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'Security Theater'? TSA Confiscates Woman's Frosted Cupcake By Olivia Katrandjian | ABC News – Sat, Dec 24, 2011 11:10 AM EST.. . A Massachusetts woman who flew home from Las Vegas this week says an airport security officer confiscated her frosted cupcake because he thought its...

Key Iowa paper backs Romney for president By Deborah Charles | Reuters DES MOINES (Reuters) - The main newspaper in Iowa, the Des Moines Register, Saturday endorsed Mitt Romney in the Republican presidential race, less than three weeks before the state holds the first nominating contest for...

R.I.P. Pearl Harbor survivors return to ships after death By AUDREY McAVOY | AP HONOLULU (AP) — Lee Soucy decided five years ago that when he died he wanted to join his shipmates killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor. Soucy lived to be 90, passing away just last year. On Tuesday...

Cain announces he's suspending his campaign By SHANNON McCAFFREY | AP ATLANTA (AP) — The Cain train has come to a stop. Herman Cain suspended his bid for the Republican presidential nomination on Saturday following a steady drumbeat of sexual misconduct allegations he said were harming...

Reagan shooter wants more time outside hospital By JESSICA GRESKO | AP WASHINGTON (AP) — The man who attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan is asking to spend more time outside a Washington mental hospital, but a government lawyer says John Hinckley's request is premature and that...

RFK assassin Sirhan Sirhan alleges conspiracy theory, seeks release from prison By Eric Pfeiffer - yahoo news Attorneys for Sirhan Sirhan, the man who assassinated Robert Kennedy in 1968, have asked that he be released from prison, alleging that he was a victim of "mind-control" and...

How much crazier can Black Friday get? :eek: By CHRIS HAWLEY | AP NEW YORK (AP) — Pepper-sprayed customers, smash-and-grab looters and bloody scenes in the shopping aisles. How did Black Friday devolve into this? As reports of shopping-related violence rolled in this week from Los...

Just something to think about on this thanksgiving, IMO History too kind to Puritans' brutal intolerance | Detroit Free Press | freep.com By Eric Sharp Detroit Free Press Staff Writer Americans who worry about Muslim countries adopting Sharia law forget that our country was first...

I thought only the Democrats have dumb ideas. Illinois Republican wants to make Chicago area the 51st state | The Ticket - Yahoo! News Illinois Republican wants to make Chicago area the 51st state By Chris Moody Chicago (AP) A state Republican legislator has introduced a bill...

.. McCain chides Republican candidates on 'torture' - Yahoo! News McCain chides Republican candidates on 'torture' AFP –Nov 14, 2011... Senior US Senator John McCain on Monday rebuked Republican presidential candidates who came out in favor of a harsh interrogation tactic known...

Ya just cant make things like this up, part 2 :eek: ‘Birther’ champion Orly Taitz seeks GOP Senate nomination to challenge Feinstein The Daily Caller - Wed, Nov 2, 2011 Orly Taitz, best known as a leading proponent of conspiracy theories about President Barack Obama’s birth, is...

FACT CHECK: GOP lawmakers spin funding tall tales By JOAN LOWY - Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It's an outrageous tale: The federal government spends one out of every $10 in transportation aid on wasteful projects such as refurbishing a giant roadside coffee pot and constructing...

Our run the state like a business Governor wants to raise a tax. I thought Republicans cut taxes. Commuting | Snyder offers new gas tax plan for road fixes | The Detroit News Snyder offers new gas tax plan for road fixes Karen Bouffard/ Detroit News Lansing Bureau Lansing—...

As requested, My thoughts are--- Get real Lady!!!!!! This story comes from the Yahoo! Contributor Network Anita Perry Blames Obama for Son Quitting His Job Rick Perry's Wife Says Obama Administration's Regulations Cost Son His Banking Job By Saul Relative Yahoo! Contributor...

Romney's Mormonism in focus at political meeting By Patricia Zengerle | Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney wooed evangelical Christian voters on Saturday with promises he would protect families, but found his Mormon religion at center stage at a...

.. NAGGING QUESTIONS ABOUT GUILT SHADOW DEATH ROW INMATE By Cynthia Tucker WASHINGTON -- Perhaps Troy Davis is the violent thug who senselessly gunned down an off-duty police officer in a dimly lit Savannah, Ga., parking lot on Aug. 19, 1989. He was convicted of the crime two years later...

.. U.S. blames BP for Gulf spill By Ayesha Rascoe and Anna Driver | Reuters WASHINGTON/HOUSTON (Reuters) - The United States heaped the lion's share of blame for the country's biggest ever offshore oil spill on BP on Wednesday as the government issued its final assessment of last year's...

Cherokees expel descendants of slaves from tribe By JUSTIN JUOZAPAVICIUS - Associated Press Okla. (AP) — One of the nation's largest American Indian tribes has sent letters to about 2,800 descendants of slaves once owned by its members, revoking their citizenship and cutting their medical...

Indiana college to not play national anthem Indiana college not playing the national anthem sparks debate - The Dagger - NCAAB*Blog - Yahoo! Sports Thu Aug 25 07:07pm EDT Indiana college not playing the national anthem sparks debate By Jeff Eisenberg Visiting fans who attend a...

Bar, restaurant owners angry over smoking ban plan to exclude lawmakers Aug 24, 2011 LANSING -- Bar and restaurant owners upset about Michigan's workplace smoking ban have a ban of their own in the works. Protect Private Property Rights in Michigan said Tuesday that about 500 bars...