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Politics – A watchdog group filed complaints with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) and the Senate Ethics Committee Wednesday against Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama over a discounted mortgage he received from Northern Trust.
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Voted for on July 10, 2008 03:41pm
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News – A group of unidentified gunmen opened fire Wednesday on Turkish security guards outside the U.S. Consulate in Istanbul, the Turkish authorities said, and at least three police officers and three assailants were killed.
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(iht.com)
Voted for on July 10, 2008 07:50am
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Money – So, Ben, what is the exact definition of "unusual and exigent circumstances"? When exactly are these over and who decides? Again -- we are now getting into a really gray area for which there is no answer. But, again, I can tell you what this looks like: Privatize the profits and socialize the losses.
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(huffingtonpost.com)
Sunk on July 09, 2008 05:24pm
News – Newly discovered DNA evidence in the JonBenet Ramsey murder case does not match any Ramsey family members or anyone in law enforcement DNA databases.
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(9news.com)
Voted for on July 09, 2008 05:00pm
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Health & Fitness – In other words, at the same time the American Medical Association and federal lawmakers are proclaiming that pot has no established medical value, Big Pharma is in a frenzy to bring dozens of new, cannabis-based medicines to market.
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(huffingtonpost.com)
Sunk on July 09, 2008 02:19pm
Politics – Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki publicly announced his countries position that any agreement with the US Government must have a timetable for US troop withdrawal and no US bases in Iraq unless they are controlled by Iraq and not the USA
News – For many Colombians, no other recent event comes close. The rescue of Ingrid Betancourt and 14 fellow hostages not only ended a tragic ordeal - it also bloodlessly humiliated the Farc guerrillas with an unprecedented show of military cunning.
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Voted for on July 09, 2008 07:51am
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Do No Evil – A family courageously and successfully protects its 55 acres of private property from a huge fire and a swarm of incompetent and expensive government fire parasites. The penalty: jail.
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(latimes.com)
Voted for on July 09, 2008 07:51am
Pets – Animal rights activists and ranchers are clashing over a federal proposal to euthanize wild horses as a way to deal with their surplus numbers.
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(news.yahoo.com)
Voted for on July 09, 2008 07:50am
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Politics – The percentage of voters who give Congress good or excellent ratings has fallen to single digits for the first time in Rasmussen Reports tracking history. This month, just 9% say Congress is doing a good or excellent job.
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(rasmussenreports.com)
Voted for on July 08, 2008 01:29pm
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Politics – Even though McCain has agreed to an $84.1 million spending cap by accepting public funds--a decision he likes to portray as a principled stand against the corrupting influence of money on politics--at least double that sum will be spent on his behalf thanks to loopholes in the law that allow largely unregulated "soft money" contributions.
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(blog.newsweek.com)
Sunk on July 08, 2008 08:22am
Politics – For months, a sense of dread has been percolating within Republican circles over potentially massive congressional losses in 2008. Facing the possibility of a more pronounced minority status in the House and more than a couple seats lost in the Senate, the GOP has begun setting its sights on a contingency plan: redistricting.
News – COLUMBIA, South Carolina (CNN) -- Unless a federal court intervenes, South Carolina drivers may soon be able to profess their Christian faith with a state-issued license plate.
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(cnn.com)
Voted for on July 08, 2008 08:12am
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Do No Evil – Torture advocated, secret armies and prisons encouraged, ignoring habeas corpus for anyone pointed to and called "enemy combatant." Yet, non dare call it treason.
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(populistamerica.com)
Sunk on July 08, 2008 08:12am
News – Younger Americans stumped in knowledge tests in the visually driven info age.
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(chicagotribune.com)
Voted for on July 08, 2008 08:11am
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