Author: McClatchy Newspapers
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Whistleblower Edward Snowden nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save OSLO, Norway — Two lawmakers in Norway Wednesday said they have nominated U.S. whistleblower Edward Snowden for the Nobel Peace Prize. The intelligence contractor who leaked documents that revealed the extent of the government surveillance…
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No-hazing policy for Chiefs’ coach Reid a long tradition
When the Kansas City Chiefs reconvened Monday after their bye week, coach Andy Reid didn’t have to say a word or warn his team about hazing in the locker room. They already knew. Aside from rookies carrying veterans’ shoulder pads up the hill at training camp, the Chiefs have a no-hazing policy. “We’re not a…
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North Korea executes 80, some for minor offenses, newspaper says
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save North Korea staged gruesome public executions of 80 people this month, some for offenses as minor as watching South Korean entertainment videos or being found in possession of a Bible, a South Korean newspaper reported…
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Ecological pressures limit the world’s supply of frankincense
The world may still have gold and myrrh, but it’s quite possible that frankincense could become a thing of the past, given ecological pressures on the arid lands where it grows in Ethiopia. The storied resin, known to millions as one of the three gifts of the Magi, the wise men who visited Jesus after…
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Ex-Bush official advises against bin Laden photo
FORT WORTH, Texas — If Gordon England was still in the inner circle of top defense officials, as he was for the entire George We. Bush administration, he’s pretty sure what advice he’d give when the subject turned to whether to release photos of Osama bin Laden’s body.He said it wouldn’t be yes.”I don’t think…
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Planned Parenthood becomes lightning rod
WASHINGTON — Planned Parenthood, always a lightning rod for social conservatives, rose front and center in the divide between Senate Democrats and House Republicans over federal spending — and the disagreement came perilously close to shutting down the federal government.While its more than 800 health centers generally provide a broad range of women’s health care,…
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Dissin’ cousins? Obama related to Limbaugh, Palin
WASHINGTON — Rush Limbaugh calls President Barack Obama “imam,” even though he knows the president isn’t a Muslim. Sarah Palin has openly doubted the president’s “cojones.” Turns out these two conservative firebrands have been dissin’ their own cousin. The online genealogy service Ancestry.com now reports that Obama and Palin are 10th cousins, and Obama and…
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Karzai, NATO at odds over another Afghan airstrike
KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan President Hamid Karzai and NATO disagreed Thursday over whether an airstrike in northern Afghanistan killed the top member of re-emerging insurgent group or 10 election workers. The dispute here refueled some of the thorniest issues plaguing U.S.-Afghan relations as Defense Secretary Robert Gates made his first visit to Afghanistan since President…
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Task force looks at preventing military suicides
WASHINGTON — A Defense Department task force devoted to preventing suicide in the military presented a grim picture of the trend Tuesday, with suicides rising at a near steady pace even as commanders apply various balms to soothe a stressed, exhausted fighting force. The military has nearly 900 suicide-prevention programs across 400 military installations worldwide,…
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Senate likely to break deadlock on jobless benefits
WASHINGTON — The Senate is expected Tuesday to break its deadlock over extending jobless benefits to millions of people when it votes on whether to end a lengthy standoff over how to pay for the program. The vote will come a day after President Barack Obama escalated his attacks on Republicans, blasting them for opposing…