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A Follow Up on My Fifth Grade Essay: Education at Gunpoint (Ramzy Baroud)
Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Nov. 18, 2010 -- I recall the first sentence of my fifth grade essay on “Education and Youth”. Written with the occasional aid of my father, and dotted with clichés, ...
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Prime U.S. Mortgage Foreclosures Rise to Record (Kathleen M. Howley)
Nov. 18, 2010 (Bloomberg) -- Foreclosures on prime fixed-rate mortgages in the U.S. jumped to a record in the third quarter as unemployment strained household budgets of the most creditworthy ...
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Economic Data Show U.S. Recovery Accelerating (Courtney Schlisserman and Shobhana Chandra)
Nov. 18, 2010 (Bloomberg) -- The index of U.S. leading indicators rose for a fourth consecutive month, manufacturing surged in the Philadelphia area and jobless claims climbed less than forecast, ...
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Food prices may rise by up to 20%, warns UN (John Vidal)
Prices of wheat, maize and many other foods traded internationally have risen by up to 40% in just a few months. Photograph: Simon Maina/AFP/Getty Images Poor harvests put global food reserves under ...
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Why the Irish Crisis is Going Global (Rick Newman)
Nov. 16, 2010 (U.S. News & World Report) -- You may not have to worry about Ireland in a week, or a month. But at the moment, the Emerald Isle is causing global investors a whole lot o' anxiety. On ...
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Get Your Hands Off Me, TSA! (Jennifer Abel)
These airport so-called security measures amount to state-sponsored sexual harassment Nov. 17, 2010 (The Guardian) -- Listen to this: "My freely chosen bedmates and doctors are the only ones allowed ...
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TSA - Sexual Assault (Erin Chase)
Nov. 14, 2010 (Our Little Chatterbox) -- I have an incident to share that occurred late Friday afternoon, November 12, 2010, around 5:15 in the Dayton International Airport. I realize the publishing ...
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NYPD Commences Use Of Iris Scans Of Suspects (AP)
Department Spending $24,000 Per Unit; Will Have 21 Around City Nov. 15, 2010 (AP) -- Along with fingerprints and mug shots, the New York City Police Department is now taking photographs of the ...
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Hi-tech eye scanners that track passengers as they walk through airport go on trial in UK (Daily Mail Reporter)
Nov. 16, 2010 (Daily Mail Reporter) -- Passengers will have their eyes scanned as soon as they check in as part of a new trial a major UK airport. High-tech machines that can recognise an ...
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Euro Dominoes Will Fall Until Currency Is Split (Matthew Lynn)
Nov. 16, 2010 (Bloomberg) -- Who’s next? First Greece went bust. Now Ireland is on the brink of a bailout from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund. When it happens, we’ll hear ...
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Guantanamo Inmates Set To Receive Payouts Of Up To £1Million (Nigel Morris and Tom Peck)
Nov. 16, 2010 (The Independent) -- British former inmates of Guantanamo Bay are to set to receive large payments from the Government to drop claims that British secret agents knew they were being ...
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