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Breaking: Gunshots fired, hostages flee in Sydney
12/15/2014 10:23:11 AM  Ed Morrissey
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The hostage situation in Sydney took a dramatic turn over the past few minutes. After being relatively quiet for most of the sixteen-plus hours of the crisis, gunfire erupted and police rushed into the Lindt Cafe — and hostages fled as well. The
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Tea Party mom wins lawsuit after being arrested for her beliefs
12/15/2014 10:01:55 AM  Noah Rothman
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The situation that landed 58-year-old Nancy Genovese in jail for four days in 2010 was subject to quite a bit of interpretation on the part of her arresting officer. The Long Island native might have been taking a picture of a decorative helicopter in
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Are we paying too much attention to ISIS?
12/15/2014 9:31:22 AM  Jazz Shaw
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If you’re a news junkie – and the fact that you are reading this puts the answer at a 90% plus probability – you spent much of last night and this morning staring at a non-stop news feed from 7 News Sydney, the reporting of Chris
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Politico: Get ready for Obama's attempts at triangulation
12/15/2014 9:01:28 AM  Ed Morrissey
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Did the White House’s all-hands-on-deck push for the cromnibus signal a change in direction for Barack Obama in the next two years? Obama tossed the Left under the bus to get a deal last week, and Politico’s Todd Purdum says it’s a sign
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Can Sony stop the media from publishing hacked documents?
12/15/2014 8:31:02 AM  Jazz Shaw
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We haven’t spent a lot of time talking about the massive hack of Sony records, corporate correspondence and media content aside from the obvious liberal hypocrisy on display. The reasons should be obvious. There is plenty of salacious material
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Video: Hostages escape as Sydney terror standoff continues
12/15/2014 8:01:02 AM  Ed Morrissey
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The situation in Sydney has changed somewhat over the last several hours. The authorities made direct contact with the Islamist terrorist holding a still-undetermined number of hostages in a Lindt Cafe in the city’s financial district, and
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Quotes of the day
12/14/2014 8:31:11 PM  Allahpundit
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A vast majority of the Senate disagreed with Sen. Ted Cruz's (R-Texas) assertion that President Obama's executive order on immigration is unconstitutional… "If you believe President Obama's executive order was unconstitutional vote yes," Cruz said
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Breaking: Hostage situation in Sydney — with Arabic flag on display
12/14/2014 7:21:41 PM  Ed Morrissey
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A hostage situation has unfolded over the last hour or so in Sydney, Australia, but it may be a message to the world. An unknown number of perpetrators seized control of a cafe and have a dozen or more hostages, some of which have been apparently forced
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Yes, Virginia. All dogs go to Heaven
12/14/2014 6:31:59 PM  Jazz Shaw
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I actually registered a considerable amount of disappointment when I read that initial stories about the Pope saying that dogs go to Heaven was incorrectly reported. It had been picked up in so many outlets around that world that it was almost
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First Lady straining school lunch budgets, student stomachs
12/14/2014 5:01:23 PM  Jazz Shaw
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In most areas of public policy, the current First Lady has done a fairly decent job at keeping her hands out of the gears of government. For this I applaud her, and while not entirely off the field, she’s certainly set a far better example than
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'Mentally unstable' Texan escapes to North Korea where he's now denouncing America
12/14/2014 3:31:36 PM  Noah Rothman
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Far be it from me to suggest that a criminal state that imprisons whole families and forces most of its population to endure constant famine conditions show some class and not abuse a "mentally unstable" man suffering from bipolar disorder for his
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KY county where Corvette is made is moving toward right to work
12/14/2014 2:01:27 PM  Jazz Shaw
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Some potential good news is coming for Kentucky automotive workers, assuming it stands up to a court challenge which will be coming as sure as sundown. At the GM plant in Bowling Green, Kentucky where the Corvette is manufactured, employees have learned
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NFL Week 15 open thread
12/14/2014 12:31:53 PM  Ed Morrissey
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Ed: We’re heading into the home stretch of the regular season, and it’s looking pretty good for Team Ed. Last week I went 5-2 to bring my 2014 season record to 65-31. That’s a better winning percentage (0.677) than the Pittsburgh
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Did the Cruz/Lee plan to stop executive amnesty in the Senate backfire?
12/14/2014 11:01:15 AM  Noah Rothman
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Led by Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Mike Lee (R-UT), Senate conservatives sought to have a showdown in the upper chamber this weekend over President Barack Obama's unilateral extension of legal status to millions of illegal immigrants. They got one. The
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