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Oscars 2013: Jennifer Lawrence wins best actress
The second time’s the charm for Jennifer Lawrence. The 22-year-old Kentucky native landed the lead actress Oscar statuette Sunday for her tragicomic performance as an emotionally bruised widow in “Silver Linings Playbook.” Her win...
Tags: Golden Globe Awards, Naomi Watts, Jennifer Lawrence, Amour (movie), Silver Linings Playbook (movie)
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United Arab Emirates reaches deal to buy unarmed Predator drones
California-based General Atomics Aeronautical System Inc. said Friday it has struck a deal to sell unarmed Predator drones to the United Arab Emirates military. The agreement would mark the first time a non-NATO country has obtained the American-made...
Tags: NATO, U.S. Congress, Military Aircraft, Organized Crime, Military Equipment
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Letters: Battling over drone policy
Re "Drones and due process," Opinion, Feb. 17 I was pleased to read three lawyers' views on due process and targeting U.S. citizens in drone strikes. However, as a former prosecutor and practicing lawyer, I was dismayed by two of the opinions. All...Tags: Laws, United Nations, Death Penalty, Nidal Malik Hasan, Crime, Law and Justice
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Stephen King and wife Tabitha pledge $3 million to Maine library
Author Stephen King and his wife, Tabitha, have pledged to donate $3 million to their library in Bangor, Maine. The pledge is contingent upon the library raising $6 million from other sources. Let's hope there are other willing donors in the region --...
Tags: The Shawshank Redemption (movie), Arts and Culture, Libraries, Stephen King
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Letters: Torture and 'Zero Dark Thirty'
Re "Road to Oscars a minefield for 'Zero,'" Feb. 19 I was disgusted by the opening scenes in "Zero Dark Thirty" portraying torture. Contrary to actual events, the prolonged scenes failed to portray any significant awareness of the current moral and...Tags: Entertainment, Entertainment Events, Zero Dark Thirty (movie), Movies, Academy Awards
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British horror writer James Herbert dies at age 69
Fans of pulpy British horror novels were dismayed to learn that James Herbert, author of books including "The Rats," "Magic Cottage" and "Haunted," had died at his home Wednesday. The 69-year-old died peacefully in his sleep, according to publisher Pan...
Tags: BBC, Arts and Culture, United Kingdom, Authors, Literature
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Dennis Rodman urges Barack Obama to call his new BFF Kim Jong Un
It’s a real-life scenario so bizarre and outlandish it seems like it was dreamed up by the writers of “South Park” or “30 Rock”: Retired NBA player turned C-list reality star Dennis Rodman travels to North Korea, becomes...
Tags: Bill Clinton, ABC (tv network), Kim Jong Un, Jerry Buss, Harlem Globetrotters
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Congress weighs legislation that would update email privacy laws
SAN FRANCISCO -- Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) introduced legislation Tuesday that would give stronger privacy protection to emails. The Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act of 2013 would require the government to...
Tags: Laws, Science and Technology, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Telecommunication Service, American Civil Liberties Union
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Iraq war: Lessons learned?
Ten years have passed since the United States invaded Iraq, a decision that almost everyone now ranks as one of the worst foreign policy blunders of our time. Why "almost"? Former President George W. Bush and his top aides still maintain that the invasion...
Tags: Federal Reserve, U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, U.S. Congress, Iran, International Military Interventions
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Goldberg: What Rand Paul got right
I hope I'm not too late to the fight. -------------------- FOR THE RECORD: Filibuster: In a March 12 column about Rand Paul, Sen. Lindsey Graham was identified as (R-Ky.). He is from South Carolina. -------------------- Last week, freshman Sen....
Tags: U.S. Congress, John McCain, The Wall Street Journal, FBI, U.S. Senate
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Transcript: Rand Paul's filibuster of John Brennan's CIA nomination
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) delivered a nearly 13-hour filibuster Wednesday of John Brennan’s nomination to lead the CIA. Paul used his time on the floor to question the legality of the White House's policies on drone use, beginning at 11:47 a.m. EST and...
Tags: Laws, Human Mishaps, U.S. Department of Defense, Butter, Pandora Media, Inc.
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Secrets no president should keep
In the divided world of American politics, it's not easy to find an issue on which the legal affairs correspondent for the Nation and the former chairman of the American Conservative Union agree. But we've found one: the crucial importance of transparency...
Tags: Government, U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, U.S. Department of Justice, White House, Terrorism
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