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Bush Administration Dick Cheney had heart transplant, aide says
03-24-2012
AP
Former Vice President Dick Cheney had a heart transplant Saturday and is recovering at a Virginia hospital, his office said. An aide to Cheney said he had been waiting for a transplant for more than 20 months and does not know the identity of the hea
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World News Coup in Mali Possible Consequence of Libyan War
03-24-2012
http://news.antiwar.com, by John Glaser
Mali's Tuareg rebels caused a split between the military and government after returning home with arms from Libya
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Healthcare Stem cells from fat win favor with heart researcher
03-24-2012
http://www.reuters.com, By Ransdell Pierson and De
Stem cells derived from a patient's bone marrow can help treat severe heart failure, but the results are even better when they are taken from fat
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Iran US, Europe, Israel Agree On Solid Intel: Iran Nuke Threat Far Off
03-24-2012
http://news.antiwar.com, by John Glaser
The United States, European allies, and Israel all agree that Iran does not have a nuclear weapon, has not decided to build one, and is several years away from having a deliverable nuclear missile.
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Big Brother Big Brother may now single you out from the masses
03-24-2012
http://www.rt.com
Blending into the background may become a thing of the past. A new Japanese security camera has the ability to search millions of faces with one click.
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WAR Stability Trumps Democracy in Egypt
03-24-2012
CHARLES DAVIS and MEDEA BENJAMIN, CounterPunch
Were it Syria or Iran, the rhetoric from Washington would be stern, aggressive even. But since the repressive ruling clique is the military junta in Egypt, the lectures are timid and coupled with a handout. Indeed, as Secretary of State Hillary Cli
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Police State Americans: The New Jews
03-24-2012
The Dollar Vigilante
Throughout my youth I remember wondering how what happened in Nazi Germany could have occurred and how so many otherwise good people could be fooled into going along with such an obviously evil system. I always wished I could go back in time to unde
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Law Enforcers or Peace Officers Philly Cops Attack Photojournalism Student, Grind His Face To Pavement
03-24-2012
Photography Is Not a Crime
Ian Van Kuyk, a 24-year-old photojournalism student, received a first-hand lesson in photographing cops when a Philadelphia police officer knocked him down, pushed his face into the pavement, then threw him in jail for 24 hours on a felony charge of
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Science Crystal Structure of Archael Chromatin Clarified
03-24-2012
arclein
In eukaryotes, proteins known as "histones" package and order DNA into a compact protein-DNA structure called chromatin. Archaea, in contrast, have no such universal chromatin proteins, instead using two or more DNA-binding proteins to package DN
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WAR Videos of civilian casualties outside hospital in Sri Lanka
03-23-2012
LiveLeak.com
Sri Lankan troops made fresh advances into a territory held by the Tamil Tigers, the defence ministry said. The report came amid mounting alarm over large-scale civilian deaths due to shelling by the Sri Lankan army. WARNING: Very Graphic Videos
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Environment Yes, Deepwater Horizon Oil Did Enter the Food Chain
03-23-2012
Rebecca Boyle via PopSci.com
A new study clarifies that impact: Hydrocarbons from the Macondo well trickled into the ocean food chain via its tiniest members, zooplankton.
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Homeland Security Big Brother on campus
03-23-2012
Salon
Campus spies. Pepper spray. SWAT teams. Twitter trackers. Biometrics. Student security consultants. Professors of homeland security studies. Welcome to Repress U, class of 2012.
Since 9/11, the homeland security state has come to campus just as it
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Afghanistan U.S. general: Delay cut in Afghan war force
03-23-2012
Washington Post
The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan indicated on Thursday that he believes there should be no American troop draw-downs in 2013, leaving the total at the 68,000 who will remain following scheduled withdrawals this year.
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WAR: About that War The EU authorizes ground strikes in Somalia
03-23-2012
AFP
The new mandate will allow warships or helicopters to fire at fuel barrels, boats, trucks or other equipment stowed away on beaches, an EU official said on condition of anonymity.
Piracy has caused so much misery to the Somali people and to the c
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Camera Fraud Red-light running senator wants AZ camera law changed
03-23-2012
KPHO TV5
An Arizona lawmaker ran a red light in Scottsdale earlier this year, and it was all caught on camera. Ironically, he's proposing a change in the law at the same time.
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Humor SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News
March 25, 2012 Edition
03-23-2012 John Semmens
Pelosi Predicts Court Will Find Obamacare Constitutional
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif) confidently predicted that the US Supreme Court will rule that the President's health care law is Constitutional.
The proof is right there in the
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Israel Israel, US Disagree on Timetable for Attacking Iran
03-24-2012
http://news.antiwar.com, by John Glaser
Israel says it "cannot afford" to wait for an Iranian nuclear weapons program, which intelligence says doesn't exist
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Obama Administration OBAMA: All countries are close allies!!
03-24-2012
http://www.youtube.com
Barack Obama and the US has a lot of close and strong allies in the world. And all small countries punches above their weight according to the president. From the show Detektor, Danish Broadcasting Corporation DR.
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Transportation Electric car revolution faces increasing headwinds
03-24-2012
http://www.reuters.com, By Ben Klayman
The 34-year-old car lover bought the plug-in hybrid electric Karma in December for $107,850, but five days later the car's battery died as he was driving in downtown Chicago.
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Military Mali coup led by US-trained captain
03-24-2012
http://www.rt.com
A US Africa Command official confirmed on Friday the leader of military coup dιtat in Mali has visited the US on several occasions, receiving professional military education.
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Protests and Protesters Twitter sticks together with OWS protesters
03-24-2012
http://www.rt.com
Twitter Inc. refuses to give out information on Jeffrey Rae, a prominent OWS protester whose on-the-ground Twitter reporting is followed by thousands. Activists under police scrutiny say a political witch hunt has begun on behalf of the 1 per cent.
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Military Industrial Complex Jobs at Home Drive Obama Administrations Egypt Aid Decision
03-23-2012
Nicole Gaouette and Tony Capaccio, Bloomberg
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, invoking U.S. national security interests, today used her authority to waive congressional conditions on the aid that require Egypt to demonstrate democratic progress. Her decision, assailed by human rights advocat
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Military Industrial Complex The Shifting Strategies of Empire
03-23-2012
David Swanson, OPedNews
I've had enough of efforts to protect civil liberties, jobs, education, healthcare, retirement, the rule of law, and basic human decency without taking on the monstrosity that means death to all of the above, namely the MIC. It's a trillion-dollar ba
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Politics: Republican Campaigns New Ron Paul Ad Slams Etch-aSketch Idiocy
03-24-2012
InfoWars
For the past week the media, along with GOP presidential candidates Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich, as well as the incumbent president, have fixated on a throw away remark about an etch-a-sketch by a Romney communications adviser.
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Science, Medicine and Technology Male Baldness Clue Discovered
03-24-2012
arclein
They found levels of a key protein called prostaglandin D synthase are elevated in the cells of hair follicles located in bald patches on the scalp, but not in hairy areas.
Mice bred to have high levels of the protein went completely bald, while t
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Internet Facebook buys 750 IBM patents in battle with Yahoo
03-23-2012
RawStory.com
Facebook confirmed Friday that it has added a trove of IBM patents to its arsenal on an increasingly lawsuit-strewn technology battlefield.
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Religion: Believers Nearly 1,000 Pakistani women killed for honor annually
03-23-2012
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At least 943 Pakistani women and girls were murdered last year for allegedly defaming their familys honor. Highlight the growing scale of violence suffered by many women in conservative Muslim Pakistan, where they are frequently treated as second-cl
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Environment Palmer says green groups funded by CIA
03-23-2012
ABC News (video)
Mining magnate Clive Palmer has accused the United States government of funding environmental group Greenpeace via the CIA to undermine Australia's coal mining sector.
Mr Palmer made the extraordinary claim over Greenpeace's plan to use the court
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Central Intelligence Agency France's bread spiked with LSD in CIA experiment
03-23-2012
Daily Telegraph
A 50-year mystery over the 'cursed bread' of Pont-Saint-Esprit, which left residents suffering hallucinations, has been solved after a writer discovered the US had spiked the bread with LSD as part of an experiment.
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Environment Court Reverses E.P.A. On Big Mining Project
03-23-2012
New York Times
In a sharp rebuke, a judge reversed a decision by the EPA to revoke a critical permit for one of the nations largest mountaintop removal mining projects. The EPAs decision in to rescind the waste disposal permit for the mine exceeded the agencys a
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Economy - Economics USA Tax breaks would be tough to cut, congressional research says
03-23-2012
Washington Post
The vast majority of tax breaks in the US tax code would be hard to cut because they promote important social goals or are hugely popular with voters, according to analysis that casts doubt on GOP promises to substantially lower tax rates without a
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Techno Gadgets Giant 45-foot paper plane launched over Arizona desert
03-23-2012
youtube
Workers prepare to launch a 45-foot paper airplane from the Pima Air and Space Museum over the desert in Eloy, Arizona March 21, 2012. One of the world's largest paper airplanes, designed by renowned engineer Art Thompson, was launched to encourage y
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Economy - Economics USA Where Gas is Still Around $2 Per Gallon. . .
03-23-2012
http://lewrockwell.com, by Eric Peters
Newtie wont bring you $2 gas and forget about BHO. He wants to bring you $8 gas in line with what Enlightened Europeans pay. But there is a way to fill your tank for about $2 per gallon using the Fed Funny Money in your pocket, too.