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Rice to call on key senators with Morell
Acting CIA Director Michael Morell will accompany U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice this week when she visits key lawmakers. The visits come as President Obama decides who will succeed Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state. Read more…
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Mayor who battled Mexican cartels found dead
The former mayor of a Mexican town — who survived two earlier assassination attempts — was found in a ditch, beaten to death. The body of 36-year-old Maria Santos Gorrostieta was found three days after her family reported her missing, according to a BBC report. Read more…
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Two sentenced in Fast and Furious case
Two men were sentenced Monday for their roles in a gun smuggling ring that was part of the U.S. government’s botched Operation Fast and Furious, an investigation that unraveled after illegally purchased weapons turned up at the scene of a fatal Border Patrol agent shooting. Read more…
Any volunteers? Answering ‘tax me more’ crowd
As the clock ticks toward a tax increase scheduled to take effect at year end, expect to hear a lot from the “tax me more” crowd. Read more…
Iran supporters hack Atomic Energy Agency
Hackers claim to have seized the information of nearly 200 scientists and officials affiliated with the International Atomic Energy Agency, the world’s chief nuclear watchdog, according to a message posted Sunday on the website Cryptome. Read more…
Bicycle bomb wounds 16 in Afghan market
Terrorists detonated a bicycle bomb in a busy market square in Khost City on Monday, less than a mile from where U.S. forces were meeting with key provincial leaders. Read more…
Reid’s filibuster bluster leads to one-party rule
On Monday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., threatened changes to the Senate filibuster system, which forces most measures to receive 60 votes in order to receive an actual vote. Read more…
Evangelicals grow more devout, Catholics less
Evangelical Protestants have become more devoted to their religious beliefs over the last three decades, even as Catholics have become less attached to their faith, new research finds. Read more…
Medvedev won’t ‘rule out’ second presidential run
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said he is not ruling out a return to the Kremlin after his 2008-2012 single term as Russian head of state but was happy working as premier under his mentor Vladimir Putin. Read more…
Greece’s creditors arrive at deal, open way for aid
Eurozone finance ministers and the International Monetary Fund clinched agreement on a new debt target for Greece in a significant step towards releasing another tranche of loans to the near-bankrupt economy, officials said. Read more…
Obamacare faces its own implementation cliff
Delaying implementation until 2014 helped the president win re-election, but now the bill is coming due. The administration can’t forestall Obamacare’s massive regulatory impact any longer, and the result will keep Congress and the media occupied for months and years to come. Read more…
France hosts terrorist who wanted to kill top rabbi
The French Consulate in Jerusalem recently hosted as a guest of honor a Palestinian terrorist, Salah Hamouri, who was convicted of plotting to kill Ovadia Yosef, a former chief rabbi of Israel and the spiritual leader of the ultra-Orthodox Shas party, an Israeli newspaper reported Monday. Read more…
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