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Date Sent: 2010-09-10
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Friday, September 10, 2010 |
US losing war in Afghanistan: Taliban leader -- Senate, House eye action on China currency
Individuals present 9/11 evidence to Congressman Ed Pastor on World Trade Center collapse -- Pimping Youth: Student loan debt now surpasses total credit card debt -- Change You Can Believe In: 950,000 Must repay home buyer tax credit -- Health Insurers Plan Hikes -- 4 Iraqis escape from U.S. custody in Baghdad prison -- Ernest Hancock versus Frosty Wooldridge: Great Radio Debate -- NY Republican candidate: I'm no sheriff of Whistleblower Claims Many U.S. Interpreters Can't Speak Afghan Languages -- Wall St -- 4th missile strike in Pakistan in 24 hrs kills 5 -- Hollywood's Scamera Solution: Blow 'Em Up! -- No Top In Sight for the Gold Market --
Beltway abuzz with talk of who could replace Emanuel as chief of staff
-- Economists cut U.S. growth forecast again -- Highway deaths fall to
lowest level since 1950 -- -- Fidel Fesses Up -- Billions needed to help Arizona retool economy, community leaders told
AZ: Election hearing begins today, September
10th at 8:30AM. So Folks, please be with us in court.
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News Link • China
Senate, House eye action on China currency
09-09-2010
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Reuters
A volatile political environment is boosting the possibility that U.S. lawmakers will pass legislation designed to prod China into letting its currency rise more rapidly against the dollar.
"The chances are certainly on the rise, I think for two r
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Religion: Believers
Website pulled on US church that wants to burn Korans
09-09-2010
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AFP
The small Florida church that has sparked global outrage with its plan to hold a Koran-burning event had its website pulled from the Internet by its host. Dove World Outreach Center church, "violated the Offensive Content section of its Acceptable U
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Internet
Craigslist Removes 'Censored' Bar
09-09-2010
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PC Magazine
Amidst criticism from state attorneys general and human rights groups, Craigslist removed its "adult services" section. Rather than wipe it, the company placed a black "censored" bar where the link to the adult-oriented section had once been.
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Archaeology
Humpback Dinosaur Surprises and Puzzles Experts
09-09-2010
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LiveScience
A hunchback dinosaur of sorts once roamed what is now central Spain. The meat-eating beast sported a humplike structure low on its back, a feature never previously described in dinosaurs, and one that has scientists scratching their heads.
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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Feature Article • Oklahoma City Bombing 1995
A Noble Lie
Kaye Beach
The 1995 bombing in Oklahoma City was a direct blow to the heart of America. 169 people were killed, including nineteen children. Utilizing unseen-before footage and explosive eyewitness testimony, A Noble Lie will change forever the way you look at
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
James Howard Kunstler: In The Headlights
09-09-2010
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Kunstler.com
In the meantime, the managers of US polity, Mr. Barack Obama and Company, look to continue scattering goat innards on the new carpet in the Oval Office in their desperate seeking for a miraculous return to the non-stop celebration that was...
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Reported by:
Jack Gregson
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Pimping Youth: Student loan debt now surpasses total credit card debt
09-09-2010
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MyBudget360.com
Past and current students carry a stunning $829 billion in student loan debt. The cost of a college education has far outpaced the rate of inflation.
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Reported by:
Jack Gregson
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News Link • Housing
Change You Can Believe In: 950,000 Must repay homebuyer tax credit
09-09-2010
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money.cnn.com/
Nearly half of all Americans who claimed the first-time homebuyer tax credit on their 2009 tax returns will have to repay the government.
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Reported by:
Jack Gregson
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News Link • Healthcare
Health Insurers Plan Hikes
09-09-2010
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Janet Adamy, WSJ.COM
Health insurers say they plan to raise premiums for some Americans as a direct result of the health overhaul in coming weeks, complicating Democrats' efforts to trumpet their signature achievement before the midterm elections.
Aetna Inc. (NYSE: A
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Reported by:
Hugo Tellez
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News Link • Iraq
4 Iraqis escape from U.S. custody in Baghdad prison
09-09-2010
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AP
Americans informed them Thursday morning that four Iraqis being held by the U.S. had broken out of the prison, although it was not clear exactly when or how they escaped.
He said the men were linked to al Qaeda and facing the death penalty.
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
NY Republican candidate: I'm no sheriff of Wall St
09-09-2010
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Reuters
The sole Republican candidate for New York attorney general says he does not want to be the next "sheriff of Wall Street" and would give up the national prominence the job offers in favor of tackling political corruption in the capital.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • WAR: About that War
4th missile strike in Pakistan in 24 hrs kills 5
09-09-2010
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AP
US officials do not acknowledge the missile strikes but said privately they have killed several senior Taliban and al-Qaida militants and scores of foot soldiers in a region largely out of the control of the Pakistani state. Critics say innocents are
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Camera Fraud
Hollywood's Scamera Solution: Blow 'Em Up!
09-09-2010
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CameraFRAUD
(Article w/ Video Link) A big-screen remake of 1930s superhero “The Green Hornet” is set for release in January of 2011, and the producers of the film are using the violent destruction of a “red light camera” as the ending action sequence (video) in
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Camera FRAUD
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News Link • Gold and Silver
No Top In Sight for the Gold Market
09-09-2010
Wed Sept 8 1:20 p.m. CT--In the wake of a steady uptrend in gold prices from the July 28 low, Dec COMEX gold is flirting with its all-time high at $1270.60 an ounce, hit June 21.
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Reported by:
Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Media: Internet
Garbage and Gravitas
09-09-2010
St. Petersburg in revolt gave us Vladimir Nabokov, Isaiah Berlin and Ayn Rand. The first was a novelist, the second a philosopher. The third was neither but thought she was both. Many other people have thought so too.
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Reported by:
Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Government
Beltway abuzz with talk of who could replace Emanuel as chief of staff
09-09-2010
Washington is abuzz over who will replace White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel should he choose to leave his position to run for mayor of Chicago.
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Reported by:
Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Internet
Google Instant Is Less About Speed Than It Is About Volume
09-09-2010
Google really did just change the game in search today with the introduction of Google Instant. While Google execs at today’s event emphasized how much faster it makes search, Google Instant is really about showing you more search results.
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Reported by:
Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Media: Television
MGM defends safety practices after lion attack caught on tape
09-09-2010
MGM Resorts defended its safety practices Wednesday after amateur video surfaced showing a lion attacking its trainer inside its habitat at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada, as horrified visitors to the hotel looked on.
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Reported by:
Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Economists cut U.S. growth forecast again
09-09-2010
Projected U.S. economic growth for the rest of this year and next was revised down for a third month in a row by a panel of about 50 economists.
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Reported by:
Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Transportation
Highway deaths fall to lowest level since 1950
09-09-2010
Traffic deaths have plummeted across the United States to levels not seen in more than a half-century, spurred by technology, safety-conscious drivers and tougher enforcement of drunken driving laws.
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Reported by:
Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Whistleblowers
Exclusive: Whistleblower Claims Many U.S. Interpreters Can't Speak Afghan Languages
09-09-2010
More than one quarter of the translators working alongside American soldiers in Afghanistan failed language proficiency exams but were sent onto the battlefield anyway, according to a former employee of the company that holds contracts worth up to $1
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Reported by:
Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Afghanistan
US losing war in Afghanistan: Taliban leader
09-09-2010
Taliban leader Mullah Omar said the NATO-led coalition is losing the war in Afghanistan, calling on Afghans to redouble their struggle and pressing the United States to withdraw.
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Reported by:
Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Just For Fun!
Talk like a pirate, feel like a hero
09-09-2010
The Arizona Browncoats and the Arizona Corsairs will present a sci-fi pirate-themed film festival noon to 7 p.m. Sept. 19 to mark Talk Like a Pirate Day " and raise some money for local and international charities.
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Reported by:
Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Media: Internet
Fidel Fesses Up
09-09-2010
Cuba’s 1959 revolution happened before I was born. Fidel Castro won, and ruled the country with an iron fist and steel jaw until a few years ago, when he handed power over to his brother, Raul.
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Reported by:
Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Billions needed to help Arizona retool economy, community leaders told
09-09-2010
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Arizona Republic
Arizona needs billions of dollars of infrastructure investment in the next few decades to create a sustainable, competitive economy. That message was delivered to 400 political, business and community leaders in proposed "legacy" projects aimed at
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Reported by:
Powell Gammill
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Feature Article • 911 / World Trade Center
What is “BuildingWhat?” (New Video)
Drew
A Worldwide Campaign to raise awareness of Building 7
More than eight years after the tragedy of September 11, 2001, New York Supreme Court Justice Edward H. Lehner was hearing arguments in a courtroom less than a mile from Ground Zero about a bal
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