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Torche Gonzales lied to Congress. Do they care?
5-12-2006
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"When the Attorney General was forced to testify before the House Judiciary Committee a few weeks ago, he misled the Committee about the existence of the program." On April 6, 2006, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales testified before the Hou
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Poll: Bush approval drops to 29%
5-12-2006
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Harris Interactive Poll (WSJ)
President Bush’s job-approval rating has fallen to its lowest mark of his presidency, according to a new Harris Interactive poll. Of 1,003 U.S. adults surveyed in a telephone poll, 29% think Mr. Bush is doing an “excellent or pretty good” job as pres
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Venezuela hooligans wants to steal oil
5-12-2006
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Associated Press
Venezuela's congress, dominated by supporters of President Hugo Chavez, released a report recommending the state assume majority control of key heavy oil projects run by companies like Chevron Corp. and Exxon Mobil Corp. in its oil-rich Orinoco R
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Yahoo hoping US government will give it cover over obsequious kowtowing to China
5-12-2006
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Reuters
Yahoo Inc. said it was seeking the government's help in urging China to allow more media freedom, after reports linking information it gave to Chinese authorities with the jailing of a dissident. Last month, the Internet media company was cited i
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U.K. Will Ship Accused Hacker to U.S.
5-12-2006
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PC World
A British court approved a request by the US to extradite an unemployed systems administrator who allegedly caused $700,000 in damage by hacking into U.S. military and government computers.
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Animal rights activists get 40 years for grave robbery
5-12-2006
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Reuters
Four animal rights militants were jailed for 40 years on Thursday over the "appalling" desecration of the grave of a woman whose family bred guinea pigs for medical research.
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Bolivian commie defends stealing oil
5-12-2006
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AFP
Bolivian President Evo Morales said that foreign oil companies would not be compensated for oil and gas resources that have been nationalised, and EU president Austria called for explanations.
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The French subsidizing their own unionized airline, sacre bleu!
5-12-2006
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AFP
Irish low-cost airline Ryanair said it had filed a complaint with the EU competition watchdog over alleged illegal aid of $1.28 billion given to Air France by the French government. The airline said that Air France benefited from an unfair system for
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Republicans leaving the flock
5-11-2006
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Christian Science Monitor
Perhaps most disturbing to Mr. Bush is that he is losing Republicans. The Gallup poll showed a 13-point drop in one week among self-identified Republicans, from 81% to 68%. Frank Newport, Gallup's editor in chief, cautions against overinterpretin
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British government missed its chance to foil bombings
5-11-2006
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Associated Press
The government blamed a lack of funds, a too-slow buildup of intelligence staff in the wake of the 9/11 attacks on the US, and spies' failure to anticipate that British citizens would contemplate suicide attacks on their homeland.
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Bush denies spying on Americans invades privacy
5-11-2006
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Reuters
President Bush denied the government was "trolling through" Americans' personal lives, despite a report that a domestic spy agency was collecting phone records of tens of millions of citizens. Defending his administration's espionag
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Senate reaches agreement on immigration amnesty
5-11-2006
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Reuters
The plan that was last under consideration in the Senate " which included a controversial guest worker program " will largely proceed unchanged. It will be up to the House and Senate negotiators to come up with a plan to which they both can agree.
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When police want your DNA, now they want it from your relatives too
5-11-2006
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Associated Press
Searching DNA records has become a common practice in criminal investigations. Researchers now suggest this could be taken a step further by looking for close DNA matches that might lead police to a criminal through a relative.
They note that 46 p
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Tennessee proposes mandating ID for all beer sales
5-11-2006
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Associated Press
If the state's convenience stores have their way, anyone wanting a six-pack of beer in Tennessee soon will have to prove they are old enough to buy it, even if they look well over 21.
The state House approved legislation that would require all
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EU complains US stalls on renditions
5-11-2006
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Reuters
Members of the European Parliament, in Washington to investigate reports of secret CIA prisons and detainee transfers in Europe, complained on Thursday Bush administration officials stonewalled them.
"There was an exorbitant number of 'no
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Kentucky's Republican Governor indicted
5-11-2006
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Associated Press
A grand jury indicted Gov. Ernie Fletcher on misdemeanor charges, accusing him of illegally rewarding political supporters with state jobs since taking office 2 years ago. Fletcher was charged with conspiracy, official misconduct and violating a pro
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50-year mortgages!
5-11-2006
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USA Today
Those struggling to afford a home may be wondering how long their mortgage payments can be stretched out? The new answer: a half-century. A handful of lenders have begun offering 50-year adjustable-rate loans to buyers who need to keep payments low i
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Will your date to the prom pass their criminal background check?
5-11-2006
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AFP
Criminal background checks have sparked a senior prom controversy on Cape Cod after one school decided to run them on non-student dates. This is the first year the school has done criminal offender record, checks for non-student dates. Dockray's
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Congress demands answers on NSA phone record spying
5-11-2006
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Associated Press
Congressional Republicans and Democrats demanded answers from the Bush administration about a government spy agency secretly collecting records of ordinary Americans' phone calls to build a database of every call made within the country.
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Sheriff Joe bags one ... just one
5-11-2006
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Associated Press
Following a week of tough talk, a 250-member sheriff's posse that was assembled to catch illegal immigrants made just one arrest in its first desert search. The posse made up of Maricopa County sheriff's deputies and trained volunteers launch
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AT&T: Back together again
5-11-2006
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USA Today
AT&T's relationship with the federal government has been a century in the making. The company was founded in 1885 and over the next century became the nation's de facto phone monopoly. At its peak in the early 1980s, it employed 1 million peo
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Poland transmits pirate radio into totalitarian Belarus
5-11-2006
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Christian Science Monitor
It's a passion radio journalist Aliaxey Minchonak had to leave his country to indulge: sending his favorite rock music onto the airwaves.
Back home in Belarus, bands like "Independent Republic of Dreams" are forbidden - and so, it wo
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China: Team shopping
5-11-2006
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Christian Science Monitor
Fiona Li did what millions of Chinese shoppers do to find a bargain: she went online. A few clicks later, she had a lead on where to buy the items her brother wanted for his new apartment. Instead of reaching for her credit card, though, she jotted
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Laying more border fences
5-11-2006
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Associated Press
Much of Douglas, Arizona along the border is separated from Mexico by a fence consisting of 12-foot vertical metal bars, spaced inches apart to prevent illegal immigrants from squeezing through. Though these fences are criticized for shifting would-b
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Tax cut? The real deal
5-11-2006
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BusinessWeek
In recent years, Congress has made a fine art of gaming the tax code. But it has just outdone itself. It's about to pass a bill that includes a measure Congress is portraying to upper-income taxpayers as a big tax cut, while at the same time it c
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Gold hits $726 an ounce as stocks tumble
5-11-2006
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Reuters
U.S. stocks tumbled on Thursday, suffering their biggest drop in almost four months, as a jump in crude oil and gold prices stoked worries about inflation, consumer spending and more interest-rate hikes from the
Federal Reserve.
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Who Has Read Ben Bernanke's Book?
05-11-2006
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Bernanke leaves no doubt that he thinks the public has to have faith that the Fed is serious about controlling inflation. He repeatedly emphasizes the importance of conveying to the public that they are serious about inflation, and he has thought of
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Liberty Dollar in Quixotic Bid To Replace Greenback
05-11-2006
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By GARY SHAPIRO - Staff Reporter of the Sun
"'Do the Drop!' The best way to introduce the Liberty Dollar is to drop the Silver Liberty in someone's hand. Do not hand it to the cashier, Drop it! Hold the one ounce Silver Liberty a couple inches above the outreached palm and dro
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NSA has massive database of Americans' phone calls
05-11-2006
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USA Today
The National Security Agency has been secretly collecting the phone calls of tens of millions of Americans, using data provided by AT&T, Verizon and BellSouth, people with direct knowledge of the arrangement told USA TODAY.
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Aids testing to be introduced in Routine Physical Exams
05-11-2006
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All Headline News
According to the new US guidelines to be issued this summer, testing for HIV virus could become a routine test during physical examination.
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