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Cheney Accused of Blocking Californian Bid to Cut Car Fumes

News – The US vice-president, Dick Cheney, was behind a controversial decision to block California's attempt to impose tough emission limits on car manufacturers, according to insiders at the government Environmental Protection Agency.

Voted for on January 15, 2008 07:18am

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Washington's Phobia of Global Treaties

Do No Evil – Three quarters of the world's countries have signed an international agreement to ban antipersonnel landmines. The Ottawa Mine Ban Treaty - to never again use, produce, acquire, or export these so-called "hidden killers" of civilians - reached its 10th anniversary this month. But the United States is still not a signatory.

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Israel Upholds Use of Cluster Bombs
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Israel Upholds Use of Cluster Bombs

News – The Israeli army on Monday said it will not press charges against officers who ordered the use of cluster bombs during last year's war in Lebanon, brushing off international criticism that the weapons unnecessarily put Lebanese civilians at risk.

Voted for on January 15, 2008 07:18am

Bill Kristol Calls Ron Paul a  Crackpot
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Bill Kristol Calls Ron Paul a Crackpot

Politics – Kristol is horrified that Ron Paul wants to question some of the past and current practices of the biggest government in the history of the world, to call us away from empire and the corporate state, and to our constitutional republican origins. And note Kristol s identification of the American nation with the central government. To be quot;anti-A

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Yankees owe $23.88 million in luxury tax
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Yankees owe $23.88 million in luxury tax

Sports – The New York Yankees did accomplish something this year: They lowered their luxury tax for the second straight season.

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Crack-vs.-powder disparity is questioned

News – During some of the bloodiest years of the drug wars of the 1980s, crack was seen as far more dangerous than powdered cocaine, and that perception was written into the sentencing laws. But now that notion is under attack like never before.

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Courageous Nonviolence - nonviolent approaches to peacemaking

Religion – One wonders what might happen if the Christian world became serious about exploring the full possibilities of applying nonviolent methods of seeking peace to unjust, violent situations around the world. All Christians claim to believe Jesus: "Blessed are the peacemakers ...". But the 20th century was the bloodiest in human history.

Voted for on January 15, 2008 07:18am

USAF's F-15 Woes Continue to Unfold
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USAF's F-15 Woes Continue to Unfold

News – It appears that the problems with F-15 are more than just skin deep. The aircraft, which has been in service for more than 30 years, continues to the hug the ground instead of protecting the skies over the United States.

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 Most travel goes smooth on Christmas eve
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Most travel goes smooth on Christmas eve

Travel – Many Christmas Eve travelers around the country got what they wished for - few airport delays and highways that were mostly clear, despite a deadly weekend snowstorm in the Plains and the Midwest.

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Food pantry project taking health care to needy
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Food pantry project taking health care to needy

Health & Fitness – Food pantries have long aimed to help heal hunger. A new project aims to see how well they can help heal high blood pressure, diabetes and other ailments, too.

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TomTom GO 300

Gadgets & Tech – Although the feature will not be available in Australia until late next year, the GO 300 allows users to receive traffic and weather reports through any GPRS-enabled phone using a Bluetooth connection.

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Kerry threatens NFL if Patriots-Giants not on NBC

Sports – With the New England Patriots now one win away from finishing the regular season undefeated, Sen. John Kerry is stepping up his campaign to get the final game broadcast on national television.

Voted for on January 15, 2008 07:17am

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YouTube - Ron Paul Interview 1988

Politics – When Ron Paul was running as a Libertarian. See what his views were 19 years ago.

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In Christmas homily, pope deplores selfishness, harm to environment

Religion – Pope Benedict XVI on Tuesday used his Christmas homily to speak out against selfishness and the degradation of the environment as he celebrated midnight mass at Saint Peter's Basilica.

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Legal analyst: In wrong hands, FBI biometric info 'can follow you forever'

Politics – A newly announced FBI plan to catalog precise physical characteristics of individuals around the world -- a vast $1 billion dollar project that makes the bureau's fingerprint database look quaint by comparison -- is raising eyebrows among critics who worry about how the data may be used.

Voted for on January 15, 2008 07:17am