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News in Brief: In Alaska Senate Race, Miller Sues Over Vote Count, and More
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Aid Workers in Haiti Rush to Contain Cholera
Port-au-Prince, Haiti; and Mexico City - With the first official case of cholera diagnosed by doctors in Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, and dozens of other cases suspected, officials and nongovernmental …
Muslim Americans Foil Terror Threats
New York - A new report on violent extremists in the United States finds that terrorism plots by non-Muslims greatly outnumber those attempted by Muslims, and that Muslim-American communities …
Certified Right-Wing Extremists Set to Take Control of House Foreign Affairs Panels
In the early years of the past decade, two hard-line cold warriors, closely associated with radical Cuban exile groups in Florida, occupied strategic positions in the US foreign policy …
Esther J. Cepeda | Nothing Happy About Obesity
Chicago - Happy Meals in San Francisco are about to become a little less happy, and my smile has been super-sized. Not because I don't love Happy Meals. On …
Missing From the Juan Williams Debate: “The ACORN Deal“
A raging debate has ensued around whether National Public Radio (NPR) correctly fired Juan Williams. Some say Williams undermined his credibility as a news analyst. Others accuse NPR of …
This Modern World: Election Roundup
Jim Hightower | Soft Landing for Bankers, Hard Times for Everyone Else
I've seen some truly amazing feats of magic, but here's one that beats them all. Right before your eyes, this thing rises into the air on its own, with …
Ruth Marcus | Clueless on a Shellacking
Washington - The day after his shellacking, the bruised president offered a sober, tripartite analysis of voters’ message. First, he said, voters are fed up with Washington partisanship and …
Secret Documents Show US-Backed Indonesian Special Forces Target Papuan Churches and Civilians
Secret documents have leaked from inside Kopassus, Indonesia's red berets, which say that Indonesia's US-backed security forces engage in “murder [and] abduction” and show that Kopassus targets churches in …