Women in Combat Stoke Twitter Debate

The Pentagon’s decision to allow women in combat has elicited some strong and controversial words from opponents of the move.First, Tucker Carlson. Last night, the Daily Caller publisher tweeted: “Feminism’s latest victory: the right to get your limbs blown off in war. Congratulations.”This drew some swift criticism on Twitter, and a counterpoint from The Week’s Marc Ambinder, who noted that one woman...

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Lady Gaga to Collaborate with Tony Bennett on New Duets Album

Just days after Lady Gaga gave a surprise performance with Tony Bennett at an inaugural ball for President Barack Obama, the pop superstar confirmed she's doing a duet album with the music icon.PICS: Michelle Obama, First Lady of Fashion Gaga, 26, revealed the news in a Twitter post that included a link to a photo of her duet Tuesday night with the 86-year-old Bennett for a performance of The Lady...

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Family of slain highway worker 'saddened' by drunk driver's easy sentence

Loved ones of a highway worker who was killed by a drunk and unlicensed driver on the Grand Central Parkway last summer said they were “saddened” by his assailant’s lenient sentence. "This is still fresh to me," said Israel Rosario, who witnessed Abdullah Munshi slam a 2002 Audi A6 into his 63-year-old co-worker, Frank Avino as they were setting up traffic...

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Miami Dolphins slam Norman Braman, Marlins Park deal

The Miami Dolphins ramped up their public campaign for a tax-funded stadium renovation this week, buying full-page ads against their top critic and trying to distance the plan from the unpopular Marlins deal.The team bought an ad in Tuesday’s Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald knocking auto magnate Norman Braman’s criticism of the Sun Life Stadium deal, which would have Florida...

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Gov. Rick Scott approves no-bid Glades deal

TALLAHASSEE -- Gov. Rick Scott and the Florida Cabinet unanimously approved the request of two agriculture companies Wednesday to allow them to renew their leases to farm state land in exchange for them swapping other parcels for Everglades clean-up efforts.Scott, along with Attorney General Pam Bondi, Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam and Chief Financial Officer Jeff...

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Why the Future of TV Still Isn’t Here Yet

As content providers continue to intimidate tech companies with a seemingly endless couch-potato conundrum, the latest innovation in the war to win your living room isn’t some new gadget from Apple or Netflix, or even that exciting à la carte content delivery system from Intel — it’s a protocol that helps our screens better communicate with one another. YouTube and Netflix have teamed up...

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Batman Star Christian Bale Thrills 8-year-old Cancer Patient with Personal Call

Christian Bale received his share of negative publicity after audio surfaced of him angrily ranting on the set of the 2009 action movie Terminator Salvation. But the Dark Knight actor has done a lot to change that image since, including his recent gesture to an 8-year-old Batman fan suffering from cancer.As we can see in this video posted on YouTube by the parents Leukemia sufferer Zach Guillot, Bale...

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No charges against 2nd person in Texas college shooting

HOUSTON — Authorities say they don't expect to file charges against a 25-year-old man who was involved in an argument that escalated into gunfire at a Houston-area community college.The two men who were arguing and a bystander were shot in the incident Tuesday outside the library at the North Harris County campus of Lone Star College.Authorities have charged 22-year-old Carlton Berry with two counts...

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Miami Dolphins slam Norman Braman, Marlins Park deal

The Miami Dolphins ramped up their public campaign for a tax-funded stadium renovation this week, buying full-page ads against their top critic and trying to distance the plan from the unpopular Marlins deal.The team bought an ad in Tuesday’s Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald knocking auto magnate Norman Braman’s criticism of the Sun Life Stadium deal, which would have Florida...

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Texas campus issues alert amid reports of shooter

A Texas college has gone into a lockdown amid reports of a shooter on campus.Jed Young, a spokesman for the Lone Star College System campus in north Harris County, told The Associated Press that a shelter-in-place order has been issued. Emergency personnel have responded to the Houston-area college campus. The Harris County Sheriff’s Office had no immediate...

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