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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Ambassador to Panama John Feeley, a career diplomat and former Marine Corps helicopter pilot, has resigned, saying he no longer felt able to serve President Donald Trump. Feeley’s departure had been communicated to State Department officials on Dec. 27 snip A State Department spokeswoman confirmed Feeley’s departure, saying that he “has informed the White House, the Department of State, and the Government of Panama of his decision to retire for personal reasons, as of March 9 of this year.”

Admittedly, they don’t seem to be having a lot of trouble finding out what love is, but the futuristic dystopian society they live in where all emotion is supposed to have been eradicated probably doesn’t approve. We’ve already seen a brief glimpse of Drake Doremus’ creepy scifi romance movie, but this fresh new trailer gives us a lot more insight into the horrifying world Nia (Stewart) and Silas (Hoult) live in, where people who feel anything get taken away and pumped with drugs to genetically alter themselves back into calm, emotionless citizens.

Israeli-Arab lawmakers lined up to incite against Israel on Tuesday saying the creation of the Jewish state was the "equivalent to the destruction of the First and Second [Jewish] Temples." Attending an event held in Aljoun near Umm al-Fahm, the Arab Knesset members were joined by the leader of the Islamic Movement's Northern Branch, Raed Salah, and the head of the Higher Arab Monitoring Committee, Mohammed Zidan. "I feel an atmosphere of victory," MK Jamal Zahalka said, referring to the end of a mass hunger strike by Arab security prisoners in Israeli prisons.. "They won a battle for their rights...

WASHINGTON - The Senate opened debate on an election-year immigration bill Wednesday, and leading Republicans swiftly clashed over whether the legislation would amount to amnesty for millions of illegal residents in the United States. The legislation "goes too far in granting illegal immigrants with what most Americans will see as amnesty," said Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist of Tennessee, the first to speak on the bill. "I disagree with this approach ... because granting amnesty now will only encourage further and further disrespect for the law." Moments later, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Arlen Specter (news, bio,...

Scientist compares Moses to Hitler, calls New Testament 'sado-masochistic doctrine'Controversial scientist and evolutionist Richard Dawkins, dubbed "Darwin's Rottweiler," calls religion a "virus" and faith-based education "child abuse" in a two-part series he wrote and appears in that begins airing on the UK's Channel 4, beginning tomorrow evening. Entitled "Root of All Evil?," the series features the atheist Dawkins visiting Lourdes, France, Colorado Springs, Colo., the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem and a British religious school, using each of the venues to argue religion subverts reason. In "The God Delusion," the first film in the series, Dawkins targets Catholicism at the pilgrimage...

State GOP leaders says Earle should resign for singling out DeLay in attack on political corruption By Laylan Copelin AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF Friday, May 20, 2005 The state's chief prosecutor of white-collar crime in government, Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle, was expounding on a favorite topic — political corruption. He blamed moneyed interests, particularly corporations. He likened political money to paying off the Mafia. He talked of the need to rescue democracy. He cited FDR and Mussolini. And then he likened U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay to a bully. It's not really anything Earle hasn't said before in a...

The outcome of the Washington Redskins home football games, has predicted the winner of every presidential election since 1936. So, saith the media, and they were saying it on all the networks, beginning at least, on Friday, before the game. The Redskins played the Packers, on Sunday, October 31, 2004. The Redskins lost. The Washington Redskins lost to the Greenbay Packers. Tradition holds; that if the Redskins win their last home game of the season, the party that holds the Incumbent continues to hold it. If they lose, the challenging party's candidate unseats the Incumbent President. As a voter for...

The government has lent its seal of approval to a marketing an age-old medical device -- leeches. The Food and Drug Administration said Monday that Ricarimpex SAS, a French firm, is the first company to request and receive FDA clearance to market the bloodsucking aquatic animals as medical devices....

Source: American Geophysical Union Date: 2004-06-15 USA's Built-up Surfaces Equal Ohio In Area WASHINGTON - If all the highways, streets, buildings, parking lots and other solid structures in the 48 contiguous United States were pieced together like a giant jigsaw puzzle, they would almost cover the state of Ohio. That is the result of a study by Christopher Elvidge of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Geophysical Data Center in Boulder, Colorado, who along with colleagues from several universities and agencies produced the first national map and inventory of impervious surface areas (ISA) in the United States. As calculated...

Two years ago I proposed a law to my state legislators that would require all abortion clinics to have and use ultrasound machines to determine the size of the baby and to record those images for proof that hey had been complying with state law regarding the developmental stage of the unborn baby. Further I proposed that the mother MUST be allowed to see the ultrasound before she gets an abortion so that she can see for herself what stage the pregnancy is in. Both my representatives agreed to sponsor and introduce the legislation. Unfortunately, our Tennesse General Assembly is...