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Spending cuts will be in the military July 13, 2010
Budget cutting
This is How Obama Secures Our Borders July 12, 2010
Just 80 miles from the US/Mexico border
Democracy July 12, 2010
Rights and Democracy (letter, July 5)
“It’s who you know” July 12, 2010
Swiss set Polanski free
Saving face July 12, 2010
Census change, diverting attention from Lockheed contract.
Black conservative brow-beaten into silence by Chicago Machine July 12, 2010
Mugabe: diamonds are Zimbabwe’s best friend July 12, 2010
But debate over Marange field and indigenisation policy threatens to be a spanner in works
Ontario is now an official Corporatocracy July 12, 2010
Eco-fees
Hundreds rescued from overheated trains in Germany July 11, 2010
Ninety-one rescue staff called to Bielefeld station had to treat people suffering from hyperventilation, vertigo, overheating, headaches, and other symptoms
Russian Is UN Crime Fighter July 11, 2010
Tarred by the same brush July 11, 2010
Government
Reopen Climategate hearings, says UK parliamentarian July 11, 2010
Although the Select Committee had stressed to East Anglia the importance of having open and independent inquiries, the hearings failed to oblige.
Bread and circuses July 10, 2010
The cult of celebrity
Pearls for the orient July 10, 2010
China's string of pearls first began attracting attention in the Bush White House of the early to mid-2000s, when America noticed Beijing was quietly building a presence in ports and sea lanes to and from the Middle East
Parliament misled over Climategate report, says MP July 10, 2010
Russell report is inadequate, says Stringer
Toyota to expand product quality field offices across United States and Canada July 9, 2010
San Francisco Field Office Launches This Month; Seven North American Offices Planned
Reid-Obama Meet in Glass House to Throw Rocks July 9, 2010
Las Vegas, NV - Tonight, President Barack Obama will host a fundraiser for U.S. Senator Harry Reid in Las Vegas at the Aria Resort and Casino, described as a “60-story two curvilinear glass towers house.”
Alaska story: Chickadee revives fallen mate July 8, 2010
Drug lobby showers money on its hero Harry Reid July 7, 2010
Last July, Tauzin visited the White House twice (and who knows how many meetings he had at nearby coffee shops?) and hashed out a deal on health care.
Las Vegas Mob Museum a Public “Embarrassment” July 7, 2010
Las Vegas Mob Museum may receive a further $7 Million in Funding July 6, 2010
An Introduction to Crime in Las Vegas: Mobs in Sin City July 6, 2010
Wasn’t until the arrival of Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel in the 1940’s that Las Vegas gained its “Sin City” reputation
Kaczynski concedes defeat in Polish presidential bid July 5, 2010
Komorowski took 41.5 percent of the vote two weeks ago -- he needed 50 percent to win outright -- to Kaczynski's 36.5 percent.
Parents of Madeleine McCann to meet home secretary July 5, 2010
The parents of missing Madeleine McCann are to meet the home secretary to discuss the search for their daughter.
Influential Pastor Warns of Socialism, Departure from God July 5, 2010
Socialism, he pointed out, is opposed primarily to Christianity and Judaism.
McGuinty Lied July 3, 2010
Taxes
Happy Birthday Canada July 1, 2010
Hasan Akbare
Espionage Probe Casts Shadow on Ties with China June 30, 2010
A Chapter from the Cold War Reopens
Giant blobs of magma rippling Earth’s surface June 30, 2010
Huge magma blobs can spread ripples across the earth's surface, a new study suggests.
Is Someone Spying On Your Cell-Phone Calls? June 30, 2010
How suspicious spouses, protective parents, and concerned companies are turning to cheap and hard-to-detect commerical spyware apps to monitor your mobile communications.