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"It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by the dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions and spends himself in a worthy course; who at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who, at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly; so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory or defeat."
Theodore Roosevelt, Paris Sorbonne, 1910

National News

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Apple admits using child labour - Telegraph
Trial begins over lawsuit targeting Anthem Blue Cross - latimes.com
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California insurer offers Medical Marijuana coverage...
MICROSOFT exec pitches Internet usage tax to pay for cybersecurity programs...
Voters Pick Perry in rough Texas primary...
Huge waves kills 2 on cruise ship in Mediterranean...
GRAND JURY SET TO INDICT EDWARDS - Celebrity News | Gossip - National Enquirer
Green Party in California trying to stem shrinking numbers...
U.S. Web retail sales to reach $249 bln by '14: study...

Revolution

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Appealed! Tax subsidies for abortionists
Washington firebrand: 'Health care' is 'fraud'
Head Of IMF Calls On Member States To Give Him Global Oversight Of The Financial System
Head of IMF Proposes New Reserve Currency - ABC News
A Hypothetical Look Inside the Webcam-Spying Principal's Office - Webcams - Gizmodo
Newsmax - Back Health Bill Even If It Hurts, Pelosi Tells Dems
Pelosi calls for vote even if it means loss of carreeres.
OBAMA TO TRIGGER NUKE OPTION ON HEALTHCARE
How Does the 1 percent Control the 99 percent? | Personal Liberty Digest
The Road to Dictatorship by Justin Raimondo -- Antiwar.com
Scathing report: Tea partiers just like Timothy McVeigh
$7 gallon gas to meet Obama's targets for emissions?
Barack Obama: I'll steamroll health reforms through Congress - Times Online
'Sovereign Citizens' Claim Immunity From Ind., Federal Law - Indiana News Story - WRTV Indianapolis
White House adviser: 'Heavier people' bad for economy
Vote for marriage? You're on a hit list
SAVAGE SUGGESTS: USE RELIGIOUS FREEDOMS TO CHALLENGE OBAMACARE
Wall Street Took Your House and Your Retirement, Now They're After Your Social Security - BlackListed News
Firearms Freedom Act passes; governor to sign it
SENATE WARNS EMPLOYEES TO AVOID THE DRUDGE REPORT...
New Obama rules may prohibit citizens from fishing the nation's oceans, coastal areas, Great Lakes, and even inland waters...

Government at Work

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Newsmax - Rangel Says Report 'Exonerates' Him, Will Stay On
Newsmax - Obama Signs One-Year Extension of Patriot Act
Atheists meet with White House officials - Faith & Reason
USDA to boost wildlife habitat, trim cropland | Reuters
Cities Shortening Yellow Traffic Lights for Deadly Profit | Civil Liberties | AlterNet
OBAMA ADVISER: WINTER TO 'DISTORT' UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURES
DEM CONGRESSMAN TO RETIRE AMID ALLEGATIONS HE SEXUALLY HARASSED A MALE STAFFER...
Rep. Massa: 'I Am Guilty' and Will Resign
Senator: White House land grab; Proposal to seize land would favor animals over Americans...
RANGEL LOSES GAVEL...
US District Court Judge Nicholas Garaufis orders state to move mentally ill out of group homes and into apartments or small houses - NYPOST.com
PRUDEN: An FDR lesson Obama missed - Washington Times
Obama looking to give new life to immigration reform - latimes.com
Liberals grill Obama on health reform - TheHill.com
LEAD: U.S. to cut nukes, reduce their role in national security: Obama+
Tax problem already for new Ways and Means chairman?
Eric Massa: Democrats ousted me over health care - Tim Grieve - POLITICO.com
Stimulus funds pay for monkey research in NC...

International News

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Bitter legacy behind war of words between Greece and Germany...
Muslims dismiss Kadhafi´s jihad call as ´nonsense´ - World - Javno
Woman who found coin worth £2,000 in garden first to be prosecuted for not reporting treasure
Chile kämpft gegen das Erdbeben-Chaos
Der Schrecken nach dem Schock
Attempted Army Coup Throws Turkey into Crisis - Defense/Middle East - Israel News - Israel National News
Russian billionaire loses nearly $60 million deposit he put down on world's most expensive house...
Moscow alarmed by Chinese maneuvers
Greek, Portuguese Workers Strike, Protest Against Deficit Cuts - Bloomberg.com
Violent protests hit Greece...
Workers Disrupt Transport, Try to Storm Parliament...
Griechenland nimmt den harten Weg
MOSCOW: Stalin's image may appear in Victory Day celebrations...
UK HEALTHCARE: Neglected by 'lazy' nurses, man, 22, dying of thirst rang the police to beg for water...
Sarkozy Says EU Must Support Greece or Risk Destroying Euro...
Cuba to require medical insurance for visitors...
China insider sees revolution brewing
China says committed to U.S. debt...

Homeland Security Issues

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Is Russia adopting nuke 1st strike policy?
Missionary recounts story of captivity by Muslim extremists in Philippines | al.com
Man arrested by Secret Service swallows flash drive; Bid to destroy evidence...
Child Directed Traffic at N.Y.'s JFK Airport, Air Traffic Controller Suspended - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News - FOXNews.com
Bill to criminalize presence of illegal immigrants in Arizona
Iranian Spiritual Leader: Nukes are a Religious Obligation - Defense/Middle East - Israel News - Israel National News
$400 per gallon gas to drive debate over cost of war in Afghanistan - TheHill.com
Swedish pilot flew 13 years without licence - The Local
China says U.S. ties 'seriously disrupted'...
Custodian of U.S. mosques promotes slaying Americans
Cyberwar declared as China hunts for secrets...
Nuke hack attack puts military on high alert

Law Enforcement Interests / Crime Issues

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FOXNews.com - Miami Considers Ban on Feeding the Homeless Without Training
Lipoban fraud: Diet pill creator sentenced to 20 years in prison for Lipoban’s fraudulent claims - South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com
Woman tortured to death -- by her own mother...
Teacher shot and killed at Tacoma, Wash., school - BostonHerald.com
Baby girl survives after being shot in the chest in parents' global warming suicide pact | Mail Online
Car-theft suspect choked to death after being caught by hulking ex-Marine
Pasco woman accused of trying to beat drug test with toddler's urine - St. Petersburg Times
Miami prison uses inmate 'IDOL' to boost morale...
Suspicious substance at Utah IRS office: FBI | Reuters
Man gets 8 years in prison -- for shoplifting $3.99 worth of cheese...
Car salesman shot during test drive | MailTribune.com
Babysitter, 74, battles thug who sexually assaulted girl, 10 | Philadelphia Daily News | 03/02/2010
Body Believed to Be Missing California Teen Found - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News - FOXNews.com
Fraud cases force Puerto Ricans to get new birth certificates
Controversial bill targeting pit bulls, other ‘dangerous’ dogs advances in Florida Senate » TCPalm.com
Research Calls Forensic DNA Technique Into Question | Wired Science | Wired.com

Science News

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My Way News - Massive head of pharaoh unearthed in Egypt
Eurocopter Moves One Step Closer to ‘Whisper Mode’ | Autopia | Wired.com
Tote nach Sturmtief in Europa | Europa | Deutsche Welle | 28.02.2010
Storm kills more than 50 in Europe: reports+
Sturmtief: "Xynthia" tobt sich über Deutschland aus - SPIEGEL ONLINE - Nachrichten - Panorama
Chile quake may have tipped Earth's axis - CNN.com
Nail from Christ's crucifixion found? - Telegraph
NASA reveals most-detailed images of Earth...
Ancient Primate Fossil Roils Scientific Community - AOL News
Freak snow storm covers southern France...

Gun Rights

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Obama to Seek New Assault Weapons Ban - ABC News
t r u t h o u t | Guns at Starbucks? Pushing the Right to Bear Arms in Public
Justices may extend gun owner rights nationwide...
Landmark gun curb faces test in Virginia Senate - washingtonpost.com
Rifle-toting public jams sheriff's gun range
Yakima kindergartner expelled for making a gun with hands - KNDO/KNDU Tri-Cities, Yakima, WA |
Ariz. Senate backs bill to restrict local gun laws - KOLD News 13 live, local and late breaking-

Civil Rights Issues

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Survey asks students when they lost virginity
Muslims burn down churches, shops
San Diego Students Storm Offices After Noose Found - ABC News
FOXNews.com - N.Y. High School Sued for Disbanding Christian Student Club - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News
State takes custody of 7-year-old over homeschooling
Texas Secretly Gave The Blood of 800 Newborns to DNA Database | Popular Science
Minority Student Admits to Noose Incident at UC San Diego...
Malaysian Law Allows Women To Be Whipped
Muslim woman refuses body-scan at British airport...
One in four Germans wants microchip under skin | The Australian
Lawmakers review 'male mutilation'
19th-Century Grave Rests in the Middle of the Road - Asylum.com
BIG SIS UNLEASHED: Homeland Security program digs 'into all Internet communications'...
'Hate' laws could label 5-year-olds 'offenders'
Egyptian Court Acquits Muslim Who Beheaded a Christian
AFP: At least 500 dead in Nigeria religious attacks
UK Crackdown on dangerous dogs to make microchips compulsory for all...

Great Depression 2010

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Why We Don't Have Hyperinflation Even Though The Fed Has Printed $1 Trillion
American reliance on government 'at all-time high'...
REPORT: ABCNEWS plans to close all of its physical bureaus except DC Halve number of correspondents...
U.S. Department of Transportation will be shut down temporarily because of a lack of funding.
Newsmax - China Holds More U.S. Debt than Indicated
Restaurants now adding 'Health' charge to restaurant bills...
Economists Warn Another Financial Crisis On the Way...
German MPs suggest cash-strapped Greece should sell islands - The Local
Philly mayor proposes 2-cent-per-ounce sweet-drink tax...
UK: Spy chips hidden in 2.5 million trashbins; Pay-as-you-throw tax...
Obama policies projected to add $9.7 trillion to U.S. debt by 2020 - washingtonpost.com
Banks closed in FL, IL, MD...
New Jersey Transit Plans 25% Fare Increase to Cope With Expanding Deficit...
Beijing looks at severing dollar peg...
Chips are down for casinos as revenues slide...
Jim O'Neill's Weekend Just Got Really Bad, As China Prepares To Nullify Local Government Loan Guarantees | zero hedge
Troopers raid popular bars for unlicensed beers; Dozens of gallons seized...

Strange, Weird, and Humorous News and Commentary

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