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WATCH: Bully Cats Attack Peace-Loving Dogs

The Huffington Post | Oliver Noble | Posted 05.16.2012

Nobody likes a bully. But when they have sharp claws, fangs and a nasty look in their soulless feline eyes, well, it’s just that much worse. This is...

WATCH: Customer Beats McDonald's Manager Over Poor Service

Posted 04.24.2012

A McDonald's manager was beaten with a baseball bat, Lakeland Police report, after a customer became enraged alleging poor customer service. Accord...

The Short Life Expectancy of Iranian Nuclear Scientists: Assassinations with a Message

Haggai Carmon | Posted 03.16.2012

Haggai Carmon

Does the killing of nuclear scientists stop or delay the Iranian nuclear weapons plan? Hardly.

PHOTOS: Grenade Attack In Belgium Market

Posted 12.14.2011

A grenade and gun attack in the eastern Belgian city of Liege left five people dead, including the attacker, and 119 wounded on Dec. 13, 2011. A 23...

That Day.. That Day...

Tina Sloan | Posted 01.23.2012

Tina Sloan

That day is still so raw and so alive in our souls. We in fact will never forget.

When "Housewives" Attack: Two Chicago Men Sue Reality Stars

Posted 08.13.2011

In lawsuits filed Tuesday in New York and Miami, two Chicago men allege that cast members of The Real Housewives of New Jersey attacked them in a bar ...

Egypt's Need for a "Bill of Rights"

Mohamed Elmenshawy | Posted 07.09.2011

Mohamed Elmenshawy

As Egypt experiences rapid and complicated transition from the Mubarak regime to the formation of a new government, the ultimate goal must remain the protection of equal rights for all citizens of Egypt.

Obama's Libyan Gamble, Week Two

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.28.2011

Chris Weigant

If the Libyan war ends well, Obama's Libyan gamble will have paid off handsomely. A little more than one week in, things seem to be going fairly well.

Obama's Libyan Gamble

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Chris Weigant

Rather than selling a war as an existential threat to America, American democracy, freedom, the flag, Mom, and apple pie (as pretty much every president has done for decades), Barack Obama's approach is something new: war as a nuisance.

After Tucson, the State of the Union

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

Jim Wallis

The speech Barack Obama gave in Tucson was a memorial to the victims of a horrible tragedy, but the spirit of his speech could also shape Tuesday's State of the Union address by calling us to be worthy of each victim's sacrifice.

The F Word: Choosing Care for Haiti, Somalia, Ourselves

Laura Flanders | Posted 05.25.2011

Laura Flanders

If Haitians and Somalis, people with what most of us would call nothing, can take a stand and protect what they hold dear, how about us?

100 Reasons for a Christmas Miracle

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

Jim Wallis

Advent is a season of hope. The DREAM Act has been before Congress for the past 10 years. The time for waiting is over. It is time for the Senate to give hope and a future to hundreds of thousands of other DREAMers across the US.

South African Girl, 15, Charged With Statutory Rape After Confessing Sex Act Was Consensual

Posted 05.25.2011

A 15-year-old South African girl who initially claimed she was gang-raped is now being charged with statutory rape after agreeing the sex was consensu...

An Open Letter to Glenn Beck

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

Jim Wallis

Before, I thought you were just another cable news talk show host. Now, you are using the language of a spiritual and even a religious leader. But to invoke the name of God and the vocation of a spiritual leader has consequences.

Who Wins When the U.S. Restricts Religious Freedom?

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

Jim Wallis

If terrorists are able to not only attack us physically but get us to judge our neighbors by labels rather than the content of their character, turn our back on the Constitution and then restrict the religious freedom of other Americans, we all lose.

Taliban Attack USAID Compound In Afghanistan, Killing 4

AP | DEB RIECHMANN | Posted 05.25.2011

KABUL, Afghanistan — Taliban suicide attackers stormed a four-story house used by an American aid organization in north Afghanistan on Friday, k...

Arizona's Immigration Bill Is a Social and Racial Sin

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

Jim Wallis

Arizona's SB 1070 must be named as a social and racial sin, and should be denounced as such by people of faith and conscience across the nation. This is not just about Arizona, but about what kind of country we want to be.

The Oklahoma City Bombing Anniversary and Home-Grown Terrorism

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

Jim Wallis

Are we as concerned about potential terrorists who are home-grown Americans with white skin as we are sometimes obsessed with darker-skinned suspects of Middle Eastern descent?

This Isn't About Wallis vs. Beck -- It's About Biblical Social Justice

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

Jim Wallis

While I have agreed that the cause of social justice has sometimes been politicized for ideological purposes by both Left and Right, I continue to defend the term itself as biblical.

A Good START: Reducing the Idolatry of Nuclear Weapons

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

Jim Wallis

Earlier this week, the United States declared for the first time will not use nuclear weapons against countries that are in compliance with the Nonproliferation Treaty.

US Consulate Attack In Peshawar: 3 Explosions, Several Killed In Pakistan Assault

AP | RIAZ KHAN | Posted 05.25.2011

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Islamist militants unleashed a car bomb and grenade attack against a U.S. consulate in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, kil...

What Glenn Beck Doesn't Understand About Biblical Social Justice

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

Jim Wallis

Jesus said that we should love our enemies and pray for those who persecute us. I invited Beck to a civil and respectful conversation about the issues at stake here, but he has chosen a different path.

In Spite of Glenn Beck's New Threats, My Invitation to Dialogue Stands

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

Jim Wallis

I thought Beck's rather extreme and misguided comments needed a response, but I did not attack him personally; nor will I.

Candice Berner Killed: Animal Killed Alaska Teacher, Autopsy Concludes

AP | DAN JOLING | Posted 05.25.2011

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Wolves likely killed a teacher jogging alone along a rural Alaska village road, public safety officials said Thursday. The Ala...

UPDATE: UFlorida Students Briefed After Shooting

alligator.org | Posted 05.25.2011

University officials, campus police and Corry Village apartment managers held two meetings Wednesday with about 75 residents to explain Tuesday's shoo...