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Thousands feared dead from Indonesia quake

Published on 3 Nov, 2009 at 19:29 in Politics | Viewed 102 views times | No Comments

Struggling rescuers continued Thursday to uncover trapped victims from debris and provide medical aid to survivors after a powerful earthquake hit the Indonesian city of Padang on Wednesday, possibly killing thousands. The 7.6 magnitude quake struck the bustling port city of 900,000 people on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, toppling hundreds of buildings. Telephone connections

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Former DEA agent, CIA reach tentative settlement in lawsuit

Published on 3 Nov, 2009 at 19:21 in Politics | Viewed 106 views times | No Comments

A lawsuit brought 15 years ago against the CIA has reached a tentative settlement by a former DEA agent who accused the agency of illegal wiretapping. Representing attorneys announced late Wednesday in a court filing that an agreement had been made to settle the underlying litigation, and that it could be finalized by late October.

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H1N1 blamed for Mass. woman’s death

Published on 3 Nov, 2009 at 19:17 in Health, Politics | Viewed 112 views times | No Comments

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health is calling the death of an unidentified 55 year-old female who had “multiple underlying health conditions” related to the H1N1 virus. The woman died in Middlesex County, Mass. It is the first death of the fall flu season in the state, according to DPH commissioner John Auerbach.

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Interior Dept. to investigate Bush administration’s oil shale deals

Published on 3 Nov, 2009 at 18:37 in Business, Money, Politics | Viewed 124 views times | No Comments

The Interior Department announced Tuesday it will investigate whether the previous administration “set favorable conditions” to encourage oil-shale development in the Midwest. The forthcoming review arrives to the satisfaction of local watchdogs and environmental groups, who have long questioned why President George W. Bush just five days before exiting office added a number of acres

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GOP chair won’t ask leaders to resign after penny-pinching ‘Jew’ comments

Published on 3 Nov, 2009 at 18:36 in Politics | Viewed 184 views times | No Comments

The head of South Carolina’s Republican Party will not ask two county GOP leaders to resign after authoring a newspaper editorial that praises Sen. Jim DeMint for being like a “Jew” who is “watching our nation’s pennies.” The letter appeared in Sunday’s edition of the South Carolina newspaper The Times and Democrat, and was authored

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Judge: FBI can continue to gag recipient of National Security Letter

Published on 3 Nov, 2009 at 18:35 in Politics | Viewed 91 views times | No Comments

On Tuesday a federal judge ruled that the government can continue to gag an internet service provider who received a National Security Letter from the FBI — five years ago. Under the Patriot Act, the FBI can use such letters to demand personal records about customers from internet providers, financial institutions and credit card companies

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Lithuanian leader suspects her country hosted CIA jail

Published on 3 Nov, 2009 at 18:34 in Politics | Viewed 100 views times | No Comments

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite said Tuesday she had “indirect suspicions” that the Baltic state hosted a secret CIA prison for terror suspects, as a senior European official called for a beefed-up probe. “I do not have a clear answer. I was in Brussels when it could have been happening. I have indirect suspicions. Not only

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Maddow to Liz Cheney: Come on my show, I won’t bite

Published on 3 Nov, 2009 at 18:33 in Politics | Viewed 93 views times | No Comments

MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow is challenging Liz Cheney, daughter of the former vice president, to come on The Rachel Maddow Show after Cheney’s new advocacy group launched an attack ad claiming that news networks like MSNBC are afraid of debating the issues. “On Friday, Liz Cheney’s pressure group, Keep America Safe … launched a web ad

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Report: Unprecedented Number Of Death Threats Against Obama

Published on 3 Nov, 2009 at 18:24 in Politics | Viewed 81 views times | No Comments

The Boston Globe reported that a new internal Congressional Research Service report, as well as government sources say there are an unprecedented number of death threats against President Obama — and that the Secret Service is insufficiently funded and staffed to deal with them. According to The Globe, a report issued by the Congressional Research

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Study: Ending death penalty could save states millions

Published on 3 Nov, 2009 at 18:21 in Politics | Viewed 89 views times | No Comments

WASHINGTON — Even when executions are not carried out, the death penalty costs US states hundreds of millions of dollars a year, depleting budgets in the midst of economic crisis, a study released Tuesday found. “It is doubtful in today’s economic climate that any legislature would introduce the death penalty if faced with the reality

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