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A new ‘Watergate’? Team Obama and the hunt for the truth about Benghazi

When the White House, in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request filed by the fearless private watchdog group Judicial Watch, turned over an email about constructing the appropriate narrative response to the tragedy at Benghazi written by…

Veteran trainer has field favorite California Chrome in Kentucky Derby debut

For a man who’s never had a horse in the Kentucky Derby, Art Sherman, trainer of morning line favorite California Chrome, has plenty of Derby experience. He played a minor role in helping a legend win the Derby, seen the…

Divided GOP only thing Obama, Democrats have going for them before 2014 midterms

April 29, 2014: House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, joined by Rep. Renee Ellmers, R-N.C., talks to reporters following a Republican strategy meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington.AP Tuesday’s Washington Post/ABC News poll will not be welcome news to a…

Donald Sterling, Cliven Bundy and the truth about racism

When you picture a racist, what images spring to mind? I ask, because in a single week, my own answer to that question has come to include to images of otherwise seemingly innocent types, and in that shift, lay important…

The new drama of adolescence and a Connecticut teen’s senseless death

Apr. 25, 2014: People gather at the beach for a vigil in honor of murdered student Maren Sanchez in Milford, Connecticut. (Reuters) Maren Sanchez, 16, a student at the Jonathan Law High School in Milford, Connecticut, was stabbed to death…

In Kiev, Biden Tells Russia To Pull Back

“It is time for Russia to stop talking and start acting—act on the commitments they made. We need to see these kinds of concrete steps,” Vice President Biden said in Kiev today. “Time is short in which to make progress.”…

An S.O.S. for Cap’n Crunch?

(Abrams) If we are what eat, in breakfast terms we’re no longer shredded, puffed and flaked grains. We’re protein-dense, bacteria-rich strained milk. To put it another way, Cap’n Crunch is foundering in a sea of Greek yogurt. Cereal is losing…

IRS considers taxing work perks like food, gym memberships

In competitive job markets like Silicon Valley, companies are doing everything they can to entice the best and brightest — offering freebies that have become the stuff of legend. ; Employee perks like free food at lavish cafeterias, laundry and…

Horror of Syria’s war displayed at UN

PreviousNext WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES Horrific images of corpses from Syria’s civil war, including shriveled bodies of detainees starved to death and others with their eyes gouged out, were among some 55,000 photographs smuggled out of Syria and presented at the…

Fort Hood: Yet another tragedy from our broken mental health care system

Lt. Gen. Mark Milley, commanding general of III Corps and Fort Hood, speaks with the media outside of an entrance to the Fort Hood military base following a shooting that occurred inside, Wednesday, April 2, 2014, in Fort Hood, Texas.…