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Date Sent: 2012-02-21
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Tuesday, February 21, 2012 AM edition |
Government Resurrects Plan To Monitor All Phone Calls And Emails
C-SPAN Callers School Terror War Profiteers Cheerleader On Underwear Bomber Fairy Tale -- E.U. Banks and States Caught in a Vicious Cycle -- Peter Gleick Admits to Deception in Obtaining Heartland Climate Files -- FBI “Communities Against Terrorism” Suspicious Activity Reporting Flyers -- Martial Law on Monday - by Michael Bradshaw -- The Oft-told Lie - by Jim Davidson -- Overspending on National Security Threatens National Security - by Ron Paul -- Shooting suspect thought cop was criminal -- The Global Land Grab - by William Grigg -- Why wasn't this a crime? Tioga County taxpayers will pay the price to settle a civil lawsuit -- Arizona Supreme Court to take up
Mesa tattoo parlor case -- US-NATO Support Al
Qaeda-Affiliated Rebels in Syria -- Sheriff Babeu defends sending naked picture to
ex-boyfriend -- Is Rick Santorum helped or hurt when he
talks morality? -- As concerns over Iran’s nuclear
program escalate, Obama sends national security adviser to
Israel -- Prince Philip in 1984: Human Population
“Reaching Plague Proportions” -- Top
UN inspectors in Iran talks on atom bomb accusations --
18 Statistics That Prove That The Economy Has Not Improved Since
Barack Obama Became President -- Bullish hedge funds hike their
bets in 2012 rally -- Stephen Coleman: The moral dangers of
non-lethal weapons -- Sign Wave in Wasilla, Alaska! - Freezing for
Freedom -- Ron Paul Frontrunner
in Washington -- Billionaire Peter Thiel Gives Another
$1.7 Million to 'Endorse Liberty' Super PAC -- Paul says US `slipping into a fascist
system' -- Saleh family entrenched in Yemen security,
business
AZ: Feb 22 – ARIZONA REPUBLICAN 2012 PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. 6
pm, Mesa Arts Center AND Debate/Concert/Party
- Ron Paul will Attend!
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News Link • World News
Government Resurrects Plan To Monitor All Phone Calls And Emails
02-20-2012
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Steve Watson
The British government has dusted off previously shelved plans to create huge databases, enabling spy agencies to monitor every phone call, email and text message as well as websites visited by everyone in the country.
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News Link • Economy - International
E.U. Banks and States Caught in a Vicious Cycle
02-20-2012
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Reuters
Like drunks at a bar door, the euro zone’s governments and banks are leaning unsteadily on each other for support. The banks know they have to sober up, but governments are urging them to have one more for the road.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Climate Change
Activist Says He Lied to Obtain Climate Papers
02-20-2012
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The New York Times
Peter H. Gleick, a water and climate analyst studying aspects of global warming has been a critic of organizations and individuals casting doubt on the seriousness of greenhouse-driven climate change illegally obtained Heartland Institute documents.
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Mike Renzulli
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News Link • Government
Martial Law on Monday - by Michael Bradshaw
02-20-2012
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L. Neil Smith's The Libertarian Enterprise
After the revolution against England, and a few years of wrangling among the several states (of which there were 13), a gang of statists that today would be called "fascists" (for their desire to have a strong government coupled with old-line busines
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News Link • Government
The Oft-told Lie - by Jim Davidson
02-20-2012
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L. Neil Smith's The Libertarian Enterprise
Who really runs things? Follow the money. The people who run things evidently get an enormous amount of profit from war industries and prison industries. So they make campaign contributions and pay lobbying fees and, frankly, let's not mince words, b
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Overspending on National Security Threatens National Security
02-20-2012
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Ron Paul
The administration recently released its 2013 budget proposal, and conservatives are correctly alarmed that it calls for unprecedented spending and continued annual deficits exceeding $1 trillion. But the same conservatives complain that the budget d
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Shooting suspect thought cop was criminal
02-20-2012
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution
On a day where almost everything went wrong, Atibi Thomas and Keith Roach were lucky about one thing when they met nearly two years ago: Roach wore his bulletproof vest. If Roach had removed the vest when he ended his shift as an Atlanta police offic
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News Link • Eminent Domain
The Global Land Grab
02-20-2012
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by William N. Grigg (Pro Liberate)
In Vietnam, Peter Doan Van Vuon, a farmer who fought back when police came to confiscate his farm, is widely regarded as a hero. His neighbors have actually considered building a statue in his honor. In the United States, he would almost certainly be
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Why wasn't this a crime? Tioga County taxpayers will pay the price to settle a civil lawsuit
02-20-2012
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A defenseless inmate was beaten by Tioga County Jail's top administrator, after being pepper-sprayed and handcuffed to a wooden bench by other officers. But the Commission of Correction ended its investigation and Tioga's district attorney decided no
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Russians regenerate flowering plant from 30,000-year-old frozen burrow of Ice Age squirrel
02-20-2012
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Washington Post
It was an Ice Age squirrel’s treasure chamber, a burrow containing fruit and seeds that had been stuck in the Siberian permafrost for over 30,000 years. From the fruit tissues, a team of Russian scientists managed to resurrect an entire plant in a pi
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Tattoo parlor files civil lawsuit against Mesa
02-20-2012
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eastvalleytribune.com
"It's about does the city have the power to simply say, "Eh, we don't feel like it. We don't like you,'" Kielskly said. "They can't do that. You've got to have standards. Once they are met, you've got to issue the permit."
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Future zoos could have living mammoths and dinosaurs
02-20-2012
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Terrence Aym
If geneticists and research teams across the world have their way it won't be many years until families are gaping in wonder and exclaiming with amazement at new exhibits of animals that last roamed the Earth thousands, even millions, of years ago.
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Terrence Aym
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News Link • United Nations
TENNESSEE HOUSE and SENATE are CONSIDERING ANTI-AGENDA 21 BILLS!
022012
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www.varight.com
More states are considering anti-ICLEI and Agenda 21 legislation - scene turns to Tennessee where BOTH the House and Senate have before it a resolution taking TN out of the Agenda 21 apparatus.
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Sandy Sanders
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News Link • NATO
US-NATO Support Al Qaeda-Affiliated Rebels in Syria
02-20-2012
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by grtv
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has offered a referendum for a new constitution that will put an end to a 50-year reign of a single party system.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Activism
THIS WEEKS Ron Paul 2012 SIGNS TUCSON AZ
02-20-2012
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Chris Haskell - Real News Tucson
Ron Paul Tucson Meet-up groups signs! This is this weeks Ron Paul "Sign Machine" work! Reporter Chris Haskell (REAL NEWS TUCSON) 02/20/
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Chris Haskell
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News Link • Entertainment: Movies
Thoughts/Review/Recommendation of "An Unlikely Weapon: The Eddie Adams Story"
02-20-2012
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Christine Smith's blog
I highly recommend it to all -most especially to those who have chosen to be an individual who seeks to ease suffering in all its forms, to oppose war, and who chooses to bring peace into this world as much as they can during their path. Here is why.
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Christine -
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Sheriff Babeu defends sending naked picture to ex-boyfriend
02-20-2012
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azcapitoltimes.com
Babeu, a Republican who is running for Congress in the 4th Congressional District, just as emphatically defended his right to take sexually explicit photographs of himself and send them to boyfriends. “We’re talking about personal liberties and freed
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Is Rick Santorum helped or hurt when he talks morality?
02-20-2012
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Peter Grier,
Rick Santorum says President Obama has “a world view that elevates the Earth above man." Theology-tinged rhetoric may appeal to part of the Republican base, but it could hurt him in a general election.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Republican debate in Mesa puts Arizona in spotlight
02-20-2012
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by Gary Nelson
Arizona gets another ego boost this week when it hosts a debate that will help decide who carries the Republican banner into the 2012 presidential election.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Iran
As concerns over Iran’s nuclear program escalate, Obama sends national security adviser to Israel
02-20-2012
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By Olivier Knox
At a crucial time in the standoff over Iran's suspect nuclear weapon, President Obama is sending his national security adviser to Israel from February 18-20 to discuss that tense showdown as well as the bloody crackdown in Syria, the White House anno
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Activism
‘Million Mustache March’ planned for April
02-20-2012
The American Mustache Institute (AMI) is planning a "Million Mustache March" on the nation's capital, part of an ongoing campaign to convince lawmakers to create government incentives to grow facial hair.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Iran
Top UN inspectors in Iran talks on atom bomb accusations
02-20-2012
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By Parisa Hafezi
Senior U.N. inspectors arrived in Iran on Monday to push for transparency about its disputed nuclear program
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Robert Lee
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News Link • World News
Putin to win Russian election in first round: poll
02-20-2012
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By Guy Faulconbridge
Vladimir Putin will be elected president in the first round of March's election with more than half the vote
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Obama Administration
18 Statistics That Prove That The Economy Has Not Improved Since Barack Obama Became President
02-20-2012
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endoftheamericandream.com
Has the economy improved since Barack Obama became the president of the United States? Of course not.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Economy - International
Bullish hedge funds hike their bets in 2012 rally
02-20-2012
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By Laurence Fletcher
Hedge funds are cranking up their bets in equities and credit in 2012's buoyant markets in the belief that the euro zone
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Robert Lee
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News Link • European Union
Decision day for second Greek bailout despite financing gaps
02-20-2012
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By Luke Baker
(Reuters) - Euro zone finance ministers are expected to approve a second bailout for Greece on Monday to try to draw a line under months of uncertainty that has shaken the currency bloc, although work remains to be done to make the numbers add up.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • General Opinion
Stephen Coleman: The moral dangers of non-lethal weapons
02-20-2012
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Stephen Coleman
Pepper spray and tasers are in increasing use by both police and military, and more exotic non-lethal weapons such as heat rays are in the works. At TEDxCanberra, ethicist Stephen Coleman explores the unexpected consequences of their introduction and
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Sign Wave in Wasilla, Alaska! - Freezing for Freedom
02-20-2012
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by AlaskansForLiberty
We had a sign wave in Wasilla (yes Sarah Palins home town) today and there was probably like 15 people there!
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Ron Paul Frontrunner in Washington
02-20-2012
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Kelly Haughton
Republican Presidential candidate Ron Paul took a four-city tour through the state of Washington with stops in Vancouver, Seattle, Spokane and Richland.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • World News
“Supranational” Investing
02-20-2012
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Addison Wiggin
Some of the very best Argentine steak houses are in Amsterdam, some of America’s very best rodeo cowboys are Brazilian and some of the world’s very best beach volleyball courts are high in the Swiss Alps.
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Billionaire Peter Thiel Gives Another $1.7 Million to 'Endorse Liberty' Super PAC
02-20-2012
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Laurie Bennett, Contributor
We're in the money! Peter Thiel gives Endorse Liberty Super PAC another $1.7 million
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Robert Lee
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News Link • World News
Latin America: Where the world's jobs are
02-20-2012
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By Sara Miller Llana, Staff writer, and Lauren Vil
Lauded for its economic stability and entrepreneurial opportunities, interns and career changers alike are looking to Latin America to launch their careers.
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Anonymous Donor Pledges $15,000 Matching Funds for Idaho Super Brochure Mailing!
02-20-2012
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3StepsTowardFreedom
Clarification: 43,088 is the target. At this number, the matching funds kick in, and 100% of the state is mailed! Less than 3,000 to go ~
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Environment
Yosemite waterfall turns to 'flowing lava' in rare February spectacle caught on camera
02-20-2012
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By Associated Press
A window of time just opened in Yosemite National Park when nature photographers wait, as if for an eclipse, until the moment when the sun and earth align to create a fleeting phenomenon
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
Paul says US `slipping into a fascist system'
02-20-2012
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By DAVID A. LIEB
Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul warned the U.S. is "slipping into a fascist system"
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Robert Lee
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News Link • World News
Factbox: Saleh family entrenched in Yemen security, business
02-20-2012
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Reuters
Yemenis head to the polls to elect a president to succeed Ali Abdullah Saleh, who was forced from power by a popular uprising that brought the impoverished Arab country to the brink of civil war. Vice President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi is the consensus
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Transistor Made Using a Single Atom May Help Beat Moore's Law
02-20-2012
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Reg Gale
Scientists have taken a first early step toward escaping the limits of a technological principle called Moore's Law by creating a working transistor using a single phosphorus atom.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Iran
What would happen if Iran had the bomb?
02-20-2012
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Scott Peterson
Even as Tehran signals an interest in nuclear talks, many experts have already envisioned what the world would look like if the country got nuclear weapons. It wouldn't be as dire as many fear, but it would unleash new uncertainties - and perhaps a r
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News Link • Cuba
Pope wants to see Fidel Castro on Cuba trip: source
02-20-2012
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By Philip Pullella
Pope Benedict wants to see Fidel Castro on his trip to Cuba next month but the meeting will depend on the health of the communist country's revolutionary leader
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Palestine -- Israel
The cool new Palestinians: geeks
02-20-2012
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Jackie Spinner
In the hip Ramallah coffee shop ZAMN, Yousef Ghandour laments the slow Wi-Fi as he launches the beta version of one of his many start-ups, a social networking site that allows users to travel through time to find connections.
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News Link • TAXES: Federal
Where's my Refund? glitch: When will it be fixed?
02-20-2012
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Mark Trumbull
A computer glitch has sidelined the 'Where's My Refund' feature on the IRS website. The IRS says the 'vast majority' of refunds are still being processed within the typical time frame.
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News Link • Transportation
Gas prices are highest ever for this time of year
02-20-2012
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CNBC
At $3.53 a gallon, prices are already up 25 cents since Jan. 1. And experts say they could reach a record $4.25 a gallon by late April.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • MEDIA (MainStreamMedia - aka MSM)
Anderson Cooper struggling to survive in daytime
02-20-2012
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By DAVID BAUDER
To celebrate the 100th episode of Anderson Cooper's daytime talk show in an hour that airs Monday, a giant cup of frozen hot chocolate topped with whipped cream was wheeled onto the set after its star interviewed a svelte Janet Jackson.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • European Union
Live: Decision day for Greece
02-20-2012
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By Esther Bintliff and John Aglionby
It’s decision day on the Greek bail-out. Or is it? Eurozone finance ministers are due to meet this afternoon to sign off on the €130bn bail-out to Greece.
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