Birth defects 'rise' in Falluja
By John Simpson
World affairs editor, BBC News
A paediatrician and parents have told the BBC of a high level of birth defects among children in Falluja, Iraq, blaming weapons used by the US.
Six years ago, in 2004, there were fierce battles as US forces subdued two uprisings in the town.
Now, one hospital doctor told the BBC that they see two or three cases of birth defects each day.
The US military says it is…
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Taser Use By Louisville Police
WLKY Investigates: Taser Use By Louisville Police
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3 March 2010, (Der Spiegel)
Germany's highest court has rejected a controversial law requiring data on telephone calls and e-mail traffic to be stored for six months for possible use by law enforcement. Data stored so far must be deleted immediately, and strict controls must be put in place before the law can come into force again.Germany's…
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Sheriff Mack
"No Sheriff Left Behind" Ohio Tour
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A Utah woman who lost title to her house over an unpaid $68 dental bill has been given a reprieve.The Utah Court of Appeals ruled Capri Ramos is entitled to another opportunity to void the sale of her house at a county auction for $1,550.… Continue
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Madoff Whistleblower Book: Claims He Uncovered State Street Fraud, Thought About Killing Madoff
explosive new book, Bernie Madoff whistleblower Harry Markopolos tells the inside story of how he uncovered the $65 billion fraud, claims that he exposed State Street's alleged fraud of pension funds and admits that he considered the idea of killing Madoff if he was ever threatened by the Ponzi schemer.
The mild-mannered fraud investigator's new book, "No One Would Listen", is set…
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Tap into the Truth Frequency every Thursday at 7pm CST/8 EST. This week we are having a round table discussion with legendary radio show host Jack Blood, former radio hosts on Ron Paul Revolution Radio, activists and founders of Polygraph…
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Senate votes to extend Patriot Act
Democrats retreat from adding new privacy protections to the law
AP
WASHINGTON - The Senate voted Wednesday to extend for a year key provisions of the nation's counterterrorism surveillance law that are scheduled to expire at the end of the month.
In agreeing to pass the bill, Senate Democrats retreated from adding new privacy protections to the USA Patriot Act.
The Senate approved the bill on a voice vote…
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LONDON — The World Health Organization says the swine flu pandemic still has not peaked.
The agency's emergency committee met Tuesday and suggested it was "premature" to recommend downgrading the global flu outbreak. Swine flu cases have dropped dramatically in recent weeks in Western countries, but the virus has only recently hit Africa. The southern hemisphere is also bracing for another wave of illness in the next few months.
Swine flu mostly causes mild…
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Alex welcomes back to the show Paul Craig Roberts, economist and a nationally syndicated columnist who served as an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the Reagan Administration earning fame as the "Father of Reaganomics." He is a former editor and columnist for the Wall Street Journal, Business Week, and Scripps Howard News Service. Roberts is the author of The Tyranny of Good Intentions: How Prosecutors and Bureaucrats Are Trampling the Constitution in the Name of Justice, and How the…
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aF8D1ORNXPo
This clip is from PBS FRONTLINE: Digital Nation: Life on the Virtual Frontier. This is from segment 4 of the show titled Teaching with Technology. The Assistant Principal demonstrates how he spies on kids by accessing student laptops and watches them and what they are doing and even take pics of the kids.
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President Obama, who pledged to establish the most open and transparent administration in history, on Monday surpasses his predecessor's record for avoiding a full-fledged question-and-answer session with White House reporters in a formal press conference.
President George W. Bush's longest stretch between prime-time, nationally televised press conferences was 214 days, from April 4 to Nov. 4, 2004. Mr. Obama tops that record on Monday, going 215 days - stretching back to July 22,…
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Posted on: Monday, 22 February 2010, 14:42 CST
While the majority of children who were affected by consuming toxic melamine-contaminated products in China recovered, kidney abnormalities remained in 12% of the affected children, according to an article in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
In 2008, melamine-contaminated dairy products from the Sanlu Dairy Company resulted in a large outbreak of serious kidney damage in Chinese children. Melamine, commonly used in…
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A police officer used a Taser stun gun to subdue a 10-year-old girl in her own home.
The officer had been called to the girl's home in Ozark, Arkansas, by her mother because she was behaving in an unruly manner and refusing to take a shower.
In a report on the incident the officer, Dustin Bradshaw, said the mother gave him permission to use the Taser.
When he arrived, the girl was curled up on the floor, screaming, and resisting as her mother tried to get her in…
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SIBEL EDMONDS: THE TRAITORS AMONG US
SIBEL EDMONDS HAS NAMED NAMES. WHY ISN’T THE MEDIA REPORTING THE STORY?
by Brad Friedman
for HUSTLER MAGAZINE – March 2010
SIBEL EDMONDS, a former FBI translator, claims that the following government officials have committed what amount to acts of treason. They are lawmakers Dennis Hastert, Bob Livingston, Dan Burton, Roy Blunt, Stephen Solarz and Tom Lantos, as well as at least three members of George W. Bush’s inner…
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Israeli immigration officials copied British passports used by hit squad, ministers told
Israeli immigration officials at Tel Aviv airport secretly copied the British passports which were then used by the hit squad which assassinated a leading Hamas official, ministers have been told.
By Melissa Kite, Deputy Political Editor
Published: 9:00PM GMT 20 Feb 2010
The six British citizens whose identities were stolen and used by the killers all had their passports…
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USA Today
February 18, 2010
States are moving to ban the chemical BPA from food and drink containers,
primarily those meant for infants and toddlers, because of health
concerns. A dozen states are considering restrictions this year on
bisphenol A, an estrogen-like chemical used to harden plastics in
products such as bottles and cups. It is also in the linings of metal
cans, including infant formula, to help them withstand…
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by Reuters
NEW YORK - Several New York City police officers who
killed an unarmed black man in a hail of 50 bullets on his wedding day
will not face criminal civil rights charges, the U.S. Justice
Department said on Tuesday.
A man wears a Sean Bell shirt at a demonstration near New York Police
headquarters in lower Manhattan May 7, 2008. (Credit: Reuters/Mike
Segar)Sean Bell, 23, was killed and two…
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