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    Secret recordings raise new questions in ATF 'Fast'n'furiuous' operation

    Hmmm... WASHINGTON - CBS News has obtained secretly recorded conversations that raise questions as to whether some evidence is being withheld in the murder of a Border Patrol agent. (Scroll down to listen to the audio) The tapes were recorded approximately mid-March 2011 by the primary...
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    So a drunk walks into a cop shop...

    twice mind you, and asks for casino chips. That's right. An Oregon man pressed his luck one too many times and spent the night in a Nebraska detox cell after twice mistaking a police station for a casino and asking authorities for blackjack chips. The Lincoln Journal Star (Man taken to...
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    Remember The Falklands?

    Yeah, sovereignty, sheep, hearty people and rocks. And a brief war over it all. Oil and the Falklands - the Saga Continues Since the brief 1982 war between Argentina and Britain, the issue of sovereignty of the Falklands has lurked beneath the internationals diplomatic surface, an...
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    Michigan Nuclear Plant shut down after water leak

    Sep 19, 2011 A leak from a valve at the 778 MWe Palisades...
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    Tres fail

    COVINGTON, Ga. (AP) - Authorities in Georgia say three young intruders broke into a home, washed a dog in the bathroom, used a toothbrush and ate some birthday cake in the kitchen before leaving behind a key piece of evidence: pictures of themselves on the homeowner's camera. WSB-TV in...
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    Toronto Mayor Ford to retreat from controversial cuts

    Did I say libraries? No no...there was a misunderstanding. What I meant was blah, blah, blah... Library closings will not be part of Rob Ford’s money-saving plans and no child will lose a daycare subsidy, says a member of his inner circle, the first sign that Toronto’s mayor is stepping...
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    Obama's Jewish problem

    Rupert Cornwell: Why Obama is running into trouble with the Jewish lobby Out of America: The Democrats' election defeat in a normally supportive suburb of New York is worrying the White House Could Jewish voters, normally the most reliable of Democratic constituencies, turn against Barack...
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    Wind farms: the monuments to lunacy

    But all the cool kids are doing it mom. These pointless monstrosities will continue to proliferate until the Government sees sense. Three separate news items on the same day last week reflected three different aspects of what is fast becoming a full-scale disaster bearing down on...
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    Obama to propose $1.5 trillion in new tax revenue

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's proposal to reduce long-term deficits with $1.5 trillion in new taxes is less an opening bid in a negotiation than it is an opening salvo in a struggle to draw sharp contrasts with congressional Republicans. Obama's proposal is aimed...