confirmed Friday that it has added a trove of IBM patents…

Cyber-activists launch 80-nation campaign against illegal trash dumps

TALLINN — Cyber-environmentalists said Friday 80 countries have joined the World Cleanup 2012 campaign which…

Media

‘Porno chic’ and women’s lib: Helmut Newton’s legacy

Four women stride towards the camera, heads held high, liberated beauties on the march, completely…

Louvre unveils Da Vinci’s ‘last masterpiece’

The Louvre on Friday unveiled a newly-restored Leonardo Da Vinci masterpiece, the “Saint Anne”, hoping…

World

Litvinenko widow urges justice ahead of nuclear summit

The widow of Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko, who was poisoned with polonium in London in 2006, called Saturday for justice for his killers…

Russian banker shot in London ‘wanted in Moldova’

A Russian banker who was shot in London and is now in a coma is wanted in Moldova over financial crimes, a Russian daily reported on…

French gunman’s brother ‘proud’ of sibling

The older brother of the French gunman who killed seven people said he was “proud” of his sibling and was…

Transplant recipient testifies in Kosovo organs case

A Canadian witness told a trial over alleged illegal organ trafficking in Kosovo how he received a kidney at the…

U.S. News

DNC chair: Repeal ‘Stand Your Ground’ law

Democratic National Committee chairperson and Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz has called publicly for the repeal…

11.5 million undocumented immigrants in U.S.

Some 11.5 million foreigners are living in the United States without proper immigration documents, according…

Thousands march in Philadelphia to protest Trayvon Martin killing

Thousands of people marched in Philadelphia to protest the shooting in Florida of an unarmed…

Supreme Court poised for landmark health care battle

There are a few things both sides agree on in the coming supreme court battle…

Weed workers join labor union as Los Angeles weighs pot shop ban

The City of Los Angeles won’t be banning marijuana dispensaries any time soon, if the…