Boehner: Moving Gitmo prisoners to U.S. 'makes no sense'

The top Republican in the House and a senior White House adviser on Sunday debated a plan for closing the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay and moving some of the terrorism suspects held there onto American soil. They want $500 millio...

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Exclusive: NBC may make time for '24'

Multiple sources confirm to me exclusively that 20th Century Fox has approached NBC about picking up the series should Fox opt to cancel it and the Peacock is considering it. Theres definitely some interest, says an insider close to the ta...

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Clinton: Israeli settlement announcement insulting

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Friday that Israel's announcement of new settlement construction in disputed territory in East Jerusalem was insulting to the United States. The Israeli announcement came during Vice President Joe Bi...

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Deadly blasts rock southern Afghanistan

A series of explosions rocked southern Afghanistan's volatile Kandahar province on Saturday, killing at least 35 people and wounding 47 others, local officials said. Provincial Gov. Toryalai Wesa confirmed the blasts hit four locations. On...

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Al Qaeda suspect's work at nuclear sites prompts call for pr

A U.S. senator is calling for a federal probe into the system of background checks for employees at nuclear plants after learning that a suspected al Qaeda member from New Jersey worked at five such sites. We simply cannot tolerate at any...

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Day 1 estimate: 120,000 iPads sold

A snapshot of who's buying what based on a sample of first-day pre-orders Click to enlarge. Source: AAPL Sanity The team at Investor Village's AAPL Sanity board have completed their initial analysis of pre-orders for the iPad tablet comput...

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