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...feels wonderful to get the second win,” Baise said. “We waited a long time. Tonight was an indicator of the improvements we’ve made. I think it’s clear we are making some progress...
...Political considerations may well have played a role in the derailing of both nominations. When Southers withdrew, the White House issued a statement quoting him saying that his desire to serve "has been obstructed by political ideology." To be sure, the poisonous atmosphere on Capitol Hill has made it necessary for any candidate to be bulletproof in order to withstand partisan scrutiny. But it's clear that, despite the Obama Administration's reputation for scrubbing its candidates before nominating them, there appears to have been poor vetting in both these cases. "In this politically toxic environment, it only takes...
Stone, said Delaney, made his own ammunition, carefully measuring portions of gunpowder to strengthen the shots from his M-15 rifle. He'd store the ammunition in the bedroom of his trailer - partly, she recalled, to save money for his two sons, whom he homeschooled for a period. "Even then," she said, "he knew Armageddon was coming. He wanted to be ready, to protect his family." On Tuesday afternoon, Delaney stood on the road leading to Stone's trailer. She pointed to the old Fords on the front lawn. "Jesus is coming back," she said, "and the four horsemen...
...Traditional Chinese medical theories have long extolled the health benefits of tonics and poultices made from rare animal parts, including everything from bear bile to deer antlers. Among enthusiasts for this esoteric branch of traditional medicine, few animals are more treasured for their nutritive qualities than the tiger. Tiger bone wine - a rice alcohol brewed in a vat with the carcass of one of the cats - is prized as a tonic for fatigue and sexual potency, for example. In an effort to clamp down on the lucrative poaching industry that sprung up around the big cats, sales of tiger parts...
...that he would veto a second term for al-Maliki, and so the Prime Minister's delegation in Qum sought to persuade al-Sadr to drop the veto. (An al-Maliki spokesman said the mission was a success, while an al-Sadr spokesman denied that a deal had been made.) (Watch TIME's video about Iraq's broken legal system...