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Hillary Clinton’s shameful role in Benghazi

Why is it that in the last 40 years, the only American ambassadors to get murdered were when Democratic administrations were in office? Before Ambassador Christopher Stevens was killed in Benghazi in 2012 on the evening of Sept. 11, the last American ambassador to be killed was Adolph Dubs during

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Facebook, bias, and transparency: My trip to Silicon Valley

On Wednesday, I was honored to be included among a small group of conservative leaders and journalists who met with Mark Zuckerberg, Sheryl Sandberg, and other Facebook executives about the recent Trending Topics "scandal." For those who have not followed it, the controversy surrounds a May 9 report

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Sanders questions if Clinton is ‘qualified’ to be president

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bernie Sanders is questioning whether Democratic rival Hillary Clinton is "qualified" to be president after she spent much of the day after the Wisconsin primary criticizing his record and his preparedness for the job. "She has been saying lately that she thinks that I am

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‘Spotlight’ company settles complaint over made-up dialogue

BOSTON (AP) — The distributor of the Oscar-winning film "Spotlight" has acknowledged that filmmakers fabricated dialogue that made it appear as if a Boston College spokesman downplayed the extent of the Catholic priest sex abuse scandal. Jack Dunn, director of the news and public affairs office at the Jesuit

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Hollywood and Christmas

With Thanksgiving having come and gone, we are now solidly into the Christmas season. Two stories that reveal Hollywood's attitude about Christmas in painful detail recently caught my attention. The first was an article in the Los Angeles Times about the 50th anniversary of "A Charlie Brown

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LA Film Critics pick ‘Spotlight’ as best film

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Film Critics Association has named "Spotlight," which chronicles The Boston Globe's Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation into the abuses of the Catholic Church, the best film of the year. The critics' group is known for often straying from the predictable awards

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Hackers expose millions on Ashley Madison; some in local govt

Written by Raphael Satter, Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Hackers say they have exposed unfaithful partners across the world, posting what they said were the personal details of millions of people registered with cheating website Ashley Madison.