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as it appears that Syria may have shot down a Turkish Fighter jet via Fark BEIRUT (Reuters) - Turkey lost a warplane over the Mediterranean on Friday, but its prime minister said he could not confirm reports that had shot it down and had apologized. If the Syrians did...

via SDA: http://smalldeadanimals.com/ The 72 episodes of Jay Leno's Garage and related shows that I've watched on the Internet are now indexed at my Jay's Garage page. A collection of 25 episodes of Jacques Pépin's More Fast Food My Way, and 6 episodes of Essential Pépin, are now...

CAIRO: An Egyptian delegation at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on Thursday has urged the body to focus its efforts on “real people” who need assistance in questioning the rights of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community. “Finally, concerning the highly...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A Muslim convert from Brooklyn was sentenced Friday to nearly 12 years in prison for posting online threats against the creators of the "South Park" television show and others he deemed enemies of Islam. The sentence — largely in line with the term sought by prosecutors —...

United Nations officials refuse to allow observers to read the draft agenda for the Rio+20 conference on climate change, after an earlier draft called for the economic “contraction” in major countries. “It seems the UN has taken the final pre-conference...

A list of 10 men and their actions that earned them the medal of honor. 10 Astounding Actions Earning A Medal of*Honor

KABUL, Afghanistan – Heavily armed Taliban insurgents killed 17 people — most of them civilians — in an attack Friday on a lakeside hotel just north of Kabul, Afghan officials said. Insurgents battled Afghan security forces for about 12 hours while they held hotel guests...

What we've got here is, failure to communicate. via Fark If you have your middle school students write mock 'suicide notes' as a creative writing exercise, make sure you tell the students to inform their parents it isn't real. Some parents may react badly...

Drone strikes threaten 50 years of international law, says UN rapporteur US policy of using drone strikes to carry out targeted killings 'may encourage other states to flout international law' The US policy of using aerial drones to carry out targeted killings...

Justin Bieber Bombs on TV, And Isn’t Doing So Great on the Charts Justin Bieber has been sold to us in forceful amounts, but maybe it’s not working after all. His TV special last night on NBC, “All Around the World,” was a bust. For an 8pm show aimed at pre-teens, it finished fourth out of...

Am hearing the Moody's downgrades of UK banks likely to be at 6.30 our time, with US banks downgraded later tonight https://twitter.com/Peston/status/215854974788308992 TSX plummets 350 points - thestar.com

See the Unbelievable New Campaign Sponsored by the University of Minnesota-Duluth Here’s a pop quiz: What do we usually call unsubstantiated assumptions about someone’s class, or position in life, based upon the color of their skin? That’s right, racism. And that appears to be what Campus...

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Broadcasters anticipating a major constitutional ruling on the government's authority to regulate what can be shown and said on the airwaves instead won only...

Drinking from the garden hose WILL KILL YOU says scientists that weren't alive when the hose was the only way to get water Don’t Drink The Water: Study Warns Drinking From Garden Hose WASHINGTON (CBSDC) — Beware of drinking from the garden hose as temperatures soar toward 100 degrees. A...

New legislation introduced today by Immigration Minister Jason Kenney will crack down on foreign criminals who delay deportation to their home countries by utilizing Canada’s lengthy appeals system, and make it easier for the government to deport them. The new laws will limit the access...

MONTREAL — Major Canadian retailers are preparing to fight Quebec’s language police to keep their trademarks intact, in the face of threatened prosecution of English-named companies that include no French in their storefront signage. Montreal’s downtown streets and suburban shopping malls...

After She Says They Won’t Take As Many Vacations As The Obamas… Yes, the left is getting this desperate. via Weasel Zippers What she actually said: Ann Romney, the wife of Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, said Monday that she doubted she and her husband would...

Greece, N.Y. - Greece Police are deciding if a group of Greece Athena Middle school students will be charged after cell phone video shows a group of kids on a school bus bullying and threatening a school bus monitor. You can see some students on camera and hear others off camera taunting the...

Good interview. Dennis Prager - YouTube

Andrea Mitchell: The issue here is not whether we broke a few rules, or took a few liberties with edited Romney tape - we did. But we're not going to sit here and listen to you badmouth MSNBC or the United States of America Andrea Mitchell airs full Romney remarks On her show today...