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Young 'Little-L' Libertarians Choose Principle Over Power
Ga. soldier charged in killing of pregnant wife
Syrian rebels set their sights on strategic south
A Libertarian Foreign Policy Is Based on Peace
APNewsBreak: Ga. soldier charged with killing wife
Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials
Agricultural Leaders Join Farmer Veteran Coalition Board of Directors
How a Second Korean War Would Harm the U.S. Economy
Wisconsin police officer to be honored in memorial
Rebels capture military base in southern Syria
Liberal hypocrisy on Bloomberg's moneyed fight for gun control
Instability keeps Iraqi savings in property - or under mattress
Lights go out in Jordan as energy crisis bites
Too early for 2016? Not for Hillary Clinton's fans
NDIA Presents The Red Ball Express Award To Michael D. Sprang
USO Supports Military Children When They Need it Most
Jailed Kurdish rebel leader set to make fresh peace process call
Egypt under IMF spotlight as loan talks resume
America's favorite conspiracy theories: By the numbers
Corporate Whistle Blower Center Now Targets Federal Contractors Fleecing the Taxpayers and They Ask High End Whistleblowers to Call Them About Reward Programs
Gunmen in Iraq kill Sunni militiaman, his mother
Dispatch from Cairo: The wait-and-see approach is the only approach
10 Things to Know for Wednesday

Young 'Little-L' Libertarians Choose Principle Over Power

Posted: 03 Apr 2013 03:21 PM PDT

Gauging the clout of libertarian politics in the United States depends a great deal on whether you capitalize the letter "L."

Ga. soldier charged in killing of pregnant wife

Posted: 03 Apr 2013 02:30 PM PDT

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia soldier accused of plotting attacks as leader of an anti-government militia group was charged with murder by the Army on Wednesday in the 2011 death of his pregnant wife.

Syrian rebels set their sights on strategic south

Posted: 03 Apr 2013 02:07 PM PDT

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian rebels captured a military base in the south on Wednesday and set their sights on seizing control of a strategically important region along the border with Jordan that would give them a critical gateway to attempt an attack on the capital, Damascus.

A Libertarian Foreign Policy Is Based on Peace

Posted: 03 Apr 2013 01:56 PM PDT

Not many people under the age of 35 can admit to reading the landmark copyfight case Kelly v. Arriba (2003) for fun, but my path to libertarianism started with my questions about intellectual property as a photographer.

APNewsBreak: Ga. soldier charged with killing wife

Posted: 03 Apr 2013 12:46 PM PDT

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia soldier accused of plotting attacks as the leader of an anti-government militia group was charged by the Army on Wednesday with murder in the 2011 death of his pregnant wife.

Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials

Posted: 03 Apr 2013 10:51 AM PDT

Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad:

Agricultural Leaders Join Farmer Veteran Coalition Board of Directors

Posted: 03 Apr 2013 10:36 AM PDT

Farmer Veteran Coalition has named its first official board of directors, comprised of leaders of the national farming and agricultural community.Davis, CA (PRWEB) April 03, 2013 The Farmer Veteran Coalition (FVC) has announced that it has filed articles of incorporation and will seat its first official board of directors. The board is comprised of leaders from national farm organizations, academia, the military and the Farmer Veteran community. ...

How a Second Korean War Would Harm the U.S. Economy

Posted: 03 Apr 2013 10:24 AM PDT

Every nation that takes on the U.S. military loses. So the armchair generals gaming out a war on the Korean peninsula typically assume that if fighting erupted, North Korea could bloody the South but would quickly be crushed as American forces and their South Korean allies retaliated with overwhelming force.

Wisconsin police officer to be honored in memorial

Posted: 03 Apr 2013 09:27 AM PDT

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A nonprofit group voted unanimously Wednesday to add the name of a Milwaukee-area police officer to a national memorial honoring officers killed in the line of duty.

Rebels capture military base in southern Syria

Posted: 03 Apr 2013 08:22 AM PDT

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian rebels captured a military base in the country's south on Wednesday after days of heavy fighting, activists said, in the latest advance by opposition fighters near the strategic border area with Jordan.

Liberal hypocrisy on Bloomberg's moneyed fight for gun control

Posted: 03 Apr 2013 07:58 AM PDT

Bloomberg is buying another term in office! It's an outrage!

Instability keeps Iraqi savings in property - or under mattress

Posted: 03 Apr 2013 07:31 AM PDT

By Aseel Kami BAGHDAD (Reuters) - When a recent lecture for a group of Baghdad university students started with the question, "What is the Iraq Stock Exchange?", only one young participant put up her hand to respond, and got the answer wrong. Last month's scene at the headquarters of the Baghdad bourse revealed the struggle which Iraq faces to modernize its financial system: it must overcome primitive, ultra-conservative savings habits born of decades of war and political instability. ...

Lights go out in Jordan as energy crisis bites

Posted: 03 Apr 2013 07:23 AM PDT

By Suleiman Al-Khalidi DEAD SEA, Jordan (Reuters) - After midnight on one of Jordan's busiest highways, only the beaming headlights of vehicles driving between the capital Amman and the Dead Sea pierce the gloom. The highway is lined with street lights as it weaves down from Amman to the valley floor below sea level, but none are switched on. The government can no longer afford the bill. ...

Too early for 2016? Not for Hillary Clinton's fans

Posted: 03 Apr 2013 06:53 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton stayed on safe political ground Tuesday, advocating women's rights globally in a 12-minute speech, but that was enough to excite fans imploring the former first lady, senator and secretary of state to run again for president three years from now.

NDIA Presents The Red Ball Express Award To Michael D. Sprang

Posted: 03 Apr 2013 06:46 AM PDT

The Tactical Wheeled Vehicle Division of NDIA presented the award, which recognizes significant contributions made to the development and support of light tactical vehicles, on March 20 in Sterling Heights, MI.Arlington, VA (PRWEB) April 03, 2013 NDIA has announced that its Tactical Wheeled Vehicle Division presented The Red Ball Express Award to Mr. Michael D. Sprang, JPO JLTV, on March 20, 2013, at the 5th Annual Membership Social in Sterling Heights, MI. The Red Ball Express is awarded for outstanding contribution to the Tactical Wheeled Vehicle (TWV) community. ...

USO Supports Military Children When They Need it Most

Posted: 03 Apr 2013 05:56 AM PDT

USO Kicks Off April "Month of the Military Child" with Events and Activities Around the Globe.Arlington, VA (PRWEB) April 01, 2013 April is nationally recognized as Month of the Military Child and the USO will honor our nation's youngest heroes with events and activities at USO locations worldwide. ...

Jailed Kurdish rebel leader set to make fresh peace process call

Posted: 03 Apr 2013 05:45 AM PDT

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Pro-Kurdish politicians traveled on Wednesday to a Turkish island where jailed Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan was expected to pronounce on efforts to end a decades-old insurgency that has killed 40,000 people. A government official said a co-leader of the pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) and two BDP lawmakers were visiting Ocalan in his jail on Imrali island, south of Istanbul. ...

Egypt under IMF spotlight as loan talks resume

Posted: 03 Apr 2013 09:08 AM PDT

By Ulf Laessing and Paul Taylor CAIRO (Reuters) - An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team resumed long delayed negotiations with Egypt on Wednesday on a $4.8 billion loan to ease a deepening economic crisis in the most populous Arab country. After two years of political upheaval, foreign currency reserves have fallen to critically low levels, limiting Egypt's ability to buy wheat, of which it is the world's biggest importer, and fuel. ...

America's favorite conspiracy theories: By the numbers

Posted: 03 Apr 2013 05:28 AM PDT

The trolling pollsters at PPP asked America about which conspiracy theories they believe. America didn't disappoint.

Corporate Whistle Blower Center Now Targets Federal Contractors Fleecing the Taxpayers and They Ask High End Whistleblowers to Call Them About Reward Programs

Posted: 03 Apr 2013 04:56 AM PDT

The Corporate Whistle Blower Center says, "We now believe contractors defrauding the US Federal Government could be in the hundreds of billions of dollars per year, and we know there are 1000's of corporate executives, who could get rich with federal reward programs, provided the amounts of fraud are above two million dollars, and provided the whistleblower has substantial proof, that is easy to follow, with documentation to back it all up. ...

Gunmen in Iraq kill Sunni militiaman, his mother

Posted: 03 Apr 2013 03:15 AM PDT

Baghdad (AP) — Iraqi officials say gunmen have shot dead a member of an anti-al-Qaida Sunni militia along with his mother.

Dispatch from Cairo: The wait-and-see approach is the only approach

Posted: 02 Apr 2013 11:15 PM PDT

President Obama doesn't have many fans in the Arab world, but that doesn't mean he should respond to issues in Egypt and beyond with muscle