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Oscars 2013: Do we love women or hate them? The show couldn't decide
The tonal dissonance of 85th Academy Awards had much to do with its treatment of women. Even as Seth MacFarlane's humor inflamed feminists, many of the musical numbers celebrated the strength and power of female performers and pride of place was saved for...
Tags: Argo (movie), Tina Fey, Brave (movie), Barbra Streisand, Celebrities
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Oscars 2013: 'Argo' wins best picture
Ben Affleck may have been snubbed for directing it, but "Argo" certainly wasn't slighted at the Academy Awards, winning best picture in Sunday night's ceremony. In beating Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln" for the top Oscar honor in the 85th annual ceremony,...
Tags: Argo (movie), Movies, Steven Spielberg, Grant Heslov, Screen Actors Guild
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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: Celebrities, Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook (movie), Academy Awards, Amour (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: Military Aircraft, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Congress, U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, U.S. Department of State
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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: U.S. Senate, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Yemen
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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: Nidal Malik Hasan, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, United Nations, Death Penalty
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Letters: Drop the apostrophe?
Re "Squiggle sparks a squabble," March 28 Although "squiggle" is not a term I would have used, as I have more than a proprietary interest in the subject, the improper use of the apostrophe is a continuing personal irritant. And as a regular victim of...
Tags: England, United Kingdom, Michelle Rhee, BBC, George Bernard Shaw
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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: Movies, Academy Awards, Entertainment, Zero Dark Thirty (movie), Entertainment Events
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Senate debate over drones divides Republican Party
WASHINGTON -- A sudden debate over the potential use of unmanned drones against terrorist suspects in the United States touched off a power struggle within the Republican Party on Thursday, even as the Senate confirmed President Obama’s CIA...
Tags: John McCain, American Civil Liberties Union, Barack Obama, Government, Dianne Feinstein
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Moving up the CIA ladder
CIA Director John Brennan is reportedly considering promoting an official who ran an overseas "black site" where suspected terrorists were interrogated and who was involved in the decision to destroy videotapes of waterboarding. It's an outrageous idea....
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Congress, U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, The Washington Post, Dianne Feinstein
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Petraeus offers apology for scandal during speech at USC
Signaling a desire to return to public life, retired Gen. David H. Petraeus offered an apology Tuesday for the scandal that led to his resignation as director of the CIA and brought an illustrious career to an abrupt end. Petraeus has kept a low...
Tags: FBI, David Petraeus, Paula Broadwell, Christopher Stevens, U.S. Army
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Influential Democrat urges Obama to release drone opinions
WASHINGTON - President Obama should stop “bobbing and weaving” and let Congress and the public see the classified legal opinions that govern the targeted killing of terrorism suspects overseas, former White House Chief of Staff John Podesta ...
Tags: U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, U.S. Congress, Ron Wyden, The Washington Post, Polls
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