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Second Iraq War vet hospitalized after Oakland protest

“My stomach was really hurting,” he says, “and it got worse to the point where I couldn’t stand up. … I was vomiting and had diarrhea.

'Anonymous' sends 'get well' video to Marine injured at 'Occupy Oakland' | The Raw Story

“Scott Olson, it has come to our attention that you have been critically injured by the Oakland Police Department for standing up for the American peoples’ First Amendment Rights,” a digitized voice says in the video.

Santorum: Dead foreign scientists a 'wonderful thing' | Video

In Rick Santorum’s world, the culture of life apparently doesn’t extend to the scientific community. The Republican presidential candidate told supporters in Greenville, South Carolina that it was a “wonderful thing” when scientists in Iran lose their l …

Marine veteran injured by non-lethal rounds at Occupy Oakland | Video

A Marine veteran at Occupy Oakland was injured Monday night after being shot at point-blank range with bean bags or rubber bullets by police. Scott Olsen was at 14th Street and Broadway when he was shot by either San Francisco Sheriffs deputies or Palo Alto Police, according t …

Geraldo flees 'Occupy Wall St.' as protesters chant, 'Fox News lies!' | The Raw Story

Host Geraldo Rivera decided to go down to the Occupy Wall Street protests Sunday afternoon and ended up having an unpleasant experience. Protesters immediately surrounded Rivera and his network’s cameras and began shouting “Fox News Lies!” After a few minutes …

GOP Rep: 'We can't allow' more coverage of Occupy Wall Street | Video

“It’s really important for us not to give any legitimacy to these people in the streets,” said King on Laura Ingraham’s radio show Friday evening.

Flash game lets players gun down Palin, Bachmann, Fox News hosts

In a new free-to-play online game that's sure to worry as many on the left as on the right, players are sent on a mission to kill "tea party zombies," Fox News anchors, Republican politicians, lobbyists and even activists, using weapons like machine guns, shotguns, crowbars and  …

Judge blocks parts of Texas abortion law on sonograms

But the judge, in a victory for abortion rights activists, ruled in a preliminary injunction that there was cause to believe such a requirement was an unconstitutional burden on doctors.

DOJ probes alleged News Corp. 9/11 victim hacking

US authorities have launched a probe into possible phone hacking of September 11, 2001 victims by News Corp.

Cheney 'strongly supports' continued waterboarding | Video

Former vice president Dick Cheney told NBC’s Jamie Gangel that he has “no regrets” about authorizing the waterboarding of terror suspects.

Leaked cable: Sen. McCain promised to help Gaddafi obtain U.S. military hardware

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) promised to help former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi obtain U.S. military hardware, as one of the United States' partners in the war on terror, according to a U.S. diplomatic cable released Wednesday by anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks.

Perry dismisses evolution as 'a theory that's out there' | Video

Climate change isn’t the only science that Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry has doubts about. The Texas governor told a boy in New Hampshire Thursday that evolution was also questionable. “You know, it’s a theory that’s out there,” Perry …

Trump: 'I'd be willing' to pay more taxes - Video

Real estate mogul Donald Trump said Monday that he would be willing to pay a higher tax rate but most oil companies would not because they are not patriotic.

Olbermann: 'Rupert Murdoch has a drone!' | Video

On last night’s Countdown with Keith Olbermann, a new twist to the News Corporation investigations emerged: the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating Rupert Murdoch’s iPad newspaper “The Daily” for piloting a drone aircraft in the U.S.

Bachmann: Questions about gay therapy are out of bounds - Video

Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann Thursday refused to say if she thought reparative therapy could “change gay people into being straight” because it was not relevant to her campaign. “Recent reporting has revealed the clinic you co-own with you …

Judge allows defamation suit against Breitbart to proceed

A district judge in Washington, D.C. ruled Thursday that a defamation lawsuit against conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart may proceed to trial, according to Legal Times reporter Zoe Tillman. The suit, filed by former U.S. Dept.

Gingrich busted holding campaign t-shirt made in El Salvador - Video

An ABC News producer asked Gingrich to hold up one of his campaign t-shirts for the camera and he probably now wishes he hadn’t followed her instructions. “A lot of what you’re talking about is about taking America back to America,” the ABC News produc …

Tea party revolt holds possible debt deals hostage

A bill to cut the deficit faced a nail-bitingly close vote in Congress on Thursday as the top Republican lawmaker sought to quell an internal revolt and push his plan to avoid a ruinous default. Approval of a plan by House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner would break the  …

Karl Rove's Crossroads trolls for guys on gay hook-up app Grindr

  A tipster notified The Hill that one of the group's "blank check" ads — with the message that President Barack Obama's spending is out of control — have begun scrolling along the bottom of a smartphone app called Grindr.

Bachmann borrowed from the federal home loan programs she wanted to shut down | The Raw Story

Despite the fact that she has spoken against loan insurers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the Washington Post discovered that Rep.

GOP lawmaker admits he's extorting Congress to rewrite Constitution | Raw Replay

Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) told MSNBC’s Chris Matthews Monday that he is giving Congress ten days to pass a constitutional amendment that would make raising taxes nearly impossible. And if he doesn’t get what he wants, he will do everything in his power to force the U.S.

Atheists file lawsuit over Christian cross at New York City 9/11 memorial

The national organization American Atheist claims that placing a symbol of Christianity on government-owned property is a violation of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and the Constitution of New York.

Walker to close 10 DMV offices after passing voter ID law

Republican Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker's administration is moving forward with a plan that would close as many as 10 driver's license offices only months before a new law will require voters to present a photo ID before casting a ballot. On May 25, Walker signed the voter ph …

The 27 Club: The age that marked death for so many great musicians

As most people know by now, incredibly talented singer Amy Winehouse was found dead in her London apartment over the weekend.

The skeletons in Rick Perry's closet

And then there's the elephant in the room: Texas' debt problem. In the 2010 governor's race, Democrat Bill White pointed out that Texas' debt has doubled under Perry.

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