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U.S., Israel developed Flame computer virus to slow Iranian nuclear efforts, officials say

TruthNews.US - News - Fri, 2024-04-26 00:37
Washington Post | The effort, involving the National Security Agency, the CIA and Israel’s military, has included the use of destructive software such as the Stuxnet virus.

Secret EU summit document shows first step to banking union

TruthNews.US - News - Fri, 2024-04-26 00:37
London Telegraph | A classified draft of next week’s EU summit conclusions is the first step on an emerging “roadmap” to a banking union, pooling debt via eurobonds and political union via EU treaty change over the next 10 years.

Report shows bounce in bouncing babies

Two-thirds of U.S. pregnancies now end with the birth of a baby, a significantly higher rate than in 1990, when abortions were one-third more common than now, says a federal report on pregnancy rates and outcomes.

In 2008 - the latest year for these data - more than 6.5 million ...

Obama touts merits of 'nagging'

CNN - Politics - Fri, 2024-04-26 00:37
President Obama touts the merits of "nagging" while Mitt Romney reminds crowd to change their air filters.
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Romney's way: Give more to the rich

CNN - Politics - Fri, 2024-04-26 00:37
Donna Brazile says Romney supports old policies that favor the rich and make the middle class keep waiting for weath to trickle down..
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The Have-Littles and the Have-Nots

TownHall.com - Columns - Fri, 2024-04-26 00:37
But just because the First World is in financial trouble doesn't mean it can't still pay everyone's bar tab! Heck, no! Don't even think of taking out your wallet!2012-06-19T16:05:00-04:002012-06-20T00:10:02ZRachel Marsden
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Inhofe: Mercury rule at center of the war on coal

CNN - Politics - Fri, 2024-04-26 00:37
Sen. James Inhofe says the EPA's excessive rule on mercury and toxic emissions needs to be overturned for the sake of common sense business and energy policies.
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Issa, Holder butt heads

CNN - Politics - Fri, 2024-04-26 00:37
Attorney General Holder and Rep. Issa comment on their meeting on Fast and Furious documents as a contempt vote looms.
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Tobacco tax vote outcome still unknown 2 weeks later

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Two weeks after Californians went to the polls, a closely watched effort to impose a new tax on tobacco in the nation's most populous state remains too close to call.

With 400,000 ballots outstanding as of Tuesday, the measure that would add a $1-a-pack cigarette tax is ...

Wife backs Sandusky in testimony

BELLEFONTE, Pa. — Former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky's wife testified Tuesday that she remembers most of the men who told a jury that her husband sexually abused them, but she insisted he never had inappropriate contact with them as boys.

She also said that the basement where the ...

Romney: Rubio is being thoroughly vetted

CNN - Politics - Fri, 2024-04-26 00:37
Presidential candidate Mitt Romney addresses the misinformation surrounding his VP vetting process.
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Biden to public workers union: 'We owe you'

CNN - Politics - Fri, 2024-04-26 00:37
Vice President Joe Biden slams the Romney camp, saying the GOP candidate has public workers "under full blown assault."
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American Scene: Teen guilty in flame attack on middle-school classmate

FORT LAUDERDALE — A Florida teenager was convicted Tuesday of aggravated battery in a horrific 2009 attack on a middle-school classmate who was drenched in rubbing alcohol and set on fire.

Matthew "Zeke" Bent was accused of orchestrating the attack on Michael Brewer and charged with attempted second-degree murder. The ...

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