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The pope used his Christmas message today to warn of an "attack" on the "true structure of the family," which he defined as a father, mother and child.
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Elizabeth Smart became a household name after she was kidnapped from her home in Salt Lake City, UT at the age of 14 and held in captivity for nine months.
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With health law looming, one large insurer wants a 25 percent premium hike Washington Post (blog) CareFirst, which provides insurance to 70 percent of Marylanders with individual policies, said the rate increase is necessary because, under the law,... Delete the scoop?
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"But, unbelievably, the United States, alone among industrialized nations, does not provide any paid maternity leave whatsoever." Delete the scoop?
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During her other gig on MSNBC's "The Cycle," TheBlaze's S.E. Cupp on Wednesday attempted to get Salon writer Joan Walsh to admit that it was wrong for some in the liberal media to hope the Boston bombers were "white ...
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We don't want to believe these days that a person is capable of independent thought and action. And we like to believe the facile thing - radical Islam. But the truth is - hardened thought that raises an Idea above the value of a human being will always be threatening. Ideas have interchangeable vocabulary .... White Supremacy, the True Believer, Radical Islam .... Ironically, ideas can also sound like Human Rights, ProLife, Women's Rights. It's a wise mind that can weigh the idea against the humanity, the mind against the heart, Righteousness against forgivemess .... Above all there is life. To quote the poet: "Do I contradict myself? Very well, I contradict myself. I am large. I contain multitudes"
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We don't want to believe these days that a person is capable of independent thought and action. And we like to believe the facile thing - radical Islam. But the truth is - hardened thought that raises an Idea above the value of a human being will always be threatening. Ideas have interchangeable vocabulary .... White Supremacy, the True Believer, Radical Islam .... Ironically, ideas can also sound like Human Rights, ProLife, Women's Rights. It's a wise mind that can weigh the idea against the humanity, the mind against the heart, Righteousness against forgivemess .... Above all there is life. To quote the poet: "Do I contradict myself? Very well, I contradict myself. I am large. I contain multitudes" Delete the scoop?
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NPR (blog) Giffords Group's Radio Ads Hit McConnell, Ayotte On Gun Vote NPR (blog) On Wednesday, Americans for Responsible Solutions made good on that pledge by launching radio ads against two Republican senators: Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the... Delete the scoop?
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The New York Times executive editor is apparently stubborn and snappy. Why must we focus on women’s character traits? Delete the scoop?
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A group of conservatives in the Iowa state House have filed a measure that would cut the pay of state Supreme Court Justices by around 80 percent — but only for the ones who voted to legalize same sex marriage in 2009. Delete the scoop?
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Evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins on Sunday told a British literary festival that parents who forced their children to believe that religion was a fact were guilty of “child abuse.” Speaking about his family-friendly book The Magic of Reality... Delete the scoop?
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After falsely painting the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing as frequent visitors to a local mosque, Fox News host Brian Kilmeade called for authorities to spy on mosques, despite evidence such tactics did not help any criminal investigations. Delete the scoop?
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On Friday night’s edition of “The Rachel Maddow Show,” host Rachel Maddow discussed the so-called “public safety” exception to Miranda laws. Delete the scoop?
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The U.S. likes to think that it’s number one, but when it comes to child poverty in the developed world, it’s literally at the bottom of the pile. Delete the scoop?
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The Rhode Island Health Department confirmed this morning that the body pulled out of the Providence River at India Point Park on Tuesday night is that of missing Brown University student Sunil Tripathi.
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The synthesis between the pursuit of justice and media reporting can be tragedy. Neither justice nor media necessarily embraces the truth. Collateral damage can be a young man in a river. And another family in mourning. Delete the scoop?
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New Hampshire state Rep. Stella Tremblay (R-Auburn) said Wednesday she would not apologize for suggesting the government was behind the Boston Marathon bombing.
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Are we so embedded in Corporate thinking that we can't imagine the lone wolf? Do we no longer believe that a person can act alone, think alone, BE RESPONSIBLE?
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HuffPost and partners have officially launched the fundraising portion of RaiseForWomen, a campaign providing resources and awareness for nonprofits run by and for women. Delete the scoop?
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Prominent women in politics say the debate is here to stay. Delete the scoop?
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Outrage as female authors relegated to ‘American women novelists’ subcategory, clearing space for all-male main page There are American novelists, and then there are American women novelists – at least according to Wikipedia, where outrage has been... Delete the scoop?
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New Hampshire’s Dartmouth College canceled classes for a day after students who participated in a protest against racism, homophobia and rape on campus were targeted with online threats. Delete the scoop?
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19-year-old American citizen Dzokhar Tsarnaev, the suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings, has not been read his Miranda rights. Delete the scoop?
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Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) on Monday became irate and yelled at Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) during a Senate hearing at the suggestion that he had used last week’s Boston Marathon bombing to try and delay immigration reform. Delete the scoop?
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Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will not hear his Miranda rights before the FBI questions him Friday night. Delete the scoop?
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Today's Catholic has to listen to the Pope with one ear, to herself with the other.