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Date Sent: 2011-03-30
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Wednesday, March 30, 2011 PM edition |
Obama Mulls Arming Libyan Rebels -- CIA Operative Appointed to Run al-Qaeda Connected Libyan Rebels
56 killed in grisly Iraq hostage siege -- Afghan Governor Expelled as
Taliban Seize District -- Libya coalition launches 22 Tomahawk
strikes-US -- New Libya contact group to provide 'political direction'
-- JPMorgan CEO says Hundreds of Municipalities "Won't Make It" -- Fukushima: High Radiation Detected Outside The 20 Kilometer Evacuation Zone -- Is the Stock Market a Screaming Buy? -- Libya: Barack Obama says operation is example of ‘how world should work’ -- Alex Jones On RT: Al-Qaeda created by CIA -- A New Chernobyl: Fukushima Nuke Plant Now in Full Meltdown -- Kucinich: ‘We are not lapdogs for the president’ -- Uganda says it would consider granting asylum to Gaddafi -- Israeli minister proposes Gaza artificial island -- Documents: Two informants helped FBI in Fairbanks '241' militia bust --
Egypt’s military issues interim constitution -- Senate Dems to Boehner:
Ditch the tea party or shut down the government -- Jon Stewart: Obama
‘showed us the spreadsheet’ for Libya -- Could Declining House Values
Spark the Next Taxpayer Rebellion? -- Syria's President Assad vows to
defeat 'plot' -- Foreclosure-Gate: Lender Processing Services and The
‘Surrogate Signer’ Problem -- Obama on Libya: Defending the
Indefensible -- Largest Spam Source Shut Down -- Republican bill would
halt ‘unauthorized’ U.S. strikes in Libya
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News Link • WAR: About that War
CIA Operative Appointed to Run al-Qaeda Connected Libyan Rebels
03-30-2011
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prisonplanet.com
On Saturday, McClatchy reported that Khalifa Hifter, a former Gaddafi military officer, was appointed to lead the rebel army supported by the United Nations, the United States and the Globalist Coalition.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Japan - Earthquake Tsunami Radiation
Has Fukushima's Reactor No. 1 Gone Critical?
03-30-2011
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ecocentric.blogs.time.com/
To nuclear workers, there are few events more fearful than a criticality accident. In such a scenario, the fissile material in a reactor core--be it enriched uranium or plutonium--undergoes a spontaneous chain reaction, releasing a flash...
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Iraq
56 killed in grisly Iraq hostage siege
03-30-2011
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www.theglobeandmail.com
Wearing military uniforms over explosives belts, gunmen held a local Iraqi government center hostage Tuesday in a grisly siege that ended with the deaths of at least 56 people, including three councilmen who were executed with gunshots to the head.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Libya coalition launches 22 Tomahawk strikes-US
03-30-2011
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www.reuters.com
A coalition of countries conducting air strikes against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's forces launched 22 Tomahawk missiles in the last 24 hours, the Pentagon said on Tuesday.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Government
New Libya contact group to provide 'political direction'
03-30-2011
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www.france24.com
Leaders from more than 35 governments and NGOs meeting in London have agreed to set up a contact group to provide "political direction" to a post-Muammar Gaddafi Libya in coordination with the UN, African Union, Arab League and EU.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
JPMorgan CEO says Hundreds of Municipalities "Won't Make It"
03-30-2011
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EconomicPolicyJournal.com
Jamie Dimon: I wouldn’t panic about what I’m about to say. You’re going to see some municipalities not make it. I don’t think it’s going to shatter America, I just think it’s a part of the credit cycle.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • World News
Syrian president blames protests on 'conspirators'
03-30-2011
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news.yahoo.com
Syrian President Bashar Assad blamed "conspirators" Wednesday for an extraordinary wave of dissent against his authoritarian rule, but he failed to lift the country's despised emergency law or offer any concessions in his first speech since the prote
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Is the Stock Market a Screaming Buy?
03-30-2011
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dailybell.com
here are times in men's lives that provide enormous opportunity for the bold. This is one of them. Buy stocks now. Buy blue chips and not-so-blue chips. Buy. Buy more. Borrow and buy. But buy. Buy, Buy Buy!
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Obama Administration
Libya: Barack Obama says operation is example of ‘how world should work’
03-30-2011
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prisonplanet.com
The Libya operation is an example of how the world “should work” with the United States at the centre of a broad international coalition, according to Barack Obama.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Obama Administration
Obama Raises American Hypocrisy To A Higher Level
03-30-2011
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prisonplanet.com
What does the world think? Obama has been using air strikes and drones against civilians in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, and probably Somalia.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
Alex Jones On RT: Al-Qaeda created by CIA
03-30-2011
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prisonplanet.com
There is an increasing pressure from lawmakers in Washington, as well as from the American public for President Obama to be more specific in the strategy for Libya.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Japan - Earthquake Tsunami Radiation
A New Chernobyl: Fukushima Nuke Plant Now in Full Meltdown
03-30-2011
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prisonplanet.com
Reactor number two at the Fukushima Daiichi has gone into full meltdown, although this is not being reported by the corporate media. The core has melted through the floor of the containment building and is now releasing large amounts of radiation.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Government
Kucinich: ‘We are not lapdogs for the president’
03-30-2011
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RawStory.com
In a recent House debate on the president’s war powers, Congressman Dennis Kucinich delivered a fiery, impassioned speech in support of ending the Afghanistan war, now the longest in America’s history.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • World News
Uganda says it would consider granting asylum to Gaddafi
03-30-2011
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RawStory.com
Uganda would consider an asylum application from Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, as it would for anyone seeking refuge in the east African country, a minister said on Wednesday.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Israel - Palestine
Israeli minister proposes Gaza artificial island
03-30-2011
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RawStory.com
Israel is considering building an artificial island with sea and air ports off blockaded Gaza, as a long-term solution to shipping goods into the Hamas-run Palestinian enclave, the transport minister said.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Militia
Documents: Two informants helped FBI in Fairbanks '241' militia bust
03-30-2011
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Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
The FBI used two informants when investigating the alleged “241” murder plot, according to federal court documents unsealed Friday.
One informant was promoted to the “command staff” of Francis “Schaeffer “ Cox’s Peacemakers Militia in February; t
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Justin Tyme
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News Link • Government
Egypt’s military issues interim constitution
03-30-2011
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RawStory.com
Egypt's military rulers on Wednesday issued an interim constitution under which the transitional administration will run the country until elections allow power to be returned to an elected government.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
Senate Dems to Boehner: Ditch the tea party or shut down the government
03-30-2011
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RawStory.com
Senate Democrats on Tuesday posed an ultimatum to Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) on the budget: Bring your tea party "extremists" in line or prepare for a government shutdown come April 8.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Jon Stewart: Obama ‘showed us the spreadsheet’ for Libya
03-30-2011
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RawStory.com
Jon Stewart went to town analyzing President Barack Obama’s Monday night speech explaining our military action in Libya in his “America At Not-War” segment.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Housing
Could Declining House Values Spark the Next Taxpayer Rebellion?
03-30-2011
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OfTwoMinds.com/blog
You might think property taxes have declined 30%, paralleling declines in housing values. But nope--property tax revenues have shot up 27% just since 2006.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Government
Syria's President Assad vows to defeat 'plot'
03-30-2011
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www.bbc.co.uk
President Bashar al-Assad has told parliament Syria will defeat those behind a "plot" against his country. "Syria is a target of a big plot from outside," he said in his first speech since anti-government demonstrations erupted two weeks ago.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Militia
Young Hutaree suspect not what he seems, supporters say
03-30-2011
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Detroit Free Press
Todd Shanker, one of Stone Jr.'s lawyers, is another strong supporter.
In court documents, Shanker has argued there is "not a shred of evidence" to show that Stone Jr. knew of any plans to use weapons of mass destruction against local police of
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Justin Tyme
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News Link • Energy
Worker Loses a Laptop With Data on Thousands Who Filed Claims
03-30-2011
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online.wsj.com
BP PLC said Tuesday that a company laptop containing personal information on thousands of people who filed claims related to the Deepwater Horizon disaster has been missing for about a month.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Drugs and Medications
FDA chemist charged with insider trading
03-30-2011
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www.washingtonpost.com
As a chemist at the Food and Drug Administration, which screens medicines for sale to the public, Cheng Yi Liang had access to the kind of information that can move drug company stocks.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Japan - Earthquake Tsunami Radiation
There Might Be Re-Criticality At Fukushima: A Massive Explosion
03-30-2011
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ZeroHedge.com & forums.wallstreetexaminer.com/
Stonleigh says: “It looks like to cut costs TEPCO placed the spent fuel rods too close to each other. ReCriticality = massive explosion.”
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Internet
Amazon faces backlash over "music locker" service
03-30-2011
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www.reuters.com
A new Amazon.com Inc service that lets customers store songs and play them on a variety of phones and computers is facing a backlash from the music industry that could ignite a legal battle.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Climate Change
Sea Ice Going Fast
03-30-2011
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space.com
NASA's Project Icebridge estimates show that Artctic sea ice has now melted back to 1/2 the size of the continental U.S. (3,717,813 sq mi). Scientists like Tom Wagner are investigating how much more will melt and when.
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News Link • How To
Backyard Pool Produces Fruits, Veggies, Fish, and Chickens
03-30-2011
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news.change.org
It doesn't get much more local than your own backyard. While some folks plant veggie gardens, others use the yard space for an in-ground pool. One Arizona family wanted the best of both worlds.
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News Link • Entertainment: Movies
Atlas Shrugged Movie Assets
03-30-2011
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www.atlasshruggedpart1.com
Demand Atlas Shrugged to your town: http://www.AtlasShruggedPart1.com/get_involved / The Official Atlas Shrugged Movie Trailer. Atlas Shrugged Part 1 opens in theaters April 15th, 2011.
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News Link • Militia
Court: FBI had 2 Alaska informants in alleged plot
03-30-2011
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greenwichtime.com
The FBI used two informants when investigating a suspected plot to kill judges and law enforcement officials in Alaska, according to federal court documents.
Both informants had been working on the investigation into the "241" murder plot " an a
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Justin Tyme
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News Link • Military Industrial Complex
GE: "Imagination at Work" in Building the Corporate State
03-30-2011
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Miles Mogulescu, HuffPost
Watching Political Journalism on NBC (owned mostly by GE): "Meet the Press is Sponsored by GE: Imagination at Work" while a GE "Imagination at Work" logo filled the screen.
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • Media: Radio
Truth Squad Radio: BioPirates, Toxic Chemicals, and more…
03-30-2011
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Farm Wars
Deborah of Environmental Voices will join us as we discuss Biopiracy and the chemical poisoning of our planet.
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Barbara Peterson
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News Link • Bill of Rights
More states use familial DNA as powerful forensic search tool
03-30-2011
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Reuters
In familial DNA searches, authorities collect crime scene DNA and search for a near -- but not perfect -- match with existing DNA in the criminal database, presumably from an incarcerated blood relative of the yet unknown suspect.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Employment & Jobs
Private sector adds 201,000 jobs
03-30-2011
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Reuters
The U.S. labor market showed signs of further recovery in March, as private employers added jobs and planned layoffs fell. The U.S. labor market showed signs of further recovery in March, as private employers added jobs and planned layoffs fell, acco
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Biology, Botany and Zoology
Angry Wasps Capture Intruding Ants, Fly Away, Airdrop Them
03-30-2011
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LiveScience
What's a wasp to do when ants are ruining its picnic? Pick the little pests up and airdrop them out of the way, according to a new study. That's the strategy of the common yellow jacket wasp when competing with ants for food,
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Obama Administration
Obama's Libyan Lies
03-29-2011
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RealityReport.tv
http://RTR.org | http://RealityReport.tv | In this edition of the Reality Report, Gary Franchi reveals the lies behind President Obama's address to the nation on Libya and shoots down his justification to start an unconstitutional war. We have a cli
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Uncle Freedom
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News Link • Religion: Believers
Asherah Edited From Bible
03-30-2011
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arclein
In 1967, Raphael Patai was the first historian to mention that the ancient Israelites worshiped both Yahweh and Asherah. The theory has gained new prominence due to the research of Francesca Stavrakopoulou, who began her work at Oxford and is now a s
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robert klein
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Today on LewRockwell.com - Weds. March 30th 2011
03-30-2011
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LewRockwell.com
So Much Killing, So Many Führers - Those Lying Textbooks, Gary North on why economists shill for the Fed (hint: they're paid) - 9 Ways To Prepare for Food Inflation - 10 Great Old Space Movies
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
XCOR and ULA Update
03-30-2011
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arclein
March 22, 2011, Centennial, CO, and Mojave, CA, USA: United Launch Alliance (ULA) and XCOR Aerospace announced today their successful hot-fire demonstrations of a lighter-weight, lower-cost approach to liquid-fueled rocket-engine vacuum nozzles. Th
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robert klein
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News Link • Anthropology
PreColumbian Landscape Modification
03-30-2011
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arclein
A new study by Baylor University geology researchers shows that Native Americans' land use nearly a century ago produced a widespread impact on the eastern North American landscape and floodplain development several hundred years prior to the arriva
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robert klein
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News Link • Housing
Foreclosure Backlog Hits 30 Months As Option-ARM Cliff Arrives
03-30-2011
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ZeroHedge.com
Timelines continue to extend, with the average U.S. loan in foreclosure now having been delinquent for a record 537 days, and a full 30 percent of loans in foreclosure have not made a payment in over two years.
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News Link • Housing
Homebuilders pin hopes on retiring Baby Boomers
03-30-2011
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AZcentral.com
With relatively few working-age families willing or able to invest in a new home, older Baby Boomers, many of whom are in retirement or eyeing it, represent the best hope for some local homebuilders to keep busy.
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News Link • Housing
Foreclosure-Gate: Lender Processing Services and The ‘Surrogate Signer’ Problem
03-30-2011
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NakedCapitalism.com/
It refers to allegations that foreclosing lenders quite literally forged loan assignments. As in someone willingly signed someone else’s name on a dotted line, and managed to then have that document notarized and filed with the court.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Largest Spam Source Shut Down
03-30-2011
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arclein
The Rustock botnet, an international network of virus-infected computers, had for years generated billions of emails per day, promoting unlicensed online pharmacies and cut-price impotence pills.
But on Wednesday, security firms noticed email traf
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News Link • Government
Republican bill would halt ‘unauthorized’ U.S. strikes in Libya
03-29-2011
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Eric W. Dolan via RawStory.com
Two Republican congressmen have introduced legislation to the House of Representatives that would prevent the United States from carrying out further military operations in Libya until such actions were authorized by Congress.
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News Link • Social Security
Santorum: Abortion is slowly killing Social Security
03-29-2011
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Sahil Kapur via RawStory.com
Long-shot Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum said Tuesday that America's "abortion culture" is harming Social Security, reviving an ages-old argument largely confined to the fringe.
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News Link • Environment
EPA now verifies PA and Mass. OVER the limit for Iodine-131 in drinking water! 3300% above federal d
03/30/2011
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godlikeproductions.com
UPDATE: Radioactive Iodine-131 in Pennsylvania rainwater sample 3300% above federal drinking water standard
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