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  Aug 21, 2014

  Is the Tea Party Winning or Losing?

  Tea Party candidates had few victories in the 2014 congressional primary season. By challenging "establishment" Republicans, did those Tea Party challenges, nonetheless, make the Republican Party more conservative?

• Aug 20, 2014

  Ferguson Shooting: A Dozen Witnesses Back Claims That Brown Assaulted Officer Leading to Shooting?

  Police sources told a St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter that a dozen witnesses have confirmed the claim that the unarmed 18-year-old killed by a Ferguson, Missouri police officer on Aug. 9 was shot because he charged and physically attacked the officer.

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  Aug 20, 2014

  US Companies Can't Protect Citizens? Chinese Hackers Steal 4.5 Million Patients Info, Including Social Security Numbers

  One of America's largest hospital chains is the latest to fall victim to a group of sophisticated Chinese hackers who compromised 4.5 million patients' data including social security numbers in April and June. The cyber attack is the largest ever reported by a U.S. health care company and should serve as a warning to get more private companies to take their cyber protection more seriously.

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  Aug 19, 2014

  Ferguson Riots: Twice As Many Blacks Believe Police Went Too Far As Whites Do

  A poll released Monday found a huge gap between blacks and whites regarding whether the police response to unrest over the Aug. 9 shooting of an unarmed black teenager in Ferguson, Missouri went too far, again exposing the signifcant race relations divide still simmering in America.

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  Aug 19, 2014

  Why These Liberals Think Rick Perry's Indictment Is a Joke

  In the wake of Republican Texas Governor Rick Perry's two-count indictment by an Austin grand jury last Friday charging him with abusing the powers of his office to attempt to oust a Democrat district attorney that he deemed to have "lost the public's confidence", many key liberal voices have called the grounds for the indictment "sketchy".

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  Aug 19, 2014

  Michael Brown Shooting: Is 6 Shots Normal for Police Use of Force?

  After a preliminary autopsy revealed that teenager Michael Brown was shot at least six times to the front of his body by a Ferguson, Missouri, police officer on Aug. 9, a retired Baltimore City police officer who was involved in six individual use-of-force shootings in his 12-year law enforcement career, told The Christian Post Monday that, in general, six shots is not an overly excessive amount of shots for officers to take when trying to take down an assailant and protect themselves.

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  Aug 9, 2014

  Will Voters 'Throw the Bums Out' in 2014?

  Although a recent poll published Tuesday finds that the majority of Americans disapprove of how his or her own member of Congress is doing their job, odds are that will not stop them from voting the majority of incumbents back into office during the 2014 midterm elections.

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  Aug 7, 2014

  Will Graham Preaches to 23,000 People in Papua New Guinea; Nearly 800 People Commit to Jesus

  God answered evangelist Will Graham's, the grandson of renowned evangelist Billy Graham, prayer when he was recently in the Southeast Pacific rainforest nation of Papua New Guinea.

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  Aug 6, 2014

  Health Care Premiums Increasing Less Than Expected, But Vary Widely

  New data shows that health insurance premiums do not appear to be increasing as much as they have been since companies began adjusting to the new health care law last year. While the average is lower than expected, the variation is large. Some will pay much more while others will pay less.

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  Aug 6, 2014

  Military Says 'No' to Bible Camp, 'Yes' to Gay Pride

  Despite the fact that military service members have recently been permitted to march in gay pride parades, the Department of Defense prohibited members of the Missouri National Guard from attending a one-hour meet-and-greet with children at a vacation Bible camp held a small Baptist church in the rural southwest corner of the state in late July.