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Constant Readers, I was at City Hall yesterday to watch the Muni Crime hearing, and stuck around for some others. At 5 p.m., I moseyed out to see...
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A number of computer scientists and engineers are analysing computer code contained in the files leaked anonymously to the Internet last week, and it will more than likely produce...
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Last Thursday, the House Finance Committee, by a vote of 43-26, voted to approve an amendment to finally audit the Federal Reserve. The Paul/Grayson amendment, HR 1207, is...
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Peace groups across the country, including Veterans for Peace and United for Peace & Justice, have called on citizens across the country to take the next three days, November...
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The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit on November 10 on behalf of Amir Meshal, a US citizen who was illegally detained...
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A recent article from the New Scientist reports that "Greenland lost 1500 cubic kilometres of ice between 2000 and 2008, making it responsible for one-sixth of global...
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Iran’s foreign minister announced Wednesday that his country “would not export enriched uranium for further processing.”...
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AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana The Senate just voted to move the health care bill forward. All Democrats and Independents voted - Yes and all...
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On Friday the 13th NORML announced the opening, in Portland, of the first medical marijuana coffee shop in America. Since then this...
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Thanksgiving and foreign relations - I’ve been thinking that certainly, there must be stories going back years about the holiday’s impact on handshakes between...
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List of White House state dinner guests
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The list of expected guests for President Barack Obama's first White House state dinner in honor of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, as provided by the White House.