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...Iraq, Bush accepted responsibility for the activities of military contractors like Blackwater, which is under investigation on Capitol Hill and in Baghdad for its use of force in Iraq. But he split the difference on defending them, saying they were performing a useful function there and praising their "sacrifice", while saying he would be "anxious to see the analysis of their performance" in Iraq...
...among Mexicans who had become disillusioned with the dominant Church and, in particular, the ability of established Catholic saints to deliver them from poverty. Residents of crime-tossed neighborhoods like Mexico City's Tepito began revering Santa Muerte more than Jesus Christ, experts say. Some of its devotees eventually split from the Catholic church and began vying for control of Catholic buildings. That's when Mexico's Catholic church declared it a cult...
...more conventional election year, the G.O.P. might actually be making a push to regain a slim majority. The Senate is currently split 49-49 with two Independents - Joe Lieberman of Connecticut and Vermont's Bernie Sanders - who caucus with the Democrats. But this cycle there are a range of factors working against them...
...four spots on the Harvard team were taken by freshmen. Jamie Olson placed fourth overall in a time of 17:41, and right next to her was Claire Richardson in fifth, finishing a split second behind Olson...
...soon as the Bush administration acknowledged in late 2005 that it had been listening to conversations between suspected terrorists overseas and people in the U.S. without obtaining a court warrant, Democrats started debating privately what to do about the so-called warrantless wiretapping. They quickly split into three camps: one wanted to outlaw the unsupervised surveillance, another preferred to rewrite the law to okay the practice, and a third just wanted to punish the White House for overreaching...