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- Taxpayers foot the bill for Justice Department's $16 muffins - Washington Times
- The Justice Department spent more than $120 million in fiscal 2008 and 2009 to host law enforcement conferences across the country, many of which featured "extravagant and wasteful" costs for food, beverages and event planning, including spending $16 each for 250 muffins served at an August 2009 legal conference in Washington, D.C., a report said Tuesday.
- U.S. companies playing by Chinese cyber-rules - Checkpoint Washington - The Washington Post
- Although the United States is at the forefront of nations supporting freedom of expression online, voluntary codes of ethical conduct so far have not worked.
- Child Brings Mom’s Crack Pipe For Show-And-Tell « CBS St. Louis
- A Missouri mother was arrested this month after her son pulled out methamphetamine and his mother’s crack pipe during a show-and-tell for his class.
- Paul Ryan, Herman Cain Push For Tax Increases On Middle Class
- WASHINGTON -- Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) said on Sunday that House Republicans would oppose President Barack Obama's payroll tax cuts for both employers and employees, arguing that the policy had already failed to provide a sufficient boost to the economy. "It hasn't worked," Ryan said, suggesting the current temporary tax cut should be allowed to expire, which will amount to a 50 percent tax hike on workers making less than $106,000 per year.
- Native New England cottontail rabbits disappearing | Reuters
- CONWAY, Mass (Reuters) - The New England cottontail rabbit, in sharp decline for decades throughout the Northeast, is on the verge of disappearing from several states, with the reason somewhat a mystery,
- Atlanta increases surveillance of city | ajc.com
- Plans to put Atlanta’s public spaces under camera surveillance will move forward this week with the opening of a state-of-the-art video monitoring center.
- Italy downgrade adds to eurozone contagion fears | Business | guardian.co.uk
- Standard & Poor's drops credit rating to A from A+, blaming sluggish economy and ineffective government reforms
- Urgent law change to sidestep court ruling on police undercover filming - National - NZ Herald News
- The Government plans to rush through an urgent law change next week to allow secret filming on private property by police.
- London Philharmonic Suspends Musicians for anti-Israel Remarks | Opinion Maker
- "According to The Guardian, musicians sanctioned after they signed a letter condemning the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra as an instrument of Israeli
- TSA fires 28 bag screeners at Hawaii airport | AHN
- TSA fires 28 bag screeners at Hawaii airport
- How to Win in Court - Step-by-Step!
- Step-by-Step Self-Help for Pro Se Litigants
- 'Obama was born in Kenya': Ex 50's star Pat Boone comes out as a 'birther' | Mail Online
- The Fifties' crooner was filmed saying the President's long-form birth certificate, which was sensationally released in April, was a 'photoshopped fraud'.
- Activist Post: Whistleblowers reveal tight-knit relationship between U.S. officials and drug cartels
- OnStar Begins Spying On Customers’ GPS Location For Profit - Wilders Security Forums
- OnStar Begins Spying On Customers’ GPS Location For Profit privacy problems
- Activist Post: Prescription Drug Deaths Now Outnumber Traffic Fatalities in U.S.
- Rash of bank downgrades signals return to ‘danger zone:' IMF - The Globe and Mail
- Financial market angst spreading from troubled government finances to troubled banks
- Zelikow: 9/11 Master Criminal Appointed By Obama | Veterans Today
- Welcome to Boston, Mr. Rumsfeld. You Are Under Arrest. | AlterNet
- Greece Cuts Wages, Pensions to Clinch Aid - Bloomberg
- Greece said it will accelerate budget cuts to keep emergency loans flowing, extending austerity measures that have deepened a recession and failed to ease doubts that it can avoid default.
- Berlusconi Faces Vote on Ally’s Arrest - Bloomberg
- Italy’s Parliament rejected a request to authorize the arrest of a former aide to Finance Minister Giulio Tremonti, in a show of unity of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s government amid Europe’s debt crisis.
- Jaycee Lee Dugard, who was held captive for almost two decades by Phillip and nancy Garrido has filed a lawsuit against the united states government for her abuse. - KTXL
- The complaint filed on behalf of Jaycee Lee Dugard does not seek a specific amount for the circumstances she endured, but rather asks a judge to make a settlement decision after a case is presented.
- Why have 165 people gone missing from cruise ships in recent years? | Mail Online
- What is happening to all these passengers who simply vanish while at sea, never to be seen again- like Rebecca Coriam, pictured? Are they the victims of a sinister crime wave?
- FBI's 'Stingray' Cellphone Tracker Stirs a Fight Over Search Warrants, Fourth Amendment - WSJ.com
- New technologies used by law enforcement to track people's locations, often without a search warrant, are driving a constitutional debate about whether the Fourth Amendment, which prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures, is keeping pace with the times.
- Mayor Michael Nutter Sends Proposed Changes Of The Curfew Law To Philadelphia City Council « CBS Philly
- On Thursday, the Nutter Administration unveiled its plan to permanently tighten the city's curfew law with earlier hours. Several changes are in store, including different curfew hours for different ages.
- Monsanto Denies Superinsect Science | Mother Jones
- The deep web: The new map of the undersea cables keep the world clicking | Mail Online
- A new online map shows the undersea cables that keep the web working - and should help ships steer clear.
- PressTV - GI admits sport killing in Afghanistan
- A US trooper admits to killing Afghan civilians for sport.
- Occupy Wall Street Protests: Demostrators Demand Release Of 8 Unlawfully Arrested Tonight
- The Occupy Wall Street Protests Continue On Day 5 - Demonstrators Demand Release Of 8 Protestors, Including Media Member Filming Protests, Unlawfully Arrested By NYC Police.
- Obama administration shelves long-term care plan - Forbes.com
- Morgan Freeman: Obama Made Racism Worse, Tea Party Will Do 'Whatever [It] Can To Get This Black Man Outta Here' | NewsBusters.org
- BBC News - Speed-of-light results under scrutiny at Cern
- Scientists discuss the anomalous but exciting find that neutrinos appear to have travelled faster than the apparently unbreakable barrier of light speed.
- In Pictures: BP oil spill damage continues - In Pictures - Al Jazeera English
- Two Louisiana beaches were closed to the public after Tropical Storm Lee uncovered huge tar and oil mats.
- Wall St Crash, Black Wednesday, collapse of Lehman Brothers... all were hit in September. So is history about to repeat itself? | Mail Online
- Wall St Crash, Black Wednesday, collapse of Lehman Brothers... all were hit in September. Will history repeat itself?
- Israelis largely support calls for Palestinian state, say protesters | World news | The Guardian
- Claims backed by survey showing that 70% of Israelis believe country should accept decision if UN votes in favour of move
- Missing Apollo 17 moon rock worth $10m found in Bill Clinton's files | Mail Online
- The valuable rock was one of 50 presented to each state after the 1972 space mission and has been missing since at least 1980.
- Prostate Biopsy Doubles Risk of Hospitalization for Men in Study - Bloomberg
- Men who receive prostate cancer biopsies are more than twice as likely to end up in the hospital from complications than those who don’t get the procedure, a report says, highlighting risks with the practice.
- Japanese tsunami survivors use lookalike dolls to help mourn dead - Telegraph
- Dolls resembling people who died in the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disasters in Japan are helping survivors mourn the loss of their loved ones.
- NYC Police Trap Peaceful Female Protestors Inside A Fence Then Mace Them! #OccupyWallStreet
- NYC cops step up indiscriminate use of force against peaceful Occupy Wall Street protestors, trapping female protestors inside a fence and then macing the caged animals.
- 9-11 Cop Breaks Silence | American Free Press
- Professor Sues Pittsburgh for Zapping Her With Weapon Developed to Fight Terrorists | Republic Broadcasting Network
- Kevin Koeninger Courthouse News Service PITTSBURGH (CN) - An English professor says she suffered permanent hearing loss, nausea, pain and disorientation
- Occupy Wall St. women arrested for asking not to be manhandled by police. - YouTube
- This is the live stream of the occupy wall street group of a women being arrested for no reason just for asking not to be touched while walking during the pr...
- Jews at US Colleges and Universities | The Occidental Observer - White Identity, Interests, and Culture
- Polish man’s visit a nightmare - Winnipeg Free Press
- COMING to Canada for the first time to visit family and see the Rockies turned into a nightmare for ... - Latest News - Winnipeg Free Press.
- NEW YORK HAS BECOME ‘THE ONLY DEMOCRACY IN THE USA’ ~~ PHOTOS AND VIDEO « Desertpeace
- The last Ole! Bullfighting comes to an end in Catalonia - Telegraph
- Almost seven hundred years of Catalan bullfighting history ended last night with the final death blow dealt by its hometown hero.
- Plan B: Flood the markets - Telegraph
- Meeting halls A and B in HQ1 of the International Monetary Fund’s concrete plaza of buildings in Washington are a drab affair. Bare walls, muted browns and hovering interpreters’ booths perfectly capture the characterless functionality of the world’s economic watchdog.
- Tightening the Noose: France Bans Cash Sales of Gold/Silver over $600 | Real News Reporter
- Armed Agents Kidnap Child From Mother Who Used Holistic Treatments Instead of Pharmaceutical Drugs | Real News Reporter
- MUST SEE RAW VIDEO - Peaceful Female Protesters Penned And Maced By Police At Wall Street Occupation - Home - The Daily Bail
- Anthony Bologna - ANONYMOUS Identifies NYPD Officer Who MACED Innocent Wall Street Protesters - Home - The Daily Bail
- BadCop d0x - Pastebin.com
- Lawsuit: Obama visit caused $676K in airport damage - Boston Business Journal
- President Barack Obama's entourage for a 2010 visit to Massachusetts caused $676,048...
- OnStar kills plan to track ex-subscribers
- In the face of a full-on revolt from users and pressure from Congress, Drudge Report and other media outlets, General Motors' OnStar service just announced it was reversing plans to keep tracking vehicles of its 6 million subscribers if they cancel the service. Now once it's off, it's off.
- Massapequa Park To Use Sensors To Detect Illegally Parked Vehicles « CBS New York
- Massapequa Park will be the first Long Island municipality to use electronic sensors embedded in the street to detect illegally parked vehicles.
- Perdue jokes about suspending Congressional elections for two years | newsobserver.com projects
- Wife of Mexican drug lord gives birth in US - Taiwan News Online
- Voice of the People, Bridge to the World - Wife of Mexican drug lord gives birth in US
- Genetically Modified Beagle Glows : Discovery News
- "Tegon" glows bright green under ultraviolet light in a feat that could eventually help scientists track diseases.
- Lab chimps see daylight for first time in 30 years | The Sun |News
- CHIMPANZEES' well earned freedom after living their whole lives inside as test animals
- Germany slams 'stupid' US plans to boost EU rescue fund - Telegraph
- Germany and America were on a collision course on Tuesday night over the handling of Europe's debt crisis after Berlin savaged plans to boost the EU rescue fund as a "stupid idea" and told the White House to sort out its own mess before giving gratuitous advice to others.
- AutoZone Billionaire Pumps Fortune Into Cancer Fight - Bloomberg
- In the 15 years since J.R. “Pitt” Hyde was diagnosed with prostate cancer, the founder of AutoZone Inc. has devoted the largest single portion of his billion-dollar fortune to searching for a cure.
- Fukushima Desolation Worst Since Nagasaki as Residents Flee - Bloomberg
- Beyond the police roadblocks that mark the no-go zone around Japan’s wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant, six-foot tall weeds invade rice paddies and vines gone wild strangle road signs along empty streets.
- hawaiian-paradise-ghost-town-kukuiula-marketwatch: Personal Finance News from Yahoo! Finance
- Personal Finance, real-estate
- Putin Will Run for Russian Presidency, Seeking Longest Tenure Since Stalin - Bloomberg
- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin announced he will run again for the presidency next year, setting up the possibility of becoming the country’s longest- serving leader since Josef Stalin.
- NYC Police Force Occupy Wall Street Protest To Pee Her Pants
- Shame on you NYPD for the humiliation of this Wall St protester forced to pee her pants! The world is watching you Wall Street
- #OccupyWallStreet - NYC Cops Physically Assault Female Protestors Behind Fence
- Video of NYC police assaulting girls barricaded behind a fence along with a slow motion analysis of NYPD going rogue and pepper spraying girls because a man they were with ran into the road.
- 100 New York Police Officers Boycott In Solidarity with Wall Street Protesters
- There are unconfirmed reports that over 100 New York City Police are refusing to show up for working following the unprovoked police brutality and violence against peaceful Wall Street protestors.
- D.C. tests disaster planning in city-wide drill - WTOP.com
- Hurricane Zoe, a Category 2 storm, damaged a large number of District homes, caused major roads to flood and left more than 87,000 D.C. residents without power. That fabricated scenario was the setting for a full-scale exercise performed by D.C.'s Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency Wednesday.
- TRENDING: Cain: Black community ‘brainwashed’ into voting for Dems – CNN Political Ticker - CNN.com Blogs
- Washington (CNN) -- The one African-American running for the GOP presidential nomination said Wednesday the black community was 'brainwashed' for traditionally siding with liberal politicians.
- Hugo Chavez Rushed to Emergency Room with Kidney Failure, Says Report | Fox News Latino
- Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez is reportedly suffering from kidney failure.
- European Debt Crisis: Debt Inspectors Back in Greece, Protests Swell - CNBC
- Greek civil servants blocked the doors of government ministries on Thursday in protest against austerity measures, disrupting the start of talks with the EU and IMF on an aid tranche Athens needs to avoid bankruptcy.
- Obama’s Buffett Rule Backed by 63% of Investors - Bloomberg
- Global investors overwhelmingly support President Barack Obama’s proposed tax increase for those earning annual incomes of $1 million or more in an effort to reduce the deficit.
- Iran equips marine forces with 'cruise' missile - Yahoo! News
- Read 'Iran equips marine forces with 'cruise' missile' on Yahoo! News. Iran has equipped its naval forces with a short range "cruise missile," able to hit targets in costal areas and warships within "200 kilometres (125 miles), the country's defence minister was quoted as saying on Wednesday.
- Israeli West Bank Annexation Bill
- FBI foils Rezwan Ferdaus's plot to attack Pentagon with toy plane packed with explosives | Mail Online
- Rezwan Ferdaus, 26, a U.S. citizen, was also charged with attempting to provide support and resources to the al Qaeda group in order to carry out attacks on U.S. soldiers stationed overseas.
- NYPD Violently Elbows Peaceful Female #OccupyWallStreet Protestor Knocking Her To The Ground
- Slow motion video of an arrest of a peaceful female occupy Wall Street protestor shows the police violently elbowing her and knocking her to the ground
- Russell Simmons Joins #OccupyWallStreet Saying He Will Bring Hundreds Of Thousands
- Media Mogul Russel Simmons now at Occupy Wall Street after telling MSNBC earlier he was joining the protests and promising bring hundreds of thousands out to NYC
- DUI Charges Dropped Against Drunk Cop Who Killed Motorcyclist : Federal Jack
- Dozens arrested in drug raid at Boeing plant ‹ Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
- Federal agents raided a Boeing plant that makes military helicopters in suburban Philadelphia on Thursday and charged more than three…
- New Fast and Furious docs released by White House - CBS News Investigates - CBS News
- Documents show extensive communications between then-ATF Special Agent who led Fast and Furious, and then-White House National Security Staffer Read more by Sharyl Attkisson on CBS News' CBS News Investigates.
- Police Arrest More Than 700 Protesters on Brooklyn Bridge - NYTimes.com
- The police arrested more than 700 demonstrators from the Occupy Wall Street protests who took to the roadway as they tried to cross the Brooklyn Bridge. Early Sunday morning, some of those released were trickling out of precincts in Manhattan.
- Judge Rules Florida Prison Privatization Unconstitutional | ThinkProgress
- California To Quit Foreclosure Settlement Talks
- The state of California is pulling out of multi-state negotiations with large U.S. banks to resolve allegations of mortgage abuses, according to a letter obtained by Reuters, dealing a sharp blow to long-running efforts to secure a broad settlement.
- UCB Food Chain Sampling Results | The Nuclear Engineering Department At UC Berkeley
- Anti-Wall Street Protests Reach ‘Prime Time’ - Bloomberg
- Anti-Wall Street protests escalated with more than 700 arrests over the weekend, thrusting the once- dwindling demonstrations into the national spotlight.
- Obama impeachment a possibility, says Ron Paul - Dan Hirschhorn - POLITICO.com
- “We have just totally disrespected the Constitution," Paul says of the Al Qaeda cleric's killing.
- Hank Williams Jr. Likens Obama To Hitler | RealClearPolitics
- Countrysinger Hank Williams Jr. likened President Obama and John Boehner's playing golf a few weeks ago to Hitler and [Israeli PM Benjamin] Netanyahu.
- House Republicans Request Special Counsel To Probe Holder On 'Fast And Furious' | Fox News
- EXCLUSIVE: House Republicans are calling for a special counsel to determine whether Attorney General Eric Holder perjured himself during his testimony to the House Judiciary Committee on Operation Fast and Furious, Fox News has learned.
- Bernanke Signals Some Sympathy for Wall Street Protesters - Washington Wire - WSJ
- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke signaled some sympathy for the demonstrators protesting in New York and other cities against Wall Street and corporate greed.
- ATF Fast and Furious: New documents show Attorney General Eric Holder was briefed in July 2010 - CBS News Investigates - CBS News
- Documents contradict Holder's statement to Congress in May 2011 about controversial policy Read more by Sharyl Attkisson on CBS News' CBS News Investigates.
- Lori Dorn, Breast Cancer Survivor, Has Humiliating Patdown, Breats Touched By TSA Agent at JFK Airport « CBS New York
- Although October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, it seems some TSA agents aren't very aware when it comes to compassion.
- Italy downgrade deepens fears over euro debt crisis | Business | guardian.co.uk
- Ratings agency Moody's slashes Italy debt rating by three points, increasing pressure on European governments trying to contain financial crisis
- Giant Asteroid Vesta Has Mountain Taller Than Anything on Earth | Asteroid Vesta & Vesta Images | NASA's Dawn Spacecraft | Space.com
- NASA's Dawn spacecraft has uncovered new details about the asteroid Vesta, including a massive mountain in the space rock's southern hemisphere that is one of the largest in the solar system. The probe also revealed the diverse composition of Vesta's surf
- China currency sanctions hit snag on Capitol Hill - Washington Times
- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says the China currency bill is the most important jobs legislation Congress can enact, while House Speaker John A. Boehner calls it "dangerous" and the White House has refused to take a stand.
- NREL | Green Jobs Farm | Colorado | Stimulus | The Daily Caller
- 'Green jobs' farm in Colorado sheds jobs after receiving $200M in stimulus funds | Denver Post reports the lab plans to eliminate between 100 and 150 of its 1,350 jobs
- Bernanke criticises China over currency - FT.com
- The chairman of the US Federal Reserve has accused China of damaging prospects for a global economic recovery through its deliberate intervention in the currency market to hold down the value of the renminbi. Speaking just hours after the Chinese
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