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06
Jul
2009
Bankruptcies Higher in States That Seize Wages  

58 minutes ago by jackass

States that allow debt collectors to seize consumers' wages have sharply higher bankruptcy rates than neighboring states that prohibit or strictly limit the practice, an Associated Press analysis has found. This link highlights a dilemma for credit-card companies and other debt chasers: By going aft ...

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NY Congressman: Michael Jackson Was a Pervert  

2 hours ago by rcade

"[T]his low-life Michael Jackson, his name, his face, and picture is all over the newspapers, television, radio. ... Let's knock out the psychobabble. This guy was a pervert, he was a child molester, he was a pedophile and to be giving this much coverage to him, day in and day out, what does it say ...

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President's Jet Blocked in Honduras  

2 hours ago by Zarathustra

Honduras's ousted President, Manuel Zelaya, has failed in a dramatic attempt to fly back to his country. His plane circled the Tegucigalpa airport, but it could not land as the authorities had blocked the runway. Zelaya departed from Washington and was hoping to fly home, despite warnings from the s ...

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Measles Outbreak Strikes Unvaccinated New Yorkers  

3 hours ago by ZombieHunter

Because of widespread but unfounded fears about vaccines, middle class children are coming down with measles, a disease virtually wiped out in the US. For the second year in a row, New York City has seen an outbreak of the potentially deadly infection, with 11 cases in Brooklyn -- 9 children and two ...

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Vietnam War Planner Robert McNamara Dies  

4 hours ago by Zap

Former Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara died Monday, according to his wife. He was 93. McNamara served as secretary of defense during the Vietnam war under presidents Kennedy and Johnson.

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Suppressed Cocaine Study Leaked  

5 hours ago by ichiro

The 14-year-old Cocaine Project study, produced by the WHO and UN, had findings so controversial that it was never released. The WHO has never published the report, and even denied its existence, at least until last week when it was leaked. The study -- "the largest study ever on cocaine use," produ ...

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Biden: We Misread the Economy  

5 hours ago by nanc

"The truth is, we and everyone else misread the economy," Vice President Joe Biden said during a This Week interview in Iraq. Biden acknowledged administration officials were too optimistic earlier this year when they predicted the unemployment rate would peak at 8 percent. The national unemployment ...

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Serial Killer Slays 5 in South Carolina  

17 hours ago by CalifChris

Fear gripped Cherokee County, S.C., this Independence Day weekend as a teenage girl died at the hands of what police say is a serial killer. Five people have been shot dead -- some bound before dying -- in the past week in the largely rural county southwest of Charlotte, N.C. Sheriff Bill Blanton ad ...

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05
Jul
2009
KBR Burned Toxic Waste at U.S. Bases  

18 hours ago by rcade

Lawsuits have been filed by 190 military contractors in 17 states against KBR, the company contracted to provide waste-disposal services at U.S. bases in Iraq and Afghanistan, for using open-air burn pits to dispose of such items as Humvees, batteries, unexploded ordnance, gas cans, mattresses, rock ...

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3 Dead in North Carolina Fireworks Explosion  

19 hours ago by Zatoichi

A third worker has died after a fireworks truck exploded in Okracoke, North Carolina. Officials said the explosion happened on Ocracoke Island, near the south ferry terminal, Saturday at about 9:15 a.m.

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