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1) Issa says Obama administration is 'one of most corrupt'
The Republican
congressman who is taking over responsibility for congressional
oversight called President Obama's administration "one of the most
corrupt administrations" on Sunday and predicted that the investigations
he is planning over the next two years could result in about $200
billion in s...
2) With Air Force's Gorgon Drone 'we can see everything'
In ancient times, Gorgon
was a mythical Greek creature whose unblinking eyes turned to stone
those who beheld them. In modern times, Gorgon may be one of the
military's most valuable new tools.
3) NFL 2011 playoff schedule set, with Saints playing first
The Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints will kick off the NFL playoffs next weekend.
4) Dave Barry's Year in Review: Why 2010 Made Us Sick
Between the endless
health-care debate, an unstoppable oil slick and the "Jersey Shore,"
Dave Barry thinks it's a wonder 2010 didn't kill us.
5) Austerity is first order for Boehner's installation as House speaker
Austerity is the theme of
John Boehner's ascendancy to House speaker this week, placing the start
of this new Congress in stark contrast to the more lavish festivities
that accompanied Democrat Nancy Pelosi's swearing-in four years ago.
6) Navy to investigate lewd videos shown on carrier
The Navy's quick
condemnation and pledge to investigate videos in which a senior officer
on a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier used anti-gay slurs and mimicked
masturbation won the praise of gay rights groups Monday.
7) More than 1,000 dead birds fall from sky in Ark.
BEEBE, Ark. -- Wildlife
officials are trying to determine what caused more than 1,000 black
birds to die and fall from the sky over an Arkansas town.
8) Demise of Iraqi water park illustrates limitations, abuse of U.S. funding program
BAGHDAD - In the spring
of 2008, Gen. David H. Petraeus decided he had spent enough time gazing
from his helicopter at an empty and desolate lake on the banks of the
Tigris River. He ordered the lake refilled and turned into a water park
for all of Baghdad to enjoy.
9) Bombing opens vein of Christian anger in Egypt
CAIRO -- The New Year's
Day suicide bombing of a church that killed 21 people has opened up a
vein of fury among Egypt's Christians, built up over years of what they
call government failure to address persistent discrimination and
violence against their community.
10) Birds fall from sky: Thousands of dead birds found in Arkansas
BEEBE, Ark. --
Environmental service workers finished picking up the carcasses on
Sunday of about 2,000 red-winged blackbirds that fell dead from the sky
in a central Arkansas town.
