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He’d survived a suicide bombing. Now a soldier who served in Afghanistan could be paralyzed after being shot during a welcome home party Friday night in San Bernardino. Christopher Sullivan, 22, suffered wounds during the bombing attack, which killed five fellow soldiers, his family said. “He was lucky he came …

Raw footage shows Ron Paul DIDN’T storm out of CNN interview over racist newsletters… the interview was simply done By MEGHAN KENEALLY Reports that Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul stormed out of a CNN interview earlier this week seem to be dramatically over-exaggerated. Raw footage of the Thursday interview shows …

Barack Obama elle Matt Damon 12:56 pm, December 21st, 2011 Matt Damon rips President Obama in Elle magazine, blasting his leadership qualities and saying he’d prefer “a one-term president with some balls who actually got stuff done.” The actor, a longtime supporter of the Democratic Party and onetime Obama advocate, reveals …

Cab Drivers Want Steep Fare Hike, Vomit Cleanup Fee Updated 12/20/11 – 5:20 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) – It’s been six years since Chicago cab drivers have had a fare increase and cabbies say it’s about time they had another one. As CBS 2’s Vince Gerasole reports, a group of 1,500 cab …

By Matthew Boyle – The Daily Caller Attorney General Eric Holder’s list of Operation Fast and Furious critics has grown over the past several days, as four more have signed on to a resolution of “no confidence” in him. Republican Reps. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, Kevin Brady of Texas, Tim …

When President Obama puts his signature to the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), I will be remembering with much regret four years back. As you probably know the NDAA allows for the indefinite detention of anyone, including Americans and legal residents, without charge and without trial. It shreds our …

Bill proposed by police union dies in Illinois House December 18, 2010 A bill in the Statehouse this year reopened a lingering debate in traffic enforcement: Are officers ordered to write a specific number of tickets? A top Illinois police union says yes. The Illinois Fraternal Order of Police Labor …

ALEX KEEFE | DEC. 13, 2011 (AP/file) The federal agency overseeing mortage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is suing the city of Chicago over a new ordinance aimed at cracking down on owners of vacant and abandoned buildings. The Federal Housing Finance Agency argues in a lawsuit filed Monday …

Infowars Nightly News Tuesday, December 20, 2011 Ron Paul’s astounding rise in the polls and his first place lead as the GOP heads for Iowa and the first caucus in January of 2012.

Establishment reverts back to pretending Paul doesn’t exist Paul Joseph Watson Infowars.com Tuesday, December 20, 2011 From rightly heralding the Iowa primary as a crucial indicator as to who will eventually capture the GOP nomination, the establishment has closed ranks and now decided that a Ron Paul victory doesn’t count and …

CYNDY COLE and JOE FERGUSON Sun Staff Reporters New tests have confirmed in Flagstaff what researchers in Minnesota first observed: that even highly treated wastewater might contain trace elements of gene material from dead bacteria resistant to some widely used antibiotics. One scientist said this week he would be more …

JOEL N. SHURKIN, ISNS Contributor Inside Science News Service | Posted: Sunday, November 20, 2011 Even a very good wastewater treatment plant can’t clean up fragments of superbugs — bacteria that have developed a resistance to antibiotics — and until now, almost no one has noticed. The implications are unclear …

University of Minnesota research suggests that wastewater treated with standard technologies contains far greater quantities Contacts: Rhonda Zurn, College of Science and Engineering, rzurn@umn.edu, (612) 626-7959 Preston Smith, University News Service, smith@umn.edu, (612) 625-0552 MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (11/14/2011) —A new University of Minnesota study reveals that the release of …

DASHIELL BENNETT A new poll from Public Policy Polling shows that Ron Paul has taken the lead in the Iowa caucus race, while Newt Gingrich’s support is fading fast. A different Gallup poll shows Gringrich still holding the lead, but slipping, while The New York Times has Paul in the …

By Jason Grotto and Ray Long, Chicago Tribune reporters December 16, 2011 Robert Molaro’s short stint as aide to Ald. Ed Burke brought him windfall for life All it took for former state Rep. Robert Molaro to nearly double his public pension was spending one month as an aide to …