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FAA tells airlines to fix cockpit window heaters.The window heaters have been tied to dozens of incidents involving in-flight fires, smoke, open streams of electricity known as electrical arcing, and shattered windshields in Boeing planes. In many cases, pilots have made emergency landings.

Pastor Yanked From Capitol Over 'Jesus' Prayer.A North Carolina pastor was relieved of his duties as an honorary chaplain of the state house of representatives after he closed a prayer by invoking the name of Jesus.“I got fired,” said Ron Baity, pastor of Berean Baptist Church in Winston-Salem. He had been invited to lead prayer for an entire week but his tenure was cut short when he refused to remove the name Jesus from his invocation

Video: Malik Zulu Shabazz speaking to a group of Black Panthers about Osama Bin Laden: "Give him a hand.. he's bringing reform to the world".

Blue Suede Jihad: PJM Gets the MSM Treatment.A Memphis mosque turns to its dinosaur media allies over a PJM story on a Hamas fundraiser’s scheduled appearance.

First rig sails away over drilling ban.Lawmakers and experts fear loss is only the start of offshore exodus.And complete dependency on Arab oil Mr President?

Seventh lawsuit filed over Ariz. immigration law.The lawsuit, filed Friday in federal court, says the training materials are "so vague and ill-defined that they will certainly lead to widespread racial profiling and discrimination."

Obama's Israel policy could loom large as midterm election issue.The executive director of the Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC), Matthew Brooks, said that “despite the warm and fuzzy photo-op” between Obama and Netanyahu, Jewish voters “are rightly troubled and rightly concerned” about the U.S. relationship with Israel.

Arrogant powers are on path to decline: Leader Ayatollah Khamenei.The Leader also said today the arrogant powers are pursuing the same old approach as the ignorant primitive people in old centuries.I guess he's talking about those who stone people to death?

King Arthur's Round Table 'found' - except it's not a table, but a Roman amphitheatre in Chester.The experts believe that Camelot could in fact have been Chester Amphitheatre, a huge stone-and-wood structure capable of holding up to 10,000 people.They say that Arthur would have reinforced the building’s 40ft walls to create an imposing and well fortified base.

CNBC host slams right wing’s false Jones Act meme as ‘offensive to intelligence.

Iranian turned US spy: Tehran will attack Israel.Former Revolutionary Guard member who relayed its secret operations to CIA for 10 years says Iran will commit 'most horrendous suicide bombing in human history' if not stopped.

Gaza aid ship sails from Greece, may head to Egypt.Al-Jazeera reporter accompanying Libyan aid vessel says it is headed for Hamas-ruled territory, but shipping company official says, 'If they don't let us reach Gaza we will head to El Arish harbor in Egypt'.


Al-Jazeera reporter accompanying Libyan aid vessel says it is headed for Hamas-ruled territory, but shipping company official says, 'If they don't let us reach Gaza we will head to El Arish harbor in Egypt'

Ayatollah Fadlallah tributes divide opinion. Ayatollah Fadlallah was also named in 1995 by the US treasury department as a Specially Designated Terrorist under a presidential executive order.

Obama may have worn out his welcome on Capitol Hill.The president's threat to veto a war funding bill is an 'unwelcome message' to House Democrats, many of whom face a tough midterm election after yielding to the White House's agenda.

Iran to Review Stoning Sentence for Adulterer.Official: Judges Won't Be Swayed by West's "Hue and Cry" Over Execution Ordered for Widow's "Illicit Relationship"."The implementation of Islamic regulations like stoning and the headscarf have always been faced with their ugly hostility and opposition."If her husband was dead how can she commit adultary?......silence ....crickets?

Report: Saudi king cancels visit to France.Decision comes less than two weeks after Le Figaro quoted Abdullah as saying both Israel and Iran don't deserve to exist.

Biden jokes about 'hot' Russian spy with Jay Leno,video here.

Christian students in Pakistan are victims of violence and discrimination.Islam a religion of tolerance?

Punjab soup kitchen forbidden to Christians.The organizers of the kiosks, however, discriminate against Christians and claim that the canteen is only for Muslims.

Martin Luther King, Jr. was a Tea Party activist -- and would reject the divisive rhetoric of Barack Obama and Eric Holder.

The Hidden Costs of Jew-Baiting in England.Jew-baiting has become something of a sport in England, as Brits feed the monster — radical Islam — that devours them.Jewish lawyers discussed a grim reality whose only public appearance on an everyday basis is the drumbeat of calumny that a boisterous elite — NGOs, journalists, academics — rain down on Israel.

Lesbian couple's savage assault leaves male neigbour who made pass at them for dead.

Mel Gibson Accuses Ex-Girlfriend of Extortion.Despite a sheriff's investigation into claims that Mel Gibson assaulted ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva, the actor is confident he'll be cleared of any wrongdoing, says a source close to the case.In fact, he's alleging that it's Grigorieva who broke the law.