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U.S. Prepared to Shoot Down N. Korean Missile view story

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U.S. Prepared to Shoot Down N. Korean Missile, The U.S. military is prepared to shoot down a North Korean missile or rocket if President Obama should give the order, the head of the U.S. Pacific Command said Thursday.

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Obama girls to have a water dog,first,lady view story

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• 1 day ago
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Michelle Obama says she is looking for a Portuguese water dog as the White House puppy promised to her daughters.

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Laura Bush: 'Totally forgot' about Obama's speech view story

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Former first lady Laura Bush says she didn't watch President Obama's speech to Congress because "I just totally forgot about ...

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Russian bomber neared Canada before Obama visit view story

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• about 4 hours ago
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Canadian fighters scrambled to intercept an approaching Russian bomber less than 24 hours before U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to Ottawa last week.

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Obama's Iraq Pullout Plan Would Leave 30-55,000 Troops In Iraq view story

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• about 24 hours ago
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President Barack Obama's plan to withdraw American troops from Iraq in 19 months would leave behind a "residual" occupation force of between 30,000 and 55,000 American military personnel to provide "security" for Iraq.

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Polar regions found warming fast, raising sea levels | Reuters view story

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GENEVA (Reuters) - The Arctic and Antarctic regions are warming faster than previously thought, raising world sea levels and making drastic global climate change more likely than ever, international scientists

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'Joe the Plumber' Book Not Generating Much Buzz Locally - washingtonpost.com view story

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• about 7 hours ago
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About 11 people wander into the rows of seats in the basement of a downtown D.C. Border's bookstore to hear Joe speak about his book, "Joe the Plumber: Fighting for the American Dream."

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Obama's appointee for National Intelligence Council faces opposition.... view story

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• about 7 hours ago
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A thunderous, coordinated assault against one of President Obama's intelligence picks is now underway... (from the comments below the story:"If the far right fringe attack the choice he must be excellent.")

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Pirate Party aims to start up in California view story

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The Pirate Party of the United States is pleased to announce that California will soon be joining the fleet. Hopefully soon, we will be recognized by the State Secretary, and have voters be able to affiliate with the party.

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Army FAILS view story

• Submitted by H8RC4
• about 20 hours ago
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The "...DRUG WAR violence got worse" when the military took over. ...police and the bad guys...the same band." "...police...flunked a test...to rate their qualifications and honesty."

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Obama warning of 'hard choices' ahead view story

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US President Barack Obama warns that there will be "hard choices" about spending as he prepares to unveil his first budget.

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Pentagon To Allow Photos Of Returning War Dead view story

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Pentagon To Allow Photos Of Returning War Dead - The Huffington Post

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Will we Learn from this Recession that There are No New Paradigms? view story

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• 1 day ago
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Over the past months, our country has responded to the recession with fear and pessimism that has been largely unchecked by an historical perspective on economic cycles.

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Obama reaps diplomatic windfall as goodwill lingers - International Herald Tribune view story

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Obama reaps diplomatic windfall as goodwill lingers

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Senate adopts 'Fairness Doctrine' amendment - POLITICO.com view story

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• about 22 hours ago
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Today, the Senate voted 87-11 to adopt the DeMint Amendment, which would prohibit the FCC from reinstating the Fairness Doctrine, a defunct policy that regulated conflicting views on the airwaves. Introduced by Sens. DeMint and Thune, the amendment was

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Recovery Through Debt Slavery view story

• Submitted by Shana4Liberty
• 1 day ago
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Does it make sense that our “economic growth” requires our taking on new debt at an accelerating rate to prevent defaults from exponentially-growing compound interest? The root of our problem isn’t partisan politics — it’s high school math that

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NY Foreign Policy Examiner: How an Israeli sees the recent election view story

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New York Article: How an Israeli sees the recent election by local NY Foreign Policy Examiner expert, Aimee Kligman.

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5 Myths About Education Reform view story

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Fixing public schools is easy -- we've done it hundreds of times.

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An Outrage against the Foreclosure Plan - Unfair to HomeOwners Losing to Tax Foreclosures view story

• Submitted by sbpg
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Obama’s foreclosure plan triggered outrage as some people in media voiced out concerns about unfairness to responsible homeowners and property owners losing properties to tax foreclosures.

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NPR: Jindal Comment On Volcano Monitoring Causes Some To Erupt view story

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