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• Lead in long-unsolved art heist? FBI scours reputed mobster's property

  Thu May 10, 2012
  • Cringe They were contemporaries...look it up. Claude Monet is considerably more famous, but the paintings could easily be by Edouard Manet, his works are quite valuable as well.

• Lead in long-unsolved art heist? FBI scours reputed mobster's property

  Thu May 10, 2012
  • statue of limitations I thought these were paintings...

• Defense official: Staff Sgt. Robert Bales to face 17 murder counts in Afghanistan massacre

  Thu Mar 22, 2012
  • Are we all convinced that the official story is accurate? The Afghan Army Chief of Staff says the slaughter of 16 civilians, including nine children, in Kandahar province was a premeditated assassination carried out by a number of servicemen, RIA Novosti reports, citing Afghan media.

• Justice Department, FBI to probe shooting death of Florida teen Trayvon Martin

  Mon Mar 19, 2012
  • Zimmerman initiated the confrontation, and the teen was unarmed. The dispatcher told him not to follow, and he did so anyway. It sounds like a cold blooded murder to me.

• US-Afghan disconnect in reactions to two incidents

  Thu Mar 15, 2012
  • Lee-2270381 Agreed. The unfortunate exchange in the chopper from Apocalypse Now That quote is from Full Metal Jacket. Some other apt quotes from FMJ: You'd better flush out your head, new guy. This isn't about freedom; this is a slaughter.

• Illegal crossings fall at US-Mexico border, but tensions remain high

  Sun Mar 11, 2012
  • Mister Fids IF Mexicans go home the price & availability of BEEF & CHICKEN will rise sharply, not to mention that they pick 80% of the Vegetables we eat as well.... $10 a head for Lettuce anyone ?

• 1,306 guns found by TSA agents at U.S. airports in 2011

  Mon Mar 5, 2012
  • "You know what, it may have been cologne, but having something like that in your carry-on just stinks!" said TSA spokeswoman Lisa Farbstein. Ba dum tsss. Don't quit your day job, Lisa.

• 1,306 guns found by TSA agents at U.S. airports in 2011

  Mon Mar 5, 2012
  • 1,306 guns found by TSA agents Interesting juxtaposition in this article. I can't help but wonder how many of the guns were threats and how many were look-alike items (as more than half of the examples were).

• Holder: US can legally kill Americans in terror groups

  Mon Mar 5, 2012
  • Economan

• Holder: US can legally kill Americans in terror groups

  Mon Mar 5, 2012
  • LoneRanger01 False analogy buddy. Amanda Knox was accused of violating the laws of her host country, you are subject to local laws when in another country. The US was not prosecuting her. A US citizen should be convicted in a court of law (even if in absentia) before any punishment is meted out.