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Date Sent: 2012-08-05
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Sunday, August 5, 2012 |
30 dead in separate suicide attack, drone strike in Yemen
Jared Loughner expected to plead guilty in Giffords shooting --
Reprieved Oregon death row prisoner granted right to be executed -- Experts Fear Whooping Cough Vaccine's Shield Is 'Waning' -- McCain for Veep -- Must see video: Debt Bomb, The Musical Rated PG-13 -- Day of Infamy at General Assembly -- World Bank Opposes Palestinian Sovereignty -- MARTIAL LAW, THE THIRD WORLD WAR, OR BOTH? THE OBAMA SOLUTION -- Belarus expels Swedish ambassador over ‘Teddy Bear Incident’ -- Young undocumented immigrants can apply for deportation relief -- Ron Paul- Domestic Monetary Policy Subcommittee Hearing - 8/02/2012 -- Hackers hit Reuters, post fake blog on Syria -- Study Reveals a Confused View of Mobile Phone Privacy and Security -- Fort Hood shooter fined for refusing to shave -- U.S. officials warn of swine flu outbreak at county fairs -- NYPD’s use of stop-and-frisks suffers marked drop -- Gunman kill 2, capture 4 others in attack on oil barge in Nigeria -- Using Ozone to Clean Up Fracking -- Cross Your Fingers: How to Watch NASA’s Mars Rover Land on Sunday/Monday -- Stock Trading Robot Makes Decisions Based on Superstitious Algorithms -- Physicists Demonstrate Working Quantum Router, a Step Toward a Quantum Internet -- NASA Invests $1.1 Billion in Manned Commercial Trips to Space -- Evidence Grows for Existence of Cancer Stem Cells
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News Link • Military
30 dead in separate suicide attack, drone strike in Yemen
08-04-2012
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Jonathan Terbush via The RawStory.com
A suicide attack at a town in south Yemen recently recaptured by the army from Al-Qaeda forces killed 20 people Saturday and wounded another 20, the governor of the province said.
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Jared Loughner expected to plead guilty in Giffords shooting
08-05-2012
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AP
A possible plea deal in the deadly shootings that wounded then-U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords would send Jared Lee Loughner to prison for the rest of his life, a person familiar with the case said. A court-appointed psychiatrist
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News Link • Death Penalty
Reprieved Oregon death row prisoner granted right to be executed
08-05-2012
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http://www.rawstory.com, By Paul Harris
Convicted murderer Gary Haugen has rejected clemency of Oregon governor John Kitzhaber, and says he wants to die.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Vaccines and Vaccinations
Experts Fear Whooping Cough Vaccine's Shield Is 'Waning'
08-05-2012
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http://www.npr.org, by Michaeleen Doucleff
Whooping cough is getting a foothold once again in the U.S., and it seems to be getting stronger.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
Must see video: Debt Bomb, The Musical Rated PG-13
08-05-2012
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The Political Commentator
Extremely entertaining video that puts the global financial crisis in perspective through music. The name of the song is Debt Bomb and it is supposed to be taking place at a State of the Union Address with the president accompanied by two beautiful w
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News Link • Government
Belarus expels Swedish ambassador over ‘Teddy Bear Incident’
08-04-2012
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The RawStory.com
Belarus expelled Sweden’s ambassador Friday saying he tried to “destroy” ties with the ex-Soviet state run by authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko, after a pro-democracy stunt by a Swedish firm.
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News Link • Immigration
Young undocumented immigrants can apply for deportation relief
08-04-2012
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The RawStory.com
The US government said it would begin accepting applications later this month from young undocumented immigrants who hope to avoid deportation under a new policy.
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News Link • Hacking, Cyber Security
Hackers hit Reuters, post fake blog on Syria
08-04-2012
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The RawStory.com
Hackers took over the blogging platform of the Reuters news agency and posted “fabricated” stories said to include an interview with a Syrian rebel leader, the company said Friday.
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News Link • Privacy Rights
Study Reveals a Confused View of Mobile Phone Privacy and Security
08-04-2012
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Conor Myhrvold via TechnologyReview.com
Many users' perceptions are at odds with the realities, researchers show.
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News Link • Energy
Total and Amyris Recommit to Biofuel Joint Venture
08-04-2012
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Martin LaMonica via TechnologyReview.com
Having suffered from production snags and delays, Amyris gains $82 million comittment from Total to make fuels from sugar cane.
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News Link • Military
Fort Hood shooter fined for refusing to shave
08-04-2012
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The RawStory.com
The US Army psychiatrist accused of a massacre on a Texas military base was again fined $1,000 for refusing to shave before a military hearing.
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News Link • Police State
NYPD’s use of stop-and-frisks suffers marked drop
08-04-2012
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Paul Harris, The Guardian
New York’s controversial stop-and-frisk policy of fighting crime, which many critics say involves racial profiling of black and Hispanic citizens, has been reduced markedly in recent months, it has been claimed.
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News Link • World News
Gunman kill 2, capture 4 others in attack on oil barge in Nigeria
08-04-2012
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The RawStory.com
Gunmen attacked a barge belonging to an oil services company off the coast of Nigeria on Saturday, killing two Nigerian sailors and kidnapping four foreigners, navy officials said.
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News Link • Environment
Using Ozone to Clean Up Fracking
08-04-2012
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Kevin Bullis via TechnologyReview.com
Ecosphere's new technology reduces the use of chemicals and helps natural-gas companies recycle water.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Bigger, Faster, Stronger: Will Bionic Limbs Put the Olympics to Shame?
08-04-2012
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Jason Turbow via WIRED.com
On Euston Road in London, about seven miles from where Oscar Pistorius will run in the Olympics atop legs of carbon fiber, is the Wellcome Collection, home to an array of science-based exhibits
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Lasers, Cameras and Particle Detectors: Mars Rover’s Super High-Tech Science Gear
08-04-2012
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Adam Mann via WIRED.com
ssuming it safely passes through its terrifying and complex descent sequence, NASA’s newest rover, Curiosity, should get its wheels on the Martian surface in just two short days, at 10:32 p.m. Pacific on Aug. 5.
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Cross Your Fingers: How to Watch NASA’s Mars Rover Land on Sunday
08-04-2012
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Adam Mann via WIRED.com
The moment is almost here. In just a couple days, NASA’s new Mars rover, Curiosity, will begin its descent to the Martian surface and hopefully start beaming back amazing images and data.
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News Link • Entertainment: Sports
Phelps wins gold in last Olympic race of his career
08-04-2012
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The Raw Story.com
US great Michael Phelps bowed out of Olympic competition in golden style Saturday as Britain’s Jessica Ennis provided theLondon Games’ signature moment with a dazzling heptathlon win.
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News Link • Robots and Artificial Intelligence
Stock Trading Robot Makes Decisions Based on Superstitious Algorithms
08-04-2012
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Colin Lecher via PopSci.com
When we feel there's a situation out of our control, we often fall back on superstition to account for it. ("Nothing else is working, why not blame it on that black cat?"
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Physicists Demonstrate Working Quantum Router, a Step Toward a Quantum Internet
08-04-2012
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Colin Lecher viia PopSci.com
As much as we love our silicon semiconductors, quantum computers are very much a technology of the future. Instead of the usual string of 1s and 0s, they'll be able to send both types of information at the same time,
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News Link • Death
Study: Many Americans die with 'virtually no financial assets'
08-04-2012
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http://phys.org, by Peter Dizikes
Now an innovative paper co-authored by an MIT economist shows that a large portion of America’s older population has very little savings in bank accounts, stocks and bonds, and dies “with virtually no financial assets” to their names.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Water desalination system works up to several times faster than others
08-04-2012
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http://phys.org, by Lisa Zyga
As the world population increases and fresh water sources become scarcer, many people will likely rely on technologies that convert salt water to fresh water to meet their most basic needs.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
The American Consumer Rebellion Is Gaining Speed
08-04-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Wolf Richter
The strongest and toughest creatures out there that no one has been able to subdue yet, the inexplicable American consumers, are digging in their heels though the entire power structure has been pushing them relentlessly to buy more and more with mon
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News Link • OLYMPICS London Summer 2012
LeBron James Saved Team USA From Being Upset With This Spectacular Sequence
08-04-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Cork Gaines
With just under seven minutes to go today, Lithuania hit a 3-point shot to take a 2-point lead over Team USA, putting everybody on upset alert. Three minutes later, LeBron James took over.
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News Link • Internet
Physicists Demonstrate Working Quantum Router, a Step Toward a Quantum Internet
08-04-2012
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http://www.popsci.com, By Colin Lecher
As much as we love our silicon semiconductors, quantum computers are very much a technology of the future. Instead of the usual string of 1s and 0s, they'll be able to send both types of information at the same time, dwarfing their traditional counte
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News Link • OLYMPICS London Summer 2012
Steeplechase Is the Coolest Olympic Event You’ve Never Heard Of
08-04-2012
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http://www.wired.com, By Ann Gaffigan
When people learn I ran steeplechase, they always ask, “What’s the steeplechase?” I’ve answered this question more times than I can count on my hands and feet.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Olympic Physics: Air Density and Bob Beamon’s Crazy-Awesome Long Jump
08-04-2012
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http://www.wired.com, By Rhett Allain
Even now, there are those who claim that the long-jump record of 8.9 meters that Bob Beamon set in 1968 was so crazy awesome because he accomplished it in Mexico City, which is almost 8,000 feet above sea level.
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Opinion • Humor
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News
August 5, 2012 Edition
08-03-2012
John Semmens
Dems Move to Block Military Vote
In recent elections less than 5% of the ballots cast by active duty military personnel serving overseas arrived in time to be counted. Nevertheless, the Obama for America Campaign, the Democratic National Committee
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News Link • Surveillance
Court Upholds Domestic Drone Use in Arrest of American Citizen
08-02-2012
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US News & World Report
A North Dakota court has preliminarily upheld the first-ever use of an unmanned drone to assist in the arrest of an American citizen.
A judge denied a request to dismiss charges Wednesday against Rodney Brossart, a man arrested last year
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News Link • Justice and Judges
Mother gets 50 hours punishment over daughter’s chalk drawings
08-02-2012
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Rawstory
A Virginia mother agreed to 50 hours of community service after her 4-year-old daughter used chalk to draw on rocks on Belle Isle in Richmond. A judge determined there was enough evidence to convict her on charges of vandalism
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News Link • Government
Vermont farmer crushes 7 police cars with tractor over pot arrest
08-02-2012
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Rawstory
A Vermont farmer used his tractor to crush 7 Orleans Co. Sheriff’s Dept squad cars because he was angry about being arrested on marijuana charges last month. “It’s more than half our fleet,” Chief Deputy Sheriff Brooks explained
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
Court Demands TSA Explain Why It Is Defying Nude Body Scanner Order
08-02-2012
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http://www.wired.com, By David Kravets
Transportation Security Administration to explain why it hasn’t complied with the court’s year-old decision demanding the agency hold public hearings concerning the rules and regulations pertaining to the so-called nude body scanners installed in U.S
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
The Police: Useless, but not Harmless
08-02-2012
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http://freedominourtime.blogspot.com,
...The good news " or Lopez initially thought " was that the assault took place less than ten yards away from the 1st Police Precinct station.
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News Link • Government
Air intruders must be shot down, Belarus leader says
08-02-2012
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Reuters
Belarussian President Lukashenko, smarting after a pro-democracy stunt in which teddy bears were dropped into Belarus, told his border guards chief to use weapons to stop any more unlawful air intrusions by foreigners.
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Anaheim police open fire and use K-9 on women and children
08-02-2012
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KCal 9/youtube
After police shoot an unarmed man for running away from them, the people of Anaheim organize a protest only to have the cops unleash their dogs and fire at women and children in the crowd as people run for their lives. Yes, this is in present day Ame
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
San Bernardino, California, files for bankruptcy with over $1 Billion in debts
08-02-2012
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Reuters
San Bernardino filed for bankruptcy protection on Wednesday citing more than $1 billion of debts and making it the third California city to seek protection from creditors.enue by $45 million in the fiscal year that began on July 1.
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Chavis Carter Found Shot In The Head While In Patrol Car; Investigation Launched
08-02-2012
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Huffington Post
A young black man, Chavis Carter, is "found" shot dead in the back of a police cruiser after police discover marijuana on the man. Cops say he shot himself, though there's no evidence of a gun and his mother disputes the official story. Common sense
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News Link • Activism
Paul Festival Commemorative Dime Cards Fundraiser - READY FOR PURCHASE NOW!
08-01-2012
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www.dailypaul.com
August 24-26, 2012 - Tampa State Fairgrounds, Tampa Florida - Music, Entertainment, Activism
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