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'I Am Under 18' button clicked for first time in history
theonion.com — In an unprecedented and historic event Monday, the "I Am Under 18" button, an Internet security device which if selected restricts access to websites featuring adult content, was clicked for the first time ever.More… (World News)
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Unemployment rises at fastest rate for 17 years
dailymail.co.uk — More people are now out of work than at any point since March 1998, when 1.8 million were unemployed, prompting fresh fears two million could be jobless by Christmas. More… (World News)
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California is Burning - AGAIN!
latimes.com — Several large fires are buring in southern California. Many homes have been lost and the fires are very difficult to fight due to Santa Anna winds up to 80 MPH. Very dangerous situation. Here are videos and great photos of the blazes. More… (World News)
SurferessBREAKING: Secret White House Memos Endorsed Waterboarding
washingtonpost.com — The Bush administration issued a pair of secret memos to the CIA in 2003 and 2004 that explicitly endorsed the agency's use of interrogation techniques such as waterboarding against al-Qaeda suspects. The memos were the first -- and, for years, the only -- tangible expressions of the administration's consent to torture.More… (World News)
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Former Fed chief says U.S. now in recession
reuters.com — SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker said on Tuesday the U.S. housing sector faced more losses and the economy was in recession even as authorities moved to stabilize the financial system. Volcker said the priority for...More… (World News)
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Canada set for credit crunch poll
news.bbc.co.uk — Canada is holding its third general election in four years, with the global financial crisis looming over the poll.More… (World News)
KaiserArnyPublic at Last: Guantanamo SERE Standard Operating Procedure
zmag.org — "FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY" JTF GTMO SERE SOP 10 DECEMBER 2002 Finally declassified, no longer redacted, this document clearly specifies that the abusive interrogation techniques to be used at Guantamo [JTF GTMO] are based upon the military's Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape [SERE] program. More… (World News)
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Cybercrime Supersite 'DarkMarket' Was An FBI Sting
blog.wired.com — DarkMarket.ws, an online watering hole for thousands of identify thieves, hackers and credit card swindlers, has been secretly run by an FBI cybercrime agent for the last two years, until its voluntary shutdown earlier this month, according to documents unearthed by a German radio network. More… (World News)
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Globalization Theories Win American Nobel Prize
npr.org — Paul Krugman has won the Nobel Prize in economics. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences says the Princeton economist won "for his analysis of trade patterns and location of economic activity." Krugman is also a columnist for The New York Times.. Reporter Curt Nickisch talks with Renee Montagne about Krugman's work.More… (World News)
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Palin Accidentally Reprimands Her Own Supporters
cbsnews.com — Campaigning in Va.More… (World News)
FLRhetoricEuropean Union Bans Incandescent Light Bulbs
redgreenandblue.org — The switch to energy-saving bulbs was approved by EU ministers this past week. Advocates claim that replacing the worst-performing lamps with today’s best available technology will reduce domestic energy consumption for lighting by 60 percent; equivalent to preventing 30 million tons of CO2 pollution every year.More… (World News)
AFelsingerHomeless man dies after being set ablaze
msnbc.msn.com — A homeless man died after being doused with gasoline and set on fire on a street where he had lived for many years and was a familiar face to residents of Koreatown, police and local merchants said Friday.More… (World News)
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Is Cheaper Oil A Good Thing?
time.com — It has plummeted nearly 40% in just three months, from about $147 a barrel in July to below $83 on Friday, with no obvious bottom in sight. If that sounds good, you are probably a driver who winces these days at filling your gas tank. But the downward spiral could mean trouble for oil-rich countries and for the environment.More… (World News)
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Hanged for being a Christian in Iran
telegraph.co.uk — A month ago, the Iranian parliament voted in favour of a draft bill, entitled "Islamic Penal Code", which would codify the death penalty for any male Iranian who leaves his Islamic faith. Women would get life imprisonment. The majority in favour of the new law was overwhelming: 196 votes for, with just seven against...More… (World News)
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