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'Zero Dark Thirty': Top 3 controversies from the Osama bin Laden film
"Zero Dark Thirty," which tells the story of the hunt and capture of Osama bin Laden, is already garnering critical accolades – and plenty of criticism, too. Here are the top three controversies currently surrounding the film.
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Six points where Mitt Romney and his economic advisers are mostly wrong
Mitt Romney’s economic plan is largely based on a whitepaper written by several “heavyweight” economists. The problem is, it's riddled with fundamental flaws. Here are six points where Mitt Romney and his economic advisers are mostly wrong about what ails the American economy and how to fix it.
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Mainstream media biased against Romney? Four points to consider.
Many supporters of Mitt Romney argue that his potential path toward the White House has been made a lot steeper by the media. Here are some of the main arguments pro and con.
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Maria Montessori and 10 famous graduates from her schools
Maria Montessori stands in many ways as the mother of alternative education. The Italian physician and teacher invented a new kind of school, one with self-directed learning, classrooms with mixed age groups, and no grades. Now, on what would have been her 142 birthday, thousands of schools bear her name. These Montessori schools have some very famous alumni, many of which credit the free-flowing classes with teaching them to think differently and allowing them to change the world. Here are 10 of the most prominent.
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Briefing
Obama vs. Romney 101: 7 ways they differ on energy issues
Both President Obama and Mitt Romney claim to want to expand America’s access to conventional fuels and green energy. But their energy plans have very different flavors.
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The Circle Bastiat
'Fiscal cliff': Cut the spending – and the melodramaThe 'fiscal cliff' is the crisis that didn't need to be, if the Bush tax cuts had been made permanent and Keynesian influence hadn't spread.
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Russia's proposed ban on US adoptions: What would it mean for orphans?
Children's rights advocates say there's nothing wrong with efforts to reduce international adoption – if those efforts are focused on strengthening families and encouraging domestic adoption. Russia, however, has a long way to go to find domestic families for its orphans.
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The Reformed Broker
It's over, bond vigilantesFour years after wrongly predicting doom because of the fiscal stimulus, some naysayers are still unrepentant – and wrong.
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Horizons
Can a Motorola X Phone keep up with Apple and Samsung?The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that Motorola is hard at work on an 'X Phone,' a flagship smart phone that would stand out from handsets made by Apple and Samsung. But 'X Phone' development may be running into some early obstacles.
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Decoder Wire
Boehner 'Plan B' flop: Good or bad for President Obama? (+video)It's natural to think that President Obama might have cheered the collapse of House Speaker John Boehner's Plan B for the 'fiscal cliff.' But the chaos it created might cause bigger problems.
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Horizons
Facebook $1 fee? New scheme aims to make money, cut spam.New from Facebook: $1 fee to send priority messages to people outside of your social contacts. This Facebook $1 fee feature isn't available outside of the US yet, but the social network could expand it if it proves popular.
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'Zero Dark Thirty': Top 3 controversies from the Osama bin Laden film
"Zero Dark Thirty," which tells the story of the hunt and capture of Osama bin Laden, is already garnering critical accolades – and plenty of criticism, too. Here are the top three controversies currently surrounding the film.
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Terrorism & Security
Panel on Benghazi attack heaps blame on State, citing 'systemic failures' (+video)An independent panel investigating the 9/11 attack on the US consulate in Benghazi released a report finding that the State Department failed at securing the compound on multiple fronts.
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Five women shot dead in Pakistan for fighting polio
Five female health workers vaccinating children against polio have been shot dead in Pakistan as Islamic militants raise suspicions about immunization efforts.
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Cerberus private equity firm to sell stake in firearms makers after Newtown shooting
Cerberus said Tuesday that it would sell its stake in the Freedom Group, which owns the Bushmaster rifle brand, as well as Remington and other gun makes.
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Terrorism & Security
NBC's Richard Engel released in Syria, a journalist danger zone (+video)The Syrian conflict is making 2012 the deadliest year on record for journalists.
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Stocks move higher as budget talks progress
Stocks rose Monday as signs of fiscal cliff progress in Washington made their way to Wall Street. Stock traders paused for a minute of silence at 9:15 a.m. EST to remember those killed in a gunman's rampage through a Connecticut elementary school.
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Apple iPhone gets blockbuster weekend, thanks to China
Chinese consumers snapped up 2 million iPhone 5 handsets over the weekend. Still, a new Citi Research report helped drive Apple shares down.
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GOP cracks in higher taxes for the wealthy?
House Speaker John Boehner has joined Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell in signaling that the Bush-era tax cuts for 'millionaires and billionaires' – President Obama’s favorite campaign target for additional federal revenues – should be allowed to expire at year’s end.
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Cyberattacks on US banks resume, aiming to block their websites
The latest cyberattack mirrors one in early fall that targeted websites of major US banks. Security experts say the attacks appear to be the handiwork of a group tied to Hamas, which the US lists as a terrorist organization.
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With wide gap, Obama and Boehner meet for 'fiscal cliff' talks
With an end-of-year deadline looming, the two leaders came together at the White House on Thursday in an attempt to rejuvenate negotiations as frustration mounted over the lack of progress on averting the 'fiscal cliff.'
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Decoder Wire
How bad is the GOP's image problem?A new survey puts the GOP last in the ratings of 11 political figures and institutions. But the tide of US politics ebbs and flows – and in the 'fiscal cliff' negotiations, many Americans appear to be holding both sides accountable.
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Terrorism & Security
Japan scrambles F-15s after China flies over disputed islandsThe Chinese plane had already left the islands – known as Diaoyu in China and Senkaku in Japan – by the time the Japanese F-15s arrived.
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Apple TV set on the way? Maybe, but don't hold your breath.
An Apple TV set is in an 'early stage of testing,' according to a new report. But there are no guarantees the device will ever see the light of day.
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Terrorism & Security
Will US recognition of Syrian opposition group open channels for weapons support? (+video)The US has refused Syrian rebels weapons because of the presence of jihadi groups fighting there. Could recognition of the Syrian Opposition Coalition change this?
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Stocks gain on budget talk optimism, Fed stimulus
Stocks rose Tuesday in light of progress in budget talks being held in Washington. Stocks have edged up since the start of the month as investors watch for developments in the budget talks.
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Chapter & Verse
E-readers and e-book platforms track users' activity, says a new studyA new study shows that many major e-readers and e-book platforms track book searches, monitor what readers download, and can share information without a customer agreeing first. Is this the next step in satisfying consumers, or a little too Big Brother?
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Decoder Wire
Is Karl Rove's media career kaput?Don't count Karl Rove out, despite reports that the GOP strategist will get less face time on Fox News for the foreseeable future. He still has some platforms, and he knows how to use them.
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The Daily Reckoning
Is there such a thing as too much energy?Government moves energy from the future to the past, Bonner writes, from what will be to what used to be, and finally, to what will be no more.
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Robert Reich
Will Timothy Geithner lead us over or around the fiscal cliff?Timothy Geithner sees the world through the eyes of Wall Street rather than Main Street, Reich writes, which complicates fiscal cliff negotiations.
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