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Bagged Salad Recalled For Possible Salmonella Contamination

Source: AP / MSNBC More than 3,000 cases of bagged salad blends were recalled by Taylor Farms Retail due to worries about possible samonella contamination. The precautionary move followed a random test on a package of spinach by the State of Washington Department of Agriculture, the Salinas, Calif., company said Wednesday. There have been no reported illnesses linked [...]

President Obama Learns Perils Of Roiling Maxine Waters

Source: Joseph Williams / Politico Racial equality warrior, advocate for the poor and a no-holds-barred antagonist to her fourth president, California Rep. Maxine Waters wears controversy like a badge of honor. "I believe in empowerment. I have a great sense of what's unfair," Waters told POLITICO in a recent interview. "This is what I do." [...]

Libyan Dictator Moammar Gadhafi Is Dead, Rebels Claim (GRAPHIC PHOTO)

Source: ABC News Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi, the most wanted man in the world, has been killed, the country's rebel government claimed today. The flamboyant tyrant who terrorized his country and much of the world during his 42 years of despotic rule was cornered by insurgents in the town of Sirte, where Gadhafi had been [...]

Will Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith Buy Minority Ownership In The Philadelphia 76ers

Source: Nina Mandell / New York Daily News Will Smith just bought a much bigger playground to spend most of his days. The Philadelphia native and wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, are officially minority shareholders of the 76ers NBA team in a deal that was confirmed by the league on Tuesday. The "Men In Black" star [...]

Monkey Is The Last Exotic Animal Still At Large In Ohio (VIDEO)

Source: Moni Basu / CNN Law enforcement officials said Wednesday afternoon that they had accounted for all but one of a menagerie of animals released from an Ohio farm, with just a monkey remaining on the loose. Muskingum County Sheriff Matt Lutz said a missing bear and mountain lion were shot dead and a lion made [...]

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Allen West: Occupy Wall Street Has Ties To Communists, Nazis, MLK Would Not Have Supported It

Source: Luke Johnson / The Huffington Post Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) said the Occupy Wall Street movement was "laughable" for its "hypocrisy" and alleged that the movement had ties to the Communists and Nazis in an interview Tuesday night with conservative media outlet Newsmax. "I think the hypocrisy of this movement is somewhat laughable," he [...]

Perry's Use Of 'Brother' Raises Eyebrows (VIDEO)

A spokesman for Gov. Rick Perry says no offense was intended when the candidate addressed Herman Cain as "brother." WATCH:

T.I. Says He's Less Naive After Prison (VIDEO)

T.I., who was released from a halfway house last month following an 11-month stint in an Arkansas prison, says he's learning to trust people less. (Oct. 19)

Social Security Goes Up 3.6%, But So Do Medicare Premiums

Source: Martha C. White / MSNBC The good news: Social Security recipients are getting their first cost-of-living raise, 3.6 percent, since 2009. The bad news: Rising Medicare premiums will eat into that increase for many, and could erase it entirely for a small percentage. Advocates for older Americans say prices on necessities like drugs continued to [...]

LIVE VIDEO: Trial Of Dr. Conrad Murray Continues

Free live streaming by Ustream Anesthesiologist takes the stand in the Conrad Murray trial.