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Former Seal Team 6 commander says more raids likely as military evolves
On Wednesday, the now-famous SEAL Team Six conducted another high-profile operation, rescuing two hostages in Somalia. Ryan Zinke, a politician and former Team Six commander, says as the military and conflicts evolve, these sorts of actions will become more common.
Dallas sheriff's deputies dealing with increasing stray donkey population
The drought in Texas has sent the price of hay and livestock feed rising, and it's made the cost of owning a donkey much greater. Accordingly, some owners are letting their donkeys loose in Dallas, causing trouble for the local sheriff's office....
Obama's vision for a transportation makeover struggling to leave the station
About this time last year, President Barack Obama was trumpeting his plan to build a high-speed rail network for the country. By the end of the year, rails had faded and it was back to roads and bridges....
Obama expected to foreshadow campaign in State of the Union address tonight
President Barack Obama will deliver his third State of the Union address, and his last before the November election. It'll be his chance to make his case for why he deserves re-election....
College student, 23, elected to turn around bankrupt Harrisburg, Pa.
John Campbell decided to run for city treasurer in a state that's virtually insolvent. The 23-year-old has a step-by-step plan to get the city of Harrisburg back on firm footing....
As Birmingham and other cities clean up, weather service rolling out radar upgrades
Tornadoes tore across parts of the United States on Sunday night, killing at least two, in Jefferson County, Ala., and wounding dozens. But many lives were likely saved with timely warnings from the National Weather Service -- warning they hope to make more accurate with a new radar system rolling out nationally....
As Gingrich presses, fiction becomes fact on food stamp debate
Newt Gingrich has taken to calling President Barack Obama "the food stamp president." But in terms of his rhetoric, some of the statements aren't quite accurate, a social welfare professor said....
LGBT activists outraged by Canadian flip-flop on same sex marriages
In Canada, same-sex marriage was legalized in 2005. But now, government lawyers seem to be backing away from part of that, by saying that people who were married in Canada but normally live in a place where gay marriage is not legal are not married under Canadian law either. Activists are outraged....
Haley Barbour ignites storm of controversy with last-minute pardons
In his last days in office. Gov. Haley Barbour pardoned more than 200 people, at least four of whom have been convicted of killing other people. One of them had been denied parole just two weeks before....
VIDEO: U.S. Marines accused of urinating on bodies of dead Taliban
A video that appears to show four U.S. Marines urinating on the bodies of three dead Taliban fighters have provoked international and domestic outrage. U.S. officials have promised an investigation....
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