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Former NBA Star Williams to Accept Plea Deal for 3 Years in Jail
US NewsJayson Williams, former center for the New Jersey Nets, is reportedly set to accept a plea deal in a case where he has been charged with aggravated assault for shooting and killing his driver seven years ago. He will be forced to serve at least 18 months in prison and as many as three years in pris... Read More
Unemployment Insurance Claims Remain Relatively Stagnant
US NewsThe number of new applications that were filed for first-time unemployment benefit seekers over the past week remained unchanged in comparison to the number of applications that were filed during the previous week. According to CNN.com, the statistics were revealed by a U.S. Labor Department report... Read More
10-Year-Old Girl Tasered, Police Officer Suspended in Arkansas
US NewsAccording to The Associated Press, police officer Dustin Bradshaw of Arkansas has been suspended for not having a video camera attached to the stun gun that he used to subdue a verbally and physically abusive 10-year-old girl who had kicked him in the groin. Mayor of Ozark, Arkansas Vernon McDaniel... Read More
CIA Seeks U.S. Arabs With New TV Spot
US NewsThe CIA is looking for "a few good men" of their own; especially those of Middle Eastern descent.

In a rare move, the CIA will release a television commercial on mainstream and ethnic networks to recruit U.S. Arabs. The commercial will hit airwaves within the next few months.
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Secret CIA Prison Found In Lithuania
World NewsA clandestine prison run by the CIA has been found in Lithuania.

The prison is located at an exclusive horseback riding academy in Vilnius, reported ABC News on Wednesday.
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White House Addresses Controversial Mammogram Debate
HealthIn an attempt to distance itself from the controversial debate over breast cancer screenings that was initiated by an outside independent panel, the Obama administration announced that the recently revealed recommendations for mammograms do not represent government policy. Reuters is reporting that... Read More
California Takes Action Against Power Draining Television Sets
US NewsRegulators in California granted approval on Wednesday for the implementation of energy efficiency standards on television sets. This approval officially makes California the first state in the country to impose such restrictions. Noah Horowitz, a senior scientist for the Natural Resources Defense... Read More
Reid’s Health Care Bill Carries Price Tag of $849 Billion
US PoliticsDemocratic Senator Harry Reid of Nevada announced that his proposed health care bill carries a price tag of $849 billion that would be stretched out over the next ten years.

The announcement was made during a Wednesday night press conference that was held to reveal specific details ... Read More
McCain Defends Top Campaign Advisors
US PoliticsFormer Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin has unleashed a barrage of verbal venom towards trusted advisors from John McCain’s presidential campaign throughout her marketing tour that she has embarked on to promote the release of her book “Going Rogue: An American Life”.

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Robert Byrd Becomes Longest-Serving Congress Member
US PoliticsWest Virginia Sen. Robert Byrd made history Wednesday, becoming the longest-serving member of Congress in history. Today marks his 20,774 day in Congress. Byrd surpassed the record previously set by Arizona Democrat Carl Hayden, who served in the House of Representatives and the Senate from 1912 to ... Read More
Reid Remains Optimistic on New Health Care Bill
US PoliticsSenate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid is walking a difficult path as a moderate Democrat as he scrambles to pull together enough votes to support a major health care bill that will be presented Wednesday night.

Reid needs commitments from the 60 members of his caucus in order to pass t... Read More
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Have They No Shame . . .
11019 seaman93555 - How could anyone forget Senator Kennedy and Health Care Reform so soon? Maybe your agenda has clouded your memory a little? You do not have to look far for other examples. - Peacemaker
Robert Byrd Becomes Longest-Serving Congress Member
11902 [b]How about his stand on Civil Rights! Yeah - Long and Productive.. Senator Robert Byrd (D) opposed the Civil Rights act, we all know this guy right? I mean he is still someone the Dems all loo - Peacemaker
Who Owns the Moon?
11867 Seems the only answer to this question is war...after all it's the "American Way". - Timothy Shay
CIA Seeks U.S. Arabs With New TV Spot
11908 The November 19 column of Obsidian Wings (see it at [u - ethwc
Reid Remains Optimistic on New Health Care Bill
11901 Now that I got that off my chest, I would like to discuss what I believe to be the crux of the health care reform debate. Today, on Alternet, there is a diatribe about insurance companies ongoing den - ethwc
Reid Remains Optimistic on New Health Care Bill
11901 He needs 51 votes to pass the bill. He needs 60 only in the event of a filibuster. While this may be a technicality, it is a fact and it would be nice if we were able to deal in facts at least in so - ethwc
Abortion Rights Attacked by New Health Care Bill
11841 [quote]This provision needs to be stripped in reconciliation.[/quote] Why? So I (Joe Blow taxpayer) will be forced into paying for others elective surgeries?? - BoilerUp
Catholic Church Threatens Washington, D.C. on Same-Sex Marriage
11866 You got it in one! - rwahrens
Who Owns the Moon?
11867 touche humans have always handled expansion the same way...isn't going to change now or in the future. what about all this busienss w/ antarctica? it would be the first - and last - contine - showerjuggernaut
Catholic Church Threatens Washington, D.C. on Same-Sex Marriage
11866 I might consider accepting such sillliness were God to say it for itself. However, when I am told what God intends to be said and that intention is interpreted by self appointed emissaries, I tend to - ethwc
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