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Chris Hayes Apologizes For Saying He Feels ‘Uncomfortable’ Calling Killed Soldiers ‘Heroes’ (VIDEO) — Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy … FOLLOW: — MSNBC, Video, Chris Hayes, Memorial Day, Chris Hayes Heroes, Chris Hayes Soldiers, Chris Hayes Uncomfortable, Media News
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MSNBC Host Issues Apology for Saying He's ‘Uncomfortable’ with Calling Fallen Soldiers ‘Heroes’ — MSNBC host Chris Hayes has issued an apology one day after saying on national television that he is “uncomfortable” with calling fallen soldiers “heroes.” — “On Sunday, in discussing the uses …
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Blogs rip MSNBC's Chris Hayes on ‘heroes’
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TheBlaze.com, The Jawa Report, World's Only Rational Man, Mediaite and The Right Sphere

VFW demands apology after host says he's ‘uncomfortable’ calling fallen soldiers heroes
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VFW slams MSNBC host who said he was ‘uncomfortable’ calling dead soldiers ‘heroes’
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Fire Andrea Mitchell!


Somebody Tell Nina Totenberg Her Buddy Brett Kimberlin Is Making News Again … FROM AN UNDISCLOSED LOCATION — In the fall of 1988, when convicted terrorist Brett Kimberlin was still locked up in federal prison and claiming to have sold dope to GOP vice presidential candidate Dan Quayle …
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Datechguy's Blog, The PJ Tatler, The Daley Gator, Absolute Moral Authority, hogewash and Conservative Commune
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Romney doesn't back away from ‘birther’ Trump — (CNN) - Mitt Romney said Monday he wasn't concerned about Donald Trump's commitment to the “birther” conspiracy, one day before the GOP presidential candidate hosts a fund-raiser alongside the celebrity business magnate.
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Saudis Demand Punishment for McDonald's Toy They Say “Insults Muhammed” … Saudi Arabians are angry at a McDonald's toy which they say mocks their prophet Muhammad. According to a report appearing today (5/27/12) on the Arabic news website, Kermalkom.com, the McDonald's fast food restaurant …
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Bare Naked Islam, Raymond Ibrahim and iOwnTheWorld.com

Veterans Give Romney Big Lead Over Obama — Veterans responsible for Romney's advantage among men overall — PRINCETON, NJ — U.S. veterans, about 13% of the adult population and consisting mostly of older men, support Mitt Romney over Barack Obama for president by 58% to 34% …
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Hope: The Sequel — For Obama & Co., this time around it's all about fear.
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Booman Tribune, Hot Air, Washington Monthly, The POH Diaries and Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog

Obama honors troops, says ‘dark cloud’ from decade of war is lifting — President Obama commemorated Memorial Day with a speech marking the end of a decade of U.S. conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan, honoring soldiers killed in those wars. — The president on Monday joined the top members …
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American Power and Politico
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Keeping faith with Vietnam veterans
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Obama Pledges No More Wars Unless ‘Absolutely Necessary’
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Meet ‘Flame’, The Massive Spy Malware Infiltrating Iranian Computers — Map showing the number and geographical location of Flame infections detected by Kaspersky Lab on customer machines. Courtesy of Kaspersky — A massive, highly sophisticated piece of malware has been newly found infecting systems …
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The Raw Story, Outside the Beltway and Daily Pundit


Defectors describe horror, heartbreak in North Korea's labor camps — Seoul (CNN) — Watching the public execution of his mother and older brother, Shin Dong-Hyuk thought the punishment was just. They had planned to escape the North Korean labor camp they were being held in until Shin overheard …

Humans Are Not Like Slowly Boiling Frogs ... We Are Like Slowly Boiling Brainless Frogs — Even though people keep using the famous simile — “the fatally slow human response to climate change makes us like a slowly boiling frog” — it is not quite right. — As Wikipedia puts it …
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Suburban Guerrilla

What Print Cuts at Times-Picayune Mean for Papers — New Orleans Daily Latest to Reduce Publishing Schedule in Bid to Survive Digital Revolution — The New Orleans Times-Picayune survived Hurricane Katrina. Now it is making its play to stay alive during the digital revolution …
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Firedoglake and The Huffington Post

Star bank traders struggle to shine with own funds — LONDON (Reuters) - Some of the biggest traders to have swapped working at a bank for running their own hedge funds are finding it much tougher on their own, with returns since they launched lagging rivals and disappointing investors.
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Firedoglake and Eschaton

Barney Frank Tells Black Degree Recipient He Hopes “No One Will Shoot At You” For Wearing A “Hoodie” — Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) was one of several speakers at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth undergraduate commencement that took place this Sunday.
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Mediaite

New details emerge in causeway police involved shooting — MIAMI (WSVN) — Disturbing new details and surveillance video have been released in the fatal police involved shooting off a causeway that involved naked men and cannibalism. — While Larry Vega rode his bicycle off the MacArthur Causeway …
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MiamiHerald.com, The Raw Story and www2.timesdispatch.com