Obama Creates New Interrogation Unit
In an effort to distance himself from the much-criticized interrogation methods used by the Bush administration and its agents, President Barack Obama has...
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CIA’s “Interrogation” Instructions Unveiled
A Washington Post article details some of the appalling tactics employed by the CIA as operatives (some lacking any interrogation training) attempted to...
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Aging Dams Prompt Call for Federal Bailout
In a culture resounding with motifs of decay and collapse on so many levels, Wired.com is reporting that a breathtakingly large number of...
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State Department Passport Snooping & RFID
A sixth U.S. State Department employee or contractor has pleaded guilty to illegally looking at electronic passport files, the U.S. Department of Justice...
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Scientists Bioengineer Mouse Teeth
Scientists from Tokyo University have successfully grown bioengineered replacement teeth in the mouths of mice, according to their August 3 report at the...
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Evaluating Sen. Ted Kennedy’s Real Legacy
The moment Sen. Edward M. Kennedy died, the gushing tributes started pouring in from both sides of the political aisle, many of them...
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Mich. Supreme Court Allows Judges to Ban Veil From Court
To cries of outrage from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Michigan branch of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the Michigan...
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Fed Ordered to Release Documents, Fights back
A federal court ordered the secretive Federal Reserve (Fed) to hand over documents about its “emergency” lending programs Monday under a Freedom of...
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CIA Torture Investigation Declassified
The declassification of the CIA Inspector General's report on torture of detainees provided more hard evidence of what most Americans already knew: the...
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Ted Kennedy Dies at 77
Succumbing to an inoperable brain tumor discovered 15 months ago, Senator Edward Moore Kennedy passed away at his home in Hyannisport, Massachusetts, on...
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Bernanke Renominated as Fed Chairman
President Barack Obama on August 25 renominated current Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke to another four-year term as Chairman of the Federal Reserve...
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SAT Scores Decline in NYC Schools
SAT scores continue to decline in New York City schools. As NBCNewYork.com reports: "It's a sad state for standardized tests. City and state...
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Lieberman Sees Recession Delaying Reform
Senator Joe Lieberman (D-Conn.) thinks there is no reason to push healthcare reform through Congress in the midst of a recession, Fox News...
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VA Wrongly Says Vets Have Fatal Disease
The Veterans Affairs Department has mistakenly told some veterans that they have ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, the Associated Press reported...
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Should Republicans Save Medicare?
People used to say politics makes strange bedfellows. These days, calling any kind of bedfellows strange might qualify as a hate crime. It...
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