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1 hr ago | Newark Advocate

How many children died crossing Hebron Road before the cameras?

In response to Janice Norman's letter on Nov. 14: I'm just wondering how many children crossing Hebron Road died before the cameras came in and went? I think you will find the number is 0, zero, zip, nada, none.

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5 hrs ago | The Leaf Chronicle

GOP needs primary battles

For Sarah Palin, with her personality and history, to tell Rush Limbaugh that Republicans should welcome primary fights within their own ranks is hardly surprising.

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Related Topix: US News, Rush Limbaugh, US Governors, Sarah Palin, Alaska Government, Alaska

9 hrs ago | Philly.com

Editorial: Testing our patients

The aim of medicine is, above all else, to do no harm. But one must wonder if that will be the case with a new medical recommendation on the detection of breast cancer.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Breast Cancer

14 hrs ago | WWTC-AM Eagan

Travesty in New York

For late-19th-century anarchists, terrorism was the "propaganda of the deed." And the most successful propaganda-by-deed in history was 9/11 -- not just the most destructive, but the most spectacular and telegenic.

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Related Topix: Terrorism

Thu Nov 19, 2009

Asbury Park Press

PARKER: Breast cancer report turns screening protocol on its head

That's not a word one hears much these days, but calm is what some are urging in the wake of a new federal report on breast cancer screening.

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The Peninsula Gateway

Thanksgiving is a time to create great memories

My husband and I love to cuddle up on these rainy, blustery fall days and watch old movies.

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Related Topix: Life, Thanksgiving, Gig Harbor, WA

Statesman Journal

Lou Dobbs and his issues

Many Latinos probably feel like salsa dancing in the streets now that CNN has finally cleared the air by purging itself of Lou Dobbs.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US News, Illegal Immigration

Watertown Daily Times

Karzai promises Afghan reforms again

Afghan leaders have responded to international criticism of corruption in the government with a series of measures that include a new anti-corruption unit.

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Related Topix: Asia, Afghanistan, World News, Hamid Karzai

TownHall.com

Fighting a Coercion Clause

PHOENIX -- In 2006, long before there was an Obama administration determined to impose a command-and-control federal health care system, a young orthopedic surgeon walked into the Goldwater Institute here with an idea.

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Related Topix: Arizona, Healthcare Law, Law

Wed Nov 18, 2009

Star-telegram.com

Courts can handle 9-11's mix of war and crime

LINDA P. CAMPBELL Reasonable, intelligent people can disagree over whether five accused 9-11 conspirators should be tried in federal courts in New York City for that day's horrendous destruction.Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Walid Muhammed Salih Mubarak Bin Attash, Ramzi Bin Al Shibh, Ali Abdul-Aziz Ali and Mustafa Ahmed Al Hawsawi could have been ...

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, Terrorism

Daily Herald-Tribune

EDITORIAL: Canadian workers starved for higher-paying jobs

The record surge in visits to the country's food banks during the worst recession in decades masks the broader reality of deprivation in Canada.

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Times-Picayune

Star treatment for terror

When Holder affirmed during his confirmation hearing that America remains at war with terrorists, Sen.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, New York

CulpeperNews.com, Culpeper, VA

Investigating a Innocence Projecta could chill studentsa reporting

Published: November 18, 2009 Updated: November 18, 2009 A scene in the 1987 movie "The Untouchables" shows Sean Connery as a Chicago beat cop instructing federal agent Kevin Costner on how to play tough in the Windy City.

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Related Topix: The Untouchables, Thriller, History Movies, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Ska, Sean Connery, Kevin Costner, Journalism, Northwestern University

Providence Journal

Froma Harrop: Calling on grownups to cut the deficit

Nearly every Republican these days calls for tax cuts and lower deficits, and in the same sentence.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics

Tue Nov 17, 2009

Houston Chronicle

Another voice: Obama in China: Dancing with the dragon

On his first official visit to Asia, President Obama has sought to reassure China that the United States does not want to contain its rise, but rather welcomes "a strong and prosperous ... member of the community of nations." He also has said that world power status brings with it the responsibility of engagement in international affairs, "a burden ...

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Related Topix: Asia, North Korea, World News

The Age

Scientology is a criminal organisation: Senator

I rise to speak tonight on an issue of utmost seriousness that I believe deserves a great deal of scrutiny by law enforcement agencies and by this parliament.

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Related Topix: Religion, Scientology, Prison, Australia, Oceania, World News

Juneau Empire

Outside editorial: Terror on the docket

The following editorial appeared in the Chicago Tribune: On Thursday, Attorney General Eric Holder announced that five men accused of roles in the Sept.

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Related Topix: US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison

The Spectrum Online Edition

Terror trials

Will it be a show of justice? Or will it be just that, a show? The "it" in this case is the upcoming trials of five suspected conspirators in the Sept.

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Related Topix: Prison, US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp

StarNewsOnline.com

In Beijing, Obama Pushes Need for a Strong Dialoguea

President Obama and President Hu Jintao of China met in private off Tiananmen Square here on a frigid Tuesday morning to discuss issues like trade, climate change and the nuclear programs of Iran and North Korea, in a session that signaled the central role of China on the world stage.

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Related Topix: World News, China, Asia, Hu Jintao

Herald-Bulletin

Letter: ACS not telling the truth

It's nice to know that the Anderson School Board is still passing out those half truths that they love to do so well.

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