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Can Lori Drew Verdict Survive the 9th Circuit Court? | Threat Level from Wired.com
Last week's misdemeanor convictions against Lori Drew in the MySpace suicide case have led to a multitude of pundits worrying over the dire consequences the verdict might pose for internet - "I don't think it's overstating it a bit to say that unless this case is overturned, it is time to get ...
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Texas DA Reveals Evidence That Led to Dick Cheney Indictment | Video Cafe
Texas DA Reveals Evidence That Led to Dick Cheney IndictmentBy Heather Sunday Nov 30, 2008 11:00amFrom MichaelMoore.com:Guerra unveils why his investigation led him to the Vice President. WILLACY COUNTY - District Attorney Juan Guerra says his investigation took him all the way to the top, to ...
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laser weapons - Google Video
laser weapons in the USA
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Obama Wants To Keep His Blackberry
Barack Obama has a BlackBerry problem. He's hooked on the phone, but he's about to lose it when he becomes president. In an interview airing tonight on ABC, Barbara Walters asked the president-elect about how he's going to handle losing his favorite gadget. Obama seems to be working on a ...
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Activist moves homeless into foreclosures - Life- msnbc.com
Marie Nadine Pierre and her baby, Nennon, are squatting in a foreclosured house in Florida. A Miami activist who has been executing a bailout plan of his own around Miami's empty streets: He is helping homeless people illegally move into foreclosed homes. Rameau is an activist who has been ...
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It's Official: U.S. In Yearlong Recession, Economy Fell Into Recession In December 2007, National Bureau Of Economic Research Says - CBS News
Comment added by JDP on 12/01/2008Amazing, isn't it that during an election year the current administration and its party's candidate couldn't figure this out? Oh yeah - the economy was "fundamentally sound". Self-serving blindness, incompetence, or basically just "asleep at the wheel"? -
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Under Pressure [from banks and mortgage lobbyists], US Eased Lending Rules
Comment added by JDP on 12/01/2008Yet more proof that the Bush administration - kowtowing to banks and mortgage lending lobbyists - was the real culprit in the subprime mortgage mess via their de-/no-regulation stance, and NOT Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, the Community Reinvestment Act, or Democrats [barely in control for two years] ... -
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Inventor Says 'Stolen' Patent Cost U.S. Jobs, Money
Comment added by JDP on 12/01/2008Possibly yet more proof that "intellectual property" isn't! On the one hand, one might argue that an idea in an of itself is insufficient (but what does that say about all those mathematical, software, and process patents!?) - only a tangible, working, and sell-able product that embodies the ... -
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Tranquilizer Detox Withdrawal Can Last Years
Comment added by JDP on 12/01/2008Another unintended consequence brought to you by "better living through chemistry" and the pharma industry.
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