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... important event is happening in the Salah ad Din Province. 13 local police stations are opening their doors soon. The first of which just opened to the joy of those in the area. Many came for the event, even though there was a dust storm in the area, and watched as the doors were opened to the al Answar Police Station in al Secour. The town of al Secour is ... very high marks coming from its teachers. "Overall, the Iraqi public believes that the Iraqi police are a force that can and will protect them," said Bloom, who attributes the decline in violent attacks in Salah ad Din to a more c...

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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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... against everything that's currently wrong in the world. Because of the vagueness of the cause, the movement has attracted millions of people disenfranchised by things occurring in the U.S. (Silverleib). The movement originally began as an ad hoc group of college student protestors united through social media. Since it's beginning, the movement has expanded across the country to Boston, Chicago, and Los Angeles, as well as other cities ... (Bly). One breakaway group called Occupy Chicago held a "huge afternoon march." Another denomination saw 700 protestors get arrested for blocking the ...

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... % of that 68% has actually cancelled a flight, or plans to reschedule at a cheaper time. While even the slightest downturn is unexpected, the travel 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 th...

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... soured by a volatile stock market and mortgage lender meltdowns, two-paycheck families are busting the budget on necessities. Even conservative spenders are growing weary. During a recent small group discussion, a mother of three held back tears as she described the effects of the dollar's weakening buying power. She and her husband both work and have been steadily employed for the last twenty years. Three years ago ... , they felt financially secure. They could afford to eat out occasionally or shop at the mall. They bought into a timeshare in Florida. Now they"re struggling. ... this y...

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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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... our corn crop is used for ethanol production instead of being used for feeds, oils and other food products. Ethanol reduces the efficiency of gasoline, and causes problems in some vehicles. It is not the long term solution to our dependence on foreign oil. Algae farming might well be. While the most productive biofuel crop, oil palm, only produces 6,000 litres per hectare of land ... fuels refined from it emit as much carbon dioxide as conventional fuels, the company says the emissions are offset by the photosynthetic process that uses sunlight, water and C02 to create algal crude. The ...

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... 's own community. At first glance, this seems completely contrary to the pride we have taken in the past to be able to get foods from all over the world anytime we want. We can have Ecuadorian bananas in May, California strawberries in January, and Mexican avocados any time of the year. But at what cost? The average distance a grocery store's produce has to travel before it ... . Domestic food is processed using domestic laws. Foreign producers have differing standards with regards to what pesticides and herbicides can be used and what safety rules meat cutters have to follow. In many cas...

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... all about? Without facts to back up these buzz words you will not really know if you are on the cutting edge or if it is more of the same old stuff. So what are they and why do many people think that they are the answer to concerns about pollution? So What Are Alternative Fuels? Alternative fuels are made from something other than ... ? Electric vehicles get their energy from the car's batteries. By eliminating the need for gasoline as fuel, the pollutants produced when utilizing gasoline as a fuel source can also be eliminated. So why are they now being widely used now? One of the most ...

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... couples are opting to stay unhappy together over doling out money they don't have for the pricey endeavor that is divorce. These days, salaries are stagnating, more and more people are losing their jobs, and the value of our homes is creeping ever downward. That is not an ideal economic situation in which to be spending thousands of dollars to bid your marriage goodbye ... estate costs involved in buying or renting separate homes. Yes, some of those expenses will be recovered when a couple sells the matrimonial home to divide up the proceeds, but in today's down market real estate isn't...

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