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    ATF head removed by DOJ after 'Fast and Furious' controversy

    Just what in the hell has been going on down there? The head of the ATF has been removed after months of speculation about his role in a botched gun-tracking operation that could have contributed to the death of a Border Patrol agent. The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Tuesday...
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    Canadian UAV assisting Libyan rebels

    Aeryon Scout UAV in use with the Libyan Rebels - YouTube Libyan Rebels Are Flying Their Own Minidrone | Danger Room | Wired.com
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    Al Gore: Global warming skeptics are this generation's racist

    One day climate change skeptics will be seen in the same negative light as racists, or so says former Vice President Al Gore. In an interview with former advertising executive and Climate Reality Project collaborator Alex Bogusky broadcasted on UStream on Friday, Gore explained that in order...
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    Republicans not welcome at Labor Day Parade

    That'll show 'em. WAUSAU, Wis. (WLS/AP) - Organizers of the Labor Day parade in Wausau say Republican lawmakers aren't welcome in this year's event. The Marathon County Central Labor Council sponsors the Sept. 5 parade. The council includes about 30 local unions from the Marathon County...
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    Adult children sue parent over 'bad mothering'

    At least common sense prevailed in this case. I'm sure there will be more now. First published Aug 27 2011 07:01PM Updated Aug 28, 2011 12:06AM Chicago • Raised in a $1.5 million...
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    Libya: Calls For War Crimes Investigation

    There are growing calls for an investigation into claims of war crimes in Libya after several gruesome discoveries. On Saturday, Sky's chief correspondent Stuart Ramsay uncovered evidence of a mass killing, which witnesses said had been carried out days before by pro-Gaddafi forces. As...
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    The latest Al Qaeda #2 is no more. In related news, all #3's content in their c

    Al-Qaeda's No. 2 Leader Killed In Pakistan. U.S. Official Says | FoxNews.com FARK.com: (6515970) The latest Al Qaeda #2 is no more. In related news, all #3's content in their current positions
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    NATO nations set to reap spoils of Libya war

    It looks like the more telling news on Libya has migrated to the business pages. With jubilant reporting of Gaddafi's imminent downfall seizing headlines, it's the financial pages that have the clinical analysis. So, for instance, it is in this section that the Independent reports a "dash...
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    Keystone pipeline could be completed by 2013

    WASHINGTON (The Blaze/AP) — The Obama administration on Friday removed a major roadblock to a planned $7 billion oil pipeline from western Canada to the Texas coast, saying in a report that the project is unlikely to cause significant environmental problems during construction or operation...
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    This time...a Republican

    Lawmaker’s Nude Photos on Gay Site: I’m Documenting My Weight Loss Ok chum, gotta take arse picks to show weight loss. Sure, sure. LOL Here we go again — another lawmaker has been caught up in a naked photo scandal. This time it’s Puerto Rican Sen. Roberto Arango, whose alleged nude...
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    ESPN spanks golf analyst for tweet about Obama

    UPDATE: ESPN is coming down on Paul Azinger for mocking President Barack Obama on Twitter. The golf analyst tweeted Friday that the Commander-in-chief plays more golf than he does -- and that Azinger has created more jobs this month than Obama has. ESPN has 'reminded" Azinger his venture...
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    Scientists: Oil fouling Gulf matches Deepwater Horizon well

    MOBILE, Alabama -- Scientific analysis has confirmed that oil bubbling up above BP’s sealed Deepwater Horizon well in recent days is a chemical match for the hundreds of millions of gallons of oil that spewed into the Gulf last summer. The Press-Register collected samples of the oil about...
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    Gibson Guitar factory raid by Feds for using import restricted Ebony Wood

    Hasn't the government got better things to do? I wonder. Federal agents swooped in on Gibson Guitar Wednesday, raiding factories and offices in Memphis and Nashville, seizing several pallets of wood, electronic files and guitars. The Feds are keeping mum, but in a statement yesterday...
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    How should Layton be memorialized?

    Or should he at all. And where? Why Toronto? Why not? If you care enough, tell the Star. I say enough with the thing already but for those that are suffering and require a cathartic civic release, do a park, library or a food bank. Naming streets after dead yahoos or celebrity schmucks...
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    Facts run contrary to claims of salmon virus

    Re: 'Virus could be "smoking gun": Researcher' (Daily News, Aug. 26) The headline "Virus could be 'smoking gun': Researcher" is highly misleading. Those who lead the campaign against netpen salmon farming consistently disregard new facts and misrepresent science to further their...
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    The origin of music categories

    Music comes from everywhere, and so do the names we call it by. There's a longstanding cliche that only the music business needs genre names – everyone else either likes it or they don't. That is, of course, bunk, as anyone who's heard enough people trot out lines such as "I like all music...
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    Austrian father 'locked daughters in room for 41 years'

    Austrian police are investigating claims that a man locked up his two mentally ill daughters in a small room in their home and sexually abused them for 41 years. Officers said the 80-year-old repeatedly raped the women between 1970 and May 2011 in St Peter am Hart, near the Bavarian border...
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    Pentagon to Marines: Stop farting

    Marine Corps Times is a family newspaper and we only rarely have offensive language in our stories. But this week the word “fart” appears in a story I wrote about the importance of trust between Marines and the Afghan national army soldiers they work with. I didn’t want to write this...
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    Warren Buffett makes $280m profit on Bank of America stake in just 24 hours

    The billionaire investor bought $5bn of preferred stock with 700m warrants that convert into 7pc of the bank's shares, sending them up an initial 25pc to $8.80. They fell back to $7.67 in mid-afternoon trading, up almost 10pc on Wednesday's close. Mr Buffett's move put some market...
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    Biden Pays Tribute to Brevity--In 68-Word Sentence

    So Palin and others can be rambling and dumb...ok, check this numbnut: Biden Pays Tribute to Brevity--In 68-Word Sentence - YouTube http://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/article/terry-jeffrey-bidens-obsequious-bow-beij Almost as good as Al 'resist we much' Sharpton: Al Sharpton's...