Confidential memo reveals US plan to provoke an invasion of Iraq

From the Article: A confidential record of a meeting between President Bush and Tony Blair before the invasion of Iraq...

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Bailout Recipient Goldman-Sachs to make record bonus payouts this year

From the article: Staff at Goldman Sachs staff can look forward to the biggest bonus payouts in the firm's 140-year history after a spectacular first half of the year, sparking concern that the big investment banks which survived the credit crunch will derail financial regulat …

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Live Video and Blogs from Iran's uprising

includes the now-famous footage of the protester rescued police officer. Notice the calm that surrounds the chaos. The Iranians wanted to participate but were not drawn into the chaotic center.

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Secret Papers Reveal: Shell Oil's Board of Directors May Have Encouraged Murder to Protect Their Interests

From the article: Serious questions over Shell Oil's alleged involvement in human rights abuses in Nigeria emerged last night after confidential internal documents and court statements revealed how the energy giant enlisted the help of the country's brutal former military gover …

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Judge Allows Civil Suit Against Bush's Lawyer Yoo for Torture

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Coal-ash Spills Too Dangerous to Reveal to Public, Says Dept of Homeland Security

The Department of Homeland Security has deemed coal ash spills in America too sensitive to discuss publicly.

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Boy Hit by Meteorite

A 14-year old German boy was hit in the hand by a pea-sized meteorite

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Military Hush Up: Incoming Space Rocks Now Classified

For 15 years, scientists have benefited from data gleaned by U.S. classified satellites of natural fireball events in Earth's atmosphere – but no longer.

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AP report: Obama intel pick tied to CIA torture program, according to a Congressional Aide

From the article: In 2006, FBI agents feared Mudd wanted them to engage in 'ethnic targeting' and mocked him as 'Rasputin'; Once allegedly ordered FBI agents to search falafel sales records to find Iranian terrorists

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Stewart: The Moment that Epitomizes All that is Wrong with Cheney (Video at bottom)

""Holy crap!" commented an awestruck Stewart. "Did (Cheney) just blame 9/11 on Dick Clarke?"

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Medical bills underlie 60 percent of U.S. bankruptcies

Medical bills are involved in more than 60 percent of U.S. personal bankruptcies, an increase of 50 percent in just six years, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday.

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Former Commander in Iraq under Bush calls for Truth Commission

From the article: (CNN) -- The former commander of U.S. forces in Iraq who retired over the Abu Ghraib prison scandal is calling for a truth commission to investigate Bush-era policies behind the abuse and controversial interrogations of detainees.

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Obama's support for the new Graham-Lieberman secrecy law

It was one thing when President Obama reversed himself last month by announcing that he would appeal the Second Circuit's ruling that the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) compelled disclosure of various photographs of detainee abuse sought by the ACLU.

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Fundamentalist Christian Movement Within the Military Seeks to Convert Locals in Afghanistan

A fundamentalist Christian movement within the US military seeks to convert locals to the detriment of US strategy in Afghanistan

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Winter Soldiers on the Hill: War Vets Testify Before Congress (Transcript & Video)

War veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan came to Capitol Hill this month to testify before Congress and give an eyewitness account about the horrors of war.

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Woman prostitute killed by heat in Arizona 100-degree hot cell

Article: "The director of Arizona state prisons has suspended the use of unshaded outdoor holding cells in the wake of an inmate's death. Authorities said Friday that crews will retrofit the cells to provide shade and water....

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McClatchy Chart: Lower Class gives more than Upper Class in charitable contributions

McClatchy News service compared U.S. Bureau of Labor statistics with charitable giving, and determined that by far, the lowest class gives the most out of their income, to charitable causes.

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New Report: Abuse Photos Worse Than Previously Known, Contradicting White House Claims

From the article: "A new report appears to directly contradict denials by the White House and the Pentagon that abuse photographs the Obama administration has withheld are worse than previously known.

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High Level Employees at Goldman-Sachs Profited From Meltdown, Rescue

How Goldman deftly diverted attention away from the tens of billions it has taken from the public.

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News analysis: Do the torture photos show rape or not?

From the article: "The government is trying to pull off a crude bait and switch ploy in claiming that certain photos they considered for release but decided to keep private do not show the rape of women and children.

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Torture photos depict 'rape and murder,' Sen. Graham (R-SC) said in 2004

From the article: "The American public needs to understand, we're talking about rape and murder here," said Sen.

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Socialism? Hardly, Say Socialists - BusinessWeek

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