Albany Tribune News http://www.albanytribune.com Free and Independent Sat, 25 May 2013 05:08:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 OSU To Hold Annual Spring Fashion Show May 31 http://www.albanytribune.com/24052013-osu-to-hold-annual-spring-fashion-show-may-31/ http://www.albanytribune.com/24052013-osu-to-hold-annual-spring-fashion-show-may-31/#comments Sat, 25 May 2013 05:08:59 +0000 Albany Tribune http://www.albanytribune.com/?p=33861 The annual spring fashion show at Oregon State University will take place on Friday, May 31. The event is a showcase of OSU’s finest designers, which this year has the theme “Floralia.” The show is organized by students in the School of Design and Human Environment. The work of 15 students, majoring in apparel design [...]

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]]> http://www.albanytribune.com/24052013-osu-to-hold-annual-spring-fashion-show-may-31/feed/ 0 Dancing With The OSU Stars Returns To Campus http://www.albanytribune.com/24052013-dancing-with-the-osu-stars-returns-to-campus/ http://www.albanytribune.com/24052013-dancing-with-the-osu-stars-returns-to-campus/#comments Sat, 25 May 2013 04:21:32 +0000 Albany Tribune http://www.albanytribune.com/?p=33857 Oregon State University will thump with the pulsing beat of the rumba and swing with the fast pace of the paso doble on May 30, when Dancing with the OSU Stars returns to LaSells Stewart Center. The annual event pairs OSU students, faculty and staff with local ballroom dance professionals in a dance-off, competing for [...]

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]]> http://www.albanytribune.com/24052013-dancing-with-the-osu-stars-returns-to-campus/feed/ 0 Withdrawing US Forces From Europe Weakens America – Analysis http://www.albanytribune.com/24052013-withdrawing-us-forces-from-europe-weakens-america-analysis/ http://www.albanytribune.com/24052013-withdrawing-us-forces-from-europe-weakens-america-analysis/#comments Sat, 25 May 2013 04:05:49 +0000 The Heritage Foundation http://www.albanytribune.com/?p=33854 By Luke Coffey In the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2013, the House of Representatives passed an amendment that called for the removal of all four U.S. Army Brigade Combat Teams (BCTs) currently based in Europe. It is likely that a similar amendment will be considered in the upcoming FY 2014 [...]

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]]> http://www.albanytribune.com/24052013-withdrawing-us-forces-from-europe-weakens-america-analysis/feed/ 0 Pope’s Simple Prayer Cast Out Demon – Exorcist http://www.albanytribune.com/24052013-popes-simple-prayer-cast-out-demon-exorcist/ http://www.albanytribune.com/24052013-popes-simple-prayer-cast-out-demon-exorcist/#comments Sat, 25 May 2013 03:58:36 +0000 CNA http://www.albanytribune.com/?p=33851 By Estefania Aguirre Rome’s most well known exorcist says Pope Francis performed an exorcism in St. Peter’s Square last Sunday and that the man was possessed because of Mexico’s abortion law. “The Pope, in good faith, got close to him and performed an exorcism on him in the form of a liberation prayer, not like [...]

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]]> http://www.albanytribune.com/24052013-popes-simple-prayer-cast-out-demon-exorcist/feed/ 0 Breedlove Encourages ‘Big-Picture’ Focus On Afghanistan http://www.albanytribune.com/24052013-breedlove-encourages-big-picture-focus-on-afghanistan/ http://www.albanytribune.com/24052013-breedlove-encourages-big-picture-focus-on-afghanistan/#comments Sat, 25 May 2013 03:53:36 +0000 Albany Tribune http://www.albanytribune.com/?p=33848 By Donna Miles Media coverage focused on violence and other challenges in Afghanistan loses sight of the larger picture of progress and promising developments, Air Force Gen. Philip M. Breedlove said after returning from his first trip there as supreme allied commander for Europe. Breedlove noted in his “From the Cockpit” blog posted today on [...]

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]]> http://www.albanytribune.com/24052013-breedlove-encourages-big-picture-focus-on-afghanistan/feed/ 0 Obama Fails To Return Marine’s Salute – Video http://www.albanytribune.com/24052013-obama-fails-to-return-marines-salute-video/ http://www.albanytribune.com/24052013-obama-fails-to-return-marines-salute-video/#comments Sat, 25 May 2013 03:45:35 +0000 Ria Novosti http://www.albanytribune.com/?p=33840 President Barack Obama committed a military faux pas on Friday, when he broke with tradition and didn’t return the salute of a Marine standing guard at the door of the presidential helicopter Marine One. A White House press pool report noted that “a few White House regulars were atwitter” when Obama walked up the steps [...]

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]]> http://www.albanytribune.com/24052013-obama-fails-to-return-marines-salute-video/feed/ 0 Why Democrats Can’t Be Trusted To Control Wall Street – OpEd http://www.albanytribune.com/24052013-why-democrats-cant-be-trusted-to-control-wall-street-oped/ http://www.albanytribune.com/24052013-why-democrats-cant-be-trusted-to-control-wall-street-oped/#comments Sat, 25 May 2013 03:18:46 +0000 Robert Reich http://www.albanytribune.com/?p=33837 Who needs Republicans when Wall Street has the Democrats? With the help of congressional Democrats, the Street is rolling back financial reforms enacted after its near meltdown. According to the New York Times, a bill that’s already moved through the House Financial Services Committee, allowing more of the very kind of derivatives trading (bets on [...]

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]]> http://www.albanytribune.com/24052013-us-concerned-about-lebanon-violence-harsh-words-for-hizballah/feed/ 0 Kerry Stresses Need For Direct Talks Between Palestinians And Israel http://www.albanytribune.com/24052013-kerry-stresses-need-for-direct-talks-between-palestinians-and-israel/ http://www.albanytribune.com/24052013-kerry-stresses-need-for-direct-talks-between-palestinians-and-israel/#comments Sat, 25 May 2013 02:45:48 +0000 Albany Tribune http://www.albanytribune.com/?p=33831 US Secretary of State John Kerry made an appeal Friday for direct talks between Palestinians and Israel. “I am convinced that the people on both sides of this conflict want it to end, but there are obviously different views about how to get there or who takes the first step or what the successive measures [...]

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