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Terror Expert Sees More Plots Ahead As Ground Troops Stay
CHICAGO (WBBM) - A University of Chicago terrorism analyst says al-Qaida bombing attempts will likely continue as long as the United States keeps significant numbers of troops on the ground in the...
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Crisis In Egypt Could Affect Gas Prices
CHICAGO (CBS) – The growing instability roiling the Middle East could drive up the price of gas in this country, a Chicago energy expert says. As WBBM Newsradio’s Regine Schlesinger reports, Phil...
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NU Prof: Unrest In Egypt May Soon Spread
UPDATED 02/11/10 10:13 a.m. EVANSTON, Ill. (WBBM/CBS) – A Northwestern University professor is monitoring Facebook posts, as protesters in Egypt decide what’s next, and many in other Middle Eastern and...
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Could Instability In Libya Mean Higher Gas Prices?
CHICAGO (WBBM/CBS) – The instability in Libya is roiling the energy market Tuesday morning. As WBBM Newsradio 780’s Regine Schlesinger reports, one Chicago analyst sees $4 per gallon gas a very real...
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UPDATE: Gas Prices Near $4 A Gallon At Some Chicago Stations
Gasoline prices are surging to $4 a gallon because of tensions in the Middle East, and things could get worse, one expert says.
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Thieves Targeting International Travelers at O’Hare
CHICAGO (CBS) - There have been some unusual thefts at O’Hare International Airport. The passengers being targeted are leaving Chicago and traveling internationally, only to have thousands of dollars...
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Chicago Area Man Among Those Set To Challenge Gaza Blockade
It’s been a year, and it may have been forgotten already – the venture in the Middle East called Freedom Flotilla that brought boats and bloodshed to the high seas. Now, as CBS 2’s Mike Puccinelli...
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Opinion: AZ Republican: We Don’t Want Middle Easterners Here
“If you know Middle Easterners, a lot of them, they look Mexican or they look, you know, like a lot of people in South America: dark skin, dark hair, brown eyes. And they mix. They mix in. And those...
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Opinion: Romney’s Criticism Of Obama’s Foreign Policy Is On Target
GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney told it like it is regarding the demonstrations and protests in Egypt by saying that President Barack Obama had an apologetic tone when making statements about...
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Opinion: Obama Needs To Stay At The White House During Middle East Protests
Following protests in the capital of Egypt this week, the deadly attack on the U.S. Embassy in Benghazi, Libya that took the life of four Americans yesterday, and the latest aggressive protests at the...
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Opinion: Romney’s Criticism Of Obama Is Misguided And Ignores The Facts
In seeking to define President Obama as a foreign policy failure, sympathetic to Muslim protesters, Mitt Romney ignored the fact that Americans were killed and under threat overseas. He called the...
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Opinion: Mitt Romney’s Terrible Week
W. Mitt Romney had a bad week. Rather, Romney has had another bad week. Prior to this week was the well received Democratic National Convention. The week before was the less well received Republican...
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Opinion: Obama’s Security Breach In Libya Is Ignored By American Media
As the liberal American press and ultra-liberal bloggers inundate the Internet and newsprints with criticisms of what Mitt Romney, the GOP presidential challenger to President Barack Obama, said about...
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Opinion: Romney Roots For Foreign Policy Crisis
Mitt Romney, consultant to terrorists. At the secret fundraiser Mitt Romney held in Florida, he said a lot of odd things that are getting him in trouble. While the tape is getting a lot of attention,...
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CBS Local Presidential Forum Obama/Romney: Square Off Over Education and Energy
By Carol Cain CBS 62 Detroit When it comes to issues that resonate in this presidential election – education ranks second only to the economy, which is why Gov. Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama...
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CBS Local Presidential Forum: Obama/Romney: Duke It Out Over Energy And...
By Carol Cain CBS 62 Detroit With the roller coaster ride of gas prices across the nation and volatile nature of relations in the Middle East, America’s energy policy is being debated by Gov. Mitt...
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CBS Local Presidential Forum Romney/Obama: Exchange Barbs Over Obamacare Vs....
By Carol Cain CBS 62 Detroit Obamacare and Romneycare are so associated with President Barack Obama and former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney that each took time to field a question about their namesake plan...
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Opinion: Democrats Pick Another Losing Issue Focusing On Binders
Less than three weeks before the election, quite oddly, the top issue for President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, and the Democrats is the binders. The more the “left” talk binders, the...
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Opinion: With Economics Intertwined With Foreign Affairs Romney Will Win The...
GOP presidential challenger Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama will square off one more time on Monday night with the final presidential debate at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Florida. With CBS...
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Opinion: No News For Obama
One of the obvious methods of trying to win the presidential election of 2012 on President Barack Obama’s part is to make numerous appearances on popular non-news programs across the television dial...
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Opinion: Selectively Presidential: Obama Chooses To Be Presidential When It’s...
President Barack Obama, once again, had an opportunity to have a presidential moment when Hurricane Sandy moved to the nation’s Eastern shores on Monday. This time, the president chose the proper...
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Opinion: Single-Issue Voting Is Wrong In These Multi-Issue Times
During this election cycle in 2012, like no other time one can remember, Americans tend to be talking about voting due to one single issue or another. Whether it be the Sandra Fluke issue of free...
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Opinion: Why Do The Liberals Keep Complaining?
Liberals and their ilk obviously won the executive branch of the United States government for another four years with the reelection of President Barack Obama, but they still pick fights as much as...
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Indiana Patient Contracts Deadly MERS Virus, First Case In United States
By John Dodge CHICAGO (CBS) — Health officials say a patient in Northwest Indiana, who traveled through Chicago, has contracted a deadly virus from the Middle East, marking the first time the virus has...
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Muslims Mark End Of Ramadan At Eid Celebration In Bridgeview
BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. (CBS) – Amid turmoil across the Middle East, Chicago area Muslims jammed the field at Toyota Park in Bridgeview on Monday, to celebrate the end of the holy month of Ramadan. WBBM...
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Mideast Banker Ordered To Spend Next 4 Vacations In Chicago
CHICAGO (STMW) – Mayor Rahm Emanuel has made it a priority to make Chicago a world class tourist destination. But a federal judge went one better on Monday, ordering a wealthy Middle Eastern banker to...
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Hands Of Peace Summer Program Unites Israeli, Palestinian And American Teens...
CHICAGO (CBS) — Israeli, Palestinian and American teens spent three weeks in the Chicago area as part of a peace building program designed to help break down the walls of conflict in the Middle East...
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Dozens Of Protesters Killed In Gaza As U.S. Embassy Opens In Jerusalem
(CBS) – Palestinians in Gaza, who hope to make East Jerusalem their capital, staged mass demonstrations on Monday, setting fires and throwing firebombs across the border into Israel. Israeli soldiers...
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Iraqi Beauty Queen Sarah Idan Criticized For Visiting Israel
(CBS) — Sarah Idan, Iraq’s 2017 Miss Universe beauty pageant contestant, is visiting Israel this week — a trip that has enraged people back home. Her appearance drew harsh criticism from Iraqis on...
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Yemen Airstrike Kills Dozens Of Children, Reportedly On A Field Trip
(CBS) — There was a horrifying attack Thursday in Yemen — a Middle Eastern country torn apart by a 3-year-old civil war. An airstrike in the north reportedly killed at least 50, more than half of them...
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Taliban Overruns Afghan Base, Killing 17 Soldiers
(CBS) — The Taliban overran a base in northern Afghanistan, killing 17 soldiers, even as Afghan forces battled the insurgents for the fifth straight day in the eastern provincial capital of Ghazni on...
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DePaul Professor’s Comments About Israel Spark Backlash
CHICAGO (CBS)–Outrage is boiling at DePaul University where a professor’s op-ed about Middle East politics has sparked backlash. Professor Jason Hill said Israel has the “moral right” to “annex all of...
View ArticleRally In Bridgeview In Support Of Palestine As Violence Continues In The...
CHICAGO (CBS) — A rally in the southwest suburbs is showing support for Palestine. This follows a week of deadly violence in Gaza and Israel. CBS 2’s Steven Graves reports from Bridgeview. About 200...
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