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  1. Anti-war activist passes through Amarillo

    American antiwar activist, Cindy Sheehan passed through Amarillo Monday with the Tour de Peace to speak about her continuing quest for peace.

    KVII 7 Amarillo May 7 00:58AM UTC
  2. The IRS, Benghazi and AP Scandals Aren't the Only Reason Watergate Is in the News

    Exactly four decades later, President Obama deals with claims of 'dirty tricks' of his own.

    US News & World Report May 17 20:47PM UTC
  3. Pre-Exam Party Grows Into Violent 'Drink Fest' In Madison

    Officials in Madison, Wisc., are hoping to tamp down a traditional spring bash that's gotten out of control in recent years. Gilman Halstead reports the Mifflin Street Block Party keeps police and first responders busy dealing with violence and intoxicated crowds. This weekend students are being urged to attend an alternate event instead of the off-campus gathering.

    NPR May 4 18:43PM UTC
  4. Mosque Bombings in Pakistan Kill at Least 13

    Peshawar: In what officials called the first major terrorist attack since last week’s general elections, at least 13 people were killed and 30 injured when two bombs ripped through two separate mosques on Friday in a remote mountainous village in northwestern Pakistan.

    Deepika May 17 23:09PM UTC
  5. Playing the IRS card: Six presidents who used the IRS to bash political foes

    The Obama administration isn't the first to face criticism of using the Internal Revenue Service as a political hit squad. Since the advent of the federal income tax about a century ago, several presidents – or their zealous underlings – have directed the IRS to turn its formidable police powers on political rivals.

    Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News May 17 19:27PM UTC
  6. Movie review: The Company You Keep

    Jim Grant (Robert Redford) is a public interest lawyer and single father raising his daughter in the tranquil suburbs of Albany, New York. Grant's world is turned upside down,when a brash young reporter named Ben Shepard (Shia LaBeouf) exposes his true identity as a former 1970s antiwar radical fugitive wanted for murder. After living for more than 30 years underground, Grant must now go on the ...

    Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune Apr 18 17:22PM UTC
  7. The Art of Facebook

    Ben Barry Facebook is, it goes without saying, a digital company. But tucked into its Menlo Park headquarters, is something called the Analog Research Laboratory, founded by a devout hands-on, silk-screen ...

    The Atlantic via Yahoo! Finance May 16 15:04PM UTC
  8. Theater Review: Big Top Pippin

    Turn on. Tune in. Sing out? The history of counterculture chic in musicals is mostly a buried one, because few of the shaggy works that exemplified the genre proved to be worth reviving. Not that every show featuring floral garlands and vests embroidered with antiwar slogans was bad, but tofu ... More »

    Vulture Apr 26 02:13AM UTC
  9. At Living Traditions, musicians honor their roots, branch out

    At Living Traditions, musicians honor their roots, branch out by David Burger The Salt Lake Tribune Published May 17, 2013 02:45PM MDT The annual Living Traditions Festival — a three-day cultural event that kicks off Friday, May 17 — features ethnic food, children’s crafts, bocce, and music and dance performances from around the world. The event also includes four musical headliners that are ...

    The Salt Lake Tribune May 17 13:45PM UTC
  10. Marathon rescuer gets attention from press and FBI

    BOSTON (AP) — Just about everyone you can imagine stopped by Carlos Luis Arredondo's little brick row house Wednesday to hear what he had to say about the Boston Marathon bombing. Reporters flew in from as far away as Paris, friends and neighbors strolled in, even two FBI agents made a visit.

    Associated Press via Yahoo! News Apr 18 11:10AM UTC