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Embassy of Israel Hosting Only Public Event of the Year in Memory of Daniel Pearl
Tweet Share on Facebook October 18, 2012 CommentThe Embassy of Israel in Washington announced Thursday that it will open its doors to the public for the only time this year in an event dedicated to the memory of slain Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl.
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Romney May Lose Every State He's Ever Lived in Except Utah
Tweet Share on Facebook October 18, 2012 CommentIf Mitt Romney wins the presidency, he will likely do so without his home state of Massachusetts, a Democratic bastion, despite having served as governor there from 2003 to 2007. And the GOP nominee may also lose almost every other state he's ever lived in.
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Study: Black Americans Feel Less Empowered Under Obama Than They Once Did
Tweet Share on Facebook October 17, 2012 CommentFour years after Barack Obama was elected president, this is not exactly a "post-racial" America.
A new study from Washington University in St. Louis finds that under Obama, many black Americans feel less free than whites when it comes to political participation.
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Paul Ryan Not Dropping Out of Re-Election Bid as His Opponent's Note Claims
Tweet Share on Facebook October 17, 2012 CommentGOP vice presidential hopeful Paul Ryan is running two races right now. But according to his Democratic competitor back in Wisconsin, not for long.
Opponent Rob Zerban's campaign sent out a sarcastic and cheeky E-mail blast to supporters Wednesday stating that "we're confident [Ryan] will drop out of the race any day now."
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Town Hall Debate To Be Most Regulated To Date, Expert Says
Tweet Share on Facebook October 16, 2012 CommentThe brouhaha surrounding Candy Crowley's decision to take a more active role as moderator of the second presidential debate has somewhat obscured a larger point: the town hall format on display Tuesday isn't the same as it used to be.
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Stock Market Makes Money When Congress Does Nothing, New Book Says
Tweet Share on Facebook October 16, 2012 CommentThe so-called "Do-Nothing Congress" appears to be good for one thing: the stock market.
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PBS Election Special On Race Under Fire By Conservative Interview Subject
Tweet Share on Facebook October 15, 2012 CommentThe bad month for Big Bird's employer continues.
Less than two weeks after PBS and its federal funding was the hot topic of the first presidential debate, the nonprofit TV broadcasting network is coming under fire by an interview subject of its election special on race, which is due to air Tuesday just ahead of the third presidential debate.
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Washington Times Gets First President And CEO Who Is Not A Member of Unification Church
Tweet Share on Facebook October 15, 2012 CommentOn the heels of a Washington Whispers report Saturday that Douglas Joo is out as Washington Times chairman, the conservative newspaper announced on its Web site Monday it has a new president and CEO.
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Racist T-Shirt at Romney Rally Shows How Political Events Have Become Harder To Control
Tweet Share on Facebook October 15, 2012 CommentDespite political rallies being somewhat controlled affairs, with campaigns making every attempt to keep out hecklers and other disturbances, these events do sometimes result in bad optics for presidential candidates.
On Friday, a man was photographed by Getty Images at a rally for the Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan ticket in Lancaster, Ohio, wearing a T-shirt that read "Put The White Back In the White House." Conservatives now say the man may have been a liberal plant designed to make Romney look bad, and the GOP nominee has disavowed the racist T-shirt. On Saturday, a Romney spokesperson told Buzzfeed the shirt is "reprehensible and has no place in this election."
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Washington Times Chairman Douglas Joo Abruptly Departs Paper For Reasons Unknown
Tweet Share on Facebook October 13, 2012 CommentWashington Times chairman Douglas Joo has abruptly—but quietly—left the company just a week after professing on the paper's 30th anniversary that he was "very proud" of all it had accomplished. The executive office of the Times confirmed the news to Whispers Friday.
Joo, who is a member of the Unification Church until very recently run by the deceased Rev. Sun Myung Moon, already gave up his position as chairman of the Times once before. In November 2009, Joo was reportedly fired from the role because of a Moon family feud that resulted in chaos among the leadership of the paper. Joo denied those reports at the time, and reassumed his role as chairman not long after.
