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04 Aug 2009 22:44

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U.S.: A bizarre shooting at a Pennsylvania gym leaves many dead

  • five number of people killed, including the gunman, in the LA Fitness outside of Pittsburgh source
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04 Aug 2009 15:17

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U.S., World: Laura Ling and Euna Lee freed. Here’s the latest from Twitter

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04 Aug 2009 12:31

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U.S.: Hey, Barack Obama: Happy 48th birthday from the birther movement

  • The movement as it stands Currently, the birther movement is frustrating politicians on both sides of the aisle, although the White House has simply avoided it. Republicans are struggling to avoid it at town hall meetings, and Democrats are simply angry about it. But perhaps the iconic moment of the movement is this interview on MSNBC, where Orly Taitz shouts a lot and the MSNBC anchors shout back. In our opinion, it makes everyone involved look incredibly bad.
  • The movement as it stands Currently, the birther movement is frustrating politicians on both sides of the aisle, although the White House has simply avoided it. Republicans are struggling to avoid it at town hall meetings, and Democrats are simply angry about it. But perhaps the iconic moment of the movement is this interview on MSNBC, where Orly Taitz shouts a lot and the MSNBC anchors shout back. In our opinion, it makes everyone involved look incredibly bad.
  • O RLY: The Orly Taitz shoutfest
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04 Aug 2009 10:53

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U.S., World: It took half a day, but North Korea turned Bill Clinton into a drone

This sounds like a weird request, but could someone please smile in this photo so we can confirm you still have a soul? Bill? Kim Jong-il? source
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04 Aug 2009 10:28

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Biz, U.S.: Spending up, incomes down: The economy had a mixed June

  • +0.4% the increase in consumer spending in June, which was better than expected and topped May source
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04 Aug 2009 01:05

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U.S., World: Currently playing diplomat in North Korea: Bill Clinton

  • Dude’s trying to get Laura Ling and Euna Lee released. Ex-president Bill Clinton, who’s kept busy since he left office, touched down in North Korea today in hopes of easing a major diplomatic crisis and freeing his old understudy’s reporters. Ling and Lee both work for Current TV, which is run in part by Clinton’s former vice president, Al Gore. While one could reasonably assume a deal’s in place for the release of the journalists considering who’s stopping by, nothing has been announced yet. source
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03 Aug 2009 21:28

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U.S.: Irony strikes again: Another tea party organizer is a tax cheat

  • $80,000 owed by tea partier Christian Hidalgo source
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03 Aug 2009 20:18

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U.S.: Dead letter offices: The postal service wants to close some branches

  • 700 offices number of locations the post office wants to close source
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03 Aug 2009 10:52

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U.S.: Timothy Geithner: Middle-class tax boosts entirely possible

  • We have to bring these deficits down very dramatically. That’s going to require some very hard choices.
  • Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner • Regarding how they expect to pay for all of those deficits the government’s built up over the last year or so. Expect the teabaggers to freak out even more at this news. • source
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03 Aug 2009 10:12

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Biz, U.S.: Local, state economies are sure feeling that stimulus money

  • -8.3% decline in local and state spending during the fourth quarter of 2008 – the height of the economic decline. The first quarter of 2009 also saw declines source
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