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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Gunmen stormed into a bar, dragged out eight people and killed them in the parking lot, the first of several shootings in this violent border city Wednesday that left 16 dead, including a man in a wheelchair. In one incident, a car chase and shootout killed three people in front of an elementary school, creating a panic among students, teachers and parents. Battles between rival drug gangs have made Ciudad Juarez, across the border from El Paso, Texas, one of the world's deadliest cities. More than 800 people have been killed this year in the city...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Wildlife officers want to know who shot five federally protected ospreys in Jacksonville and Nassau County. Four of the birds died and one survived and is being rehabilitated. Lt. Paul Graham of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said the birds have been killed in more than one area.

American-backed Iraqi forces have killed the country’s two senior terrorists in the Al-Qaeda organization, the United States confirmed Monday. American officials said the deaths are a “potentially devastating blow” to the international terror network. The terrorists were identified as Abu Ayyub al-Masri, Al-Qaeda’s leader in Iraq, and Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, who killed in a house after troops stormed it approximately six miles southwest of the home town of executed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.

As white supremacist Eugene Terreblanche is buried, the dangerously charismatic Julius Malema threatens the country's future. We are not here to mourn the white supremacist Eugene Terreblanche, whose funeral took place yesterday, but since his name is on the world's lips, let's face the truth: the saddest thing about his murder last weekend is that it obscured an event that casts an infinitely darker shadow. The event took place in Zimbabwe, and involved, as fate would have it, Julius Malema, the ANC Youth League leader whose repeated singing of an old struggle song about shooting Boers is viewed by many...

KABUL, April 1, 2010 – Afghan and international forces killed a roadside bomber in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province today, military officials reported. A combined force searched an area near the village of Lowy Karizac after intelligence information indicated militant activity there. The security force was threatened during the search and killed a militant known for distributing roadside bombs throughout the region. In operations in the Nad-e Ali district of Helmand province in the past two days: -- A combined patrol today found 14 fragmentation grenades, a rocket-propelled grenade round, three RPG tail fins, seven bags of ammonium nitrate and several hundred...

MOSCOW — Two female suicide bombers blew themselves up on Moscow's subway system as it was jam-packed with rush-hour passengers Monday, killing at least 37 people and wounding 102, officials said. The head of Russia's main security agency said preliminary investigation places the blame on rebels from the restive Caucasus region that includes Chechnya, where separatists have fought Russian forces since the mid-1990s. The first explosion took place just before 8 a.m. at the Lubyanka station in central Moscow. The station is underneath the building that houses the main offices of the Federal Security Service, or FSB, the KGB's main...

Picture from Mar 20,2010 Rally at the US Capital As is typical of our political elite who style themselves as heroes to the cause of the underprivileged we see in the current health care legislation the cumulation of their arrogance. The President wants to debate in terms of generalities and totally disregard for specifics of a bill that will without a doubt increase the burden of government debt and control over the health care of each and every citizen especially those citizens who are already "doing the right thing". If one is responsible and has health care and contributes to...

Searching for health care votes with the desperation of...well...a family without medical insurance trying to pay a hospital bill, Nancy Pelosi must find the temptation nearly irresistible. With skittish House Democrats reluctant to ratify the heavy-handed compromises in the Senate health care bill such as the reviled Nebraska-only Cornhusker kickback, Pelosi is beguiled with a parliamentary gambit that would avoid such an awkward vote. Under a congressional sleight-of-hand called "deem and pass," House approval of fixes in the Senate bill (including rescinding the Cornhusker kickback) would be considered identical to actually passing the politically troublesome original Senate legislation. If you...

There are those, certainly not me, who are very qualified to handicap the voting scheduled for this Sunday on the health care bill, like John McCormack at this link. All I know is that they don't have the votes now in the House of Representatives, and that it's not passed until and unless it actually is passed. There is still a mountain to climb and the real hope, from my point of view, that some rocks will fall down on those clambering their way up. But on a broader level, there's this fact, which even I, from my perch in...

Dear friends, Leaders in Congress have set the new deadline for the healthcare for this Sunday 3/21. Rather than passing the bill with a straightforward up-or-down vote, members of Congress are pushing to use the “Slaughter solution”, a parliamentary technique to pass a bill without voting on it, in order to pass this healthcare monstrosity. I need your help to get to Washington to “kill this bill.” Please donate $5, $10, $25 or whatever you can afford to help kill this bill by this Sunday 3/21. If you honor me with your support, I will go to Washington and repeal...

KABUL, March 18, 2010 – Afghan and international forces killed several militants and detained numerous suspects in operations last night in Afghanistan, military officials reported. In Kunar province, a combined Afghan-international force went to a compound in the Chapa Dara district after residents asked for help in removing the local Taliban threat. Intelligence information confirmed militant activity and the location of a Taliban commander believed to be responsible for planning attacks against Afghan and coalition troops. Several armed militants threatened the combined element as it surrounded the compound, forcing them to engage the insurgents. These armed militants, including the targeted...

OBAMACARE - KILL THE BILL RALLY NEXT Saturday, March 13 Noon - 1:00 p.m. Minnesota State Capitol http://www.minnesotamajority.org/Portals/0/documents/KillTheBillRallyFlyer.pdf

Father 'Stabbed To Death Teenage Daughter To End Her Suffering After She Was Raped' By LUKE SALKELD 02nd March 2010 'Pact': Sasha Jones, 17, was stabbed to death and her body was found in the footwell of a car near Aberaeron, Wales A father claims he stabbed his teenage daughter to death and left her dead body in the passenger seat of his car because she wanted to die after being raped. Gary Fisher says he entered into a 'suicide pact' with 17-year-old Sasha Jones after she was sexually assaulted. The 47-year-old killed his daughter by stabbing her repeatedly with...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22, 2010 – Combined Afghan and international forces in Afghanistan killed or detained militants and seized enemy weapons in recent operations, military officials reported. In Logar province yesterday, a combined force detained a militant while pursuing a Taliban facilitator. In operations Feb. 20: -- During the search of a compound in Nangarhar province, a combined force captured a Taliban facilitator associated with several rocket attacks on Afghan and coalition forces. When confronted, he identified himself. Several weapons, including automatic rifles and ammunition, and a quantity of drugs were found. -- A combined force detained several suspected militants while...

This is America and leftist filmmaker Robert Greenwald and his ilk have every right to wage a propaganda war to pressure the History Channel to kill their upcoming JFK miniseries. The miniseries’ script might not be done yet, but that’s how we roll in this country and until Senator Harry Reid steps in and threatens to put the History Channel out of business, like he did ABC in order to muscle a “Path to 9/11″ edit to his and the Clintons’ liking, Greenwald and Co. can all knock themselves out. And knocking themselves out they are: a website, petition, videos,...

Family: ‘Friends’ torture, kill disabled womanSix charged in death of 30-year-old whose body was dumped at Pa. school updated 5:16 p.m. ET, Fri., Feb. 12, 2010 GREENSBURG, Pa. - Jennifer Daugherty's mom and stepdad didn't press for details when she mentioned she had made some new friends. The 30-year-old had the mental abilities of an adolescent but wasn't the kind to get in trouble, and she was even thinking about getting her own place soon. Police found her body Friday stuffed into a garbage can in a school parking lot; they say she had been forced to consume detergent and...

Police are investigating the death of a 56-year-old Far South Side man whose daughter came home Sunday night to find him covered in blood and apparently killed by the pit bulls she was raising, police sources said. Johnny Wilson was found in the living room of his home in the 10200 block of South Aberdeen Street with numerous bite marks on his body, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office. Other sources said he suffered massive head, chest and upper body trauma.

SYDNEY (AFP) – People who spend more than four hours in front of the television each day have a far higher risk of dying early than those who limit their viewing, an Australian study said Tuesday. Watching the small screen for prolonged periods is also bad for your heart, according to the research published in the Journal of the American Heart Association. "Compared to people who watch less than two hours of television per day, people who watch more than four hours per day have a 46 percent higher risk of death from all causes," researcher David Dunstan told AFP....

Obama spent the last year doing bigtime Islamoschmoozing. At the end of it, the jihad sent America a thank-you note by way of AbdulmutallabÂ’s underwear: Hey, thanks for all the outreach! But weÂ’re still gonna kill you. â–º MARK STEYN

Danish police say they have shot an al Qaeda-linked man armed with an axe who broke into the home of a controversial cartoonist. Police say the 28-year-old Somali man was trying to kill Kurt Westergaard, who triggered worldwide protests after drawing cartoons of Islam's Prophet Mohammed. The intruder was linked to Somali terror organisation al Shabaab and al Qaeda leaders in east Africa, police said. The intruder was shot twice and is being held in custody. Lotte Mejlhede, of TV2, told Sky News Mr Westergaard, 74, fled to a safe room at his Aarhus home after spotting the would-be attacker.