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Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Sotomayor defends Latina comments

WASHINGTON, July 14 (UPI) -- U.S. Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor faced tough questions Tuesday about gun rights, abortion and her past statements regarding race and gender. On the the second day of the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on her nomination to the nation's highest court,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, June 12, 2009

Hero Stephen Johns foiled Holocaust Museum massacre

By MARTIN SIEFF Published: June 11, 2009 at 11:47 AM WASHINGTON, June 11 (UPI) -- It took until he was 88 years old, but James von Brunn finally got his heart's desire to kill an innocent black man. He still went out a failure when he expressed his terrorist outrage at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, June 5, 2009

Obama vows peace with Islam, war with extremists

By MARTIN SIEFF Published: June 4, 2009 at 2:35 PM WASHINGTON, June 4 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama called for a "new beginning" in his speech Thursday at Cairo University. America "is not and never will be at war with Islam," Obama said in his speech, the second in what looks like an ongoing... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Exodus Tyson Dies

PHOENIX, May 26 (UPI) -- Exodus Tyson, the 4-year-old daughter of retired boxer Mike Tyson who strangled herself accidentally, was pronounced dead Tuesday, Phoenix police said. The girl had been on life support at a Phoenix hospital since being found with a treadmill cord wrapped around her neck... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, May 23, 2009

Litterbug released after 4 years in jail

ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla., May 21 (UPI) -- A Florida man who littered his yard with junk including toilets and a statue of buttocks has been released from prison after serving four years. Alan Davis of Seminole County was originally convicted in 2003 on a felony criminal littering charge for what he... Sign in to see full entry.

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