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25 Nov 2009 10:07

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U.S.: Wikileaks intercepts a bunch of pager messages from 9/11, posts them

  • 500,000 pager messages are being posted by information transparency site Wikileaks
  • real-time the speed at which the messages are displaying; it’s happening now if you want to check it out source
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25 Nov 2009 09:49

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Tech, U.S.: Free speech trumps hate speech for Google In Michelle Obama case

  • Although Google reserves the right to address such requests individually, Google views the integrity of our search results as an extremely important priority. Accordingly, we do not remove a page from our search results simply because its content is unpopular or because we receive complaints concerning it.
  • A message from Google • Describing their decision to keep a now-removed racist image of Michelle Obama on the site. It wasn’t for reasons of racism, but rather the integrity of the results. The image, which grotesquely portrayed Obama as a monkey, has since been removed by its Chinese owner, who apologized for putting it online, as well as the controversy it caused. source
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24 Nov 2009 23:29

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U.S.: Not a good month to be an Obama staffer tied to Gitmo

  • first Gregory Craig, who was in charge of policy for detainees, left the White House. Time has a great article about his downfall here.
  • second Phillip Carter, a Defense Department official in charge of closing Guantanamo, resigned for “personal reasons.” Hmm. source
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24 Nov 2009 20:43

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U.S.: Remember that strange census worker hanging? It was a suicide

  • At least that’s what authorities are saying about the death of William E. Sparkman. Back in September, Sparkman was found dead in rural Kentucky. The crime was especially bizarre – he was hung and his body had the word “Fed” scrawled on it. Authorities now say that the case wasn’t a hate crime but a staged suicide in an attempt to earn a life insurance payout. Well, at least he wasn’t mauled by dogs like one unlucky Indiana census worker a few years back. source
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24 Nov 2009 19:24

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U.S.: Obama has to make a big decision. Time for a speech!

  • After eight years, some of those years in which we did not have, I think, either the resources or the strategy to get the job done, it is my intention to finish the job.
  • President Barack Obama • On his Afghan troop announcement, which many expect him to make during a live television address Tuesday – just around the point you should be making Turkey (or Tofurky) soup out of your leftovers. As with seemingly everything in his presidency, he’s either going to piss off his base or piss off the right with his decision. We hope he does the right thing and figures out a way to piss off both sides. Now that would be awesomely presidential of him. source
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24 Nov 2009 10:21

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U.S., World: The mass murder in the Philippines gets bigger, deadlier

This attack just gets more grisly by the day. Yesterday, it was 22. Today, it’s 46. A state of emergency has been called in southern parts of the country. source
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24 Nov 2009 09:55

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U.S., World: Obama’s got a plan for Afghanistan – more troops are in order

  • 34,000 the number of new troops the president is expected to add to Afghanistan – not far off the anticipated 40,000 many expected
  • off-ramps how Obama plans to move forward if necessary – at certain points, he can choose to stay the course, add troops or remove them source
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23 Nov 2009 19:59

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U.S.: Charges suggest that S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford ethically challenged

  • 37 problems, and a being caught in an affair was one source
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22 Nov 2009 20:29

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U.S.: Wince-worthy: A super-sized man dies after being cut out of a chair

  • 900 pounds Daniel Webb’s weight before he died last week
  • nine months the amount of time he was stuck inside a La-Z-Boy chair source
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22 Nov 2009 12:19

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U.S.: The accused Fort Hood shooter isn’t going anywhere – he’s paralyzed

  • He is an individual in need of constant medical attention. He has no sensation from his chest down.
  • Defense attorney John Galligan • Describing the level of pain his client, accused Fort Hood shooter Maj. Nidal Hasan, is currently in. In case you’re wondering, he’s probably not a flight risk. source
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