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• 17th body found on wrecked Italy cruise ship; bad weather stalls salvage work

  Sat Jan 28, 2012
  • This $14K offer sounds like one offered to me by an employer; $60k, to give up my senority. Needless to say, I turned it down, and have collected a pension for 20+ years, and still have lifetime benefits.

• 'Uncle Haley' pardoned many with ties to power

  Sat Jan 28, 2012
  • A careful look over almost 70 years indicates that this type of behavior is MORE LIKELY from someone who is: White, wealthy and republican. If you doubt me do some research, of in alternative, live to be 70!

• Federal judge sentences 'Barefoot Bandit' to 6 1/2 years

  Fri Jan 27, 2012
  • As the old Irish expression goes: "Do the crime, do the time". The fact that he is bright and white shouldn't have effected his sentence. but it seems to have. I wonder if he will be made to pay full restitution, including cost of prosecution, and transport back to the US.

• Marine to serve no time in Iraqi killings case

  Tue Jan 24, 2012
  • Same as it is done here. Let some time pass, let people forget, then let the crook off, saying: "My hands were tied"

• Ex-CIA agent charged with leaking classified info on Gitmo case

  Mon Jan 23, 2012
  • If Dick Cheney can't be charged with outing Valerie Plame, after having his request to out her written on a paper, in his handwriting, how could this guy be charged?

• TSA critic Sen. Rand Paul has run-in with ... TSA

  Mon Jan 23, 2012
  • If the system was doing it's job Sept. 11, 2001, it would just be another day in time. 6,000 pages of mideast intelligence was unread that day, allowing the conservative islamic terrorists to strike. I don't mind the inconvenience, which gives us all peace of mind!

• Railroad companies fight safety rules, with help from GOP and Obama

  Thu Jan 19, 2012
  • This all sounds like the arguments raised against seat belts and air bags years ago, but now traffic deaths are lowest since the 1940's.

• Gingrich ex-wife claims he sought 'open' relationship, candidate won't say 'anything negative'

  Wed Jan 18, 2012
  • Sounds like Newt is somewhat like the Mormon polygamist Warren Jeffs. he had an open marriage with 1 wife and 78 "sister wives"! Mitt romney's grandfather Meridith Romney was a polygamist bishop, but Mitt won't condemn it. Why?

• Made in America: Trend against outsourcing brings jobs back from China

  Sat Jan 14, 2012
  • COMMUNIST factories in America? I think not!

• Tricky fuel transfer awaits tanker nearing Nome

  Sat Jan 14, 2012
  • This is the kind of "Think outside the box" ways that we need to embrace. If Russia gets in a similar situation we should come to their rescue. it's a step toward world peace.