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Date Sent: 2013-09-27
Freedom's Phoenix Edition for Friday, September 27, 2013 |
ATF Lost 420 Million Cigarettes, Allowed Informants To Keep Millions of Dollars
Alliance of rebel groups calls for an Islamist Syria, not a U.S.-backed democracy -- IRS Watchdog: $67 Million Missing from Obamacare Slush Fund -- Meltdown! GOP bosses' phones unplugged -- The FBI and Johnson and Johnson don’t want you to see this (w/video) -- Common Core: The Battle For Our Children & Our Country -- 09-27-13 -- Pepe Escober - Rob Lazzarotto (aka Tonopah Rob) LISTEN LIVE on LRN.FM -- Pakistan quake island off Gwadar 'emits flammable gas' -- Goldman Sachs Chief Says Solution To Occupy Wall Street Is Reeducation Of Public -- Obama To India: Block Production Of Low-Cost Generic Drugs . . . Or Else -- NSA collecting all cellphone location data? -- TSA Introduces new TRAPR Program -- Why the Left and Right hate David Stockman -- Atty General meets with JPMorgan chief -- South America studies how to curb U.S. 'spying': Ecuador -- Sir Richard Branson talks about space tourism -- The Number Of Private Sector Jobs Fell By 278,000 Last Month But The Economy Is Getting Better? -- The Health Care Cost of WAR! -- Alaskan Inupiat, allies rally at White House against Arctic oil drilling
AZ: FREEDOM SUMMIT 2014 REGISTRATION Announcement;
Freedom Under the Stars! Jordan Page playing in Tempe, AZ - Oct
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News Link • Gun Rights
ATF Lost 420 Million Cigarettes, Allowed Informants To Keep Millions of Dollars
09-26-2013
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Jonathan Turley
U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has conducted dozens of unauthorized undercover investigations into illicit cigarette sales, misused $162 million in profits, and lost track of at least 420 million cigarettes.
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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Feature Article • Freedom Summit
FREEDOM SUMMIT 2014 REGISTRATION
Donna Hancock
Super Early Bird Special Package: Only $275, or $550 for Two, until Sept. 30 (Regular Price after 09/30 is $350 each, or $650 per couple). You get the complete Freedoms Summit Registration Package PLUS the Freedom's Phoenix Subscription Package
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News Link • Events: America
October 2013 Events Freedom's Phoenix
09-10-2013
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Freedom's Phoenix
It's going to be a very busy month for Freedom's Phoenix this coming October - Arizona Breakfast Club (Oct 5th), Matt Papke Event - Tempe (October 12th), Jordan Page Living Room Concert (October 19th), Fall Harvest Festival (October 26th),...
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Reported by:
Donna Hancock
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News Link • Events: Arizona
Freedom Under the Stars! Jordan Page playing in Tempe, AZ - Oct 18th, 2013
09-24-2013
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Free Tempe
My friends, I am thrilled to announce that the one and only Mr. Jordan Page is on his way to Tempe Arizona to help my campaign! (Matt Papke, Candidate for Tempe City Council)
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Syria
Alliance of rebel groups calls for an Islamist Syria, not a U.S.-backed democracy
09-26-2013
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Washington Times
11 Syrian rebel groups, including a powerful al Qaeda affiliate, rejected the Western-backed opposition coalition, calling for a new Syria under Islamic law dealing a severe blow to US-led efforts to support a democratic alternative to President Assa
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • TAXES: Federal
IRS Watchdog: $67 Million Missing from Obamacare Slush Fund
09-26-2013
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The “Health Insurance Reform Implementation Fund” was tucked into Obamacare in order to give the IRS money to enforce the tax provisions of the healthcare law. The fund, totaling some $1 billion of taxpayer money, was used to roll out
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Meltdown! GOP bosses' phones unplugged
09-26-2013
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WND
Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., who has called Cruz a “fraud” for his efforts to defund Obamacare, said supporters of the Texas senator have been bombarding his office with “vile” phone calls. “The vehemence of the phone calls coming into the office. I don’
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Healthcare Industry
The FBI and Johnson and Johnson don’t want you to see this (w/video)
09-26-2013
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
One of the top 3 unsolved crimes in the United States is the Tylenol Murders.
This weekend marks 31 years since they occurred… and the FBI is embarrassed that they never caught the perp.
In the face of mounting new evidence its rumored they are
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
Common Core: The Battle For Our Children & Our Country
09-26-2013
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
At St. Tammany Parish, during a meeting of school board members, the topic of heated debate was the over-whelming desire to defeat the implementation of Common Core State Standards (CCSS) in their local public schools.
Board members lashed out at
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Geology
Pakistan quake island off Gwadar 'emits flammable gas'
09-26-2013
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www.bbc.co.uk
...and the first one to plant a flag WINS!
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Propaganda
Goldman Sachs Chief Says Solution To Occupy Wall Street Is Reeducation Of Public
09-26-2013
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http://news.firedoglake.com/2013/09/26/goldman-sac
So, Wall Street, what have you learned the last five years? What is the lesson?
According to Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein there is no lesson and the only problem with Wall Street crashing the economy, using their political power to get a bailo
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Mike Brosnahan
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Peter Schiff Was Right - 'Taper' Edition
09-26-2013
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Peter Schiff - YouTube
Well it did not surprise me, nor anyone who had been paying attention to what I had been saying. As I said repeatedly over the past several months, the Fed knows that the appearance of economic health would evaporate if its stimulus were withdrawn...
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Healthcare Industry
Obama To India: Block Production Of Low-Cost Generic Drugs . . . Or Else
09-26-2013
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Jonathan Turley
Obama is threatening retaliation against India in the hopes of blocking one of the major alternatives for families in acquiring affordable medicine. Congress responded to industry demands for pressure in India and, as a result, raise the cost of med
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Surveillance
NSA collecting all cellphone location data?
09-26-2013
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AP
The nation's top intelligence official sidestepped questions from a senator about whether the NSA has ever used Americans cellphone signals to collect information on their whereabouts that would allow tracking of the movements of individual callers.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Humor
TSA Introduces new TRAPR Program
09-26-2013
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youtube (h/t Lew Rockwell blog)
In this Movie News Newsreel,TSA Administrator John SideArme announces the new TRAPR program for highway security checkpoints.
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Powell Gammill
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Opinion • Government
Why the Left and Right hate David Stockman
09-26-2013
Menckens Ghost
They claim that the book is sour grapes because Stockman was fired by Ronald Reagan, that he is a hypocrite for lambasting hedge funds although he ran one, that he can’t be a financial expert because he had personal financial difficulties, and that t
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News Link • MEDIA NEWS REFERENCES
Atty General meets with JPMorgan chief
09-26-2013
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http://money.msn.com/business-news/article.aspx?da
WASHINGTON (AP) - JPMorgan chief executive Jamie Dimon met Thursday with Attorney General Eric Holder about an investigation into the company's handling of mortgage-backed securities in the run-up to the recession.
Holder declined to characterize t
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Mike Brosnahan
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News Link • Agriculture
The Future is Local, the Future is Organic
09-26-2013
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http://www.globalresearch.ca, By Colin Todhunter
The future is local. The future is organic. Well, at least it could be if we base our food production on an increasing body of evidence that indicates the harmful effects of petrochemical, corporate-controlled agriculture.
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Reported by:
Robert Lee
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News Link • Internet
Facebook Finally Lets You Edit Posts
09-26-2013
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http://mashable.com, By Pete Pachal
If autocorrect has ever ruined your Facebook post, your prayers have been answered. Facebook introduced the ability to edit status updates starting Thursday.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Curiosity findings show 2 percent of Mars soil contains water
09-26-2013
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http://news.cnet.com, by Nick Statt
The first analysis of soil dug up by the Curiosity rover reveals new insights into the red planet's propensity for retaining water beneath its surface.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Transportation
Dutch students shatter world 0-60 accelaration record for EVs
09-26-2013
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dvice.com
A team of students from the Delft University of Technology, Netherlands just brought the electric vehicle 0-60 world acceleration record crashing down.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
South America studies how to curb U.S. 'spying': Ecuador
09-26-2013
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http://www.reuters.com, By Walker Simon
South American nations are jointly exploring the creation of a communications system to curtail U.S. spying in the region, Ecuadorean Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino said on Wednesday.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Researchers vaporize old plastic bags to create carbon nanotubes
09-26-2013
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http://www.geek.com, By Ryan Whitwam
Carbon nanotubes have an incredible number of potential uses, but one of the main barriers to actually implementing this revolutionary nanomaterial is the cost.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Architecture
Giant Purple Theater Is World's First Inflatable Music Hall
09-26-2013
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popularmechanics.com
It looks like a giant purple donut. But in fact the Ark Nova, or "New Ark," is the world's first inflatable music hall.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
5 Fitness Monitors to Track Your Workout
09-26-2013
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popularmechanics.com
The new wave of wearable fitness gadgets can tell you more data about your workout than has ever been available. Best of all, these gadgets are affordable and easy to use.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Sir Richard Branson talks about space tourism
09-26-2013
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http://www.ksdk.com, By Poppy Harlow
It may sound absurd to pay $250,000 for one ticket to get on one aircraft, but that aircraft can take you into space. And if the FAA gives it the go ahead, Virgin Galactic is ready to start space tourism.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Employment & Jobs
The Number Of Private Sector Jobs Fell By 278,000 Last Month But The Economy Is Getting Better?
09-26-2013
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http://govtslaves.info, Michael Snyder
Have you heard about the “wonderful” employment numbers that were just released?
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Health and Physical Fitness
Garlic Beats Best-Selling Blood Pressure Drug In New Study
09-26-2013
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greenmedinfo.com
A groundbreaking new study published in Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences has revealed that garlic is at least as effective as the blockbuster blood pressure lowering drug atenolol in reducing systolic and diastolic blood pressure ....
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Military
The Health Care Cost of WAR!
09-26-2013
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http://wakeup-world.com, Marcela De Vivo
Over the last decade, the war cost for Afghanistan and Iraq has already crossed the billion mark.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Activism
Alaskan Inupiat, allies rally at White House against Arctic oil drilling
09-26-2013
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liveleak.com
On the 26th of September, residents of Inupiat villages in Alaska and
some of their allies spoke out in Lafayette Park against plans to drill
for oil in their territory.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Healthcare Industry
Natural Cure for Chronic Pain Syndromes Silenced by the Medical Establishment
09-26-2013
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http://wakeup-world.com, Dr. Michelle Kmiec
More proof that medical science wants you on drugs!
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Iran
Iran's Rouhani tells UN: we pose no threat to the world
09-25-2013
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theguardian.com, Julian Borger and Ed Pilkington
Iranian president addresses UN general assembly and says the world is 'tired of war' and US should not threaten force in Syria
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Obama Administration
Obama: America ‘Exceptional’ Because of All the Wars
09-25-2013
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http://news.antiwar.com, by Jason Ditz
Demands UN Resolution Calling for Syria Attack
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Police State
Photos: New York Cop Steals Resident’s Pro-Second Amendment Signs
09-25-2013
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http://www.infowars.com, Adan Salazar
After a Somers, New York, resident discovered someone was coming on to his private property and repeatedly stealing his pro-Second Amendment signs, he thought up a brilliant plan to catch the perpetrator.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Technology: Software
Once-Mighty RealNetworks Returns to Battle for Soul of Web Video
09-25-2013
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Wired.com
If Microsoft hadn’t stepped outside the law to block his company’s path onto the world’s computers, says Rob Glaser, he would now be running one of the web’s biggest success stories.
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News Link • Energy
One Way to Solve Fracking’s Dirty Problem
09-25-2013
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Technologyreview.com
GE has demonstrated technology aimed at addressing one of the biggest challenges with fracking: water pollution.
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News Link • Misinformation
Obama Has Over 19 Million Fake Twitter Followers Who Don't Exist
09-25-2013
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www.dailymail.co.uk via DrudgeReport
"Among influential U.S. political tweeters, President Barack Obama is the undisputed king of the fake followers. A MailOnline analysis ranks his sizable Twitter following as the most deceptive total...
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Ed Vallejo
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News Link • World News
Ecuador’s campaign: "The dirty hand of Chevron"
09-25-2013
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http://truth-out.org, By Sally Burch
Ecuador’s president has launched a call for people around the world to boycott Chevron products, in rejection of the company’s evasion of responsibility for oil contamination in the Amazon basin.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Transportation
Tesla’s Rise Forces Other Automakers to Up Their Electric Car Game
09-25-2013
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http://www.thedailybeast.com, by Daniel Gross
Tesla Motors may be wildly overvalued, but all the public adulation and attention is forcing bigger manufacturers to play catch-up. Daniel Gross on how cachet has a way of developing into a real business.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • World News
Gold shipment disappears from Air France flight to Zurich
09-25-2013
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http://rt.com
Some 44 kilograms of gold bars from an overall cargo of 300 kg of precious metal have mysteriously disappeared from a flight bound to Zurich. An insider operation could be to blame for a €1.5 million heist at Paris’ Charles de Gaulle airport.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Drones
Air Force’s unmanned F-16 fighter jet completes first flight
09-25-2013
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http://rt.com
The US Air Force and the Boeing aerospace and defense corporation announced they have successfully converted a retired F-16 into a drone.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Underwater Exploration and Living
Undersea explorer finds 'yellow brick road'
09-25-2013
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usatoday.com
Undersea explorer Barry Clifford discovered the sunken 'Whydah' ship off Cape Cod in 1984 and has since pulled up about 200,000 artifacts. He calls this stretch of sea floor the 'yellow brick road' because he believes there's more treasure.
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Feature Article • World News
Russia Bashing Is a Dead End
Ivan Eland
What did Vladimir Putin get from the United States for saving President Obama from himself during the Syrian chemical weapons "crisis"? Only criticism and ridicule from a reflexive anti-Russian American news media.
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News Link • Archaeology
Undersea Pyramid Discovered in the Azores
09-25-2013
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arclein
“The pyramid is perfectly shaped and apparently oriented by the cardinal directions,” Silva told Diário Insular, the local newspaper.
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