LA: Quakes are Increasing, However Scientists Unsure What It Means

No, it’s not your imagination: The Los Angeles area is feeling more earthquakes this year.

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House Speaker John Boehner Says Administration Never Consulted with Congress on Taliban Prisoners

House Speaker John A. Boehner said Tuesday that President Obama may have broken the law in failing to notify Congress of his plans to transfer Taliban fighters from Guantanamo Bay, elevating the battle over this weekend’s deal to a constitutional clash between Congress and the executive branch.

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Bowe Bergdahl’s Vanishing Before Capture Angered His Unit

Sometime after midnight on June 30, 2009, Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl left behind a note in his tent saying he had become disillusioned with the Army, did not support the American mission in Afghanistan and was leaving to start a new life. He slipped off the remote military outpost in Paktika Province on the border with Pakistan and took with him a soft backpack, water, knives, a notebook and writing materials, but left behind his body armor and weapons — startling, given the hostile environment around his outpost.

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Bakery Will Stop Making Wedding Cakes After Losing Discrimination Appeal (Video)

Jack Phillips, an owner of a bakery in Colorado, said he will no longer sell wedding cakes after the Colorado Civil Rights Commission ruled that he discriminated against a “gay couple” when he refused to sell them a cake.

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Pentagon knew Bergdahl’s whereabouts but didn’t risk rescue for ‘deserter’ (Video)

The Pentagon on several occasions had ground-level intelligence on where Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl was being held captive at various times — down to how many gunmen were guarding him — but special operations commanders repeatedly shelved rescue missions because they didn’t want to risk casualties for a man they believed to be a “deserter,” sources familiar with the mission plans said.

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Obama Proclaims June as LGBT Month

The White House issued a proclamation by President Barack Obama calling on Americans to celebrate the ‘great diversity of the American people’ declaring June as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month.

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