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Protective Edge vs. Cast Lead at Day 22: Fourfold hike in Israelis fatalities, slight drop in Palestinians killed, huge surge in Gaza-launched rockets, IDF artillery fire. ...
Congressional Republicans want to force Democrats into voting on a stand-alone measure to send $225 million in emergency funds to Israel for its Iron Dome missile defense system.
President Barack Obama escalated U.S. sanctions against Russia but dismissed suggestions the growing chill marked the start of a new Cold War.
The Pentagon: Russia was supplying Ukraine air defense systems similar to the one that brought down Malaysian Airlines Flight 17.
Veterans bill: A $17 billion bill to revamp the Veterans Affairs Department appears likely to clear both the House and Senate this week.
U.S. Pacific Command is hosting personnel from 31 nations as part of the proliferation security initiative Exercise Fortune Guard. PACOM chief: U.S. not worried about Chinese intel ship off Hawaiian coast. Aloha: Japan is practicing storming beaches with the U.S. at the world's largest maritime exercises. A bitterly divided House panel voted to condemn Obama for the swap of five Taliban leaders for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. Next Week: Investigators will look into if Bergdahl deserted his Army post in 2009. Paying Ransom: Kidnapping Europeans for ransom has become a global business for Al Qaeda, bankrolling its operations across the globe. In Iraq's Mosul, resistance rises from the rubble of destroyed shrines. A longtime defense analyst and critic of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program says taxpayers next year will pay between $148 million and $337 million per jet, depending on the model. Army Maritime Aviation: It's real. Jesse Ventura vs. Chris Kyle: The former WWE wrestler got $1.8 million after he convinced a jury that Navy SEAL Kyle defamed him in American Sniper. Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc. just unveiled its new LC9s pistol, a striker-fired version of its compact, LC9 9mm pistol.
How Game of Thrones will predict the next bin Laden.
Don't watch this if you're going to freak out about your life choices.
How a desert cat uses its super ears to hunt birds in mid-flight.
Watch Beck's new music video.
Larry King interviewed "Weird Al" Yankovic.
London Batman is pretty entertaining.
Hmmmm, will this last?