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Allan Powell: 'It Can't Happen Here'
In 1935, prolific novelist Sinclair Lewis wrote an imaginative account of a fascist takeover in the United States during the depth of the Great Depression. The stage was set by Lewis in an argument between some friends about the possibility of a fascist...Tags: Political Corruption, Philosophy, Religion and Belief, Sinclair Lewis, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Unpredictable to the end, Moammar Kadafi ruled Libya for decades
In the modern pantheon of the world's dictators, Moammar Kadafi stood apart. Far apart.
Erratic and mercurial, he fancied himself a political philosopher, practiced an unorthodox and deadly diplomacy, and cut a sometimes cartoonish figure in flowing...Tags: Libya, Economic Policy, Muammar Gaddafi, Dance, Philosophy
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Why limit drone strikes against Americans to other countries?
I wasn't surprised to see that the peanut gallery on the far right has no objection to the Obama administration's use of extra-judicial murder against people it deems sufficiently anti-American (whether or not they have actually committed a crime). ("...Tags: Crimes, Osama bin Laden, Timothy McVeigh, Murder, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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PASSINGS: Robert C. Pierpoint, Aron Kupperman, Begum Nusrat Bhutto
ROBERT C. PIERPOINT CBS News correspondent covered six presidents Robert C. Pierpoint, 86, a CBS News correspondent who covered six presidents, the Korean War, the Kennedy assassination and the Iranian hostage crisis in a career that spanned more than...Tags: Benazir Bhutto, Frank Sinatra, Pakistan, White House, John F. Kennedy Assassination (1963)
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Ultraviolet Hippopotamus at Arch Street Tavern in Hartford on Nov. 16
Coming all the way from Michigan, progressive jam-band Ultraviolet Hippopotamus (pictured) has been touring feverishly in support of their new album Square Pegs Round Holes, combining funk, jazz, bluegrass and reggae. They'll tear up the stage with...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Norway suspect: Serbia bombing 'tipped the scales'
OSLO, Norway (AP) — Anders Behring Breivik said he was a boy when his life's path began to turn. It was during the first Gulf War, when a Muslim friend cheered at reports of missile attacks against American forces.
"I was completely ignorant at the...Tags: Serbia, Philosophy, Health, Crime, Law and Justice, Psychology
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Norway Nut Job
KIAHAnders Breivik says he wanted to save Western Europe from a Muslim takeover. Breivik admitted to carrying out the mass shooting at a youth camp and bombing in Oslo, Norway that killed 76 people. He told a judge the attacks were necessary to prevent...Tags: Islam, Crime, Law and Justice, Norway, Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation
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Juan Maria Bordaberry dies at 83; Uruguayan dictator
Former president-turned-dictator Juan Maria Bordaberry, whose self-coup launched more than a decade of military rule in Uruguay died while under house arrest in the country for leading efforts to eliminate leftist dissent in the 1970s. He was 83....Tags: Constitutional Issues, Crime, Law and Justice, Uruguay, Prisons, Murder
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Thailand Elects First Female Prime Minister
ReutersTHAILAND (REUTERS) - Thailand's opposition won a landslide election victory on Sunday, led by the sister of former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra in a triumph for red-shirt protesters who clashed with the army last year. Exit polls showed...Tags: National Government, Avalanches and Landslides, YouTube, Abhisit Vejjajiva, Thai Political Protests (2010)
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Occupy Wall Street protesters are the extremists, not the tea party
![Brian Phillips is the head of communications for the NYC General Assembly, the group primarily responsible for occupying Wall Street. I learned about him while listening to National Public Radio's "Morning Edition." According to NPR, Phillips is "an ex-Marine with a bachelor's in computer science. Today he is wearing a sock on his head."](http://www.baltimoresun.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-10/65323304-10132908.jpg "Brian Phillips is the head of communications for the NYC General Assembly, the group primarily responsible for occupying Wall Street. I learned about him while listening to National Public Radio's "Morning Edition.\" According to NPR, Phillips is \"an ex-Marine with a bachelor's in computer science. Today he is wearing a sock on his head.\"")
Brian Phillips is the head of communications for the NYC General Assembly, the group primarily responsible for occupying Wall Street. I learned about him while listening to National Public Radio's "Morning Edition." According to NPR, Phillips is "an ex-...Tags: Radio, Herman Cain, Racism, Credit and Debt, Mortgages
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It's getting easier to visit Cuba
WASHINGTON -- Betsy Blades has been curious about Cuba ever since 1959 when she was 15 years old and watched news clips of Fidel Castro’s revolution.
The retired social worker from Baltimore, now 68, will seize a chance to visit the forbidden...Tags: U.S. Department of the Treasury, Tourism and Leisure, Transportation, Sports, Economic Sanctions
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Dec 29, 2011
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Oct 11, 2011
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