News Articles For 12/9

December 9, 2010 — Operation Rooster

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National Guard celebrates 374th birthday
http://www.army.mil/-news/2010/12/07/49068-national-guard-celebrates-374th–birthday/index.html?ref=home-headline-title2
The Massachusetts Bay Colony was founded in 1630. More than 5,000 men, women, and children made the two-month voyage to the New World, leaving the relative comfort and safety of England behind in an effort to break free of religious intolerance, and to manage their communities the way they saw fit.
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Face of Defense: Marine Fought Adversity to Realize Dream
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=61995
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 8, 2010 – Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Matt McGuiness battled a collapsed lung and other challenges in realizing his dream of becoming a Marine.
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Taliban Vid Shows Captured U.S. Soldier Held in Afghanistan
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/taliban-vid-shows-captured-u-s-soldier-held-in-afghanistan/
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A new video released by the Taliban shows Spc. Bowe Bergdahl, the only known U.S. serviceman held captive in Afghanistan, with bags under his eyes and what appears to be an abrasion on his left cheek.
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US Treasuries hit by biggest sell-off in two years
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e550f996-0304-11e0-bb1e-00144feabdc0.html#axzz17dGI57BF
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US Treasuries suffered their biggest two-day sell-off since the collapse of Lehman Brothers, following a torrid month that has seen borrowing costs for western governments soar.
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Bond Prices Plunge for 2nd Day on Deficit Fears
http://www.cnbc.com/id/40565833
U.S. Treasurys plunged Wednesday, extending Tuesday’s sharp losses and pushing benchmark yields to a six-month high, after a deal in Washington to extend tax cuts fueled fears of inflation and a swelling budget deficit.
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Economic data and softer bond yields boost stocks
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/aa719fe0-0103-11e0-8894-00144feab49a.html#axzz17dHAXPjZ
A pullback in sovereign bond yields and hopes for Asian and US economic growth have put bulls on the front foot. The FTSE All-World equity index is up 0.6 per cent and commodities are slightly firmer despite the dollar again showing some strength. The S&P 500 on Wall Street is up 0.4 per cent at 1,233, just shy of an intraday 2-year peak.
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U.S. fiscal health worse than Europe’s: China adviser
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6B71KO20101208
(Reuters) – The U.S. dollar will be a safe investment for the next six to 12 months because global markets are focused on the euro zone’s troubles but America’s fiscal health is worse than Europe’s, an adviser to the Chinese central bank said on Wednesday.
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House Approves Controversial DREAM Act
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/house-approves-controversial-dream-act/
With the final days of the 111th Congress winding down, Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill bet on a last-ditch showdown over immigration reform Wednesday evening as the House of Representatives narrowly approved the DREAM Act — the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010.
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Pelosi Compares DREAM Act Passing to Founders Gaining Independence
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/pelosi-compares-dream-act-passing-to-founders-gaining-independence/
Possibly seeing how successful the Tea Party was by hearkening back to the Founding Fathers, Nancy Pelosi did the same thing on Wednesday night while announcing passage of the DREAM Act. According to her, passing the bill is just like the Founders winning independence.
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Dem Congressman: Illegal Aliens are ‘De Facto Citizens’
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/dem-congressman-illegal-aliens-are-de-facto-citizens/
During debate over the DREAM Act Wednesday, Rep. Jared Polis, D-Colo., blames a “broken” immigration system for allowing illegal immigrants to live in the United States, calling them “de facto citizens.”
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FBI Nabs Another Jihad-Obsessed Potential Bomber in Sting Operation
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/fbi-nabs-another-potential-bomber-in-sting-operation/
Federal authorities say Antonio Martinez, also known as Muhammad Hussain, attempted to detonate what he believed to be a vehicle bomb this morning at the Armed Forces Career Center in the 5400 block of Baltimore National Pike.
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New environmental rule expected to delay offshore drilling
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/7330898.html
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration will require environmental studies before approving any deep-water wells – a new regulatory hurdle that virtually assures the government will not green-light any of those projects soon.
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Laser incidents worry aviation officials
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20101209/D9K08TKG0.html
WASHINGTON – Federal Aviation Administration officials are worried about a steady increase of people pointing lasers at aircraft cockpits. They say the intense light can distract and temporarily blind pilots and has caused some to relinquish control of planes and helicopters to their co-pilots or abort landings.
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AFL-CIO Leader Accepts Communist Party Award: ‘I Stand With Them’
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/afl-cio-leader-gladly-accepts-communist-party-award/
Those who doubt the connection between the communist party and the unions need only to read accounts of a recent awards ceremony to see how both groups view each other.
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Palin Says She Was Wiki-Hacked
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/palin-says-she-was-wiki-hacked/
The website of Sarah Palin’s political action committee came under cyberattack from supporters of Wikileaks and its founder, Julian Assange, the former Alaska governor said Wednesday.
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Why Power Belongs to the People, and Not to the Federal Government
http://biggovernment.com/rperry/2010/12/09/why-power-belongs-to-the-people-and-not-to-the-federal-government/
With the dust largely settled from the November 2010 elections, it is resoundingly clear that the majority of Americans are fed up with a government that has grown drunk on its own power and fat on their tax dollars.
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Canada and U.S. to sign border, security deal: report
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20101208/wl_canada_nm/canada_us_usa_trade
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada and the United States are working on a new security and trade deal that would allow people and goods to flow more easily between the two major trading partners, the National Post said on Wednesday.
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Confession links Russia to U.S. embassy attack
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=237461
A new storm cloud may be on the horizon for President Obama over evidence that Moscow may have coaxed Georgian nationals into planting a bomb outside the U.S. embassy in Georgia’s capital of Tbilisi, according to a report from Joseph Farah’s G2 Bulletin.
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China, North Korea tout ‘consensus’ amid US anger
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.c41db06392485b1ac24c577f6d55fb67.621&show_article=1
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il and a top Chinese envoy Thursday touted “consensus” between the communist allies regarding the region’s worst crisis in years, official media reported.
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Clashes as UK parliament debates student fees
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20101209/wl_nm/us_britain_politics
LONDON (Reuters) – Hundreds of protesters clashed with police in front of the British parliament in central London on Thursday ahead of a vote on university tuition fees which will test the strength of the coalition government.
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Bright lights and big hearts fill World Trade Center workers’ holiday gift to city
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/12/09/2010-12-09_bright_lights_big_hearts_fill_wtc_workers_holiday_gift_to_us_all.html?r=news
Joe Russo was in his Staten Island home two weekends ago when he made a pronouncement that would result in the most beautiful sight in the city. “I don’t think I’m going to put up the tree this year,” the 49-year-old electrician would recall saying. “I got a better idea.”
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Doc dressed as Elvis revives Vegas marathon runner
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101208/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_marathon_elvis_cpr
LAS VEGAS – It wasn’t blue suede shoes but a pair of sneakers that led a San Francisco doctor dressed as Elvis Presley to a woman who passed out at a Las Vegas restaurant after a marathon.

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News Articles For 9/11

September 11, 2010 — Operation Rooster

FTF detains 6 insurgents, captures weapons in Khost province
http://www.cjtf101.com/en/regional-command-east-news-mainmenu-401/3277-ftf-detains-6-insurgents-captures-weapons-in-khost-province.html
KHOST PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Combined forces with 3rd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team’s Focused Tactical Force conducted an air assault operation in the Momad Kalay District, Khost Province, Sept. 6.
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Air Strike Kills Operative Planning Pre-election Attacks
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=60802
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10, 2010 – A coalition air strike last night killed a senior enemy commander involved in bombing attacks in Afghanistan’s capital of Kabul, military officials reported.
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First Medal of Honor for a living Afghan war vet
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obama_medal_of_honor
DES MOINES, Iowa – A 25-year-old soldier from Iowa who exposed himself to enemy gunfire to try to save two fellow soldiers will become the first living service member from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to receive the Medal of Honor, the White House announced Friday.
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Grandmother Graduates From Explosive Ordnance Disposal School
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=60811
SAN ANTONIO, Sept. 10, 2010 – The Navy’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal School at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is one of the toughest schools in the military, with a dropout rate that often exceeds 50 percent. But an Army specialist and 42-year-old grandmother from North Carolina has proven that when it comes to meeting tough challenges, age sometimes is just a state of mind.
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Delta Flight Returns To Detroit Makes Emergency Landing
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/updates/2010/09/10/delta-flight-returns-to-detroit-makes-emergency-landing/
Authorities say a Delta flight to Tampa, Fla., has returned to Detroit Metropolitan Airport about an hour after departing because of a disruptive passenger.
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Capitol Hill employees owed $9.3 million in back taxes last year, data show
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/09/AR2010090903376.html?wpisrc=nl_polalert
Capitol Hill employees owed $9.3 million in overdue taxes at the end of last year, a sliver of the $1 billion owed by federal workers nationwide but one with potential political ramifications for members of Congress.
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Border Bloodshed: 25 Slain Mark Town’s Deadliest Day in Two Years
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/25-slain-in-mexican-city-85-escape-border-prison/
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) — Gunmen killed 25 people in a series of drug-gang attacks in Ciudad Juarez, marking the deadliest day in more than two years for the Mexican border city. Farther east on the border, 85 inmates scaled the walls of a prison and escaped Friday in Mexico’s biggest jail break in recent memory.
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Iran Cancels Release of US Hiker
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/Iran-Cancels-Release-of-US-Hiker-102686244.html
Iran has abruptly canceled plans to release one of the American hikers detained for more than a year in Tehran after judicial officials cited unresolved legal issues.
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Castro: I Meant That ‘Capitalist System’ Doesn’t Work
http://www.cnbc.com/id/39102590
Fidel Castro said Friday his recent comment that communist-led Cuba’s economic model does not work was badly understood and that what he really meant was that capitalism does not work.
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Mumbai Placed On Alert Amid Reports of Men Sneaking Into City
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/updates/2010/09/10/mumbai-placed-on-alert-amid-reports-of-men-sneaking-into-city/
On the eve of Eid and start of Ganesh Chaturthi festivities, Mumbai police on Friday said two foreign nationals with suspected terror links have snuck into the city resulting in a high alert.
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Badin H.S. Students Shave Heads To Support Classmate
http://www.wlwt.com/r/24954148/detail.html
HAMILTON, Ohio — Nearly 90 students at Badin High School had their heads shaved Tuesday in solidarity with Kyle Bergen, a freshman who is being treated for Hodgkins lymphoma and has lost all of his hair through the treatment.
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Cat rescued in drain drama
http://www.scottishspca.org/news/466_cat-rescued-in-drain-drama
The Scottish SPCA has rescued an adventurous cat after he spent two days stuck in a network of drain pipes in Port William, Newton Stewart (Thursday 2 September). We were called to help when a local resident of Main Street heard the distressed cat’s cries coming from underneath her conservatory.

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September 11th Anniversary News Articles

September 11, 2010 — Operation Rooster

911 Video – Remembering What We Saw
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/updates/2008/09/11/911-video-remembering-what-we-saw/
This home video of the 9/11 terror attack on the World Trade Center was filmed from a 36th floor apartment very close to the North Tower. It’s a view of 911 that you may not have seen and one that you should.
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September 11: Portraits of Grief
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/newyorkandregion/series/portraits_of_grief/index.html
Three days after the September 11 attacks, reporters at The New York Times, armed with stacks of the homemade missing-persons fliers that were papering the city, began dialing the numbers on the fliers, interviewing friends and relatives of the missing and writing brief portraits, or sketches, of their lives.
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Aces Mark racing for NHL’s 9-11 victims
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/aces-mark-racing-for-nhls-9-11-victims/article1703490/
A portion of the hockey world will mark the anniversary of 9-11 by turning its eyes to an unlikely place — a racetrack. They will be focused on Aces Mark, a six-year-old gelding who is scheduled to run in Saturday’s eighth race at Belmont Park. The horse was purchased by a large group of investors from around the NHL and named for Los Angeles Kings scouts Ace Bailey and Mark Bavis, who were killed in the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center.
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Iconic Sept. 11 Photos (*warning: graphic images)
http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Iconic-Images-Sept-11-Attacks-/ss/events/us/090910sept11iconic#photoViewer=/ydownload_ap/20100909/photos_net_ap_ts/1284065940
This is a collection of 19 photos from September 11, 2001.
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WELCOMING REMARKS MADE AT A LITERARY READING, 9/25/01. BY JOHN HODGMAN
http://www.mcsweeneys.net/2008/9/11hodgman.html
Every year, we wonder what might be appropriate on this day, and we can never think of anything more appropriate than this piece, which Mr. Hodgman originally delivered at a literary reading shortly after September 11, 2001.
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Nine years after 9/11, a photo provides some peace
http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/09/10/september.11.photo/index.html?hpt=C1
New York (CNN) — Judson Box has never known exactly how his son, Gary, died on September 11, 2001. But an unexpected find nine years later has given him a glimpse into his son’s final hours.
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Obama visits hallowed 9/11 ground at Pentagon
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9I5P2M80&show_article=1
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama on Saturday recalled “that awful morning” nine years ago when “a sorry band of men” who perverted religion attacked the U.S. in hopes of demoralizing and dividing the country.
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First lady, Laura Bush to speak at Flight 93 site
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9I5OVP81&show_article=1
SHANKSVILLE, Pa. (AP) – A moment of silence has been held in western Pennsylvania where hundreds are gathered to remember victims of Flight 93 on the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
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Never Forget: Remembering 9/11 for the Horror It Was
http://bigpeace.com/rkwilcox/2010/09/11/never-forget-remembering-911-for-the-horror-it-was/
I watched the National Geographic documentary on 9/11. I wondered if there would be any PC (politically correct) parts stressing diversity, peaceful Islam, or moralizing about how we had caused the shocking attack. There was none. It was some of the most powerful television I have ever seen.
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Never Forget: 911 Call From 86th Floor of World Trade Center
http://bigpeace.com/stzu/2010/09/11/never-forget-911-call-from-86th-floor-of-world-trade-center/
This is an audio tape of a call from the World Trade Center.
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Blogger Remembers the Tragedy of 9/11
http://afps.dodlive.mil/2010/09/10/blogger-remembers-the-tragedy-of-911/
Heather Forsgren Weaver, a colleague of mine at American Forces Press Service, is a regular contributor to Family Matters. Heather’s been heavily involved in this blog from the start. She edits, helps write and posts content on a daily basis.
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Remembering Sept. 11, 2001 We will never forget
http://www.defense.gov/home/features/2010/0910_911/
This is a collection of news articles and stories.
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9/11 Memorial Advocate Urges Unity
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=60795
FORT BELVOIR, Va., Sept. 10, 2010 – As the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks approaches and Americans reflect on that period, they should focus on the outpouring of patriotism and community of Sept. 12 and beyond rather than the tragic events surrounding the actual attacks, the president of the Pentagon Memorial Fund said here yesterday.

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News Articles For 7/15

July 15, 2010 — Operation Rooster

Iraqis Arrest 4 Suspects in Combined Operations
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=60010
WASHINGTON, July 14, 2010 – Iraqi security forces arrested four suspected criminal associates of al-Qaida in Iraq members during combined operations with U.S. advisors in the last two days.
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US army hands over last prison in Iraq
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gxdncr_bDe0-MKZjdePmDa_2oaaA
BAGHDAD — The US army handed control of Camp Cropper prison to Iraqi authorities on Thursday, effectively ending one of the most controversial chapters of the seven-year-long American military occupation.
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Mountain warriors capture insurgent leader
http://www.cjtf101.com/regional-command-east-news-mainmenu-401/3010-mountain-warriors-capture-insurgent-leader.html
PARWAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Soldiers from Troop A, 1st Squadron, 172nd Cavalry Regiment, 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Mountain) conducted an air assault and captured an important insurgent leader in a mountain cave in Parwan Province June 30.
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Face of Defense: Guardsman Retires After 56 Years
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=60008
SPRINGFIELD, Ill., July 14, 2010 – A young man working on a farm in Illinois decided to enlist in the National Guard in March 1953 after he received a challenge from his friend and employer.
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Keep Offshore Drilling in the U.S. Afloat
http://michelebachmann.townhall.com/blog/g/beab623e-8225-4ddb-9f8a-a38ec018fc9c
As the unemployment rate sits at 9.5%, American jobs are literally floating away. Two oil drilling rigs from the Gulf of Mexico recently embarked on a two month journey overseas. Diamond Offshore announced one rig is going to the Nile River delta of Egypt and the other is heading to the Republic of Congo; and their job opportunities went with them.
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Spy swap puts halt to fact finding
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jul/13/spy-swap-puts-halt-to-fact-finding/
The Obama administration’s rapid release of 10 Russian intelligence officers removed the prospect of a public trial revealing embarrassing facts about Russian influence operations, like the targeting of a key Democratic Party financier close to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.
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Justice: Sanctuary cities safe from law
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jul/14/justice-sanctuary-cities-are-no-arizona/
A week after suing Arizona and arguing that the state’s immigration law creates a patchwork of rules, the Obama administration said it will not go after so-called sanctuary cities that refuse to cooperate with the federal government on immigration enforcement, on the grounds that they are not as bad as a state that “actively interferes.”.
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F*ck Yeah! Court Strikes Down FCC Rule Against Unscripted Expletives
http://consumerist.com/2010/07/fck-yeah-court-strikes-down-fcc-rule-against-unscripted-expletives.html
The next time Bono drops the F-bomb while accepting an award or Janet Jackson’s nipple makes a cameo appearance at the Super Bowl, broadcasters won’t have to worry about facing mammoth fines from the FCC. A federal appeals court has said “f@ck this sh&t” to the controversial ban.
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U.S. pockets $20.6 bln in sin taxes in FY’09
http://in.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-50132620100714
(Reuters) – Americans armed themselves to the teeth and paid through the nose to have a smoke, according to a U.S. government report released on Wednesday.
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Signs of the Stimulus
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/signs-stimulus/story?id=11163180
As the midterm election season approaches, new road signs are popping up everywhere – millions of dollars worth of signs touting “The American Reinvestment and Recovery Act” and reminding passers-by that the program is “Putting America Back to Work..
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Fed paints weaker picture of growth and employment
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100714/ap_on_bi_ge/us_fed_forecast
WASHINGTON – Federal Reserve officials have a slightly dimmer view of the economy than they did in April, reflecting worries about how the European debt crisis could affect U.S. growth and job prospects.
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Brief for 9 states backs Arizona immigration law
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20100715/D9GVBRK80.html
DETROIT (AP) – States have the authority to enforce immigration laws and protect their borders, Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox said Wednesday in a legal brief on behalf of nine states supporting Arizona’s immigration law.
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U.S. paid Iranian nuclear scientist $5 million for aid to CIA, officials say
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/15/AR2010071501395_pf.html
The Iranian nuclear scientist who claimed to have been abducted by the CIA before departing for his homeland Wednesday was paid more than $5 million by the agency to provide intelligence on Iran’s nuclear program, U.S. officials said.
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Justice Department withheld evidence from 9/11 panel
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=179093
A U.S. congressman from Virginia charges the Justice Department withheld from Congress and the 9/11 Commission key documents concerning the investigation of a fugitive al-Qaida cleric at the heart of the Sept. 11, 2001, plot and other terrorism.
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What?! FBI weblinks promote Ayers, Peltier
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=178929
The website for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, which is assigned to protect the United States and enforce its laws, links to sites that laud the work of unrepentant terrorist Bill Ayers and promote freedom for convicted agent-killer Leonard Peltier.
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Somali Terror Group al-Shabaab Gets World Attention
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/updates/2010/07/14/somali-terror-group-al-shabaab-gets-world-attention/
The Somali militants who formed the hard-line terrorist group al-Shabaab carried out their first suicide attack in 2006, during the height of violence in Iraq. The world hardly noticed.
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Fundraising under way to train a dog to assist a paralyzed Parma Heights woman
http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2010/07/_animals_in_the_news_1.html
The nonprofit Central Ohio K9 Unit and the owner of Verso Italian restaurant in Parma are raising money to train a puppy who will assist a paralyzed Parma Heights woman.
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18th-Century Ship Found at Trade Center Site
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/14/18th-century-ship-found-at-trade-center-site/?src=mv
In the middle of tomorrow, a great ribbed ghost has emerged from a distant yesterday. On Tuesday morning, workers excavating the site of the underground vehicle security center for the future World Trade Center hit a row of sturdy, upright wood timbers, regularly spaced, sticking out of a briny gray muck flecked with oyster shells.

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News Articles For 6/1

June 1, 2010 — Operation Rooster

Iraqi Forces Detain 6 Terrorism Suspects
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=59412
WASHINGTON, June 1, 2010 – Iraqi forces detained six criminal suspects in recent operations in Iraq, military officials reported. In southwestern Baghdad yesterday, Iraqi forces working with U.S. advisors arrested a suspected al-Qaida in Iraq member and a suspected criminal associate.
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ISF arrest 3 suspected Khata’ib Hezbollah associates
http://www.usf-iraq.com/news/press-releases/isf-arrest-3-suspected-khataib-hezbollah-associates
BAGHDAD – Iraqi Security Forces arrested three suspected Khata’ib Hezbollah (KH) criminal associates during a joint security operation conducted in east Baghdad today.
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ISF arrest suspected AQI member, criminal associate in Baghdad
http://www.usf-iraq.com/news/press-releases/isf-arrest-suspected-aqi-member-criminal-associate-in-baghdad
BAGHDAD – Iraqi Security Forces arrested a suspected Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) member and one criminal associate during a joint security operation conducted in southwest Baghdad today.
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Suspected AQI member arrested near Mahmudiyah
http://www.usf-iraq.com/news/press-releases/suspected-aqi-member-arrested-near-mahmudiyah
BAGHDAD – Iraqi Security Forces arrested a suspected Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) member during a joint security operation conducted approximately 19km south of Baghdad today.
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World Trade Center I-beam Unveiled at Bagram
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=59406
BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan , May 31, 2010 – More than 200 multinational troops converged in front of the Regional Command East command building here to see an I-beam segment from the World Trade Center unveiled during a Memorial Day ceremony today.
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USF-I honors Memorial Day, US fallen
http://www.usf-iraq.com/news/headlines/usf-i-honors-memorial-day-us-fallen
CAMP VICTORY – As the color guard marched across the rotunda floor of Al Faw Palace here today, the only noise heard was that of boots striking in unison as the members skillfully posted the U.S. flag and colors of each U.S. military branch.
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Soldiers reflect on Memorial Day worth
http://www.usf-iraq.com/news/headlines/soldiers-reflect-on-memorial-day-worth
TIKRIT – For many Americans, Memorial Day is just another government holiday – a day off from work or school – but for the families and friends of service members who died while serving their country, it’s the day their fallen are honored.
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Face of Defense: Civil Engineer Entertains Comrades
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=59411
SOUTHWEST ASIA, June 1, 2010 – Surrounded by a sea of darkness, the 28-year-old airman is well aware of the hundreds of eyes watching his every move. He has been in this situation many times before, but somehow, this time feels different.
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Afghan, NATO forces recapture area from Taliban
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iDGiNV5oN3McdKkXhGs9sK9h-DyQ
KABUL — Afghan and international forces have retaken a remote district near the Pakistan border that was overrun by Taliban militants, NATO and the government said Tuesday.
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THE UNION PENSION BAILOUT
http://www.ncpa.org/sub/dpd/index.php?Article_ID=19400&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social-media&utm_campaign=twitter
Feeling tapped out after stimulus, ObamaCare and everything else? Senator Bob Casey has one more deal for you. If the Pennsylvania Democrat gets his way, U.S. taxpayers will also pick up the astonishing tab for poorly managed union pension plans, says the Wall Street Journal.
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Undercover Census Fraud Investigation – New Jersey
http://biggovernment.com/jokeefe/2010/06/01/undercover-census-fraud-investigation-new-jersey/
On April 27, 2010, I got a job with the United States Census Bureau in New Jersey. With a hidden camera, I caught four Census supervisors encouraging enumerators to falsify information on their time sheets.
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Glitch shows how much US military relies on GPS
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20100601/D9G2G6IO0.html
DENVER (AP) – A problem that rendered as many as 10,000 U.S. military GPS receivers useless for days is a warning to safeguard a system that enemies would love to disrupt, a defense expert says.
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Al-Qaida: No. 3 official killed with family
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_al_qaida_believed_killed
WASHINGTON – Al-Qaida announced Monday that its No. 3 official, Mustafa al-Yazid, had been killed along with members of his family — perhaps one of the most severe blows to the terror movement since the U.S. campaign against al-Qaida began. A U.S. official said al-Yazid was believed to have died in a U.S. missile strike.
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Israel recoils as US backs nuclear move
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.5eaf6bbb255b23063c3b3635bd5f7c52.161&show_article=1
Washington’s unprecedented backing for a UN resolution for a nuclear-free Middle East that singles out Israel has both angered and deeply worried the Jewish state although officials are cagey about openly criticising their biggest ally.
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Stand with Israel (Rep. Michele Bachmann)
http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/foreign-policy/100771-stand-with-israel-rep-michele-bachmann
Israel has come under attack yet again from several world leaders who are calling the actions taken yesterday by their military “criminal” and “inhuman.” The AP reports that Israeli commandos stopped six flotillas headed towards Gaza to make sure that their cargo did not contain weapons. The first five ships abided by the checks peacefully, but on the sixth ship, Israeli commandoes were met with strong resistance.
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UN calls for impartial probe of Israeli raid
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/un_un_israel_palestinians
UNITED NATIONS – The U.N. Security Council called early Tuesday for an “impartial” investigation of Israel’s deadly commando raid on ships taking humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip and condemned the “acts” that resulted in the loss of at least nine lives.
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All aboard! Obama pals back violent Gaza flotilla
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=160661
The group behind the Gaza flotilla that engaged in deadly clashes with Israeli commandos today counts among its top supporters the friends and associates of President Barack Obama, namely the founders of the Weather Underground terrorist organization, William Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn, as well as Jodie Evans, the leader of the radical activist organization Code Pink.
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Video: IDF Footage of the Gaza Flotilla Raid
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/36455_Video-_IDF_Footage_of_the_Gaza_Flotilla_Raid
The Israeli Navy boarded a flotilla headed toward Gaza yesterday, leading to a wild melee that ended in several deaths. The IDF is reporting that the “peace activists” planned the violence in advance, and released the following video — clearly showing the “peace activists” attacking the IDF boarding party with a variety of weapons, including firebombs and stun grenades.
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Flotillas and Falsehoods
http://article.nationalreview.com/435253/flotillas-and-falsehoods/mona-charen
The effort to destroy the Jewish state has many fronts. One front is in Iran, where the maniacal regime that has repeatedly promised to “wipe Israel off the map” marches inexorably toward a nuclear bomb.
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Activists send new boat to challenge Gaza blockade
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20100601/D9G2GHNG0.html
JERUSALEM (AP) – Pro-Palestinian activists sent another boat to challenge Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip on Tuesday and Egypt declared it was temporarily opening a crossing into the Palestinian territory after a botched raid on an aid flotilla that ended with Israeli soldiers killing nine activists.
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Israeli Officials Claim Aid Flotilla Had Ties to Al Qaeda, PM Gives Military ‘Full Support’
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/05/30/reports-israeli-ships-attack-aid-flotilla-dead/
The Israeli military attacked a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, leaving at least nine dead, after receiving reports that the fleet had links to al Qaeda, the Israeli ambassador to Denmark said Monday.
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Turkey’s PM says Israel should be punished
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100601/wl_nm/us_israel_flotilla_turkey
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan called Tuesday for Israel to be punished for storming a Turkish aid ship and said “nothing would ever be the same” in relations between the two allies.
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Iran wants Netanyahu to face trial for Gaza raid
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.b1a8a6b9a669ce424c85b43f892c4a45.301&show_article=1
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Tuesday called for Israel’s prime minister and defence minister to face trial for the deadly raid on a Gaza aid flotilla in the eastern Mediterranean.
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Israel Stations Nuclear Missile Subs off Iran
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/updates/2010/05/30/israel-stations-nuclear-missile-subs-off-iran/
Three German-built Israeli submarines equipped with nuclear cruise missiles are to be deployed in the Gulf near the Iranian coastline. The first has been sent in response to Israeli fears that ballistic missiles developed by Iran, Syria and Hezbollah, a political and military organisation in Lebanon, could hit sites in Israel, including air bases and missile launchers.
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IAEA report on Iran likely to boost West’s opposition to Tehran’s fuel swap offer
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/05/31/iaea-report-iran-likely-boost-wests-opposition-tehrans-fuel-swap-offer/
VIENNA (AP) — Iran has amassed more than two tons of enriched uranium, the U.N. atomic agency said Monday in a report that heightened Western concerns about the country developing the ability to produce a nuclear weapon.
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Syria conducted nuclear experiments: IAEA document
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.083988d4a5902956277182f5af89dc2d.b91&show_article=1
Syria has told the UN atomic watchdog about past nuclear experiments, but is still refusing to cooperate over allegations that it was building a secret nuclear reactor with North Korea’s help, a new report revealed Monday.
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Greece urged to give up euro
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/economics/article7140270.ece
THE Greek government has been advised by British economists to leave the euro and default on its €300 billion (£255 billion) debt to save its economy. The Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR), a London-based consultancy, has warned Greek ministers they will be unable to escape their debt trap without devaluing their own currency to boost exports. The only way this can happen is if Greece returns to its own currency.
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Soaring costs force Canada to reassess health model
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100531/hl_nm/us_health_3
TORONTO (Reuters) – Pressured by an aging population and the need to rein in budget deficits, Canada’s provinces are taking tough measures to curb healthcare costs, a trend that could erode the principles of the popular state-funded system.
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Cuba trains Venezuela in military, communications
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Cuba-trains-Venezuela-in-apf-476323213.html?x=0&amp;.v=1
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — It’s no longer just doctors, nurses and teachers. Cuba now sends Venezuela troops to train its military, and computer experts to work on its passport and identification-card systems.
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Chinese Supercomputer Is Ranked World’s Second-Fastest, Challenging U.S. Dominance
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/01/science/01compute.html
SAN FRANCISCO — A Chinese supercomputer has been ranked as the world’s second-fastest machine, surpassing European and Japanese systems and underscoring China’s aggressive commitment to science and technology.
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Group called National Memorial Ladies says attending military funerals is its duty
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/military/7028685.html
The number is probably around 1,700, but Cheryl Whitfield has never counted. She doesn’t know the number of times over the past couple of years she’s donned her uniform of black vest and slacks, crossed her heart with a white-gloved hand as the flag-draped casket passed, or bent to squeeze the palm of an old soldier’s widow, whispering a few words of consolation and gratitude for his service.

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