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By Patrick Dorinson Published November 25, 2010 FoxNews.com Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. It is the most unique celebration on the calendar and it is the quintessential American holiday. Sorry Canada yours ain’t quite the same thing. Unlike the Fourth of July it is not about patriotism. And unlike Christmas, Hanukah, Easter or Passover it [...]
By Penny Young Nance Published November 25, 2010 FoxNews.com During the Thanksgiving holiday, as we gather with friends and family, it’s easy to become focused on our own little worlds, whether in the political arena and the recent elections or on our troubled economy and how much effort it takes just to pay the bills [...]
Nov 24, 2010 Judge Ruled that Flight Nurse’s Firing Under “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Violated Her Rights, Air Force Appealing Ruling (AP) The Air Force said Wednesday it hasn’t made a decision on whether to try to keep a lesbian flight nurse from being reinstated while it appeals a judge’s ruling to return her to [...]
By HUMA KHAN Nov. 25, 2010 As President Obama tries to shift the focus back to the economy and jobs after a blistering defeat in the mid-term elections, a spate of international events threaten to distract the country from his message. It’s not unusual for an administration to fall victim to unfolding events and crises. [...]
By RON CLAIBORNE Nov. 24, 2010 While Wall Street was celebrating good news about corporate profits this week, millions of Americans will sit down at Thanksgiving Dinner tables the same way they did last year — without jobs. Unemployment remains stuck at a stubborn nine percent, but corporate profits broke records in the third quarter [...]
By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS Associated Press WASHINGTON November 24, 2010 (AP) Hers was the face on the grainy negative TV ads that helped defeat scores of Democrats. His agenda, re-election chances and legacy are on the line. Rep. Nancy Pelosi of California, chosen after a messy family feud among Democrats to remain as their leader [...]
By: Susan Ferrechio 11/24/10 While Republican leaders spent the last three weeks preparing an agenda for their Jan. 5 takeover of the House, a separate group of about two dozen GOP lawmakers have been scrutinizing the day-to-day operation of the House and are planning potentially significant changes aimed at cutting costs and improving efficiency, including [...]
By JENNIFER EPSTEIN | 11/24/10 Louisiana Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal wants members of Congress to stay home more often. “We used to pay farmers not to grow crops, let’s pay congressmen to stay out of Washington, D.C.,” Jindal said in an interview with Human Events. “Mark Twain said that our liberty, our wallets were safest [...]
Nov 24, 2010 Reuters By Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON, Nov 24 (Reuters) – President Barack Obama has set the goal of eventually ridding the world of nuclear arms as a central theme of his presidency, but North Korea’s defiance and other recent setbacks have raised fresh doubts about whether he can turn his vision into reality. [...]
By Sookyung Seo and Jungmin Hong Nov 25, 2010 South Korea said it will revise battle manuals and bolster border forces after a deadly exchange of fire with North Korea as China called for restraint, without signaling any intention to fault its communist ally’s actions. President Lee Myung Bak will scrap plans to reduce the [...]

