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New York Republican recommends ‘torture’ for teenage Boston bomb suspect

If the United States really, in the words of President Barack Obama, wishes to keep “looking forward” instead of backward when it comes to the violent legal limbo that is the Bush administration’s legacy, someone might want to ensure New York State Senator Greg Ball (R) gets a…

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Peter King: Treat bomber as enemy combatant because ‘battlefield now in the U.S.’

Rep. Peter King (R-NY) says that Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzokhar Tsarnaev should be treated as an enemy combatant and does not deserve to be informed of his Miranda rights to remain silent because the “battlefield is now in the United States.” In an interview on Sunday, Fox News…

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Tom Steward on Property Rights Abuse

Thanks to overreaching regulators at every
level of government, property rights are increasingly under fire in
the United States. Tom Steward reports on two recent cases of
abuse, including one where an Iraq War veteran faces the loss of
his home due to the arbitrary and unnecessary actions of his local
government. View this article.
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Men may not understand women after all

Ladies: Do you often feel misunderstood by men? Do they fail to pick up on fairly obvious nonverbal signals, such as expressions of fear or disgust? Newly published research suggests your perception is entirely valid — but it’s not his fault.A study from Germany finds that men do a much better job of interpreting one vital set of signals — the emotions conveyed by the eyes — when they’re communicating with another man, compared to another woman.“The finding that men are superior in recognizing emotions/mental states of other men, as compared to women, might be surprising,” a research team led by psychiatrist Boris Schiffer reports in the journal PLOS ONE. They add, however, that it makes considerable sense in evolutionary terms.Continue Reading… Read More

Get the facts on fracking

Hydraulic fracturing or fracking — a method of extracting natural gas from underground shale formations — has become a contentious issue across America, especially in New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio, states that sit on top of the Marcellus Shale, the largest known deposit of…

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Tracing Tsarnaev brothers childhood roots

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Profile on the Tsarnaev brothers

http://www.youtube.com/v/a2BEZqeWGKQ?version=3&f=videos&app=youtube_gdata Original article:  Profile on the Tsarnaev brothers