Police handing out
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Chicago Tribune, by Dan Simmons
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Posted By: Photoonist- 11/7/2009 3:38:18 PM
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Ermir Spahiu was pulled over by police for his window-mounted GPS unit. For Tina Ross, it was her handicapped placard. And Mark Hubbard was nailed for an air freshener. All three Illinois drivers were stopped for what they thought were innocent items placed near their windshields. (Snip) An increasing number of drivers are being cited for windshield and window obstructions, which can include anything an officer deems to ''materially obstruct'' a driver's vision. The only
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Cubans are finally free
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Telegraph [U.K.], by Staff
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Posted By: PageTurner- 11/7/2009 3:37:02 PM
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The staples were removed from a list of rationed foods that most Cubans depend on, permitting them to buy as much of the products as they want – at 20 times more than they used to. The move comes amid efforts by Raul Castro's government to scale back Cuba's subsidy-rich, cash-poor economy. Lunches which cost so little they were almost free lunches were eliminated from some state-cafeterias in September.
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Dems ask Pelosi for autographs
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Politico, by Glenn Thrush
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Posted By: JoniTx- 11/7/2009 3:36:40 PM
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There's no way to predict what the final vote on the health care bill will be, but the body language of Democrats in the chamber today suggests they are, for whatever reasons, breathing a little easier.(Snip)At some point, people began unwrapping copies of bill and handing it to the speaker for her autograph.The first member I saw ask was Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY). Pelosi seemed stunned but obliged,
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You hate me? Thanks
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Toronto Sun [Canada], by Michael Coren
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Posted By: Liberty7- 11/7/2009 3:36:35 PM
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I just can't keep it in. I know I shouldn't boast but, well, as a Roman Catholic I simply have to. We've won. I mean, we actually have won. The church founded by Christ has become the one and only institution hated by assorted Marxists, maniacs and misanthropes. In the space of a single week, we had the following: The Washington Post ran achingly predictable self-promoter and professional atheist, Richard Dawkins, writing that the Catholic
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When the Wall came tumbling down
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Toronto Sun [Canada], by Salim Mansur
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Posted By: Liberty7- 11/7/2009 3:33:40 PM
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Twenty years ago on Nov. 9, a captive people of a divided continent literally with their hands dismantled the Berlin Wall. This wall represented not merely the totalitarian tyranny of Soviet Communism, but the eternal ugliness and evil of that inherent disposition in man to deny the freedom of another to live his life as he wishes. A whole generation has come of age since then with insufficient memory, or none, of that moment in
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Honduran rivals signal
new bid to solve crisis
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Reuters, by Mario Naranjo
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Posted By: PageTurner- 11/7/2009 3:33:19 PM
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TEGUCIGALPA - Honduras' ousted president and de facto leader gave signs they would try again on Saturday to form a unity government to guide the country out of a four-month crisis after the process collapsed a day earlier. President Manuel Zelaya, a refugee in his own country in the Brazilian Embassy, early on Friday declared dead a pact to end the crisis, while de facto leader Roberto Micheletti said he would form a new government
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Pelosi: 'Making history today'
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Politico, by Patrick O'Connor
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Posted By: JoniTx- 11/7/2009 3:33:04 PM
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi all-but-predicted passage of a House health reform bill Saturday, following an emotional appeal from President Barack Obama to fellow Democrats urging them to “answer the call of history” and vote yes. “Now’s the time to finish the job,” Obama said in the Rose Garden, following a 30-minute closed-door meeting with the House Democratic caucus on Capitol Hill.
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Muslim Population in the
Military Raises Difficult Issues
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Wall Street Journal, by Yochi J. Dreazen
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Posted By: Photoonist- 11/7/2009 3:29:13 PM
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The deadly rampage at Fort Hood is forcing Pentagon officials to confront difficult questions about the military's growing Muslim population. The military has worked hard to recruit more Muslims since the start of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the number of Muslim troops, while still small, has been increasing. There were 3,409 Muslims in the active-duty military as of April 2008 (Snip) At West Point, Army officials said there were just 24 Muslim
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Hispanic women snapping
up booty-boosting jeans
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Gannett News Service, by Staff
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Posted By: PageTurner- 11/7/2009 3:26:29 PM
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You'll never hear a woman wearing Colombian jeans ask, "Do these make my butt look big?" -- because that's the whole point. Colombian jeans -- commonly called "butt lifting" jeans -- are touted as jeans that raise your derriere naturally, without fillers or rods. The jeans are wildly popular among Latinas.
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Terrorism or Tragic Shooting?
Analysts Divided on
Fort Hood Massacre
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Fox News, by Staff
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Posted By: Photoonist- 11/7/2009 3:25:16 PM
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It was one of the of the deadliest mass shootings on a U.S. base, but the shooting rampage at Fort Hood that killed 13 and wounded as many as 38 this week has sparked a debate about whether it was an act of terrorism. (Snip) The military has said he was scheduled to deploy to Afghanistan, and family members suggested he was trying to avoid serving overseas. That doesn't add up to the prelude to
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Afghan strategy rollout imminent
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Foreign Policy, by Josh Rogin
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Posted By: GaGardener- 11/7/2009 3:24:09 PM
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There are increasing signs the administration is wrapping up its Afghanistan strategy review and planning a rollout toward the end of the week beginning November 16, immediately after President Obama and other top officials return from Asia. Reliable sources tell The Cable that the review has entered its final stages, with Defense Secretary Robert Gates and National Security Advisor Jim Jones now taking the lead and putting on the final touches.
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Shooting raises fears
for Muslims in US army
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BBC News, by Penny Spiller
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Posted By: Photoonist- 11/7/2009 3:22:01 PM
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Major Nidal Malik Hasan is a career soldier with some 20 years experience, who had trained as a psychiatrist and treated troops returning from combat. He is also reported to be a devout Muslim, who attended daily prayers at a mosque and was seen on the morning of the shooting wearing traditional Arabic dress as he shopped for groceries. (Snip) He had also long wanted to leave the army after suffering harassment because of his
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Saint Cronkite: Journalism's
Twice-Blemished Icon
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American Thinker, by Eric Rozenman
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Posted By: Photoonist- 11/7/2009 3:07:08 PM
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A myth congeals around memories of Walter Cronkite. Burnished by President Obama and former President Clinton, among others, at what Washington Post media writer Howard Kurtz called ''an extravagantly produced ceremony'' in New York City's Lincoln Center on September 9, it apparently admits of no critical scrutiny. (Snip) Though he was, according to one poll, ''the most trusted man in America'' during his ''Evening News'' reign, Cronkite violated that trust in a way that helped
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Obamas to attend Fort Hood memorial Tuesday
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Reuters, by Staff
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Posted By: GaGardener- 11/7/2009 3:04:10 PM
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WASHINGTON--President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, will attend a memorial service in Fort Hood, Texas, on Tuesday for victims of a mass shooting. The White House announced the trip on Saturday. Obama is scheduled to depart on Wednesday on an Asia tour. (Snip) Obama devoted his weekly radio address to the Fort Hood shootings, which he called "a crime against our nation."
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Iran won't send uranium abroad
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Agence France-Presse, by Staff
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Posted By: Photoonist- 11/7/2009 3:00:52 PM
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Tehran - Iran is refusing to send its low-enriched uranium abroad for further processing, the influential head of parliament's national security and foreign policy committee was quoted as saying on Saturday. ''We do not want to give part of our 1 200 kilos of enriched uranium in order to receive fuel of 20% enrichment,'' Alaeddin Borujerdi told the ISNA news agency. ''This option of giving our enriched uranium gradually or in one go is over
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2 Gulf Coast men admit 'sex tourism'
trip to Thailand to have sex with
young boys; facing prison time
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Press-Register [Mobile, AL], by Brandan Kirby
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Posted By: Ribicon- 11/7/2009 2:49:11 PM
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MOBILE, Ala. -- Two men who admitted taking trips to Thailand for sex with young boys face 6˝-year prison terms, but could trim the time by testifying against the alleged organizer of the encounters. Burgess Lee Burgess of Mobile and Mitchell Kent Jackson of Pensacola pleaded guilty in November 2008 to traveling to have sex with a minor and conspiracy to do so. The two men once lived together in Mobile.
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Fox’s NFL pregame show
going to Afghanistan
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Associated Press, by Staff
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Posted By: Photoonist- 11/7/2009 2:48:34 PM
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New York - The Fox NFL pregame show will be broadcast from a military installation in Afghanistan on Sunday. The six-man announcing team traveled to an undisclosed location in the country this week to honor servicemen and women three days before Veterans Day. The two-hour special begins at 11 a.m. EST. 'It’s been so surreal, it’s hard to describe,'' Fox analyst Michael Strahan said of the trip. ''To witness so many young, smart, committed and
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Iran extends €300 million
line of credit to Cuba
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Press TV [Iran], by Staff
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Posted By: PageTurner- 11/7/2009 2:44:29 PM
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Iran has agreed to extend a 300-million-euro ($445 million) line of credit to Cuba to finance quick-return projects in the Latin American country. The Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the officials of the two countries at the end of their 14th joint economic cooperation committee meeting in Havana.
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Afghanistan: more troops may not
be the answer, says Obama adviser
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Telegraph [UK], by Staff
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Posted By: Photoonist- 11/7/2009 2:43:32 PM
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More troops may not be the answer to Nato's Afghanistan problems, a key adviser to President Barack Obama has said. National security adviser James Jones warned that extra troops could just be ''swallowed up'' in the deserts and mountains where troops are fighting. He was speaking as the president ponders a request to send 40,000 more soldiers to fight in the war (Snip) After weeks of internal deliberations, Obama's advisers are believed to be moving
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Oops -- Cramer's October 12
Unemployment Prediction: 'We Are
Not Going to Reach 10 Percent'
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Newsbusters, by Jeff Poor
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Posted By: Rufus2007- 11/7/2009 2:43:09 PM
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Drinking the Kool-Aid on MSNBC wasn't enough, even for CNBC's Jim Cramer, to escape the reality that Obamanomics isn't working. Back on October 12, Cramer, to his credit, knew there were some problems with the $787-billion stimulus passed earlier this year.
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Obama aide says no
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Press TV [Tehran, Iran], by Staff
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Posted By: NorthernDog- 11/7/2009 2:32:55 PM
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A US presidential aide says the auxiliary troops, Washington is likely to deploy to Afghanistan, would be consumed by the volatile situation in the war-torn country. President Barack Obama's national security adviser, James Jones, said, "You can keep on putting troops in, and you could have 200,000 troops there and Afghanistan will swallow them up as it has done in the past," Der Spiegel reported.
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White House Is Unaware Of
Comparisons To ABC’s Hit Show ‘V’
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Mediaite.com, by Tommy Christopher
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Posted By: FlyRight- 11/7/2009 2:30:51 PM
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Many in the media, including Mediaite, have noted the allegories of the villains in ABC’s series remake of the V miniseries and the Obama administration, or more accurately, the views of the administration’s harshest opponents. The show’s debut drew 14 million viewers, the most of any new series this season. I thought this was significant enough to ask for the White House’s reaction. Not everyone agreed. You can see video of the exchange below:
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House passes first
hurdle in health care
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Associated Press, by Staff
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Posted By: Photoonist- 11/7/2009 2:29:14 PM
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Washington - President Barack Obama's health care initiative has cleared its first big hurdle in the House, with lawmakers voting to advance the debate. The House voted 242-192 in favor of a must-pass procedural measure setting the terms for the debate. All 177 Republicans voted to block the debate. With Obama urging them on in a rare personal visit to Capitol Hill, Democrats pushed toward a final vote late Saturday
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Alabama county celebrates
official Obama holiday
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Associated Press, by Bob Johnson
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Posted By: NorthernDog- 11/7/2009 2:27:48 PM
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MARION, Ala. — The sign going on the front door at the Perry County courthouse reads: "Closed for the Obama Holiday." The rural, mostly black county has proclaimed Monday as an official holiday celebrating the election of the nation's first black president, Barack Obama. It's one of Alabama's poorest counties, but it's sparing little during five days of festivities. County employees, as well as city workers in Marion and Uniontown, will get a paid holiday
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Dem Consultant Claims White House
Warned Him To Stay Off Fox
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NewsBusters, by Noel Sheppard
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Posted By: KarenJ1- 11/7/2009 2:00:52 PM
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David Axelrod's appearance on Fox News Wednesday apparently wasn't a sign of a truce between the Obama administration and the cable news network as it appears the White House is putting pressure on Democrat consultants to avoid the station at all costs. For its part, the White House has denied these allegations. Such was reported Friday by the Los Angeles Times (h/t NBer Gary Hall):
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Muslim leader had troubling
talks with suspect
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Associated Press, by Angela K. Brown
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Posted By: KarenJ1- 11/7/2009 1:33:44 PM
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FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) - An Army psychiatrist who authorities say went on a shooting rampage at Fort Hood was so conflicted over what to tell fellow soldiers about fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan that a local Islamic leader said Saturday he was deeply troubled by it. Osman Danquah, co-founder of the Islamic Community of Greater Killeen, said he was disturbed by Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan's persistent questioning and recommended the mosque reject Hasan's request
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