FOB Salerno Soldiers pay silent tribute to 9/11
http://www.cjtf101.com/en/regional-command-east-news-mainmenu-401/4061-fob-salerno-soldiers-pay-silent-tribute-to-911.html
KHOWST PROVINCE, Afghanistan – A color guard of Soldiers from Company B, 404th Civil Affairs Battalion raised a flag up the flagpole at Forward Operating Base Salerno in Afghanistan Jan. 24.
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Deepwater rigs moved out of the Gulf of Mexico
http://af.reuters.com/article/congoNews/idAFN2726555420110127
Jan 27 (Reuters) – Some of the 30-plus deepwater rigs that were in the Gulf of Mexico have moved to other markets, first because of a U.S. halt called last May after BP Plc’s (BP.L: Quote) well blowout, and then because of the lack of permits once the moratorium was lifted.
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FBI Knocks Down 40 Doors in Probe of Pro-WikiLeaks Attackers
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/01/fbi-anonymous/
The FBI has joined in the hunt for those who participated in the retaliation attacks against companies that cut off services to Wikileaks, executing more than 40 search warrants across the United States on Thursday, the bureau announced.
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ACLU, feds coordinated attack on Arizona crackdown on illegals
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=256853
A public interest organization that uncovers and prosecutes corruption in government said it has confirmed from Department of Justice documents that the federal agency under Barack Obama’s command worked hand-in-hand with the American Civil Liberties Union to attack Arizona over its tough new immigration law.
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Credit card rates at record highs near 15%
http://money.cnn.com/2011/01/28/pf/credit_cards_interest_rates/index.htm?iid=HLMNot%20perfect%20credit%20=%2059%%20APR
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Interest rates are now hovering near record highs, at an average rate of 14.72%. And if your credit is bad enough, you could even end up with a rate as high as 59.9% APR.
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WikiLeaks: U.S. Gov‘t ’Secretly Backed’ Egyptian Dissidents Plotting Regime Change
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/wikileaks-u-s-govt-secretly-backed-egyptian-dissidents-plotting-regime-change/
Secret U.S. diplomatic dispatches released by the WikiLeaks website seem to suggest that the American Embassy in Cairo was quietly aiding young Egyptian political dissidents who were plotting to overthrow President Hosni Mubarak and install a democratic government in 2011, the UK’s Telegraph is reporting.
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Communications Blackout Partially Lifted in Egypt
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/communications-blackout-partially-lifted-in-egypt/
CAIRO (AP) — Mobile phone services have been partially restored in Egypt after a government-ordered communications blackout aimed at stopping the largest anti-government protests to hit the country in decades.
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Mubarak Orders Egyptian Government Officials to Step Down, He Will Stay
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/breaking-mubarak-orders-egyptian-government-officials-to-step-down/
Embattled Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak asked his cabinet officials to resign in a major televised announcement Friday. Mubarak proclaimed that he would appoint a new government on Saturday.
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Egypt Releases Military on Citizens as Rioters Storm Gov’t Buildings
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/egypt-releases-military-on-citizens-as-rioters-storm-govt-buildings/
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt‘s military deployed on the streets of Cairo to enforce a nighttime curfew as the sun set Friday on a day of rioting and chaos that was a major escalation in the challenge to authoritarian President Hosni Mubarak’s 30-year rule.
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Dozens of Israelis flee Egypt on emergency flight
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110129/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_egypt
JERUSALEM – Israel’s national airline has whisked some 200 Israelis, including families of Israeli diplomats, out of Egypt on board an emergency flight to escape the chaos engulfing the Arab country.
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Egypt protests: America’s secret backing for rebel leaders behind uprising
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/egypt/8289686/Egypt-protests-Americas-secret-backing-for-rebel-leaders-behind-uprising.html
The American government secretly backed leading figures behind the Egyptian uprising who have been planning “regime change” for the past three years, The Daily Telegraph has learned.
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Did Muslim Brotherhood Learn ‘Day of Rage’ Egypt Protest Tactics From Obama Allies Bill Ayers and Code Pink?
http://biggovernment.com/taylorking/2011/01/29/did-muslim-brotherhood-learn-day-of-rage-egypt-protest-tactics-from-obama-allies-bill-ayers-and-code-pink/
One year ago, Big Government reported the anti-American global left, led by Code Pink, traveled to Egypt to undermine the blockade of Hamas-controlled Gaza.
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What Role is the Muslim Brotherhood Playing in Egyptian Protests?
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/what-role-is-the-muslim-brotherhood-playing-in-egyptian-protests/
So far, demonstrators in Egypt have protested against poor living standards and authoritarian rule. But, as the New York Times is reporting, religion may soon play an increasingly integral roll in mobilizing anti-government forces.
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Middle East Unrest: Iranian Clerics are Hopeful for Islamic Republic in Egypt and Rest of Region
http://bigpeace.com/pschweizer/2011/01/29/middle-east-unrest-iranian-clerics-are-hopeful-for-islamic-republic-in-egypt-and-rest-of-region/
Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami in his Friday Sermon in Iran declared that the social unrest in Egypt and elsewhere is a continuance of the 1979 Iranian revolution and is inspired by Islamists. Here is a translated summary courtesy of MEMRI:
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How Do You Shut Down the Internet in a Whole Country?
http://www.lifeslittlemysteries.com/how-do-you-shut-down-the-internet-whole-country-1281/
To silence dissidents, the Egyptian government made a move Jan. 28 that has no precedent: It turned off the Internet nationwide. How did they do it — and could the same thing happen here?
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Specter of Currency War Rears Its Head at Davos
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/specter-of-currency-war-rears-its-head-at-davos/
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — A fight is looming between rich and poor countries over the value of the dollar and other key currencies, as governments use monetary tricks to boost their national recovery at the expense of other nations, political and business leaders warned Saturday.
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Amazon.com Security Flaw Accepts Passwords That Are Close, But Not Exact
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/01/amazon-password-problem/
An Amazon.com security flaw allows some customers to log in with variations of their actual password that are close to, but not exactly, their real password.
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The THIRD WAVE of homeshcool persecution
http://www.hslda.org/courtreport/V26N6/V26N601.asp
A THIRD WAVE OF ARGUMENT that seeks to curtail or crush the homeschooling movement—specifically, the Christian homeschooling movement—is coming. You need to know about it. You need to get ready to fight it.
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Firefighters rescue kitten from pole
http://abclocal.go.com/wtvg/story?section=news/national_world&id=7920120
Miramar, FL — This scared little kitty sure knows how to get in trouble. “It came in as a cat stuck in a drain. We got here and determined it wasn’t a drain. The kitten was actually stuck in a light pole in a parking lot. She’s about five to six feet down into the ground,” says Gina Hudson from Miramar fire department.
News Articles For 6/20
June 20, 2010 — Operation RoosterISF arrest 1 suspected AQI member, 4 alleged associates
http://www.usf-iraq.com/news/press-releases/isf-arrest-1-suspected-aqi-member-4-alleged-associates
BAGHDAD – Iraqi Security Forces arrested a suspected Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) members and four alleged criminal associates during two joint security operations conducted in central and northern Iraq today.
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ISF arrest suspected AQI terrorist, 3 associates
http://www.usf-iraq.com/news/press-releases/isf-arrest-suspected-aqi-terrorist-3-associates
BAGHDAD – Iraqi Security Forces arrested a suspected al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) member and three criminal associates during a joint security operation conducted in northern Iraq today.
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Northern Iraq operation nets 2 suspected AQI associates
http://www.usf-iraq.com/news/press-releases/northern-iraq-operation-nets-2-suspected-aqi-associates
BAGHDAD – Iraqi Security Forces arrested two suspected al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) criminal associates during a joint security operation conducted approximately 110km northeast of Baghdad.
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Tigris span will help farmers, trade
http://www.usf-iraq.com/news/headlines/tigris-span-will-help-farmers-commerce
BAGHDAD – A group of dedictaed Connecticut Army National Guard engineers is working diligently here to construct a new bridge spanning the Tigris River near Salman Pak.
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25 Saudi Guantanamo prisoners return to militancy
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65I22220100619
(Reuters) – Around 25 former detainees from Guantanamo Bay camp returned to militancy after going through a rehabilitation program for al Qaeda members in Saudi Arabia, a Saudi security official said on Saturday.
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Yemen Arrests Suspected Mastermind in Brazen Jailbreak
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/06/19/yemen-arrests-suspected-mastermind-brazen-jailbreak/
Yemen says it has arrested the suspected mastermind of the spectacular attack on the intelligence headquarters in the country’s main southern city that freed detainees and left 11 people dead.
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CNN to air telethon to aid Gulf oil spill victims
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20100618/D9GDQJ5G0.html
NEW YORK (AP) – CNN and Larry King are presenting a telethon Monday to benefit victims of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Celebrities on the special two-hour edition of “Larry King Live” will include Justin Bieber (BEE’-bur), Ted Danson, Cameron Diaz, Randy Jackson and Robert Redford, as well as a performance by Sting.
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Crews drill deep into Gulf of Mexico to halt leak
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9GF3GC00&show_article=1
ON THE GULF OF MEXICO (AP) – Drilling crews are grinding ever deeper into the Gulf of Mexico to build two relief wells meant to stop the gushing oil leak.
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Fannie and Freddie tab is $146B and rising
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/nation/story/E744C01438F6DB698625774700815937?OpenDocument
CASA GRANDE, Ariz. — Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac took over a foreclosed home roughly every 90 seconds during the first three months of the year. They owned 163,828 houses at the end of March, a virtual city with more houses than Seattle. The mortgage finance companies, created by Congress to help Americans buy homes, have become two of the nation’s largest landlords.
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Did Obama deal blackmail Israel?
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=168349
NEW YORK – The U.S. extracted concessions from Israel in exchange for American opposition to the establishment of a United Nations commission to investigate Israel’s commando raid of a flotilla earlier this month that resulted in the deaths of nine violent activists, WND has learned.
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US, Israel Warships in Suez May Be Prelude to Faceoff with Iran
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/138164
Egypt allowed at least one Israeli and 11 American warships to pass through the Suez Canal as an Iranian flotilla approaches Gaza. Egypt closed the canal to protect the ships with thousands of soldiers, according to the British-based Arabic language newspaper Al Quds al-Arabi.
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Who is saying Iranian nukes are inevitable?
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=168273
Two nations on the United Nations Security Council that voted for increased sanctions against Iran over its nuclear enrichment program may be conceding that the Islamic republic’s potential to make nuclear weapons is inevitable, according to a report from Joseph Farah’s G2 Bulletin.
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In Budget Crisis, States Take Aim at Pension Costs
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/20/business/20pension.html
Many states are acknowledging this year that they have promised pensions they cannot afford and are cutting once-sacrosanct benefits, to appease taxpayers and attack budget deficits.
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Hugo Chavez Spearheads Raids as Food Prices Skyrocket
http://www.cnbc.com/id/37786852
Mountains of rotting food found at a government warehouse, soaring prices and soldiers raiding wholesalers accused of hoarding: Food supply is the latest battle in President Hugo Chavez’s socialist revolution.
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Fort Campbell soldier and his girlfriend rescue a suicidal woman from the Cumberland River
http://www.clarksvilleonline.com/2010/06/19/fort-campbell-soldier-and-his-girlfriend-rescue-a-suicidal-woman-from-the-cumberland-river/
A Fort Campbell soldier rescued a 58 year old suicidal woman from certain death after she drove her 1993 Mercury Topaz into the Cumberland River. Around 11:15pm, Jose Ortiz, 35, and his girlfriend, Kathy Dewitt, 26 were sitting on a log next to the boat ramp at McGregor Park, spending some time together, since it was Ortiz’s last day of leave before he returned to work at the 63rd Chemical Company, Fort Campbell KY.
News Articles For 6/9
June 9, 2010 — Operation RoosterIraqi Forces Target al-Qaida in Mosul, Baghdad
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=59514
WASHINGTON, June 7, 2010 – Iraqi security forces killed seven al-Qaida in Iraq members and captured three others during June 5 security operations in northern Iraq.
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Forces Detain Suspects in Afghanistan
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=59541
KABUL, Afghanistan, June 8, 2010 – An Afghan-international security force detained multiple suspected insurgents during operations in Afghanistan’s Helmand province yesterday.
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Guardsman’s Background Brought Cultural Awareness
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=59539
JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq, June 8, 2010 – Michigan Army National Guard Spc. Anna Jonkman, 22, says she has a keen sense of cultural awareness. To her, it is a natural instinct she applies daily while escorting Iraqis to work here.
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Face of Defense: Mildenhall Pilot ‘Hits Wall,’ Keeps Running
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=59548
ROYAL AIR FORCE MILDENHALL, England, June 9, 2010 – It is common among runners to talk of “hitting the wall” of exhaustion, whether it’s a 10K race, half marathon or full marathon.
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Taliban using HIV bombs
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/campaigns/our_boys/3005443/Taliban-using-HIV-bombs.html
TALIBAN fighters are burying dirty needles with their bombs in a bid to infect British troops with HIV, The Sun can reveal.Hypodermic syringes are hidden below the surface pointing upwards to prick bomb squad experts as they hunt for devices.
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Risks to global economy have ‘risen significantly’, top IMF official warns
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/7812903/Risks-to-global-economy-have-risen-significantly-top-IMF-official-warns.html
The risks to a robust global recovery have ‘risen significantly’ as many governments struggle with debt, a leading official from the International Monetary Fund has warned.
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U.S debt to rise to $19.6 trillion by 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN088462520100608
June 8 (Reuters) – The U.S. debt will top $13.6 trillion this year and climb to an estimated $19.6 trillion by 2015, according to a Treasury Department report to Congress.
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Breaking: Miles of Oil Containment Boom in Warehouse- Just Sitting- Waiting For BP or US to Collect (Video!)
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN088462520100608
UNBELIEVABLE! How’s this for HOPE AND CHANGE? Tar blobs began washing up on Florida’s white sand beaches near Pensacola this past weekend. Crude oil has already been reported along barrier islands in Alabama and Mississippi, and has impacted about 125 miles of Louisiana coastline.
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“Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste”: The Kerry-Lieberman National Energy Tax
http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/10/06/07/never-let-a-serious
“The new Democratic strategy seems clear enough: try to capitalize on the unprecedented oil spill disaster unfolding in the Gulf of Mexico to jump-start the bill and put Republicans on the defensive…White House officials readily admit they are trying to channel the outrage over the Gulf spill into momentum for energy reform. ‘I think it adds to the urgency of getting something done on energy,’ White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said last week.”
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America’s Future NOW! – “Progressives” Plan National Suicide
http://newzeal.blogspot.com/2010/06/americas-future-now-progressives-plan.html
America’s Future NOW! is underway right now at Washington D.C’s grand old Omni Shoreham hotel. For three days leading activists from the radical Instititute for Policy Studies, Democratic Socialists of America, Congressional Progressive Caucus and the Democratic Party, labor unions and “community organizations” confer and plan the next stages of the Obama revolution.
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Amish Farming Draws Rare Government Scrutiny
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/09/science/earth/09amish.html
LANCASTER, Pa. — With simplicity as their credo, Amish farmers consume so little that some might consider them model environmental citizens. “We are supposed to be stewards of the land,” said Matthew Stoltzfus, a 34-year-old dairy farmer and father of seven whose family, like many other Amish, shuns cars in favor of horse and buggy and lives without electricity. “It is our Christian duty.”
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U.S. Marine fires back over Shariah loans
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=164353
A U.S. Marine who served in Iraq is suing the federal government for distributing billions of dollars in taxpayer funds to the Shariah-supporting American International Group.
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Mexico anger high as US Border Patrol kills teen
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20100609/D9G7MPS01.html
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) – Mexicans are seething over the second death of a countryman at the hands of U.S. Border Patrol agents in two weeks, an incident near downtown El Paso that is threatening to escalate tensions over migrant issues.
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‘Journalism’ As Propaganda: Reuters Withdraws Cropped Anti-Israel Photos, Inserts Biased Anti-Israel Captions Instead
http://bigjournalism.com/oceren/2010/06/09/journalism-as-propaganda-reuters-withdraws-cropped-anti-israel-photos-inserts-biased-anti-israel-captions-instead/
After having to quietly pull cropped and photoshopped images that hid jihadist violence on the Mavi Marmara, images that were edited in explicit violation of their ethics guidelines, Reuters is now quietly reissuing the full undoctored photos.
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Israel eases Gaza blockade on some banned foods
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/gaza_blockade
JERUSALEM – Israel eased a three-year blockade of Gaza Wednesday to allow in some previously banned food items in an effort to defuse the worldwide furor over its deadly raid on a Gaza-bound international flotilla. But critics said the step falls far short of what is needed in the impoverished Palestinian territory.
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U.N. council to hit defiant Iran with new sanctions
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_nuclear_iran
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The U.N. Security Council is set to impose a fourth round of sanctions on a defiant Iran on Wednesday over a nuclear program the West suspects is aimed at developing the means to build atom bombs.
News Articles For 6/3
June 3, 2010 — Operation RoosterVillagers receive food, shoes, clothes
http://www.usf-iraq.com/news/headlines/taji-village-receives-food-shoes-clothes
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE TAJI — U.S. Soldiers here recently conducted a two-dimensional operation; handing out food and clothing to local residents near this base while also gathering information about area security.
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Forces Seize Taliban ‘Shadow Governor’ in Afghanistan
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=59444
KABUL, Afghanistan, June 2, 2010 – The newly appointed Taliban shadow governor of Baghlan province was captured May 31 by an Afghan-international force as he prepared to leave for Pakistan.
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Face of Defense: Female Super-Athlete Finds Inspiration in Army Life
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=59440
FORT HUACHUCA, Ariz. , June 2, 2010 – Army Capt. Kelly Calway doesn’t don a cape, fight crime on a daily basis or possess any sort of superhuman powers.
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White House says it contacted candidate about jobs
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_colorado_senate
WASHINGTON – The White House faced fresh questions over back-room dealmaking after acknowledging that one of President Barack Obama’s top advisers encouraged a Colorado Democrat to apply for an international development job instead of challenging the candidate whom the president favored in a Senate race.
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White House ‘explanation’ suggests criminal ‘evasion’
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=161765
Three members of Congress say the White House explanation of a “job offer” to Rep. Joe Sestak, D-Pa., really didn’t explain very much, but it did suggest that on top of the apparently illegal attempt to convince Sestak to leave the Democratic senate primary in his state in return for a “job,” there were other crimes possibly involved.
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Mexico opens California office to provide ID for illegals
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/Mexico-opens-California-office-to-provide-ID-for-illegals-95434969.html
The Mexican government is opening a satellite consular office on Catalina Island — a small resort off the California coast with a history of drug smuggling and human trafficking — to provide the island’s illegal Mexican immigrants with identification cards, The Washington Examiner has learned.
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FBI Sole Justice Agency Prepared for Terror Attack – Report
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/updates/2010/06/01/fbi-sole-justice-agency-prepared-for-terror-attack-report/
The FBI appears to be ready for a chemical, biological or radiological terrorist attack, but the rest of the Justice Department “is not prepared,” according to a blistering audit released Tuesday.
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BP Chief: We Weren’t Prepared for Gulf Spill
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/06/03/bp-chief-werent-fully-ready-gulf-disaster/
PENSACOLA, Fla. — BP fumbled its latest underwater experiment with the wild Gulf gusher — just like every other endeavor the company has tried to fix the nation’s worst oil spill and BP’s chief executive said the company wasn’t fully prepared for the disaster.
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Bill would give DHS emergency cyber powers
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_colorado_senate
We’re learning more about the cybersecurity package forming in the Senate. Wired.com reports Sen. Joe Lieberman, (I-Conn.) wants to give the federal government the power to take over civilian networks’ security, if there’s an “imminent cyber threat.”
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Judge suspends school’s ban on rosary
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=161485
A federal judge has ruled that a student who was suspended from school for wearing a rosary that was banned by district anti-gang rules may return to class – and wear the religious symbol – until his case is resolved.
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Glenn Beck: America’s changing view on Israel
http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/198/41439/
We used to view Israel as an extension of ourselves. Since Obama took office, our government has slapped Israel in the face again and again. There have been dozens of condemnations from the UN in the last 30 years which America hasn’t supported. What’s changed overnight?
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The story of Israel
http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/198/41435/
It’s very similar to us. It’s different, sure, but different like how we’re different from, say, Canada — rather than how we’re different from Egypt or Iran. Those are worlds apart. But Israel’s problems are very similar to ours.
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What were the real motivations behind the ‘Freedom Flotilla’?
http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/198/41437/
What were the real motivations behind the ‘Freedom Flotilla’? This is a video clip that is about eight minutes long.
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Israel rejects international investigation of raid
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ml_israel_palestinians
JERUSALEM – Israel on Thursday rejected calls from the United Nations and others for an international investigation of its deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla but left the door open to foreign involvement.
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Netanyahu Calls Criticism Hypocrisy Amid Probe Calls
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-06-03/netanyahu-calls-criticism-hypocrisy-amid-probe-calls-update5-.html
June 3 (Bloomberg) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said criticism of Israel’s raid against a Gaza Strip aid shipment that left nine dead was “hypocrisy,” as international calls for a probe into the incident mounted.
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Palestinians block protests supporting flotillas
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=161833
NEW YORK – Palestinian Authority security forces acted to stop protests in the West Bank meant to support the flotilla initiative to end Israel’s naval blockade of the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, WND has learned.
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Firefighters use new resuscitation masks to rescue four pets from fire
http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/2343994,pets-rescued-resuscitation-masks-060110.article
Two dogs and two cats that appeared lifeless after a Tuesday evening fire in a West Rogers Park home were rescued by firefighters with the use of new pet resuscitation masks donated to the Chicago Fire Department.
