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Why the Pentagon Axed Its Afghan Warlord

Why the Pentagon Axed Its Afghan Warlord: "Public beheadings in Afghanistan are usually associated with the Taliban, but on Monday it was Defense Secretary Robert Gates metaphorically wielding the axe from the Pentagon platform. Gates announced that he had asked for and requested the resignation of his top commander in Afghanistan, Army General David McKiernan, after only 11 months in that theater. The 37-year veteran will be replaced by Army Lieutenant General Stanley McChrystal. Army Lieutenant General David Rodriguez, the Defense Secretary's own top military aide, is to serve in a newly created post as McChrystal's deputy."

US files murder charges in Iraq soldier shooting

US files murder charges in Iraq soldier shooting: "An Army sergeant who was due to leave Iraq soon after multiple tours has been charged with murder and aggravated assault in the fatal shooting of five fellow soldiers at a military counseling clinic in Baghdad, a U.S. official said Tuesday."

O'Reilly's Ark: Gay marriage could lead to goat, duck, dolphin, and turtle marriage | Media Matters for America

O'Reilly's Ark: Gay marriage could lead to goat, duck, dolphin, and turtle marriage Media Matters for America: "Bill O'Reilly again theorized that the legalization of gay marriage could lead to interspecies marriages, stating to Margaret Hoover, '[Y]ou would let everybody get married who want to get married. You want to marry a turtle, you can.' O'Reilly has previously suggested that gay marriage could ultimately allow for a person to marry a goat, duck, or dolphin."

U.S. stimulus to save 3.5 million jobs by end 2010: official

U.S. stimulus to save 3.5 million jobs by end 2010: official: "The Obama administration's fiscal stimulus plan will meet previous estimates to save 3.5 million U.S. jobs by the end of 2010, but the unemployment rate at that time may be higher due to further deterioration in the economy, a senior administration official said on Monday."

Ore. babies switched at birth meet 56 years later

Ore. babies switched at birth meet 56 years later: "On a spring day in 1953, two babies were born at Pioneer Memorial Hospital in the Eastern Oregon town of Heppner — DeeAnn Angell of Fossil and Kay Rene Reed of Condon. The girls would grow up, get married, have kids of their own and become grandparents. Then, last summer, Kay Rene's brother, Bobby Reed, got a call from an 86-year-old woman who had known his mother and had also lived next door to the Angell family in Fossil."