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Suburban man questioned about disturbance on flight
A Burbank man was in custody in St. Louis and being questioned by police and the FBI after authorities said he sought to exit a Continental Airlines flight as it flew from Houston to Chicago on Sunday afternoon. Witnesses and officials said a flight...Tags: Mother's Day, Police Investigations, Lawyers, Guerrilla Activity, FBI
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James H. McCartney, 1925-2011
In a journalism career that spanned nearly 40 years, James H. McCartney reported extensively on foreign affairs and defense policy, an interest his family said was borne from his difficult time as a teenage infantryman in France and Germany during World...Tags: Mass Media, Journalism, Vietnam War, Religious Conflicts, Ronald Reagan
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Bin Laden's death a tough subject for the pulpit
Associated PressThe killing of Osama bin Laden, a man who was America's face of evil for nearly a decade, left Christians, Jews and Muslims relieved, proud or even jubilant. For their religious leaders, it was sometimes hard to know just what to say. There is at...Tags: Christianity, Harrisburg (Dauphin, Pennsylvania), Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Passover, Saddam Hussein
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Evil does not go away for good
Two months and a day before 9/11, terrorism expert Larry C. Johnson published "The declining terrorist threat," a New York Times op-ed decrying the fact that "Americans are bedeviled by fantasies about terrorism," when, in reality, "the decade beginning...Tags: New York Times, Afghanistan, Guerrilla Activity, Barack Obama, Armed Conflicts
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Chicago church reflects on Osama bin Laden's death
The senior pastor at Armitage Baptist Church in Chicago says the death of Osama bin Laden was justified but not a cause for celebration. Pastor Charles Lyons told his congregation Sunday that sometimes evil must be killed, but "we do not rejoice in...Tags: Christianity, Baptist, Death of Osama bin Laden
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Did rivals finger bin Laden?
Page's PageA civil war inside al-Qaeda? I hope no one sickens as the plot thickens--except the bad guys.... -
Bin Laden death doesn't ease pain for Wis. woman
The mother of a Fond du Lac man killed when terrorists bombed the USS Cole in 2000 says the death of Osama bin Laden does not ease her pain. U.S. Naval Petty Officer Marc Nieto was among 17 killed at a Yemen port. Bin Laden claimed credit, as well as...Tags: Defense, Armed Forces, Death of Osama bin Laden
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Crying 'bankruptcy' — a shaggy wolf tale that's long in the tooth
Medicare faces bankruptcy in seven years unless we reduce benefits or raise taxes to shore up the sagging entitlement program. How do I know? It says so right here in a clip from the July 2, 1969, Chicago Tribune headlined "Medicare aid fund failure is...Tags: New York Times, Media Industry, Martin Luther King Jr., Congressional Budget Office, Facebook
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Michelle Obama lauds US forces in bin Laden raid
Associated PressFirst lady Michelle Obama said Saturday that the U.S. military specialists who killed terrorist leader Osama bin Laden showed "the very essence" of public service. Mrs. Obama made her first public remarks about bin Laden's death during the...Tags: Michelle Obama, U.S. Presidential Election (2008), Polls, Government, Barack Obama
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Torturing for truth
An old joke: "Why do elephants paint their toenails red?" I don't know. "So they can hide in the tomato patch." There are no elephants in the tomato patch. "See? It works." That's the sort of logic deployed by defenders of the Bush administration's...Tags: New York Times, U.S. Department of Justice, Defense, Steve Chapman, Prisons
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Kirk asserts Pakistan knew of Bin Laden residence
Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk contends the Pakistani government was "probably fully aware" Osama bin Laden was living in that country. Kirk made that assertion while meeting Friday with the editorial board of the Chicago Tribune. The senator attended the...Tags: Washington (U.S. state), Illinois, Pakistan, Mark Kirk, Wars and Interventions
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Spam bin Laden emails could steal personal info
Wisconsin officials are warning that scam artists are using the death of Osama bin Laden to steal personal information from consumers. The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection says people should be cautious of unsolicited...Tags: Theft, Wisconsin, Interior Policy, Crimes, Death of Osama bin Laden
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