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Coast Guard suspends search for sailors missing in yacht accident
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The Coast Guard has suspended its search of four sailors who have been missing since Saturday after their yacht ran aground off San Francisco.
The Coast Guard and Air National Guard crews spent two days searching for the four before announcing the suspension Sunday night.
"The decision to...
Norway mass-murder suspect admits killings, claims self-defense
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The man accused of killing 77 people in a bomb-and-gun rampage in Norway last summer admitted Monday that he had committed the acts but said he was not guilty.
"I acknowledge the acts but do not plead guilty, and I claim I was doing it in self-defense," Anders Behring...
"Unexpectedly," Progressives Have Math Problems
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If you actually read what we write here at Townhall Finance, you’d know that we have covered this topic before pretty extensively. … Once again please look at this article here from Political Calculations that we published at Townhall Finance that covers this topic … As an aside, if you guys aren’t reading some of the finance, investment and economic commentary on Townhall Finance, you are missing…
Fun (Snap) Shots from the NRA Annual Meeting
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Let Townhall give you a sneak peek! … Here I am with fellow Townhall journalist Katie Pavlich getting ready to start our second day of coverage at the NRA convention.…
A Ruined Nation
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From Townhall Magazine's April feature, "A Ruined Nation," by Daniel Doherty:
In the United States, … Read more of Daniel Doherty's piece in the April isssue of Townhall Magazine.
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N Korean MIssle Launch Lasted 90 Seconds
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Book: Napolitano Perjured Herself to Congress in Fast & Furious Testimony
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In her explosive new book Fast and Furious, Katie Pavlich makes the case that Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano not only failed to stop an operation that led to the death of one of her own, Border Agent Brian A. Terry, but she may have also lied to Congress in...
Bolton Says Threat of International Terrorism Has Grown Over Past 4 Years, Would Consider VP Slot
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John Bolton, when asked if he felt safer national security-wise than he did four years ago, told Townhall that he thinks the threat … Bolton also told Townhall that he'd consider a VP slot on the GOP ticket, but that he's not "sitting by the phone waiting for that…
New Study Suggests the Post Office Needs Serious Reform
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For more on USPS reform, check out the upcoming May issue of Townhall Magazine!…
U.N. statement calls North Korea launch "deplorable"
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Officials from the United States and the United Nations say the U.N. Security Council will meet Friday to discuss North Korea's botched long-range missile launch -- an act U.N. officials called deplorable and destabilizing despite its failure.
Amid concerns that North Korea will try to recover from the embarrassing...
What Common Misconceptions do Americans Have About Republicans?
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It's full of pretty simple questions that I'm sure Townhall readers would nail, but what's revealing are the percentages of right and…
Who Will Win the Veepstakes?
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Order Townhall Magazine today to find out, then cast your vote in our online veepstakes poll!…
Millionaires' effective tax rates top most
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A lot gets lost in the rhetoric about the Buffett Rule, which would impose a minimum 30% tax on millionaires.
And at the top of the list is this fact: Most millionaires already pay higher effective tax rates than just about everyone else.
Certainly, many people who earn...
Liberal Columnist: Yeah, the Buffett Rule is Kind of a Joke
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That headline isn't exactly a bulletin to Townhall denizens, of course, but it's nice to see the liberal "fairness" crack-up continuing…
John Edwards Trial: Former Senator Set to Face Jury in North Carolina
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Moments after a federal judge rejected John Edwards’ efforts to dismiss the government’s criminal case against him, the former Senator and one-time rising star of Democratic politics stood outside the U.S. District Courthouse in Greensboro, North Carolina, and pronounced that he is ready to fight.
“What’s important now is...
Argentine 'miracle' baby found alive after death declaration
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She was a tiny thing: 1 pound 12 ounces, cold as a frozen bottle and left for dead. But she would survive.
One-week-old Luz Milagros Veron is Argentina's miracle baby. Pronounced dead after her premature birth, the baby withstood more than 10 hours in a morgue refrigerator before being...
Hilary Rosen Doubles Down: Spare the Faux Outrage About Ann Romney
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Last night on CNN, as we've written already on Townhall today, Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen claimed Ann Romney's life as…
Rick Santorum's 3-year-old daughter out of hospital
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The 3-year-old daughter of Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum has been released from a Virginia hospital and is settling in at home with her parents, a campaign spokesman said Tuesday.
Bella Santorum, who suffers from a rare genetic condition called Trisomy 18, was hospitalized Friday as her father began...
Rosen returns to TV to defend attack on Ann Romney
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Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen is sticking by her comment that Ann Romney, wife of presumptive GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney, has “never worked a day in her life” -- but not without getting defensive.
"They're attacking me," she said Thursday morning on CNN. "That's fine but it does not...
Romney steals Obama’s spotlight for first time, with Santorum’s help
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When Rick Santorum suspended his presidential campaign on Tuesday, it offered a rare instance of a positive story for Mitt Romney that knocked President Obama off the front pages.
The same day Santorum exited the 2012 primary fight, Obama delivered his much-feted speech on the so-called ‘Buffett Rule’ at...
EXCLUSIVE: Syrian opposition groups says Annan plan 'doomed,' offers alternative
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Members of the main opposition groups in Syria have issued their own plan for ending the violence in their country, saying more than 1,200 have been killed since Kofi Annan, the U.N. and Arab League envoy, announced the Syrian regime’s “agreement” to his six-point proposal.
Detailing the opposition's alternative...
Man charged after allegedly dumping suitcase full of puppies in alley
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An Ohio man was charged after he allegedly dumped a suitcase full of puppies and their mother in an alley, but forgot to take the luggage tags with his contact information off the suitcase, FOX Toledo reports.
Toledo police say a passer-by found the canvas suitcase with six 4-week-old...
Axl Rose refuses Rock and Roll Hall of Fame honor
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Axl Rose sent a "Thanks, but no thanks" letter to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for its induction of Guns N' Roses in Cleveland next weekend.
Bad blood between Rose and several former band mates from the original 1985 lineup is apparently at the center of his...
Retiring man admits he 'did nothing for 14 years'
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He said he had been “present, but not really there” for the 14 years he had been employed as an engineer at a state surveying office in North Rhine-Westphalia, Die Welt newspaper reported.
Parallel structures of the organisation and shuffling around of work constantly left him with an...
Democrat's comment about Ann Romney creates firestorm on Twitter
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Democratic Strategist Hilary Rosen generated instant bipartisan criticism Wednesday night for her statement that Ann Romney has "actually never worked a day in her life."
The reaction on Twitter from high level politicos was instant and virtually unanimous: Rosen had gone too far.
Rosen's comment also prompted Ann...