... , these puppeteers will say something that the crowd can agree with, such as "Hitler promised healthcare to everyone too and there is no way I want Hitler's SS looking after the well being of my child". Local yokels who see the world in black and white respond to that sort of stimulation like moths to light. Before you know it, the town hall turns from a discussion about ... the benefits of socializing healthcare to a debate and even full-fledged argument about totalitarian government ... deciding who lives and who dies on the basis of how well they fit into the collective. Once the ant...

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... a new music application that allows users to essentially create their own radio stations. Surfing the stations for a good song just went out of style. Can't live without Facebook or Flickr? The iPhone caters to all you social butterflies, too. These social media sources and others are available right in the palm of your hand, so you can take your network of friends, family and ... colleagues right along with you. And you thought having a laptop made your life mobile! The iPhone has made the globe just a little bit smaller, too. In a successful effort to keep pace with the "trend to opti...

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A landlord of a Philadelphian apartment discovered four mentally handicapped people chained in the basement when he went to investigate a short circuit on October 15th. Turgut Gozleveli discovered dogs locked inside of the boiler room and four adults hiding underneath a blanket. They were hunched together in a space not tall enough for an adult to stand, surrounded in human waste with only a jug of orange juice (Hoye). He unchained them while asking questions about their identity, but he didn't receive any answers. Believing them to be illegal immigrants, Gosleveli called in the police who qui...

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... of toxic red sludge, Zoltan Bakonyi, is being questioned on the suspicion of public endangerment causing multiple deaths and environmental damage (Yahoo! News). The sludge burst from its reservoir last week, killing eight people. The European Union and environmental groups are worried that the sludge could spread down the Danube River, resulting in long-term consequences for many nations. Emergency workers are currently ... trying to build temporary barriers to slow down the sludge before it reaches the Danube River. They will ... then scoop out as much as possible. The idea is that the...

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... phenomenon proved to be - it's a lot of hoopla over a bang that will likely be less than a fizzle. That's likely what lawmakers had in mind when they enacted the law that requires television stations to make the switch which has been rescheduled for June 12, 2009. While certainly 6.5 million households that now receive signal via antennae rather than from satellite or cable ... will pick up about 6 million energy hogging televisions and over the course of a few years, electronic sellers will benefit from a boom in the sales of converter boxes and new televisions. Television is a privile...

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... even lower than expected. A division of MasterCard showed holiday spending this year was down by as much as 4% over the same period last year, making this year the worst holiday season for them in modern times. Even retail behemoths such as Gap experienced a drop in sales by close to 20 percent. Best Buy and other electronics and appliance stores experienced even more significant drops ... for market share, will also have to face laying off more and more of their employees the longer the recession continues. As 2009 begins to unfold, the retail industry could see a dramatic decrease in ...

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... B. Hepatitis B is a main cause of liver cancer and disease. The recommendation suggests that testing be done on all persons born in Africa and Asia and that it also be done on others in the at-risk population, such as men who have sex with men and injection drug users. The recommendations sent out by the CDC, for the first time, come with guidelines for managing chronically infected ... not even know that they have it. To detect it early is the equivalent to preventing the spread. If more people know that they have it, they can keep from giving it to others and get the treatment they ne...

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Following a series of political assassinations of Afghanistan's political leaders, the United States' military officers have seen dramatic improvement in securing the country. Following the assassination of Osama bin Laden, President Obama announced the hasty drawdown of the extra "surge" troops he ordered to finish off the al-Qaeda regime. However, there have been several recent acts of violence that have some officials worried. Following the assassination of Ahmed Wali Karzai, the president's half-brother, a suicide car bomber attacked a police headquarters, killing twelve policemen and a ch...

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... this year, a showdown between government officials and pirates saw the latter holding a Ukrainian ship ransom for $20 million. That money, which has been as high as $30 million in some cases, has helped to finance the war in Somalia, according to some reports. Groups like Al-Shabaab, which the U.S. had designated a terrorist organization, are on the receiving end of some of these funds. According to Roger ... Middleton, author of a key report on the situation, "at the moment it's a five-six problem [on a scale of one ... itineraries, which would mean more fuel consumption and, ultimate...

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The Occupy movement that began months ago in New York and has since grasped hold of the rest of the country turned violent for the first time on November 2nd in Oakland when a small group of protestors smashed the windows of a Wells Fargo bank branch during a protest of wealth inequalities. The Occupy Oakland movement scheduled a noon rally in front of City Hall and then a free lunch afterward. The day's events were planned to wrap up with a "general strike mass convergence, rally, and labor cookout." Each of these were intended to be peaceful protests, but a small faction began passing out fl...

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... car, although his father protested that he had removed the liner because of a fuel leak. Neighbors also reported that a bonfire was held at the McGuffin household the day after Freeman disappeared (Lohr). In October of 2009, Freeman's mother, Cory Courtright, requested that the Coquille Police Department and the district attorney's office reinvestigate the case. "They need to have a dedicated team go ... back and look through all of the files again, re-interview everyone involved, and re-examine ... all of the evidence," she said. In January, a cold-case team was formed. Although the a...

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... Getting Loans Instead of Handouts". Believe it or not, the logic behind the choice to give the money rather than loaning it is quite flawless. The reason the press doesn't give you the answer is that the answer is a well known cure for insomnia. Up late? Read on! When most business people think of banks, they think of business in a linear fashion. Product or service costs X dollars and ... after mark-up, consumers buy the product for Y amount. It's easy to mistake banks as falling into the same category, especially when they ding you for using outside ATM machines, monthly service fees,...

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... wait that long to recoup their investment. You could recoup it faster if your local utility company has a way to buy the excess power generated back from you, but most of them haven't gotten to that point yet. If you live in a remote area, solar power is a necessity. Wind power is not reliable enough to provide all your electric needs. Still, adding ... even make them from cardboard boxes and aluminum foil. They are good for slow cooking, and larger ones can be used to bake bread. If you live in a place where there is sunshine most of the time, a solar cooker can save you considerable m...

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... 8 when military troops from Russia entered South Ossetia, a state that has declared its dependence from Georgia, with the stated goal of removing Georgian troops from the region. Georgian troops had been present as self-proclaimed "peace-keeping forces," monitoring criminal activity in the region, but on August 7 their efforts became offensive as they initiated air strikes on South Ossetia rebel forces ... . According to the Republic of Georgia, just as rebel forces had become aggressive toward Georgian cities, Russian troops had slowly been building a huge presence in the region. On Augu...

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... move, which they see as an attempt to set up a successor (Hadid). Since the announcement, Cairo has been engulfed in chaos. Looting and lawlessness ran rampant through the streets. Many residents are boarding up their homes to protect against thugs roaming the streets with sticks, knives, and guns. The headquarters of Mubarak's party was burned down, as well as many other buildings. Despite ... . Although tanks were deployed to Tahrir Square, no reports have surfaced about clashes between the army and the protestors. In fact, many feel as though the army is siding with them. One army capt...

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... a house party. When he showed up, they burned, beat, tortured, and sodomized him with a miniature baseball bat (The Berkshire Eagle). The gang then went to the older man's house, tied up his brother, and stole three cell phones, $1,000 in cash and a 52-inch television (ABC News). The eight suspects include Ildefonzo Mendez, 23; Elmer Confresi, 23; David Rivera, 21; Steven Caraballo, Denis Peitars, Nelson ... them, and forcing a victim to choose between a bat or a pipe to be beaten with. Despite rumors that Vargas-Perez intended on turning himself in, he is still at large (Goldman). New ...

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... clamoring for an audience to their agendas, Mr. Obama uses language like "I support" and "I believe we need to." Neither is a lie, but one speaks of promise to act. The other, of promise to react. In other words, on some issues, Mr. Obama has every intention of taking his cause to Congress, and seeks to bolster that cause by creating public outcry through ... 's pet project arrive on his desk for his perusal. So it is in the case of immigration. Regarding immigration, on the site http://barrackobama.com, the president says the following regarding Immigration: "Create Secure Borders Obama...

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... industry has weathered far worse declines in domestic travel than that suffered from the current economic crisis. While a lot of jobs have been lost and many have lost their homes or are in danger of losing their homes, it seems that the bulk of Americans are more plagued by the promise of woe than the reality thereof. Internationally, the economic news for the travel industry is even better ... . 43 percent of international respondents to the same survey stated that they saw economic conditions as "terrible" and of ... than choosing simply not to travel. As such, to make sure they are ...

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... Voting turnouts broke some records, and with the election of Senator Barack Obama, the United States allowed a new era of American politics to be ushered in. And the way it all happened was revolutionary, too. The Internet has, it seems, forever changed the way Americans experience their political lives. The Internet has infiltrated our everyday lives in countless ways: We bank online, we shop ... online, we work online, and we form social relationships online. And, in the presidential race of 2008, Americans got ... an enormously popular website across a diverse demographic and because...

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... people are surprised if you don't have a cell phone, as those who don't are now in the minority. More than one out every two people now own a cell phone, and that number is growing larger every day. The impact of cell phones on society has become huge. One reason that the cell phone has made such an impact on society today is because of ... . You can check your email and chat to friends. Cell phones of today also have the technology built in to watch live television no matter where you are. Some offer a GPS navigational system to help you find driving directions. Of course, many people w...

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... It is commonly used as a recreational drug for the intense euphoria it induces. Once the person becomes addictive to heroin, due to person's tolerance, it becomes harder and harder to achieve the same euphoria. This is where the vicious cycle starts, the addict "lives to use and uses to live." Obtaining their drug is the most important thing in addict's mind and life. Their minds is affected ... that they were already hooked with heroin and their lives are ruined. History of Heroin The heroin comes from morphine which is a natural substance extracted from seedpod of opium poppy. The opiu...

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... is a geneticist at Northern Arizona University. That sample is what linked Ivins to two anthrax attacks that happened in the weeks following the events on September 11, 2001. He kept unusually long evening hours at his lab after the attacks, and this was thought to be an indication of questionable activities. Incomplete Evidence A news conference was ... held to explain the scientific case that was brought against Ivins. Those presenting the case contradicted themselves during the course of the news conference. Understandably, this did not instill confidence in the general public regardi...

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... fashion he wants. Absolute majority of these programs comes free of charge, but without support from the vendors. The open-source software has recently gained popularity in governmental and commercial sector, especially in some European countries. Apart from the obvious advantage it has over the programs you need to pay for - that it comes free of charge, open-source software has other good sides as well ... of users and developers of these programs and usually you should get help quickly. On the other side, not everything is great about the open-source applications. To begin with, in m...

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... because he drives a daily 60-mile round trip to work. There's no talk of a summer vacation this year. She's not alone. Whether a household has one or four members, the double-digit rate rise in the cost of groceries this year is eating up discretionary spending, boston.com writer Robert Gavin says. Milk prices averaged a 26 percent increase, he reports, and egg prices jumped ... 40 percent. Even an ordinary red apple costs over $1, and unanticipated low crop yields in the fall harvest will raise commodity prices. Gavin acknowledged that paying for a fill-up remains a shock, but said tha...

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... being forced to filter pollen heavy air as well. Perhaps it's no wonder that 250,000 asthma related deaths are reported to the World Health Organization each year. Urbanization is another culprit of the pollen flood. The baking effect of the concrete used in many urban areas causes increased temperatures and creates a haven for ragweed. Reports show that pollen seasons are growing longer and more ... intense every year. What relief can we give our children as they struggle to take in air and grow? Until science finds a way to reduce the CO2 levels in the air not much. Antihistamines and...

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