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BOSTON – A Massachusetts college that banned students from wearing head coverings that obscure the face has announced a religious exemption following criticism from Muslim groups. The Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences bans students from wearing clothing such as burqas and face veils, as well as ski masks …

Lawyers for the Florida mom charged with killing her young daughter want to interview the ex-wife of the meter reader who found the little girl’s body. Attorneys for Casey Anthony are asking a judge Monday to let them depose the wife of Roy Kronk. He found the body of 2-year-old …

VANCOUVER, British Columbia – An anti-energy industry activist arrested in connection with the investigation into a series of pipeline bombings in northeastern British Columbia was released Saturday without being charged, his lawyer said. Lawyer Paul Moreau said the Royal Canadian Mounted Police have not given any reasons for why they …

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Police in Colorado say they arrested a 28-year-old man accused of passing out in a McDonald’s play area and telling his two children to bite the officers who were trying to arrest him. Colorado Springs police say officers had to use a Taser on Joshua Alger …

Washington, D.C. – Shortly after 10 a.m. MST on Saturday, January 8, an apparently unstable young man goes on a murderous rampage at a grocery store in Tucson, Arizona. A federal judge and five others are murdered in cold blood. Thirteen others — including U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords — are …

Just back from my seventh wartime trip to Afghanistan since November 2001, there are some clear-cut comparisons. First, Kabul the capital is a vastly different city than it was when the war started. It is more than twice as big — 5 million now as compared to under 3 million …

Hope and change: It was the movement that surged Barack Obama into the White House, but it’s not the first time America has seen this sort of political uprising. There was hope and change way back in the early 20th Century, but it went by a different name: progressivism. It …

Because they suck, the Berkeley City Council unanimously approved a resolution, declaring October 10th to the 16th, “Berkeley Says No to Torture” Week. According to the press release, this week will feature “public educational events,” starring writers, attorneys, protest leaders and artists – all of whom, will smell awful. They’re …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Rising Star In the wake of the failed Christmas Day airline bombing, Yemen is quickly taking center stage as the next front in the War on Terror. But the State Department has awarded 72 diversity visas to Yemen, allowing Yemeni nationals to …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Tea Time The wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is launching a non-profit group linked to the Tea Party movement. The Los Angeles Times reports Virginia Thomas created Liberty Central Incorporated in January. She plans to issue congressional scorecards and become …