May 2012
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Islamist website offers $100,000 for Iranian... →
An Iranian rapper living in Germany has a $100,000 bounty on his head after an Islamist website offered a reward for anyone who kills him over a song that satirizes the Islamic Republic and irreverently addresses a historic religious figure.
The Iranian news and religion website Shia-Online.ir said hip-hop star Shahin Najafi deserved to die for a song which it said “grossly insulted”...
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During an interview with ABC News on Wednesday, U.S. President Barack Obama said he believed same-sex marriage should be legal.
I think same sex couples should be able to get married.
– Barack Obama (via newsweek)
ShortFormBlog: Troubled mortgage firm Freddie Mac... →
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Freddie Mac’s pick? Former E*Trade head Donald Layton: Layton, a former JPMorgan Chase exec who led a turnaround at E*Trade Financial at the peak of the financial crisis, would become the company’s third CEO in the last four years. Considered the front-runner for over a month, sources close to…
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