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Gun class for Utah teachers
10-14-2006
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desertnews.com
School districts have long grappled with the guns on campus issue. Federal law (unconstitutionally) bans weapons from school property. But Utah law now makes clear schools can't prevent people with concealed-weapons permits from carrying firearm
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Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Feds arrest fake-cop rapist suspect
10-14-2006
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cnn.com
Federal officials arrested a man Friday who they believe was posing as a police officer and raping young girls on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation. Only two of the girls reported the rapes because they thought they had been attacked by an actual po
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Corruption
Shimkus says GOP mishandled page scandal
10-14-2006
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AP
"I think there's stuff that everybody would have done differently" in hindsight, said Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), after he testified for more than 3 hours before the House ethics committee. The panel is investigating former Rep. Foley
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Bush Administration
Whitehouse denies it is just using evengelicals
10-14-2006
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AP
A former Bush aide claims that evangelical Christians were embraced for political gain at the White House but derided privately as "nuts,""ridiculous" and "goofy." The allegations"denied by the White House"are in a new b
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Military
SEAL falls on grenade to save comrades
10-14-2006
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AP
A Navy SEAL sacrificed his life to save his comrades by throwing himself on top of a grenade Iraqi insurgents tossed into their sniper hideout, fellow members of the elite force said.
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Anthropology
Monolith perhaps largest found in Mexico
10-14-2006
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AP
Archaeologists announced that a monolith discovered earlier this month near Mexico City's main square is perhaps the largest ever unearthed in the city's center. The monolith is rectangular and measures nearly 13 feet on its longest side
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United Nations
Finally, a Ban on the UN
10-14-2006
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Reuters
The next secretary-general of the UN, Ban Ki-moon of South Korea, pledged to be a decisive leader and cautioned those who call him low-key not to mistake him for a pushover. "I may look low-key or (be) soft-spoken but that does not mean that I l
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WAR: About that War
Shiites push for British troops to leave
10-14-2006
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AP
Many Shiites in this southern port city say they want British troops to leave, though the region is still bloodied by a persistent grind of killings, including Sunni insurgent bombings and Shiite-on-Shiite slayings amid a competition for political co
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TERRORISM
U.S. citizen facing execution in Iraq
10-14-2006
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AP
The Iraqi judge initially appeared ready to drop the charges against [US citizen] Munaf, his lawyers contend. But after meeting privately with the 2 US military officials, he convicted Munaf and sentenced him to death, the lawyers say.
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Feature Article • More about Politics: Libertarian Campaigns
Deliberately ignoring candidates who lack ad money (part 1)
Powell Gammill
I reluctantly write this, but my eyes are slowly being opened to political censorship with nation-wide implications. Examples of it are rampant in my home state of Arizona, and I suspect throughout the nation.
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WAR: About that War
Beleaguered Blair agrees: 'Withdraw from Iraq'
10-13-2006
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BBC
Tony Blair has said he agrees with "every word" the new head of the British Army said on the Iraq war. General Sir Richard Dannatt said he thought UK troops "exacerbated" security problems and should withdraw "sometime soon**
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Corruption
Former Foley staffer testifies before ethics panel
10-13-2006
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New York Daily News
Kirk Fordham, once Foley's chief of staff, detailed under oath his contention that he warned House Speaker Dennis Hastert's office about Foley's interest in boys years ago. Foley, a Florida Republican,
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Corruption
Rep. Bob Ney pleads guilty to bribery
10-13-2006
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AP
Rep. Bob Ney (R-OH) pleaded guilty to bribery charges stemming from the Jack Abramoff influence-peddling investigation. The first member of Congress convicted in a scandal that has tainted the White House and Capitol Hill. Says he won't resign.
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Housing
Home prices drop largest in 13 years
10-13-2006
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Voice of San Diege
The overall median home price in the country in September was $22,000 lower than it was last year, dropping 4.42 percent to $476,000, DataQuick Information Systems reported Wednesday. The drop was the biggest dollar-amount plunge
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WAR: About that War
Coroner: U.S. murdered British TV reporter
10-13-2006
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AP
A coroner ruled that U.S. forces unlawfully killed a British television journalist in the opening days of the Iraq war. Died after U.S. fire hit a civilian minivan being used as an ambulance and struck him in the head.
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Media: Radio
Air America radio files Chapter 11
10-13-2006
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AP
Air America Radio, a liberal talk and news radio network, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, a network official told the AP. The network had denied rumors just a month ago that it would file for bankruptcy, but on Friday Air America said
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Precious Metals
Gold Dinar as Investment
10-13-2006
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Business Times
(Just make sure you live in a place where there isn't much oil) Question: What would it take to convince you that gold coins are a better investment for your hard-earned cash compared to properties or fixed deposits?
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Police State
Real ID has Real problems
10-13-2006
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PC World
Chief among the questions: Which machine-readable technology will the new IDs use? The Department of Police Statism, working with states and with DMV agents, was supposed to set up guidelines on this basic but critical topic.
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World News
Bangladesh Bankers to the poor win Nobel Peace Prize
10-13-2006
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Reuters
Bangladeshi economist Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank he founded won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for grassroots efforts to lift millions out of poverty that earned him the nickname of "banker to the poor".
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Feature Article • More about Humor
PROP 201 And Beyond
Dave Gallagher
With all eyes on the looming November elections and the controversial ballot referendum to largely ban smoking throughout the state, few Arizonans are aware of Prop. 1201 and it's sinister cousin Prop. 1206.
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Iran
US General: Strikes on Iran possible by 2007
10-13-2006
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ynetnews
US Air Force General reveals details of possible US aerial offensive against Iran should diplomacy fail to solve dispute over Tehran's nuclear ambition; says 'doing it alone' is not an option for Israel
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WAR: About that War
General seeks UK Iraq withdrawal
10-13-2006
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BBC
The presence of UK armed forces in Iraq "exacerbates the security problems" and they should "get out some time soon", the head of the British Army has said.
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Voting - Election Integrity
U.S. Elections Assistance Commission Withheld Report Showing 'Voter Fraud' Not a Problem!
10-13-2006
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Brad blog
The U.S. Elections Assistance Commission (EAC) is now doing the bidding of the RNC. The EAC commissioned, received, and then buried a report concerning the issue of Voter Fraud when they didn't like the results they received.
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Foreign Policy
U.S. ambassador criticizes Italy on defense spending
10-13-2006
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Reuters
The U.S. ambassador, in a rare case of a diplomat openly criticizing a host nation's spending plans, has said Italy's shrinking military outlays put at risk its ability to finance NATO missions and wield strategic influence.
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Central Intelligence Agency
Tip Off
10-13-2006
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Newsweek
An unsolicited remark from Porter Goss, then chairman House Intelligence Committee, led a British journalist to unravel many of the details of the CIA’s controversial “extraordinary rendition” program, according to a new book.
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Police State
By 2016, cameras on 'almost every block'
10-13-2006
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Chicago Sun Times
Security and terrorism won't be an issue if Chicago wins the right to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games because, by that time, there'll be a surveillance camera on every corner, Mayor Daley said.
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WAR: About that War
Baker's Panel Rules Out Iraq Victory
10-13-2006
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NY Sun
A commission formed to assess the Iraq war and recommend a new course has ruled out the prospect of victory for America, according to draft policy options shared with The New York Sun by commission officials.
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WAR: About that War
US 'head shot' kills British camera man
10-13-2006
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Raw Story
A shot to the head from US forces has killed a British camera man, according to this report filed by the UK's Channel 4.
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WAR: About that War
UK minister urged Aljazeera bombing
10-13-2006
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Aljazeera
David Blunkett, the UK's former home secretary, has said that during the 2003 invasion of Iraq he suggested to Tony Blair that Britain's military should bomb Aljazeera's television transmitter in Baghdad.
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Corruption
Abramoff figure Rep. Ney to plead guilty
10-13-2006
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AP
Pressed by Republican House colleagues to resign, Rep. Bob Ney is the first congressman to fall in the Jack Abramoff influence-peddling case, a controversy that has reached the Bush White House and Capitol Hill.
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