VA delegate Robert Marshall on voting against gay prosecutor for judicial nomination, says ‘sodomy is not a civil right’
A key swing state is diving into a hot button political debate After Virginia's Republican-controlled House voted to block the judicial nomination of an openly gay prosecutor this week This morning on "Starting Point," one of the lawmakers who led the charge against Thorne-Begland, Republican Virginia Delegate Robert Marshall, explains why he and some of [...]
.@AC360 – @DrewGriffinCNN speaks with Disabled Veterans National Foundation Charity Board Member
The Disabled Veterans National Foundation claims to raise money for disabled vets. Anderson Cooper 360 has been investigating this group for years and what they found is shocking.CNN’s Drew Griffin has tried for more than a year to speak with the president of DVNF, Pricilla Landry Wilkewitz, to find out what happened to the money [...]
POLITICAL HOT TOPICS: Tuesday, May 8, 2012
The CNN Washington Bureau’s morning speed read of the top stories making news from around the country and the world. Click on the headlines for more CNN: Senate showdown over student loan rates looms. But Democrats and Republicans disagree over how to offset the $6 billion it would cost to keep the rates down.The fight [...]
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Airport cheerleaders an added perk?
— While some Chinese travelers storm the tarmac when flights get delayed, others might wish their flights never take off — assuming they’re flying from the northeast China city of Dalian That’s good, because we’re not sure we’d pay to see them, anyway The airport has launched a series of other innovative services, including free [...]
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Sharma: Deregulating Islam
Editor's Note: Throughout the week, Ruchir Sharma will be posting thought-provoking questions with answers and explanations on games. Be sure to check out his excellent new book Breakout Nations: In Pursuit of the Next Economic Miracles In a nation that had been ruled since World War I by an aggressively secular minority, Erdogan freed pious Muslims like [...]
Liberty’s choice of Romney leads to angry student response
Washington – Liberty University students and alumni are accusing the Christian school of violating its own teachings by asking Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints whose adherents are called Mormons, to deliver its 2012 commencement address ‘s invitation, citing that the school had taught them [...]
Gotta Watch: Former child stars against Kirk Cameron
Several of Kirk Cameron’s fellow child stars are now lashing back for comments he made about homosexuals. In March he told CNN’s Piers Morgan that homosexuality is unnatural, detrimental and ultimately destructive to many of the foundations of civilization. He also stars in newly released documentary where he speaks out on the topic. In a new Funny or [...]
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