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Sequestration? Not Scary. Try Fiscal Death Match
The Hartford CourantI'm trying really hard to get all worked up over sequestration, but it ain't taking. Congress has been no help. They called it a weekend on Thursday and went home the day before the $1.2 trillion in automatic spending cuts was scheduled to begin....Tags: Republican Party, Academy Awards, Eric Cantor, John Boehner, Budget Control Act of 2011
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reportedly meets Dennis Rodman
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sat down Thursday for a rare meeting with an American – the pierced, provocative former basketball star Dennis Rodman, according to media reports. Rodman reportedly chatted with Kim as they sat side by side at a...Tags: Pyongyang (North Korea), Travel, North Korea, Vice (movie), Trips and Vacations
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Dennis Rodman in North Korea: What could possibly go wrong?
So things have been a little testy between the U.S. and North Korea lately? No need to worry -- Dennis Rodman is over there right now. This whole nuclear-test situation is probably being smoothed over as we speak. That's right. The controversial...
Tags: Chicago Bulls, National Basketball Association, Event Planning, North Korea, Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation
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Google chief urges North Koreans to get connected
BEIJING — Could Google drag North Korea kicking and screaming into the 21st century? Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of the world’s most popular search engine, on Thursday urged the world’s most Internet-shy nation to open up or...
Tags: Government, Pyongyang (North Korea), Computer Networking and Internet, Travel, Eric Schmidt
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North Korea's missile antics
Under its new ruler, Kim Jong Un, North Korea has reverted to its old tactics of provocation and aggression with the launch this week of a long-range missile it claims was intended to put the country's first satellite into orbit. It's unclear whether...Tags: Kim Jong Il, Nuclear Weapons, Weaponry, Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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North Korea's 'red lines'
Last April, when a North Korean missile launch appeared to be imminent, this newspaper published my commentary urging the U.S. to "get tough with North Korea." My determination that U.S. actions to date had produced little or no effect in deterring the...
Tags: Kim Jong Il, Japan, South Korea, Military Equipment, Pyongyang (North Korea)
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Obama calls for 'smarter' government in State of the Union
WASHINGTON – Declaring that the nation is stronger “after years of grueling recession,” President Obama advocated an array of modest second-term initiatives Tuesday night that he said wouldn’t bust the federal budget. There...
Tags: Government, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Terrorism, European Union, Environmental Issues
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North Korea appears to conduct nuclear test, defying world powers
BEIJING -- North Korea appeared to conduct a nuclear test Tuesday in defiance of world powers, South Korean officials said, following through on the provocative step after weeks of threats. South Korea said it had detected a man-made seismic event...
Tags: Kim Jong Il, World War II (1939-1945), China Earthquake (2010), National Weather Service, Weaponry
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China calls for talks after North Korean threat
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.BEIJING -- With North Korea openly threatening the United States with nuclear weapons, China called Thursday for a new round of diplomacy and appears to be growing increasingly frustrated with its longtime ally. Beijing’s calls for intervention...Tags: Kim Jong Il, Pyongyang (North Korea), Justice and Rights, Weaponry, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Google this: North Korea open to Western help with Net upgrade?
A freelance diplomatic foray to North Korea by former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson and Google executive Eric Schmidt has kicked up both controversy and expectations of insights into the inscrutable Hermit Kingdom. State Department officials...
Tags: Pyongyang (North Korea), Eric Schmidt, Asia, Cheese Corn, North Korea
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He's too sexy for this spoof
Change of SubjectThe Associated Press reports: BEIJING -- The online version of China's Communist Party newspaper has hailed a report by The Onion naming North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un as the "Sexiest Man Alive" -- not realizing it is satire. The...... -
North Korea's dangerous ambition
North Korea's first successful rocket launch is a truly dangerous development. Although the North Koreans have previously detonated two nuclear devices, until now they have not demonstrated any ability to deliver them. Weaponizing a missile is hard, but...
Tags: Pyongyang (North Korea), Wars and Interventions, Iran, Weaponry, Elections
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